Crunchy PS1 synth with way more swagger than a game about toy tanks should have. Combat Choro Q came out in 1999 and the soundtrack goes from military bombast to smooth jazz without flinching. "West Park Cafe" is this laid-back groove that sounds like it wandered in from a completely different game.
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"Rose of Death" hits hard with dramatic flair, and "Farewell Bolero" closes things out with genuine emotion. There is something about late 90s PlayStation soundtracks that just went for it regardless of genre. A game about cute tanks battling each other and the composer wrote a track called "Sleep in Your Grave."
Unhinged. If you ever wanted proof that PS1 composers feared nothing, this is your exhibit.