Yuzo Koshiro on PC-88 FM synthesis and it goes harder than anything released on that hardware has any right to. The Scheme dropped in 1989 and basically proved what the YM2608 sound chip could really do in the right hands.
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I'LL SAVE YOU ALL MY JUSTICE rips with this driving bass line and layered FM leads that sound almost like early thrash metal translated into chips. PERPETUAL DARK goes full brooding atmosphere, these sustained tones building dread between bursts of melody.
THOUSAND EYES has a rhythmic intensity that prefigures what Koshiro would later do with Streets of Rage. NUCLEAR POWER is just relentless. The track titles alone tell you the energy level here. If you think FM synth music peaked with Mega Drive games, this PC-88 soundtrack from a year earlier will set you straight.