The TUNIC Soundtrack has been removed from major streaming and music services thanks to a spurious DMCA request.
Music makes a game. It can spark wells of emotion and conjure up deep dread, but only if it’s audible. The soundtrack to indie hit TUNIC is much harder to press play on now, thanks to a spurious DMCA takedown request made in the last few days. On 9 September, one of the soundtrack’s composers took to social media to explain that anybody paying for a major streaming service would be unlikely to hear anything from the game thanks to an online threat.
Recently I received a threat on Messenger from a random person, saying they would take down my music. They made a simple DMCA claim and now everything's being removed from all streaming services. Janice and I are working hard to get things back online, but no definite answers yet
— lifeformed (@lifeformed) September 9, 2023
All for a single email, Terence Lee and wife Janice Kwan are only able to share this music via the Bandcamp platform. This isn’t the only piece of work impacted. In follow up posts, they confirm that ‘Fastfall’, Tunic, ‘Umbra’ and ‘Undiscovery’ are all impacted, with threats made to attack the rest of their work.
While counter claims and legal action are possible, this isn’t simple and anybody who has seen a major YouTube channel impacted by spurious trolls now that it’s a far from painless process. Right now, you can still grab this incredible work over on Bandcamp while we all work out why anybody would do something so petty.
