Warm FM synthesis carrying emotional weight through a 1995 tactical RPG. Farland Story: Kamigami no Isan runs on the PC-98, and the soundtrack tells a story even without understanding the language. Song of Blessing has this hopeful, almost sacred quality that the sound chip renders beautifully.
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Song of Grief flips it into something genuinely heavy. Now, there is a crisis here brings the urgency with driving percussion and a melody that means business. The range is impressive. Fragrant food cafeteria is lighthearted and goofy, while The impermanence of worldly things goes full philosophical melancholy through FM tones.
Blood relative of a Dragon brings the fire for late-game encounters. If you want to hear what emotion sounds like through a PC-98 sound chip, this delivers.