This arcade card game had absolutely no business going this hard with its music. Sengoku Taisen's first collection from SEGA drops 27 tracks of full orchestral wartime scoring onto a cabinet game. Chant of the War builds with layered vocals and taiko until it feels ceremonial, almost sacred.
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Attack the Castle switches gears into pure adrenaline with brass stabs and driving strings. Fallen Leaf and A Balmy Autumn Day bring this quiet melancholy that catches you off guard between the battle tracks. Far Beyond The Volcano closes things out with an intensity that feels way too cinematic for an arcade.
If you dig Sengoku-era settings and never knew this existed, you're about to have a very good night.