Motoi Sakuraba went harder on this than he has in years. Tales of Arise's score opens with the title theme and immediately sets this tone of grand, modern JRPG orchestration that the series has been building toward. "Flame of Hope" burns with this rising intensity, strings and brass pushing against each other in a way that actually matches the combat system's aggression.
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"Floral Ornament" is where things get delicate, a softer piece that breathes between all the action. "Ice moon - scar -" carries this cold weight to it. Like walking through somewhere beautiful that wants you dead. The shift between pastoral and ferocious tracks mirrors Arise's own tonal range perfectly.
If you bounced off older Tales soundtracks, this is where Sakuraba leveled up.