Top 5 ~ Top 10 music for each game listed

My first (and only one planned for now) list. As a VGM nerd with the particular hobby of research behind game composers as the contributions get muddied, why not combine both aspects, simple as pie.

Games featured are those I own the music of in that sweet little hard drive. I thought I'd rank the games by how much I love the OST at first, but who really cares about that? I came to think I don't, so I'll save my time (bold of me to say while doing Backloggd lists).

No links either, I don't think putting the files directly will work anyways and Youtube doesn't have everything. Even if you don't care about my top 5, I hope the composer credits will be atleast informative. You know, put a name behind who did Coconut Mall and all that. If you're in fact interested, I'm plugging my research compendium (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18EVNu-VVKqBu2tUgcIBJ1YBduIcZK1NClP_uztDXotk/edit?usp=sharing)

(Also some games don't have 5 tracks lmao don't matter get ranked. ps i also decided to change the title to reflect how much i struggle to just like 5 tracks everytime and eventually gave up, it'll be 10 tracks from now on. Older series like Mario that I started ranking first may only have 5 to 9 tracks but i'll work on that maybe)

1: Lie and Bicycle | Music by Rikei Hirashima
2: Time Trial & Interval | Music by Rikei Hirashima
3: SAE-Chan's Staccato | Music by Rikei Hirashima
4: Stride Seeming to Tangle | Music by Narucho
5: Stand Up! Girls | Music by Rikei Hirashima
1: Long Albatross Cliff Reef | Music by Shirou Ioroi
2: North Crimson Wall | Music by Shirou Ioroi
3: Great Crimson Wall | Music by Shirou Ioroi
4: Staff Roll | Music by Shirou Ioroi
5: Albatross Cliff Reef | Music by Shirou Ioroi
6: Demo Race | Music by Shirou Ioroi
7: Long New Dwells | Music by Shirou Ioroi
8: New Dwells | Music by Shirou Ioroi
1: Sakura-Mankai [Theme of Hokuto] | Music by Shinji Hosoe
2: Spinning Bird | Music by Shinji Hosoe
3: Light Guardian [Theme of Ken] | Music by Ayako Saso
4: Amusementive Crime [Theme of Skullomania] | Music by Takayuki Aihara
5: Rising Dragoon [Theme of Ryu] | Music by Takayuki Aihara
1: Pikachu Park | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Masaharu Iwata)
2: Title Screen | Music by Azusa Chiba
3: Great Paradise | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Masaharu Iwata)
4: Main Menu | Music by Kimihiro Abe
5: Emolga's Tall Forest | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Azusa Chiba)
1: Pokémon Quiz | Music by Takuto Kitsuta
2: Pokédex 1 | Music by Takuto Kitsuta
3: Challenge Unown | Music by Takuto Kitsuta
4: Pokédex 3 | Music by Takuto Kitsuta
5: Pokédex 2 | Music by Takuto Kitsuta
1: Joint Assault | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Inon Zur)
2: Riding on Hope | Music by Go Shiina
3: VS Varcolac Squadron 1 | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kanako Kakino)
4: Sanctify Tunnel | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Go Shiina)
5: Sound Embrace | Music by Go Shiina
6: Reprisal | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Inon Zur)
7: Cyclops Slayer | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kanako Kakino)
8: Ambush | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Inon Zur)
9: Skies Over the Promenade | Music by Go Shiina
10: Spiridus Retreat | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Go Shiina)
1: Neverland | Music by Hiroyoshi Kato
2: Neptune | Music by Hiroyoshi Kato
3: Calling your name | Music by Hiroyoshi Kato
4: Now i feel U | Music by Hiroyoshi Kato
5: About us | Music by Yasuhiro Kawagoe
6: Overloud | Music by Hiroyoshi Kato
7: Satellite | Music by Hiroyoshi Kato
8: Flashback | Music by Hiroyoshi Kato
9: I miss you baby | Music by Hiroyoshi Kato
10: Reflection | Music by Hiroyoshi Kato
1: ENDING | Music by Shinji Hosoe
2: STAGE A | Music by Kazuo Noguchi
3: NAME ENTRY 2 | Music by Kazuo Noguchi
4: STAGE D | Music by Shinji Hosoe
5: STAGE B | Music by Shinji Hosoe
6: LIFT UP | Music by Kazuo Noguchi
7: NAME ENTRY 1 | Music by Kazuo Noguchi
8: STAGE C | Music by Shinji Hosoe
9: LIFT DOWN | Music by Kazuo Noguchi
10: OPENING | Music by Shinji Hosoe
1: Quest 3 | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Shinji Tasaka)
2: Quest 2 | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Shinji Tasaka)
3: Menu / Results | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Shinji Tasaka)
4: Staff Roll | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Shinji Tasaka)
5: Quest 1 | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Shinji Tasaka)
1: Blue Flight | Music by Shinji Hosoe
2: Engage in Single Combat | Music by Shinji Hosoe
3: Prologue To STARBLADE | Music by Shinji Hosoe
4: The Theme of STARBLADE | Music by Shinji Hosoe
1: Title Screen | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Bob & Barn)
2: Ingame | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Bob & Barn)
3: High Score | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Bob & Barn)
4: The Golden Maze | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Bob & Barn)
5: Continue | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Bob & Barn)
Arcade:

1: Name Entry | Music by Junko Ozawa
2: Reverse Shooting Star | Music by Junko Ozawa
3: High Score | Music by Junko Ozawa
4: Game Start | Music by Junko Ozawa
5: Game Over | Music by Junko Ozawa
6: In-Game Ambience | Music by Junko Ozawa

Commodore 64:
1: Hopeful for Today | Music by Cédric Menendez
2: Sleep | Music by Empurple
3: Ecdysis | Music by Yponeko
4: Stay | Music by Araignée Du Soir
5: Disorder | Music by Your Wife, Last Night
6: Let Me Go | Music by Hector Bonte
7: Telling Stories | Music by Alexandre Inglebert
1: K-City | Music by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
2: Shuffle Cannon | Music by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
3: Hyper Hopper | Music by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
4: Burn Out | Music by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
5: Funky Bomb | Music by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
6: Lunar Ground | Music by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
7: One more Time | Music by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
8: Ending | Music by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
9: What's your Name? | Music by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
10: Opening | Music by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
1: Market | Music by ??? (uncredited)
2: Spy | Music by ??? (uncredited)
3: Sneak, Spotted | Music by ??? (uncredited)
4: Win | Music by ??? (uncredited)
5: Boss | Music by ??? (uncredited)
1: Burning Point | Music by Koichi Namiki
2: Thunder Blade | Music by Koichi Namiki
3: Type II | Music by Koichi Namiki
4: Take Off | Music by Tohru Nakabayashi
5: In Conclusion | Music by Tohru Nakabayashi
1: Balmy Dunes | Music by Motoi Sakuraba
2: Sacred Flamebeast | Music by Motoi Sakuraba
3: Shelltop Sanctuary | Music by Motoi Sakuraba
4: Blustery Basin (Speed Golf) | Music by Motoi Sakuraba
5: Score | Music by Motoi Sakuraba
1: Paint The Town | Music by ??? (Namco Sounds member)
2: Neon Game Center | Music by ??? (Namco Sounds member)
3: Menu | Music by ??? (Namco Sounds member)
4: Point Battle | Music by ??? (Namco Sounds member)
1: Ending | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Masaki Takeuchi)
2: Alert ??? (Personal guess: Masaki Takeuchi)
3: Duel ??? (Personal guess: Masaki Takeuchi)
4: Normal BGM ??? (Personal guess: Masaki Takeuchi)
1: A room to live with cats. | Music by Keiki Kobayashi
2: Let me cook for you.2 | Music by Keiki Kobayashi
3: A Warm Life with Talking Cats | Music by Keiki Kobayashi
4: Let's go on the Patrol. | Music by Keiki Kobayashi
5: The Family Kizuna | Music by Keiki Kobayashi
1: Sunshine Forever | Music by Kazuhide Nakagami
2: Princess Time | Music by CHEMOOL
3: Comic Party | Music by Kazuhide Nakagami
4: Noisy Q | Music by Kazuhide Nakagami
5: The Wind is Always the First Storm of Spring | Music by Naoya Shimokawa
6: 99% Excluded Girl | Music by Kazuhide Nakagami
7: Main Theme | Music by Shin-ya Ishikawa

3 Comments


9 months ago

Where the fuck is Cho Ren Sha 68k?

9 months ago

@Nilichi Cho Ren Sha ? average shmup title (maybe it means something tho). Composer goes by "Loser". If you vouch for it there must be some merit....

9 months ago

@PitSolitayrh Absolutely. The game is carried by its soundtrack. I wouldn't call it average either after developing a reputation as being one of the best doujin shooters ever produced.


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