This soundtrack is straight up dub and trip-hop bleeding out of a '97 DOS game and it absolutely should not work as well as it does. Sentient had composers leaning hard into downtempo electronica while you're solving a mystery on a space station.
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Dubby Jelly sets the tone with this thick, reverbed-out bassline that just sits in your chest. Sentidub and Djin & Tonic keep that same hazy vibe going, all warped synth stabs over slow breakbeats. Then Looking for a Murderer pulls everything darker, almost industrial.
The whole thing sounds like a Massive Attack B-side collection that accidentally ended up in a sci-fi adventure. If you dig late-90s electronica at all, this one's been waiting for you.