Dark, moody synth work with the kind of early-2000s PC game grit that doesn't get made anymore. Guillian Rader's SIDE:A soundtrack has thirteen tracks that lean hard into tension and atmosphere, the kind of stuff that sounds like it was composed in a dim room at 3 AM.
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"Ashes and Dust" opens as a remix version that sets a bleak tone immediately. "God Hammer" is the heavy hitter, aggressive and driving with a name that delivers on its promise. "Memory" pulls back into something reflective, sitting near the end of the tracklist like a breath you didn't know you needed.
The remix and CD versions scattered through the list suggest a soundtrack that got revisited and reworked. Tracks like "Wandering" and "Doubt" do exactly what their titles suggest. For fans of obscure mid-2000s PC soundtracks that traded polish for raw mood.