Romain Gauthier scored this underwater tactical RPG like a Pixar movie about squids going to war and honestly it works beautifully. "The Casual Adventure" sets up this playful, jaunty tone with plucky strings and light percussion, then "Mollusc Warfare" drops in with real dramatic tension.
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The shift into the Wet West section brings in twangy guitars and frontier-style scoring for an underwater western arc, which is as ridiculous and charming as it sounds. "Calamari Cavalry" gallops along with this bouncy militaristic energy.
Forty-six tracks composed between Tokyo, Paris, and Barcelona, including unreleased material from a canceled animated series. The whole thing has this warm, handcrafted quality. If you dig strategy RPGs with personality, this score matches that energy perfectly.