Okay so this soundtrack uses live Bantu vocal performances and it immediately sets it apart from everything else in the metroidvania space. Tales of Kenzera: ZAU pulls from Southern African musical traditions and the featured vocalists, Sipho Mhlanga and Zamasina Jantjie, bring this raw emotional presence that synth couldn't replicate.
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"Kalunga, Hear My Plea" is genuinely stunning, a full vocal plea layered over atmospheric instrumentation. "The Dance of the Shaman" grooves in a way that makes platforming feel rhythmic. Then "Mtoto Wangu" just stops you cold.
The grief in this score is real and rooted in something deeply specific. If you play metroidvanias and want a soundtrack that sounds like absolutely nothing else in the genre, this is it.