Ko Otani wrote battle themes that make you feel ten stories tall and terrified at the same time. Shadow of the Colossus has this score where the quiet moments are almost painfully empty, then The Opened Way slams in with full choir and orchestra and suddenly you're clinging to fur hundreds of feet in the air.
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Revived Power keeps escalating with these brass hits that feel desperate, not heroic. Then something like Lakeside plays and it's just... wind and strings and guilt. The contrast between silence and fury is what makes this whole thing work.
Prologue sets that tone immediately with barely anything happening sonically. If you've beaten the game, listening to this soundtrack alone hits completely different.