Arcade PCM hitting you with that late-80s Irem energy. Legend of Hero Tonma is a 1989 side-scroller, and the soundtrack has this punchy, confident sound that arcade hardware did best. CHOTTO OMACHI on Stage 1 sets the pace immediately, bright and forward-moving.
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KATSUDON OHMORI shifts heavier on Stage 3. Then KNOCK DOWN THE BIG SATAN, AT SHINKEISHITSU is maybe the best last boss track title ever written, and the music matches that unhinged energy. The names are half Japanese wordplay, half pure chaos.
EMONGAKE, UNDOHKUTSU, SHOBAI HANJO. Even the game over theme DO NOT REGRET has personality. If you want arcade soundtrack deep cuts from the era when Irem was quietly making bangers, this is it.