That signature Rare sound cranked up with more reverb and bigger worlds. Banjo-Tooie on N64 expanded everything about the first game and Grant Kirkhope's score kept pace. "Witchyworld" is this demented theme park tune that sounds cheerful and sinister at the same time.
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"Jolly Roger's Lagoon" has that underwater shimmer the N64 sound chip does so well. And "Hailfire Peaks" pulls off the trick of making fire and ice coexist in one track. The sequencing from "Jinjo Village" through "Cauldron Keep" basically maps the whole adventure.
Each world has its own personality baked right into the samples. If you need a reason to revisit the bear and bird's bigger, weirder sequel, just press play.