Victorian strings and gas-lamp piano that sound like they were recorded in a parlor underneath London. Fallen London's OST dropped in 2016 for this browser and mobile game, and it nails the gothic, literary weirdness of the Unterzee and the Neath.
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"New Newgate" opens with this tense, confined energy, like prison walls closing in slow motion. "Mrs Plenty's Carnival" has a twisted fairground quality, all waltzing and slightly off-kilter. "Labyrinth of Tigers" sounds dangerous and exotic, the kind of track that makes you want to pet something that will definitely eat you.
The whole soundtrack plays like a collection of short stories. Each track paints a specific corner of this strange underground city. If you like your game music dripping with atmosphere and Victorian dread, this one scratches an itch nothing else can.