Swaggering big-band brass mixed with adventure serial energy straight out of a diesel-punk radio play. Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge on Xbox made aerial combat feel like a Saturday matinee, and the music sells every barrel roll.
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"Crimson Are The Skies" opens with this bold, brassy fanfare that screams 1930s sky pirate, and "March of the Three-Legged Fascist Dogs" has a name so good the track barely needs to try. It tries anyway. "Night Flight Over Chicago" pulls back into something moody and noir, all smoky horns over a dark cityscape.
The tonal range here is wild. Original Xbox audio doing pulp adventure better than most film scores bother to. If you ever wanted a soundtrack that makes driving to work feel like a dogfight over the Pacific, strap in.