Yoko Shimomura doing survival horror, and it's as intense as you'd hope. This box set collects both PE soundtracks into one package, and the range is wild. "Primal Eyes" opens with tension you can physically feel, then the opera piece "Se Il mio amore sta vincino" drops in like you wandered into a completely different genre.
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"Out of Phase" has this unsettling electronic pulse underneath everything. The piano solo version of the Main Theme is devastating in context. "Plosive Attack" hits with full PS1-era grit. Shimomura blends classical composition with horror atmosphere in a way nobody else was really doing on the PlayStation.
Two of the best horror soundtracks from that era, finally in one place.