Koei's traditional Japanese instrumentation just sounds massive when they commit to it like this. Nobunaga no Yabou Online's soundtrack covers an absurd range across 77 tracks, from serene koto melodies in the field themes to thundering taiko in battle.
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"最終決戦" (Final Decisive Battle) layers shamisen over driving percussion and it builds to this frantic pitch that gets your blood going. The quieter moments like "京" paint feudal Kyoto with these delicate flute lines. Then "雅樂ロック" literally fuses gagaku court music with rock guitar and it's wilder than it has any right to be.
So much variety here. If you play MMOs for the atmosphere and want to live inside Sengoku-era Japan for a while, this collection delivers.