Somewhere between a prog rock fever dream and a chiptune elegy, Chris Christodoulou built a soundtrack that has no business being this good for a 2D roguelike. Risk of Rain layers lo-fi guitars over skittering electronic beats with this gorgeous sense of melancholy that creeps up on you mid-run.
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"Coalescence" builds from sparse piano into this enormous wall of synth and distortion, while "Chanson d'Automne.." just floats there, aching and beautiful. The whole thing feels like staring at a hostile alien sky and somehow finding it peaceful.
Woven through with 8-bit textures and analog warmth that shouldn't coexist but absolutely do. Play this when you want background music that refuses to stay in the background.