That opening bass drop on "Disco Descent" and suddenly you're bopping a skeleton to death on beat. The original 2015 Windows release of Crypt of the NecroDancer's soundtrack is Danny Baranowsky at peak groove, 21 tracks of music that literally controls how you play.
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"Portabellohead" brings this thick, funky Zone 2 energy that makes mushroom caves feel like a club. "Heart of the Crypt" in Zone 4 ramps everything up with urgency that matches the endgame difficulty spike. And "Knight to C-Sharp" for the Deep Blues boss fight is just a perfect music pun attached to a perfect track.
This is the original pre-DLC version without the FamilyJules7x collabs. Pure Baranowsky. If you want to understand why people called this game a rhythm game disguised as a roguelike, press play on track one.