Fifteen years of an MMO and the composers are still going this hard. Nobunaga no Yabou Online's Tenrou no Shou anniversary soundtrack hits with the confidence of a series that knows exactly what it's doing by now. The orchestral arrangements feel lived-in, like the composers have spent a decade and a half refining what feudal Japan sounds like through modern instruments.
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Eleven tracks that balance the expected war intensity with these reflective passages that feel like looking back on years of server battles and alliances. There's a weight to anniversary soundtracks that regular expansions don't carry.
Something about knowing the history behind the music. If you've ever stuck with an online game long enough to get sentimental about it, this score understands.