The tension in this soundtrack is suffocating in the best way. They Are Billions scores its steampunk zombie apocalypse with this heavy, brooding orchestral sound that perfectly matches watching a horde slowly surround your colony.
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"An Ocean of Doom" sets the tone immediately with low brass and strings that feel like dread made audible, and "Incoming Menace" ramps that anxiety up with percussive hits that mirror the swarm closing in. "Getting Settled" offers brief calm but you can still feel something wrong underneath.
That constant unease. "The New Empire" brings in triumphant brass when you've actually survived, and it hits different after all that pressure. If you've ever stress-played an RTS at 3AM, this soundtrack already knows exactly how you felt.