Shmups with good music?

[Bikeage]

What do you think of Fantasy Zone's music?

I think that the theme from the first one is gonna be stuck in my head for awhile now that i've been reminded of it. Great tune, but so upbeat it drives me nuts sometimes.

[ProfessorK]

I really like the music in Gradius 3. My favorite being "Cosmo Plant" (I've also seen it listed as "Space Vegetation")

[MrPopo]

I've gotten into the Espgaluda II soundtrack lately. How can you not like Mutiny?

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

I've gotten into the Espgaluda II soundtrack lately. How can you not like Mutiny?

NA NA NUNUNU NA NA NUNUNU NA NA NU NU NU NANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANAN NUNUNUNUNUNUNUNU NNANANANANANANANANANANANANANANAANANANANANANNANANANANANANA DEET DU DOOT DOOT DOO DEE DOO DOO DOO DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, this far in and no mention of the arcade version of Earth Defense Force? (Stay away from the crap SNES version. loads of parallax and FM sound do not translate well to the SNES at all.)

[Onikage]

U.N Squadron for the SNES.
Check these out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSFm_EaLRmQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPLPSuys ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8MlpybU ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05UOPItZ ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEFv8OXn ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY3uSUNK ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yod4-U-C ... re=related

[jalvarez82]

check out my Saturn Redbook Audio thread in the Downloads section for some awesome shmup music.

[Gamerforlife]

You said rail shooters were acceptable. I loved a lot of the tracks in Panzer Dragoon Orta

Also, Starfox's music was excellent. It had a very militaristic feel to it and was suitably epic when necessary. Honestly, some tracks sounded like they could have fit into a movie. I love this one:



And we've mentioned Radiant Silvergun already. My favorite track comes from this stage:

[sevin0seven]

You said rail shooters were acceptable. I loved a lot of the tracks in Panzer Dragoon Orta

Also, Starfox's music was excellent. It had a very militaristic feel to it and was suitably epic when necessary. Honestly, some tracks sounded like they could have fit into a movie. I love this one:



And we've mentioned Radiant Silvergun already. My favorite track comes from this stage:

yup, Star Fox (SNES) music is superb! one of my favorites tunes are in level 1 and 2 of the middle quest.