Aphelion composed by Amine Bouhafa; PS5 physical edition announced
Due out in 2026.
The soundtrack for cinematic science-fiction third-person action adventure game Aphelion will be composed by Cesar award-winning French-Tunisian composer Amine Bouhafa, developer DON’T NOD announced. A physical edition of the game will also be distributed by Maximum Entertainment across North America, Europe, and Australia.
“This is my first time working on a video game, and I loved the way that [the Aphelion team] thought about the music and about the game,” Bouhafa said in a press release. “I’m enjoying the experience.”
DON’T NOD creative director Florent Guillaume added, “It has been a real pleasure to collaborate with Amine on Aphelion. We discovered his work through his composition for The Summit of the Gods and were immediately captivated by his talent for portraying the intimacy of characters caught up in a grand, epic adventure. Amine is a person with great emotional intelligence and sincere humanity. I hope that players will feel that connection and will be moved by their experience.”
Here are the latest details, via DON’T NOD:
Amine Bouhafa is a Cesar award-winning French-Tunisian composer known for his scores on Timbuktu (2015), The Summit of the Gods (2021), and The Little Sister (2025).
Players will be able to experience Bouhafa’s unique blend of epic and intimate as it gives life to planet Persephone and supports Ariane and Thomas’s journeys in the game. His work easily and beautifully conveys the atmosphere and mood of the planet, the tension of the Nemesis, and the emotions between the characters. The video explores the ways in which Amine uses instruments such as the pipe organ and the unique cristal baschet in order to reflect the sacred feeling of the adventure, and to bring to life the frozen identity of Persephone
Aphelion is due out for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store in 2026. It will also be available via Game Pass.
Watch a new trailer below.