Warm chiptune arpeggios layered over lo-fi beats that sound like rain on a window. Dustforce's OST, called Fastfall, is one of those soundtracks that completely transcends the game it came from. "Cider Time" opens with this cozy, head-nodding groove that makes sweeping leaves feel meditative.
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"It's Not Supposed To Be Snowing" has melancholy piano over glitchy drums, and "Frozen Hot Sauce" lives up to its weird name with contrasting warm and cold synth textures. The whole album sits in this space between chiptune and ambient electronic that barely anyone else has nailed this well.
Every track title is oddly poetic too. Listening to this while playing a precision platformer somehow makes you better. The rhythm just syncs with your inputs. For anyone who wants study music that secretly makes them want to S-rank a level instead.