The Composer In Talks To Write Mass Effect 5’s Music Posts 22 Minutes Of Unused Songs So Good I’m Bummed Out Again

Another piece of the canceled Mass Effect 5 puzzle has fallen into place, as Journey and Stray Gods composer Austin Wintory was apparently in talks to compose the soundtrack for the game that would have been Mass Effect: Universe . While it wasn’t finalized (and that’s part of why the internal trailer that’s been leaked uses a licensed song), Wintory revealed in a YouTube video that, last year, he created some musical concepts for the game and recorded them with a Los Angeles orchestra.