You aren't wrong about Sakuraba, haha. Man knows how to make fun battle themes, at least.
His Dark Souls stuff is great, but BK has some nice, tranquil town themes. Tales of Vesperia has some more good town themes.
His most unique battle theme is actually quite beautiful. Look up Mine 24 (B) from the Resonance of Fate soundtrack. When that violin kicks in... OMG. Heaven. I wish I could have that section in a loop.
Edit: WTF, I can't unbold in edit, haha.
Oh my God, this is great! This is a *battle theme*?! Thanks!! I'm gonna listen to the whole OST now. Resonance of Fate wasn't a game I was familiar with.
I had mainly known his work from Vesperia, BK, and Golden Sun, and had no idea til a year or two ago that he was also responsible for Dark Souls. I'm not as big on the style of Dark Souls' music (don't get me wrong, it fits the game perfectly, it's just not my preferred listening...with the exception of the final battle theme) but I was blown away by his range, since most of what I had heard in the other games was somewhat similar.
Golden Sun may be limited by the GBA sound system, but I think Venus Lighthouse is one of my favorite game themes ever.
Everyone else:
Is there a Discord for this? Is there a way to get a link without it being posted publicly......?