Mournful cello and fractured piano echo through what sounds like a Victorian slaughterhouse. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is the 2013 follow-up from thechineseroom, and Jessica Curry's score is devastating in ways horror soundtracks rarely attempt.
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"Lily" is this heartbreaking solo piece that makes you forget you're playing a horror game. "Mors Praematura" builds dread through pure orchestral weight. "The Children" is barely a whisper but it'll wreck you. This is a score about grief wearing a horror mask.
Every track drips with sadness and industrial menace, strings scraping against the darkness. Put this on when you want something that makes you feel things you weren't prepared to feel while being absolutely terrified.