The arrange album treatment that Mamoru-kun's already excellent shmup soundtrack absolutely deserved. These Meikai (underworld) arrange versions take the original arcade tracks and blow them out with fuller instrumentation and production that takes advantage of the PS3 release.
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"Blossom Shower" goes from its cute original form into something lush and layered, while "YO-KAI Disco" was already one of the catchiest stage themes in the shoot-em-up genre and somehow gets even more infectious here. "Tropical Pirates" and "Karakuri Spirits" both benefit from the arrange treatment, with the pirate theme gaining this swashbuckling grandeur and the mechanical castle track picking up a crunchier edge.
"Great Tribulation" in its Meikai form carries more weight and drama than the arcade version could manage. "Ultimate Terror" is a standalone addition that lives up to its name, and then there's the absolute wildcard: "YO-KAI Disco - VOCALOID Edition."
Yes, they actually did that. They took the disco yokai theme and ran it through Vocaloid and somehow it works. This is a short album that knows exactly what it wants to be and commits fully.