Razor-sharp NES chiptune that channels the best of Ninja Gaiden's energy through modern composition chops. Rainbowdragoneyes built every track in a modified FamiTracker, and The Messenger's 8-bit disc sounds authentically 1989 while being way more melodically complex than most actual NES games.
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Bamboo Boogaloo is the one everyone talks about, this funky bassline driving under rapid-fire arpeggios that you will not get out of your head. Impossible Ascent layers tension on tension with climbing phrases that mirror the platforming.
The Arcane Shoppe is weirdly chill and groovy for a shop theme and it rules. Every boss track hits hard without losing the melody. If you grew up on 8-bit action platformers, this is the soundtrack you always wished they had.