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.

Nr.	Title	Interpret(en)	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

Nr.	Title	Interpret(en)	Ratings
01	White Nuckle Sadness	Incontro	3
02	Cantaloopia	Incontro	2
03	Solar Sister	Cosmic Magnolia	3
04	Fluxus	Cosmic Magnolia	3
05	Airglow	The Rhyme Experience	2
06	Bouganvillea Main Theme	Le Chet Noir	3
07	Boutique Uniq	Le Chet Noir	2
08	A Dawn Away	Latin Eleganza	2
09	Pretty Skies	Latin Eleganza	2
10	The Royal Bahamas	Ladies Chill	3
11	Love to Go	Penalonia	2
12	The Calm	Penalonia	2
13	Bathwater	Penalonia	1
14	Next Stop Horizon	Lock Stoch and the!°	2
15	Scarified	Normalizations	2
16	Balaeric Nights	Café Salou	2
17	Calma Redemption	Café Salou	3
18	Lucidity	Subconsious Mindflower	3
19	Big Thrill	Subconsious Mindflower	2
20	Emoticon	Locomotive Ambience	3