They crammed a full-scale BASARA rock opera into a PSP cartridge and somehow it works. Chronicle Heroes' 2011 soundtrack opens with FLAGS and immediately tells you this is not a budget spinoff. Funeral Dragon Campaign layers distorted guitar over orchestral hits that feel way bigger than portable hardware should allow.
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Small Body, Big Heart has this surprisingly heartfelt melody that sneaks up on you mid-battle. Then Quarrel Festival goes completely unhinged with tempo changes that mirror the on-screen chaos perfectly. The Thoughts of Two Rivals slows everything down with dual melodic lines that.
Actually kind of emotional. If you skipped the PSP BASARA entries thinking they'd sound like watered-down versions, Chronicle Heroes proves that assumption dead wrong.