Bright, bouncy battle synth crashing into surprisingly intense boss themes on a game most people only know for its, uh, touchscreen mechanics. Monster Monpiece on PS Vita (and later Windows) came from Compile Heart in 2013, and the OST goes way harder than anyone expected.
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"獄・殺・恐・乱" rips with frantic energy that belongs in a much more serious action game. "Alea jacta est" brings dramatic orchestral layering with a Latin title that tells you the composers were not messing around. Then "コミカル行進曲" (Comical March) yanks you back into lighthearted card-battling territory.
"花恋少女-karensyoujo-" is genuinely pretty, and "Pandora" closes with weight. If you wrote this game off and never heard the actual music, you missed a Vita soundtrack that punches way above its reputation.