Yasunori Mitsuda wrote an entire JRPG score for the DS and most people never even played it. Soma Bringer's soundtrack goes way harder than the hardware should allow. "The Great Forest Junel" has this warm Celtic thing going where the melody just floats over plucked strings and soft percussion.
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Classic Mitsuda. Then "Flames Running Across Largo Bridge" drops you into full battle intensity with these layered synth instruments pushing the DS speakers to their absolute limit. "Forgotten Memories" is the quiet gut punch, a piano melody that keeps circling back on itself like it can't let go.
The whole OST feels like a lost Chrono game that slipped through the cracks. If you love Mitsuda's work but think you've heard it all, think again.