Toaplan music

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:28 am

I have been playing some Toaplan games recently (just got Truxton for the Genesis). I noticed that many games from them seem to have some awesome music. Who is the composer for these games? Which Toaplan game's music do you like the best?

tehkao · Post by **tehkao** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:30 am

My favorite Toaplan game musics:

Zero Wing (MD version)
Hellfire
Truxton
Outzone

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 3:44 am

Fireshark, Batsugun, Truxton 1 & 2, Twin Cobras...hell, almost all of them!

Frogacuda · Post by **Frogacuda** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:59 am

Truxton II was my fave. But I've never heard the music for most of the later games becuase of the crappy emulation issues.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:47 am

Frogacuda wrote:Truxton II was my fave. But I've never heard the music for most of the later games becuase of the crappy emulation issues.

Even some of their not so later games like Fire Shark have some emulation issues. I'm glad that one has an excellent Genesis port. I love the music in that game.

incognoscente · Post by **incognoscente** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:42 am

BrianC wrote:...
Who is the composer for these games? Which Toaplan game's music do you like the best?

Tiger Heli: Tatsuya Uemura
Slap Fight/Alcon: Masanori Yuge
Hishou Zame/Flying Shark/Sky Shark: Tatsuya Uemura, Masanori Yuge
Kyukyoku Tiger/Twin Cobra: Tatsuya Uemura, Masanori Yuge
Tatsujin/Truxton: Masanori Yuge
Hellfire: Tatsuya Uemura
Daisenpu/Twin Hawk: Osamu Ohta
Zero Wing: Tatsuya Uemura
Same! Same! Same/Fire Shark: Masanori Yuge
Out Zone: Tatsuya Uemura
Vimana: Toshiaki Tomizawa
Dogyuun: Tatsuya Uemura
Tatsujin Oh/Truxton 2: Masanori Yuge
Fix Eight: Toshiaki Tomizawa
V-V (V-Five)/Grindstormer: Masanori Yuge
Batsugun: Yoshitatsu Sakai

Personally: Fire Shark and Batsugun. I might be confusing love of the game for excellence in soundtrack.

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:50 am

incognoscente wrote:

Slap Fight/Alcon: Masanori Yuge
Hishou Zame/Flying Shark/Sky Shark: Tatsuya Uemura, Masanori Yuge
Kyukyoku Tiger/Twin Cobra: Tatsuya Uemura, Masanori Yuge
Tatsujin/Truxton: Masanori Yuge
Same! Same! Same/Fire Shark: Masanori Yuge
Tatsujin Oh/Truxton 2: Masanori Yuge
V-V (V-Five)/Grindstormer: Masanori Yuge

Can you guess who my new hero is?

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:40 pm

BrianC wrote:Even some of their not so later games like Fire Shark have some emulation issues. I'm glad that one has an excellent Genesis port. I love the music in that game.

It's a shame that I'm unwilling to pay the $8 to $10 plus shipping that it costs on Ebay (I'm cheap) because I really want this game. I loved Sky Shark to death.

TVG · Post by **TVG** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:45 pm

zero wing has really awesome music, both arcade and MD
but i havent heard all the arcade songs because the game is hard as fuck, nothing like the MD version.
1st boss would fit in dodonpachi.

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:16 pm

I love the music in Batsugun. It just makes me happy.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 6:02 pm

Andi wrote:
BrianC wrote:Even some of their not so later games like Fire Shark have some emulation issues. I'm glad that one has an excellent Genesis port. I love the music in that game.
It's a shame that I'm unwilling to pay the $8 to $10 plus shipping that it costs on Ebay (I'm cheap) because I really want this game. I loved Sky Shark to death.

You could do what I did and try to find the game at www.ebgames.com . I think they had it for $3.99 or $4.99. Do keep in mind that the cheapest shipping option is $1.99 and they do charge tax in most states. It balances out if you get more than one game, though. Also, beware the evils of Shark Tale when searching for Fire Shark.

Masanori Yuge rocks!

pixeljunkie · Post by **pixeljunkie** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 7:34 pm

I have the Batsugun PCB, I dig the music...did the Saturn port have an arranged soundtrack???

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 7:35 pm

pixeljunkie wrote:I have the Batsugun PCB, I dig the music...did the Saturn port have an arranged soundtrack???

Yes the Saturn version does indeed have the arranged soundtrack, and that is also fanbloodytastic!

Skyknight · Post by **Skyknight** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:57 pm

If any of you don't mind GS MIDI's, you may want to take a peek at the Truxton II collection in the arcade section of vgmusic.com. I commissioned them myself, and the process was definitely worth it. I'd even say that "Faze" turned out better than the arcade original...

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 1:22 am

Since PC Engine has been getting a lot of praise around here lately, I downloaded a few roms last night and messed around. One I tried was Daisenpu aka Twin Hawk...Daisenpu on PC Engine has a calm trippiness to the music/sfx that the arcade and Genesis versions lack. Definitely worth playing.

Batsugun is a must own for any shooters fan. It has great visual and audio style, and top gameplay. I recently got RGB for the Saturn and it was probably the most improved by it, being a colorful game. Huge upgrade from S-video.

tehkao · Post by **tehkao** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:26 am

Yes the Saturn version does indeed have the arranged soundtrack, and that is also fanbloodytastic!

I miss the good ole days when you can buy a Saturn shmup and get the soundtrack on CD for the same price.

shmups.system11.org

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