Which games have these styles of music in their soundtracks? It’s not very common.
Off the top of my head, I can think of some fighting games that have a jazzy track or two. Don’t remember which strictly fit, though.
I think Skullgirls may have several tracks in this vein?
Any other games?
Grim Fandango, of course.
Just to get the most obvious one of all out of the way, Cuphead. I heard that its soundtrack actually hit the jazz/big band top ten charts when the game came out.
The real question is, are there any jazz soundtracks that aren’t there to evoke a specific historical mood. Something that isn’t dinner jackets, casinos, or hardboiled detectives.
How could I have forgotten about Grim Fandango? I shouldn’t start threads when I’m so tired.
Also, I was right, Skullgirls has some neat tracks in this style
marvel vs capcom 2 is the only one I know
10,000 Bullets:
This one is also a Touhou
My jam right here:
Not sure if this one fully counts. The drums don’t seem typically jazz…
So like, I don’t know what to call this style of music:
but maybe it counts? It’s like…mall jazz???
Or the videogame jazz JV team, “city at night”
mallsoft
I know it’s very predictable but there’s a reason Racing Lagoon’s soundtrack tends to sell for upwards of $200
gravity rush games seem in line w this
mallsoft forever
this captivated me to no end as a kid
pretty much only kept for first world plains and last world dramatics, but
the only remix stage in the touhou + rhythm heaven fangame
fan remixes managing to make it into said notion of fighting games
gokujyo parodius/fantastic journey?
Gokinjo Boukentai has a bunch of jazzy pieces.
Some stuff by Yasuhisa Watanabe would fit.
There’s no single upload of Border Down’s soundtrack, so this is one example.
A number of Rocket Knight Adventures tracks would fit.