Overall, I recommend checking this out if you're into electronic music, whether that be ambient or hard-hitting aggressive. It's a complementing finish and certainly a sing-along hit. The song, although a change to the rest of the album with its more pop influenced sound and catchy vocals still maintains the level of atmosphere of the album. Then we come to the final two tracks, Lisa Miskovsky's "Still Alive" and its instrumental. These parts in particular just show how clever and smart the songwriting is and proves Solar Fields doesn't just excel in the ambient department. These movements pound the listener with strong ticky and glitchy rhythms, hard bass beats and pumping melodies, generally throwing a lot at you but without feeling at all cluttered. Then the more aggressive chase sequences are very impressive, with notable examples being the sections of "Jacknife" and "Edge and Fight". Tracks like "Shard" and "Kate" possess more prominent rhythm lead melodies which work to create more overwhelming tension. Sections of "Heat" and "Boat" also incorporate this well. But it also allows room for musicianship in use of bass, soft glitchy beats and drums. "Introduction" for example reprises the "Still Alive" theme (not that one) and creates a drifting rendition with a notable lead synth. Let's first look at the more atmospheric sections. Unlike Solar Fields' work on Movements which possessed more smooth, drony soundscapes and slow rhythms, this album feels more free-flowing and melodic, unafraid to develop its soundscapes into motion.
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But the overall atmosphere is quite endearing, creating a sense of prowess and openness, which inevitably fitted perfectly with the game as the player used free-flowing parkour to traverse the vast brightly coloured cityscapes.īut enough about the game, the album also works on its own purely as an album to listen to while you're running, writing and so on. Each track creates two general moods, the calm and the action and will often shift between the two, sometimes surprisingly smoothly and seemlessly. The end product shows a varying contrast of atmospheric tension with heart-pounding action, ultimately making it an exciting, yet still ambient electronic album in its own right.īeing a soundtrack, each track represents a level in the game, most clocking in at just over seven minutes. He incorporates pounding to soft beat rhythms, sharp to subtle glitchy tones, and well placed melodies and bass-lines. Solar Fields proves that he can take his signature electronic ambient sound and give it a cinematic overhaul that works coherently throughout. Review Summary: An exciting and smartly written package of electronic ambience and cinematic tension.