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are there any shmups that have jazz music for the music in the game? I really have been liking the stage 2 arranged version from under defeat.
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Border Down, Thunder Force IV, Thunder Force VI, super aleste, Battle Garegga and pretty much everything from Zuntata to some extent.

That being said, The term "jazz" is used pretty loosely here.
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I have border down, great game but that would be a loose jazz music shmup.
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I always saw Shmup as a genre generally having atleast some jazz influence in most of it's music. also yeah, Zuntata music in general is quite jazzy, when they aren't going off the deep end with the freaky vibes.
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Clockwork Knight has a greatly compiled jazz soundtrack in my opinion, but it's not a shmup of course.
Shooterwise I guess a lot of soundtracks are settled in the nu-jazz region. There is not really a line drawn between nu-jazz and electronic except for maybe some less chaotic style, but if you consider this jazz as well you'll be happy with Garegga.
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Well, Metal Slug is a run'n gun, but still, you blow shit up, so...
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ZeetherKID77 wrote:Viewpoint.
God, I love the Viewpoint tunes.

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lilmanjs wrote:I have border down, great game but that would be a loose jazz music shmup.
How would you qualify Border Down's music then?? (if it's not jazz)
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Zebra Airforce wrote:Gradius IV
Ya the vibe in GIV gave me a jazz impression... I really enjoy the style it took to the music... a very contempory, articulate vibe.
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nimitz wrote:
lilmanjs wrote:I have border down, great game but that would be a loose jazz music shmup.
How would you qualify Border Down's music then?? (if it's not jazz)
I said its jazz but lose. are you talking about the arcade music or the arcade and remixed music.
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EDIT: for got about Axelay.
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Have you ever listened to the first stage music (in its entirety) of Super R-Type?
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God, I love the Viewpoint tunes.
Thanx for mentionning those early 90's flavoured tunes guys :)
Stage 3 is the sh.. !

Another game I I love the soundtrack is Raycrisis, Zuntata once again :roll: Most of the tunes have an electro feeling and two or three are incredible with great synths and bass lines, but it's closer to funk than jazz.
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LARGE KRO wrote:
God, I love the Viewpoint tunes.
Thanx for mentionning those early 90's flavoured tunes guys :)
Stage 3 is the sh.. !

Another game I I love the soundtrack is Raycrisis, Zuntata once again :roll: Most of the tunes have an electro feeling and two or three are incredible with great synths and bass lines, but it's closer to funk than jazz.
Me too, that soundtrack is awesome =D
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Me too, that soundtrack is awesome
:D

I remember the first time I played it the random map selection puted me one of those specific tunes, adding this to all the camera angle changes, man it made me feel like the funkiest alien blaster 8)
(such a pitty that the game is so short)
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ROBOTRON wrote: R-TYPE LEO
Such great music =D
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPXacQ4BZ-M

Specifically at 2:43:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPXacQ4BZ-M#t=2m43s

Wait for it...

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Hawk F-123 on the PC Engine CD has some jazzy BGMs.
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Metal Black's Dual Moon is a pretty impressive track. and about as close to straight jazz in a shmup as I've heard outside of the st3 green tune in Border Down (same musician).

Also check out the FM funk compilation over in Off Topic (lots of jazz-funk) :) </plug>
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louisg wrote:Metal Black's Dual Moon is a pretty impressive track.
metal black's soundtrack is insaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane. really wonderful stuff, especially dual moon
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ChurchOfSolipsism wrote:Well, Metal Slug is a run'n gun, but still, you blow shit up, so...
Have to say, apart from the now well recognised MS military theme, I always disliked the game's elevator Jazz - totally the wrong vibe and one of the worst conceived aspects to an otherwise mighty Rn'G.
Playing Shock Troopers makes its disjointedness even more pronounced.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LagfR-FzNec

This has a very jazzy feel to it, I think. It's certainly chill.
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Agree with the R-Type Leo soundtrack. one of the few i have on the ipod.
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Not sure if it counts but Senko no Ronde: DUO features some nice trumpet and guitar trading off in the track "Attackers Blues"
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I didnt read any of the replys but as soon as I read the topic, I thought: Borderdown
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Galaga '88 had different music styles for it's "Galactic Dancing".

I couldn't remember which exactly but a quick search found out that one of them was indeed in jazzy in style (I'm not a connoisseur though, so I have to go on the description of the people posting the info).

Check this medley (quite nicely done I think)
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Some parodius series' tunes are jazzy :p
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Matthew Doucette wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPXacQ4BZ-M

Specifically at 2:43:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPXacQ4BZ-M#t=2m43s

Wait for it...

:)
Nice to see it get reviewed on TV and they are correct! we need some Jazz music in a shmup. not electronic fusion jazz. real Jazz :D
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