Heavy riffs crashing into orchestral doom metal. Brutal Legend's score sounds like someone handed a symphony conductor a battle axe and told them to shred. "Spirit of Bladehenge" carries this massive war march energy while "Sea of Black Tears" goes full gothic tragedy.
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Then "Thunderhorn" just stomps in like a boss fight you weren't ready for. This is PS3/360 era cinematic metal done right. Tim Schafer's world of chrome and leather needed music that could hang with Ozzy and Lemmy, and the original score absolutely delivers on that front.
The kind of soundtrack that makes you want to do the devil horns at your desk. If you ever wanted orchestral music that could melt faces, start here.