Lonely guitar twang over a haze of desert reverb. Fallout: New Vegas has one of those soundtracks that just lives in your head rent-free after a long session. Inon Zur nailed the post-apocalyptic western vibe on PS3/360/PC, and tracks like "Wasteland Justice" and "The Courier Walks Softly" hit different when you're wandering the Mojave at night.
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"Garden of Evil" creeps in slow and heavy, perfect for when things go sideways. The whole score sits in this dusty, tense space between ambient dread and frontier grit. "Under the Stars" is genuinely peaceful, then "Mutant Massacre" snaps you right back.
That contrast though. Put this on if you need background music for pretending you have NCR business to handle.