Eastern strings and war drums crashing into full orchestral battle pieces. Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer takes the MMO into Khitai, and the soundtrack follows with this heavy Asian-influenced score that hits different from the base game.
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"Silken Wind through the Bamboo Forest" is genuinely beautiful, all flowing string work and delicate percussion. Then "Hyrkanian Raiders Attack" rips that calm apart with aggressive brass and pounding rhythm. "The Ballad of the Barbarian King" sits somewhere in between, this slow heroic theme that builds and builds.
Every track is named like a chapter heading from a Conan novel. The music delivers on every one of those promises. Play this when you need a soundtrack that moves between contemplation and violence without flinching.