Late PS1 SNK energy running through every track on this and it sounds incredible. Samurai Shodown: Warriors Rage came out in 1999 and pushed the console's sound hardware into this gritty, atmospheric space that most fighters weren't touching.
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Gokumon Day has that tense shamisen riff looping over deep taiko hits, and the Night version strips it down to something almost eerie. Holy Forest shifts between peaceful traditional instrumentation during the day and this unsettling ambient drone at night.
Cherry Blossom Blooming is just... weirdly beautiful for a fighting game. Theme of Riten-Kyo goes full dramatic orchestral and it works as the climactic stage piece. If you ever slept on the PS1 SamSho games, the soundtrack alone is worth going back for.