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: The Round Table | Music by Junichi Nakatsuru
2: Juggernaut | Music by Junichi Nakatsuru
3: Contact | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
4: Glatisant | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
5: ZERO | Music by Keiki Kobayashi
6: Briefing 1 | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
7: Merlon | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
8: Diapason | Music by Keiki Kobayashi
9: Annex | Music by Keiki Kobayashi
10: Glacial Skies | Music by Keiki Kobayashi
1: Absol's Hurdle Bounce | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kenichi Koyano)
2: Meeting Place | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Manami Kiyota)
3: Empoleon's Snow Slide | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kenichi Koyano)
4: Bastiodon's Block Barrage | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kenichi Koyano)
5: Gyarados' Aqua Dash | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kenichi Koyano)
1: Final Battle Vs. Mysterial | Music by Tsukasa Tawada
2: Sunny Park Colosseum | Music by Tsukasa Tawada
3: Colosseum Leader Kruger | Music by Tsukasa Tawada
4: Colosseum Leader Sashay | Music by Tsukasa Tawada
5: Sunset Colosseum | Music by Tsukasa Tawada
1: The Suspended Doll | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Takeshi Miura)
2: The Theme of Tyrant 3: Ver. A | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Takeshi Miura)
3: The Theme of Alexia Type 1 | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Takeshi Miura)
4: End Credits Dreamcast | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Takeshi Miura)
5: A State of Emergency | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Takeshi Miura)
1: Speed Skating: Short Track Relay | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Naofumi Hataya)
2: Alpine Skiing: Downhill | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Naofumi Hataya)
3: Skeleton | Music by Tadashi Kinukawa
4: Freestyle Skiing: Ski Cross | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Teruhiko Nakagawa)
5: Rival: Bullet Bill | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Tomonori Sawada)
ARRANGEMENTS
1: Delfino Plaza | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Teruhiko Nakagawa)
2: Dream Curling (Frappe Snowland) | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Naofumi Hataya)
3: Koopa's Road | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kenichi Tokoi)
4: Dream Snowball Fight | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Teruhiko Nakagawa)
5: Ground Theme (Super Mario World) | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Hiedaki Kobayashi)
1: Ghost Ship Painting | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Jimmy Weckl)
2: Opus 13 | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Jimmy Weckl)
3: Cemetery | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Masahiko Kimura)
4: Divine Bloodlines | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Masahiko Kimura)
5: Den | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Jimmy Weckl)
1: Chamber of Insight | Music by Yuko Takehara
2: Talus Caves | Music by Yuko Takehara
3: Boss Battle | Music by Yuko Takehara
4: Sea of Trees | Music by Yuko Takehara
5: Vaati Battle | Music by Yuko Takehara
1: Simple Rating [Karin's Theme] | Music by Hideki Okugawa
2: Doll Eyes [Cammy's Theme] | Music by Tetsuya Shibata
3: KAKUGO [Sodom's Theme -X-ISM] | Music by Hideki Okugawa
4: Crimson [Vega's Theme] | Music by Yuki Satomura
5: Black Power [Evil Ryu's Theme] | Music by Oyaji-Oyaji
1: Retsu Stage | Music by Yoshihiro Sakaguchi
2: Breaking Boards | Music by Yoshihiro Sakaguchi
3: Stage Select | Music by Yoshihiro Sakaguchi
4: Eagle Stage | Music by Yoshihiro Sakaguchi
5: Geki Stage | Music by Yoshihiro Sakaguchi
1: Minor Circuit | Music by Takashi Kumegawa
2: Hoy Quarlow | Music by Takashi Kumegawa
3: Mad Clown | Music by Takashi Kumegawa
4: Menu | Music by Takashi Kumegawa
5: Gabby Jay | Music by Takashi Kumegawa
1: Title BGM | Music by Yukio Kaneoka
2: Game Over | Music by Yukio Kaneoka
3: Game Start A | Music by Yukio Kaneoka
4: Game Start B | Music by Yukio Kaneoka
5: Bonus Stage | Music by Yukio Kaneoka
1: In the Wilderness | Music by Norihiko Hibino
2: Match | Music by Takahiro Izutani
3: To Arms | Music by Kazuma Jinnouchi
4: Python | Music by Takahiro Izutani
5: Research Lab | Music by Norihiko Hibino
1: Main Menu | Music by Motoi Sakuraba
2: Break Point | Music by Motoi Sakuraba
3: Set Point | Music by Motoi Sakuraba
4: Loser Results | Music by Motoi Sakuraba
5: Piranha Plant Forest | Music by Motoi Sakuraba
1: Cyan Beach: Day | Music by Shota Kageyama
2: Time to Cook! | Music by Shota Kageyama
3: Taupe Hollow: Day | Music by Shota Kageyama
4: Snowdrop Tundra: Day | Music by Shota Kageyama
5: Good Morning! | Music by Shota Kageyama
1: Water Town | Music by Jake Kaufman
2: File Menu | Music by Jake Kaufman
3: Scuttle Town | Music by Jake Kaufman
4: Shop | Music by Jake Kaufman
5: Boss | Music by Jake Kaufman
1: Darkness | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Norio Hanzawa)
2: Kill! Kill! Kill | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Shigeru Fukutake)
3: Death Fair | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Hidehiro Funauchi)
4: Battle of the Holy | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Hidehiro Funauchi)
5: Gate to Hell | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Hidehiro Funauchi)
1: Name Entry | Music by Nobuyuki Ohnogi
2: Stage Intro | Music by Nobuyuki Ohnogi
3: High Score | Music by Nobuyuki Ohnogi
1: Cinq Ville | Music by Ippo Yamada
2: Green Grass Gradation | Music by Masaki Suzuki
3: Brilliant Show Window | Music by Ryo Kawakami
4: Danger Attraction | Music by Ryo Kawakami
5: Grand Nuage | Music by Masaki Suzuki
6: Wonder Panorama | Music by Ryo Kawakami
7: En-trance Code | Music by Ippo Yamada
8: Mountain Rider | Music by Ryo Kawakami
9: Misty Rain | Music by Masaki Suzuki
10: Trap Factory | Music by Ryo Kawakami
1: The Grand Finale | Music by Yoko Shimomura
2: The Wind is Blowing at Cavi | Music by Yoko Shimomura
3: Beachside Dream | Music by Yoko Shimomura
4: Grasslands, All the Way | Music by Yoko Shimomura
5: Okey Dokey | Music by Yoko Shimomura
1: Bonus Round | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Grant Kirkhope)
2: Terrarium Trickery | Music by Robin Beanland
3: LogBox Lunacy | Music by Robin Beanland
4: Test-O-Track | Music by Dave Clynick
5: Nutty Acres Action | Music by Grant Kirkhope
1: Basketball Kingdom | Music by Masayoshi Soken
2: Character Select | Music by Masayoshi Soken
3: Peach Field | Music by Masayoshi Soken
4: Sherbet Land | Music by Masayoshi Soken
5: Mario Stadium & Glare Desert | Music by Masayoshi Soken
1: Mountain Travel West | Music by Professor Sakamoto
2: Laboratory | Music by Mark Sparling
3: Sunken City Tour | Music by Professor Sakamoto
4: Mountain Travel East | Music by Gavin Allen
5: Sunken Shipyard | Music by Mark Sparling
6: Boss Battle | Music by Professor Sakamoto
1: Diggersby Land | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Hiroyuki Kawada)
2: Neos City: Night | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Taku Inoue)
3: Thalia Beach | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Mitsuhiro Kitadani)
4: My Town | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Taku Inoue)
5: Old Ferrum Town: Winter | Music by Torine
1: LOADING | Music by Yasuhiro Ichihashi
2: Opus 13 | Music by Michiru Yamane
3: Slash | Music by Masanori Akita
4: Vampire Killer (Neo ver.) | Music by Yuichi Tsuchiya
5: Ghost Ship Painting | Music by Yuichi Tsuchiya
1: Fortress | Music by Taiju Suzuki
2: Choose A Game | Music by Taiju Suzuki
3: Fortress Boss | Music by Taiju Suzuki
4: Status Screen | Music by Taiju Suzuki
5: World 8: Star Road | Music by Taiju Suzuki
1: Red Afterglow Trailing in the Darkness | Music by Akihiko Narita
2: Sleeping Bird in a Sea of Trees | Music by Masato Coda
3: Legend of an Unexplored Land | Music by Hideyuki Fukasawa
4: Angry Snow Lion | Music by Hideyuki Fukasawa
5: Chill of the Water | Music by Tadayoshi Makino
Port Tanzia | Music by Marika Suzuki
Fearless Indigo | Music by Marika Suzuki
The Black Flame of Calamity | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Miwako Chinone)
1: Stage Zangief | Music by Setsuo Yamamoto
2: Stage Sakura | Music by Tatsuro-Suzuki
3: Staff Roll 3 | Music by Tatsuro-Suzuki
4: Stage Rolento | Music by Setsuo Yamamoto
5: Stage Gen | Music by Tatsuro-Suzuki
1: Character Select | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Ayako Yamaguchi)
2: Daisy Cruiser | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Ayako Yamaguchi)
3: Mario Stadium | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Nobuhiro Ohuchi)
4: Main Menu (Daytime) | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Nobuhiro Ohuchi)
5: Game Results | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Nobuhiro Ohuchi)
1: Balloon Trip | Music by Hirokazu Tanaka. ex
2: Game Over | Music by Hirokazu Tanaka. ex
3: Game Start | Music by Hirokazu Tanaka. ex
4: Parachutes Away | Music by Hirokazu Tanaka. ex
1: Dracula Castle Cathedral | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Yoichi Iwata)
2: Gears and Chains | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kaoru Okada)
3: Sonia Fights Count Dracula | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Yoichi Iwata)
4: Castle Entrance | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kaoru Okada)
5: Gatekeeper | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Yoichi Iwata)
1: Scuba Duba | Music by David Logan
2: Haunted Boardwalk | Music by David Logan
3: Ice River Run | Music by David Logan
4: Pinky's Revenge | Music by David Logan
5: Pac-Village Pond | Music by David Logan
SNES version (i wont rank GBA)

1: Robot Museum [Intro Stage] | Music by Naoshi Mizuta
2: Cold Man Stage | Music by Akari Kaida
3: Burner Man Stage | Music by Toshihiko Horiyama
4: Ground Man Stage | Music by Akari Kaida
5: Tengu Man Stage | Music by Akari Kaida
3DO
1: Sagat's Theme | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Yuko Takehara)
2: Rock the Asphalt [Character Select] | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Yuko Takehara)
3: Cammy's Theme | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Yuko Takehara)
4: Zangief's Theme | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Yuko Takehara)
5: Dee Jay's Theme | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Yuko Takehara)
GRAND MASTER CHALLENGE
1: Sagat's Moonbike [Sagat Stage]
2: Red Cyclone [Zangief Stage] | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Steve Duckworth)
3: Army Girl [Cammy Stage] | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Steve Duckworth)
4: Thank You, Dee Jay! [Dee Jay Stage] | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Steve Duckworth)
5: Tribute to the Master [M. Bison Stage] | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Steve Duckworth)
1: Comona | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
2: Farbanti | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
3: Megalith | Music by Keiki Kobayashi
4: Tango Line | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
5: North Point | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
6: Operation | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
7: Escort | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
8: Stonehenge | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
9: Imminent Threat | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
10: Breaking Arrows #2 | Music by Hiroshi Okubo
1: Title | Music by Masami Yone
2: Player Select | Music by Masami Yone
3: Yoshi Egg Challenge | Music by Masami Yone
4: Overworld | Music by Masami Yone
5: Game Select | Music by Masami Yone
1: Receive You the madtype (SoK Version) | Music by Kristin Miltner
2: Title Screen | Music by Kristin Miltner
3: Funk Goes On (SoK Version) | Music by Kristin Miltner
4: Yokohama Crackhouse (SoK Version) | Music by Kristin Miltner
5: Intro | Music by Kristin Miltner
1: Urban War Zone | Music by Hideyuki Fukasawa
2: Cosmic Elevator | Music by Hideyuki Fukasawa
3: Jurassic Era Research Facility (Upper Floor) | Music by Hideyuki Fukasawa
4: Mad Gear Hideout (Abigail Dancing) | Music by Hideyuki Fukasawa
5: Pitstop 109 (Day) | Music by Hideyuki Fukasawa
1: Castle#1 | Music by Hidehiro Funauchi
2: New Messiah | Music by Hidehiro Funauchi
3: Road of Enemy#1 | Music by Hidehiro Funauchi
4: Ripe Seeds | Music by Hidehiro Funauchi
5: Praying Hands | Music by Hidehiro Funauchi
6: The End of the Day | Music by Hidehiro Funauchi
1: Happenstance Island: Mountain | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Shinji Hosoe)
2: Parched Peak | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Shinji Hosoe)
3: First Steppe | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Teruo Taniguchi)
4: Nightlight Look | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Teruo Taniguchi)
5: Happenstance Island: Grassland | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Teruo Taniguchi)
1: Menu | Music by Motoi Sakuraba
2: State | Music by Motoi Sakuraba
3: Title Screen | Music by Motoi Sakuraba
4: Peach Dome Court: Match Point | Music by Motoi Sakuraba
5: Delfino Plaza Court: Match Point | Music by Motoi Sakuraba
6: Result | Music by Motoi Sakuraba
1: Maze Fortress | Music by Kazuki Muraoka
2: Battle in the Dense Forest | Music by Kazuki Muraoka
3: Ranking | Music by Kazuki Muraoka
4: 3D Boss | Music by Kazuki Muraoka
5: Fortress of Flame | Music by Kazuki Muraoka
1: Montage | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
2: The Execution | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
3: Physical Layer | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
4: Child's Play | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
5: Analogue | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
6: Eye of the Storm | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
7: The Maneuver | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
8: Void | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
9: Defiled | Music by Tetsukazu Nakanishi
10: Shattered Stones | Music by Kanako Kakino
1: Cake Contraption | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kenichi Koyano)
2: Battle 2 | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kenichi Koyano)
3: Battle 4 | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kenichi Koyano)
4: Race to the Finish! | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kenichi Koyano)
5: Battle 3 | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kenichi Koyano)
1: Online Menu | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Masayoshi Soken)
2: Starman | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kumi Tanioka)
3: Feed Petey: Level 2 | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Masayoshi Soken)
4: Flower Cup | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Masayoshi Soken)
5: Match Result | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Masayoshi Soken)
1: The Sprouting Farm | Music by Tadayoshi Makino
2: Usurper of the Deserted Island | Music by Tadayoshi Makino
3: The Ship has Arrived | Music by Tadayoshi Makino
4: The Great Desert Post, Loc Lac | Music by Tadayoshi Makino
5: The Phantom Uragaan | Music by Tadayoshi Makino
1: Shop | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kazuya Suyama)
2: Hi-Score | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kazuya Suyama)
3: Blue Table | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kazuya Suyama)
4: Red Table | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kazuya Suyama)
5: Move Mode | Music by ??? (Personal guess: Kazuya Suyama)
1: Name Entry | Music by Go Ichinose
2: Hi-Score Screen | Music by Go Ichinose
3: Title Screen | Music by Go Ichinose
4: Red Field | Music by Go Ichinose
5: Blue Field | Music by Go Ichinose

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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