A shoot-em-up soundtrack with track names that read like someone's stream-of-consciousness diary. Dezatopia is a horizontal shmup from 2020 with gorgeous pixel art, and the OST matches that energy with compositions that are way more eclectic than the genre usually allows.
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"Shrimp Dumplings" and "Sea Urchin Bowl on a Business Trip" are actual track names, and somehow they bang. "Cry of the Mantle" opens with deep, rumbling intensity that sets a subterranean mood. "Glorious Thump" delivers exactly the percussive force you'd expect from the name, while "Forbidden Fruit" has this dark, tempting groove that sounds like a boss encounter waiting to happen.
"Acrobatic Flower Viewing" is a wild ride of tempo shifts and melodic flourishes that captures the chaos of dodging bullet patterns. "High-Maintenance Boy" and "Mean Kid" have this cheeky, playful attitude that keeps things from getting too serious, even when the difficulty is crushing you.
"Wind Ship" soars with this open, airy quality that feels like breaking through to a new stage. The whole OST is a reminder that shmup music doesn't have to be just adrenaline, it can be weird, funny, and beautiful all at once.