Fantasy RPG scoring that wears its heart on its sleeve. Red Dragon's soundtrack carries the feel of a classic Japanese indie RPG, with track names that literally tell you where you are. "Flight" opens as a main theme with soaring synth strings that establish scope quickly, while "Locals" settles into a warm town melody you could hum after one listen.
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"Instigation" and "Fight to the Death" handle battle duties with increasing intensity, layering percussion under urgent melodic lines. Then "Beast Song" closes everything out with something primal and strange. The subtitles in each track name feel like stage directions.
"The Sun Rises in the West" carries this melancholy that suggests the world's rules are already broken. Worth a listen if you love RPG music that tells its story through titles alone.