Delicate piano and strings with a classical Japanese RPG feel, running on 3DS and Vita hardware. EXSTETRA dropped in 2013, and even this mini soundtrack shows off its personality. "Piano to Gengaku no Tame no Waltz Kaze Gensoukyoku" opens with a waltz that is elegant and slightly melancholic.
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"Karimideru" shifts the mood into something more urgent and dungeon-ready. And "EXSTETRA no Tou" builds this tower theme tension that makes you want to keep climbing. Only ten tracks here since it is a mini soundtrack, but each one carries weight.
The piano solo closing version strips everything back to just the core melody, and it hits different after hearing the full arrangements. If you like handheld-era JRPGs that had surprisingly polished music tucked inside tiny cartridges, give this a spin.