Oh glory! From the Darkness II awakens the horror, walking among us and lingering in smoke and shadow. It will come for you, and when it finds you, it will play the most melancholy melody imaginable — then it’ll probably gut your heart, as painfully and memorably as possible.
How else do you expect the Darkness to regain its health? That’s essentially the Darkness, right? It’s not a big stretch of the imagination to fathom the Darkness as an emotionally confused character, but that feeling fizzles out over the course of playing the game. In reality, the Darkness is often a very harsh and contemptible character, and his music is only harmonious to that feeling throughout the game. The Darkness II soundtrack starts off very grim and slow. For whatever reason, I had a hunch that I would end up forgetting the main theme for The Darkness II. I tested the main theme, to see if I could remember it after playing the game. How does The Darkness II hold out to this test of a memorable melody?
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