The Mega Drive's FM synth chip doing its best impression of an '80s sci-fi movie score, and honestly pulling it off. Star Cruiser's remastered soundtrack takes those crunchy YM2612 tones and cleans them up without losing the grit.
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"Space Fight" throws you right into pounding percussion and aggressive lead lines that sound like Yuzo Koshiro's cooler older cousin showed up. "Red Zone" shifts into this tense, brooding groove that makes drifting through hostile space feel appropriately claustrophobic.
Then "Restaurant" just... exists as this weirdly chill jazz-adjacent piece in the middle of a space combat game. Love that contrast. If you dig Genesis-era FM synth work and want something beyond the usual Sonic and Streets of Rage picks, park yourself here.