The SiestA Edition of Trouble Witches strips the soundtrack down to its PC doujin roots and it still bangs. This 2015 version keeps all the stage themes intact but there's this slightly different mix that feels closer to the original indie release.
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"Colonnade to the End" on Stage06 builds this dramatic tension that the arcade version expanded on later. The Amalgam boss theme is unhinged in the best way, layers of frantic synth piling on each other. Even the name entry music ("I'm tired so I'm going to sleep") has personality.
Staff roll track "Heading for the port town" is genuinely beautiful. Shmup fans who want to hear where this series started sonically, start here.