What You Need to Know: Dante's Inferno is like The Omen on steroids. And I mean that as a compliment! This is a gothic and intense listening experience for those of you who are bold enough to take it on and it's a campaign you should definitely embark on. In fact, I was astounded, at times, with how great this score was. What makes Garry's work stand out, in my opinion, is that he wrote music that repeats well, which is key for a game score. Whilst the film music genre often produces horror scores that become irritating to listen to, Dante's Inferno is just the opposite; it has the capacity to grow on you (and it's stellar to begin with!).

When tackling the subject matter of a hell, be it with film or games, one can expect that there are typical elements put into use musically. That is no different here; there is a choir, a bold orchestral sound, and plenty of frightening motifs that are carried forth. Garry, however, seems to have packaged all this together at an advanced level. There is great pacing within many of the cues and a tremendous consistency between the tracks. Not only was this music that one could absorb, perhaps addictingly, but there is a grand, epic storytelling quality to it. You will also pick up a sense of originality as you listen on. While the key players in this score aren't novel, the score takes the instruments and voices into unique places.

I typically don't see eye to eye with horror music. Dante's Inferno, however, might be my very own game changer. Indeed, if this type of originality and execution could be adopted by films of the same genre (as Drag Me to Hell did as well), there could be renewed enthusiasm from my perspective as to the potential of gothic/horror scores.