Pure controlled panic turned into music. The Jeff chapter of Half-Life: Alyx is the one everyone talks about, that blind, invincible zombie you have to sneak past, and Mike Morasky's score is the reason your hands were shaking the entire time.
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"Jeff" itself is this sustained, horrible tension that mirrors the feeling of holding your breath while a monster stands three feet away. "Trash Compactor Waltz" is darkly funny in hindsight, almost playful while you're desperately trying to solve the puzzle.
"Elevatormuzik" is the sick joke of the chapter, mundane muzak while your heart rate is through the roof. The contrast between "Sunset Vault" and the rest is wild. A brief moment of calm before everything tightens again.
Anyone who survived this chapter in VR owes it to themselves to hear how deliberately the music tortured them.