Winning the GameGrooves Costume Contest was no easy feat, but there was one cover that outshined the rest—“Hot Head Bop” from Donkey Kong Country 2 featuring Kain White, RichGC, Dacian Grada, and Prjz Calavera.

July wasn’t just a hot month for us in the Northern Hemisphere; it was also a hot month for video game music covers! Here are five of my favorite VGM tracks from the month of July (in no particular order).

It’s no secret that RichGC has a flair for the dramatic, but this time he’s outdone himself by enlisting the help of Prjz Calavera for A Hat in Time cover.