Here is my legacy to gamemusic fans: a compilation of the 100 most beautiful and skillfully executed gamemusics of all time.
Of course it wasn't an easy task. I could easily choose a 100 musics from Yuzo Koshiro only, but I managed to shrink down the list to only the best of the best, ranging from a variety of consoles and years. To do this I had to make certain boundaries:
Short musics were cut from the list in favor of most elaborate pieces (ok, there's one or two shot ones!).
Arranged musics not made for game consoles/computer were vetoed too.
Famous tunes (like Legend of Zelda and Mario's theme) were discarded because its execution were too simplistic for the time being.
CONTENTS
00:00 Space Harrier Haya Oh
01:20 Black Belt Boss
02:40 Out Run Magical sound shower
05:36 Dragon Slayer 4 Opening Theme
07:00 Double Dragon City Slum
08:38 Ys The Syonin
09:21 Yuzo Koshiro About Dungeon
10:08 RType Scramble Crossroad (6th Stage)
11:03 Double Dragon Final Boss
12:14 Parodius Outro (Parodius Ending MSX)
13:10 Gradius II A Shooting Star
14:02 Truxton Friend
15:08 Algarna Mountain of Patron
16:15 Yuzo Koshiro Algarna
17:36 Fire Shark Give me your heart (Stage 2)
19:04 Ghouls 'N Ghosts Stage 2
20:11 Revenge of Shinobi Long Distance
20:51 Revenge of Shinobi China town
22:20 Final Fight Subway
23:24 Final Fight (SNES) Battle Against Sodom
24:51 Strider Raid!
25:51 Midnight Resistance Stage 1
27:53 Super Monaco GP Concentration
29:27 Hellfire Inside drive
31:24 NAM1974 Street Battle (Area 2)
33:00 Castle of Illusion Clock Tower
34:08 Alex Kidd in Shinobi World Level 1
35:07 Hunger Made Them Desperate
37:03 Super Mario World Fortress
39:50 Gradius III In the Wind
40:45 Gradius III Fire Scramble
41:38 Yuzo Koshiro Filmoa
42:41 Yuzo Koshiro Birth of the people
43:26 Yuzo Koshiro Offering (Sasagemono)
44:42 Yuzo Koshiro Space fight
45:49 Street Fighter II Ryu
46:53 King of Dragons Hard Long
47:28 Masaki Izutani Stage 3 (Ninja)
48:37 Masaki Izutani Stage 8 (Callisto)
49:38 Ghouls & Ghosts Stage 5 (Arctic Mountains)
51:12 Ghouls & Ghosts Ending
53:19 UN Squadron Front line base
54:19 UN Squadron The Minks
55:27 The Street of Rage
57:02 Yuzo Koshiro Beatnik on the Ship
58:46 Super Castlevania 4 Prelude
01:01:13 Super Castlevania 4 Beginning
01:02:11 Ganbare Goemon Town of Yamato
01:02:50 Ganbare Goemon Izumo ~ Dragon Pond
01:03:47 Nobuo Uematsu Fight 1
01:04:45 Tecmo Ninja Gaiden Shadow track 3
01:05:49 Chris Hülsbeck The Great Bath (level 23)
01:07:39 Ryo Yonemitsu Tower of Fate
01:09:03 Top Gear Las Vegas (Mad Racer)
01:11:43 Truxton Far Away (PC Engine)
01:12:57 GG Shinobi 2 Castle 2
01:13:54 Masato Nakamura Option Screen
01:14:48 Fight for Mankind (unused)
01:16:18 Super Off Road Set Up
01:17:20 Yuzo Koshiro The Island of Everlasting Summer
01:19:48 Slow moon
01:21:07 Back to the industry
01:21:59 Mickey Mystical Quest Dark forest
01:23:07 Mickey Mystical Quest Snowy valley
01:24:15 Kiki Kaikai Battle with Black Mantle
01:25:54 Gods End
01:26:57 Super Aleste Space Cruiser
01:28:24 Megaman X Password Screen
01:29:24 Top Gear 2 Canterbury Plains
01:31:01 Sunset Riders Introduction
01:31:59 Sunset Riders Stage 3
01:32:47 Final Fight Walk In The Park
01:34:49 Sky Sanctuary
01:36:01 Special Stage
01:37:18 Act 2 Boss
01:38:02 Toshihiko Horiyama Beyond the Colosseum
01:39:33 Samurai Spirits 2 Shizen no utage Haru (Nakoruru)
01:45:11 Samurai Spirits 2 Jashin (Rashojin Mizuki)
01:49:25 Chrono Trigger Wings That Cross Time
01:51:10 Chrono Trigger To Far Away Times
01:55:29 Samurai Spirits 3 Kokoro no kagami (Rimururu)
01:59:36 Koji Kondo Dire, Dire Docks
02:02:39 Salamander 2 Sensation
02:03:59 Salamander 2 No future (unused)
02:05:20 Nobuo Uematsu Still More Fighting
02:07:13 Ys Eternal The Morning Grow (Plage)
02:09:23 Michiru Yamane Wood carving partita
02:10:56 Yasunori Mitsuda Into the Sky
02:13:44 Yasunori Mitsuda Wings
02:14:57 Yoko Shimomura Daedal's Organ
02:15:52 Yoko Shimomura Traverse Town
02:17:07 Yoko Shimomura Merlin's Magical House
02:18:32 Yuzo Koshiro Main title
02:19:41 Yuzo Koshiro Feel The Passion
02:21:58 Michiru Yamane Garibaldi Cathedral
02:24:41 Kow Otani The Opened Way (Battle With the Colossus)
02:26:33 Castlevania portrait of Ruin The gears go awry
02:28:24 Yuzo Koshiro The Battlefield That Never Sleeps
02:29:51 Yuzo Koshiro Disturbances Hoist the Sword and Pride in the Heart
02:32:12 Yuzo Koshiro Disturbances Each Justice