Robert Davies builds dread out of almost nothing and it works disturbingly well. Rituals: Book of Skog is a mobile horror puzzle game set in Scandinavian folklore, and the soundtrack leans into that isolation with synthesized textures layered over field-recorded foley that makes your phone speakers feel haunted.
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"Velkommen til Skog" opens with this low drone and scattered organic sounds, immediately unsettling. "Lurking" does exactly what the title promises with these creeping synth pads that shift just enough to keep you tense.
"Sorg" ends things on pure, quiet devastation. The whole thing sits in this uncomfortable space between ambient and horror scoring. If you want a soundtrack that makes a well-lit room feel darker, this is the one.