Crunchy OPL synth with serious horror-kid energy. Monster Bash was Apogee's 1993 side-scroller about a boy rescuing his pets from monsters, and the soundtrack by Bobby Prince channels that same campy-spooky vibe he brought to Doom.
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"Bach Bash" takes a classical melody and runs it through the DOS sound card blender, which is exactly as fun as it sounds. "Ghouls" and "Haunted" lean into the darker side with creeping basslines and eerie pads that the AdLib chip renders with surprising atmosphere.
"Bash Dance" flips the mood entirely into something bouncy and almost celebratory. The whole thing sits in that sweet spot between genuinely creepy and Saturday morning cartoon. Bobby Prince knew how to make limited hardware feel expressive, and the 2014 re-release preserves every gritty detail.
For anyone who grew up playing shareware horror platformers and wants that Apogee fanfare to hit them right in the chest again.