Steel on steel and a promise held in a single chord. Ikusa Megami ZERO is a 2008 Windows RPG and the sound collection covers everything from gentle hometown themes to full scale war. "The Sword of Promise" opens the whole thing with this resolute, forward-driving melody that keeps coming back in different forms.
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"Dance of Fear and Despair" goes dark and frantic, real tension music. "Beloved Hometown" is the one that catches you off guard with how warm and simple it is. The arrangement version of "Yakusoku no Ken" shows how much depth one theme can carry when you let it breathe in a new context.
"Creeping Confusion" does slow dread really well. Good stuff for anyone who likes their RPG soundtracks to actually tell a story across the tracklist.