Quake: Scourge of Armagon
Music to my ears
In the immortal words of Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth: "Good news everyone!" The reason being that the music for the two mission expansions Scourge of Armagon and Dissolution of Eternity was not composed by musician Trent Reznor, as in the main game, but by Korean composer Jeehun Hwang. Thankfully, he produces something that can be classified as video game music with certainty - that's a step forward.
Unfortunately, that's about it when looking at the positive side, because the eight tracks of the OST (which, according to the fan wiki , are officially untitled, but some of them are buzzing around the airwaves with names) hardly get beyond a mere 'nice'. At least that's my conclusion after listening to the tracks from 1997.
For an uninspired shooter game from back then, the mix of C&C (Pandemonium, Back Into Action, Approaching Scourge), orchestral borrowings (Twisted Reality) and thriller (Abandon Hope, Demise of the Fiends, Cathedral of Blasphemy) is certainly suitable. However, tracks like Hell Fortress or the beginning of Approaching Scourge seem to be borrowed from a fantasy game from the Might & Magic or Soul Reaver-series. It doesn't quite fit together for me, but it's still an improvement on the ambient mix of the main game.
