The SHMUP music sharing game.

[PerishedFraud ឵឵]

Hello! I'm reviving this legendary thread with a full archive post! I've gone through the thread from the very beginning and gathered everything. I've replaced outdated videos where possible (a negligible amount wasn't findable). For games that had many posts, high praise or high quality overall, I've gathered soundtrack links.

Without further ado, here's the SHMUP music thread archive!

Do tell if something's messed up with it, I did triple check though.

Youtube Links:

Soundtracks

Spoiler

Tyrian 2000 Soundtrack - First Mentioned by d3vak
Dodonpachi Soundtrack - First Mentioned by d3vak
Dodonpachi Daioujou Black Label Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Jonst
Dodonpachi Dai-Fukkatsu Soundtrack - First Mentioned by d3vak
Crimzon Clover Sountrack - First Mentioned by d3vak
Aero Fighters SNES Soundtrack - First Mentioned by d3vak
Rayxanber Soundtrack - Added here by me to complete the set
Rayxanber II Soundtrack] - First Mentioned by Perikles
Rayxanber III Soundtrack - First Mentioned by KAI
Sturmwind Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Stevens
Score Rush Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Stevens
R-Type Leo Soundtrack - First Mentioned by 50Hz
(Super)Hydorah Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Ebbo
Armed Police Batrider Soundtrack - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Battle Bakraid Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Volteccer_Jack
Battle Garegga Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Blinge
Cho Ren Sha Soundtrack - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Eschatos Sountrack - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Eschatos Arranged Soundtrack - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Ikaruga Soundtrack - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Elemental Master Soundtrack - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Thunder Force 2 AC Soundtrack - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Thunder Force 2 X68 Soundtrack - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Thunder Force 3 Soundtrack - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Thunder Force 4 Soundtrack - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Thunder Force 5 Soundtrack - First Mentioned by d3vak
Blast Wind Soundtrack - First Mentioned by BIL
Hyper Duel Soundtrack - Added here by me
Gate of Thunder Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Rob
Thunder Force Remix Medley - First Mentioned by BIL
Gleylancer Soundtrack - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Direct X Soundtrack - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Sub-Terrania Soundtrack - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Salamander NES Soundtrack - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Ring^27 Soundtrack - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Dragon Spirit Soundtrack - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Fantasy Zone 2 System 16 Soundtrack - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Red Zone Soundtrack - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Kamui Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Furry Fox Jet Pilot
RefleX Soundtrack - First Mentioned by mastermx
Alltynex Second Soundtrack - Added by me to complete the set
Gun Frontier Soundtrack - First Mentioned by uzernaem
Metal Black Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Blinge
Darius Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Captain
Darius Gaiden Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Blinge
G-Darius Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Layer
Ai Cho Aniki Soundtrack - First Mentioned by ZacharyB
Under Defeat Soundtrack - First Mentioned by ZacharyB
Illumination Laser Soundtrack - First Mentioned by ZacharyB
Aero Fighters 3 Soundtrack - First Mentioned by ZacharyB
Mushihimesama Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Esupanitix
Hellsinker Soundtrack - First Mentioned by 50Hz
Gradius Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Pegboy
Gradius II Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Pegboy
Gradius III Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Pegboy
Gradius IV Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Pegboy
Gradius V Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Stevas
Gradius Gaiden Soundtrack - First Mentioned by R Gray 1
MSX Salamander Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Perikles
MSX Gradius 2 Soundtrack - First Mentioned by President_Obama
Salamander 2 Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Dom
MSX Nemesis 3 Arrange - First Mentioned by copy-paster
Radiant Silvergun Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Stevas
Sokyugurentai Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Stevas
Daioh Soundtrack - First Mentioned by trap15
Battle Mania Daiginjou Soundtrack - First Mentioned by trap15
Night Striker Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Layer
Axelay Soundtrack - First Mentioned by R Gray 1
Soldier Blade Soundtrack - First Mentioned by NRS
Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth Soundtrack - First Mentioned by NRS
Nexzr Soundtrack - First Mentioned by hien
R-Type Delta Soundtrack - First Mentioned by BIL
Blaster Burn Soundtrack - First Mentioned by BIL
Granada X68000 Soundtrack - First Mentioned by BIL
Original Konami Shooter Concept Soundtrack - First Mentioned by BIL
Final Mission Soundtrack - First Mentioned by BIL
S.C.A.T. Soundtrack - First Mentioned by BIL
Thunder Dragon Soundtrack - First Mentioned by BIL
Akashicverse Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Captain
Macross - Scrambled Valkyrie Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Captain
Dangerous Seed Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Captain
Eliminate Down Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Captain
Zero Wing Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Jonst
Space Megaforce/Super Aleste Soundtrack - First Mentioned by tinotormed
Avenger Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Perikles
Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Perikles
Omega Five Soundtrack - First Mentioned by Squire Grooktook

Individual Tracks

Spoiler

Posted by D3vak

U.N. Squadron - Mission 1 - Front Line Base
Deathsmiles - The Witch of the Bottomless Swamp
Ketsui EXTRA - Defensive Line
Strike Gunner STG - Boss
Sonic Wings - Middle East
Mushihimesama Futari - On the Verge of Madness
ESPGaluda - Select
ESPGaluda II - Mutiny
Muchi Muchi Pork - Boss
Deathsmiles - Crossing the Ravine
Jamestown - Prisoner of the Bedlands
Mamoru Has Been Cursed! - Will Force
Ai Katana - Battou

Posted by KAI

Radirgy - 24/7

Posted by Ghegs

Silver Surfer - Stage 1

Posted by Ruldra

Raiden IV - Flap Toward The Hope
Cotton 2 - Ayakashi Swamp
Mahou Daisakusen - Memorial Fragment
Viper Phase 1 - Mission Striker
Fantasy Zone 2 - Opa-Marimba

Posted by Stevens

Mars Matrix - True Darkness
Zero Gunner 2 - Asian Slums
Jamestown - Menu Theme

Posted by Despatche

Touhou 14.3 - Eternal Transient Reign
Recca (Omake? Arrange?) - JSR $2302

Posted by Formless God

Twinkle Star Sprites - Love Will Never Die v2

Posted by 50Hz

Mamoru Has Been Cursed! - The Curse

Posted by Zaarock

Senko No Ronde - Grey Lips

Posted by MX7

Touhou 5 - Romantic Children
Recca - ELM-39
Recca - Throbbin' You

Posted by Ebbo

Ginga Force - Dragon's Prophecy
Flame Zapper Kotsujin - Into the Last Battle

Posted by LordHypnos

Lotus Land Story - Bad Apple (original)
Mars Matrix - Forbidden Fruit
Fantasy Zone - Opa-Opa!
Border Down - Purple Town
Touhou 10 - Mountain of Faith
Fast Striker - Tracklights
Gunbird - Trick Tramp Train
Space Harrier Fantasy Zone Arrange
Elemental Master Guitar Remix
Segagaga - Steel Squad
Metal Squad SSH Remix
Mars Matrix - Surprise Attack
Hellfire - Captain Lancer
Lotus Land Story - Maiden's Capriccio
Zero Rei - Stage 1
Hatenkou - Stage 2
Zero Rei - Stage 1
Bosconian X68000 - Red Alert
Bosconian X68000 - Flash Flash Flash
Fast Striker - Stage 4 Boss
Exzeal - Typhoon #12
Samidare - Halberd
Acrobat Mission (Arcade) - Stage 1
Giga Wing 2 - Ark
Giga Wing 2 - Boss 1

Posted by Furry Fox Jet Pilot

Ashura Blaster - Stage 1

Posted by Blinge

Ketsuipachi Arrange - Day of Judgement

Posted by Volteccer_Jack

Blue Wish Resurrection Plus - Factory Invasion

Posted by Frenetic

Deathsmiles IIX - Ave Maria

Posted by Kaede

Void Gear - Orbital Flight

Posted by ShamefurDisplay

Raiden Fighters Aces - Menu

Posted by ZacharyB

Dragon Saber - Volcano Arrange
Strania - Stage 5
Image Fight - Final Mission
ESPGaluda II Black Label - Stage 6
Star Trader X68000 - Ugly Beauty
Border Down - Morning Kisses

Posted by Blackbird

WOLF FANG Arrange

Posted by Jojomnia

Last Resort - Jack to the Metro

Posted by mastermx

Progear - To the Blue Sky Arrange
Gradius III - In the Wind
Dangun Feveron - Soul Supermarket

Posted by R Gray 1

Gekirindan - Stage 2
Psyvariar 2 - Eta

Posted by NRS

Abadox - Stage 3
Biometal (JP) - Desert Storm
Biometal (US/EU) - Deep Underground Ruins
Chaos Field - Human's Figure
Star Soldier - Omake 1
Hotdog Storm - Stage 1
19xx - Dance of Green Gnome

Posted by Squire Grooktook

Omega Five - The Glacial Fortress Yousuke Yasui Arrange
Biometal (JP) - Bio-Metal Warfare

Posted by BIL

Night Raid Opening
WOLF FANG - SLAUGHTER MACHINE - DESTROY
Megablast - Stage 2
Thunder Spirits - Cerberus (not actually HBIUWD! an original song!)
X-Multiply - Illegal Illusion
R-Type Final - Bydo Is...
Cyberblock Metal Orange MD Arrange
Non-Konami Shmup Medley
Image Fight II - Final Mission
Image Fight II - Penalty Area
Chimera Beast - Intro/Final Boss
Chimera Beast - Boss
Chimera Beast - Fish
Flak Attack - Counter Blow
Top Gun - The Second Mission MD Arrange
EDF (Earth Defense Force) - Armed Satellite
P-47: The Phantom Fighter - Ardennes
P-47: The Phantom Fighter - Theme of Bismarck
P-47: The Phantom Fighter - Area 5

Posted by Obiwanshinobi

Zanac Title Theme

Posted by Captain

Arrow Flash - Stage 2
Super Fantasy Zone - Ya-Da-Ne
Gaia Seed - Stage 7
Psyvariar 2 - Gluon
R-Type Final - Bydo Core
Gaiares - Floating Continent
Dariusburst - Hinder Four
Pulstar - Cry Out Enemy

Posted by clox

Psyvariar(Revision) - Earth
Chaos Field - Spray

Posted by Shepardus

Dariusburst - Hello 31337
Lotus Land Story - Title
Touhou 11 - Satori Maiden ~ 3rd Eye
Dimahoo - The Genius of Battle
Dimahoo - Dark Plot

Posted by Skyknight

Sky Shark - Water Front
Space Manbow - Fire Warning
WOLF FANG - Stormy Blade

Posted by Legendary Hoamaru

Eschatos Chiptune Arrange
Darius Twin - Hidden Track (Boss Scene 7 Remix from Darius)

Posted by Rob

Ketsuipachi Arrange - Ruined Green
Mushihimesama Futari - Sea of Frozen Crystals

Posted by tinotormed

Air Zonk - Stage 3
Blazing Lazers - Area 4
Raiden Fighters Aces - Train Stage

Posted by FRO

Viewpoint - Not All There
Viewpoint - Un Cailou Ricochet
Viewpoint - Mes Volutes Bleues

Posted by S_Fang

Viewpoint - Mes Volutes Bleues Arrange
19XX - Raimei

Posted by mambofoxtrot

Zuntata Live G (Rayforce) Arrange
Zuntata Live Mobius (Rayforce) Arrange
Zuntata Live Penetration (Rayforce) Arrange
Dragon Saber - Ice Cave
Dragon Saber - Ice Cave Arrange
Dragon Saber - Ice Cave Metal Remix

Posted by Aleksei

Shmup Music 14 Bombs Mix (Various Remixes)

Posted by Eaglet

Shippu Mahou Daisakusen - Trail

Posted by Sp8cewave

Sin & Punishment - Risk one's Neck

Posted by Copy-Paster

Gradius ReBirth - Staff Rolll
Thunder Force 4 - Love Dream Vocal Arrange
Strikers 1999 - A Hysteric Woman Goes Over the Sun
Strikers 1945 III - None of the Phenomena of the Universe
Strikers 1945 III - Interval of a Huge Gorge

Posted by lilmanjs

Under Defeat Toward a Mistake Satoru Kousaki Arrange

Posted by city41

Super R-Type - A Submerging Titan

Posted by Smokey

TWilight INSanity - Phantom

Posted by Feedbacker

Daioujou Stage 1 Piano Remix
Ketsui Stage 5 Piano Remix

Posted by terracottafrog

ZAS - Stage 4

Non-Youtube Links:

Soundtracks

Spoiler

Metal Hawk Soundtrack - VGMrips - First Mentioned by me
Saint Dragon Soundtrack - VGMrips - First Mentioned by BIL
Gunbird 2 Soundtrack - VGMrips - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Terra Cresta Arcade Soundtrack - VGMrips - First Mentioned by BIL
Terra Cresta PSG Soundtrack - VGMrips - First Mentioned by BIL
Raiden Soundtrack - VGMrips - First Mentioned by Layer
Truxton/Tatsujin Soundtrack - VGMrips - First Mentioned by dannnnn
Truxton II Soundtrack - VGMrips - First Mentioned by Skyknight
Koutetsu Yousai Strahl Soundtrack - VGMrips - First Mentioned by d3vak
Fire Shark Soundtrack - VGMrips - First Mentioned by LordHypnos
Dodonpachi Daioujou Arranged Soundtrack - Khinsider, First Mentioned by d3vak
Darius II Soundtrack - Khinsider - First Mentioned by Captain
Triggerheart Exelica Soundtrack - Khinsider, First Mentioned by synapse
Triggerheart Exelica Enhanced Soundtrack - Khinsider, First Mentioned by synapse
Raystorm Soundtrack - Khinsider, First Mentioned by CartridgeCarnage
Rayforce Soundtrack - Khinsider, First Mentioned by BIL
Raycrisis Soundtrack - Khinsider, First Mentioned by NRS
Dariusburst Another Chronicle Soundtrack - Khinsider, First Mentioned by shepardus
Guwange Soundtrack - Khinsider, First Mentioned by shepardus
CRUSH Soundtrack - Bandcamp - First Mentioned by Angry Hina
Absolute Area - Project Thunder Force VI - Khinsider, Added here by me

Individual Tracks

Spoiler

Strike Gunner STG - Final Stage - MP3 File, First Mentioned by d3vak
EDF (Earth Defense Force) Armed Satellite on piano, by the composer! - Twitter, Posted by BIL
Final Star Force - Purser C - VGMrips, Posted by tinotormed
Valkyrus - Steel Titan - Bandcamp, Posted by Stevens
Omega Fighter - Mission 3 - VGMrips, Posted by LordHypnos
Shrine of Farewell...Mario Paint Version - Nicovideo, Posted by 50Hz
Warinside's Fly to the Leaden Sky Arrange - MP3 File, Posted by Squire Grooktook
Magical Chase - Stage 1 - VGMrips, Posted by tinotormed
Ordyne - Round 3 - VGMrips, Posted by 320x240

[BIL]

OMFG (◎w◎;)

THAT MAKES ME DO A SEX WEE (;｀w´;) (VGMLY )

Saving txt for inevitable nightmare future when YT carks it, so I can build a permanent tracklist from MUH MP3z that will live on as SHUMPSFARM BEST OF GREAT SELECTION (located on SECRET HDD with blackman.txt ) Cheers bud, lovely work!

Yooo fuck, FISH one happy little jam Forgot I'd posted that one! Might use it for a future HOW 2 GAYME video

[PerishedFraud ឵឵]

I actually wasn't able to get ARDENNES and Theme of BISMARCK from one of your last posts. Searching the links or the names didn't help. Kinda funny considering it was near the end of the whole affair. You can toss me the tracks and I'll add them to the thing if you want.

(located on SECRET HDD with blackman.txt Image)

Of course

[BIL]

Ah yes, had to replace those two meself recently >w< Here you go!

>ARDENNES Irrepressible feelgood! Don't be a bitch, gramps did this shit IRL without the devil music! (｀w´メ)
>BISMARCK Inescapable feelbad, like Raiden Fighters after the Clarky Cat wears off (◎w◎;)
>LA DANSE MAGNETIQUE Okamura fuses easy grooves and pants-shitting STG terror like a one-man ZTT

[PerishedFraud ឵឵]

Ah, P-47. Extremely niche, that one. No wonder I had no luck! Thanks for your efforts biru.

[BIL]

Such a ridiculously chipper OST I can't recall its stage/trackname, but holy fuck this got me tapping my foot before I knew what hit me. Okamura has superhuman groove sense.

[PerishedFraud ឵឵]

A monument to the fact that you don't need complex or high quality instruments to achieve what you want. It's no Journey to Silius, but it's exactly as cheerful as you described.

As for me, I do have a song from the list to shill for. I listened to the whole thing, and this one immediately got stuck in my head.

Dimahoo/GMD - The Genius of Battle. Extremely fast, intense, and still fits the fantasy aesthetic. It very much feels like a faster version of an RPG battle theme, and now I'm stuck listening to it.

[BIL]

Mahou trilogy got some underrated OSTs - all consistently reflect their series' balance of panoramic fantasia and face-shredding "sup motherfucker?" STG intensity. Nice castle in the sky, nice crater where that monster tank used to be. Dig the rhythm section on "Lead Departure" keeping the vast sweeping synths in check. Not surprising with Sakimoto and Iwata handling the first two, but if you told me they'd composed DaiMahou as well, I'd be none the wiser.

Wish it went by its stage's more badass+alliterative name - STRATO STORM - but "Being Rushed" and the far better-named DEVIDED BY ZERO (I like the Batwider typo :3) are like MD Gauntlet tracks given an almighty do/die one-credit shoe up the ass.

Offhand, my favourite fantasy-themed STG soundtrack remains Dragon Saber (a bit of a cheat pick, as it includes the nearly-as-brilliant Dragon Spirit in beefed-up form). Hosoe's interplays of soaring, intricately spiralling leads and primal rhythm has an uncommonly total synergy with the divinely vengeful earth-razing action, and he is also (as Under Defeat and Ibara reestablished a few gens later) a formidable STG hookmonger.

Half-related, his Assault leans somewhat funky, but the Jungle Battle BGM (mahfuckin Apocalypse Now downriver gauntlet) is something a starving T-Rex would write before eating some mahfuckas heads off. Pure keening bloodlust. Same basic components as his Dragon* duology, radically different effect.

[PerishedFraud ឵឵]

Updated all the fucked up links in the collection. Some had to move to VGMrips. We also lost the arranged Granada ost .
Other than that, should all work now.

Edit: Hey, it looks way tidier after the forum update.

[FRO]

Anyone who has read my posts on here over the years knows I'm a huge Thunder Force IV / Lightening Force fan, and the soundtrack is a major part of that. I preordered the vinyl release from Data Discs before it came out, and when I found out about the new CD issue from Sound Shock last year, I pretty much had to order it on the spot. Everyone talks about "Metal Squad" and rightfully so, but there's so much good music in the game. I'll highlight a couple favorites that aren't as widely discussed, such as Omake 4, and Omake 8. It's crazy to think they had so much amazing music created for the game that they didn't even use it all, and we could have had even more insanely good tracks in game if it were longer, or if they had swapped out a couple pieces.

I love that Einhander's soundtrack is a combination of atmospheric pieces and more intense, energetic stuff. I've always appreciated the ramp-up between the subtlety of the stage 1 track up to the mid-boss, and then the "Chase" piece that plays after that.

Also really digging the GunVein soundtrack, but stage 4 might be my favorite right now.

[Restart_Point]

I just played Air Assault (aka Fire Barrel) by Irem today for the first time (vert, kinda sequel to Air Duel) and was immediately struck at how uniformly excellent the music is through the whole game! Really deserves to be heard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtGEu1xUhRQ

The game is quite generic but solid fun with loads of blowing shit up, and unusually easy, the first Irem shmup I ever played for the first time without pulling my hair out haha

[Skyknight]

A couple of themes from Guardian Force that I particularly like:

--Theme for Mata-Hari's convoy, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oavnVGJIHkw . Provisional name I dreamed up: "Stay of Execution" (largely because of the bells that sound every so often)

--Theme for Full Metal Jacket, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoFPgFEDFVs . Provisional name: "Anomaly"

[BIL]

A-JAX and Flak Attack, two of Konami's lesser-knowns sporting some of the most singularly Konamic BGMs ever.

>FIGHTING SPIRIT from A-JAX
>COUNTER BLOW from Flak Attack - hey, kid, stop all the Dick Stock!
>STURDY WINGS from Trigon - a marginally better known STG with similarly blazing tunes, beloved of Hitoshi Sakimoto, feat. Michiru Yamane. Three is a magic number!

Having tracked down the link, I see I already posted COUNTER BLOW on the previous page! But the link's dead, and frankly, one good blow deserves another. The reedy tone actually reminds me more of Taito, but there's absolutely none of their haunting introspection - just balls-out do your best your have ever done

I recommend A-JAX; the 3D stages are a bit goofy, but easily cleared, brief, and infrequent. The straight topdowns are remarkably furied Xeviousesques, and it sports the rare advantage of a single balls-hard loop.

Flak Attack, I really want to love, but good lord - the bullet visibility can be absolutely punishing, and worse, there is a lightning bolt memoriser hazard that may be the most cynical in all of STG history. Even then, it's solid enough I could see myself working through it. At any rate, first-rate BGM from a largely forgotten game.

[d3vak]

Woah, thanks for keeping this thread alive. I'm sorry I'm not able to keep on updating the playlist though.

Back on topic:

>STURDY WINGS from Trigon - a marginally better known STG with similarly blazing tunes, beloved of Hitoshi Sakimoto, feat. Michiru Yamane. Three is a magic number!

I really liked this one, I've noticed that game is part of the Arcade Archives releases as "Lightning Fighters", I might buy it just out of curiosity. Thanks!

[BIL]

>STURDY WINGS from Trigon - a marginally better known STG with similarly blazing tunes, beloved of Hitoshi Sakimoto, feat. Michiru Yamane. Three is a magic number!

I really liked this one, I've noticed that game is part of the Arcade Archives releases as "Lightning Fighters", I might buy it just out of curiosity. Thanks!

My pleasure! It's a quality Toaplanesque, imo, though undeniably a bit on the punishing side. Nearer hardass Raiden than cheerful Daioh. Interestingly, the ACA version has a hitbox reduce option, effectively a comfier arrange mode (it's also an excellent way to see more of the game before taking on the PCB defaults).

With Daioh's director personally requesting (and receiving!) a Rank meter for its ACA release, I wonder if this was a similar case. On defaults, it's the kind of game where you need to pre-emptively sweep enemies, their shots being quick enough to clip your wing if you dodge from a standstill at middle distance or closer.

Regardless, the BGM is exceptionally fiery and driven, even by Konami's valorous standards - I was so happy to see it finally get a home release, having enjoyed its Shooting Battle arrangements for decades. On that AST tip, "Faraway" flat-out rips off Richie Blackmore's solo from Rainbow's "Starstruck." Exceptionally good taste, as expected of project lead and Anthem legend Naoto Shibata!

>Starstruck
>Lightningstruck

Plus one of the all-time great AST hair metal ballads in "Nostalgic"