The sequel to one of the most infamously bad Saturn games somehow produced a legitimately beautiful soundtrack. Death Crimson 2 leans away from the first game's camp into something surprisingly heartfelt. "Maybe Someday" bookends the album in both vocal and karaoke versions, and the vocal performance carries genuine emotion.
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"Distant Thought," "Drop of Mind," and "Impression" form a contemplative stretch that belongs on a completely different game. "Wind of the street" drifts with urban melancholy. "Rhapsody" reaches for something grand and actually gets there.
The gap between the quality of this soundtrack and the reputation of the Death Crimson series is genuinely baffling. Someone poured their heart into music for a game most people only know as a punchline.