Sleeping Bloom opens NeverAwake's soundtrack with this gorgeous, drowsy melody that tricks you into thinking this is a chill game. It is absolutely not. This bullet hell shmup about a girl trapped in nightmares has a score that shifts from dreamy ambient to full aggression without warning.
Read more
Brutal Revenant hits with distorted guitars and driving percussion that match the boss chaos perfectly. Twilight Syndrome slides into something more uneasy, all creeping synths and off-kilter rhythms. Then Violent Violence just...
goes off. The way each world's theme escalates into its midboss track feels like the music is reacting to you in real time. Shmup fans who play for the vibe as much as the patterns need this one.