A full retrospective of the Far East of Eden series squeezed out of PC Engine hardware. Tengai Makyou History Perfect Graffiti compiles tracks from ZIRIA through Kabuki-den and the range is wild. Kabuki's Theme is instantly iconic, this confident swaggering melody.
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Then you get Dark Ceremony of Daimonkyo bringing genuine menace with those PSG channels working overtime. Yakumo Tatsu is labeled "Outstanding PSG Source" in the tracklist and honestly that's accurate, the chip programming on that one is impressive.
Mt Fuji to Jipang captures that feudal Japan atmosphere perfectly. The whole collection bounces between heroic, eerie, and surprisingly tender. Essential listening if you care about TurboGrafx sound design or want to understand why this series mattered in Japan.