It succeeds as interactive art. It fails as background music.
When the game needs genuine momentum, Lennertz delivers. The action cues are tight, aggressive, and surprisingly heavy. He uses electric guitar and percussion that wouldn't sound out of place in a Doom game. However, the genius is the placement . Right as the music swells to an epic crescendo, a sound effect of a rubber chicken or Deadpool shouting "Boring!" triggers, and the orchestra stumbles. It’s interactive meta-music; the score reacts to the character's dialogue. deadpool game ost
The Deadpool game OST is not a soundtrack you put on for your morning commute. It is a . Christopher Lennertz proved he could write a score as good as any Marvel movie, then chose to set it on fire for a joke. It succeeds as interactive art