These track titles alone tell you this collection is not messing around. Epic Poem for the Heavens opens with this massive orchestral presence, setting a tone that carries through the entire disc. Piercing my Enemy with a Dancing Blade has that frantic battle tempo where every instrument feels like it's fighting for space.
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Blood on the Keys closes things out with something darker, more deliberate, tension wound tight. Morning Dew and Playing Wind provides a rare moment of calm between all the intensity, woodwinds breathing over soft strings.
Pure Xbox 360 era Square Enix, when they were trying to prove they could do grand and cinematic on Microsoft's hardware. Ten tracks of composers going absolutely full throttle with no restraint whatsoever.