"Revival" opens this thing with strings that genuinely make you feel like you're about to unify Japan before breakfast. Nobunaga no Yabou Souzou gave each clan their own theme and the contrast between them is wild. "Black Wind, White Rain" for Takeda hits with this aggressive intensity, all driving percussion and urgent strings, while "Winds of Ambition" for the Oda side feels more calculated, almost regal.
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"Light Crawling Through Dark" might be the standout though. Just this slow burn that builds into something enormous. The way they handle the transition from peacetime to battle music across the whole tracklist... so deliberate.
Anyone who's ever agonized over clan selection in a strategy game needs to hear what their faction sounds like.