Dinosaurs and dread. This score opens warm and tribal with "Family" and "Home Village" grounding you in something organic, then slowly peels back the curtain on whatever "Facility __._._.___" is supposed to be (that title alone is unsettling).
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"Thornpuff Forest" and "Fernstep Glade" build these lush, layered ecosystems out of percussion and woodwinds, while "Raptor Hunt" and "Troodontid Teeth" go full survival mode. "The Gaping" takes a hard left into something genuinely unnerving.
The bookend trick of opening and closing on "Primal Planet" works, giving the whole thing a circular, mythic shape. "Nightfall" is the standout quiet moment. If you want a soundtrack that starts in wonder and ends somewhere much darker, this delivers.