Soft orchestral warmth wrapped around a fairy tale that keeps getting darker. The Girl and the Robot scored its 2017 puzzle-platformer with these sweeping, intimate compositions that sound bigger than the indie budget suggests.
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"Echos of Friendship" sets up that bond between the two characters right away, all gentle strings and hope. Then "The Queen's Descent Into Madness" takes a hard turn into something genuinely unsettling. "The March of the Machines" brings mechanical dread that contrasts perfectly with the softer tracks.
The way it circles back to friendship at the end. If you like indie games that punch above their weight emotionally, this score captures exactly why people fell for it.