Hard-charging Chinese instrumentation meets PS3-era fighting game energy and it goes way harder than it has any right to. Shin Koihime Musou Otome Taisen is a Three Kingdoms fighter dressed up in anime style, and the soundtrack commits fully to the bit.
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The stage themes like Changban and Red Cliffs layer erhu and guzheng over driving rock rhythms that actually get your blood pumping during matches. The character select screen has this tense anticipation to it. And then the throne room track just sits there being ominous with low strings and percussion.
The victory and defeat stingers are short but punchy. If you play anime fighters and want stage music that actually sounds like ancient battlefields, this one delivers.