That opening bass rumble hits and suddenly you remember what dread feels like in VR. Mike Morasky composed the Half-Life: Alyx soundtrack, and Chapter 01 Entanglement sets the tone for everything that follows. "Valve Alyx" reworks the classic Half-Life motif into something colder and more personal, while "Coetaneous Entanglement" layers pulsing electronics over this low-frequency tension that you feel in your chest more than hear.
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"City 17 Strider" brings back the mechanical horror of those walking tanks, reimagined for a 2020 VR soundscape. Then "From Here to There in Under a Second" closes with a phrase that somehow sounds exactly like teleportation should.
The whole chapter builds like a slow inhale before everything goes wrong. If you played Alyx in VR and forgot to appreciate the music because you were too busy flinching, go back and just listen.