The original WILD ARMS rebuilt from PS1 synth into full PS2 arrangements, and the glow-up is massive. Michiko Naruke re-scored Alter code:F with richer instrumentation that lets the melodies she wrote in 1996 finally breathe the way they were probably always meant to.
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"To the End of the Wilderness" sounds like coming home if home was a dying planet. "Adlehyde Castle Town" gets this warm orchestral treatment that makes the town feel lived-in. "From Anxiety to Impatience" appears yet again, the series' most reliable tension cue.
And "Boy of Hope" opens with pure optimism that the rest of the score slowly complicates. If you played the PS1 original, hearing these themes fully realized on PS2 hardware is worth it alone.