This soundtrack sounds like Pac-Man fell into a nightmare and clawed his way out with a sword. Shadow Labyrinth is Bandai Namco's dark sci-fi reimagining of their arcade legacy, and the composers sampled actual creaking houses and metal saws to build something that feels genuinely unsettling.
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"Lord Of The Volcano" hits with this massive wall of tension, while "Popping Chicken Dance" pivots into something weirdly playful that catches you off guard. "Scar" is devastating, then its piano version strips everything back even further.
The jazz quartetto arrangement of the title theme though. Three wildly different versions of one motif and each one works. If you want a Metroidvania score that refuses to stay in one lane, dig into this.