Half a year later after the release of Mirror’s Edge, EA has finally released the Mirror’s Edge Original Videogame Score on May 19, 2009. This isn’t the remix edition, but the actual music from the game by Magnus Birgersson (Solar Fields). The remix album was pretty lame with half a dozen remixes to “Still Alive” and I was starting to wonder how many variations of the song I could handle.

After playing Mirror’s Edge, one of the highlights for the game is the score. The music ranges from cold and somber to urgent and paranoid. The soundtrack includes the introduction music, music from all the nine levels and two versions of “Still Alive.”

Each of the nine tracks from the nine levels is comprised of different portions including an ambience portion, chase theme, combat theme, and puzzle theme. The ambience portion gives you a sense of exploration. The chase theme speeds things up and gives you an adrenaline rush. The combat theme slows down a bit but gives you a sense of power, and the puzzle theme gives you a feeling of reflection.

The first track, Introduction, is a very somber piece with bits of “Still Alive” in the background. A very good track to bring you into the world of Mirror’s Edge that mixes elegance and finesse with exploration and wonder in a city composed mostly of pure white colors and tall skyscrapers.

Other highlights from the soundtrack are Shard and Kate. Shard is easily one of the best tracks with its soft and peaceful sound that suits well for the nighttime setting of the game’s level on top of the highest building in the city.

Still Alive by Lisa Miskovsky, the only song in the soundtrack, is very catchy and beautiful. It’s a song that can be easily heard on a pop radio station, but yet it’s not. I’ve been addicted to this song when I first heard it.

Magnus Birgersson (Solar Fields) has done a wonderful job in capturing the feeling of an action adventure genre in the background of a distant future city utopia. Fans of the game and fans of ambient music should definitely pick this one up.

Grade: A

Here’s a listing and time of the tracks in the Mirror’s Edge Original Videogame Score:

1.    Introduction (5:34)
2.    Edge & Flight (6:55)
3.    Jacknife (6:25)
4.    Heat (7:01)
5.    Ropeburn (7:15)
6.    New Eden (7:52)
7.    Pirandello Kruger (7:08)
8.    Boat (7:30)
9.    Kate (7:13)
10.    Shard (7:16)
11.    Lisa Miskovsky – Still Alive (4:34)
12.    Still Alive – Instrumental (4:29)

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