Storybook whimsy filtered through Nintendo DS sound hardware. A Witch's Tale is a 2009 RPG with fairy tale bones, and the soundtrack leans into that with tracks like "Cookie Waltz" and "Once Upon a Time" setting a children's fantasy tone.
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"Battle of the Apprentice Witches" kicks things up with a surprisingly energetic battle theme that punches above the DS speakers. "The Howling of the Wind Under the Moon" and "Dance of the Mayflies" carry this eerie beauty, like a bedtime story that's slowly going wrong.
Mechanical Memories adds clockwork tension. The track names read like chapter titles from a book you'd find in a dusty attic. Every one of them. For anyone who wants their DS-era RPG music served with a side of dark fairy tale atmosphere.