Shoji Meguro at his most unhinged and spiritual all at once. The Digital Devil Saga duology soundtrack is a beast, weaving Hindu and Buddhist cosmology into every track name and every note. "Pray" opens both games with that iconic vocal hook that instantly tells you this is not your standard Atlus RPG, "Hunting" variations escalate from tense stalking music into full-blown guitar fury, and "Muladhara" through "Sahasrara" literally walk you up the chakra system as the dungeon themes intensify.
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The "Second Movement" versions of tracks like "Steel Coffin" and "Spider's String" are a brilliant touch, revisiting the same locations with darker, more desperate arrangements that mirror how the story spirals. "Hideout of the Chickens" is the one moment of levity, a goofy safe-room theme hiding inside an album full of existential dread.
And then "Pray -Sera's Prayer-" strips the opening theme down to something fragile and devastating. This 2024 reissue compiles both games into one package, and honestly that is how it should always have been heard. From the raw aggression of "Eat Them All" to the quiet acceptance of "Aurora," the journey across both discs is one of the most cohesive narrative arcs Meguro ever composed.
If you only know him from Persona, this is the album that shows what he does when the gloves come off.