FM synth fury that sounds like it's trying to keep up with the bullets on screen. Tatsujin Ou (Truxton II) is Toaplan's 1992 arcade shooter sequel and the soundtrack absolutely rips. LIVE IN FUTURE opens with this driving bassline and layered FM leads that set the pace for everything, and GRATIFY pushes into almost prog-rock territory with its time signature shifts.
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STILL LOVE YOU has this surprisingly melodic quality underneath all the intensity. The boss theme HEAVY LONG just pounds. That arcade FM chip doing things it probably wasn't designed to do. SOMEWHERE on the continue screen gives you just enough breathing room to slam another credit in.
If you play shmups, Toaplan's sound team was operating on another level here.