The Adventure Company – Dark Fall: The Journal [2002; THQ Nordic GmbH, XXv Productions]

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This score album collects twenty-one of the audio cues from the 2002 game of its name, with just one of those tracks breaking the one-minute mark, and most of the rest falling under half of that.  The standard mood of the tunes is one of dark moodiness, in keeping with the isolated setting and horror themes, but the string of “Polly Music” cues jumps quite capably over to quirky techno territory for the two minutes or so that they last.  Touches of classical and early-20th-century pop are folded in as well, and for the brevity of the collection, it touches on an impressive range in its run, all pulled off with high style.