Those track titles alone tell you this score has personality. Masato Kouda's WILD ARMS 5 soundtrack swings between heartfelt adventure and genuinely goofy charm, and it works. "On the Day the Shovel was Named Invincible" has no business being as good as it is.
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Just earnest heroism built around a kid with a shovel. "The Ice Queen ~I Loved Your Smile~" shifts into something colder and more melancholic, real late-PS2-era orchestral drama. Then "Terrible-monster Attacking Crew!" throws all the seriousness out the window with frantic battle energy.
The whole first volume bounces between sincerity and goofiness without losing its footing. If you want a PS2 RPG score that isn't afraid to be fun, this delivers.