Massive, brooding orchestral weight that hits way harder than the game's reputation suggests. The Order: 1886's score by Jason Graves and Austin Wintory is genuinely one of the best things about the whole package. "The Knights' Theme" opens with this brass swell that feels Victorian and militant all at once.
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"Airborne Pursuit" has relentless string runs that never let up, real white-knuckle scoring. Then "Brother, Let Us Embrace" pulls everything into this quiet, mournful place that actually got me. Just grief and cellos. The way the whole score balances steampunk grandeur with genuine emotional depth is impressive.
If you wrote this game off years ago, the soundtrack deserves a second chance on its own terms.