Games that become well known for how they leverage music tend to be, well, music/rhythm games like Guitar Hero, Crypt of the NecroDancer, or Beat Saber. These games make music a fundamental part of the game: pull the music out and the gameplay falls apart. It might be what comes to mind when we talk about "music in gameplay". However, a small set of game developers have been exploring new ways of using music in games - ways where music is tightly connected to the gameplay without being a core part of the gameplay itself.
