Classical piano and music box chimes, but something is slightly off. Hatoful Boyfriend is the pigeon dating sim, yes that one, and its soundtrack is way more sophisticated than the premise suggests. Released across basically every platform in 2014, this game earned its cult following partly on the strength of these tracks.
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"Vermilion Carousel" has this uneasy waltz energy, beautiful but spinning a little too fast. "Sea of Silence" is genuinely haunting. Then "DEATH TONE" drops the pretense entirely and goes full dread, because this game gets dark and the music knows it before you do.
Classical references everywhere, from Tchaikovsky waltzes to "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy." The tonal range is absurd. If you thought a game about dating birds couldn't make you feel things, this soundtrack is your proof otherwise.