Orchestral war drums and brass hitting like a PC strategy game loading screen from 2009. Ancient Wars: Sparta covers three ancient civilizations and the soundtrack splits itself across all of them, shifting flavor with every faction.
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"Egypt goes Forth" layers in Middle Eastern percussion and scales that feel completely different from the title track "Sparta" with its grinding military march. "Come to Babylon" pulls things further east, going heavy on the strings and exotic melodic lines.
Then "Peace" at the very end just... stops. Quiet after 26 tracks of war. Track names like "A Time to Win" and "A Time to Lose" sitting right next to each other. The composer knew what they were doing. For anyone who misses the era when RTS games had full orchestral scores running behind your mouse clicks.