Year: 2010
Type: Original Soundtrack (OST) / Gamerip
Composer(s): Martin Stig Andersen
Number of tracks: 6 / 22

★★★★★

Maximal minimal

A stylistically consistent, atmospherically dense delicacy that showed back then, in a uniquely minimalist way, that video games can be art.

This is how the 2010 sidescrolling indie puzzler Limbo could be summed up in one sentence. I don't want to say any more about this gem, because even 13 years later and despite a significant increase in competition, the game is still an entertaining recommendation in my opinion. This black and white look, this oppressive feeling and the constant question: What's going on here anyway?

While the answer is not quite so simple in relation to the game, it can probably be formulated as follows for the OST: Atmo. Martin Stig Andersen presents us with calm, spherical sounds like in City, which fit perfectly into the gaming experience. Gloomy and menacing (Boys‘ Fort), loud and terrifying (Rotating Room), the pieces waft like drops of music on a white screen that encourages us to pause. Not very substantial and unfortunately not my thing at all, but definitely something for ambient enthusiasts and absolutely fitting for Limbo.

Limbo

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Ratings
01	Menu	Martin Stig Andersen	1
02	Boys' Fort	Martin Stig Andersen	1
03	City	Martin Stig Andersen	1
04	Rotating Room	Martin Stig Andersen	2
05	Sister	Martin Stig Andersen	2
06	Gravity Jump	Martin Stig Andersen	2

Limbo [Gamerip]

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Ratings
01	Limbo	Martin Stig Andersen	1
02	Sounds of the Forest	Martin Stig Andersen	1
03	Hostile Depths	Martin Stig Andersen	2
04	The Spider Approaches	Martin Stig Andersen	2
05	Survival Instinct	Martin Stig Andersen	2
06	Foiling the Hunters [with SFX]	Martin Stig Andersen	1
07	Survival Instinct Reprise	Martin Stig Andersen	1
08	Call the Rain	Martin Stig Andersen	2
09	Sounds of the Cave	Martin Stig Andersen	1
10	Flooding [with SFX]	Martin Stig Andersen	1
11	Drowning	Martin Stig Andersen	1
12	My Mind Is Not My Own	Martin Stig Andersen	2
13	Hotel [with SFX]	Martin Stig Andersen	1
14	Prayer	Martin Stig Andersen	2
15	Sounds of the Factory	Martin Stig Andersen	1
16	Circular Saws	Martin Stig Andersen	2
17	Alone	Martin Stig Andersen	2
18	Mirage	Martin Stig Andersen	2
19	Machine Gun Tranquility	Martin Stig Andersen	2
20	Overlooking Chaos	Martin Stig Andersen	1
21	Up and Down	Martin Stig Andersen	2
22	Credits	Martin Stig Andersen	2