Outriders' score by Inon Zur goes big and cinematic in that AAA sci-fi shooter way, but it earns it. The Main Theme has this heavy brass and choir combo that sets up the whole stranded-on-an-alien-world tension immediately.
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"Deep Desert Battle" layers driving percussion under these distorted synth stabs that hit right during the bullet-hell moments. "Voices In The Forest" pulls back into something more atmospheric and alien, with these eerie vocal textures floating over ambient pads.
Really unsettling stuff. "Yagak" brings boss fight energy with aggressive strings and tribal percussion that matches the game's weird sci-fi-meets-primal aesthetic. If you dug the looter-shooter grind, this soundtrack makes the alien planet feel way more alive than the story did.