The main theme drops with this massive orchestral weight that the PS2 finally had the hardware to sell. Gregson-Williams brought genuine Hollywood action scoring to "Opening Infiltration," layering electronic textures under brass hits that made the tanker sequence feel like a blockbuster you were playing.
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"Fortune" shifts into something stranger, almost tragic and operatic for a woman who literally cannot be killed. And then "Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday" closes the whole thing out as this smoky, melancholic jazz vocal piece that feels completely out of place in the best possible way.
The whole soundtrack keeps shape-shifting on you, just like the game's story. Perfect listening for anyone still trying to figure out what Kojima was actually saying.