Darker, moodier, more orchestral than earlier City Hunter soundtracks. The Secret Service dropped in 1996 and you can hear the decade shift in every track, less synth-pop, more cinematic tension. "Chase! Chase! Chase!" is exactly the frantic pursuit music the title promises, all rapid strings and brass hits.
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"Threat" builds this slow, creeping dread that the 80s soundtracks never really went for. "Otherwise" bookends the album with a vocal track that carries more weight than the usual City Hunter pop fare. The balance between action cues like "Angry Bullets" and quiet character moments like "Beautiful Client" keeps things moving.
Mid-90s production clarity throughout... If you want to hear City Hunter's sound evolve past the neon 80s, this is where it lands.