90s OVA energy cranked to eleven. Best Of Bastard!! collects the 1998 anime soundtrack, and it goes exactly as hard as a show about a wizard named Dark Schneider should. "The Second Movement - Dark Schneider, the Explosive Wizard" opens with bombastic orchestral chaos, "Fierce Battle" is nonstop tension, and "Blood War" sounds like the composer was personally angry at the recording equipment.
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But then "Lovely" and "Dream" show up and suddenly everything is soft and emotional, because 90s anime always needed that contrast. "Monochrome Trouble" in both Japanese and English versions is a nice inclusion. Thirty tracks covering every mood from apocalyptic destruction to quiet lullabies.
If you ever wanted to know what over-the-top 90s dark fantasy anime sounds like distilled into one album, this is your answer.