Chiptune-adjacent riffs and lo-fi energy that match the game's scrappy attitude perfectly. Dark Scavenger is a 2012 PC adventure RPG with a comic book art style, and the soundtrack bounces between goofy and genuinely intense without warning.
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"Easy Prey" sets you up feeling confident, and then "It Gets Worse" follows "Can't Get Any Worse" in the tracklist, which tells you everything about the game's sense of humor. "Dragon Tornado" goes unexpectedly epic. "Fury of the Vindil Lord" brings real boss fight energy with layered synths.
The reprises of "Space Demon" and the main theme tie the whole thing together, and the closing medley is a nice victory lap. If you like scrappy indie scores that punch above their budget and do not take themselves too seriously, throw this on.