Gritty SNES synth pushing the hardware to its limits for one of the darkest Fire Emblem stories. Thracia 776 came out in 1999 as the last Super Famicom FE game, and the soundtrack matches that late-era ambition. "Blow'in in the wind" opens with something almost melancholic before the war begins.
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"The Leaf Army, In Search of Victory ~ Adversity" captures that desperate, backs-against-the-wall feeling the game is famous for. The multiple map themes cycle through moods like the tide of battle shifting. There is a rawness here that later entries polished away.
"Near of the Victory" and "Near of the Defeat" sitting side by side in the tracklist tells you everything about this game's tone. Late SNES at its most intense. For fans who think Fire Emblem should hurt a little.