Will gladly recycleHD Remaster a post from last month in the gargantuan game music thread.
Recently [finished Tengai Makyō II](https://forums.insertcredit.com/d/506-the-thread-in-which-we-talk-about-the-videogames-we-are-currently-playing/894) and that 1992 soundtrack from Hisaishi, Fukuda and Tanaka is BONKERS!!, both in quality but also in sheer size: 20+ redbook tracks, 80+ PSG tracks.
https://youtu.be/uBnzrhQOVMU
The early "world map" tune is on a class of its own and worth Joe Hisaishi’s possibly indecent paycheck by itself. Just try to remember (or for the younger ones: research) the context of what an average 1992 video game sounded like on other consoles.
https://youtu.be/Ju9VU9woj3Q
This soundtrack (and the rest of the game) really makes you understand better ① why Squaresoft was in panic mode against the CD-ROM and begging Nintendo to release a Super Famicom CD-ROM ② why Uematsu and the rest of their sound team got pressured into producing some of their best work on the SFC despite obvious cartridge limitations and ③ why they eventually fled to PlayStation.
... To which @"KennyL"#454 judiciously replied that the soundtrack of Tengai Makyō II’s sequel / spin-off **Fūun Kabukiden** also had an excellent soundtrack, this time by Tanaka Kōhei of Sakura Wars fame. The title track which opens the video below is probably my favorite PC Engine bit of music.
@NoJoTo I‘ve been playing around with a VST and this first video with all the separate waveforms visualized is amazing for helping me figure out how to recreate sounds I’m interested in :o I would not have guessed square waveform for the kicks in the bottom right track.
I really love those Tengai Makyou soundtracks. Super high production!
Fighting Street is one of the first PCE CD games and they really... punched up the soundtrack. Very jingly, very nice on headphones.
https://youtu.be/R4mssxqofZs
[Metamor Jupiter ost](https://youtu.be/WscrxDz5z7c) is great all around with fantastic ending song by PSY S.
Dragon Slayer field music is nice and groovy
https://youtu.be/0yoUfdIYVCw
Ys II OP music gets me pumped
https://youtu.be/ZJmG3KNjcEs
Fantastic track by Yoko Kanno
https://youtu.be/XmI-TzIl0rY
Some random assortment
https://youtu.be/t_IqdbpEb9Q?t=467
https://youtu.be/UjP58H7pOBI
https://youtu.be/K7Hut6iPSY8
https://youtu.be/XoDyP82oJBM
https://youtu.be/vdAs8s-YDr8
https://youtu.be/WRKCFBVAy0A
https://youtu.be/9Ux_inf-lCY?t=276
https://youtu.be/xZCr9YFnO68
https://youtu.be/IdEWSwiD-3Y
Also
https://youtu.be/_OqEuXKK8V0
https://youtu.be/0hwAOUylrQY
① **Linda^3** has that really cool field map theme with four different variants depending on the season of the year, and the Summer version _Summer Beat_ is an absolute banger.
https://youtu.be/GpNq0HxB2Dk
② Stage 1 of **Gate of Thunder** is a classic of video games hard rock.
https://youtu.be/7fxmX_6xGGE
③ The **Panic Bomber** arrangement of the familiar Bomberman theme is a true production gem and possibly the only reason one won’t go crazy with the game’s basic problem that counter mechanics are both too easy to set up and not punishing enough, leading to neverending matches. It’s slightly easier to swallow when this is what loops over and over and over and over and over again.
https://youtu.be/EgkxFagfsZY
④ And I am surprised this wonderful battle theme turned Internet meme from **Last Armageddon** has not been posted yet.