Bouncy, impossibly catchy NES chiptune that refuses to leave your head. Mappy, Mappy-Land, and Mappy Kids all collected in one Namcot Museum release, and honestly the original Main BGM alone justifies the whole thing. That tune is permanently lodged in the brains of anyone who played it in the 80s.
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Mappy-Land expands the palette with themed world tracks. Stage 5 "Pirates World" goes surprisingly hard for a game about a police mouse. Stage 6 "Ghost Town" has this eerie little 8-bit swagger to it. The progression from arcade simplicity to the fuller Mappy Kids arrangements shows how Namco squeezed more personality out of the hardware over time.
The reverse Stage 6 track playing the original Mappy BGM is a fun easter egg detail. If you need proof that the NES could make you hum something for thirty years straight, start here.