Tense strings and deep brass rumbling beneath industrial percussion. Airships is the early access era soundtrack for the steampunk builder, nine tracks from before the 1.0 release fleshed everything out. "Xiuhtecuhtli" is named after an Aztec fire god and sounds like it, all heat and intensity.
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"Shipyards" has this rhythmic hammering quality that fits the construction gameplay perfectly. "Suspensions" closes on an unresolved note, hanging in the air like something left unfinished. Nine tracks that established the tone before the game was done.
Rawer and more sparse than the later expanded soundtrack, but the atmosphere is already locked in. Worth a listen if you played the early builds and want to remember what it sounded like before 1.0.