Pure PS2-era genre chaos and it absolutely rules. TimeSplitters rips through time periods like a jukebox with no filter, Graeme Norgate channeling everything from spy thriller to sci-fi schlock across 26 tracks. "Egyptian Tomb" has this thick, brooding atmosphere that sits somewhere between adventure film and dread.
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Then you jump to "Chinese Restaurant" and it's all wiry melodic tension. "Planet X" and "Spaceways" go full retro-futuristic with wobbling synths and that specific early-2000s idea of what space sounds like. The tile set themes are basically mood boards for an entire map editor generation.
If you ever split screens with friends on a Friday night, this soundtrack was the background radiation of your childhood.