Max Richter While the Flood Rages, the Oscar-nominated composer’s new album drawn from his MaddAddam collaboration with choreographer Wayne McGregor (inspired by Margaret Atwood’s trilogy), arrives Friday 16 October 2026 on Deutsche Grammophon / Decca. Across 15 tracks split into three acts, Richter folds orchestra, electronics, processed field recordings, choir, and piano into an ecological-collapse and resilience suite—with Tenebrae Choir credited on the DG catalogue page. This ADVANCE Music guide locks street date, concept, and track spine before the Oct 16 spike—without twinning Fontaines D.C. Dopamine Chamber as the primary keyword.

Release date, label, and headline facts

Album — While The Flood Rages

Artist — Max Richter (with Tenebrae Choir)

Release — 16 October 2026

Label — Deutsche Grammophon / Decca

Tracks — 15, organised in three acts

Source work — Companion to the MaddAddam stage collaboration with Wayne McGregor; Atwood trilogy inspiration (not marketed as a straight film OST)

Formats — Digital (incl. Dolby Atmos per DG), CD, and later 2LP listings on Richter’s Decca store

DG’s product copy frames recurring piano motifs against dense cinematic soundscapes on themes of ecological collapse, technological acceleration, and resilience.

Tracklist spine (DG order)

1. Wave After Wave; 2. Their Eerie Music; 3. While The Flood Rages; 4. The City Was A Chaos; 5. Sensorium; 6. Quiet; 7. Tell The Bees; 8. Data Ballistics; 9. O Let Me Not Be Proud; 10. A Sweet Air; 11. Amniotic; 12. Dawn; 13. Background Radiation; 14. My Body Is My Earthly Ark (plus the published 15th catalogue cut as listed on DG’s product page).

Pre-release campaign materials have pointed to Studio Richter Mahr sessions, the single path around Now We Can Sing, and WTFR Global Listening Events—treat event cities and exact single dates as subject to label updates in release week.

People also ask: is this the MaddAddam soundtrack?

Not in the straight OST sense. DG presents While The Flood Rages as a standalone album drawn from the MaddAddam collaboration with McGregor and inspired by Atwood’s trilogy—orchestral-electronic concert music rather than a cue-by-cue film dump. Listeners chasing the stage piece should still expect shared DNA in motifs and choir writing.

Why ADVANCE now (spike ~16 October)

“Max Richter While the Flood Rages,” “Flood Rages tracklist,” and “Max Richter October 2026” queries climb through release week beside other 16 Oct album neighbours. A sourced DG/Decca date–act–track explainer outranks thin calendar bullets that bury the Atwood/McGregor lineage under generic “new classical” blurbs.

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Deepen the October cluster with our live Avalanches No Bad Memories and Pet Shop Boys A Man From The Future—same-window album neighbours without twinning Fontaines Dopamine Chamber as this primary.

Career context heading into Flood Rages

Richter’s mid-2020s catalogue has stayed on the DG/Decca classical-crossover lane after earlier Sleep / Voices-era landmarks. Pairing Tenebrae with processed field recordings and three-act architecture keeps the record in the immersive-listening lane that Digitals Atmos editions signal on the DG store.

Pre-order pages on maxrichter.decca.com and store.deutschegrammophon.com circulated with the September catalogue push; recheck colourways and LP street dates (some 2LP listings sit later than digital) in release week.

Sources and caveats

16 Oct DG/Decca release, 15-track / three-act structure, MaddAddam–McGregor–Atwood framing, Tenebrae Choir credit, Atmos availability: Deutsche Grammophon catalogue product page and Decca store listings. Chart positions, listening-event cities, and last-minute track order tweaks can still shift—recheck DG and maxrichter.com in release week.