Pumping synth-rock that sounds like it was ripped straight from a late-80s arcade cabinet, except it came out in 2012 on Dreamcast and Neo Geo. Gunlord by NG:DEV.TEAM is a love letter to Turrican, and the soundtrack goes all in on that retro action platformer energy.
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"Steel and Thunder" opens Holy Mountain with driving basslines and layered synths that demand you keep moving forward. "Techno Dungeon" lives up to its name with pulsing electronic beats that get under your skin. "Dreamy Ruins" is the standout, a track that manages to be atmospheric and catchy at the same time, which is probably why it got its own remix.
The bonus remixes by The Megadrives and others add a whole second dimension to the album. Twenty-two tracks for a Neo Geo game in 2012. Put this on if you want to hear what happens when modern composers channel 16-bit reverence through hardware that was never supposed to get new games.