A charity compilation where game music composers came together after the 2011 earthquake, and it sounds like it. Not sad, not heavy. Hopeful. Rise Up and We Are One wear their hearts on their sleeves. Super Mario Medley On Two Pianos is exactly what it says and it's delightful, familiar melodies given a concert-hall intimacy.
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HVC-1384 nods at chiptune roots with warmth. Maverick Regeneration has Mega Man energy running through its veins. Dimension Break closes things out with something big and forward-looking. Every New Morning is the quiet standout, gentle and deliberate.
The whole thing spans NES to Xbox era sounds without feeling scattered. If you want game music that actually meant something to the people who made it, start here.