Isolated mono track Brain May's score,
with occasional sound effects between cues.
The only issue I had was
with occasional sound effect glitches: my car would crash violently against a wall, and not a single noise would be produced.
Not exact matches
The Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack is equally satisfying,
with its fine conveyance of Jonny Greenwood's haunting music, the
occasional outdoor
sound effect, and dialogue that's often delivered
with varying degrees of force.
The
sound will also struggle during large events,
with the
sound effects for guns and more simply vanishing, leaving you in a strange world of semi-silence that's punctuated by the
occasional burst of gunfire or a scream that comes out of nowhere.
However, selecting
with voiceovers didn't really have them reading the dialogue, just added some
sound effects into the game, and the
occasional line being said.
The game also suffers from a complete lack of
sound effects,
with the exception of an
occasional voice clip (one of them being by Grant Kirkhope himself, weirdly enough), and very subpar animal noises.
Sound effects are OK, your motorbike engine
with the
occasional explosion can be heard, amusing voice overs for your rider are provided by Brandon Dicamillo and Rake Yohn of Jackass fame.
Planet - side noise is usually just ambient creature
sounds (even sometimes on planets
with no creatures) and
occasional weather
effects.