Wardner's fairy-tale FM soundtrack still sounds magical almost 40 years later. Vol.7 collects three Toaplan non-shooters: Wardner no Mori, Demon's World (Horror Story), and Knuckle Bash. Osamu Ohta scored Wardner with this whimsical, slightly eerie energy, and In the Forest sets that tone perfectly with its lilting melody.
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Mountain of Fire shifts into pure urgency. The Demon's World tracks globe-hop through Western America, Japan, Ghost Ship, each location getting its own distinct FM flavor. Then Knuckle Bash just comes in swinging with this brawler energy that sounds nothing like the other two.
Three totally different genres on one compilation. If you only know Toaplan for their shmups, this will completely reframe what that team could do.