Square's SNES strategy-comedy game gets an arranged album structured as a classical divertimento — four formal movements (March, Scherzando, Menuet, Rondino) followed by the game's original tracks. The juxtaposition of classical form with titles like "I'm Counting on You, Egg Monster!!"
Read more
is peak Hanjuku Hero absurdity. "Ah, May the World Be Half-Boiled...!!" is the series' philosophy in a single exclamatory title. "Wild Egg Battle" and "The Black Egg Has a Dangerous Smell" commit fully to the egg-based warfare premise.
"Perfectly-Boiled King of the Seasons" — because in this world, the difference between half-boiled and fully-boiled is a matter of royal succession. The classical movements treat this material with genuine compositional sophistication.
"Scherzando" (playfully) is the perfect musical direction for a Hanjuku Hero arrangement. It's a soundtrack that refuses to choose between being silly and being musically accomplished, and succeeds completely at both.