Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition Official Soundtrack Highlights

The official soundtrack for Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition is the subject of the latest post on the Beamdog’s blog, with an option to purchase it there and then. And while you should decide for yourself if the value proposition of this $9.99 soundtrack is something you’re interested in, here are a few paragraphs about it:

Composed by Mark Morgan, an American score composer for video games, television and films, the music in the Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition Official Soundtrack is critically acclaimed and considered by fans among the best soundtracks for computer games.

The music of Planescape: Torment is not only substantially dark and eerie, but emotional as well. Mark Morgan combined ethnic and industrial sound to create 37 tracks fitting the unique Planescape setting. Each track tells a story about the multiverse and those who live within it, mixing wonder and horror in equal measure. The main theme alone is enough to send chills down your spine.

The Mortuary theme is full of muffled ticking undertones, with occasional scrapings and whispers to reflect on the nature of that building. In the Sigil theme, one can almost hear the dangers lurking around every corner. Fortress of Regrets is a grandiose and doleful melody which ties in perfectly with the story told in the final area of the game.

The Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition Official Soundtrack is not only about ambient environmental music, companions themes are what makes this soundtrack truly outstanding. Profoundly sad and beautiful, Deionarrra’s Theme is often named the best track composed in a game. The mechanical beats in Nordom’s Theme makes it fitting for this character. Although never used in-game, Morte’s theme is the most humorous track and not without good reason, this floating skull’s personality is conveyed in his theme perfectly. Morte’s theme underlines that, for all its dark tones, Planescape: Torment retains a lot of humour, and the game’s soundtrack follows this mix.