Relentlessly catchy J-pop energy crammed into a puzzle game about drilling through colored blocks. The Mr. Driller Sound Tracks compilation pulls from across the arcade, Dreamcast, GBA, and PlayStation versions, and Go Ichinose's compositions are absurdly upbeat.
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Mr. Driller's Theme has about five different versions here and every single one is an earworm. sala de masala brings this funky, Latin-flavored groove that has no right being in a drilling game, and Cutie Saurs Waltz takes the same melody and makes it elegant.
Sweet Laboratory with its Chinese-inspired arrangement is such a fun left turn. The sleeping face mix slows the main theme into something dreamy and soft. If you grew up with Namco's puzzle games and never dug into this soundtrack collection, you owe it to yourself to finally drill down.