Orchestral JRPG grandeur with a surprising amount of groove. Record of Agarest War's soundtrack covers five generations of heroes, and composers at Idea Factory packed it with variety to match. "Agarest War Suite" opens with full orchestral pomp, but the real standouts are the mood pieces.
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"Calm Forest" does exactly what you think but with this gentle woodwind line that actually sticks with you, and "Xxxplosion" rips into heavy battle synths that feel almost out of place in the best way. "Breeze of Time" floats.
"Tension and Anger" doesn't waste a second getting intense with layered strings and percussion building fast. The whole OST covers so much emotional ground across its runtime. Good background music for any 80-hour SRPG grind session.