Dark monster-taming energy that hits different from the usual creature collector soundtrack. Monster Crown wears its mature tone on its sleeve, and the music makes Crown Island feel genuinely threatening from the first notes of "Yet Another Of Her Children Walks The Earth."
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"The Farm, Your Home" gives you this brief moment of safety with a pastoral melody before "Fight! Against a Wild Monster" throws you into something aggressive and surprisingly intense for the genre. "Cave ~ Deep Darkness" is all atmosphere, oppressive and thick.
"Lurking Evil ~ Thugs" brings a menace that reminds you this isn't a kids' game. The character themes for David and Beth add personality, and "Roaming the Wilds ~ Desperado Province" captures that frontier lawlessness the game is going for.
Even the victory jingle has weight to it. If you wanted Pokemon to grow up and move to a dangerous island, this is what it would sound like.