Distorted chorales crashing into crunchy rock riffs on a DS cartridge. Kenichi Arakawa scored The Dark Spire like he was soundtracking a dungeon crawl through a cathedral, and it works absurdly well. "Battle" hits with this grinding, almost industrial intensity that has no business coming out of handheld speakers.
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The "1st & 2nd Floors" theme carries a tension that makes every random encounter feel earned. Then there are the Classic Versions, stripped-down rearrangements that channel the wireframe Wizardry mode the game offers. That vocal main theme though.
If you ever wanted a first-person dungeon crawler that sounds as punishing as it plays, this is the one.