A jaunty SNES woodwind melody bounces in like a shopkeeper who doesn't know he's about to become a dungeon crawler. Koichi Sugiyama composed Torneko no Daibouken's score, spinning almost every track from variations on one central theme, and the way he wrings that much personality from a single motif on Super Famicom hardware is kind of absurd.
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"Torneko Departs for the Journey" adds marching energy to the familiar melody, while "Ice Dungeon" strips things down to something colder and more cautious. "Little Waltz" is the gentle exhale after all that randomized danger.
If you dig Dragon Quest's musical DNA but want it in concentrated roguelike form, this is the one.