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Whatever this sort of music is called I love it. Happy and fast like you're going for the ride of your life through the sky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5IMX1BjFEM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw93yTtKmKw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OVyp0ncPiU
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Revisiting old favourite Trap Gunner, by the perpetually underrated Racdym - these guys did some super high-quality work in the PS/SS/N64 era. Has a notably savvy OST, lots of favourite samples put to good use. Two tracks in particular stand out - the second Bonus Stage's cooking techno pulse, and the Warehouse stage's subtly grunge-tempered dick-swinging heavy metal. (dig the Moog!)

I'd completely forgotten it samples the same beat from Teddy Riley's remix of Jane Child's I Don't Wanna Fall In Love, just like the similarly magpiesque SNK did for KOF 94's marvelously titled character select BGM Image

> Trap Gunner Midboss BGM
> The Choice Of Death Or Humiliation / KOF '94
> I Don't Wanna Fall In Love (Teddy Riley Remix)

Not dissimilar to Sweat From My Balls off the CB4 soundtrack tbh!

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Waterfall (live), from Koudelka.

One of those solitary tracks, from a game I'm only passingly acquainted with, that I get an itch to hear every now and then. Koudelka seems to have a lot of cult dev appeal surrounding it (Sacnoth, Nautilus, SNK), the composer being quite an accomplished chap.

At any rate, a soulful little pop/rock jam that feels like a throwback to Japan's early-days Redbook VGM. An OST bonus track, AFAIK. The classily austere OSV ver, one of the game's random battle themes, is worth a listen too.
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This forum is extremely cultured in music. So somebody please god point me to more music like this. I adore this sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qilFm8Bgu6E
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I recently discovered that Manabu Namiki worked on this extra song for a port of Outrun, or something.
The Sega classic's OST was an indirect homage to Casiopeia, T-Square and the many other Japanese fusion/Jazz bands of the early 80's.
Namiki's song oozes these sources of inspiration to ridiculous levels, while also having a slight whiff of existential dread attached to its rather melancholic refrain.

Gee, I am old enough to have played this in the arcade.
Chomsky, Buckminster Fuller, Yunus and Glass would have played Battle Garegga, for sure.
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Some people have said Raiden Fighters Jet has awful music. I actually really like some of it's songs. I get why people don't like it though. It's really wacky and zany. Almost unfitting. But I kind of like sometimes when games go against the grain with their music.

The menu theme's contrast to the immediate rest of the soundtrack is great. It's really calming and kind of cute. I like it's sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G92j7NgaDA

The briefing songs are tough.
https://youtu.be/mxBk6kcyL4s
https://youtu.be/CHB6N0ksV28

This one is just amazingly fun to me.
https://youtu.be/zowdkoJffTU

And this one sounds more like a Raiden Fighters 2 song.
https://youtu.be/jFrNz1QvNjk

Raiden as a franchise is not topping that Red Eye them from RF2 though. THAT was a masterpiece.
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RFJ's soundtrack is perfect, imo. Not necessarily in musical terms - I love it, but I get why its almost gabba mania turns some off. Talking more synergistically. It's frenzied, furied, relentless, yet precise - just like a master scorer's Ixion tearing around the screen, nailing one mad stunt after another. Where stuff like Dangun and RSG have perfect theming - seat-of-your-flares disco caper / doomed yet ferociously hard-fought battle to survive - RFJ practically plays like it sounds.

This was always my favourite. (Simulation Level 05 / Desert) Parking over those big dome turrets for the medal-spewing *BAKOOOOOOW* explosions, bullets whizzing past all the while. :cool:

Incidentally, that "tan-tan-tan / tantantan" motif (also heard in RF1 and RF2) always makes me think of Megadeth's "Take No Prisoners." I wonder if it was any influence.
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I really like the Sexy Parodius rendition of Take care from Gradius II cant really explain why
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f99YhspLlQE

Another contendor for me is the Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius 32-bit rendition of Aircarft Carrier from Gradius by far the best sounding rendition of the track
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh5TzApWeuk
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It's (early) spring, so time for the pastel palette of Yack's Puchi Carat: I even have the sakura petals floating around my place!
Once Spring will be in full bloom, it's time to switch to the funky sophisti-pop of Kaiser Knuckle.
See you in early Summer for the creeping shadows lingering from Elevator Action Returns's muzak-like, spy movie-flavoured OST.
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BIL wrote:RFJ's soundtrack is perfect, imo. Not necessarily in musical terms - I love it, but I get why its almost gabba mania turns some off. Talking more synergistically. It's frenzied, furied, relentless, yet precise - just like a master scorer's Ixion tearing around the screen, nailing one mad stunt after another. Where stuff like Dangun and RSG have perfect theming - seat-of-your-flares disco caper / doomed yet ferociously hard-fought battle to survive - RFJ practically plays like it sounds.

This was always my favourite. (Simulation Level 05 / Desert) Parking over those big dome turrets for the medal-spewing *BAKOOOOOOW* explosions, bullets whizzing past all the while. :cool:

Incidentally, that "tan-tan-tan / tantantan" motif (also heard in RF1 and RF2) always makes me think of Megadeth's "Take No Prisoners." I wonder if it was any influence.
Glad Im not alone on this then. You have a good point too about matching the music to the pacing. The trilogy was generally a lot more hot blooded than Raiden proper but Jet was almost surreal. You bounce through levels so quickly and rip everything apart like a fucking maniac regardless of skill. Crazy ass music matches.

I always wonder about a lot of inspirations for STG music of that era. I remember someone here telling me an indepth dive into Super R-type's music and it was fascinating. Wonder if the Fighters games have similar history.
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Hardcore VGM mensch KARANBA comes through with a stomping upload of classic Hosoe banger (and my #1 Namco ACA want) METAL HAWK. :cool: The pummelling tribal pulse hinted at in Dragon Spirit/Saber and built on in topdown seek/destroy predecessor Assault is given full reign here - thunderclap drums and bass strings like suspension cables, topped off by crystalline leads and Hosoe's trademark soaring, spiralling solos. Perhaps my favourite is the hypnotically tattooing Stage 4 BGM - ala Dragon Spirit's "Graveyard," a notably simpler composition than the rest, addictively so with those galloping drums.

Ultra high-quality work from a criminally underseen/heard game that might hopefully be less so in the near future.

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Sounds like an interesting time to get into them! (said a crastinator so shamelessly pro, he puts off things he actually wants to do :oops: :lol:) Thanks for the continued insights, before summer's out imma jump into the legendary Teutonic metal canon with both feet.

Crossposting this here and in the rawk n' metal thread. File it under "not VGM, but made expressly for lovers of" along with DYAD and Zabutom. Blazing, stomping anthemic STG-calibre metal with a touch of doom ala TFIV's "Downright Attack." Builds the pressure then blows the roof off. Fierily cinematic in the best tradition of classic action VGM! Would do any Tecno Soft STG (or pinball) proud. Heard it unexpectedly on a stream I follow, had to instantly pause and go find the full track to blast at window-rattling volume. One of those rare crossover bullseye hits where two of your favourite musical genres sync up flawlessly, y'know? Image I'm gonna keep an eye on this dude/dudes!
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Anyone know if this arranged ver of the Snake Man music from the Rockman 3 commercial is/was available on CD, or if it was just done for the commercial? Searched through YT for a while but couldn't find it elsewhere.
https://youtu.be/E06ICcEKc5k?t=646
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Holy :shock:

Fuckin :shock:

Shit :shock:

These nutters covered Last Armageddon's fabulously hardgay Battle BGM live. Image Now that is one MAXIMUM TUNE I never thought I'd see played live! Image (if you're not familiar)

Some bum notes, but their enthusiasm is undeniable. :mrgreen:
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God I love this song. This is one of the most overlooked Sonic themes, but it's one of my favorites. Sounds like title music for a fun spy movie or something. It's just fantastic.
The other Hot Shelter theme was great too. Gave me early Tekken vibes. But this one is my preferred.
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I went stress shopping at fangamer a couple weeks ago and got the Stardew Valley 1.4/1.5, SMTIII Nocturne, and Into the Breach soundtracks on vinyl. Not really heard any of them before, but I'm a SV nerd, I've been jamming out to Persona soundtracks lately, and I loved FTL's soundtrack. I started with Into the Breach, and it was a damn good blind purchase. Gives me FTL vibes while being noticeably its own set of compositions - I'm loving it. I'm the type to always go for black when it's available, but the vinyl is actually quite pleasing to look at and the pressing seems good (aside from the second disc being visibly/audibly warped, which fangamer is going to get an email about shortly).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVaSEEdfmRI

I'll keep on this for a bit before moving to Stardew. I'll need to clear my desk a bit before Nocturne.
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Fellas...




what is this kind of music called?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-3Yv0so8UU
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XoPachi wrote:what is this kind of music called?
PS1 Demo Disc Menu, a subgenre of 90s Video Game Trailer

Or maybe trip-hop or breakbeat, iunno
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Mildly blackened Baltic techno with a hint of post-homo reverb; a staple of unsanctioned barnyard raves in the heady, torch-lit nights of the Glasnost Image

Sota Fujimori's good at that stuff, I'd just seek out his discography. :cool:

Speaking of the ol' PUMPIN CHOONZ: Fighter/Attacker Original Soundtrack Do u dig teh RAIDENFIGHTERZ? This'll bum you into next Easter lad. Image Special shouts 2 RAVE WAR and HELLHARMONY but the whole thing slaps like motherfuckin balls on ass Image
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XoPachi wrote:Fellas...




what is this kind of music called?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-3Yv0so8UU

God… what an amazing soundtrack.
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XoPachi wrote: what is this kind of music called?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-3Yv0so8UU
In terms of broader electronic-music production, I think the most significant genre elements here are

1. the rock-style drum pattern, built from what sound to me like "real" drum samples. Traditionally taken from "drum breaks" (drum solos) on LPs, often funk records with 16th-note swing for an organic feeling. The "amen break" is the most famous one.

"Breakbeat" is a large family of electronic music built with these breaks, and can be contrasted with more "robotic" drum patterns and drum machines. Faster and more aggressively manipulated breakbeats characterize "drum-n-bass" and "jungle". This track has a more moderate-tempo, simple, punchy rockin' sound that is often associated with the "big beat" wave from the 90s (Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Fat Boy Slim, et al.).


2. a simple synthesizer pattern whose timbre evolves by gradually changing or "sweeping" the synth parameters, especially the "filter cutoff frequency" and "resonance". When the resonance is cranked high it has what I would call a nasal, piggy quality, very in-your-face. This is often called an "acid" sound or specifically an "acid squelch". I personally love this effect, can't get enough.

The acid squelch, and its use with simple basslines, is closely associated with the Roland TB-303 Bass Line synthesizer (or simply "303"), although this exact model is certainly not necessary. It was pioneered in club music by house producers Phuture, whose "Acid Tracks" is the key, defining single. Depending on what kind of drum beats you like, look into acid house, acid techno (try Aphex Twin's Chosen Lords compilation a for tasty dose), or there is plenty of 303-type synths in big beat. Or in various VG music! I like the acid-like effects in e.g. the Garegga and Mushihimesama soundtracks.

The acid sound got my attention on '90s US rock radio as a kid (Big Beat was the British Invasion most relevant to my time and needs), and some of my favorite examples are from misc. rock/pop/etc. with vocals, where even a few drops of acid can really make things slap. A few choice tracks:

Lo Fidelity Allstars, Battleflag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2BNpK01eww

Crystal Method, Trip Like I Do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfUSyoJcbxU

The Prodigy, Smack My B**** Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW17jtkjvvg

Alabama 3, Ain't Goin' to Goa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hhzAgAzSr4

God Lives Underwater, From Your Mouth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yrlw8FuJko

Aaliyah/Timbaland, Try Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=qTA0RuZoIxM
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^ sublime post, my brother in R2RKMF arms :o I was eyeing schooldays favourite BattleFlag just the other day, so many siggables... Do you want to live? Is it time for your motherfucking ass to give? Is it time to get down / On your motherfucking knees? :cool:
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Haha thanks BIL, loved your take as well :D of course I had to lead with Battleflag here, it just IS what a good action game tries to embody---blistering aggression given crystalline form, somehow organized and even sanctified.

The acid squelch taps into this same spirit, IMO. Its resonance has a quasi-vocal character, something that inherently perks human ears and sparks identification. But instead of a singer's frailties, we get inhuman, implacable tonal power. Instead of thoughts and emotions, a swell of bestial exuberance* that never stoops to explain or justify itself.

*speaking of which, BTW... I've been enjoying a LOT of Motörhead, largely under the tutelage/sway of your excellent posts and Rawk thread (also beer, beer helps). Lemmy's channeling of joyful aggro in his vocals is so charismatic and just about unrivaled, to my knowledge. The only thing I've been listening to more is Sabbath ('70-'75 run), and it would take more subtlety to try and suggest why they are so good. But anyway, thanks!
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dojo_b wrote:Instead of thoughts and emotions, a swell of bestial exuberance* that never stoops to explain or justify itself.
"There ain't no shame in my bed at night!" :mrgreen:

Shameless self-promo, but in case you've not seen it, I posted a Motorhead discog review a few years back, still pretty representative of my takes on their studio catalogue. Never did go back to March Or Die or Hammered though. :lol:
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There's a delightfully hardcore crew of Russian Dendy lovers - adopting the passion-yell DENDYFOREVER as their banner - who just put out a collection of their 30 top NES/Dendy tracks.

They say they carried out voting for over two years. Some obvious picks in there, but it's better than your quotidian readers choice - a few surprises. Really gives you a flavor of the Russia-specific 8-bit era canon. A curio - to be sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9T56OYbO3E
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dojo_b wrote:
In terms of broader electronic-music production, I think the most significant genre elements here are

1. the rock-style drum pattern, built from what sound to me like "real" drum samples. Traditionally taken from "drum breaks" (drum solos) on LPs, often funk records with 16th-note swing for an organic feeling. The "amen break" is the most famous one.

"Breakbeat" is a large family of electronic music built with these breaks, and can be contrasted with more "robotic" drum patterns and drum machines. Faster and more aggressively manipulated breakbeats characterize "drum-n-bass" and "jungle". This track has a more moderate-tempo, simple, punchy rockin' sound that is often associated with the "big beat" wave from the 90s (Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Fat Boy Slim, et al.).


2. a simple synthesizer pattern whose timbre evolves by gradually changing or "sweeping" the synth parameters, especially the "filter cutoff frequency" and "resonance". When the resonance is cranked high it has what I would call a nasal, piggy quality, very in-your-face. This is often called an "acid" sound or specifically an "acid squelch". I personally love this effect, can't get enough.

The acid squelch, and its use with simple basslines, is closely associated with the Roland TB-303 Bass Line synthesizer (or simply "303"), although this exact model is certainly not necessary. It was pioneered in club music by house producers Phuture, whose "Acid Tracks" is the key, defining single. Depending on what kind of drum beats you like, look into acid house, acid techno (try Aphex Twin's Chosen Lords compilation a for tasty dose), or there is plenty of 303-type synths in big beat. Or in various VG music! I like the acid-like effects in e.g. the Garegga and Mushihimesama soundtracks.

The acid sound got my attention on '90s US rock radio as a kid (Big Beat was the British Invasion most relevant to my time and needs), and some of my favorite examples are from misc. rock/pop/etc. with vocals, where even a few drops of acid can really make things slap. A few choice tracks:

Lo Fidelity Allstars, Battleflag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2BNpK01eww

Crystal Method, Trip Like I Do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfUSyoJcbxU

The Prodigy, Smack My B**** Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW17jtkjvvg

Alabama 3, Ain't Goin' to Goa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hhzAgAzSr4

God Lives Underwater, From Your Mouth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yrlw8FuJko

Aaliyah/Timbaland, Try Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=qTA0RuZoIxM
I actually never saw this but posts like these are why this is the only forum I still use anymore and ask so many questions about this kind of thing. Thank you.
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Saturn port of Night Striker has Redbook quality with bass and reverb added, truly blows the original PCB recording. My favorites are "URBAN TRAIL" "TERARIST" "BURNING ROAD" "BOSS 3 and 6" but really though there's no single flaw on these tracks.
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Utterly killer OST, and indeed, it sounds even better on Saturn. I remember hearing VING had to rebuild the port from scratch, similar to Fujino's travails with Gun Frontier... not sure how accurate NSS is, but it's a helluva good time regardless. While "Burning Road" is undeniably its headliner/set-closer, I always give a shout to "Trance Parlent in Blue" - seriously masterful dynamism. I particularly like the dispassionately hammering bassline - recalls Phantasy Star IV's "Laughter" - driven like a railway spike through the furiously shifting soundscape, finally dislodged by a grand crescendo, before seamlessly looping back in.

Zuntata were master craftsmen, not just at the tunes, but also imparting cinematic weight and intensity via ultra-tight loops. Stuff like this feels so much more expansive than its compact runtime, on sheer fiery presence.

The Engrish on "TERARIST" always makes me laugh. :lol: And like a lot of good Engrish, maybe it's deceptively cogent? Tera / Terra = Earth; could be applicable to the protagonist side of RayStorm, at war with rebellious colony planets. One man's restorer of order is another's TERRARIST, perhaps!
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Oh my Christ, this Pizza Tower song is nasty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiCTsIsvcK8

I love tough beats like this in video games. Reminds me of this one Tekken song I love to death.
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