The HD Remaster brought Nocturne back and Shoji Meguro's soundtrack still sounds like it was written yesterday. This Sound Collection spans the PS2 original through the PS4 and Switch versions, and the core material holds up perfectly across all of them.
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"Normal Battle" still rips with that iconic guitar tone that defined an entire subgenre of JRPG combat music. "Boss Battle" layers in these frantic keyboard runs over the distorted rhythm section. "Ginza" keeps that nocturnal cool while "Ikebukuro" gets aggressive and claustrophobic.
The way "Shibuya" sounds emptied out compared to how city themes usually work in RPGs. If you grabbed the remaster but always skipped through battles too fast, slow down and actually listen this time.