The Warhammer: Darktide OST Just got Even Better...
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- Опубликовано: 3 май 2024
- This OST is phenomenal as it is but this vol.2 is even more of the incredible music that makes Darktide so unique and interesting to play.
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00:00 Jesper Kyd!
00:10 Light of the Imperium
12:06 Moebian Sixth
19:30 The Fringe
23:16 The Gauntlet
29:24 Empires Will Fall
34:55 Moebian Domain
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Okay just listened to light at the imperium at the gym. This shit slaps.
The Gauntlet slaps harder :D
Honestly.
It's like a dlc for immortal imperium. And it's awesome
Darktide OST overall is an amazing choice for the gym!
I tore my Pec to this. 100% worth it.
the end of Light of the Imperium is the same opera as Immortal Imperium.... coincidence or just reusing the same soundbyte hoping we won't notice?
Darktide not being even nominated for best soundtrack at the game awards was a crime.
There are two types of nominees in award shows. Those who got there by mere popularity and those who got there because their developers paid for it.
Ya it's an absolute crime
There aren't enough black trannies or holocaust remembrance in the game. Maybe next year.
@@XarkoCZEvidence?
It cannot be. Darktide, and jsut Warhammer 40k in General, is a niche hobby and IP. Game Awards is normie Awards. So unless Darktide went mainstream, it never had a chance in hell. I'm talking mainstream tier of Red Dead Redemption 2, Baldur's Gate 3.
"It's like the imperium has lost its way"
Understatement of the century lmao
Darktide truly brings the most banger tracks of the 41st millennium to our present time
Your hollow knight style avatar ... pure LOVE!
Heretic.
@@flexcat how is he a heretic for saying that, what
@@SordidusFellatio He's a genestealer cultist don't mind him.
@@SordidusFellatio the presentation of alleged intelligence and the blasphemy of suspicion are reason enough to be dubbed a heretic yourself.
Even more bangers from Jesper “can’t write a bad song if he tried” Kyd.
Light of the Imperium and Gauntlet are such bangers ingame, Jesper actually got nominated for the Grammies! Heres hoping he wins!
last I checked he wasnt nominated, he just got recommended to be nominated
sadly he didnt get nominated :( @@glockenspiel604
What about Morbihan sixth? You gotta admit the boss fights with the twins are really cool
both of those immediately landed on my fav list on spotify
Rejects Unite did it for me. Not to mention disposal unit and Imperial march.@@VegaKyudan
The way I personally like to look at Light of the Imperium, is that it starts off heavily corrupted and dissonant, just like the carnival itself and as your strike team is succeeding, surviving and destroying the corruption within the carnival's chem labs the music is reflecting this as the music is cut through by the Imperium's motiff, cutting through the noise and dissonance to bring clarity or the Emperor's light, the literal light of the Imperium!
I very much consider Immortal Imperium to be the theme of the rejects. It's the song heralding our unprecedented success as we tear apart the traitors.
there IS a full element of storytelling in the music, so evident and pure. Darktide's OST is just too good
From my humble opinion, "Moebian Sixth" is the most well writen track of the new release. When you know the context, it conveys everything, almost like telling a story :
It starts with a sense of esoteric threat, high pitched sounds that give a feeling of something far beyond human understanding, like the Chaos they encountered.
Then it goes on with a very rythmic military tone, giving the imagery of a well organized regiment and then sounds almost like combat itself, sounding like las-rifles and explosions.
It continues and ends with music implying the downfall and corruption of the soldiers, with joyous sounds and bells clearly evocating Nurgle, intricated with touches associated with the Imperium, and then these Imperium sound simply fade and only Nurgle remains.
A Masterpiece.
Hmm... I like the idea that they were corrupted more than that they would just have turned traitor. It makes the 6th much cooler, and destroying them much more dramatic.
That these men were loyal servants of the Imperium faced against a threat beyond their understanding and were corrupted by it and now we have to kill them.
so happy to find someone else who agrees it's such a good song
While i agree, but i can't miss to add the fact how great The Fringe track is, if u add it to Moebian Sixth. The Fringe literally tells us what poor soldiers meet there, on the frontlines. It's complementary, it's deep, it tells a story, when you combine both of them. Jesper Kyd is Malcador Sigillite of 40k music
I like to think that in "Light of the Imperium" chor gets more clear as more we progress and getting closer to victory
Also imperium light is spreading by brutal combat :)
No beard thumbnail was quite a jumpscare
REAL
The visceral feeling is probably very intentional, because lore-wise both new missions are very risky and desperate attempts to strike at the heart of Moebian Six. This is supposed to be almost impossible to pull off
This whole OST Vol.2 dives into storytelling of Moebian Sixth and i love it. The mystical terror of their battles on The Fringe, Their collective consciousness, the PTSD, their hatred towards Imperium.
Empires will fall sounds like some bar/tavern music in the Carnival District, which rogue elements would love listening to and etc etc. It's just so good
seeing Marco analyse warhammer 40k music makes me feel like he should take a look at the DoW 1 ost
Original Chaos Gate soundtrack is peak
Original Chaos Gate soundtrack is peak
The DoW 1 ost is great, a very good one by Jeremy Soule
DoW1 is very good but a bit too subtle imo for how old it is and the style. Clashes a bit too much with what he knows from Darktide and Mechanicus. DoW2 would be a better intro for him to the series music I think.
The DOW1 sountrack is a banger. Especially the Force Commander theme.
Therapist: "Smooth Marco isn't real, he can't hurt you."
Smooth Marco:
I wish there was a genre of music, that was just the darktide ost.
I wish Jesper would make a few albums like darktide. I would like to spend money on that! xD
Well Jesper Kyd kinda invented a new music style in Assasin's Creed 1 but then AC2 came out and that genre died in the womb
I hope Darktide's OST sets a standard for Warhammer 40,000 media as a whole. It just fits the setting like a glove. There's nothing else like it.
I love how the darktide OST is so violent, amazing, and intense, but so fitting for the universe. Every track feels like stuff we'd hear playing across speakers. And it's all better with game context of movement and action never ending. Like Transit horde with the constant "Gonna GETCHA!" and breathing, a tense chase. Always moving, forward, backwards. There is no stopping. There is no stillness. We move, we fight, or we die.
fun fact about The Fringe. Moebians call their domain "Fringe". So their territory is close to the eye of terror which is a place where daemons really love to hung out, so obviously daemons have caused some trouble to moebians throughout the history. because of that constant fighting with xenos and daemons, they are only known as darktide to the people of Moebian worlds (not to cause panic among the civilians), hmm coincidence? So that "being stalked" was pretty accurate description.
Me: *Likes music*
Also me: Why do I like this...
Marco: "Because these"
Me, still: I have no idea what that means, but I liked learning about it!
Me 😂
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who legit grooves and dances to these tracks. Especially Light of the Imperium, it's so groovy despite being this weird techno mechanical jam. Banger soundtrack.
+Church organs. This is epic, can't stop listening to it.
BTW didn't even touched game after update 😂
The Gauntlet is such an incredible banger and meshes with the gameplay so well, one of the best in the game
The track is fantastic, especially since the screaming alarms in game work in tandem with it for the whole sequence.
To me, the Moebian suite has this taint of madness to it. It uses the same instrumentation as the music associated with the Imperium, more or less, which in my mind tells us that these are humans as well, there's nothing alien about them, but it is no Imperial War March with it's swelling organs and religious chorus urging us forward into glorious battle for the eternal and unconquerable Empire of Mankind. This is the harsh reality, the ignoble truth that no soldier ever wants to face. That on the grand stage of war, every man must play the roles of both the hunter and the prey. This is the death hymn of those who have not just accepted that truth, but relish in it. They live for the uncertainty of it, for the fear and the terror, the pain and the carnage, the pure unfiltered chaos of it all.
The main electronic part of 'Light of the Imperium' sound like they could fit right at home in the Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack, it's excellent!
Light of Imperium is amazing. It's impossible to not vibe while the horde of elites is coming towards you. The rythm keeps you in focus and enhances the experience.
jesper kyd is the embodiment of "let him cook", every track he makes is phenomenal in its own right
ngl...Darktide should have nominated for "best soundtrack" considering how much banger in all of their song
nominated AT LEAST. that's a religious experience
The Game Awards always play favorites with triple A's. They give some space for indie developers but AA games like Vermintide and Darktide get completely forgotten.
What Jesper Kyd captures so well in these is the stand-off between the Heretics and Forces of the Imperium. We have synths and drums to represent Moebian Six, plotting against tha Imperium in the darkness of the Carnival, preparing their troops as well as their vile concoctions to support them. And then we have organ and choir playing familiar motiffs, but struggling to push through the first soundscape as we (the acolytes) strike against them. I.e. the Light of the Imperium cutting through that darkness
Dude when I noticed that Light of the Imperium had that remixed Immortal Imperium portion in the middle of the new game, I absolutely LOST IT. So good
You get so pumped destroying the Heretic's drug lab when this starts thumping
W40k Rogue Trader just came out, and wow it has some good tracks in there (alongside a whole slew of forgettable ambience music, but you need those so its fine").
"Reaving Tempest" is my favourite so far. Especially considering the location it's played in. Fits _perfectly._
In game, some characters even comment that alarm servitor vibes alongside them after finally pushing through the Gauntlet.
You know when alarm is serious when the air siren is vibing to it.
It's even better in-game as it changes based on if there are no enemies, a few enemies, or tons of enemies.
Considering Light of the Imperium is staggered so it only hits that climax the closer you are to completing the mission. Like despite being thrust into the middle of enemy territory, you are still somehow managing to pull a victory from what is essentially a total wash.
holy shit , why is light of the imperium such a banger , i cant stop listning to it
But wait, that's not "Moebian Domain" at the end, that's "Empires Will Fall" still, it's just five minutes-ish. Moebian Domain is the cherry on top of the cake, it plays while you're on the Mourningstar. It's this slow, intense build-up that makes use of the organ to hold this wonder and awe. I'm filled with inspiration to continue on to the next mission as if held up by my chin from the hand of an angel. You gotta try again, Spotify just released the second volume and has it at the end of the OST if you can't find it on RUclips.
I dunno wtf happened with RUclips music there im super bummed! I’ll def listen to it
Haven't been able to watch any of these videos for a bit, happy to see that things are still going well.
I think I've mentioned this in every 40k video ive commented on, but it's so impressive how kyd(and other composers)has managed to essentially make a musical style that is essentially unique to a fictional faction of people inba game.
Appreciate you.
@@MarcoMeatball back at you man.
I think light of the imperium is my favourite darktide track. The way it works with the mission is so much fun and blood pumping.
13:10 caught you lacking 🤨
But jokes aside, it's always good to hear you jam out to music that deserves the recognition.
What I really love about the Moebian 6th track is how it starts with those low tones that bring to mind a kind of malevolent force skulking in darkness, before building into that choir, almost like it's revealing the threat. This track brings so much more personality to the Moebian 6th as a force that is always stalking you, and can overwhelm you from the shadows at any time, and they often do.
End of the day though, no matter what track it is from the Darktide OST, they're all bangers in their own way. I'm thoroughly convinced that Jesper Kyd is simply incapable of composing a bad track.
The fact that ingame it plays when the Karnak Twins ambush you really emphasizes the stalking part
Jesper Kyd is a great composer! Being a fan of his work since Hitman: Codename 47 (the first game in the series).
If I’m not mistaken The Gauntlet is what we who play this game too much used to call Rejects Unite that launched with archiving sycorax, the crunchy sound is to my understanding supposed to be a malfunctioning alarm or printer for that section of a mission
Kyd is just magic. The fuckin transitions man. Lines fading in from nothing, vanishing just as quickly, and you're left trying to figure out if one layer is important or not. If its going to become dominant or a major supporting role or if its just for flavor and will fade away in a few seconds.
Its disorienting in the best way possible, just so incredibly unique.
I can confidently say "Empires Will Fall" is the definition of Hell when fighting the Karnak Twins on Hard mode Damnation
The Beneficent Emperor granted us holy music to slay to
You should check out the Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader soundtrack.
His machine's spirits let him cook
Empires will Fall is my new favorite of the OST.
Light of the Imperium is just pure eargasm I fucking love doing that mission over and over just to hear it
I've LOVED Mr Kyd's stuff since Borderlands. This stuff he's done on warhammer is peak, but I always loved his work in Borderlands with Fyrestone.
If you played the original Assassins Creed and/or the Ezio trilogy, you'll have heard his music there too. Ezios Family, the biggest AC piece of music was his work.
“Something about how it decays…”
Grandfather Nurgle is pleased.
Funny you mention being stalked in one of the tracks, as some of these tracks released during an event where special bosses would spawn in during the map and ambush you, trying to take you down. And they were NOT easy foes.
Wow this is cool. Long-form with multiple tracks? Sweet!
I love how all of these tracks add to the atmosphere in the game! These new tracks definitely make you feel like what your doing is more covert then the grandiose vanilla opperations.
I rather enjoy your evaluation of musical pathos and analyzing the peculiar sounds to convey messages in the melody from soundtracks I listen to. This channel helps me better grasp and appreciate music theory.
Fun fact: The Gaunlets main part section is made in a way, so it can be looped indefinetely, as it plays in the game where you have run 'n' gun section of the map, where there is infinite spawn of poxwalkers and you have to run through to the objective. We could first hear it in mission Archivum Sygorax, which was released before the Anniversary update part 1.
When I first played the update I did not know about the new music. I was taken aback in the best way possible
Marco and Elizabeth Z are like operatic book ends! I love both channels and both are deserving of every sub.
Can always rely on MarcoMeatBall to properly analyse and also vibe hard to Jesper Kyd's magic
you should definetly take a look at Warp traveler and nightsiders, they bang whenever you are purging heretics in the carnival
Didn't he previously react to the entire darktide ost? Those are previous tracks
Marco has a video of reaction to full OST - great stream overall
I like to think that Light of the Imperium is the Adeptus Mechanicus equivalent to Immortal Imperium, a more electronic and mechanical feeling, with the choir sounding more like a sound set on a keyboard.
Perfect timing, we just got new missions with new OST drops lately. Likely to have even more OST soon as well.
"You never change, sister. Still playing with your food?"
"How can there be any flavor without SPORT?"
Disposal Unit (remix), Gauntlet, and Light of the Imperium are my top 3.
Man, I'm still waiting on that solo play mode so I can vibe with the visuals, music, and viscera at my own pace. The Gauntlet is my favourite out of the Vol. 2 music, I think I saw someone describe it as "a malfunctioning printer and a pipe organ shouldn't make good music, but it does."
The Gauntlet was the first track I heard upon returning to the game after a small hiatus last summer. The crunchy synth melody immediately caught my attention, and the beat together with the choir is just so hype. I adore how groovy & melodic Jesper makes these combat tracks, all while retaining a strong theme and mood. The man's up there with Mick Gordon as one of the best composers working today.
I would actually love to see the two of them come together on a game's OST, now that I mention that!
I love the fact that the composer used an old/malfunctioning printer to get some of the sounds in The Gauntlet :D
Never ceased to amaze me how often musicians hit the nail on the head with they're analysis of these songs
For the Fringe it's exactly how you described the interrogator who sent you on the mission is desperate for you to capture one of the karnak twins alive and bring them in for questioning but they're onto you and have set a trap that you are walking into and they hunt you throughout the level.
For the gauntlet the trap has been sprung and you are fighting against each of the twins in multiple areas of the level and they are more or less even with you in skill but together they pose a serious threat and are very competent to boot
I was just about to write an email or a message asking you to look at these! Perfect timing lol
love this song, especially when the zealot is charging in screaming, "in the master's name" or my vet yelling, "get in there make them scream."
One thing that the music gives you is a rhythm to fight in melee, dodge, block push strike, strike, repeat. I, and I am sure others as well, call it the dance of combat. This goes from both Vermintide I & II and Darktide.
Started listening to the album myself, absolute banger
8:20 - you hit the nail on the head, that 'sensuality' is the toxic, dangerous lure of Chaos! It's discordant amongst the rest of the high gothic chanting to show the continued (if not somewhat doomed) fight the Imperium wages against the forces of Chaos.
The Gauntlet is my favorite track in the game (during a horde at least). The visceral and underdark nature of darktide, combined with the environment and the expectation that youre not coming back, is something i love about this game. This track, for me, is amplified by this, and is even better because we're really just killing hundreds if not thousands of heretics per match and are just feeling pure ecstasy. I absolutely vibe to this track as a zealot main, with light of the imperium a close 2nd or 3rd. Its been awhile since i last played (and i really want to but cant atm due to crappy internet where im currently situated), so i cant really rememberall my favorite tracks. Im pretty sure i love the twins boss theme as well
First of all - Jesper Kyd is a treasure of humanity.
Secondly, @MarcoMeatball, i'm so glad and happy u've returned to darktide!
Welcome back!
Can we all agree that Marco is the designated Warhammer music reactionary from now on? Cus this man gets all tunes and feels of it all and I’m HERE for it. Love you man and I agree, the organ just makes the music more intense and captivates you
I really appreciate that.
I love that you love things that i love.
light of the imperium has to be my favorite track along with the new type of destruction mission. mission types in darktide have their themes, always the same song plays for each, this one is a new where you have to wreck stuff in an underground illegal stimm facility. the gauntlet plays at an endless horde "run" type event. empires will fall was a special boss fight
"The fringe" gives that feeling of the big fight being very close, but it is not yet here.
The anticipation is just filling it.
Almost as if even soundtrack itself can't wait to for the fight to begin, already cursing the betrayers and seething for vengeance, like it can't stop itself even when it is relatively calm.
Considering that "Disposal unit" is a boss track, that fully sells clash of 2 forces that go all in that moment.
Especially the "main feature", the chant (which is really annoying it never got confirmed official lyrics)
With practically only first world being more or less recognizable, it still always brings back the point, the main point:
Vengeance (I think this coming both first and so hard sets the mood pretty well for the rest of them)
You just feel that both the boss and PCs have great beings behind them that clash just as the battle starts, making the struggle of just couple mortals more grandiose.
Tbh, best part is, the "vengeance" can fit both for the servants of the emperor and their enemies, especially in this game.
Like the first thing that comes to mind of both parties is revenge, and even music understands that.
In fact, it feels like even the background is soaked in it so much that the music also starts calling for it on it's own, independed of both parties.
Imagine light of the imperium starts playing and the zealot starts screaming BLOOD FOR THE EMPEROR SKULLS FOR THE GOLDEN THRONE
The Moebian VIth are the traitor soldiers you fight in the game (they're usually called Scab [flamer/gunner/crusher] as opposed to Dreg [flamer/gunner/rager] for cultist enemies). Basically Tertium had a chaos cult growing and taking over (the cult of admonition, or dregs), the Imperium redirected an Astra Militarum regiment (the Moebian VIth) to go squash it, but then it turned out the Moebian VIth were corrupted too and joined the cult of admonition in their attempt to "liberate" their homeworld from the Imperium. Naturally this escalated the situation pretty direly, now it isn't just a cult uprising but an entire well-trained army gone rogue, and that's where the elite inquisition forces and the dudes you play as come in.
The Fringe war is the perpetual conflict going on at the edge of the region of space Tertium/Atoma is in (the Moebian Domain), and information about who they're fighting or how it's going is hidden from the population; they call the enemy the "Darktide" and just know it needs to be kept at bay. Naturally the soldiers fighting an endless war against terrifying space horrrors in secret and without any real recognition back home can become resentful and the entire Moebian VIth regiment turned to chaos after being thrown into the meatgrinder too long.
Hopefully that gives some context to the track names and a story link with the music!
Digging the analysis! One of the best things about this whole soundtrack is how it's perfectly designed to move from one track to any of the others in response to the game action. That's why the beginning and ends are so amorphous and filled with possibility. The tracks aren't tied to levels, but situations. Gauntlet comes thumping in when your team is working on a hacking or analysis set piece and have to fight off hordes while still getting the work done. The Fringe fills the lulls between big fights, but the threat is still out there. Disposal unit collapses on the players when the boss or a monster shows up, and it all blends and shifts back and forth SO seamlessly, it's amazing. The sound design in Darktide generally is incredible, too, from the weapons firing and hitting flesh, to the howls of the pox-hounds and click-click-click before a flamethrower lights up... sooooo good!
Hi, you MUST listen to the main theme of the new Warhammer game, Rogue Trader. IT'S AMAZING
The carnival is the drug capital of hive city tertium. I think the distortion of immortal imperium is supposed to represent how these stims are used by the factory workers to drown out the influence of the imperium. But stims are also a very important component for the imperium to continue its rule so it could also represent how far the imperium has fallen.
Jesper is such a talent! This ost has abunch of great tracks
Hard to imagine how i like this dance beat of imperial music.. but being actually in battlefield pumped with chems make dance music suit better than actual march music (which suit better in tactical war game)
Considering the combat of the game, and the fact that you're dealing with worshipers of Nurgle, the chaos god of stagnancy, decay and disease, visceral is very much a fitting word.
Hey Marco! Great video as always. I wanted to reccomend you check out the ost for Beyond Good&Evil by Ubistoft from 2003. It's a very beautiful album. Have a good weekend.
The Gaunglet is a track i noticed tends to play in senarios where the game want you to push through endless hords of enemies. And they dont stop till you get to your objective.
Since watching this a few times, I’ve gone back and listened to Light of the Imperium quite a few times. Such a banger!
Some of the earlier comments echo this, but it provides such a “yes, things are not great, but the Imperium is here. We stand in defiance! I abjure you, ruinous powers! FOR THE EMPEROR!”
Currently vibing to The Gauntlet, almost goofy yet slaps so hard.
Man, I love these vids. Other songs he mostly listens and comments...but on Warhammer 40K he just fucking jams out.
Awesome work! Love your insight.
If ever you find the time, I would love your take on the music from Dawn of War 2.
the gauntlet is a perfect track for an abandoned and corrupted clubbing and pleasure district too.
I recommend checking it out Soundtrack form Warhammer 40k Rogue traider, especially Main theme and "Scion of Lorgar".
And not from Warhammer, game Tempest rising "By our blood" or "Death Squad".
I’m enjoying the game so much so definitely
40K fans are has had great music this year. I strongly recommend everyone to give Rogue Trader OST a listen too. Its incredibly good as well.
Great game really enjoying it
The Fringe has a real Pink Floydd's The Wall quality to it. Rushing and surging ambiance that invokes emotion.
The carnival theme is very fitting with the obscura den and shady hooka lounges. That arabic style wailing seems to imply this is a very shady side of the bazaar, and someone could easily walk in and never come back out. Almost a slaanesh kind of area, maybe taken over by nurgle cultists who took over slaaneshi drug trade and converted it into a plague carrying enterprise. When you walk around the Carnival, some spots seem like nightclubs or drug dens that are no longer even being used. This feels like an exorcism, the wailing horn is kind of like the daemons and heretical influence, which is being wiped out by the might of the imperium by force, but the ghostly imperium theme at the end suggests even the Imperium might lose their soul fighting this fight
Light of the Imperium plays at the end of the new map where you have to destroy the Heretic drug lab.
How is this small addition to the game such a BANGER?! Holy hell this is just an add on and yet this is some of the BEST ducking music ever. Every freaking horde fight is impossible not to vibe. Light of the Imperial and Gauntlet are obvious tops but Fall of Empires just surprised me the most as a perfect horde song I can’t get enough of all these songs god I can’t wait for more update! Jesper Kyd will make Warhammer music for the rest of his life, it is his destiny!
Hello Marco I’ve been watching your videos for a very long time now. I absolutely love your content. Your commentary is always incredibly insightful and it really always makes me look at songs in a completely different light.
I know you mainly do video game music reactions but I’d absolutely love to see your opinion and reaction on my all time favorite band Rammstein. They’re a German rock/industrial metal band and the lead singer was classically trained by an opera singer. In their song „wollt ihr das Bett in flammen sehen“ they used samples from the Doom soundtrack, to stay on the topic of video games. And the song „Mein Herz Brennt - Piano Version“ really showcases the lead singers vocal control. I also think „Morgenstern“ and „OK“ would be two you’d enjoy musically.
The game is also so fun. They did a great job with the gore, death animations, guns, graphics, character models, cosmetics look great. It is my favorite game. I only have Darktide and Vermintide 2 installed on my PC.
I would highly recommend Jespar Kyd's work on the old Hitman games. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (not to be confused with the new HITMAN 2 from 2018) is 80% purely orchestral music which was his first time he ever composing for an orchestra (in this case it was the Budapest orchestra.) In Hitman: Contracts he starts with the fusion of classical and dark electronic in his career but overall leans more into the dark electronic side. In Hitman: Blood Money the soundtrack eases away a bit from dark electronic to more balanced combination with few of the great tracks being mostly orchestral with choir. Listening to those is a great way to see how he developed as a composer 20 year ago.
All of the soundtracks are worth listening to in whole but I'll give a short list of the tracks that stand out to me from those games:
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
- Hitman 2 Main Title
- 47 Makes a Decision
- Japanese Snow Castle
- 47 in St. Petersburg
- Arabian Dance
Hitman: Contracts
- White Room & Main Title
- Streets of Hong Kong
- Double Ballers
- Slaughterhouse (This one is extra dark sounding, almost like it's from a horror movie)
Hitman: Blood Money
- Apocalypse
- Secret Invasion
- Hunter
- Action in Paris
- Amb Zone
- Vegas
- Rocky Mountains
Few extra of his track I would like to bring up that aren't part of the Hitman franchise:
Vermintide 2 - Fortunes of War
Assasin's Creed 2 - Venice Rooftops
Borderlands 2 - Boom Bewm & Captain Flynt Boss (Don't know the exact name of this track but plays when you fight those bosses)
Borderlands 3 - Bandits At Jacobs Estate
Borderlands 3 - Borderlands 3 Menu Theme
...and many more but I don't want to make this list *too* long