Bright JRPG fanfare bursting out of your phone speakers. Els no Tenbin 2 is a 2014 mobile RPG on Android and iOS with a soundtrack that channels classic 16-bit adventure energy. "Battle Theme Part.I" gets your blood pumping immediately, and "ELS World ~ Theme of Aina" sets this hopeful tone that carries the whole experience.
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The dungeon themes go places. "Kaen-goku no Tou ~ The Tower" has this oppressive tension that builds as you climb, and the shift into "Battle Theme Part.III" near the end feels earned. You can hear the difficulty spike in the music.
"Forever you are..." closing out the album as the ending theme. That bittersweet mobile RPG farewell. Anyone who thinks phone games can't deliver a full JRPG soundtrack arc needs to hear this front to back.