Live shamisen ripping over modern production is such a flex. The 2019 Samurai Shodown reboot came back with a soundtrack that sounds expensive and earned. Way of the Overlord carries this raw, windswept energy for Haohmaru that feels like standing alone on a cliff before a duel.
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Waltz of Nature for Nakoruru is the complete opposite, all delicate strings and birdsong woven into the melody. Then you get Seafarer's Paradise for Darli Dagger which throws in these Caribbean-flavored rhythms that have no business working this well in a samurai game.
Hazy Moon just aches. Every character theme tells you exactly who they are before a single sword is drawn, and that's the whole point of a fighting game score.