Quirky piano phrases bouncing between playful and unsettling, like a tea party where everyone is secretly furious. Last Word is a PC indie RPG where combat is literally about having the last word in an argument, and the music commits to that bit completely.
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"Pleasant Pleasantries" is dripping with fake politeness. "HOSPITALITY" and "HOSTILITY" sit right next to each other on the tracklist and that contrast is the whole game. "Blather Latherers" has this frantic escalating energy like a debate spinning out of control.
Every track name is a wordplay or rhetorical term. The composer understood the assignment. The progression from "Pontification" to "FINALITY" tells a story even without the game. If you love RPGs that do something genuinely weird with their battle systems and want a soundtrack that matches, this is your next obsession.