Dark fantasy choirs rising out of nowhere. Black Moon Chronicles is a 1999 PC strategy game based on the French comic series, and the soundtrack goes harder than a late-90s RTS had any right to. "Wismerhill" carries this brooding melodic weight, named after the series' tortured protagonist.
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"Lands of Witches" is full-on gothic atmosphere, heavy on reverb and minor keys. "Spernere Mundeum" sounds like a cathedral collapsing in the best way. Twelve tracks of orchestral-style MIDI punching above its era. The compositions aim for epic and genuinely get there despite the Windows 98 sound palette.
There is a theatrical quality to it all, like someone scoring a dark opera for a game most people never played. If you dig moody late-90s PC fantasy soundtracks, this deserves a spot in your rotation.