Strings that shimmer like heat waves off Martian sand. Christopher Tin scored Offworld Trading Company with this restrained, lonely grandeur that makes spreadsheet capitalism on Mars feel genuinely cinematic. "Red Planet Nocturne" opens with a piano figure that sounds like it's echoing through an empty colony dome, and by the time "Sea of Sirens" rolls in with its vocal layers, you're forgetting this is a real-time strategy game about resource markets.
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"Roboto Agitato" picks up with nervous, pulsing rhythms that nail the feeling of watching your stock price crater. The whole thing floats in this strange space between wonder and corporate anxiety. Perfect background for when you want to feel like an interplanetary mogul staring out a window.