Style: video game music
Primary Emotions/Themes: A fantastic mix of electronic music as well as far east Asian instrumentation
Thoughts: I didn't know what I was getting when I picked this up. It was on clearance and I grabbed it with a few other releases. I thought it would be a win if I listened to it more than once, I got way more than I bargained for.
Hong Kong is an excellent electronic album that offers everything from industrial ambience to music that is filled with the far east instrumentation. Even though I've never played the game I find myself enjoying the soundtrack greatly because of this.
With most of the album being on the more ambient side the influx of different instruments helps keep the hour and a half long soundtrack varied and engaging. When it does move into the more active realm, the inclusion of these instruments helps move the music forward in unexpected ways by holding a melody that wouldn't be there without them or by offering a backing track that again would be lost without their inclusion.
Shadowrun Hong Kong is a fantastic album even without the game backing it up. When a soundtrack is this good it makes me want to check out the game, and indeed I have purchased it. Like everything though it's just sitting in my Steam library waiting for its fateful day to be booted up.
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