Dark orchestral tension recorded with a full Prague orchestra and it shows. Luc St-Pierre composed the 2014 Thief reboot's score, going for this brooding cinematic weight that the older games never aimed for. Entering The City builds with low strings and distant percussion that makes you feel like the whole world is watching.
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House of Blossoms gets surprisingly lush, almost romantic, before the tension creeps back in. Library Escape is where St-Pierre lets the full orchestra loose with brass hits and frantic string runs. It trades the series' trademark minimalist sound design for something more traditionally filmic.
Different direction entirely. If you like your stealth games backed by moody orchestral scores, this one commits fully to that atmosphere.