Heavy, cinematic percussion crashing over a post-apocalyptic haze. Enslaved: Odyssey to the West reimagines the classic Chinese legend on PS3 and 360, and the score carries all that weight. "Cloud Surfing" has this soaring freedom to it that contrasts with how broken the world is.
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"Pigsy Blues" is surprisingly emotional for a side character's theme. And "Main Theme" ties the whole thing together with a sense of scale that sticks. "Monkey Sunset" is one of those quiet tracks that hits harder than any action cue.
"No Death In Love" earns its dramatic title. The production has that late-2000s cinematic quality, big and polished but with real feeling underneath. Play it if you want a soundtrack that makes a ruined world feel worth saving.