A top hat tips and suddenly you're hearing jazz fusion in a Mario game. The full Super Mario Odyssey OST from Naoto Kubo and team is massive, covering every kingdom with its own genre identity. "Fossil Falls" bounces with this percussive energy that screams adventure, while "New Donk City" goes full jazz-funk with live brass that sounds completely out of place in the best possible way.
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"Lake Lamode" is underwater synth-pop. Actually gorgeous. "Bowser's Castle" borrows from traditional Japanese festival music and somehow it works perfectly as a villain theme. The Broodals get their own recurring motif that evolves across fights.
If you want a soundtrack that globe-trots through genres as hard as the game globe-trots through worlds, this is the one.