Huge, atmospheric synth work that still sounds like nothing else from 1986. The Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind best collection pulls together Joe Hisaishi's film score into one devastating listen. "Ohmu Stampede" hits with this rolling, unstoppable weight, and "The Sea of Decay" drifts into something alien and beautiful.
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"Mehve" captures that impossible feeling of flight over a ruined world. Just wind and wonder. The whole thing moves between quiet pastoral themes and full orchestral panic in a way that mirrors the film perfectly. Still gets under your skin decades later.
If you need something to stare out a rainy window to, this collection will ruin you in the best way.