Jazz fusion in a shoot-em-up. That's the pitch and Shinji Hosoe absolutely nails it. Under Defeat HD's soundtrack takes G.rev's wartime shmup and scores it with smoky piano lines and synth-rock guitar leads that have no business going this hard.
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Don't look back! opens with this urgent groove that mixes driving percussion with jazzy melodic runs. Beyond the snowstorm cools everything down into something genuinely melancholic, which is wild for a bullet hell game.
Hosoe was told to make it sad and you can feel that in every note. The way that bring an end builds tension like a coiled spring. If you think shmup soundtracks are all just adrenaline noise, this one will completely rewire your expectations.