Sharp FM synth tones cutting through a dark, moody atmosphere. Angelus on the PC-88 pushed that 1988 hardware with a soundtrack that sounds genuinely unsettling in the best way. SYMPATHY, the main Angelus theme, gets three distinct versions across the tracklist, each one recontextualizing the mood.
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NOCTURNE leans into that eerie late-night tone the PC-88 sound chip does so well. METAMORPHOSIS and its VersionII build on each other, layering tension through those raw FM channels. FALLEN ANGEL closes things out with real weight.
There's a pile of unused and lettered tracks buried in here too, like leftover sketches. The whole thing feels like a forgotten artifact from the golden age of Japanese PC gaming. Worth digging into if you care about what FM synthesis could really do.