Falcom's PC-88 FM synth work was years ahead in 1988, and this soundtrack is the proof. "To Make The End Of Battle" opens with one of the most iconic action RPG themes ever written, all urgent arpeggios and layered channels pushing the hardware to scream.
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"Ruins Of Moondoria" shifts into something darker, the FM chips producing this hollow, echoing atmosphere that feels genuinely eerie. Then "Palace Of Salmon" hits with a melodic complexity that most NES composers couldn't touch.
Yuzo Koshiro and company treated the PC-88 like a real instrument, not a limitation. If you think 8-bit era soundtracks peaked on consoles, this will correct that immediately.