Sharp, punchy, and immediately intense. Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection dropped this additional track as a bonus for the Switch and PC remaster. "Battlefield - Perish Like the Dew" is Yuzo Koshiro doing what Yuzo Koshiro does best, turning a dungeon crawl into something that makes your pulse spike.
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It is a single track release but it carries weight. The composition feels like classic EO battle music with modern production polish layered on top. Koshiro has been scoring these games for years and he still finds new ways to make synth-rock feel dangerous.
If you need one track to remind you why Etrian Odyssey battles feel like life or death, just press play on this.