A lone vocal line from KOKIA floats over shimmering pads on the Main Theme and immediately grounds this space combat game in something deeply human. Paul Ruskay, the composer behind Homeworld, scores Strike Suit Zero with that same gift for making the void feel enormous and emotional.
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Ancient A.I. layers KOKIA's voice over eastern-inflected instrumentation from The Midival Punditz, creating this hybrid that sounds like nothing else in space game soundtracks. Veils of the Nebula drifts through ambient textures that make you forget you're in a dogfight, then The Black Fleet snaps you back with urgent strings and pounding percussion.
Procession of the Lanterns is gorgeous, just floating there. If you ever wanted a space shooter that made you feel things between the explosions, start here.