Yoko Kanno wrote music for a sailing MMO and it sounds exactly as good as you'd expect. The Gran Atlas expansion for Uncharted Waters Online pushed the map into Asia and the Arctic, and these 11 tracks score each new region with her signature genre-fluid composing.
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East and Southeast Asia blends traditional instrumentation with ambient electronic layers in a way that feels lived-in, not touristy. Arctic Ocean is sparse and cold and kind of haunting. Then Caribbean Pirate Song just goes full swashbuckler and it rules.
The whole Uncharted Waters series carries Kanno's DNA of pulling from bossa nova, flamenco, and folk traditions to score exploration. If you've ever wanted an MMO soundtrack that actually respects its geography, this is the one.