Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante to release 2XKO cinematic theme Ties That Bind

Updated story: The song is here! Listen below:

Original story: As well as working with Polyphia very recently, Riot Games have announced that they’ve also teamed up with Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante for the official cinematic theme tune to 2v2 tag fighter 2XKO.

Entitled Ties That Bind, the single will drop on October 6 (and can be presaved now). It’s described in a press release as a “powerful and anthemic soundscape that crescendos into an epic, soaring finale for players”.

As well as this year’s Tsunami Sea album, we’ve had more new music from Courtney in recent weeks, as she collaborated with Amy Lee and Poppy on End Of You.

And it all means that 2025 has been yet another brilliantly successful year for Courtney and the band. Speaking to Kerrang! before Tsunami Sea’s release, the vocalist joked that she’s a “delusional person” who always felt like things would work out in one way or another.

“I knew that this was going to happen for me,” she admitted of success. “And we’re still so focused on the next thing that we maybe don’t live in the moment and pat ourselves on the back enough. Having Josh and Zev with us helps. They hold us accountable: ‘You should celebrate this moment. This is a big deal!’ But it’s crazy to think how far we’ve come already. And as long as we stay just a little bit delusional and a little bit self-aware there might be a long way left to go…”

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