Trevor Yuile gave Ubisoft's toys-to-life space shooter a score way bigger than the game's commercial run deserved. Starlink: Battle for Atlas opens with "Welcome to Atlas" layering bold brass over pulsing electronics, and it immediately sets this tone of wide-eyed galactic optimism that carries through the whole 17 tracks.
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"The Dreadnought" builds tension with low strings and staccato rhythms before it just lets everything loose. "Our Crew" hits this warm, almost nostalgic register that feels like Saturday morning cartoons grown up. The whole thing channels that mid-2010s orchestral-hybrid approach but with enough personality to stand on its own.
If you like your space opera scores punchy and earnest rather than brooding, give this one a spin.