Heavy choral hits and pounding percussion crashing through your speakers like Kratos through a temple wall. The original God of War soundtrack from 2005 on PS2 set the bar for how an action game should sound, and it still hits.
Read more
"Escape from Madness" opens with this desperate intensity that never really lets go. "The Splendor of Athens" gives you a moment of beauty before "Ares Destroys Athens" tears it all apart. "Zeus' Wrath Divine" goes full mythological fury with layered vocals and bombastic brass.
Twenty-three tracks that follow Kratos from grief to godhood. Something about "Kratos' Evil Past" sitting quietly in the middle of all that violence. If you played this game and forgot the music, go back and realize it was doing half the heavy lifting.