Two Dead Space and Gears of War veterans walk into a recording studio and the result is absurdly heavy for a handheld game. Jason Graves and Kevin Riepl scored Resistance: Burning Skies with a full orchestra at Nashville's Ocean Way Studios, and it sounds like they were trying to make you forget you're playing on a Vita.
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"Panic in the Streets" hits with this frantic brass wall that genuinely startles, while "The Minutemen" pulls back into something almost patriotic before the tension crawls back in. "Demons Upon Us" layers strings over low percussion like dread building in your chest.
The quiet devastation of "Ellie" near the end though. If you want proof the Vita could carry real cinematic weight, start here.