Jake Kaufman basically reinvented what a platformer soundtrack could sound like with Half-Genie Hero. Neo Burning Town opens with this massive wall of synth and funk bass that immediately tells you this isn't your average side-scroller.
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Cape Crustacean is stupidly groovy, like someone mixed a surf rock riff with electronic production and it just works. Hypno Baron's Castle shifts into something darker with pipe organ synths layered over driving beats. So good it's almost unfair.
The character songs add this theatrical layer where every NPC feels like they got their own genre. If you've been playing platformers on mute like a monster, Half-Genie Hero is the reason to turn your volume all the way up.