The guitars on Battle -beast of bloodshed- genuinely sound like they're trying to claw through your speakers. Ryota Kozuka and the SMT V: Vengeance team went feral on this expanded score. Battle -Qadištu- layers distorted synths over thrashing percussion in a way that makes every boss encounter feel personal, and then Battle -Da'at- Vengeance takes the original Da'at theme and just.
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Cranks everything. The quieter stuff lands too though. Yoko's theme carries this longing that sneaks up on you between all the aggression, and Ace Detective Pixie is so stupidly charming it shouldn't work but it does. If you played the original and skipped Vengeance, this soundtrack alone should change your mind.