The sheer density of live instrumentation on this thing is wild for a Switch game. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has multiple composers throwing everything at the wall and almost all of it sticks. "Gormott" hits you with this Celtic folk warmth that just makes you want to stand on a cliff and stare at clouds, and the night version strips it back into something genuinely peaceful.
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Then "Battle!!" kicks in with that blazing violin and you're suddenly fighting for your life. The way "Elysium, in the Blue Sky" opens the whole soundtrack with pure uncut hope... honestly devastating in context. If you played this game and skipped the OST, you left half the experience on the table.