Yoko Kanno made an entire world out of sound with the first Wolf's Rain OST and it still holds up twenty years later. "Stray" opens with Steve Conte's vocals cutting through bluesy rock that feels like wandering through frozen ruins, and "Gravity" by Maaya Sakamoto is one of those ending themes that rewires your brain the first time you hear it.
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"Rakuen" carries this bittersweet weight that defines the whole show. Between the vocal tracks, pieces like "Pilgrim Snow" and "Sleeping Wolves" create this cold, lonely atmosphere with sparse instrumentation that just sits in your chest.
"Valse de la Lune" is gorgeous. If you've been sleeping on Kanno's non-Bebop work, start here.