Takashi Nitta channeling Taishou-era Japan into a PS1 RPG soundtrack and absolutely nailing it. Tokyo Majin Gakuen Sougakushou Jin no Shou blends traditional Asian instrumentation with that late-90s game music sensibility in a way that feels completely natural.
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"The City of Flowing Water and Chanting Wind" sets this haunted atmosphere right from the start. The seasonal chant tracks, Spring Dawn through Summer Dusk, create this passage-of-time feeling that's weirdly meditative for a demon-hunting game.
"Spiral Fragment" breaks the calm with real urgency. People compare Nitta to Miki Higashino and Michiko Naruke from this era and it tracks. Criminally overlooked by English-speaking VGM collectors, so if you're into 32-bit soundtracks with serious compositional depth, fix that.