Solar Fields' score trades the original game's warmth for something colder and more architectural. Lots of negative space, clean synth pads, and tension that builds through restraint instead of bombast. "Plastic" pulses with this clinical energy that matches the sterile corporate city perfectly, and "Gridnose" layers percussion into something genuinely propulsive.
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The character-named tracks ("Noah," "Dogen," "Isabel") carry more emotional weight than you'd expect, functioning almost like portraits. "The Shard" hits hard near the end. The whole score feels like running across glass rooftops at sunset, equal parts beautiful and exposed.
If you liked the first game's soundtrack but wanted something with sharper edges and more ambient breathing room, this delivers.