Best SHMUP OSTs

Dusk Stalker · Post by **Dusk Stalker** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:23 am

Rob wrote:Since Giga Wing was mentioned I just have to say I never really like Takumi soundtracks but they always seem to get a great title screen theme.

Zuntata are the best, no doubt. Too bad Takumi didn't borrow some of their talent for their last two games.

Giga Wing 1 or Giga Wing 2, too?

'Cause, the soundtrack of GW2 is pretty original for a Shmup, and the "classic" themes give a unique style to GW2, I think.

Radiant Silvergun... Hitoshi Sakimoto powered.

Maybe, for me, one of the best.ost.ever. A powerful, and epic music fort a great game.

The Cave's OST is very good too. Ibara, Mushi/Futari, Guwange, ESP Rade...

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:37 am

2Dusk Stalker

RTFM http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=779

klausien · Post by **klausien** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:50 am

In no particular order:

Lords of Thunder - The most metal of all video games, even moreso than Guilty Gear.

ThunderForce V - Like an arranged version of TecnoSoft's 16-bit OSTs.

Mushihimesama - It's just perfect for the feel of the game. Agreed on the progressiveness of the individual songs.

Dimahoo is a great one that is usually forgotten. All of the Raizing shmups have excellent music.

Radiant Silvergun & Soukyugurentai for their Sakimoto epicness.

GigaWing 2 has a pretty epic soundtrack too.

Gradius - The whole series has incredibly classic music. I especially love the little pre-stage space scene tunes from 3 and the original.

overkill55 · Post by **overkill55** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:44 pm

klausien wrote:In no particular order:

Lords of Thunder - The most metal of all video games, even Guilty Gear.

Thanks for the recommendation, I love this one!

Post by **Shatterhand** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:49 pm

Bill wrote:
It's good music, but at the same time, I don't see what it has to do with Gradius Gaiden or DoDonPachi, stylistically, or why it'd cancel them out. Particularly if that distinct European sound doesn't click with someone the way Konami Kukeiha Club's might.

I just picked two games mentioned at random that has music I don't overly apreciate

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:56 pm

klausien wrote: Gradius - The whole series has incredibly classic music. I especially love the little pre-stage space scene tunes from 3 and the original.

If I were to recommend only 1 Soundtrack CD for shmups, it would without a doubt be the Gradius Arcade Soundtrack.

Still available at Play-Asia and a must buy imho. (and no, there´s no affiliation link in that one...so no conflict of interest ... just pure awesomeness). BTW, anyone know where to get Gradius in Classic new???

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:14 pm

captain ahar wrote:
mastercello wrote:Here you can find a lot of shmup ost:

*link*
big no no dude, if i were a mod...

If I were a mod, I'd change the rules. Game music = fair game.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:24 pm

Zanac Neo

Not an official OST, but damn good anyway.

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 1:47 am

Shatterhand wrote:
Bill wrote:
It's good music, but at the same time, I don't see what it has to do with Gradius Gaiden or DoDonPachi, stylistically, or why it'd cancel them out. Particularly if that distinct European sound doesn't click with someone the way Konami Kukeiha Club's might.
I just picked two games mentioned at random that has music I don't overly apreciate

Oh, sorry man. Yeah, I thought those two soundtracks plus Apidya's made an odd selection of music! ^^

I love how diverse shooting's best music tends to be. Gradius Gaiden, Thunder Force V, G-Darius and R-Type Delta are as distinct a set of game soundtracks as anyone will find in the same genre, despite being contemporary works. I find I never get bored with this stuff, as a fan of game music in general.

Although it's technically not an OST, another good shooter album is Konami's Perfect Selection Shooting Battle, Volume 1. Like the Dracula (Castlevania) Battle PS albums, it's Konami shooter music given the 80s metal treatment with excellent musicianship and production throughout. There's a Volume 2 as well, but I always thought Vol. 1 pwned it. Definitely worth hearing for any metal-inclined fans of late-80s / early 90s Konami shooter music.

gunbird18 · Post by **gunbird18** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:47 am

amorph wrote:You see how I registered to say this?

Dangun Feveron.

Followed by Ibara.

Bravo, amorph!

Only one nod to Dangun??? One nod???

Listen to that music as you play! This OST is more disco than disco ever was!

I second the Dangun Feveron OST!

louisg · Post by **louisg** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:11 am

gunbird18 wrote:
Listen to that music as you play! This OST is more disco than disco ever was!

I second the Dangun Feveron OST!

Yeah, that stuff is cool. It's too bad that those late 90s Cave games with the compressed audio streams only had ~1 minute songs. Do sound track albums exist with longer cuts?

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:18 am

Dusk Stalker wrote:
Rob wrote:Since Giga Wing was mentioned I just have to say I never really like Takumi soundtracks but they always seem to get a great title screen theme.

Zuntata are the best, no doubt. Too bad Takumi didn't borrow some of their talent for their last two games.
Giga Wing 1 or Giga Wing 2, too?

'Cause, the soundtrack of GW2 is pretty original for a Shmup, and the "classic" themes give a unique style to GW2, I think.

It gives it a nice feel, yeah, but it would be nice if it was a little more memorable. My favorite is the title screen theme, again.

ghibli99 · Post by **ghibli99** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:01 am

Right off the top of my head and without looking at other folks' choices, Guwange, Dangun Feveron, Pop'n Twinbee, Air Buster, Gradius Gaiden, and Ordyne all come to mind. I'm sure I'm missing another good 50 from this list, though.

overkill55 · Post by **overkill55** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 5:31 am

ghibli99 wrote:Right off the top of my head and without looking at other folks' choices, Guwange, Dangun Feveron, Pop'n Twinbee, Air Buster, Gradius Gaiden, and Ordyne all come to mind. I'm sure I'm missing another good 50 from this list, though.

Haven't heard anything from Ordyne...I'll have to check it out. Also, nice! Another member from Phoenix, AZ

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 6:18 am

Anyone else notice that the music in Arranged mode in Ibara sounds a helluva lot like music from Under Defeat?

louisg · Post by **louisg** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:10 am

Damocles wrote:Anyone else notice that the music in Arranged mode in Ibara sounds a helluva lot like music from Under Defeat?

Ok.. now I REALLY need Ibara =)

Is it by the same guy? I really dug his track Liquid Soup on FM Sound Module Maniax too.

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:17 am

louisg wrote:
Damocles wrote:Anyone else notice that the music in Arranged mode in Ibara sounds a helluva lot like music from Under Defeat?
Ok.. now I REALLY need Ibara =)

Is it by the same guy? I really dug his track Liquid Soup on FM Sound Module Maniax too.

Yep, both by Shinji Hisoe - who's really finished in the VGM business if you ask me (sadly lost it after his Namco days). The Ibara soundtrack was also tons worse than Under Defeat. I agree about Liquid Soup though, amazing work!

louisg · Post by **louisg** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:57 pm

zinger wrote: Yep, both by Shinji Hisoe - who's really finished in the VGM business if you ask me (sadly lost it after his Namco days). The Ibara soundtrack was also tons worse than Under Defeat. I agree about Liquid Soup though, amazing work!

Oh that's too bad. I really enjoyed the UD music. I'll have to go look up his earlier work.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:57 pm

Oddly enough, for the most part, I prefer the Ibara soundtrack to the Under Defeat OST. ...then again, I never was a big fan of the tracks on UD...

henry dark · Post by **henry dark** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:02 am

Soldier Blade.

Donpachi a close second.

nesrulz · Post by **nesrulz** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 10:22 pm

I do not know if there is a newer topic, sry.

Cave games have great music. DDP, whole series.
Currently listening music from DFK. Good.

Furry Fox Jet Pilot · Wed Dec 04, 2013 12:49 am

worstplayer wrote: Bakraid (better music than Garegga IMO)

Anything is way better than Garegga, it's so overrated.

As for the best, nothing else comes close to Raiden DX, Ashura Blaster, Gun Frontier, Alltynex Second, Lightning Fighter (iOS game), Raiden IV, Alltynex, and Ketsui

abcabcabc339 · Post by **abcabcabc339** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 2:29 pm

Hydorah, anything else is wrong. It's not the cheap looping shit you hear in jap/american games. It's beautifully composed to fit every scrolling segment of the game like a glove. Meropticon, a level in the second half of the game, features the pyramid-shaped artificial planet Meropticon. It features a LIVE RECORDING of a lightning fast waltz played on the harpsichord by Gryzor87.

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 3:20 pm

Truxton, truxton and truxton. Or Tatsujin, if you prefer.
Best. Shmup music. Ever.

dunpeal2064 · Post by **dunpeal2064** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 3:43 pm

Emo Fox Jet Pilot wrote: Anything is way better than Garegga, it's so overrated.

It being overrated doesn't instantly make it the worst shmup OST in the world. Play some NES 1942 or something.

alpachinko · Post by **alpachinko** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 4:54 pm

Bokan to Ippatsu for its corny tunes. Stuck in my head to this very day. I really like the Guwange and Soukgouryentai soundtracks too.

R-Gray 1 · Post by **R-Gray 1** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 1:34 pm

Axelay
R-Type Delta
Raystorm
Gradius V
Ikaruga
Einhänder
Gradius Gaiden
Under defeat arranged
Border down
UN squadron
Gradius III
Mushihimesama
Psyvariar 2 ( I forgot this game for top 25 shmup ost )
Darius Gaiden
Radiant silvergun
Rayforce
Image fight
Super Nova(darius force)

Oniros · Post by **Oniros** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 4:35 am

Today I discovered the Dangun Feveron OST and feel bad I didn't vote for it in the OST voting thread.

KAI · Post by **KAI** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 4:12 pm

Where's the K.H.D.N. love?

zinger wrote:Shinji Hosoe - who's really finished in the VGM business if you ask me (sadly lost it after his Namco days).

He's still awesome.

ZacharyB · Post by **ZacharyB** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 6:08 pm

I'm really regretting not voting for Image Fight/X-Multiply in the recent top 25 OST skirmish! I love the melancholy edge to some of those tracks.

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