Dynamite Headdy
The ROMANOV Archive looks at the theatrical set-piece in Dynamite Headdy (1994) for the Sega Genesis, where Treasure frames a boss battle as a stage performance underscored by Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker March.
In a lavish concert hall, Mad Dog bounds onto the scene as the Nutcracker March starts, and the fight turns into operatic spectacle: spotlights, shifting props, and a puppet hero who is both performer and combatant. Rather than parody, the arrangement plays the melody straight, using Russian classical music as dramaturgy to elevate the chaos into a bizarre ballet.