Chinese RPG orchestration done with real soul. "御劍江湖" opens with this wuxia grandeur, erhu and flute weaving over strings that immediately tell you this is a martial arts story. "情牽" pulls back into something tender and aching.
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"降妖譜" and "魔神訣" bring the combat intensity with driving percussion and layered instrumentation that stays rooted in traditional Chinese tonality even when things get chaotic. "淒涼雪" is devastating, just pure melancholy carried by a single melody line.
"洞天福地" feels like discovering somewhere sacred. The extended version of the main theme closing things out is a nice touch. Sword and Fairy 3 remains one of the great RPG scores from this era. If you love wuxia at all, sit down with this.