That unmistakable PC-98 FM warmth, all reverb and emotion stacked on top of tight chip leads. Falcom SPECIAL BOX '90 is a late-80s collection drawing heavily from Ys and Sorcerian, two of the biggest names on Japanese home computers.
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"Oath on a Starry Sky" reimagines Feena's theme from Ys with this vocal-style arrangement that hits different. "PROTECTERS ~instrumental~" takes the Ys II track and strips it down to pure band energy. Then "HOLY FIGHTER" from Sengoku Sorcerian just goes off.
Every track feels like Falcom's sound team showing what they could do when given room to arrange freely. The Sorcerian tracks especially get this treatment where they sound bigger than the games they came from. If you want to hear what Falcom worship sounded like before the internet, start here.