Melancholic and oceanic in a way the X series hasn't sounded before. X4: Kingdom End's soundtrack trades the usual space bombast for something more introspective, almost wistful. "Lullaby of the Lilac Star" opens with delicate strings and a melody that feels like looking back at something you can't return to.
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"Saudade" leans all the way into that longing, the title says it all. "Ghost of the Ocean" moves with this slow, deep current underneath shimmering higher tones. Beautiful layering. "Bells of Fate" brings in gentle percussion that gives the album its only real sense of forward motion.
If the vastness of space ever made you feel small and okay with it, this is that feeling as a soundtrack.