A single piano note in the rain, then everything falls apart. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights dropped in 2021 and immediately became one of those soundtracks people can't stop talking about. "Lily" opens with devastating simplicity, and "A Notcture for All" wraps you in this ghostly choral fog.
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The intro/outro structure on boss themes is brilliant. "Bloom" starts contemplative before erupting. "Mother" builds from sorrow into something enormous. Every major fight gets its own emotional arc, not just a combat loop.
"Grudge" and "Abandonment" carry so much weight in their names alone. "If You Gaze Long into an Abyss" sits there daring you to keep going. The whole soundtrack feels like grief given a melody. If you've played it, you already know.
If you haven't, this OST is the reason to start.