I had to go into work today so I decided to spend my programming time listening to the PSIV soundtrack (well, kind of) in its many variations at VGMUSIC.COM. Although the quality of a MIDI is obviously not the same as what we hear in the game itself, I think hearing two or three remixes of the each theme is enough to be able to comment on the score as a whole.
I found the music to be pretty easy to listen, if a bit generic. A lot of it has a bit of generic techno-esque sound to it, and while never grating, doesn't stick in the head for long after listening to it. The best tracks I've heard so far are:
- Laughter
- Close of the Age/End of the Millenium - I'll point out that the version I like is a remix called Midnight Dance (the original beat is less inspiring)
- Her Last Breath
- Cave
- Ooze
- Air Castle
- Organic Beat
- Requiem for Lutz
- Thray
Some of the other pieces (Fal, Motavia Town, Dezolis Field, Abyss, Landale, Driving, Bio-Plant, Boss, Behind the Circuit) are okay-but-unmemorable or just not that great.