Heavy metal guitar riffs crashing into orchestral fantasy arrangements like two worlds colliding. Wonderland Wars' Crystal Moon Sonata disc opens with "Prophecy Of Doom" setting this ominous tone before "Burning Steel Inferno" just tears the whole thing wide open with shredding over symphonic backing.
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The Wonder Dream Suite V medley stitches together themes from across the game into one continuous sequence that somehow never loses momentum. "Garden Of The Cosmos" pulls back into this ethereal, spacious soundscape. Almost too peaceful after the chaos before it.
Then "Answer In The Crystal Moon" brings everything home with a vocal-driven finale. If you thought arcade game music peaked at chiptunes, Wonderland Wars would like a word.