Thundering percussion and colonial-era grandeur bleeding out of your speakers. Age of Empires III hit Windows in 2005 with a soundtrack by Stephen Rippy that's somehow both epic and deeply weird in the best way. "Noddinagushpa" opens with this dense, layered main theme that sets the whole tone.
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"A Pirate's Temper" has a restless, seafaring energy that makes you want to build a navy immediately. "Felonious Junk" is one of those tracks where the title makes zero sense but the music absolutely works. The track names here are legendary.
"Scruffy and Underfed." "Bubble Chum." "Camels, Straws, and Backs." Rippy was clearly having fun and the compositions back it up completely. If you played this game in 2005 and forgot how good the music was, go fix that right now.