Distorted guitar riffs tearing through orchestral walls is the entire mood of Soul Sacrifice. Yasunori Mitsuda and Wataru Hokoyama recorded this at Skywalker Sound with a full orchestra and it sounds way too enormous for a Vita game.
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"Hopeless Overture" sets the tone immediately with brooding strings that erupt into this desperate brass crescendo. "The Will to Power" layers aggressive electric guitar over choir in a way that captures the game's sacrifice-everything combat perfectly.
Then "Soul Melody" pulls back into something almost tender. Just barely. The whole score sits in this space between gothic horror and action spectacle, never letting you forget that every spell costs something. Essential listening for anyone who thinks handheld games can't have world-class scores.