Live-recorded 1930s jazz that has absolutely no business being a video game soundtrack, and yet here we are. Cuphead's OST is a full big band studio session with real brass, real piano, real percussionists losing their minds over boss fights.
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"Floral Fury" is the track that lives in everyone's head, this wild Latin jazz number that plays while a flower tries to kill you. "Die House" swings with a vocal performance that belongs in a cartoon short. "Carnival Kerfuffle" throws so much energy at you that dying to the boss almost feels worth it.
Every track was performed and recorded like a proper 1930s session. If you ever wanted to explain to someone why game music matters, put on "Floral Fury" and walk away.