Shadow Hearts II on PS2 has one of the most tonally unhinged JRPG soundtracks ever made and it rules. Yoshitaka Hirota swings from grim World War I horror to a track literally called The Name's Grand Papillon!! and both feel completely earned.
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Vicious 1915 is all grinding tension and period-appropriate dread that sets the European theater perfectly. Crack Your Body hits with this aggressive, distorted combat energy that makes the Judgment Ring fights feel dangerous.
Then Glint of Light comes in with genuine warmth and hope, and the orchestral version expands it beautifully. Oohlala! is so playfully French it's almost absurd. The range here is unreal. If you want a PS2 RPG soundtrack that refuses to pick a single mood and commits fully to all of them, this is it.