Compendium of Shmup Soundtracks

[Blackbird]

Update 7/12/2015: Fixed a ton of broken links, added OSTs to keep the list current.

For your listening pleasure. This is not an exhaustive list of every shmup ever made, but it's a good overview of many of the major series. Drop a comment if you find a missing soundtrack/want to add a shmup to the list. Enjoy!

Games are listed in alphabetical order. Some games are out of order so they can be grouped in series with other similar games (Nemesis is grouped with Gradius because of their overlap/shared lineage, for example). Ctrl+F is your friend. Please report any links that are broken so that I can fix them.

Abadox (NES), 1988

Acceleration of Suguri (PC), 2006

Aeternum (PC/X360), 2015

Air Buster/Aero Blasters (PCE), 1990

Air Buster/Aero Blasters (GEN), 1991

Air Gallet (AC), 1996

A-Jax/Typhoon (AC), 1987

Akai Katana (AC/X360), 2010

Akai Katana Shin Arrange (X360), 2011

Akashicverse: The Malicious Wake (PC), 2012

Aleste (MSX), 1988

Power Strike (Aleste Sega Master System), 1988

Aleste 2 (MSX), 1989

MUSHA Aleste: Metallic Uniframe Super Hybrid Armor (GEN), 1990

GG Aleste (Game Gear), 1991 Full OST needed.

Super Aleste/Space Megaforce (SNES), 1992

Power Strike II (NES), 1993

Power Strike II (Sega Master System), 1993 Sample track.

GG Aleste II: Lance Bird/GG Power Strike II (Game Gear), 1993 Sample track.

Alltynex (FM Towns), 1997 Tracks 1-16 are from Alltynex Second. Tracks 17 and onward are from the original Alltynex.

Alltynex Second (PC), 2010?

RefleX (PC), 2008

Kamui (PC), 2001?

Andro Dunos (AC/Neo Geo), 1992 Sample track.

Android Assault/Bari-Arm (Sega CD), 1993

Apidya (Amiga), 1992 Despite the "II" in the game title, this is actually the first Apidya game.

Aqua Kitty: Milk Mine Defender (PC), 2014

Arrow Flash (GEN), 1990

Ashura Blaster (AC), 1990

Astebreed (PC), 2014

Axelay (SNES), 1992

Batsugun (AC/SAT), 1993

Battle Garegga (AC/SAT), 1996

Battle Garegga Arrange Album

Armed Police Batrider (AC), 1998

Battle Bakraid (AC), 1999

Battle Squadron (GEN), 1990

Bio-Hazard Battle (GEN), 1992

Biometal (SNES), 1993 The NA version of the soundtrack is entirely different from the Japanese one.

Blast Wind (AC/SAT), 1997

BlaZeon (AC), 1992

BlaZeon (SNES), 1992

Blue Wish Resurrection Plus (PC), 2008

Border Down (AC/DC), 2003

Brave Blade (AC), 2000 Are there more tracks for this?

Bullet Soul (X360), 2011

Bullet Soul Infinite Burst (X360), 2014 An arranged version of the Bullet Soul OST. Sample track.

Caladrius (X360), 2013

Cal. 50 (AC), 1989

Cannon Spike/Gun Spike (AC/DC), 2000 Not sure if shmup... meh, putting this here anyway.

Cardinal Sins (Wonderswan/X360), 2005

Chaos Field (AC/DC/GC/PS2), 2004 Is this the Full OST?

Cho Aniki (PCE CD), 1992

Ai Cho Aniki (PCE CD), 1995

Cho Aniki Kyuukyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyou Otoko (PS1/SAT), 1995

Cho Aniki: Seinaru Protein Densetsu (PS2), 2003

Cho Ren Sha 68k (Sharp X68000?), 1995?

Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams (AC?), 1989

Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams (PCE CD), 1993

Marchen Adventure Cotton 100% (Cotton SNES), 1994

Panorama Cotton (GEN), 1994 3D shooter like Space Harrier, not a shmup. Adding it for series completion/comparison purposes.

Cotton 2: Magical Night Dreams (AC/SAT), 1997

Cotton Boomerang (AC/SAT), 1998 Sample track.

Crimzon Clover (PC), 2011

Crimzon Clover: WORLD IGNITION (PC), 2014

Crimzon Clover: WORLD IGNITION Arranged Soundtrack (PC), 2015

Cybattler (AC), 1993

Cyvern: The Dragon Weapons (AC), 1998Playlist needed.

Daioh (AC), 1993

Dangerous Seed (GEN), 1990

Dangun Feveron (AC), 1998

Danmaku Unlimited 2 (iOS/PC), 2013?

Darius (AC), 1986

Darius MSX Arrange Fan-made MSX arrange.

Super Darius (Darius PCE), 1990

Darius II/Sagaia (GEN), 1990

Darius Twin (SNES), 1991

Super Darius II (PCE CD), 1993

Darius Gaiden (AC/SAT/PS1), 1994 Sample track.

Darius II (SAT), 1995

G-Darius (AC/PS1), 1997

Darius Burst (AC/PSP), 2009

Deathsmiles (AC/X360/iOS), 2007

Deathsmiles Arrange Album, 2009

Deathsmiles II: Makai no Merry Christmas (AC/X360), 2009

Dogyuun (AC), 1992

Donpachi (AC/SAT/PS1), 1995

DoDonPachi (AC/SAT/PS1), 1997

DoDonPachi II: Bee Storm (AC), 2001

DoDonPachi DaiOuJou (AC/X360), 2002

DoDonPachi DaiOuJou Arrange Album

DDP DOJ Black Label (X360), 2002

DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu (AC/X360), 2008

DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu Arrange Album, 2010

DDP DFK Black Label (AC/X360), 2011

DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou (AC/X360), 2012

DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou Arrange Album, 2013

Dragon Blaze (AC), 2000

Dragon Spirit (AC), 1987

Dragon Spirit (PCE), 1988

Dragon Spirit: The New Legend (NES), 1990

Dragon Saber (AC/PCE), 1990

Earth Defense Force (AC), 1991

Super Earth Defense Force (SNES), 1991

Eden's Aegis (PC), 2010 Sample track.

Einhander (PS1), 1997

Elemental Master (GEN), 1990

Eliminate Down (GEN), 1993

Eschatos (X360), 2011 Sample track.

Eschatos Arrange Album Samples from the AST.

ESP Ra.De. (AC), 1998

Espgaluda (AC/PS2), 2003

Espgaluda Arrange Album, 2005

Espgaluda II (AC), 2005

Espgaluda II Black Label (X360), 2010

Ether Vapor Remaster (PC), 2011?

eXceed: Gun Bullet Children (PC), 2005

eXceed 2nd: Vampire Rex (PC), 2007

eXceed 3rd: Jade Penetrate Black Package (PC), 2009

Fire Barrel (AC), 1993

Fire Shark/Same! Same! Same! (GEN), 1990

Flame Zapper Kotsujin (PC-98), 1996 Sample track.

Gaiares (GEN), 1990

Galmedes (AC), 1992

Gate of Thunder (PCE CD/Turbo Duo), 1992

Winds of Thunder/Lords of Thunder (Turbo Duo/Sega CD), 1993

Gekirindan (AC/SAT/PS2), 1995 Is this the full OST?

Gemini Wing (AC), 1987

Genetos (PC), 2009

Giga Wing (DC), 1999

Mars Matrix (DC), 2000

Giga Wing 2 (DC), 2000

Ginga Force (X360), 2013 Sample track.

Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire (PCE CD), 1995

Gley Lancer (GEN), 1992

Gothic Wa Mahou Otome (iOS/Android), 2015 Sample tracks.

Gradius/Nemesis (AC), 1985

Gradius (NES), 1986

Gradius/Nemesis (MSX), 1986

Gradius (PCE), 1991

Nemesis II (MSX), 1987

Nemesis III (MSX), 1987

Salamander (AC), 1986

Life Force (Salamander NES), 1988

Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou (AC), 1988

Gradius II (NES), 1988

Gradius II (PCE CD), 1992

Gradius III (AC), 1989

Gradius III (SNES), 1990

Salamander 2 (AC), 1996

Gradius Gaiden (PS1), 1997

Gradius IV (AC), 1999

Gradius V (PS2), 2004

Gradius Rebirth (Wii), 2008

Grind Stormer/V-Five (GEN), 1994

Guardian Force (AC/SAT), 1998

Gun-Nac (NES), 1990

Gunbird/Mobile Light Force (lol) (AC/SAT/PS1), 1994

Gunbird 2 (AC/DC/PS2), 1998 No idea on the correct order for these, help me out!

Gun Frontier (AC/SAT), 1990 Is this the full OST?

Gunhed/Blazing Lazers (PCE), 1989

Gun.Smoke (AC), 1985

Gun.Smoke (NES), 1988

Gun.Smoke (SAT), 1998

Gun.Smoke (NES), 1988

Gun.Smoke (SAT), 1998

Guwange (AC), 1999

Gynoug/Wings of Wor (GEN), 1991

Gyruss (AC), 1983

Gyruss (NES), 1989

Harmful Park (PS1), 1997

Heaven Variant (Unreleased Game)

Hellfire (AC), 1989

Hellfire (GEN), 1990

Hellfire S (Hellfire PCE), 1991

Hellsinker (PC), 2009?

Hotdog Storm (AC), 1996

Hydorah (PC), 2010

Hyper Duel (SAT), 1996

Ibara (AC/PS2), 2005

Ikaruga (DC), 2002

Illumination Laser (Sharp X68000), 2000 Sample track.

Illvelo/Illmatic Envelope (AC/Wii), 2008

Image Fight (AC), 1988

Image Fight (X68000), 1990

Image Fight II: Operation Deepstriker (PCE CD), 1992 Sample track.

In The Hunt/Kaitei Daisensou (AC/SAT/PS1), 1993

Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony (PC), 2011

Jets'n'Guns (PC/OSX), 2004

Judgment Silversword (Wonderswan, X360), 2004

Kaikan (PC), 2013

Karous (AC/DC), 2006 Sample track.

Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi (AC), 2003

Ketsui Arrange Album, 2009

Ketsui EXTRA (X360), 2010

DDP DFK BL Arrange AKA KetsuiPachi (X360), 2011

Kokuga (3DS), 2012

Kyukyoku Tiger/Twin Cobra (PCE), 1991?

Kyukyoku Tiger/Twin Cobra (GEN), 1991

Kyukyoku Tiger II/Twin Cobra II (AC/SAT), 1995

Kyukyoku Tiger II PLUS (SAT), 1997

Last Battalion/Override (PCE), 1991

Last Resort (AC/Neo Geo), 1992

Leiria Stargazer (PC), 2011 Sample track.

Lightning Fighters/Trigon (AC), 1990

Mad Shark (AC), 1993

Mahou Daisakusen/Sorcer Striker (AC), 1993

Kingdom Grandprix/Shippu Mahou Daisakusen Kingdom Grandprix (AC/SAT), 1994

Dimahoo/Great Mahou Daisakusen (AC), 2000

Mamoru-Kun Has Been Cursed! (AC/X360/PS3), 2008

Mamoru-Kun Has Been Cursed! Arrange Album, 2009 Sample tracks.

Master of Weapon (AC), 1989

Master of Weapon (GEN), 1991

Meta Fox (AC), 1989 This is worth listening to at least once.

Metal Black (AC/SAT), 1991

Muchi Muchi Pork! (AC/X360), 2007

Mushihimesama (AC/PS2/iOS), 2004

Mushihimesama Double Arrange Album, 2009(?)

Mushihimesama Festival Ver./Mushihimesama HD (AC/X360), 2012

Mushihimesama Special Arrange Album, 2012

Mushihimesama Futari (AC/X360/iOS), 2006

Nexzr (PCE CD), 1992

Alzadick/Summer Carnival '92 (PCE), 1992

Recca/Summer Carnival '92 (NES), 1992

Nexzr Special/Summer Carnival '93 (PCE CD), 1993

Night Raid (AC/PS1?), 2001

Nostradamus (AC), 1993 Sample track.

Omega Five (X360), 2008

Ordyne (AC), 1988

Ordyne (PCE), 1989

Otomedius Gorgeous (AC/360), 2007 Dammit, get your lolis away from my awesome spaceships ;_;...

Otomedius Excellent (X360), 2011

P-47 Aces (AC), 1995 Sample track.

Parodius (MSX), 1988

Parodius Da! (NES), 1990

Parodius Da! (SNES), 1992 Tracks aren't in order.

Gokujou Parodius (AC), 1994

Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius (SNES), 1995

Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius (SAT/PS1), 1996

Sexy Parodius (AC/SAT/PS1), 1996

Phalanx (SNES), 1992

Pink Sweets: Ibara Sorekara (AC/X360), 2006

Progear: Storm Of Progear(AC), 2001

Psyvariar: Medium Unit (AC/PS2), 2000

Psyvariar 2: The Will To Fabricate (AC/DC/PS2/XBox), 2003

Pulstar (AC/Neo Geo CD), 1995

Blazing Star (AC/Neo Geo CD?), 1998

QP Shooting Dangerous! (PC), 2014

R-Type (PCE), 1988

R-Type (C64), 1988

Super R-Type (SNES), 1991

R-Type Leo (AC), 1992

R-Type III: The Third Lightning (SNES), 1994

R-Type Delta (PS1), 1998

R-Type Final (PS2), 2003

Radiant Silvergun (AC/SAT/XBLA), 1998

Radirgy (AC/DC/GC/PS2), 2005

Radirgy Noa (AC/DC?/Wii), 2010 Sample track.

Radirgy Noa Massive (Radirgy Noa X360/PC), 2010 Sample track.

Raiden (AC), 1990

Raiden Trad (Raiden GEN), 1991

Raiden (PCE), 1991

Raiden Trad (Raiden FM Towns), 1991? Sample track.

Raiden Trad (Raiden SNES), 1992

Super Raiden (Raiden PCE CD), 1992

Raiden II (AC), 1993

Raiden DX Original (AC), 1994

Raiden DX New Version (AC), 1997

Viper Phase (AC), 1995

Raiden III (AC/PS2), 2005

Raiden IV (AC/X360), 2007 Extended tracks.

Raiden Fighters (ACES Version) (AC/X360), 1996

Raiden Fighters 2: Operation Hell Dive (ACES Version) (AC/X360), 1997

Raiden Fighters Jet (ACES Version) (AC/X360), 1998

Rapid Hero (AC), 1994

Raptor: Call of the Shadows (PC), 1994 version

Raptor: Call of the Shadows (PC), 2010 version

Ray Force/Layer Section/Galactic Attack/Gunlock (AC/SAT), 1994

Ray Storm (AC/PS1/SAT), 1996

Ray Crisis (AC/PS1), 1998

Rayxanber (FM Towns), 1990

Rayxanber II (PCE CD), 1991

Rayxanber III (PCE CD), 1992

Really Big Sky (PC), 2012

RefRain: Prism Memories (PC), 2011?

Resogun (PS3/PS4/Vita), 2013

Revolver360 Re:Actor (PC/PS4), 2014(?)

Rezon (AC), 1991

Ring^-27 (PC), 2011

Rude Breaker (PC-98), 1996 Sample track.

Saint Dragon/Tenseiryuu (AC), 1989

Samidare (PC), 2007?

Satazius (PC), 2011 Sample track.

Sengoku Ace/Samurai Aces (AC), 1993

Sengoku Blade/Sengoku Ace Episode II (AC/SAT), 1996

Senko No Ronde/Wartech (AC/X360), 2005

Senko No Ronde DUO:Dis-United Order (AC/X360), 2009 Sample track.

Shikigami no Shiro/Castle Shikigami/Mobile Light Force 2 (Really!? They aren't even the same series!) (AC/Xbox/PS2), 2001

Shikigami no Shiro 2/Castle Shikigami 2 (AC/GC/PS2/DC/XBox), 2003 Sample track.

Shikigami no Shiro 3/Castle Shikigami 3 (AC/X360/Wii), 2006

Sine Mora (X360/PS3/iOS), 2012

Sky Shark/Flying Shark/Hishouzame (NES), 1989

Sky Shark/Flying Shark/Hishouzame (FM Towns), 1993

Slap Fight/Alcon (GEN), 1993

Sol Divide: Sword of Darkness (AC), 1997

Sol Feace (Sega CD), 1991

Sol Deace (Sol Feace GEN), 1992

Sonic Wings/Aero Fighters (AC), 1992

Sonic Wings/Aero Fighters (SNES), 1993

Sonic Wings II/Aero Fighters II (AC/Neo Geo CD), 1994

Sonic Wings III/Aero Fighters III (AC/Neo Geo CD), 1995

Sonic Wings Special (SAT/PS1), 1996

Sonic Wings Limited (Sonic Wings Special AC), 1996

Sonic Wings Assault/Aero Fighters Assault (N64), 1997 Actually a flight sim like Ace Combat, but I'm dropping it here for series completion.

Space Manbow (MSX), 1989

Star Force (AC), 1984

Star Force (NES), 1985

Super Star Force (NES), 1986

Final Star Force (AC), 1992 Sample track.

Star Soldier (NES), 1989

Super Star Soldier (PCE), 1990

Final Soldier (PCE), 1991

Soldier Blade (PCE), 1992

Star Parodier (PCE CD), 1992

Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth (N64), 1998

Star Soldier R (Wii), 2008 Sample track.

Steel Empire/Koutetsu Teikoku (GEN), 1992

Storm Blade (AC), 1996

Storm Strikers (iOS), 2012 Sample track.

Strania: Stella Machina (AC, X360), 2011 Sample track.

Strania: Side Vower (Strania DLC) (AC, X360), 2011 Sample track.

Strike Gunner STG (AC), 1991 Does the original PCB sound like this? Sound is really distorted.

Strike Gunner STG (SNES), 1992

Strikers 1945 (AC), 1995

Strikers 1945 II (AC), 1997

Strikers 1945 III/Strikers 1999 (AC), 1999

Strikers 1945 Plus (AC), 1999 Tracks aren't in order.

Super Galaxy Squadron (PC), 2015

Sylphia (PCE CD), 1993

Tatsujin (AC), 1988

Tatsujin/Truxton (GEN), 1989

Tatsujin (PCE), 1992

Tatsujin Ou (AC), 1992

Terra Cresta (AC?), 1985

Terra Cresta (NES), 1986

Terra Cresta 2 (PCE), 1992 Sample track.

Terra Cresta 3D (SAT), 1997

Terra Diver/Sokyugurentai (AC/SAT/PS1), 1996

The Guardian Legend (NES), 1989

Thunder Cross (AC), 1988

Thunder Cross II (AC), 1991

Thunder Force (Sharp X1), 1983

Thunder Force II (GEN), 1989

Thunder Force III (GEN), 1990

Thunder Force AC (AC/SNES), 1990

Thunder Force IV (GEN), 1992

Thunder Force V (SAT/PS1), 1997 Tracks aren't in order.

Broken Thunder (DC)

Tiger Heli (AC/NES/PS1), 1985

Touhou: Highly Responsive To Prayers (PC-98), 1996

Touhou: Story Of Eastern Wonderland (PC-98), 1997

Touhou: Phantasmagoria Of Dim. Dream (PC-98), 1997

Touhou: Lotus Land Story (PC-98), 1998

Touhou: Mystic Square (PC-98), 1998

Touhou: Embodiment Of Scarlet Devil (PC), 2002

Touhou: Perfect Cherry Blossom (PC), 2003

Touhou: Imperishable Night (PC), 2004

Touhou: Phantasmagoria Of Flower View (PC), 2005

Touhou: Shoot The Bullet (PC), 2005

Touhou: Mountain Of Faith (PC), 2007

Touhou: Subterranean Animism (PC), 2008

Touhou: Undefined Fantastic Object (PC), 2009

Touhou: Double Spoiler (PC), 2010

Touhou: Fairy Wars (PC), 2010

Touhou: Ten Desires (PC), 2011

Touhou: Double Dealing Character (PC), 2013

TwinBee (AC), 1985 Full OST needed.

Moero! TwinBee/Stinger (NES), 1986

TwinBee 3 (NES), 1989

Detana!! TwinBee/TwinBee Bells & Whistles (AC/PCE/Sharp X68000/PS1/SAT), 1991

TwinBee Da!/Pop'n TwinBee (SNES), 1993

TwinBee Yahho! (PS1/SAT), 1995

Twin Eagle: Revenge Joe's Brother

Twin Hawk/Daisenpuu (AC), 1989

Twin Hawk/Daisenpu (GEN), 1990

Twinkle Star Sprites (AC/SAT/Neo Geo/PS2/DC), 1996

Tyrian (PC), 1995

Tyrian 2000 (PC), 1999

UN Defense Force: Earth Joker (AC), 1993 Sample track.

UN Squadron/Area 88 (AC), 1989

UN Squadron/Area 88 (SNES), 1991

Under Defeat (AC/DC), 2006 Sample track.

Under Defeat HD (X360), 2012

Vacant Ark (PC), 2005 Sample track.

Vapor Trail/Kuuga/HYPER OFFENSE FORMATION (AC), 1989

Vapor Trail/Kuuga (GEN), 1991

Varth: Operation Thunder Storm (AC), 1992

Vasara (AC), 2000

Vasara 2 (AC), 2001

Verytex (GEN), 1991

Vimana: HYPER VIOLENCE SHOOTING (AC), 1991 Sample tracks.

War of Aero (AC), 1993

Whip Rush (GEN), 1990

X Multiply (AC), 1989

Xevious (AC), 1983

Xevious 3D/G (AC), 1995

Xexex (AC), 1991

XII Stag/XIIZEAL (AC/PS2/X360/PC), 2002 360 port is part of the Shooting Love 10th Anniversary compilation.

TRIZEAL (AC/DC/PS2/X360), 2004 Sample tracks. 360 port is part of the Shooting Love 200X compilation.

EXZEAL (AC/X360), 2007 360 port is part of the Shooting Love 200X compilation.

DeltaZEAL/ΔZEAL (X360/PC), 2013 Part of the Shooting Love 10th Anniversary compilation.

Zanac (NES), 1987

Zanac X Zanac (PS1), 2001

Zanac Neo (PS1?), 2001?

Zed Blade (AC), 1994

Zero Gunner (AC), 1997

Zero Gunner 2 (AC/DC), 2001

Zero Rei (Sharp X68000), 1994?

Zero Wing (AC), 1989

Zero Wing (GEN), 1991 For great justice.

Zero Wing (PCE), 1992

Zillion Beatz (PC), 2007? Sample track.

Zing Zing Zip (AC), 1992

1942 (AC/NES/MSX/Others), 1984

1943: The Battle of Midway (AC), 1987

1943: The Battle of Midway (NES), 1988

1941: Counter Attack (AC), 1990

19XX: The War Against Destiny (AC), 1996

1944: The Loop Master (AC), 2000

[BPzeBanshee]

A very handy list Blackbird! I think the mods should sticky this thread.

[ciox]

Very nice, too bad it will likely gain a lot of broken links as time passes, so maintenance work will be needed.
Something missing, the original Darius bgm, it's only on nico however http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15207542

[Oniros]

A very handy list Blackbird! I think the mods should sticky this thread.

Seconded. Awesome post. Bookmarked.

[Herr Schatten]

Great list. Let me suggest adding two of my favourite shmup OSTs ever. Certainly not the most influential games, but their soundtracks are amazing.

Jets'n'Guns
Hydorah

[50Hz]

I feel I should mention Milestone's OSTs as notable soundtracks. I have a feeling that there's someone more qualified to vouch for them on that matter however.

[ptoing]

Full Flame Zapper Kotsujin Soundtrack in here.

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=49548

Will re-rip tho. Also it is not a PCE game, it's PC-98.

[ratikal]

Thank you based Blackbird!

[KAI]

Why no K.H.D.N.?

[M.Knight]

I also noticed this lack of k.h.d.n./Milestone music. That said, there are so many differents shoot'em up music styles and composers that you can forget a few ones when trying to create such a list. ^^

Radirgy
Illvelo
Zanac Neo

Couldn't find playlists for Karous, Chaos Field nor Radirgy Noa tracks unfortunately.

[Furry Fox Jet Pilot]

I'm so glad to see that you have Ashura Blaster on the list. My second favorite shmup soundtrack ever! If you want, you can link to the full playlist I have on my channel.

[Blackbird]

Replying to comments:

Rest assured everyone, I haven't intentionally omitted any games/developers like Milestone. This is meant to be an unbiased list. I just kinda forgot that they existed since I haven't played any of their games personally =P. This is what I meant by "critical omissions", lol.

I've avoided sites like dropbox and nico video because you cannot listen to the music directly from the link; nicovideo requires you to register first, for example (unless I'm just doing it wrong).

Also what is "K.H.D.N."? Is that another alias for Milestone?

Ashura Blaster sounds great. Why wouldn't it be here? It's like the dark twin of Raiden.

Thanks to Herr Schatten for those OSTs... both games sound awesome. I'll probably have to check them out now.

[Despatche]

k.h.d.n. is the art name for the duo of kou hayashi and daisuke nagata, the milestone composers.

they also did most of zanac neo. i need to make a good zanac neo upload for this thread.

[M.Knight]

Thanks for this update!

By the way, Illvelo was released on the Arcade and the Wii, but not the Dreamcast (even if it is a NAOMI game).

[Blackbird]

Added a bunch of shmups to the list. Doing this project has been pretty fun. It's got me listening to a lot of OSTs that I wouldn't have otherwise looked into. I'm especially enjoying a lot of the stuff around '91/'92 when CD technology was new and developers were really pushing to take advantage of the expanded sound capabilities. A lot of the PCE CD stuff is just awesome.

[ciox]

Added a bunch of shmups to the list. Doing this project has been pretty fun. It's got me listening to a lot of OSTs that I wouldn't have otherwise looked into. I'm especially enjoying a lot of the stuff around '91/'92 when CD technology was new and developers were really pushing to take advantage of the expanded sound capabilities. A lot of the PCE CD stuff is just awesome.

Your saying 91/92 made me check for Bio-Hazard Battle and it's missing, you need to check it out https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... BABF2A00EE

[BPzeBanshee]

XII STAG / XIIZEAL
DELTAZEAL (aka sped-up-by-5% G-Stream G2020)

snksega did the videos for XII Stag, I just made the playlist. You can make playlists based off other folk's videos now, didn't realise until today. For those videos which don't have playlists Blackbird you could create them yourself, quite easy to do!

[Furry Fox Jet Pilot]

DELTAZEAL (aka sped-up-by-5% G-Stream G2020)

Hell yes!! I've been looking for this soundtrack for a long time, I love it!

Added a bunch of shmups to the list. Doing this project has been pretty fun. It's got me listening to a lot of OSTs that I wouldn't have otherwise looked into. I'm especially enjoying a lot of the stuff around '91/'92 when CD technology was new and developers were really pushing to take advantage of the expanded sound capabilities. A lot of the PCE CD stuff is just awesome.

I've got a couple suggestions you can add to the list.
1. Galmedes (I am 99% positive that no one has ever even heard of this shmup) It was released in 1992 by Visco, and the soundtrack was composed by Hidetoshi Fukumori. I'll try to get this uploaded to my Youtube channel hopefully very soon. The music is very similar to Ashura Blaster and Gun Frontier, with a bit of Raiden-esque melodies mixed in with that slightly dark melancholy feel.

2. Gun Frontier: Another game that had Hidetoshi Fukumori as the music composer. As stated above, it's very similar to Ashura Blaster and Galmedes. It's also one of the most melancholy shmup soundtracks I've heard. If you don't find any good quality recordings of it on Youtube, I'll be more than happy to upload it in good quality.

3. U.N. Defense Force: Earth Joker: Yet another game whose music was done by Fukumori. The game itself is not very good, but the soundtrack is better. Its music is good, similar to the games I listed right above, but it can get repetitive because most of the stage themes are variations on the same melody. I can upload it if needed as well.

I must really be on a Hidetoshi Fukumori fix lately, I find that the music composed by him to have that slightly dark edge I crave, and just like Blackbird said that Ashura Blaster is like Raiden's dark twin, I find all of these games to have a darker Raiden-style feel to the music.

Oh and by the way, since you're missing the Fire Barrel soundtrack, I could get that uploaded as well.

[Eaglet]

Desperately needs:
Metal Black

[Blackbird]

Slow on the updates the last days. Recovering from St. Pattie's celebrations >_>...

I went ahead and added all the Triangle Service stuff I could find. TRIZEAL and EXZEAL need full OSTs though.

@Emo Fox: Dang man, you dug up some seriously obscure stuff there. UN Defense Joker is a Visco game and it isn't even listed on the Visco wikipedia page for crying out loud >_<. The Gun Frontier soundtrack on youtube seems to have a lot of distortion/noise in the background. I don't know if this is a characteristic of the original OST or if the upload is just poor quality. Since you suggested all this stuff, perhaps you could help me out and upload some of these soundtracks in glorious high definition ?

[trap15]

I'm so glad to see that you have Ashura Blaster on the list. My second favorite shmup soundtrack ever! If you want, you can link to the full playlist I have on my channel.

Gotta thank you for that. I spent like 4 hours last night dremeling a CPS2 B-board to hell while listening to that on loop

[KAI]

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Yasuhito Saito is awesooooooomeee!!

1+ vote for Galmedes and Earth Joker. Hope you can upload those too Emo Fox Jet Pilot.

[Furry Fox Jet Pilot]

Slow on the updates the last days. Recovering from St. Pattie's celebrations >_>...

I went ahead and added all the Triangle Service stuff I could find. TRIZEAL and EXZEAL need full OSTs though.

@Emo Fox: Dang man, you dug up some seriously obscure stuff there. UN Defense Joker is a Visco game and it isn't even listed on the Visco wikipedia page for crying out loud >_<. The Gun Frontier soundtrack on youtube seems to have a lot of distortion/noise in the background. I don't know if this is a characteristic of the original OST or if the upload is just poor quality. Since you suggested all this stuff, perhaps you could help me out and upload some of these soundtracks in glorious high definition ?

The Gun Frontier OST on youtube is in poor quality; I have the original soundtrack, and it does not sound like that at all. I'll be more than happy to upload it. It includes a couple of nice arranged tracks, one of which I already uploaded to my channel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epyXWqexoOE I also have the Metal Black soundtrack, but I see that a link has already been posted, however I could upload an arranged track that's probably not on that list. I'll try to have these uploaded within this week, starting with Fire Barrel and Gun Frontier, since Galmedes and Earth Joker require me to record the tracks directly from the game ROMs first. Fire Barrel will probably be up by today.

I'm so glad to see that you have Ashura Blaster on the list. My second favorite shmup soundtrack ever! If you want, you can link to the full playlist I have on my channel.

Gotta thank you for that. I spent like 4 hours last night dremeling a CPS2 B-board to hell while listening to that on loop

Nothing like Ashura Blaster to get you through your tasks, huh?

1+ vote for Galmedes and Earth Joker. Hope you can upload those too Emo Fox Jet Pilot.

I'll try to have these up soon, don't worry!

Also, have any of you played Lightning Fighter on iOS, made by Taiwanese Uwan Studio? The soundtrack is amazing, plenty of heavy guitars throughout. I'll try to have it up as well, but I'm missing the last 5 tracks unfortunately.

[BPzeBanshee]

XII Stag was missing its Game Over tune as well. I can upload that and attaech it to the playlist for it but considering it's a 5 second piece not sure if anyone cares.

I'm also thinking of uploading G-Stream's soundtrack with speed adjustments to sound like the PCB while still being hi-def like the port, as well as the unused tracks and remixes featured on the OST CD.

[Furry Fox Jet Pilot]

I'm also thinking of uploading G-Stream's soundtrack with speed adjustments to sound like the PCB while still being hi-def like the port, as well as the unused tracks and remixes featured on the OST CD.

Please do! Are those remixes good?

[BPzeBanshee]

Yes, very. I'll see about getting it done within the next few days, in the meantime I think someone did eventually upload the whole lot to ffshrine if you want to hear the bonus stuff.

[Furry Fox Jet Pilot]

Yes, very. I'll see about getting it done within the next few days, in the meantime I think someone did eventually upload the whole lot to ffshrine if you want to hear the bonus stuff.

Thanks, I'll check it out on the ffs forums.

Also, here is the Fire Barrel soundtrack as promised, Blackbird. Go ahead and add the playlist to the list. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... IVdS3rZWcn

Also, be on the lookout tomorrow for Gun Frontier's soundtrack, I will try to have it uploaded before the day is through.

One final word, you forgot to add Alltynex Second's soundtrack, part of the Siter Skain trilogy, as well as the original FM towns Alltynex. If you can't find good quality versions of both, I have both and I would gladly put those on my to-do list to upload soon.

[DEL]

Thanks for this Blackbird.
I rushed straight to the Chaos Field Bonus CD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXbWMZOezjY
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKhxRuZ0-Eg

Lots to check on this list.

[Blackbird]

Updated. Keep me posted on any other uploads you make. I'll probably make a section for arranged, remixed, and other "unofficial" shmup soundtracks after the main list is nearing completion. For now I'll stick to original soundtracks just to avoid confusion.

[Blackbird]

Updated. I've been listening to the eXceed series recently and I would highly recommend it, especially eXceed 3rd. My initial reaction was something like "Damn, this is some grade-A face melting SSH-level guitar wankery!" Then I went to the developer's website and saw that SSH had indeed composed the soundtrack for the third game. Sometimes I've just got it .

Alltynex Second has a great soundtrack too. It pleasantly reminds me of the Saturn era Technosoft games.

Has anyone got Detana!! TwinBee? It's conspicuously missing.