Twenty-two tracks for Jane Jensen's return to adventure games — the Gabriel Knight creator's tale of a street magician and a neurologist haunted by his dead wife. "Street-Smart Sam" and "Never Going Back (Sam's Theme)" establish Samantha Everett, the American magician protagonist.
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"David's Theme" introduces the reclusive Dr. David Styles, returning in piano variation. "The Daedalus Club" scores the underground magic society. "The Vision Laura" and "The False Laura" explore the ghost wife mystery from different angles.
"The Lab," "The Experiment," and "The Effect" track the scientific investigation sequence. "The Black Wand" brings stage magic into the supernatural. "Lady Byron" adds literary resonance. "Rumours About Dr. Styles" builds Oxford gossip into music.
"Misleading Signs" and "Set A Trap" handle the thriller elements. "Angela" appears twice, with instrumental variations of key themes providing the alternate-version depth Jensen's games always demanded. Gray Matter was Jensen's most underrated work — a thoughtful mystery about the boundary between neuroscience and the supernatural.