Funky bass guitar ripping through what should be a medieval fighting game. The Khan Super Session version of Soul Edge's PlayStation soundtrack ditches the arcade's classical approach and goes full jazz-rock-pop fusion. "The Edge of Soul" is the vocal main theme and it absolutely rips, this bombastic rock anthem that has no right being this catchy.
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"Hagakure" brings in traditional Japanese instrumentation layered over a groove that won't quit. Every track is an extended, arranged version of the in-game music, so "Moonlight Shadows" gets room to breathe into something genuinely atmospheric.
Composers Masumi Ito, Benten Maru, and Taku Iwasaki before he was famous. If you only know Soulcalibur, go back and hear where the fire started.