A 60-piece string ensemble hitting you with the opening bars of "Battle of the Emperor" is enough to make you forget this started as a Super Famicom game. Kenji Ito's 1993 compositions get the full orchestral treatment in this 2024 remake, and the arrangements are devastatingly faithful.
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"Encounter with the Seven Heroes" still has that iconic tension, now with live brass and percussion that rattles your chest. "Clash with Kzinssie" trades the original's sequenced intensity for snarling rock band energy courtesy of the DESTINY 8 ensemble.
Two brand-new Ito compositions for the postgame Dread Queen fight. The SaGa series has always had battle themes that rival anything from Final Fantasy, and this proves it all over again.