The SHMUP music sharing game.

Great tune (did you know it's one of Devil Crash MD's omake tracks?). Even moreso than usual for Tecno Soft, EM's whole soundtrack is standout material.

>GREAT SPIRIT OVERTURE (Title)
>CURSED DESTINY (Opening Demo)
>TERROR OF THE GLACIER (Stage 5)
>SORROWFUL REQUIEM (Ending)
>SETTING OUT (Staff Roll)

edit: AWW NO, I didn't read the first post! Too many tracks, sry!

Squire Grooktook · Post by **Squire Grooktook** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 2:54 am

I cannot express how much I love the opening theme and opening to Elemental Master. It's like the pinnacle of 90's awesomeness.

LordHypnos · Post by **LordHypnos** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 7:14 am

Yeah Elemental Master has some of the best music and atmosphere of early '90s console shooters, which is saying alot

And I have heard the remix from Dragon's Fury. Was actually considering posting it instead of the original, but I decided on the original. Thanks for posting the remix though, it's a really good one

Here's some more Cho Ren Sha 68k: Pleasure Trip

d3vak · Post by **d3vak** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 6:59 pm

I just updated the playlist with the contents from page 3 and it's nearly hitting 7 hours by that point. I may say that I didn't expect this to grow like that in just 2 weeks...Thank you very much to all of you guys.

Now back on this. Last night I stayed up until 2am while playing the Steam version of "Jamestown" with my brother and fell in love with this track:

Jamestown - Prisoner Of The Badlands

Oh boy, how strings and trumpets make every track grow exponentially better.

LordHypnos · Post by **LordHypnos** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 5:18 pm

Nice, there's some X68000 doujin music actually on YT! It's from Direct-X

ZacharyB · Post by **ZacharyB** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:43 am

Speaking of the X68000... Some music from Illumination Laser, which was just re-released 14 years after its debut.

4th Stage, Green Field

CartridgeCarnage · Post by **CartridgeCarnage** » Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:38 pm

Anything from RayStorm is a great time, but my favorites are Geometric City and Catharsis

Great game if you haven't played it - on the PS1 and Saturn, both versions are a great time, but for you audiophiles you'll appreciate the PS1 version if you have the right model of PS1

ZacharyB · Post by **ZacharyB** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:51 am

Today, a great coffee substitute:

Strania, Stage 5

NRS · Post by **NRS** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 5:23 am

LordHypnos wrote:
Stevas wrote:@LordHypnos:
WRONG, BUDDY!
Wow, nice. I had no idea Soukyugurentai had such nice music. No idea what your theme is though.
Ikaruga has some decent music, though, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhfaQuDtZ1E
Not really your typical shmup music (though Souky also seems to have some pretty orchestral stuff, too)

Stage 5 is definitely my favorite track from that classic.

Although someone has uploaded the full OST as a single track, I couldn't find just Stage 5; so I took it upon myself to fix that:

Soukyugurentai - "Intense Cold Oil Fields Base" (Stage 5)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51fs0XLq8gs

d3vak · Post by **d3vak** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 3:20 pm

I always enjoy this track pretty much!

Crimzon Clover - Through The Wasteland

LordHypnos · Post by **LordHypnos** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 10:01 pm

Glad someone uploaded some Illumination Laser music to YT. That game has some kickass tunes.
Here's some more!

Orange Type L

mastermx · Post by **mastermx** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:08 pm

I just love this track.

From Cho Ren Sha 68K Stage 2 Justice of Galaxy

http://youtu.be/nDOP5Xg8XDg

hien · Post by **hien** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 4:34 pm

A nice thread for one's first post I guess.
On topic: when watching some Hyper Duel video on nico, this one track really stood out in my opinion (though it's certainly no sleeper):

Hyper Duel - Cosmo Babylon

Funnily, even though it's not the longest track, the stage in game seems hardly long enough for it and it's cut short by the boss.

d3vak · Post by **d3vak** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 12:42 am

hien wrote:A nice thread for one's first post I guess.

Welcome to the forum! Your name reminded me of that Sonic Wings' character which has the same as you, so:

Aero Fighters / Sonic Wings (SNES / SFC) - America

hien · Post by **hien** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 9:51 am

d3vak wrote:Welcome to the forum!

Thanks!

Another Shoot'em Up I especially like the Soundtrack of, though there are many, got to be Nexzr. Also one of the few games with a checkpoint system I don't loathe.
Nexzr - Stage 6

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:18 pm

hien wrote:A nice thread for one's first post I guess.
On topic: when watching some Hyper Duel video on nico, this one track really stood out in my opinion (though it's certainly no sleeper):

Hyper Duel - Cosmo Babylon

Funnily, even though it's not the longest track, the stage in game seems hardly long enough for it and it's cut short by the boss.

I didn't like Cosmo Babylon's spacier feel as much as the catchier Black Rain or Night Sweeper until I played HD and experienced its effect in-game - hitting its wailing climax in sync with the final and massive popcorn wave against a rushing sky backdrop, neon lasers shredding an onslaught of metal. Audiovisually, atmospherically, etc etc, that is simply a perfect moment - emphatically capped off by the scene's unceremonious and utter obliteration.

HD is a sustained perfect moment, really, in no small part due to Tsukumo. ^__^

I do wish Saturn HD and Blast Wind included SFX/BGM balance sliders. BW very nearly manages a similarly sublime peak in stage 4 (left route) with the simmering "Chaos Breaker" soundtracking a blistering streak of righteous destruction, but it's felt more than heard due to the overpowering explosion SFX.

edit: Wait - where be ILLEGAL ILLUSION? Crumbs, I've already posted a track in this post! Good thing someone else has cited this brilliant Irem track in the recent past!

Colonel BEEFCAEK McHARDPECS wrote:Also, speaking of old favourites... Illegal Illusion from X-Multiply. Languidly dark and dynamic in a way I don't hear often from shooter OSTs outside of ZTT. The way that dead-eyed pulse continually dissolves the forceful refrains back into nothingness is quite special.

Totally, bro.

ZacharyB · Post by **ZacharyB** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 9:50 pm

From the only shmup with a drum 'n' bass soundtrack outside of Karous:

Deja Vu, Sonic Wings 3 Final Opponent

LordHypnos · Post by **LordHypnos** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:29 pm

Nice picks guys

It's probably not quite a true shmup, but Sub Terrania (Zyrinx mega drive game) has a seriously awesome OST. Composition and programming both by Jesper Kyd, of course. Interestingly, I think it's all FM synth rather than also using the PSG (which most good genesis music like techno soft stuff does), but I can't remember why I think that.

pegboy · Post by **pegboy** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 12:21 am

Here is my top 10 listings from the Gradius series.

10. Gradius I - Challenger 1985
9. Gradius IV - Athena
8. Gradius I (Gradius Deluxe Pack PS1) - Ending
7. Gradius III - Sand Storm
6. Gradius Gaiden - Inside Mission
5. Gradius II - Into Hostile Ship
4. Gradius III - Fire Scramble
3. Gradius V - Elephant Gear
2. Gradius III - Mechanical Base
1. Gradius Gaiden - Speed

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:10 am

Besides being catchy as hell, Gaiden's Speed is one of the genre's finest soundtrackings. Perfectly complements the action developing onscreen. Peppy dogfight with fortress defense squadrons in open space, leading to a rollercoaster buildup as the jaws of the High Speed section appear then *BOOM* anthemic release as the ship plunges down the corridor with barriers crashing all around and missile-spewing bogeys on its six.

R-Type Delta is masterful at this from start to finish, special mention going to stage 6's hideously infested human base "Awakening" and its immensely slow burn from unease to horror to fightback. You can get a good idea of the stage's progression just by listening. ("meat blimp approaching on the radar!")

Obiwanshinobi · Post by **Obiwanshinobi** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:49 pm

I see surprisingly many lesser-known titles namedropped by me frequently for reasons other than their music.

The title theme of Zanac.

ZacharyB · Post by **ZacharyB** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 5:47 am

Good call on Gradius Gaiden's Speed.

Here's Irem's Image Fight's Final Mission, in all its forms.

Captain · Post by **Captain** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:31 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eY3cA_oMrg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCfpEI-qLFo

Pew pew motherfuckers.

LordHypnos wrote:Elemental Master OST "Blood Stained Lake"

There is literally a better track in the same game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Aec2TyF5b4

pew

LordHypnos · Post by **LordHypnos** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:32 pm

Yeah, EM has some of the best VGM ever. IDK that I agree with Dance of Flame being better than Blood Stained Lake, but they both kick ass.

The style of composition in both of the Gunbird games has grown on me over time. Nice bass lines usually.
Here's Trick Tramp Train

Master O · Post by **Master O** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 6:52 pm

Whatever happened to that shoutcast channel with all the shmup music?

Bydo Radio was its name, iirc.

shmups.system11.org

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