Walls of distorted guitars and orchestral fury slamming together at full force. Ninja Gaiden 3's soundtrack on PS3 and 360 goes for a heavier, more cinematic tone than the previous entries. Heavy Machinery has this industrial grind that makes every fight feel mechanical and brutal, like the game is trying to wear you down.
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Harmony in Despair is where it gets interesting though, blending aggression with something genuinely melancholic that catches you off guard. Haunted by the Past pulls that thread further into atmospheric territory. Just fifteen tracks but dense ones.
Whatever you think about the game itself, sitting with this score on headphones after midnight hits different when you let Purification's closing weight settle in.