This is ambient world-building in soundtrack form and it barely feels like music half the time. Uru: Ages Beyond Myst carries forward that Tim Larkin and Cyan approach where every track sounds like it's emanating from the environment itself.
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"Yeesha's Theme" carries this quiet, almost spiritual weight with sparse instrumentation that lets silence do the work. "The Bahro" layers in these unsettling textures that feel alive. Then "Fall of D'nii" brings actual gravity with deeper tones that rumble underneath everything.
The whole thing breathes. If you ever wondered what it sounds like to stand alone inside a dead civilization, this is pretty much it. Myst fans already know but the rest of you should catch up.