Bright, bouncy mobile platformer tunes that have way more personality than they need to. Mr. Crab's 2013 iOS soundtrack runs eight tracks and every single one commits to its world. "The Beach" has that sunny calypso energy you'd expect, but "The Canyon" shifts into something dustier and more percussive, and "Sugar Land" goes full candy-coated with layered synth sweetness.
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The progression from beach to ice to tower is basically a genre tour in miniature. "Boss Battle" actually brings real tension, which is kind of impressive for a game about a crab walking in circles. "Ice World" has this cool crystalline quality that separates it from the tropical early stages.
If you played this on your phone back in 2013 and never realized the music was quietly doing a lot of heavy lifting, go back and actually listen.