65daysofstatic Asserts Universal Digital Distribution Has Claimed No Man’s Sky Official Score Resulting in Takedowns, Blackouts and Copyright Strikes

The band 65daysofstatic scored the video game No Man’s Sky and released it as an original sountrack this month. The game was released earlier this month and has had some reported glitches. Besides issues with the game itself, today the band shared a series of tweets stating Universal digital distro has claimed the soundtrack and is now blocking the music from streaming. Universal digital distro has taken down videos, blacked out the music on all streaming apps, and even blocked the band from uploading their music to their Soundcloud page.

During Twitch streams today, the score has been muted so viewers cannot hear the tracks. The band has claimed that they have nothing to do with this. The band has also claimed that streaming services are trying to monetize their music. Their label’s distributor even took down a video of the song “Prisms” that the band uploaded themselves “for their protection”.

The group became involved in the project back in 2013 when they were asked to license their track “Debutante” for a promotional trailer for the game. The song is from their album We Were Exploding Anyway. They were interested in the game and asked to be more involved. Luckily for them, the game creators were fans of the band and invited them to do the full soundtrack. During the process of writing for the game, 65DOS created two different forms of music. The first being the traditional song-based record, and the second being a series of soundscapes. The band and game creators wanted to create sound that went perfectly with a specific gaming moment.

No Man’s Sky is an expansive space exploration game. It is an action-adventure-survival video game and was published by Hello Games for PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows. The game includes over 18 quintillion planets that players can explore. Each planet contains unique properties that players submit to a universal database called the Atlas that is shared with all players. Every time players upload new planetary information to the Atlas, they are rewarded in currency, blueprints, materials etc. Sony Interactive Entertainment provided promotional and marketing support for the project.

Although the soundtrack is having streaming difficulties at the moment, it is available for physical purchase.

Check out the full series of 65DOS’s tweets today below.