Picking the right songs is like when they have movie auditions. Reminds me of the acting audition of the cast of the original Star Wars; when you saw them you knew they were it and the chemistry was there. Same as for the songs that made it into this game, they worked well together and the musical chemistry is there. I'll never forget the Boss Battle music when playing Life Force the Arcade, simply Intense.
The game Shovel Knight sounds like it had a VRC6, even though it couldn't have been equipped with one. I guess that is a good reason why I love that game.
Shovel Knight was written with the VRC6 expansion chip (as well as the 2a03). Jake Kaufmann first tested the waters with a bonus soundtrack of Bloodrayne Betrayal and had really mastered the chip by the time he wrote the soundtrack for Shovel Knight.
I feel there are some weird notes on the 9. Thunderbolt (Lifeforce Stage 2/ NES Stage 5) (8:28) in the last part of the song. But ABSOLUTELY massive arrangement. Love it.
What's weird is that it's not unused in either Salamander or Life Force arcade. Same for the two songs before it. Maybe they're unused in different ports of the game...?
1. Opening (from "Original Sound of Salamander) (0:00)
2. Operation Seedleek (MSX Version Opening Demo) (1:09)
3. Title (from PCE Version) (2:47)
4. It's a Power Up! (PCE Version Power Up Demonstration) (3:17)
5. Power of Anger (Stage 1) (4:03)
6. Fly High (Stage 2) (5:10)
7. Poison of Snake (Boss) (6:13)
8. Prophet Fire (MSX Version Stage Branch Demo) (7:40)
9. Thunderbolt (Lifeforce Stage 2/ NES Stage 5) (8:28)
10. Planet Latis (Stage 3) (9:53)
11. Starfield (Stage 4/ NES Stage 2) (11:03)
12. Slash Fighter (Lifeforce Stage 4) (12:09)
13. Combat (Lifeforce Stage 5/ MSX Version Stage 3) (13:38)
14. Burn the Wind (Stage 5/ NES Stage 4) (14:35)
15. Odysseus (MSX Version Prophecy of Flame Demo) (15:41)
16. Destroy Them All (Stage 6) (16:33)
17. Aircraft Carrier (Stage 6 Mini Boss/ NES Stage 5 Mini Boss) (17:56)
18. Departure Again (MSX Version Bad Ending) (18:37)
19. Last Exit (MSX Version Venom Warship) (20:08)
20. Peace Again (Ending) (21:34)
21. Conclusion (MSX Version Good Ending) (22:27)
22. Crystal Forever (Game Over) (23:53)
23. Unused Songs (24:18)
+nay Timestamps for unused songs:
24:18- Unused BGM 8 (Salamander)/Unused BGM 7 (Life Force)
25:15- Coin + Burn the Wind "remix" (Unused BGM 1 of Life Force)
26:27- Unused BGM 14 (Life Force)
27:13- Unused BGM 10 (Salamander)/Unused BGM 9 (Life Force)
28:05- Unused BGM 11 (Salamander)
29:02- Unused BGM 2 (Salamander)/Unused BGM 3 (Life Force)
30:14- Unused BGM 9 (Salamander)/Unused BGM 8 (Life Force)
30:55- Unused BGM 3 (Salamander)
31:27- Unused BGM 7 (Salamander)
33:18- ??? (unused in other version maybe...)
33:40- ???
34:33- ???
35:33- Unused BGM 17 (Salamander)
36:04- Unused BGM 12 (Salamander)/Unused BGM 11 (Life Force)
36:40- Unused BGM 14 (Salamander)
36:48- Unused BGM 16 (Salamander)/Unused BGM 15 (Life Force)
37:22- Unused BGM 13 (Salamander)/Unused BGM 12 (Life Force)
37:49- Unused BGM 6 (Life Force)
38:36- Unused BGM 5 (Salamander)/Unused BGM 5 (Life Force)
39:24- Unused BGM 15 (Salamander)
39:32- Unused BGM 13 (Life Force)
40:22- Unused BGM 18 (Salamander)/Unused BGM 16 (Life Force)
41:40- Unused BGM 10 (Life Force)
42:15- Unused BGM 1 (Salamander)
These are referring to the arcade versions only. Fly High and Starfield are also unused in Life Force.
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@@SuperViperT302 link download soundtrack?
VCR6 sounds are so beautiful and make me cry in a good way
Wow, the composer is a creative genius. Those unused pieces of music are awesome also.
Picking the right songs is like when they have movie auditions. Reminds me of the acting audition of the cast of the original Star Wars; when you saw them you knew they were it and the chemistry was there. Same as for the songs that made it into this game, they worked well together and the musical chemistry is there. I'll never forget the Boss Battle music when playing Life Force the Arcade, simply Intense.
If I ever played the MSX version and got the bad ending, I wouldn't be upset at all. Departure Again KICKS ASS!
39:32 and 40:22
I love these so much!
ugh, last exit is one of the best tracks to come from salamander. sad it's so system exclusive and wasn't included on many other versions.
Love the Arcade Opening & Operation Seedleek.
Absolutely perfect. Been wanting to hear something like this for so long
That one dislike is Zelos or Dr. Venom
Man this sounds so awesome!
Moonspin/Last Exit sounds fucking amazing! 20:08
this ost is 🔥 🔥 🔥
This is so sick!!
This is freaking awesome!
Cool, but all the MSX counterparts are better, IMO.
I'm so happy this exists
40:22 Wow! Really like this one!
Definitely sounds better when you give it percussion. :)
29:02 if even its a unused theme, i love it!
Jão8bits listen to the version in Life Force JP Arcade l. You'll love it (look for "Lifeforce Unused Bgm 3").
MSX版にこんなのあったっけ？！と焦った！こいつはびっくり！
訳すと・・・Awesome!!ってことで:D
The game Shovel Knight sounds like it had a VRC6, even though it couldn't have been equipped with one. I guess that is a good reason why I love that game.
Shovel Knight was written with the VRC6 expansion chip (as well as the 2a03). Jake Kaufmann first tested the waters with a bonus soundtrack of Bloodrayne Betrayal and had really mastered the chip by the time he wrote the soundtrack for Shovel Knight.
@@travist8794 That explains many things.
I feel there are some weird notes on the 9. Thunderbolt (Lifeforce Stage 2/ NES Stage 5) (8:28) in the last part of the song. But ABSOLUTELY massive arrangement. Love it.
Where can I download this? UA-cam compresses the audio quality of the videos quite a lot.
12:11 Me reminds to Lion King of Sega Genesis, precisely the first level O: .
Where did you found these tracks? I can't found them on youtube.
18. 18:36 Departure Again (MSX Version Bad Ending)
wow, thanks so much!
31:27
34:34 - Not sure why but that one song would be more appropriate for a Castlevania game.
What's weird is that it's not unused in either Salamander or Life Force arcade. Same for the two songs before it. Maybe they're unused in different ports of the game...?
Slash Fighter最高！
7:40 assess arms supply situation then decide within time limit
Excellent!
6:13
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واروع ما سمعت
Doesn't sound to far off from the msx or pce engine versions but very nice renditions of these songs!
Konami from the olden days.
THIS VERSION IS BEST！！
I love poison of snake
6:14 /7:40
Patch this too the game!
Is there an NSF version of this to download?
Epic songs at 22:27 & 11:03. Someone as know the name of them?
28:08 It's a some Castlevania tribute?
Doubt it. Salamander came out 1 year before Castlevania, iirc.
Prototype Castlevania song probably
3:17 8:28
人を大切しろ!愛新持栄隊総館超久保田勉ゲーム新大臣!仕事対策大臣!会社改革大臣!規制緩和大臣!安全・自殺対策大臣!地方活性化大臣!
I really wish we could patch this music to an actual lifeforce game.
god yes! 😍
Why in bloody hell is this not on mp3 format? Where is the link?