Rich, aggressive FM synthesis that sounds like it is pushing the NES further than the NES was ever meant to go. Lagrange Point came out in 1991 and used the VRC7 expansion chip, which means this Famicom cart has sounds no other NES game can touch.
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Searching for the Promised Land opens with this soaring, almost prog-rock melody that should not be possible on 8-bit hardware. THE RESURRECTION OF SABBATH goes dark and heavy, distorted FM tones grinding against each other.
Music Box of Sadness lives up to its name, a fragile little melody that shows up twice because the game knows it will wreck you. The track titles read like a sci-fi novel. Satellite Base. Machine City. Bio Garden. Cold Sleep Room...
If you think NES music peaked with Mega Man, you have not heard what the VRC7 chip can do.