I only just learned that Akira Yamaoka contributed music to the Beatmania series. I don't know how many other people here knew about this. The Beatmania series is not well known in the States (don't know about Europe). The US got one console Beatmania game and it had a poor tracklist.

All the good Beatmania games, which is more or less all of them, are stuck in Japan unless you live in an area that has an arcade with import machines.

I really want to play this series.

Anyway, found some vids of his music from Beatmania on Youtube. So if you've never heard his music outside Silent Hill or games like No More Heroes 2 and Rumble Roses, check it out. According to Wikipedia, Yamaoka worked on Gradius III & IV and Contra: Shattered Soldier. Interesting...

May update the post with more vids if I find more.

Empty of the Sky

Song name is in Japanese. Google Translate says "family all together

SHIFT

Lion Suki

Bit Mania

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