Atlus took their demon-summoning formula, dropped it into a strategy RPG on the SNES, and the soundtrack went harder than anyone expected. Majin Tensei's 1994 Excellence Sound Collection opens with an arranged version of "THE WRATH OF GOD" that elevates the SPC700 chip original into something genuinely imposing, then drops you into the raw SNES versions where tracks like "DEVIL DANCE" and "ELECTRIC SHOCK" push the hardware with aggressive, dark compositions that feel more Mega-Ten than most Mega-Ten spinoffs.
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"SCENE OF CARNAGE" is exactly what it promises: urgent, violent, the sound of a battlefield going wrong. "CHAOTIC LAW" plays with the series' alignment themes musically, and "PALLID TEARS" brings genuine sorrow to a game about commanding demons on a grid.
"IMMORTALLY SHOP RAG" is a wonderfully weird name for a shop theme that has way more personality than it needs to. The track titles alone tell you somebody on this team had style. The bookends are the real treasures. Both "THE WRATH OF GOD" and "ACTUAL FEELING ...
YOU" get arranged versions alongside their originals, letting you hear the gap between SNES limitations and the composers' full ambitions. For fans of early Atlus or anyone who thinks the MegaTen universe starts and ends with Persona, this is a reminder of how deep and strange that catalog goes.