Fourteen tracks for a SNES strategy game — five arranged versions alongside nine original compositions. The arranged tracks follow a narrative arc: "Prologue and Dispatching Troops" through "Triumphal Return" in four chapters.
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The chapter structure gives the arranged suite a symphonic quality unusual for early SNES releases. "Soldier's Walk" and "Iron Man" provide march energy. "Inspire" and "In the Field" handle the preparation and deployment.
"Where the Man Goes" follows the soldier's path. "Destiny" and "Requiem" carry the weight of war's consequences — not all soldiers return. "Echo of Pain" doesn't flinch from the cost of strategy. "In Triumph" celebrates victory.
The dual structure — arranged suite plus original compositions — suggests this was a soundtrack release that enhanced the in-game music for standalone listening. The subtitle "Rhapsody of Soldiers" frames military strategy as musical composition, each unit a note in the larger score of warfare.