Your top 5 SHMUP soundtracks?

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Your top 5 SHMUP soundtracks?

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Just curious which soundtracks/music you enjoy the most. No real criteria other than what gets your toes tapping or humming along. I tend to favor the more epic soundtracks, so my top 5 would be:

1. Radiant Silvergun (Arranged Version)
2. Gradius V
3. Psyvariar 2
4. Blazing Lazers
5. DoDonPachi
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1. Axelay - Konami
2. Zanac Neo - COMPILE
3. Viewpoint - Sunsoft/SNK
4. Sokugerentai
5. Thunderforce 3 - Technosoft

Honorable mention:

Gradius V
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1.Gaiares
2.MUSHA
3.Zero Wing
4.Giga Wing
5.Exed Eyes

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1.Lords of Thunder(TD version)
2.Chaos Field
3.G-darius
4.Sapphire
5.Darius Gaiden

LoT kicks so much butt >_>.
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1.Ikaruga - Love the variations of the main theme

2.ESPgaluda - Cheesey, but pumping dance soundtrack. Really gets you in the mood for blowing shit up.

3.Radiant Silvergun - Everyone raves about Stage 5, but the Stage 2 theme does it for me.

4.Thunderforce IV - Possibly the most rocking chip tune soundtrack ever.

5.Super R-Type - Dunno why, but I like this one. Shame the game sucks really.
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1. Thunder Force IV
2. Mushihimesama
3. Gradius V
4. Psyvariar 2
5. The Parodius series
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[1. Rez]
1. Guwange
2. Ikaruga
3. Garegga
4. Border Down
5. Soldier Blade

PS - i added rez just for the hell of it
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Metal Black
GG Aleste II
Rayforce
Border Down
Battle Garegga
SOUNDSHOCK
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Post by Macaw »

1: Apidya
2: Metal Black
3: Axelay
4: G-Darius
5: Super Aleste
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1. Ikaruga
2. Dangun Feveron (yes, everyone should list this one I think :D )
3. Ibara (finally, heavy metal on smhups!)
4. DDP Dai Ou Jou
5. Battle Garegga (stage Airport rocks)
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1. RAYFORCE
2. DANGUN FEVERON
3. R-TYPE DELTA
4. IKARUGA
5. SECTION Z


You know, I really miss cool level music in newer games.
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Post by LoneSage »

No order:
Rayforce
Ikaruga
Blazing Star
Gradius V

But Battle Garegga takes first place, no doubt about that. I went jogging the other day listening to some Garegga arranged tunes; first level’s music arranged is godly.
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Post by Super Laydock »

In no particular order, my top 5 would consist of these:

Chaos Field
Salamander
Border Down
Gradius (the one I actually humm the most I guess :D)
Zanac Neo
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1. Jets 'n' Guns
2. Apidya
3. Mushihime-Sama
4. Battle Squadron (Amiga version)
5. Dangun Feveron


Honorable mentions:

ESPGaluda
Wings of Death
Katakis (C64 version)
every single Parodius game
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in no particular order:
guwange
raiden series
zen ichi
espgaluda
gyruss
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Post by Shocky »

I'm too dangblasted busy to list 5 games ;/ but Gigawing absolutely must be one of them
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Post by EXMaster »

Overall (In no particular order):

Border Down
Zanac Neo
Einhander
Thunder Force Series (let's just make this one entry, it would be easier for me :P)

With Under Defeat on the way there.


Indvidual tracks of the moment are:

Cosmo Babylon - Hyper Duel
Gridseeker - Grid Seeker
Cross Point - A-Jax
Toa = East Asia - Dodonpachi Dai-oh-jou
Coccus - Chaos Field
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not particular order:
IBARA!!
Radiant Silvergun
Darius Gaiden
G.Darius
Ketsui
Donpachi
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Post by nZero »

Top 5? Probably...

Raiden DX
Thunder Force V
ESPGaluda
Psyvariar 2
Soldier Blade

Of course, the rest of the series for each of those games usually have exceptional tunes as well.

The last handful of DC shmups have also had some truly excellent stuff.
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Post by Klatrymadon »

Tough one!

Axelay
X-Multiply
Darius (COSMIC AIR WAY!)
DoDonPachi
Gradius Gaiden

Predictable choices, but they do inarguably have amazing soundtracks. :D

Of course, I'll change my mind in five minutes.
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1. EspGaluda
2. Impersishable Night
3. Mushihime
4. Gigawing
5. Gunbird2 (yes Gunbird2)
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(1. Rez)*
1. Gradius V
2. The Guardian Legend (Somebody needs to 21st-century-ize. Seriously)
3. Einhander
4. Space Megaforce (er...Super Aleste, whatever the hell ya guys call it here)
5. Ultimate Parodius

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Post by Ceph »

I can't limit it to 5.

In no particular order:
Soukyugurentai, Super Darius II (PCE), Nexzr, Border Down, Zanac Neo, Sylphia, Recca (very impressive for Famicom), Gradius V...

Those are just the first to come to mind. There are many more shooters with great music.
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1. Thunderforce IV - Best Genesis music, hands down.
2. Einhander - Best techno soundtrack in a game
3. Android Assault - Awesome guitar-based rock.
4. Gradius V - Moody ambient music
5. Viewpoint - Excellent house/club music that makes the slightly plodding stages of the game go more smoothly due to the upbeat tunes
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Post by J-Manic »

Wow. It's super hard to narrow them down to five. But here they are in no particular order. Again, this was a tough decision, as I have so many favorites out there.


Thunder Force III
Thunder Force V
Giga Wing 2
Lords Of Thunder
G. Darius


others that came so close:

Layer Section
Raystorm
Ikaruga
Darius Gaiden
DoDonpachi
Einhander
R-Type Delta
Border Down
Chaos Field
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1. Battle Garegga Arrange
2. Radiant Silvergun
3. Mushihimesama
4. Ikaruga
5. Layer Section

Honorable mentions:

Under Defeat
Homura
Border Down
Ibara
Souky
Espgaluda
DDP DOJ
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1. Mushihimesama (Love Shinju Heading to the Forest & The One Who Is Always In the Forest!)
2. Ibara
3. Ikaruga
4. Radiant Silvergun
5. Dodonpachi

The shmup rank atm for me,
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Post by FraGMarE »

Here's my top 5 all time shmup soundtracks...

1.) Gate of Thunder
2.) Thunderforce III
3.) Lords of Thunder (PC-Engine CD)
4.) DoDonPachi
5.) Viewpoint

Honorable mentions must go to: Thunderforce IV, Thunderforce V, Axelay, Gaiares, Hyper Duel, and MUSHA.

BTW, are we throwing in tube shooters? If so, Tempest 2000 on the Jaguar had truly awesome tunes.
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I don't have a top 5 right now, but curiously, I am starting to like the Mushihime-sama soundtrack. Stage 4 I always felt was excellent, but I used to think the rest of the tracks were rubbish.

Now I've been playing 1-2 hours every day for a couple of weeks, and I just love all the tracks. Even the boss music!

That's brainwashing for you.
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Post by MSZ »

Not in order:

The Parodius series
Gradius V
Gradius Gaiden
19XX
Mushihimesama
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