Refrain Love 2 takes the PS1's sound capabilities and fills them with this enormous, warm dating sim soundtrack that has a character theme for basically everyone. Over 50 tracks deep. The character themes do real work here, each one sketching a personality in under two minutes, from the bouncy energy of "脳天気で解決" to the tender strings of "愛情" and "恋情" sitting right next to each other, love and affection as separate compositions.
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"SRP (Sawara Rave Project)" comes out of nowhere with club energy in the middle of a romance game. "ひとひらの雪化粧" is genuinely beautiful, this quiet snowfall melody. The music box tracks (オルゴール) are tiny and perfect. If you want a PS1 soundtrack that treats every side character like they matter, this is absurdly generous.