Austin Wintory conducting chamber strings at full sprint through Victorian London. Assassin's Creed Syndicate splits its soundtrack between Wintory's original score and these rowdy period pub songs, and the contrast is everything.
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"A Ballet of Blades" lives up to its name with rapid string passages that mirror rooftop chases, while "Steel Cathedrals" goes grand and industrial. Then you hit the pub tracks and suddenly "Champagne Charlie" and "Married to a Mermaid" have you grinning in a 19th-century tavern.
The Grammy-nominated composer behind flOw and Abzu scoring knife fights in foggy alleys. If you want a soundtrack that swings between elegant violence and drunken sing-alongs, Syndicate delivers both.