Susumu Hirasawa doing what Susumu Hirasawa does best, which is making electronic music that sounds like it's broadcasting from inside a collective nervous breakdown. "Dream Island Obsessional Park" opens with that signature blend of vocal samples and pulsing synths that immediately tells you something is very wrong.
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"Confrontational Paranoia" lives up to its name with aggressive layering that just keeps building. "White Hill (Maromi's Theme)" is deceptively gentle, almost lullaby-like, which makes it creepier in context. The whole score matches Satoshi Kon's fractured storytelling beat for beat.
"Reverie Hill" sits in this eerie calm that never quite lets you relax. If you love Kon's work but haven't sat with the score on its own, you're missing half the experience.