He's mostly known for his stuff while at Tri-Ace: Star Ocean and the like, but has also done a few sports games for Nintendo - namely Mario Golf and Tennis.
In so far as works outside of games, I think you pretty much got it. He has a rock album called Gikyokuonsou.
This roguelite Metroidvania surprised me with how well the randomized mechanics blended with exploration, and this track gives plenty of atmosphere to the third biome.
A turn-based rpg about travel and discovery in a very shonen kind of way. Now that I think about it, Skies takes a page or two from Laputa: Castle in the Sky. Anyway, one of the early lands has some of the most memorable music....
David Wise needs no introduction, and to an extent neither does Banjo Guy Ollie and his folksy covers of game music. Here, he teams up with Game Brass for a band cover of a classic....
Raptor comes from a specific era of MS-DOS shmups that also includes Tyrian/2000, Overkill and others. These were the days before Bullet Hell took over which focused on enemy patterns instead of sprays of bullet patterns....
Ah, yes. The DnB days of the N64. XG2 already had a solid ost, but Mellow Sonic brings it up to a whole other level. Canous is my fave of the bunch, but if you're into it, the other tracks are well worth a listen...
Gotta love that iconic 90s rap. It's still not as cheesey as it could be. Another fighting game that has a rap for no reason is "Gorge!" on the Primal Rage ost.
Cliché, I know, but I'm all about Esaka. Especially since they've redone it so many times.
Blair Zuppicich did a great job with 7th Legion (say what you will about the game), and though Steam just gives you the soundtrack in mp3 format, I was confused that several themes were missing. This is a problem that perplexed me for many years, especially since my favorite theme was not among these files....
This game has all of two songs, and they're both bangers. Discovered while looking up the artist, since I was already a fan of both Sub-Terrania and Adventures of Batman and Robin ost's on the Genesis / Mega Drive
Not to pile on, but print ads from the 90's are wild to look at. Sonic 3 launched at $70. You know, games that require a couple of hours to complete casually. Stuff got replayed a LOT.
I have DNS adblocking / tracker blocking set up on an Android TV (spoiler: Amazon is very noisy, even if you don't watch anything on Prime Video), but it doesn't help against native launcher ads.
When the launcher first started showing ads, you could disable certain services, but it would break playback on other apps.
Adam Freeland "Fear (Go-Go-GST Remix)" | Rez ( yewtu.be )
The Rez version is great, and this remix is even better....
Mega Man X "Brainsick Metal" OC ReMix ( ocremix.org )
Savaged Regime "Perimeter (Arranged)" | Xeno Crisis ( yewtu.be )
pokes head out from behind a flood of posts...
Akira Ifukube (probably?) "Vs. King Ghidorah" | Godzilla: Monster of Monsters ( yewtu.be )
If you search "Godzilla NES remix" it's about impossible to find actual music and not creepypasta stuff.
"Anxiety" (Orchestrated remix) | Castlevania III ( yewtu.be )
I think this song benefits from having modern samples. Live instrument versions also generally sound good.
Motoi Sakuraba "Leap the Precipice" | Eternal Sonata ( yewtu.be )
I need to actually finish this game. 😅
Dan Forden "Dead Pool" (Paul Unfaces remix) | Mortal Kombat II ( yewtu.be )
Apart from just a cool remix, it's a nice glitch demonstration / behind the scenes compilation....
Fr3Qi "Yee-Haw!" (Orig. Masanori Hikichi & Masayuki Nagao "Stages 1-4") | Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine ( yewtu.be )
Yasunori Mitsuda, Nobuo Uematsu "Corridors of Time" | Chrono Trigger ( www.youtube.com )
In honor of Toriyama.
Killer Instinct - Village of Whispers - [Mick Gordon] ( youtu.be )
Paul Leonard-Morgan "Death Comes for All" | W40k: Dawn of War III ( youtu.be )
Too bad the game tried to push people toward a multiplayer that nobody wanted or liked to unlock single player content....
Primal Rage - All the Rage: Beachin' (Sauron's Theme) - [Doug Brandon, Jeanne Parson] ( www.youtube.com )
Why am I only now discovering Primal Rage got its own "Killer Cuts"-style remix album. (Also that guitar riff...)
SuperSquare "No Sense Running" (orig. Jake Kaufman "An Underlying Problem") | Shovel Knight ( virt.bandcamp.com )
Starbound - I was the Sun (Before it was Cool) - [Curtis Schweitzer] ( youtu.be )
(Uncredited) "The Factory" | A Robot Named Fight ( www.youtube.com )
This roguelite Metroidvania surprised me with how well the randomized mechanics blended with exploration, and this track gives plenty of atmosphere to the third biome.
Tomoya Ohtani et al. "Dropaholic" (Lame Genie Metal ver.) | Sonic Frontiers ( yewtu.be )
The Frontiers ost, and esp. the cyberspace stages are amazing as-is, but yeah, I can get down with this.
Vanquish - Third Spaceport Lobby - [Erina Niwa] ( www.youtube.com )
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra "Mega Man Suite" ( yewtu.be )
Themes from Mega Man 1 - 3 are here, including a couple of Wily Castles.
Yutaka Minobe & Tatsuyuki Maeda "Kingdom of Ixa'Taka" | Skies of Arcadia ( yewtu.be )
A turn-based rpg about travel and discovery in a very shonen kind of way. Now that I think about it, Skies takes a page or two from Laputa: Castle in the Sky. Anyway, one of the early lands has some of the most memorable music....
Andrew Hulshult "Spent Fuel" | Prodeus ( yewtu.be )
Prodeus might have been the first time in a while that I had a great time in an fps....
Mike Morasky "Don't Do It" (Alex Giudici Remix) | Portal 2 ( yewtu.be )
The long, brooding original by Moraski is given a similarly dark and insidious treatment with heavy synths and punchy bass....
Mittsies "Epitomize (Sinner's VIP Edit)" | Helltaker ( www.youtube.com )
Most seem to prefer "Vitality" from the same album, but I rather enjoy the darker, more intense rhythms here....
Shin Megami Tensei V - Battle -Dancing Crazy Murder- - [Ryota Kozuka/Toshiki Konishi] ( youtu.be )
Vectorman (GEN/MD) - Day 1: Terraport - [Jon Holland] ( www.youtube.com )
David Wise "Surf City" (Arr. by Game Brass feat Banjo Guy Ollie) | Battletoads ( youtu.be )
David Wise needs no introduction, and to an extent neither does Banjo Guy Ollie and his folksy covers of game music. Here, he teams up with Game Brass for a band cover of a classic....
Bobby Prince "Imp's Song" (Synthpop remix by NiftySquares) | Doom ( www.youtube.com )
You didn't even know you wanted a synth cover of Doom music, did you?
Matt Murphy "Wave 4" (DAR Cover) | Raptor: Call of the Shadows ( youtu.be )
Raptor comes from a specific era of MS-DOS shmups that also includes Tyrian/2000, Overkill and others. These were the days before Bullet Hell took over which focused on enemy patterns instead of sprays of bullet patterns....
Toshiaki Sakoda "Demon's Undulate" | Alien Crush ( www.youtube.com )
Pinball didn't need to be this weird, but the Crush series is among the most inspirational.
Simon Robertson / Stephen Root "Canous" (Mellow Sonic Remix) | Extreme G 2 ( www.youtube.com )
Ah, yes. The DnB days of the N64. XG2 already had a solid ost, but Mellow Sonic brings it up to a whole other level. Canous is my fave of the bunch, but if you're into it, the other tracks are well worth a listen...
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (NES) - Battling Precariously - [Ryuichi Nitta, Mayuko Okamura] ( www.youtube.com )
Matt Furniss "The Pit" (8-beats VGM mix) | Mortal Kombat ( www.youtube.com )
Furniss replaced Forden's "The Bridge" theme, and I'm glad he did....
Jeff van Dyck "Automation" | Assault Android Cactus ( www.youtube.com )
In before "Pineapple!"
King of Fighters 98 - Cipher (Title) - [SNK SOUND TEAM] ( youtu.be )
A little goofier than what usually gets posted here but I've always loved this track.
Wild ARMs 3 - Wings (English) - [Michiko Naruke] ( youtu.be )
English vocal: Samantha Newark
[Unknown] Synthetik: Legion Rising "Hypernoma" ( www.youtube.com )
Synthetik's understated soundtrack makes tracks like these that go hard stand out. It doesn't hurt that it's some darn good psy-trance to boot....
Contra Hard Corps. "Jurassic Dope" ( www.youtube.com )
A Contra game that was widely overlooked in its day, and a gem in the series. Give it a shot if you missed it....
Jeremy Soule - The March Unto Death (from Total Annihilation) Transcribed by M. J. Hood ( www.youtube.com )
Figured out how to rip music from XM ( steamcommunity.com )
Blair Zuppicich did a great job with 7th Legion (say what you will about the game), and though Steam just gives you the soundtrack in mp3 format, I was confused that several themes were missing. This is a problem that perplexed me for many years, especially since my favorite theme was not among these files....
Front Line Assembly "Stealth Mech" | AirMech ( www.youtube.com )
A slow burn that's worth the wait. Played during the menu / lobby of AirMech....
Jesper Kyd - Pro Moves Soccer ( archive.org )
This game has all of two songs, and they're both bangers. Discovered while looking up the artist, since I was already a fan of both Sub-Terrania and Adventures of Batman and Robin ost's on the Genesis / Mega Drive
Redout - Conamara - [Aram Jean Shahbazians and Nils Iver Holtar] ( youtu.be )
Have video games become expensive now?
This Windows tool makes it super easy to debloat and cut down ads on your Android TV ( www.androidauthority.com )
Plants vs. Zombies - Watery Graves [Laura Shigihara] ( www.youtube.com )
What are your favorite third party controllers? ( lemmy.world )