The problem with the music and how to fix it.
While the music in subnautica 2 is good it doesnt fit the game as well as the music in the first game did. This is most likely due to the reduction in scuba gear sounds and sonars that made the music in the first game. More biome specific music that really fit would be good since it would enchance the atmosphere. Overall the music is a bit too upbeat and almost distracting. Using instruments that sounds like underwater things like gear made it feel much more immersive since it blended well into the game. Take the track into the unknown for example
, it has intruments that really feel underwater like and also is less “happy” than most of the ambient music in subnautica 2 wich makes it feel more enviromental and less distracting. Also Salutations is a very good example since it uses some kind of scuba mask breathing and sounds that sound like splashing into water . Lastly we need more tracks because you constantly hear the same tracks play over and over again and i get that its early access but it needs more even for the shallow biomes.the best subnautica 2 soundtracks that i feel fit the game the best are Living tombstone, It likes how i scream and the ocean is blighted. They capture horror and sound expansive and underwater like more than the other tracks and i didnt just choose them because of the horror.
..the songs arent finished yet…
the music we have is mostly for the shallows, so of course it will be upbeat
SN 2 also feels a lot calmer around the shallows, really leaning into how SN 1 felt for the first portion of the game.
The music is calm and relaxing, it’s meant to be quite chill, as is for SN 1’s shallows…
The deeper areas, specifically Karakorum, have their own style of music, and overall the game does stray away from the underwater sounds we had before.
The 3 you mentioned are fitting because they’re meant to be tense moments with tense music
The whole ost seems like it’s gonna be different per area, vs. SN 1’s music being somewhat vague and scattered around the map. (eg. Lava castle ost being in several areas)
Composing music takes time, we’ve have 1 update..
EA 2 might have more songs, might not. I hope we get some nice songs for some cool atmospheres tho!