Warm orchestral textures drifting through clouds of reverb, exactly what an airship sim should sound like. Nephelia: Through the Clouds is this indie dieselpunk flight game from the Russian studio Dieselduck, and the soundtrack nails the feeling of piloting through open skies.
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"Calmness" does exactly what the name promises with these gentle strings that just float, then "The danger of turbulence" shifts into something tense and percussive when things go wrong up there. "Elvis City" brings in a brassy swagger for the urban stops.
Twelve tracks, each one named for a mood or a place. If you've ever wanted a Sunless Skies vibe but literally in the sky, this score delivers that atmosphere on its own.