Deep, Nordic-flavored orchestral weight with this aching sense of finality. God of War Ragnarok picks up where the 2018 score left off and somehow gets even more emotional. "Remembering Faye" is devastating in the quietest way, "The Hammer of Thor" brings thunder you can physically feel, and "Letting Go" is the kind of track that wrecks you at 2AM.
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Bear McCreary layers in more choral work this time. The Icelandic and Old Norse vocals give everything this mythic texture that just sinks into your bones. The way it handles the father-son arc through melody alone. Put this on if you want to cry about Norse mythology and pretend it's the music's fault.