A Dreamcast shmup released in 2015. Already wild. REDUX sounds exactly like what you'd hope, tight electronic compositions that channel late-90s console shooters while taking advantage of modern production. "Stage 1 Shooting Robots in Space" (that title alone) kicks off with driving beats and layered synths that immediately lock you into dodging mode.
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"Stage 4 Spiritual Spaces II - Meteora" opens up into something more atmospheric and floaty, a breather before the chaos resumes. The remix half of the album gets bold, "Meteora Mega Remix" stretches the original into something sprawling and almost cinematic.
"80's Pushback Galore RMX" leans hard into retro synthwave territory. If you believe the Dreamcast never really died, this soundtrack is evidence for your case.