Konami's arcade shmup parody series went full chaos and the composers were clearly having the time of their lives. Sexy Parodius takes classical music, jazz, and traditional Japanese melodies and shoves them through a Gradius-shaped blender with zero shame.
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Pastoral March turns a farm stage into this bouncy orchestral romp. Corn Rhapsody is a boss theme named after corn and it still goes hard. The Underwater Palace track opens with this kung-fu count-in that has no business being as catchy as it is.
Each playable character gets their own air battle theme, and Mambo & Samba's is pure groove. The whole OST feels like a comedy show with a ridiculously talented house band. Shmup fans who only know serious Gradius music are missing out on Konami at their most unhinged.