PS1-era Japanese mythology scoring that sounds like it crawled out of a Noh theater and started a fight. The original Ore no Shikabane wo Koete Yuke soundtrack channels traditional Japanese music through late-90s hardware in ways that still feel potent.
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"Dance of the Heavenly Nymph" is hauntingly beautiful, all flowing melody against the PS1's characteristic reverb. "Skeleton Castle" and "Ice & Snow Needle Hell" nail that dungeon crawl tension. The seasonal cycle tracks, "Quadrillion Springs" through "Quadrillion Winters," tie everything to the game's passage of time as your clan ages and dies.
"Struggle to the Death" and "Decisive Battle" go hard for 1999 console audio. "Flower" bookends the whole experience with quiet devastation. If you're into PS1 RPGs and somehow missed this Alfa System cult classic, the soundtrack alone is worth tracking down.