Actual 1930s big band jazz recorded with live instruments and vintage mic techniques for a video game in 2017. Cuphead's soundtrack by Kristofer Maddigan is so committed to the bit that it stops being a bit. "Floral Fury" has this frantic Latin jazz energy with a trumpet solo that could've aired on a Fleischer cartoon intermission.
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"Die House" goes full lounge-singer sleaze, and then "One Hell of a Time" throws the whole band at you for a finale that matches how impossibly hard the boss is. The overworld themes in between just... breathing room that actually swings.
If you've been dying to that flower for three hours, at least the music made it worth staying.