Full orchestra swelling into a naval battle cry. KanColle's orchestral album performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic takes the browser game's military marches and blows them up to concert scale. "Decisive Battle! Escape from Ironbottom Sound!"
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is a massive dramatic piece that transforms a web game BGM into something you'd hear at a film premiere. "Hiryuu's Counterattack" builds with this desperate intensity that actually gets your heart rate up. They weave in classical pieces too.
"Light Cavalry Overture" and "Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana" sit alongside game arrangements, connecting the naval warfare themes to classical military music tradition. "Home Port" is the warm exhale after all the combat.
Gentle strings that remind you these ship girls have a place to return to. If you want to hear what a free-to-play browser game sounds like when a full philharmonic orchestra takes it seriously, this delivers.