Kenji Ito wrote a PS1 soundtrack that sounds like five different games crammed into one and it somehow works perfectly. SaGa Frontier's OST jumps between moody jazz, straight-up rock battle themes, and these delicate ambient pieces without ever feeling disjointed.
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"Alkaiser Attacks!" goes full tokusatsu hero energy with blazing guitars and you can't not get hyped. "Asellus's Theme" is this gorgeous, melancholy waltz that lives in your head for days. Then "Let's Swing!" just casually drops a funk track into an RPG.
The way "Battle #2" layers synth over live instruments. "Koorong" nails that bustling city feel with PS1-era warmth that modern synths can't quite replicate. If you've played any SaGa game and skipped Frontier, the music alone justifies going back.