Atlantic Records to Release ‘EPIC: The Musical’ on Vinyl for First Time

For the archetypal time, euphony from the audio sensation EPIC: The Musical volition beryllium disposable successful carnal form, acknowledgment to a concern betwixt Atlantic Records and the project’s creator, Jorge Rivera-Herrans.

The relation kicks disconnected Wednesday (Sept. 10) with a limited-edition $350 nine-vinyl EP, holographic mega container acceptable disposable lone done Sunday (Sept. 14).  

Rivera-Herrans began penning the audio-only sung-through retelling of Homer’s past Greek poem The Odyssey successful 2019 portion attending the University of Notre Dame, wherever helium switched majors from medicine to film, theater, tv and music. He started documenting his process connected societal media successful 2021, erstwhile helium posted a conception of the opus “Full Speed Ahead,” which went viral.  The Ocean Saga, the archetypal of the 9 sagas, dropped successful 2023, with caller sagas releasing each fewer months. The last saga came retired past December. Rivera-Herrans, who played Odysseus, formed the different parts online, assembling an ensemble of 25 performers from astir the world.

“Jorge is 1 of the astir dynamic and prolific originative forces of his generation, and EPIC has already go a planetary phenomenon,” said Atlantic Records’ West Coast president Kevin Weaver successful a statement. “At Atlantic, we spot limitless imaginable successful this partnership. With Jorge’s imaginativeness and artistry, we’re excited to make groundbreaking instrumentality experiences that volition grow EPIC into a genuinely multi-dimensional beingness for years to come.”

Eight of the sagas, including The Ocean Saga, The Circle Saga and The Cyclops Saga, charted successful the apical 3 connected Billboard’s Cast Albums chart, with 4 titles reaching No. 1. Following a precocious 2024 alteration by Billboard that shifted conception albums not from a theatrically staged amusement from the Cast Albums illustration to the Compilation Albums chart, EPIC’s past 2 chapters, The Vengeance Saga and The Ithaca Saga, some topped the second tally. Several of the 40 archetypal songs, including “God Games,” “Little Wolf,” “Love successful Paradise” and “We’ll Be Fine,” reached the apical 10 connected Spotify’s Top Songs Debut USA chart. Songs from Epic person surpassed 3 cardinal planetary streams, according to Atlantic.

Several much configurations beyond the mega container acceptable are already planned, including a 3-CD implicit bid container acceptable and idiosyncratic vinyl pressings of the archetypal 3 chapters: The Troy Saga, The Cyclops Saga, and The Ocean Saga. Atlantic volition besides connection a customized retention container that volition clasp each 9 saga LPs. All merchandise, including the mega box, volition beryllium disposable done epicthemusical.com.

“I’m inactive successful awe astatine it all. I started this task successful my dorm country successful assemblage and past aboriginal recorded it each successful a vocal booth I built with my dada and present I’m partnering with Atlantic connected vinyl!” Rivera-Herrans tells Billboard. “This is simply a imagination travel existent and I’m truthful thankful for everyone who helped america get to this point! It has been specified a delight getting to collaborate with Atlantic Records connected this vinyl release. Their dedication to creating the champion imaginable acquisition means truthful overmuch to me; nary extremity ever felt excessively large, nary imagination excessively crazy. Until now, EPIC lived wholly successful the integer world, but for the precise ...