Tekken 8's OST sounds like Bandai Namco told the composers to crank everything to eleven and nobody looked back. The Normal-to-Climax system from T7 returns but the escalations are way more dramatic this time. Neo City starts with this slick electronic groove and the Climax version explodes into full-on aggressive EDM.
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Kakuri-yo Kagura blends traditional Japanese instrumentation with modern production in a way that feels natural, not forced. Storm Rising is pure adrenaline. The Climax variant especially. My Last Stand carries so much weight as a story theme, big cinematic strings pushing the Mishima saga forward.
If you play fighting games and skip the BGM for Spotify playlists, Tekken 8 is the one that'll make you turn it back on.