Deep, atmospheric RTS scoring that shifts with every clan and every battle. Battle Realms on PC built its world through music as much as gameplay. Each faction gets paired combat and normal themes, and the difference between "Dragon - Better Days Normal" and its combat variant shows how the game dynamically ratcheted tension.
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"Lotus - Death Ceremony Combat" is pure dark energy, fitting for the most sinister clan in the game. "Koi Pond" sits in the middle of all this warfare as a moment of total calm. The dual-state approach to every track means the soundtrack has twice the depth of most RTS scores from that era.
If you played this back in 2001 and forgot how good it sounded, go back.