Weird, haunting PS2 synth that sounds like it's echoing off stone walls. Evergrace was FromSoftware's early PS2 action RPG, and the soundtrack is genuinely unhinged in the best way. "Sounds of the Cavern" is exactly what it promises, this dripping atmospheric loop that gets under your skin.
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"Castle of Regression" hits with these moody, almost industrial tones that feel like the console is trying to warn you about something. And "Piercing the Heavens" goes unexpectedly grand right when you thought it was all gloom.
The whole OST has this lo-fi experimental quality that feels nothing like typical early PS2 fare. Songs like "Red Breeze" and "Howl" lean hard into texture over melody. Almost feels like ambient music that accidentally ended up in a fantasy game.
If you want to hear what FromSoft was doing before they figured out the Souls formula, this is where you start.