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You’ll soon have an almost two hour Goldsmith Odyssey Interview to add to this thread too...I think this is my favorite score of the year to be perfectly honest. 
Yavar
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I hadn't heard this score til the Goldsmith Odyssey featured it in a discussion with the composer Carlos Rafael Rivera. Beautiful. I immediately google searched for the CD and was distressed to find that neither this nor Godless are available on CD. I will order A Walk Among the Tombstones though.
But Damn, is there any chance of a CD release ?.
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It's a fabulous score...been listening to it all weekend and it gets better with each listen.
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I was not really into the score when I first listened to it but it is very minimal. Rivera's score to Godless is fantastic so I will keep listening perhaps at work and see when this clicks.
It begins in some minimal areas, but becomes more lavish as the show (and score) progresses. The Main Title is the musical culmination in the series (so, really the End Title), to give you an idea of where it's headed.
Maybe reverse the tracks and play it that way? It may grab you sooner.
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I hadn't heard this score til the Goldsmith Odyssey featured it in a discussion with the composer Carlos Rafael Rivera. Beautiful. I immediately google searched for the CD and was distressed to find that neither this nor Godless are available on CD. I will order A Walk Among the Tombstones though.
But Damn, is there any chance of a CD release ?.
One issue I suspect with Godless and The Queen's Gambit is that the albums are around an hour and a half long (which still represents a somewhat substantial abridgment of the full score, seeing as how both of those are seven hour miniseries), too long to fit on a single CD. I share your desire for one anyway (I see LLL just put out a two disc set for The Boys Season 1), but think Netflix so far hasn't showed a whole lot of interest in CD releases. The Witcher is another recent series of theirs which only got a digital score release, I believe. Varese did put out CDs of The Dark Crystal some months after the digital versions came out (and in the past did CDs for each season of House of Cards), so I guess there is a *bit* of hope -- if enough people make their desire for a physical album known!
I know that Godless didn't even receive a digital soundtrack album until quite a while (over half a year!) after the series itself dropped on Netflix. You can still find comment sections online where people were just BEGGING for it, like this one: https://filmmusicreporter.com/2017/08/23/carlos-rafael-rivera-scoring-netflixs-godless/
Carlos thanked all those people when he finally shared the news that a soundtrack was being released digitally:
https://carlosrafaelrivera.com/godless-soundtrack/
So it's entirely possible that publicly expressed enthusiasm for a CD release might make one happen. But until then, you shouldn't deprive yourself of this great music. If getting something in lossless audio quality is what matters to you, this is the best option -- 7 Digital has the full 90 minute album in FLAC (16bit, or even 24bit, which is higher quality than most CDs) for shockingly cheap (compared with over three times as much on Qobuz, a similar lossless audio music industry site):
https://uk.7digital.com/artist/carlos-rafael-rivera/release/the-queens-gambit-music-from-the-netflix-limited-series-13364924
It's really a huge bargain so grab it before they realize how inexpensive they made the album. Just make sure not to select the 320 MP3 option if you want CD quality (or better) sound. They also have Godless, if not for *quite* as amazing a deal (but still quite reasonable):
https://uk.7digital.com/artist/carlos-rafael-rivera/release/godless-original-music-from-the-netflix-series-8033082
Yavar
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I loved this series. And I'm now playing the music and loving it, too. The piano stuff has a slight Glass-ian feel, which appeals to me, while still being its own thing.
I am grateful that, frankly, I prefer a digital release because I don't want to store any more bloody CDs that I never play anyway.
Also, for a sad commentary on the state of "soundtracks" in the general population, check out the reviews on Amazon:
https://amzn.to/3eOMdIu
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One issue I suspect with Godless and The Queen's Gambit is that the albums are around an hour and a half long (which still represents a somewhat substantial abridgment of the full score, seeing as how both of those are seven hour miniseries), too long to fit on a single CD. I share your desire for one anyway (I see LLL just put out a two disc set for The Boys Season 1), but think Netflix so far hasn't showed a whole lot of interest in CD releases. The Witcher is another recent series of theirs which only got a digital score release, I believe. Varese did put out CDs of The Dark Crystal some months after the digital versions came out (and in the past did CDs for each season of House of Cards), so I guess there is a *bit* of hope -- if enough people make their desire for a physical album known!
Netflix seems to be all over the place regarding what soundtrack albums get a physical release. The Witcher actually is available on CD: https://www.amazon.com/Witcher-Music-Netflix-Original/dp/B084QKMZT7/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+witcher&qid=1605112975&s=music&sr=1-1 and there have been a few other Netflix productions that have gotten physical releases like the Crown (even for the upcoming season, although that seems to be an import) and Enola Holmes. On the other hand high profile movies like Extraction only got a digital release.
Back to the topic, I enjoyed the music as heard in the show. Thanks for the links for the album. I will have to order a copy.
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Maybe you should see the show, Thor...
Yavar
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This composition, as well as the TV series Queen's Move itself, is incredible. I think it took an incredible effort for Carlos Reviera to create such a magical soundtrack, for me this is the best composer after Hans Zimer. By the way, you knew that this is not his first nomination, in 2014 his soundtrack was nominated for an Oscar! For those who are interested in the work of Carlos, I recommend looking for videos on YouTube in which music critics review his biography and work and give competent comments. I found a couple of them there and noticed that most of these channels had at least 66 thousand subscribers! I am sure their owners used the services of https://soclikes.com/buy-youtube-subscribers to buy subscribers.
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