Filthy, brilliant N64 compositions that swing from slapstick comedy to genuine cinematic drama on the same cartridge. Conker's Bad Fur Day remains one of the most audaciously scored games Rare ever made. "Rock Solid" is a thumping club track playing inside a nightclub full of cavemen, and it goes off.
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"Sloprano" is a full operatic number sung by a giant pile of... yeah. "War" pivots into dead-serious military scoring that could sit in an actual war film. The range is insane. "Windy & Co." is cheerful and pastoral, then "Undead" drops you into horror movie territory minutes later.
All of this coming out of an N64 sound chip. Still wild. For anyone who thinks the N64 could not do real music.