The record begins with “Theme from Forbidden World”, an intriguing blend of what sounds like both electric and acoustic instruments with a pleadant harmonic movement and inexorable drive. There’s a brief synth solo in the middle whose particular sonority clashes with the rest of the track, but otherwise this is a splendid opening theme.

The “Titles” track is a simple, haunting and mesmerizing piece for synthesizer, spare and ghostly.

What are possibly synth horn sounds make a s trong declaration and sound almost triumphant for “Birth and Death”. Again, both the melodic and harmonic shapes of the music seem just right.

“Mourning” begins with a single low-note pulse. It moves up a step and then an eerie but beautiful electric single note line, something you can imagine a theremin doing, floats above it. After that comes an unexpectedly forceful keyboard entrance, playing strong chords, followed by a delicately melancholy acoustic piano part.

For this score Justin got Craig Huxley to play his famous “Blaster Beam” instrument, as well as a Jupiter 8 synthesizer, and I reckon that these are providing most of the otherworldly electronic soundscape of “Alone”, which builds to surprisingly rhythmically driven climax.

“Steam Room” is another hypnotically pulsating synth-driven cue with very satisfying shape and structure, a mixture of beauty and tension.

The first side ends with “Mutation”, which is the closest thing to a conventional song on here. Nobody sings anything but there’s a definite melodic voice taking the spotlight and a pounding beat pushing everything forward.

The second side begins with “Xarbia”, a somewhat menacing and pensive track, with different atmospheres, textures and feels and a few dramatic stings. There’s also the same element of lyrcism that runs throughout this score and makes it one of the best electronic- and synth-centered scores I’ve heard.

“The Hole” begins almost completely textural and atmospheric, yielding eventually to a rhythmic and lyrical passage that develops into something that suggests a peak of action and suspense.

Acoustic piano with the sustain pedal employed creates the lonely and sad world of “The Doctor Returns”, with only very subtle synth strings accompaniment in the background.