Booming timpani rolls collide with harpsichord runs in this gloriously unhinged period-piece soundtrack. Rock of Ages scores its Monty Python-meets-tower-defense chaos with orchestral arrangements that parody classical eras while genuinely slapping.
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"Sisyphus Escapes from Hades" opens with ominous low brass and builds into this frantic chase energy, and "Very Rococo" leans into ornate chamber music flourishes that feel both authentic and absurd. "Medieval Vlad and Plague" goes dark with minor-key strings and heavy choral stabs.
The whole album treating music history like a comedy sketch while maintaining real compositional craft. If you want baroque orchestration with a sense of humor, this is the one.