Austin Wintory Shares 22 Minutes of Canceled Mass Effect 5 Music

Composer Austin Wintory has released about 22 minutes of music he created for Mass Effect 5, the BioWare project that has now been canceled. Wintory was once in talks to write the game's score, and the drafts he has shared online give fans a rare look at audio work from a game that never shipped.

The release comes after Electronic Arts shut down BioWare and called off Mass Effect 5. Few finished artifacts survive from a canceled game, and the material also shows how far Wintory got before the project ended. Drafts like these are often the only part of a shelved production that players ever get to hear.

Fans of the series will likely be reading the music for clues about the tone and direction the sequel was taking. Until more information surfaces, the tracks serve as a reminder of what was lost when the studio closed.