Go Sato's Raiden II score is one of the all-time great arcade soundtracks, full stop. Running on early-90s FM synthesis hardware, every track squeezes an absurd amount of emotion and intensity from limited sound channels.
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"Repeated tragedy" opens the game with this iconic driving melody that's been stuck in shmup fans' heads for three decades now. "All or Nothing" pushes the tempo into frantic territory that matches the screen-filling bullet patterns perfectly.
"Flap toward the hope" somehow finds beauty in all that chaos. Even the boss theme "Metal storm" hits with genuine menace despite the hardware constraints. If you've never heard what peak arcade FM synthesis sounds like, start here and work your way forward.