Saturn-era synth doing everything it can to sell you on a magical world and honestly pulling it off. Yayoi Wachi and Seirou Okamoto scored this Magic Knight Rayearth adaptation and the whole thing is fully synthesized, no live instruments at all, but you'd barely notice on tracks like Fantastic Eterna where the layered pads create this huge sense of wonder.
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Tokyo Tower grounds you in the real world before Cephiro's themes start getting wild, and Cave of Temptation has this eerie, winding quality that makes you nervous about what's around every corner. The battle escalations from Apparition to Stronger Apparition to Still Stronger keep ratcheting up intensity.
If you're into 90s action RPGs with anime flair and a Working Designs localization, this soundtrack fits that vibe exactly.