Warm acoustic guitar floating over quiet wilderness sounds. Firewatch is a first-person narrative game set in the Wyoming wilderness, and the score by Chris Remo feels like sun through pine trees. "Stay in Your Tower and Watch" is this gentle, contemplative piece that perfectly captures being alone with your thoughts in a fire lookout.
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"Canyon Sunset" does exactly what you'd hope, all golden tones and soft fingerpicking. "Ol' Shoshone" closes things out with this bittersweet warmth that sticks with you. The whole score is restrained and intimate. Acoustic guitars, light synths, occasional piano.
It never overwhelms the silence, just fills in the gaps between cricket sounds and wind. Put this on when you want to feel like you're somewhere far away from everything.