fave music in a shooter

espibara · Post by **espibara** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:46 am

I would have to say I really like the soundtracks to Mars Matrix, Mushihimesama and ESPgaluda.

Worst soundtrack tho is XII Stag, god the music is awful.

kernow · Post by **kernow** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:51 am

ESPgaludas soundtrack is awesome, makes me want to get my glowsticks out, just suits the theme of the game so well.

edit: I don't listen to game soundtracks or buy them though, thats hella gay.

especially listening to the galuda one without playing it. hah

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:54 am

I'm afraid I'd have to list too much, but if going by the amount of favorite tracks per game, it's Gradius III and V, Darius Gaiden, and some Touhou games.

Boss themes from Cave games require a honorable mention, by far the most catchy boss music selection overall (some of them still suck a lot, though).

EDIT: Just thought about it, playing shooters is hella gay.

kernow · Post by **kernow** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:09 am

ahaha

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:14 am

Everything Kou Hayashi and Daisuke Nagata have worked on, including all of Milestone's games, and Zanac Neo.

SockPuppetHyren · Post by **SockPuppetHyren** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:15 am

R-type's First stage musis, it gets me pumped up for some reason.
Blue Wish Ressurection, Stage 1, See above
Raystorm's soundtrack
Ikaruga, Ideal
Imperishable Night Eirin's theme
Off topic example: Metal Slug, Final Attack

Late Addition:

R-type Delta Stage 7, Fate

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:22 am

PINK SWEETS

clp · Post by **clp** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:43 am

kernow wrote:ESPgaludas soundtrack is awesome, makes me want to get my glowsticks out, just suits the theme of the game so well.

edit: I don't listen to game soundtracks or buy them though, thats hella gay.

especially listening to the galuda one without playing it. hah

pretty dodgy trance suits medieval theme lolwut? anyway all milestones releases have incredible soundtracks , garegga is probably one of my favs though tbh to many shmups to mention with good soundtracks .

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:48 am

Indeed! Both Garegga and Batrider have very good soundtrack.

Though I can't understand the Espgaluda hype as well. Maybe because I hate trance, but it's even not like it's some high quality trance either…

clp · Post by **clp** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:50 am

moozooh wrote:Indeed! Both Garegga and Batrider have very good soundtrack.

Though I can't understand the Espgaluda hype as well. Maybe because I hate trance, but it's even not like it's some high quality trance either…

haha funny i just aid the same sort of thing in an other thread , tbh im into lots of different types of dance music and as far as trance goes i agree the quality isnt very high .

emphatic · Post by **emphatic** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:10 pm

Flying Shark is teh OMG.

Emph

Momijitsuki · Post by **Momijitsuki** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:17 pm

I enjoy the Mushihimesama soundtrack and all of the Touhou soundtracks.

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:50 pm

at the moment i reckon its R Type stage 1 or the final boss music in Triggerheart

kernow · Post by **kernow** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:56 pm

I don't like trance as a genre, I just think it suits the game really well though. stage 3 is awesome.

bitkid · Post by **bitkid** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:12 pm

I'm going to have to say Guwange, Ikaruga, Ketsui, and Batrider. I actually don't really care for the music in Espgaluda games. As someone mentioned in another thread its not even good trance.

I just can't get into the Mushihimesama series' music.

...oh and anyone that disses Dangun Feveron's music is just plain crazy.

Outzone has amazing music...I know its not a shmup but its still got amazing music.

Observer · Post by **Observer** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:35 pm

That's the problem I have with Espgaluda. It's always HUGE BATTLESHIP ERINIESU. Probably the catchiest song because of the piano punchi punchi trance. I have a hard time remembering the other songs...

R-Type Delta: Stage 7+Final Boss themes. The other songs are also quite solid, like Stage 1, which starts with catchy keyboard lines, goes surreal in the middle and finally goes rockish towards the end with the arrival of the boss or Stage 4 with the odd voices at the beginning.

Radiant Silvergun: synth orchestra at its finest. The bells in "Return" are great and The Stone-Like theme is as epic as it gets, although I reckon the soundtrack might be a bit on the repetitive side.

Ikaruga: not much to say here. Butsuttekkai, Ideal, etc. Might suffer the same problem as RS but it's nice.

The Touhou series: Another point for History of the Moon (and Imperishable Night in general) and the recent Subterranean Animism Stage 5 theme. Stages 3, 4 and 5 from PCB... I'm biased here since I appreciate the jazz fusion/prog-rock piano driven style from ZUN. The old chiptunes from PC-98 are also excellent.

Psyvariar 2: People mention Cave's trance tunes and forget to mention Psyvariar's Weakboson (which even has a nice bass thrown in the mix), the first boss theme, Earth, Gluon or the last stage theme? Plus the soundtrack comes with an 8 mins (I think, can't remember) piano solo piece.

Samidare: although a couple of songs are remixes of other games this one is amazing.

HellSinker: this crazy game is a mish-mash of everything, including a solo piano piece, orchestral tunes coupled with heaps of blasting techno beats songs, chiptunes and keyboard-driven melodies with some creative touches like Segment 5, which is composed of two songs (Sol / Luna sections) that work separately but also form a third, richer song if you play them together at the same time.

Ether Vapor: many complain it's quite generic or that it suffers the same issue as RS (tunes that use the same melody with subtle modifications) but Stage 1, Apitex theme, the final battle and, of course, Daniel's theme, called DanielON, which I guess is a pun towards Virtual ON given the dude comes with a huge Gundam-mecha with full arsenal.

Thunderforce V: LEGENDARY WINGS. And the rest is also good.

Darius Gaiden: since I heard Visionnerz I love the music from this one.

Ray Series: same deal. I just like the music here.

I would pick Diadra Empty as well but since the author collected freebies from several sources it's not the same. Although the selection is great.

Honourable mentions: Exception, Dangun Feveron, DonPachi, DoDonPachi (and DOJ), Blazing Star, Hyper Duel and... well can't remember more. Out of ideas.

edit: Forgot to mention Jets 'N' Guns Gold. The music rocks!

Ozymandiaz1260 · Post by **Ozymandiaz1260** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:44 pm

I don't know, if I had to narrow it down to three, it'd probably be Ibara, Raiden, and Twin Cobra. The first stage song for R-Type Leo is pretty sweet too. There's this part in it where the music stops and there aren't any enemies on the screen, so I stop tapping the fire button, but then the funky beat comes back and I start firing in time with the music again, and it always makes me laugh a little and makes me way happier than that sort of thing should make a 24 year old man

quälgeist · Post by **quälgeist** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:47 pm

lovin the music of MUSHA and Psyvariar 2

jochen · Post by **jochen** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:54 pm

Some favourites of mine :

Thunderforce III - V ( I hope the music for Thunderforce VI will have the
same quality as Thunderforce V).

Elemental Master - again Technosoft.

Musha Aleste ( the time then I was young and good looking

???)

Mushisashima, Level four-music: relaxing music while you shoot insects -
what can be better ?

Katakis, C 64: oh .... memories ..... the last twenty years were
over so fast.

Jochen.

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:55 pm

R-Type Delta
R-Type Leo
Zanac
Zanac Neo
Radiant Silvergun
Viewpoint
Border Down
Last Hope
Last Resort
Alpha Mission II

just to name a few

kernow · Post by **kernow** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:57 pm

^ no viewpoint? thats got great tunes!

jochen · Post by **jochen** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:07 pm

Many Shmups for the PC-Engine-CD got great music ( at least in
my opinion):

Gates of Thunder

Lords of Thunder

Choaniki I + II : I think similar to the games - you love or hate
the music in the Choaniki-games.

Star Parodier.

A game - series with great music : Parodius.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:54 pm

Stab and Stomp (boss theme) and the Sky level tune from Garegga never fail to pump me up. The sewer and airport stages in Batrider are brilliant, too. The boss music in Batrider gets pretty annoying after a while, though, especially in Boss Rush, so I´m glad I turn the music channels down in MAME and put on some other music while still being able to hear the sound effects.

Other favourites are "Blade Action" and "Snow Fox" from Border Down and "Walking The Land Of Flame" from Mushihimesama (level 3). I´m kind of a Namiki fan, though his music can be pretty annoying at times, but overall I like the complex mood his music is creating.

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:56 pm

Karous OST!!!!11111oneoneoneeleven

mainpatr1 · Post by **mainpatr1** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:10 pm

Esp Ra.De- Houoh High School and boss theme.

Master O · Post by **Master O** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:52 pm

Parodius music [Arc]
Gradius [Arc]
Gradius 2 [Arc]
Gradius 3 arcade, especially the Boss music
Boogie Wings stage select/attract mode music
Thunder Force 3 [Arc and MD]
Thunder Force 4 [MD]
Thundercross 1 and 2 [arc]
Zero Wing [Arc]
Hellfire [Arc]
Darius [arc]
Xexex stage 2 and level boss music [arc]

and the list goes on ...

DC906270 · Post by **DC906270** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:20 pm

Hellfire MD
Fire Mustang MD
Thunderforce III
Elemental Master

The Mega Drive rules for old skool game music

pixeljunkie · Post by **pixeljunkie** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:34 pm

Lords of Thunder
Galuda 1 and 2

kernow · Post by **kernow** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:38 pm

yes! an agree-er

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:41 pm

kernow wrote:^ no viewpoint? thats got great tunes!

Huh?

ROBOTRON wrote:R-Type Delta
R-Type Leo
Zanac
Zanac Neo
Radiant Silvergun
Viewpoint
Border Down
Last Hope
Last Resort
Alpha Mission II

just to name a few

I named Viewpoint...its right under RSG.