Jim Guthrie made an album that just happens to also be a game soundtrack. Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP lives and breathes through this music, and every track feels like it exists in its own pocket universe. "Dark Flute" opens with this warm analog haze that immediately pulls you in, and "The Maelstrom" builds into a wall of fuzzed-out guitars and synths that genuinely caught me off guard the first time.
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"Lone Star" has this gentle fingerpicked thing going on that just... stays with you. The bonus tracks are worth it too, "Com64" channels old Commodore energy in the best way. If you've been putting off playing Sworcery, the soundtrack alone is reason enough to finally sit down with it.