PlatinumGames made a shmup and the soundtrack is exactly as over-the-top as you'd expect. SOL CRESTA's OST blends modern orchestral bombast with deliberate callbacks to the original Terra Cresta arcade sound, and the bonus tracks include FM and PSG versions of Mandler that go straight for the retro jugular.
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Neptune Storm has this driving intensity that keeps you locked in, while Creeping Darkness pulls into something genuinely unsettling between stages. Blizzard on Mars feels cold and vast in a way that nails the setting. Memory of a Hero getting quietly emotional.
The whole thing bounces between arcade nostalgia and cinematic scale without ever feeling confused about what it is. If you miss the days when shmups were king, this soundtrack is a love letter written directly to you.