those movements right at the start are pure Vivaldi and Shostakovich, which makes me think of Piotr Musical's Frostpunk ost (which someone else mentioned). Uncanny resemblence but it feels done in good faith and is lovely to listen to! I picked up the leitmotif early and was pleased to hear it played around throughout the track, superb writing.
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Totally the same same sort of up-down-up figure used for the motif in the main theme in Frostpunk 1 😲
Funnily enough have never played the Frostpunk games before, since I never really been into city builder games and more of a CIV and Total War enjoyer, but might be the time to give it a shot 😄
The more chamber sound of the Frostpunk music was really nice, maybe should've used that for the string sound myself as well, could've maybe help make the big bangs for the colossus feel more fitting with the distant sound of the "not chamber" feeling brass representing the big colossus boy in the distance.
Glad you liked it!