I've read that apparently it sounds this bad because the game plays the songs wrong or something due to being MIDIs. I'm sure there is a channel on youtube that has the songs properly recorded. But yeah the in-game versions sound awful.
@@marcossegon5433 Yeah, it's because this is just using the default Windows MIDI instruments. There are good recordings of how the MIDIs were "supposed to" sound, using the better synthesizer ZUN had during development, like this playlist: ru-vid.com/group/PLzdQcm51guT_bborSjkaQ1NFeEZ_z5t-s