Seven tracks of the most calming orchestral ambient you'll hear from a puzzle game. Martin Straka composed Spirits' score using entirely acoustic instruments, and it shows in the warmth. "Grow" opens with these soft, breathing string phrases that feel like watching leaves unfurl in slow motion.
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"Cave Story" (no relation to the other one) dips into something more introspective, woodwinds weaving around gentle harp. The whole album runs short but never feels incomplete. Each piece exists in this quiet, patient space that matches the game's leaf-blown puzzles perfectly.
Spaces of Play won an IndieCade Best Aesthetics award partly because of how the music and hand-drawn art dissolve into each other. Put this on when you need the world to slow down for a minute.