Wuthering Waves dropped this first music collection and it sounds like Kuro Games threw their entire budget at an orchestra and told them to go feral. Stars Intertwined opens with "Seed of Fate," which layers strings over electronic pulses in a way that feels genuinely cinematic without being sterile.
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"Surrender or Die" hits with this aggressive urgency that matches the game's combat perfectly, brass and percussion trading blows. Then "Baa Baa!!" exists, and it's this goofy little character piece that completely breaks the tension.
The whiplash is intentional. "Through the Darkest of Nights" goes full dramatic vocal territory, pulling from that same well as their Punishing: Gray Raven work. If you're playing Wuthering Waves with the music off, you're doing it wrong.