Big orchestral martial arts energy pouring out of every track. Blade & Soul is an MMO that launched on PC in 2012 and its OST goes full wuxia drama. "Fly Into the Sky" opens with soaring eastern instrumentation, and "Descendant of the Dragons" carries serious weight that fits the lore heavy world.
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"Black Pirates" switches the mood to something threatening and percussive. But then "The Pot Thieves" sounds way more playful than anything else on the tracklist. Wild tonal range. "Shadow in the Sunset" gives off this melancholy end-of-the-day feeling.
Like the fighting's done and you're standing on a cliff somewhere thinking about it. If you're into MMO soundtracks that actually commit to a cultural aesthetic, this one goes all in.