Heavy, dark, and weirdly restrained for a Souls-like. Salt and Sanctuary's soundtrack by James Silva keeps things sparse and oppressive instead of going for big orchestral drama. "Landfall" sets the tone immediately with this low, grinding tension.
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"Sacrilege" builds slowly into something genuinely threatening without ever exploding into bombast. "The Voice of the Nameless God" is unsettling in this hollow, echoing way that matches the game's hand-drawn grotesque aesthetic perfectly.
"The Still Palace" just sits there. Quiet. Waiting. The whole OST understands that silence and negative space can be scarier than a full choir screaming at you. Thirteen tracks, no filler. If you've been looking for a 2D Souls experience that sounds as punishing as it plays, start here.