Slow, crushing ambient that sounds like being buried alive and somehow finding peace with it. The Longing is a game about waiting 400 real-time days in a cave, and the soundtrack by Anselm Bauer matches that patience note for note.
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Deep, Deep Beneath the Earth opens with these low reverberating tones that feel geologic, like sound moving through rock. The Library warms things up with softer pads and something almost hopeful underneath. Then Darkness strips everything away until you're sitting with near-silence and distant drips.
The Halls Of Eternity has this weight to it. Heavy sustained chords that just hang in the air forever. The Outside World finally brings light and it nearly breaks you after all that underground isolation. If you want a soundtrack that teaches you how to sit still, this is the one.