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June 23, 2010

Game: Killer7

Song: Emoticon

Composer: Masafumi Takada

Above: Emoticon by Masafumi Takada

Killer 7 is adivisive game, in large part because of its bizarreness.Like Actraiser (澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:yesterday's Game Music of the Day), it combines two disparate genres, but where Actraiser's gameplay is divided neatly into sections ofsidescrolling pl🎶atformer and SimCity-stylꦗe overworld creation, Killer 7's gameplay isn't so easy to describe.Its unusual, highly stylizedon-rails shooter/puzzle gameplay was offputting at bestto many, and even those who rate Killer 7 highly would agree that its visual style surpasses its actual gameplay.

So with all that emphasis on Killer 7's strikingly artisticvisuals, it's easy to forget how its soundtrack also played a part in shaping its world and characters.Masafumi Takada's soundtrack is incredibly strong from start to finish,consisting ofa moody, atmospherericbasepunctuated withspikes of manic energy. Our first pick, Emoticon, is a laid back, loungy track with an eerie synthesized organ melody. In contrast, here's another, more upbeat✨ d𒉰ance track called Rave On:

Above: Rave On by Masafumi Takada

Aside from the soundtrack, the restof the audio in Killer 7 is superb too, from the cackling ofHeavenSmile to the vaguely unsettling, scratchysynthesized jibberish voices:

This is one of those rare games that's worth playing purely for the aesthetic even though the gameplay isn't anything special. It's a shame though that the soundtrack is mostly overlooked because the game is so odd in other respects. Somebody remix this already!

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