Devil Engine: Ignition takes the beloved shmup's original soundtrack and hands its tracks to a roster of guest artists for wild reinterpretation. This is a remix album in the truest sense — each contributor brings their own flavor to the source material.
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IRON ATTACK! tears through Iron Attack with their signature doujin metal intensity, while Deniz Akbulut flips Jazzy NNYC into something smooth and unexpected for a bullet hell game. The lineup reads like a who's who of underground game music talent.
Shinji Hosoe, legendary for his work on countless arcade and console titles, delivers his take on Low Altitude with the kind of precise electronic craftsmanship you'd expect from a veteran of his caliber. HEAVYVIPER's Scorched Earth Tactics hits like a wall of distorted synths, and Tom Schley's At Thunder's Gate channels pure shredding energy.
Saitama Saisyu Heiki's Celestial Avatar and eebrozgi's Distant Call round out the guest spots with distinctive character. The back half features multiple arrangements by DJ Adkins - Nashville, including alternate takes on Scorch The Earth, Celestial Avatar, and the Japanese-titled 永遠に不滅だ.
Having one artist provide several variations gives a nice cohesion to the second portion of the tracklist. For fans of the original Devil Engine soundtrack, Ignition is a celebration that proves how versatile those compositions are when filtered through radically different musical sensibilities.