Dark, pulsing synth horror that makes a mediocre movie license into an incredible Metroidvania soundtrack. Gavin Allen (monomer) composed The Mummy Demastered for WayForward, and every track drips with this moody atmospheric weight.
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Salt and Sepulcher layers gritty bass under eerie melodic lines that feel like exploring ancient tombs at midnight. Cryptometrics gets almost danceable with these precise, clockwork rhythms underneath the gloom. Sovereignty from the Void goes full dramatic with sweeping synth pads and urgency that pulls you through the final stretch.
Through to Dawn finally lets some light in and it earns it. The whole album sounds way better than any movie tie-in game has a right to. If you like atmospheric Metroidvanias with retro synth scoring, WayForward delivered hard on this one.