Saturn-era CD audio breathing new life into PC-88 originals. Falcom Classics II Music Collection is the 1998 Sega Saturn remake soundtrack for Ys II, and hearing these tracks rerecorded with proper instrumentation hits different.
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To Make the End of Battle still goes just as hard, the title screen version carrying all the weight of the original. Ruins of Moondoria adds this darker, more atmospheric depth that the old hardware could only hint at. Ice Ridge of Noltia is the standout.
That melody cutting through with crystalline clarity, perfectly capturing the frozen environment. Subterranean Canal keeps the momentum going underground with urgent, driving rhythms. Lilia's theme shows up gentle and human between all the dungeon tracks.
If you grew up on the FM synth versions and never heard the Saturn arrangements, you owe yourself this one.