Bowed resonator guitars and prepared pianos recorded so close you can hear the felt. Pav Gekko's score for Spirit of the North 2 pulls from Icelandic minimalism and Nordic folk, and the result is something that feels frozen in the best way possible.
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"Where the Fjords Weep" layers these fragile, detuned textures over ambient drones that just hang in the air. Then "Red Death" and "Chased by Fire" crack the stillness wide open with urgent percussion and dissonance. "The Quiet Within" might be the most aptly named track on any OST this year.
Gekko uses ebowed guitar and shimmering glockenspiel to create space that feels genuinely sacred. If you want a soundtrack that sounds like standing alone in an arctic landscape, this is it.