Blazing, relentless, bullet hell distilled into sound. The CAVE Shooting Soundtrack Collection pulls from the legendary arcade shmup developer and it sounds like dodging ten thousand pink bullets feels. Arcade hardware pushed to its limits, Xbox 360 ports preserving every note.
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"To Shinju Forest" kicks off Stage 1 with an urgency that never lets up. "Like a Night of Falling Stars" is the Stage 4 track where the difficulty spikes and the music knows it, building layers of intensity that match the screen filling with projectiles.
"Requiem of the Sky" hits different as the True Last Boss theme, the one most players never even reach. "The Princess, Age 15" on the select screen is deceptively cute for what comes next. Essential listening if you've ever held a continue screen and thought "one more try."