George Oldziey's Wing Commander III intro hits you with this full orchestral sweep that had no business sounding this good on a 1994 mail-order CD. Origin Audio CD Volume 3 is basically a greatest hits compilation from Origin Systems' golden era, pulling from Wing Commander, Ultima VIII, Privateer, BioForge, and Pacific Strike.
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The Ultima VIII medley by Nenad Vugrinec goes dark and brooding in the best way. Pacific Strike's Big Band-O-Rama is wild, just straight-up big band jazz in a flight sim collection. There are even two tracks from an unreleased game that never saw daylight.
A time capsule from when Origin was untouchable. If you grew up on PC gaming in the 90s, this one's a nostalgia trip that actually holds up.