That opening hit of \"ex dream\" and you're immediately back in 2001 watching Tokyo crack apart. X's first anime soundtrack sets up the sonic world for CLAMP's apocalypse with thirteen tracks that swing between serene and devastating.
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\"Destiny\" carries this slow, heavy inevitability in its melody that mirrors the entire show's thesis. \"Red Thread\" is quieter, a delicate motif about connection that works on its own as pure mood music. \"A Suite [Dragons of Heaven]\" builds into this massive orchestral statement that covers so much emotional ground in one piece.
The piano version of \"Destiny\" at the end just... lingers. If you care about early 2000s anime scores that treat their source material with dead seriousness, start here.