SEVEN's CODE keeps doing this wild thing where classical piano sits right next to absolute bangers and it somehow works. Vol.5 of the rhythm game OST threads Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.2 and Beethoven's Tempest Sonata between tracks like Eat'em All and Gate of Hell, which go completely feral with distorted bass and breakneck rhythms.
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The underwater decomposition narrative tracks (海中分解) stitch it all together with this eerie ambient connective tissue. dissolve in water is the one that caught me off guard, real delicate and spacious compared to everything around it.
Then Chord Fragments hits and you're back in intensity. If you play rhythm games and want a setlist that refuses to pick a lane, this collection is ridiculous in the best way.