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[?] Kimihiro Abe - Final Lap [IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix music] Underrated Bangers 2025-01-10 | Title: Final LapGame: IGPX: Immortal Grand PrixPresumed composer: Kimihiro Abe [Basiscape]Year: 2006
MEGA (Shinji Hosoe) - Trappn Musix [Prodigy Racing music] Underrated Bangers 2025-01-08 | Title: Trapp'n MusixGame: Prodigy RacingComposer: Shinji Hosoe (credited as MEGA) [SuperSweep]Year: 2000Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLciFlnMU-SRCqn3l5ZXjV8f1CEbMyGXqx
YOU (Yousuke Yasui) - Electromagnetic Wave [Prodigy Racing music] Underrated Bangers 2025-01-08 | Title: Electromagnetic WaveGame: Prodigy RacingComposer: Yousuke Yasui (credited as YOU) [SuperSweep]Year: 2000Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLciFlnMU-SRCqn3l5ZXjV8f1CEbMyGXqx
Naoshi Mizuta - Max Contrast 2009 Underrated Bangers 2025-01-07 | Title: Max Contrast 2009Album: SQUARE ENIX MUSIC Presents Music for ArtComposer: Naoshi Mizuta [SQUARE ENIX]Label: SQUARE ENIXYear: 2009
mirawi (Wataru Ishibashi) - EXH*SNOWS Underrated Bangers 2024-12-28 | Title: EXH*SNOWSAlbum: VAGUE2Composers: Kazuya Takase [I've], FamishinArranger: mirawi (Wataru Ishibashi)Label: CODE ZTS LABELYear: 2003Commentary: An arrangement combining "SNOW" and "An Old Sunset" from the visual novel Snow, done in the style of "EXH*NOTES" from Rave Racer. Some lovely liquid drum'n'bass goodness.
Junya Nakano - Glitz Underrated Bangers 2024-12-24 | Title: GlitzAlbum: SQUARE ENIX MUSIC Presents Music for ArtComposer: Junya Nakano [SQUARE ENIX]Label: SQUARE ENIXYear: 2009
Ryo Yamazaki - Flow Underrated Bangers 2024-12-23 | Title: FlowAlbum: SQUARE ENIX MUSIC Presents Music for ArtComposer, lyrics: Ryo Yamazaki [SQUARE ENIX]Singer unknownLabel: SQUARE ENIXYear: 2009
SHU (Shuichiro Nakazawa) - BGM [Elimination music] Underrated Bangers 2024-12-22 | Title: BGMGame: Elimination Composer: Shuichiro Nakazawa (aka SHU)Year: 2007Commentary: The music from Elimination, a flash game by Taito. 0:00 In-game version1:16 Menu version (mostly kick and bass only)1:42 Title version (rhythm only)
fusoxide & Agent Track - Mission Melon Mackerel music (2022) Underrated Bangers 2024-12-20 | Game: Mission Melon MackerelComposers: Agent Track, fusoxideArranger: fusoxideYear: 2022A game jam OST that I composed in 2022! Being a retro-styled shmup game, I felt it was appropriate to compose upbeat, retro-style wavetable chiptune. Another person, Agent Track, also composed a few tracks. I arranged them into the chiptune style used in my own tracks, giving the OST some consistency.You can play the game here: congusbongus.itch.io/mission-melon-mackerel1. 0:00 Getting Prepared (Title) [Agent Track, arr. fusoxide]2. 0:51 Ambitious Journey (In-Game BGM) [fusoxide]3. 3:04 You'll Never Proceed! (Boss) [Agent Track, fusoxide, arr. fusoxide]4. 4:16 Finally Done (Stage Clear) [fusoxide]5. 4:19 Well, That Was Something Else (Ending) [fusoxide]6. 5:26 Welp. (Game Over) [Agent Track, arr. fusoxide]7. 5:32 [bonus track] Ambitious Journey (Arranged Version) [fusoxide]You can buy the soundtrack here as part of fusoxide's Works Vol. 3: fusoxide.bandcamp.com/album/fusoxides-works-vol-3
Naoshi Mizuta - Reckless Blood Manipulations [Hanjuku Hero 4 -The 7 Heroes- music] Underrated Bangers 2024-12-07 | Title: Reckless Blood ManipulationsGame: Hanjuku Hero 4: Shichinin no Hanjuku HeroComposer: Naoshi Mizuta [SQUARE ENIX]Year: 2005Commentary: This has a strong 90s Capcom arcade fighting game vibe. Considering Mizuta worked at Capcom, I wonder if this was intentional.
[?] Mitsuto Suzuki - Deck Choice [The Irregular at Magic High School: Lost Zero music] Underrated Bangers 2024-12-04 | Title: Deck ChoiceGame: The Irregular at Magic High School: Lost ZeroPresumed composer: Mitsuto Suzuki [SQUARE ENIX]Year: 2014
[?] Naoshi Mizuta - Community [The Irregular at Magic High School: Lost Zero music] Underrated Bangers 2024-12-04 | Title: CommunityGame: The Irregular at Magic High School: Lost ZeroPresumed composer: Naoshi Mizuta [SQUARE ENIX]Year: 2014
[?] Naoshi Mizuta - Battle (1st Anniv.) [The Irregular at Magic High School: Lost Zero music] Underrated Bangers 2024-12-04 | Title: Battle (1st Anniversary)Game: The Irregular at Magic High School: Lost ZeroPresumed composer: Naoshi Mizuta [SQUARE ENIX]Year: 2014
Jim Heng (Kazuhiro Kobayashi) - Oriental Dark Flight Underrated Bangers 2024-11-30 | Title: Oriental Dark FlightAlbum: Touhou Gensou Shiten "banquet"Composer: ZUN [Team Shanghai Alice]Arranger: Jim Heng (Kazuhiro Kobayashi) [Liverne]Label: LiverneYear: 2006Commentary: An arrangement of the track of the same name from Touhou Kaeidzuka ~ Phantasmagoria of Flower View. Kazuhiro Kobayashi confirmed that he is Jim Heng.
[?] Yousuke Yasui - HOT plug [Shuuchuu Chiryoushitsu music] Underrated Bangers 2024-11-29 | Title: HOT plugGame: Shuuchuu ChiryoushitsuPresumed composer: Yousuke Yasui [SuperSweep]Year: 2002
[?] Ayako Saso - ENEMY [Shuuchuu Chiryoushitsu music] Underrated Bangers 2024-11-29 | Title: ENEMYGame: Shuuchuu ChiryoushitsuPresumed composer: Ayako Saso [SuperSweep]Year: 2002Commentary: A dark, tense electronic track.
Tetsuya Uchida - Drawing Time Music [Setsu-Getsu-Ka 3 music] Underrated Bangers 2024-11-27 | Title: Drawing Time MusicProduct: Setsu-Getsu-Ka 3Composer: Tetsuya Uchida [NBGI]Year: 2006Commentary: A quirky fun track from Namco's photo booth Setsu-Getsu-Ka 3. It received a digital OST in 2013, 7 years after it was launched. I'm glad it did for sure, as it's very unlikely someone will dump the ROMs from these booths anytime soon.This track noticeably shares several elements with Yukari Tamura's "Tenshi no Oshigoto" (youtube.com/watch?v=rVY5fUmz95U), which Uchida also composed (under the alias tetsu-yeah, due to working at Namco at the time); the single it appeared on only came out 2 months after this photo booth.
[?] Manabu Namiki - Main Menu [Bleach: Heat the Soul 4 music] Underrated Bangers 2024-11-18 | Title: Main MenuGame: Bleach: Heat the Soul 4Presumed composer: Manabu Namiki [Basiscape]Year: 2007
Mitsuhiro Kaneda - Nekokun (OST version) [Kumatanchi music] Underrated Bangers 2024-11-18 | Title: Nekokun (OST version)Game: KumatanchiComposer: Mitsuhiro Kaneda [Basiscape]Year: 2008Commentary: This is the version from the OST released in 2009. The in-game version is sequenced.Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLciFlnMU-SRDYoxpqPJA9XnA5Fj34QX7v
Kimihiro Abe - Profile (OST version) [Kumatanchi music] Underrated Bangers 2024-11-17 | Title: Profile (OST version)Game: KumatanchiComposer: Kimihiro Abe [Basiscape]Year: 2008Commentary: This is the version from the OST released in 2009. The in-game version is sequenced.Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLciFlnMU-SRDYoxpqPJA9XnA5Fj34QX7v
Mitsuhiro Kaneda - Sumonosan (OST version) [Kumatanchi music] Underrated Bangers 2024-11-17 | Title: Sumonosan (OST version)Game: KumatanchiComposer: Mitsuhiro Kaneda [Basiscape]Year: 2008Commentary: This is the version from the OST released in 2009. The in-game version is sequenced.Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLciFlnMU-SRDYoxpqPJA9XnA5Fj34QX7v
Kimihiro Abe - Sister Tora (OST version) [Kumatanchi music] Underrated Bangers 2024-11-17 | Title: Sister Tora (OST version)Game: KumatanchiComposer: Kimihiro Abe [Basiscape]Year: 2008Commentary: This is the version from the OST released in 2009. The in-game version is sequenced. Like a lot of Abe's tracks, it starts off fairly conventional before throwing in unexpected chord changes.Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLciFlnMU-SRDYoxpqPJA9XnA5Fj34QX7v
Mitsuhiro Kaneda - At Daytime Outdoors (OST version) [Kumatanchi music] Underrated Bangers 2024-11-17 | Title: At Daytime Outdoors (OST version)Game: KumatanchiComposer: Mitsuhiro Kaneda [Basiscape]Year: 2008Commentary: This is the version from the OST released in 2009. The in-game version is sequenced.Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLciFlnMU-SRDYoxpqPJA9XnA5Fj34QX7v
Hitoshi Sakimoto - Flower Palace [The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road music] Underrated Bangers 2024-11-15 | Title: Flower PalaceGame: The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick RoadComposer: Hitoshi Sakimoto [Basiscape]Manipulation: Masaaki Kaneko [Basiscape]Year: 2008Commentary: The in-game version, which is sequenced. I honestly prefer it to the OST version.
[?] Manabu Namiki - Soul Society Night [Bleach: Heat the Soul 2 music] Underrated Bangers 2024-11-13 | Title: Soul Society NightGame: Bleach: Heat the Soul 2Presumed composer: Manabu Namiki [Basiscape]Year: 2005Commentary: Another dark, intense digital rock track.
[?] Hitoshi Sakimoto - Uraharas Training Grounds [Bleach: Heat the Soul 2 music] Underrated Bangers 2024-11-13 | Title: Urahara's Training GroundsGame: Bleach: Heat the Soul 2Presumed composer: Hitoshi Sakimoto [Basiscape]Year: 2005Commentary: Edgy intense breakbeat. Reminds me of Sakimoto's work on Terra Diver and Tekken Advance. He's mostly known for his orchestral scores, but his electronic stuff is impressive too.
Mitsuhiro Kaneda - Unknown 14 [Pro Fishing Challenge music] Underrated Bangers 2024-11-10 | Title unknownGame: Pro Fishing ChallengeComposer: Mitsuhiro Kaneda [OPUS]Year: 2004Commentary: Not sure where this is used in-game, if at all. It's a very lovely mellow piece.
Mitsuhiro Kaneda - Unknown 2 [Pro Fishing Challenge music] Underrated Bangers 2024-11-10 | Title unknownGame: Pro Fishing ChallengeComposer: Mitsuhiro Kaneda [OPUS]Year: 2004Commentary: Most likely an unused leftover from Fishing Live Online (a cancelled MMO fishing game from 2002) based on its position in the XWB file.
Mitsuhiro Kaneda - Tournament [Pro Fishing Challenge music] Underrated Bangers 2024-11-09 | Title: TournamentGame: Pro Fishing ChallengeComposer: Mitsuhiro Kaneda [OPUS]Year: 2004
Mitsuhiro Kaneda - Unknown 6 [Pro Fishing Challenge music] Underrated Bangers 2024-11-09 | Title unknownGame: Pro Fishing ChallengeComposer: Mitsuhiro Kaneda [OPUS]Year: 2004Commentary: Not sure where this plays in-game if it's even used at all. It's a weird but lovely bossa nova piece.
[?] Noriyuki Kamikura - Battle 3 [Coded Soul: Uketsugareshi Idea music] Underrated Bangers 2024-10-31 | Title: Battle 3Game: Coded Soul: Uketsugareshi IdeaPresumed composer: Noriyuki Kamikura [Basiscape]Year: 2008Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLciFlnMU-SRCPFdXyETcW-yGK3i-lMAit
[?] Masaharu Iwata - Battle 1 [Coded Soul: Uketsugareshi Idea music] Underrated Bangers 2024-10-31 | Title: Battle 1Game: Coded Soul: Uketsugareshi IdeaPresumed composer: Masaharu Iwata [Basiscape]Year: 2008Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLciFlnMU-SRCPFdXyETcW-yGK3i-lMAit
[?] Manabu Namiki - Stage P [ZOIDS: Full Metal Crash music] Underrated Bangers 2024-10-30 | Title: Stage PGame: ZOIDS: Full Metal CrashPresumed composer: Manabu Namiki [Basiscape]Guitar: Yasushi AsadaYear: 2005
[?] Masaharu Iwata - Unused [Coded Soul: Uketsugareshi Idea music] Underrated Bangers 2024-10-30 | Title: UnusedGame: Coded Soul: Uketsugareshi IdeaPresumed composer: Masaharu Iwata [Basiscape]Year: 2008Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLciFlnMU-SRCPFdXyETcW-yGK3i-lMAit
[?] Noriyuki Kamikura - Lisas Theme [Coded Soul: Uketsugareshi Idea music] Underrated Bangers 2024-10-29 | Title: Lisa's ThemeGame: Coded Soul: Uketsugareshi IdeaPresumed composer: Noriyuki Kamikura [Basiscape]Year: 2008Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLciFlnMU-SRCPFdXyETcW-yGK3i-lMAit
[?] Noriyuki Kamikura - Victory [Coded Soul: Uketsugareshi Idea music] Underrated Bangers 2024-10-29 | Title: VictoryGame: Coded Soul: Uketsugareshi IdeaPresumed composer: Noriyuki Kamikura [Basiscape]Year: 2008Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLciFlnMU-SRCPFdXyETcW-yGK3i-lMAit
[?] Masafumi Ogata - BGM 10 [Mayu ~Yuki no Knife~ music] Underrated Bangers 2024-10-25 | Title: BGM 10Game: Mayu ~Yuki no Knife~Presumed composer: Masafumi Ogata [Sound AMS]Year: 2002
Mitsuhiro Kaneda - Mountain: Rain [IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix music] Underrated Bangers 2024-10-21 | Title: Mountain: RainGame: IGPX: Immortal Grand PrixComposer: Mitsuhiro Kaneda [Basiscape]Year: 2006
[?] Noriyuki Kamikura - Credits [Bleach: Heat the Soul 4 music] Underrated Bangers 2024-10-21 | Title: CreditsGame: Bleach: Heat the Soul 4Presumed composer: Noriyuki Kamikura [Basiscape]Year: 2007Commentary: Smooth and funky. This makes me think it's most likely Kamikura's work.
Mitsuhiro Kaneda - Mission Battle [Bleach: Heat the Soul 4 music] Underrated Bangers 2024-10-21 | Title: Mission BattleGame: Bleach: Heat the Soul 4Composer: Mitsuhiro Kaneda [Basiscape]Year: 2007Commentary: Love when Kaneda does this weird electronic jazzy funk.
[?] Manabu Namiki - Gallery Mode [Bleach: Heat the Soul 4 music] Underrated Bangers 2024-10-21 | Title: Gallery Mode Game: Bleach: Heat the Soul 4Presumed composer: Manabu Namiki [Basiscape]Year: 2007Commentary: Mellow and jazzy! The melodies and structuring feels very Namiki.
[?] Shusaku Uchiyama - Gp1 [Ide Yousuke Meijin no Shin Jissen Mahjong music] Underrated Bangers 2024-10-19 | Title: Gp1*Game: Ide Yousuke Meijin no Shin Jissen MahjongPresumed composer: Shusaku Uchiyama [Capcom]Year: 1996Commentary: A dark techno tune. Out of the four credited composers (the other four sound staff are sound designers; Uchiyama is likely the person credited as "Toridon Ucchi"), this sounds most likely to be Uchiyama's work, it reminds me of some tracks from Mega Man 8. I think this is used during gameplay, but I'm not sure of the exact context.*A gamerip has 3-4 letter titles for each track. Maybe the game has a sound test with these short titles? Not sure.
[?] Shusaku Uchiyama - Rave [Ide Yousuke Meijin no Shin Jissen Mahjong music] Underrated Bangers 2024-10-19 | Title: Rave*Game: Ide Yousuke Meijin no Shin Jissen MahjongPresumed composer: Shusaku Uchiyama [Capcom]Year: 1996Commentary: A fun Detroit techno-ey tune. Out of the four credited composers (the other four sound staff are sound designers; Uchiyama is likely the person credited as "Toridon Ucchi"), this sounds most likely to be Uchiyama's work. His style is often quite Detroit techno-influenced, e.g Mega Man 8 and P.N.03. Not sure where this plays in-game, but I'd guess for some cutscene.*A gamerip has 3-4 letter titles for each track. Maybe the game has a sound test with these short titles? Not sure.
Noriyuki Kamikura - Battle 1 [Accel Knights: Imashi ga Tame Ware wa Tsurugi o Toru music] Underrated Bangers 2024-10-17 | Title: Battle 1Game: Accel Knights: Imashi ga Tame Ware wa Tsurugi o ToruComposer: Noriyuki Kamikura [Basiscape]Manipulator: Masaaki Kaneko [Basiscape]Year: 2010Commentary: Kamikura is always great at writing cheesy yet hard-hitting rock bangers.
fusoxide - BOSSAY ~ultranity~ [ZeroRanger Arranged Album -GREEN ARRANGE-] Underrated Bangers 2024-09-29 | Title: BOSSAY ~ultranity~Album: ZeroRanger Arranged Album -GREEN ARRANGE-Composer: eebrozgiArranger: fusoxide [Technomarina]Label: Resonant UnionYear: 2024Commentary: This is my arrange of "BOSSAY" from ZeroRanger! I went for a retro-yet-modern Detroit techno feel for the bulk of the track, but also included some fun shifts to trap and breakbeat/EDM. It was hard work - but I'm proud of the results!You can buy the full album on Bandcamp - there's so many bangers: resonantunion.bandcamp.com/album/zeroranger-arranged-album-green-arrangeThis track is also on SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/fusoxide/bossay-ultranity-zeroranger-arranged-album-green-arrange
[?] Hitoshi Sakimoto - Nina Williams [Tekken Advance music] Underrated Bangers 2024-09-28 | Title: Nina WilliamsGame: Tekken AdvancePresumed composer: Hitoshi SakimotoYear: 2001Commentary: One of the six new compositions to this game. I strongly suspect that Sakimoto composed all of the new tracks, while Atsuhiro Motoyama most likely did the GBA versions of tracks from Tekken 3 as well as SFX. While it is confirmed that Sakimoto only composed for the game and didn't arrange/manipulate older material, it is not confirmed that Motoyama didn't compose anything either - both of them are hard to contact to verify.
[?] Hitoshi Sakimoto - Gun Jack [Tekken Advance music] Underrated Bangers 2024-09-28 | Title: Gun JackGame: Tekken AdvancePresumed composer: Hitoshi SakimotoYear: 2001Commentary: One of the six new compositions to this game. I strongly suspect that Sakimoto composed all of the new tracks, while Atsuhiro Motoyama most likely did the GBA versions of tracks from Tekken 3 as well as SFX. While it is confirmed that Sakimoto only composed for the game and didn't arrange/manipulate older material, it is not confirmed that Motoyama didn't compose anything either - both of them are hard to contact to verify.
[?] Hitoshi Sakimoto - Paul Phoenix & King [Tekken Advance music] Underrated Bangers 2024-09-28 | Title: Paul Phoenix & KingGame: Tekken AdvancePresumed composer: Hitoshi SakimotoYear: 2001Commentary: One of the six new compositions to this game. I strongly suspect that Sakimoto composed all of the new tracks, while Atsuhiro Motoyama most likely did the GBA versions of tracks from Tekken 3 as well as SFX. While it is confirmed that Sakimoto only composed for the game and didn't arrange/manipulate older material, it is not confirmed that Motoyama didn't compose anything either - both of them are hard to contact to verify.
Yoshimi Kudo - Aerial Circuit [Caladrius Blaze music] Underrated Bangers 2024-09-27 | Title: Aerial CircuitGame: Caladrius BlazeComposer: Yoshimi Kudo [Basiscape]Year: 2014Commentary: Pretty sure this track is new to the Blaze version, which came out a year after the original.
Hiroyuki Iwatsuki - Magical Kyouko Boss [To LOVE-Ru: Wakuwaku! Rinkai Gakkou-hen music] Underrated Bangers 2024-09-20 | Title: Magical Kyouko BossGame: To LOVE-Ru: Wakuwaku! Rinkai Gakkou-henComposer: Hiroyuki Iwatsuki [Natsume]Year: 2008Commentary: Some retro-styled shmup music that makes heavy use of the Nintendo DS PSG. This is the boss theme for the Magical Kyouko shmup minigame.
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