Dry wind and a single sustained note stretching across an empty wasteland. Kenshi's soundtrack knows exactly what kind of game it is, brutal open-world survival where the desert wants you dead. "Scorching Wind" does exactly what the name says, all heat shimmer and isolation.
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"Sands at Dusk" pulls the temperature down into something almost meditative. The contrast between tracks like "Fertile" and "Pit" tells the whole story of the game. Moments of hope next to pure dread. "Ashen Air" sits in that grey zone where you cannot tell if things are getting better or worse.
Thirteen tracks for a game that can run hundreds of hours. Each one just... fits. For anyone who's ever watched their squad get wiped and kept playing anyway.