There's this unsettling folk quality to the whole thing that just creeps under your skin. The Orwell's Animal Farm soundtrack scores a narrative strategy game based on, yeah, THAT book, and it nails the tone completely. "Beasts of England" starts with this hopeful communal energy, almost like a real protest song, and then you watch the music curdle season by season.
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"Windmill" has this grinding determination that slowly warps into something mechanical and hollow. By the time you hit "Napoleon's Rule" the warmth is just... gone. "Boxer's Death" is genuinely devastating, quiet and spent.
The seasonal tracks chart the farm's decay better than dialogue ever could. If you like political sims with actual emotional weight, this score does so much heavy lifting.