AION 2 'Jung: Blossoming Hearts' — NCsoft's Free Gugak Soundtrack Released September 21

The album is titled 'Jung: Blossoming Hearts' and contains twelve tracks. NCsoft distributed it free of charge, and the release is stated to be available for public and institutional use rather than as a paid digital album. Publication was announced by the publisher alongside its work for AION 2 and Throne and Liberty.

The timing is deliberate. Chuseok, the Korean harvest holiday, is the biggest seasonal moment in the Korean game calendar, and the AION2 official events board lists a Chuseok special event running from September 21 to September 30, 2026. The soundtrack therefore arrives on the same day the seasonal window opens, not as a standalone promotion.

The collaborating ensemble is the Contemporary Gugak Orchestra of the National Gugak Center, the state institution responsible for preserving and performing Korean traditional music. Its contribution covers traditional instrumentation and vocal arrangement, which is why the album reads as an orchestral recording rather than synthesized game music.

The tracks are described as modern reinterpretations of traditional Korean folk songs. That approach matches AION 2's broader identity project: the game's presentation leans on Korean musical and architectural vocabulary to distinguish itself in a market of European-flavoured fantasy MMORPGs.

Reported coverage states that the tracks will be featured in the Chuseok seasonal events for AION 2 and Throne and Liberty. In practical terms for players, seasonal programming is where the music surfaces: event lobbies, login and attendance content, and the reward loops that run during the holiday window.

One boundary is worth stating plainly. This is Korean-service seasonal content. The September 21–30 event window and the associated music placement are being run on a service that is already live, and none of it constitutes an announcement about what the October global launch will contain. Global players should treat the soundtrack as a listen-now item and the in-game placement as regional programming.

For an MMORPG, soundtrack releases usually serve one of two purposes: marketing, or worldbuilding that outlives the campaign. A free, institutionally co-produced album leans toward the second. It gives players something they can keep listening to between sessions, and it documents the musical language a player hears while grinding dungeons or flying over the map.

It also signals where NCsoft wants AION 2 to sit culturally. Partnering with the national traditional-music institution, and publishing the result without charge, positions the game as Korean heritage presentation first and product second — a message that travels well to the international audience the October 5 launch is aimed at.

If you want to hear where AION 2 actually comes from, start with the album and then play with it in mind. It is free, it is twelve tracks, and it is the clearest statement of the game's aesthetic outside the game itself.