Bleep

It’s safe to claim Red Dead Redemption II is one of the most ambitiously-realised video games of all time. Rockstar’s Western epic obsessively delights in the macro and the micro of an outlaw’s life, be it scaling peaks in search of long-forgotten treasures or simply foraging for food in order to feed the camp. Its soundtrack — overseen by veteran composer Daniel Lanois — takes equal care to accompany the wide vistas of the American west with an impeccable score, invoking Sergio Leone tension, swooping romanticism, and an underlying, end of days foreboding.