PS2-era orchestral sampling that punches way above its weight class. Nobunaga no Yabou Online's Haten no Shou expansion came bundled with the Players Bible guide and the soundtrack has that mid-2000s Koei warmth where the MIDI orchestration still has real character.
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Eleven tracks covering everything from field exploration to siege warfare. The battle compositions have this urgency that the PS2's sound hardware handles surprisingly well, layering percussion and brass in ways that don't feel thin.
There's a town theme somewhere in here that's genuinely peaceful. Like actually calming. Then it yanks you back into feudal war. The era's limitations give it this slightly compressed, intense quality that modern recordings sometimes lose.
Worth it for any PS2-era strategy game nostalgic.