Six tracks from one chapter of Half-Life Alyx and they're drenched in VR-specific tension. "Quaranta Giorni" (Forty Days) opens with quarantine atmosphere that feels way too real now. "Xombies" brings combine zombie dread into headset-adjacent proximity.
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"Only One" carries isolation. "Matter of Perspective" plays with VR's spatial audio possibilities. "Severed from the Vortessence" is vortigaunt lore in musical form. "Is Or Will Be" closes on existential uncertainty. Mike Morasky scored these for a medium where the music surrounds you, and even on flat speakers the spatial awareness comes through.
If you experienced Alyx in VR, these tracks will put you right back in that ruined city. If you haven't, they'll make you want to.