It is funny that both this game and the song "The Night Santa Went Crazy" by "Weird Al" Yankovic is not related, although I would be surprised if TheRunestone were not inspired when they came up with the idea for Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa's Rampage. The point of the game is that you are an Elf who survived Santa going bitch-cake crazy and murdering all of the Elves present at the time along with all his reindeer, and you have to clean up the house, workshop, stables, etc. It is a pretty hilarious concept if you already find the idea of Santa snapping and going on a murder spree somewhat funny and the execution (no pun intended) here is pretty spot-on, adapting the mechanics from Runestorm's main game, Viscera Cleanup Detail to incorporate the Christmas theme and setting.
This music is the opening track when you start up the game and like any good Christmas-themed song, you have sleighbells, you have triangles, you have chimes. You also have a solo snare drum which to me always has a military feel to it, probably alluding to Santa's previous rampage before the game starts, or during the course of "Weird Al's" song if that has become your head-canon for the prelude to this game. It just highlights the hilarity of the situation while still maintaining a Christmassy atmosphere considering you are about to walk into a room covered in blood and severed Elf body parts.
Happy Holidays.
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