PALADIN'S QUEST
(Super NES)
Composer: Kohei Tanaka
Another great soundtrack from Kohei Tanaka, and I believe this was the first one of his I'd ever heard. NOTE: This game is also known as Lennus.
"Boss Battle" - Hee hee. This one really rocks!
"Ending" - This one is absolutely gorgeous! A softer, mellower compilation of the game's overworld themes that builds to a rousing finale. I've never finished this game, but this almost makes me want to. Original Top 50 endings!
"Naskuot Overworld" - The first overworld theme. Typical upbeat RPG goodness.
"Overworld Battle" - PQ has different battle themes for the overworld and dungeons. This is the better of the two.
"Parade" - This song is my excuse for including music from this game's soundtrack. You SHALL revel in its greatness! I command thee!
"Saskuot Overworld" - The overworld music for the darker, scarier part of the world.
PANZER DRAGOON SAGA
(Sega Saturn)
Composers: Saori Kobayashi, Mariko Nanba
A unique RPG with a unique soundtrack. Because of how expensive and rare this game is, few people will ever get a chance to play it. I personally don't feel it's the best RPG ever made, although it is one of the better ones I've played specifically for the Sega Saturn. If you don't plan to purchase a copy of the game, then you should at least consider downloading these songs because they're certainly worth experiencing.
"Above the Excavation" - This is practically the same song as "Sona Mi Areru Ec Sancitu" (see below), but it's the instrumental version that plays over the excavation site. (Note: I could do nothing to quiet the dragon's first two wing beats because it happens during an unskippable cutscene...you'd have to be pretty anal to be bothered by it, though.)
"Sona Mi Areru Ec Sancitu" - This is the ending credits song of Panzer Dragoon Saga. The title translates to "Art Thou the Holy One?" It's an absolutely AMAZING piece of work and easily the best thing about that game. Lyrics are, apparently, sung in Latin. Of all the games I've finished that have lyrical songs, this one is my favorite. Because of how rare this game is, I'm keeping this mp3 up permanently for your downloading pleasure.
"Title Theme" - Well, it's on all four discs of the game, so it's about time I ripped it, huh?
PLOK
(Super NES)
Composers: Tim & Geoff Follin
Plok has an outstanding soundtrack composed by the legendary Tim and Geoff Follin. The sound quality on these is awesome and just has to be heard to be appreciated.
"Akrillic" - One of the most commonly-used level themes for the main island of Akrillic. This one deserves to be hooked up to an amplifier and blared at top volume.
"Plok's House" - This light-hearted, semi-celtic, "rolling through the hills"-type of song is called "Plok's House", although if you play on the "Child's Play" difficulty setting, the first place you'll hear it is in Venge Thicket. (The Plok's House stage on that setting actually uses the above music, so go figure.)
POCKY & ROCKY
(Super NES)
Composer: Hiroyuki Iwatsuki
Pocky & Rocky is a game I have yet to finish, but I used to love listening to some of its music via the in-game sound test. I'll present a couple of my favorites here.
"Battle With Black Mantle" - This was always my favorite song to listen to in the sound test. I never actually got far enough in the game to hear it there. It has a great bassline and the melody is so intricate that it just seems to be begging to have lyrics put to it.
"The Haunted Shrine" - This is the first level theme. It combines Japanese-sounding music with the soundtrack's signature rockin' bassline.
PUSS N BOOTS: PERO'S GREAT ADVENTURE
(NES)
Composer: Mitsuyasu Tomohisa
Mitsuyasu Tomohisa is the guitarist of the Japanese band, Jaywalk, who have been recording albums since the '80s and are still making them. It makes sense, because this mp3 I'm providing here has always struck me as being written for the electric guitar.
"Game Over" - The "Game Over" music from Puss n Boots has always been one of my favorites. The first time I ever heard it was on Captain N: The Game Master, where it was used in the episode based on the Puss n Boots game. DiC must have agreed with me about it being written for guitar, because their version of it was a heavy metal thrasher. Boy, what I would do to get a recording of that version...
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