PS1 synth pushed to its absolute limit. Michiko Naruke's WILD ARMS 2 score takes the original's spaghetti-Western DNA and cranks up the heroic sentimentality to absurd heights, and somehow it all lands. "You'll Never Be Alone" opens with that vocal performance that just burns itself into your brain.
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The field themes shift across the entire game, "Wandering" into "Distorted Sky" into "Last IGNITION," tracking the story's escalation through the overworld music alone. "From Anxiety to Impatience" became the series' recurring tension cue for a reason.
It's that good. If you grew up on late-90s JRPGs and never touched Wild Arms 2, you're sitting on one of the PS1's best scores.