Falcom's jdk Band doing what they do best, which is making strategy games sound way more epic than they have any right to. Vantage Master Portable has that signature Falcom rock-meets-orchestral energy, and "And Down a New Road" opens with a guitar-driven arrangement that immediately sets the bar high.
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"A Folk Dance of Shadows and Shimmers" has this playful rhythm that bounces between folk instrumentation and synth layers. Then "The Labyrinth of Time" goes full prog-rock tension. The whole thing swings between contemplative PSP-era clarity and jdk Band's electric performances like it can't sit still.
If you've exhausted every Ys soundtrack and need more Falcom Sound Team in your life, start here.