SNK went all in on the roster for V and the soundtrack had to match twenty-four fighters worth of personality. Samurai Shodown V's OST leans harder into character-specific instrumentation than any previous entry. Shogun for Yoshitora has this aristocratic koto arrangement that drips with arrogance.
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Moonlight Dinner for Kusaregedo is genuinely unsettling, low growling percussion and off-key woodwinds that make the yokai theme land hard. Papillon brings this unexpected lightness for Mina with plucked strings and airy flute work.
The recurring themes like Banquet of Nature and Tuna Incarnation get fresh takes that still feel connected to their originals. If you're deep in the FGC and skipped V, this soundtrack alone argues you shouldn't have.