Plucked strings and off-kilter piano lines that make you feel like something is deeply wrong in the nicest possible way. Rusty Lake: Roots nails that unsettling point-and-click puzzle atmosphere across sixteen tracks of chamber music gone slightly sideways.
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"Pizzicato Dance" does this playful thing with staccato strings that sounds innocent until you remember what's happening in the game, and "March of Darkness" drops the pretense entirely with heavy percussion and minor key dread.
"The Attic" sits in this quiet, creepy space that just lingers. The Rusty Lake Family Tune tying everything together like a lullaby from a family you should not trust. If you've been clicking through Rusty Lake games at midnight, this soundtrack is exactly why you couldn't stop.