Vanillaware made a PS2 RTS about a magic school time loop and Hitoshi Sakimoto scored it like it mattered. GrimGrimoire's OST carries that signature Sakimoto warmth, all rich instrumentation and careful layering. "Book of Days" has this storybook quality that fits the fairy tale aesthetic perfectly.
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"In the Vortex of Tension" and "Under Grave Situations" bring genuine dramatic weight to the strategy battles. "Beyond the Tropics" is a mood shift that opens the world up. Eighteen tracks, compact but complete. "Archmage and Despair" hits a darkness the rest of the soundtrack only hints at.
The whole thing feels like reading a very expensive picture book. If you dig Vanillaware's visual style, the music matches it note for note.