Tim and Geoff Follin turned a platformer about a flag-throwing blob into a progressive rock showcase on SNES hardware. "Cotton Island" grooves with a funk-rock swagger that has no business coming from a 16-bit cartridge.
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"A Line In The Sand" channels Stevie Wonder through five sound channels (David Wise literally cited this soundtrack as inspiration for Donkey Kong Country). "Going Underground" gets dark and driving. "Beach" and "On The Rocks" shift between surf vibes and jazzy breakdowns without missing a beat.
The Follin brothers only had a handful of audio samples to work with, and they built a prog album out of them. If you've never heard what the SNES could really do, start here.