Soundtrack -2017- - Persona 5 Original

, featuring 110 tracks that total over 220 minutes of music. The album redefined modern RPG music by blending

: Shoji Meguro spent six months determining the musical direction, eventually choosing acid jazz—inspired by bands like Jamiroquai Persona 5 Original Soundtrack -2017-

In 2017, the world was a pressure cooker. Politically, socially, digitally—everyone felt the slow, creeping weight of unseen ceilings and locked doors. That year, a video game about Japanese teenagers rebelling against corrupt adults became a global phenomenon. But it wasn't the turn-based combat or the calendar system that made Persona 5 the anthem of a generation. It was the sound. , featuring 110 tracks that total over 220 minutes of music

To understand the Persona 5 Original Soundtrack , one must first understand the artistic pivot of Shoji Meguro. For previous entries in the Persona series (specifically Persona 3 and Persona 4 ), Meguro leaned heavily into J-Pop and pop-rock influences. Persona 3 was defined by its melancholic, rap-infused hip-hop, while Persona 4 embraced a brighter, optimistic pop sound. That year, a video game about Japanese teenagers