Composer Austin Wintory Unveils Unused Music for Canceled Mass Effect 5, Sharing His Dream Project's Soundtrack

Gaming News

Composer Austin Wintory Unveils Unused Music for Canceled Mass Effect 5, Sharing His Dream Project's Soundtrack

VGC

Grammy-winning composer uploads Mass Effect 5 music following cancellation news

10/26/2026

Austin Wintory made more than 20 minutes of Mass Effect 5 music in a pitch to BioWare

IGN

Composer Austin Wintory Shares 22 Minutes of Music Created for BioWare's Canceled Mass Effect 5

10/26/2026

The music that might have been. Composer Austin Wintory was once in talks to make music for Mass Effect 5. Now that EA has shuttered BioWare and canceled the game, he's released his drafts...

Dual Shockers

Mass Effect 5 Composer Releases 'The Music That Might Have Been' in Game

10/26/2026

The composer planned for ME5 has come out, releasing 22 minutes of music planned for the final game.

Game Informer

Composer Austin Wintory Shares His Early Musical Drafts Intended For Mass Effect 5

10/26/2026

Last week, EA shut down Mass Effect and Dragon Age developer BioWare, which resulted in the cancellation of the fifth Mass Effect game that was announced in 2020. As the fallout from this closure...

GamesRadar+

Mass Effect 5 was Journey composer's "biggest dream project," and he was in "serious discussions" with BioWare to handle the soundtrack – here's 20 minutes of music he composed for the RPG

10/26/2026

The saddest part of Mass Effect 5's death is the end of BioWare and the developers whose livelihoods are being upended. Yet it's difficult for fans not to think of the RPG that might have been,...