Sharp, mythic, and restless. Paltena no Kagami, known in the West as Kid Icarus, brings this Famicom Disk System energy that sounds like ancient Greece filtered through 1986 Nintendo hardware. Stage 1 drops you in immediately with a driving melody that sets the upward climb.
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Stage 4 shifts gears completely, brighter and more triumphant. The Reaper's Theme is the standout, this tense, looping panic trigger that anyone who played the game remembers in their bones. It meant death was chasing you and you had maybe three seconds.
The Ending track is genuinely beautiful for FDS-era sound, a real payoff after all that vertical struggle. If you ever rage-quit Kid Icarus but loved the music, this is your excuse to revisit.