diff --git a/apps/game/public/assets/manifest.json b/apps/game/public/assets/manifest.json
index da000be..05a56b9 100644
--- a/apps/game/public/assets/manifest.json
+++ b/apps/game/public/assets/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "generator": "tools/art/build-assets.mjs",
   "blender": "Blender 4.5.12 LTS",
-  "commit": "ad926825e31ded8e6197881e6d68cf00f368ed65",
+  "commit": "e132eb8caf8583e204fe8a2292219ebce39c6955",
   "license": "Original work, © NIGHTCELL 7. No third-party assets.",
   "source": "Generated procedurally from the scripts in tools/art. No asset is downloaded, photographed, traced, or derived from another game.",
   "textureSize": 1024,
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@
     "ui_hover.mp3"
   ],
   "music": [
-    "music_frost-on-the-oar.mp3",
-    "music_ironwood-oath.mp3",
-    "music_runes-on-ice.mp3",
-    "music_storm-crown-oath.mp3",
-    "music_the-wolf-called-want-part-2.mp3",
-    "music_the-wolf-called-want.mp3"
+    "throngva/frost-on-the-oar.mp3",
+    "throngva/ironwood-oath.mp3",
+    "throngva/runes-on-ice.mp3",
+    "throngva/storm-crown-oath.mp3",
+    "throngva/the-wolf-called-want-part-2.mp3",
+    "throngva/the-wolf-called-want.mp3"
   ],
   "bytes": {
     "models": 4206012,
diff --git a/apps/game/public/audio/PROVENANCE.md b/apps/game/public/audio/PROVENANCE.md
index ac0352d..2271c4f 100644
--- a/apps/game/public/audio/PROVENANCE.md
+++ b/apps/game/public/audio/PROVENANCE.md
@@ -59,3 +59,28 @@ variations exist to prevent.
 
 Original work, © NIGHTCELL 7. No third-party audio, no sampled material, and
 nothing produced by a generative audio model.
+
+## Music
+
+Original work by **Þrøngva**, written for this game by the project owner. Not
+licensed from a third party, so there is no external licence to comply with and
+no attribution obligation — the credit below is for the record.
+
+Laid out as `music/<artist>/<song>.mp3`. The licence and attribution belong to
+the artist rather than to each file, and a folder per artist is where a reader
+looks for that. It also removed a real bug: the download-budget guard used to
+exclude music by a `^music_` filename pattern, which silently under-counted the
+moment a track arrived under its own name and put 22 MB of songs inside a 6 MB
+guard. A directory cannot be misspelt into the wrong bucket.
+
+| File                                             | Title                         |
+| ------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------- |
+| `music/throngva/frost-on-the-oar.mp3`            | Frost on the Oar              |
+| `music/throngva/runes-on-ice.mp3`                | Runes on Ice                  |
+| `music/throngva/ironwood-oath.mp3`               | Ironwood Oath                 |
+| `music/throngva/storm-crown-oath.mp3`            | Storm Crown Oath              |
+| `music/throngva/the-wolf-called-want.mp3`        | The Wolf Called Want          |
+| `music/throngva/the-wolf-called-want-part-2.mp3` | The Wolf Called Want (Part 2) |
+
+Streamed by an `<audio>` element on demand and deliberately outside the 15 MB
+shell budget (PRD §30): the game is playable before a note arrives.
diff --git a/apps/game/public/audio/music_frost-on-the-oar.mp3 b/apps/game/public/audio/music/throngva/frost-on-the-oar.mp3
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/game/public/audio/music_frost-on-the-oar.mp3
rename to apps/game/public/audio/music/throngva/frost-on-the-oar.mp3
diff --git a/apps/game/public/audio/music_ironwood-oath.mp3 b/apps/game/public/audio/music/throngva/ironwood-oath.mp3
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/game/public/audio/music_ironwood-oath.mp3
rename to apps/game/public/audio/music/throngva/ironwood-oath.mp3
diff --git a/apps/game/public/audio/music_runes-on-ice.mp3 b/apps/game/public/audio/music/throngva/runes-on-ice.mp3
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/game/public/audio/music_runes-on-ice.mp3
rename to apps/game/public/audio/music/throngva/runes-on-ice.mp3
diff --git a/apps/game/public/audio/music_storm-crown-oath.mp3 b/apps/game/public/audio/music/throngva/storm-crown-oath.mp3
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/game/public/audio/music_storm-crown-oath.mp3
rename to apps/game/public/audio/music/throngva/storm-crown-oath.mp3
diff --git a/apps/game/public/audio/music_the-wolf-called-want-part-2.mp3 b/apps/game/public/audio/music/throngva/the-wolf-called-want-part-2.mp3
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/game/public/audio/music_the-wolf-called-want-part-2.mp3
rename to apps/game/public/audio/music/throngva/the-wolf-called-want-part-2.mp3
diff --git a/apps/game/public/audio/music_the-wolf-called-want.mp3 b/apps/game/public/audio/music/throngva/the-wolf-called-want.mp3
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/game/public/audio/music_the-wolf-called-want.mp3
rename to apps/game/public/audio/music/throngva/the-wolf-called-want.mp3
diff --git a/apps/game/src/audio.ts b/apps/game/src/audio.ts
index 8138374..280e7af 100644
--- a/apps/game/src/audio.ts
+++ b/apps/game/src/audio.ts
@@ -43,14 +43,39 @@ const SINGLE = ["reload", "ui_hover", "ui_click", "ui_error", "ambience_yard"] a
  * is playable before a note has arrived, so music is fetched on demand rather
  * than gating the first match (PRD §30).
  */
-const MUSIC = [
-  "music_frost-on-the-oar",
-  "music_ironwood-oath",
-  "music_runes-on-ice",
-  "music_storm-crown-oath",
-  "music_the-wolf-called-want",
-  "music_the-wolf-called-want-part-2",
-] as const;
+interface Track {
+  /** Path under `audio/`, artist folder and all. */
+  readonly file: string;
+  readonly title: string;
+  readonly artist: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The soundtrack, organised by artist.
+ *
+ * `music/<artist>/<song>.mp3` rather than a flat `music_*.mp3` pile: the
+ * licence and attribution belong to the artist, not to each file, and a folder
+ * per artist is where a reader looks for that. It also stopped a real bug —
+ * the download-budget guard excluded music by a `^music_` filename pattern,
+ * which silently under-counted the moment a track arrived under its own name.
+ * A directory cannot be misspelt into the wrong bucket.
+ */
+const MUSIC: readonly Track[] = [
+  { file: "music/throngva/frost-on-the-oar.mp3", title: "Frost on the Oar", artist: "Þrøngva" },
+  { file: "music/throngva/runes-on-ice.mp3", title: "Runes on Ice", artist: "Þrøngva" },
+  { file: "music/throngva/ironwood-oath.mp3", title: "Ironwood Oath", artist: "Þrøngva" },
+  { file: "music/throngva/storm-crown-oath.mp3", title: "Storm Crown Oath", artist: "Þrøngva" },
+  {
+    file: "music/throngva/the-wolf-called-want.mp3",
+    title: "The Wolf Called Want",
+    artist: "Þrøngva",
+  },
+  {
+    file: "music/throngva/the-wolf-called-want-part-2.mp3",
+    title: "The Wolf Called Want (Part 2)",
+    artist: "Þrøngva",
+  },
+];
 
 type VariedName = keyof typeof VARIED;
 
@@ -235,7 +260,7 @@ export class GameAudio {
 
     const advance = () => {
       this.musicIndex = (this.musicIndex + 1) % MUSIC.length;
-      element.src = `${BASE}${MUSIC[this.musicIndex]}.mp3`;
+      element.src = `${BASE}${MUSIC[this.musicIndex]?.file ?? ""}`;
       void element.play().catch(() => {
         // Autoplay can still be refused; failing quietly is right here,
         // because losing the soundtrack must never interrupt a match.
@@ -246,11 +271,16 @@ export class GameAudio {
     // A track that fails to load should move on rather than end the playlist.
     element.addEventListener("error", advance);
 
-    element.src = `${BASE}${MUSIC[this.musicIndex]}.mp3`;
+    element.src = `${BASE}${MUSIC[this.musicIndex]?.file ?? ""}`;
     void element.play().catch(() => {});
     this.music = element;
   }
 
+  /** The track playing now, for a "now playing" line if one is ever wanted. */
+  nowPlaying(): Track | undefined {
+    return this.music ? MUSIC[this.musicIndex] : undefined;
+  }
+
   stopMusic(): void {
     this.music?.pause();
     this.music = null;
diff --git a/tools/art/build-assets.mjs b/tools/art/build-assets.mjs
index db8686c..c12b0e8 100644
--- a/tools/art/build-assets.mjs
+++ b/tools/art/build-assets.mjs
@@ -268,15 +268,16 @@ function main() {
   const modelBytes = directoryBytes(MODELS_OUT);
   const textureBytes = directoryBytes(TEXTURES_OUT);
   // Skip streamed music and any video the directory happens to hold.
-  // Allowlist the generated effects rather than trying to pattern-match the
-  // music. Tracks arrive with whatever names they were given, so an exclusion
-  // pattern silently under-counts the moment one does not match — which is how
-  // 22 MB of songs ended up inside a 6 MB budget guard.
-  const SFX = /^(fire_|step_|impact_|reload\.|ui_|ambience_yard\.)/;
-  const audioBytesTotal = directoryBytes(AUDIO_OUT, (f) => !SFX.test(f));
+  // Only the generated effects, which are the flat .mp3 files in the audio
+  // root. Music lives under audio/music/<artist>/ and is streamed on demand,
+  // so it is outside the shell budget by virtue of where it sits rather than
+  // by a filename pattern — a pattern silently under-counted the moment a
+  // track arrived under its own name, which put 22 MB of songs inside a 6 MB
+  // guard.
+  const audioBytesTotal = directoryBytes(AUDIO_OUT, (f) => !f.endsWith(".mp3"));
   const audio = existsSync(AUDIO_OUT)
     ? readdirSync(AUDIO_OUT)
-        .filter((f) => f.endsWith(".mp3") && SFX.test(f))
+        .filter((f) => f.endsWith(".mp3"))
         .sort()
     : [];
 
@@ -304,10 +305,16 @@ function main() {
         models,
         textures,
         audio,
-        // Streamed on demand, so outside the shell budget entirely.
-        music: existsSync(AUDIO_OUT)
-          ? readdirSync(AUDIO_OUT)
-              .filter((f) => f.endsWith(".mp3") && !SFX.test(f))
+        // Streamed on demand, so outside the shell budget entirely. Listed as
+        // artist/song so provenance is readable straight from the manifest.
+        music: existsSync(join(AUDIO_OUT, "music"))
+          ? readdirSync(join(AUDIO_OUT, "music"), { withFileTypes: true })
+              .filter((e) => e.isDirectory())
+              .flatMap((artist) =>
+                readdirSync(join(AUDIO_OUT, "music", artist.name))
+                  .filter((f) => f.endsWith(".mp3"))
+                  .map((f) => `${artist.name}/${f}`),
+              )
               .sort()
           : [],
         bytes: {