FM synth guitars ripping over pounding drum samples like it's 1994 and someone gave a shmup composer a rock album budget. Steam Heart's plays across PC-98, Saturn, and TurboGrafx-16, and honestly each version hits different.
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"Inorganic NRG" drives with this restless bassline that just refuses to let up, while "Ancient Westina" pulls back into something weirdly atmospheric for a shoot-em-up. The Master-Embryo boss themes cycle through variations that keep escalating, each one more unhinged than the last.
"A Ballad for Westina" feels like the soundtrack catching its breath. That contrast between frantic combat tracks and these quieter melodic moments... it shouldn't work this well. If you dig 90s FM synth with attitude, this one goes hard.