Big MMO orchestral scoring that actually bothers to give each zone its own identity. RIFT's soundtrack covers the full map with tracks that shift tone dramatically, from the bright pastoral strings of Silverwood to the oppressive low brass and percussion grinding through Stillmoor.
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"The Gloamwood" nails that creeping Gothic fog feeling with restrained woodwinds over minor-key string beds. Freemarch keeps things open and hopeful, classic adventuring-out-for-the-first-time energy. The faction themes for Guardians and Defiant establish genuine musical contrast between the two sides.
"Iron Pine Peaks" goes cold and sparse in exactly the right way. If you spent hundreds of hours in Telara and forgot to notice the music, go back and actually listen this time.