Greg Nicolett wrote this score like he was composing a Pixar movie about witches, and the Budapest Scoring Orchestra brought it to life with a ridiculous amount of warmth. Every character gets their own theme, and they all land.
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"Quinn's Waltz" is delicate clarinet and strings that sound like falling in love at a farmers market. "Baptiste's March" goes full military pomp. "The Cat Pirates" is exactly as swashbuckling as you'd hope. "Sylvia vs. Roxanne" and "Sylvia vs.
Corsac" turn haggling duels into orchestral showdowns. Rafta gets its own day and night moods, and "Rafta in Moonlight" is genuinely gorgeous. Even the shop music has personality. If you want a fantasy score that makes you feel like a kid watching Saturday morning cartoons, this bottles that feeling perfectly.