Satoru Nakata, Junichiro Kaneda, and Kaoru Yasuda scored an alternate-history mech strategy game and made it sound like a war documentary you'd watch at midnight. Ring of Red's PS2 soundtrack leans heavy on taiko drums and traditional Japanese percussion, fitting for a Cold War-era Japan split between north and south.
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"Ryo" hits with raw military intensity, all pounding rhythms and tension. "Dances" shifts into something almost ceremonial, like watching giant walking tanks through a fog of ritual. The battle themes rotate constantly across fourteen variations, which keeps fifty-hour campaigns from getting stale.
Honestly kind of wild how much personality they packed into a Konami strategy game most people forgot about. Worth it if you like your mech games with actual atmosphere.