Late 90s J-rock and orchestral drama colliding in the best way possible. Rurouni Kenshin's Brilliant Collection pulls together the absolute peak of the anime's musical identity, from vocal tracks to Noriyuki Asakura's intense score work.
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"The Last Wolf Suite" is Shishio's whole arc compressed into one piece and it goes so hard, layers of tension building into this almost operatic finale. "Warriors Suite" captures that samurai determination with strings and taiko that hit different when you know the fights they scored.
The vocal tracks are pure 90s anime gold. "1/3" and "Heart of Sword" era energy all over this thing. If you watched Kenshin growing up and haven't revisited the music on its own, you owe yourself that.