Late-90s arcade hardware pushing out some absolutely ferocious synth work here. Raiden Fighters JET takes the series' militaristic energy and cranks the tempo into overdrive, fitting for a shmup that basically demands perfection.
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The compositions cycle between adrenaline-fueled stage themes with rapid-fire percussion and these brief, almost eerie ambient passages that creep in between the action. There's a heaviness to the bass programming that grounds everything even when the melodies go wild up top.
Some tracks lean into a techno-adjacent pulse that feels very 1998 arcade floor. Twenty-eight tracks deep for a shoot-em-up is generous too, so nothing overstays its welcome. If you've ever wanted a soundtrack that matches the screen being 90% bullets, this delivers.