"Lunar Express" from Dead Space 3 on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, & PC (2013)
Composer: James Hannigan
Album: Dead Space 3 Original Game Score
Label: E.A.R.S.
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Visceral Games
This might be another odd choice for a MIDI Week Single but that is why I am here to tell you why it's not.
I like this song.
There is the beginning of the song that is filled with a combination of wonder and danger. Then around the two-minute mark, it is almost like Hans Zimmer or Harry Gregson-Williams takes over with whatever the strings are doing frantically. Then at 2:24 there is something new that the strings are doing, and the intensity just keeps building from there. And it seems like the song is going to peak, but instead, it backs off just a wee bit around 2:50, then plateauing until the horns show up at 3:05. Then around 3:30 shit just gets intense, building on the last three minutes but not quite reaching the climax. This really begins around 3:43 and also functions as the outro as there is just a wall of sound with high-pitched strings, blasting drums, and frantic horns. The whole thing just screams action movie chase sequence, which is what is happening as Isaac Clarke is chased by and being shot at by Unitologists on a moving train as he boards a ship right before it makes a light jump. Although in-game, the music is cut slightly differently than the entire track and here you get the entire song.
So yeah, no other reason than I really like this song.
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