MIDI-era fantasy orchestration with a different flavor for every elemental faction. Lords of Magic came out in 1997 on PC, and the soundtrack splits cleanly along its eight magical alignments. "Death" goes predictably ominous with low strings and minor keys.
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"Fire" brings aggressive percussion and brass that makes you want to burn everything on the map. "Water" flows into something calm and mysterious, total mood shift. The battle music splits into winning and losing versions, which is a nice touch from '97.
You can literally hear your campaign falling apart in the losing variant. "Menu (Extended)" is one of those title screen themes you just let play. If you grew up on late-90s PC strategy games and miss that specific MIDI fantasy sound, this takes you right back.