Heavy, dramatic synth-rock that hits harder than the first game. ESPGALUDA II came out in 2006 on arcade and Xbox 360, and the soundtrack escalates everything CAVE built before. Mutiny opens stage 1 with this sense of fate and momentum that the subtitle "Fate is with the Girl" completely earns.
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Kujaku is the last boss theme and it's absolutely unhinged, layers crashing into each other like the bullet patterns on screen. Then Ascend plays for the ending and suddenly everything is still. The voice collection track is a fun bonus, and the alternate Ver.
Invitation select screen remix gives Fatidic a completely different energy. Deserted especially hits with its subtitle about siblings. If you want a shooter soundtrack that actually tells a tragedy between the explosions, queue this up.