Firaxis took their XCOM tactical chops and crashed them into the Marvel universe, and the soundtrack for Midnight Suns matches that wild ambition beat for beat. "Origins" sets up The Hunter's resurrection with orchestral grandeur that feels appropriately mythic, while "The Sanctum and the Shield" captures the eerie comfort of the Abbey, your supernatural home base where you hang out with Avengers between missions.
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The track titles alone tell a story -- "This Is for Johnny Blaze" hits different when you know it scores Ghost Rider's personal arc. The character-driven writing carries over into the music. "Hello Cleveland" brings Wolverine's gruff energy, "The Strongest There Is" is unmistakably a Hulk moment, and "Side Deal with the Devil" layers in the moral ambiguity of working with darker forces.
"One of Those Off-Off-Broadway Shows" has a playful theatricality that captures the game's surprisingly witty social sim side, where you're literally watching movies and playing cards with Marvel heroes. "What Could Kill a God" and "The Strongest Among Us" bring the weight of the Lilith confrontation home, scaling the orchestration up to match the cosmic stakes.
The whole soundtrack walks a tightrope between supernatural horror and superhero bombast, and it never falls off. A genuinely underappreciated score for a genuinely underappreciated game.