![]() ![]() However, ten or so pieces such as "Swimming Lizard, "Daddy Long Neck", and "Here it Goes" are written in a similar manner to the messy action themes on the Dino Crisis score. This works well in tracks like "Don't Let Me Down" and "A Living Sub" where there are electronic beats to bind together the otherwise disparate features. A lot of the tracks seem to syncopate strings runs or jabs with Soukyuugerentai-esque timpani rolls. Overall, the action tracks tend to have a bit more structure and individuality this time. Though the setting themes occasionally lack development and depth, they all work flawlessly in context. Towards the end of the soundtrack, there are also some more dramatic tracks such as "For the Missile Silo" with its anthemic melody and rock influence and "Time to Go Back" with its retro electronic work and urgent beats. "Save" is a welcome reprise of Dino Crisis' "Set You at Ease" that, while still a little underdeveloped, sounds more beautiful than before because of the improved synthesis. Other additions range from the industrial noise of "Lethal Gas" to the disturbing experimentation of "Trashed" to the warped and percussive "Silence of Edward City". "Search for Survivors" creates great rhythmical impetus with its earthy percussion use, while "Underwater Echoes" creates a very unsettling atmosphere with its fluidly incorporated suspended notes, ethnic percussion, and atmospheric noise. ![]() "Research Facility Sound", for instance, creates the ambience of an abandoned laboratory with lonely electronic synth reverberating against sporadic percussion and sound effects. The strongest aspects of the score are its atmospheric themes. The soundtrack features greater stylistic diversity, fewer intolerable action themes, and enhanced sound quality so surprisingly suffices on a stand-alone level. Fortunately, there was a big change in sound direction overall. Given the composers, I expected little from this soundtrack - after all, the Dino Crisis Original Soundtrack sufficed as a derivative accompaniment to the game, but was absolutely horrible to listen to on its own. The sound team from Dino Crisis were responsible for the new score, though Sayaka Fujita took the leading role instead of Makoto Tomozawa while Akari Kaida wasn't involved at all. Dino Crisis 2 was the inevitable PlayStation sequel to a commercially successful dinosaur horror game. ![]()
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