Fuzzed-out guitar riffs slamming into chiptune arpeggios at 180 BPM. Danny Baranowsky's Super Meat Boy soundtrack is the reason half the indie game OST scene exists. "Forest Funk" starts deceptively chill before the dark world version, "Ballad of the Burning Squirrel," rips everything apart with distorted bass and manic energy.
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"Betus Blues" is genuinely one of the best tracks in any platformer, period. The light/dark world system means every zone gets two completely different moods, and the dark versions consistently go harder in ways you don't expect.
"Hot Damned" into "Devil N' Bass" is filthy. Every track matches the exact frustration-to-triumph loop of dying 300 times. If you speedrun anything or just like feeling your pulse in your ears, this is essential.