Brian Reitzell – WATCH_DOGS OST

Finding esoteric music in videogames isn’t so hard on the fringes of the indie scene, but for a multi-million dollar, next-gen, new hope like Watch Dogs, it’s certainly something of a welcome surprise. Not since, perhaps, Amon Tobin scored Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory have such worlds collided with results as good as this. Brian Reitzell, better known as a composer within film and TV, turns his hand to fleshing out Watch Dogs’ near-future world of cyber-hacking and deceit with singular results.

Creeping, foreboding and claustrophobic are all watchwords but, whilst being imbued with an insect-like electro pulse, there’s an organic, human feel at the heart of it all. It’s also a very adaptive in its delivery while keeping a consistent tone, perhaps a result of its primary purpose but certainly a trait that keeps interest when removed from its natural environment. In lieu of a DualShock joypad, a good pair of headphones will more than suffice to get into the world of Watch Dogs.