SID chip screaming like it's 1987 but with 2016 compositional chops. Hessian is a Commodore 64 action game, and this soundtrack pushes that hardware in ways that feel almost illegal for three sound channels. "Courtyard (Pink Cadillac Blood)" has this driving pulse that turns a side-scrolling area into an action movie.
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"Giant Spider" does boss fight tension with pure chip aggression. And "Security Chief (Rex Ist Krieg)" goes so hard you forget you're listening to a 8-bit machine. Stereo mixes of several tracks round out the package, letting you hear the compositions breathe.
If you think the C64 peaked in the 80s, this will change your mind fast.