Soft piano and strings that slowly curdle into something painful. The Wanderer: Frankenstein's Creature is a 2020 narrative game about the monster's perspective, and the soundtrack mirrors that innocence-to-horror arc perfectly.
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"I Awakened" starts with this wide-eyed wonder, delicate and curious, like hearing the world for the first time. "The Joy a Child Feels" keeps that lightness going before "I Will Cause Fear" turns the whole palette dark and heavy.
By the time you reach "My Heart Was Poisoned" the warmth is completely gone, just cold strings and regret. "The Apparition of the Monster" lingers in the worst way. If you want a soundtrack that makes you feel sympathy for the creature, this one does the work quietly and completely.