30 Best PC Engine CD Soundtracks - TurboGrafx CD Music Tribute

30 Best PC Engine CD / TurboGrafx CD Soundtracks:
01. Shadow of the Beast - Chris Howlett, Ian Henderson, David Whittaker - Welcome 00:00
02. Valis II - Kajiwara Masahiro, Tenpei Sato, Ogawa Shinobu - Act 1 02:13
03. Efera & Jiliora: The Emblem from Darkness - Hiroharu Hayama - Field 04:24
04. Castlevania: Rondo of Blood - Akira Souji, Keizo Nakamura, Tomoko Sano, Mikio Saito - Opposing Bloodlines / Beginning 05:56
05. Gate of Thunder - Nick Wood - Stage 1 08:41
06. Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire - T's Music - Stage 2 / Boss Theme 10:57
07. Last Armageddon - Hiroharu Hayama - Battle Theme 13:38
08. Ys: Book I & II - Ryo Yonemitsu, Yuzo Koshiro, Mieko Ishikawa - Palace of Destruction (Ys I) / Palace Of Solomon (Ys II) 15:17
09. Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair - Shinichi Sakamoto - Every Little Helps / Boss Theme 17:18
10. Popful Mail: Magical Fantasy Adventure - Mieko Ishikawa, Atsushi Shirakawa - Volcanic Zone (Map) 19:31
11. Sylphia - Katsumi Tanaka - Level 1 20:48
12. Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams - Kenichi Hirata - Stage 1 22:18
13. Double Dragon II: The Revenge - Kazunaka Yamane - Level 5 23:45
14. Fighting Street - N. Nakagami, Shofuku - Eagle Stage 25:25
15. Sorcerian - Yuzo Koshiro, Mieko Ishikawa, Reiko Takebayashi, Kenji Kawai - The Ice Cave − Cave II 27:01
16. Ys III: Wanderers from Ys - Ryo Yonemitsu, Mieko Ishikawa - The Boy Who Had Wings / Valestein Castle 28:46
17. Seirei Senshi Spriggan - Toshiaki Sakoda, Keiji Takeuchi, Einosuke Nagao, Katsumi Tanaka - Act 1-1 30:52
18. Nexzr - Yasushi Wada, Tatsuya Watanabe, Katsuya Yoneda - Stage 1 31:53
19. R-Type Complete CD - Masato Ishizaki - Level 1 33:48
20. Dungeon Explorer II - Yoshio Tsuru, Tsukasa Masuko, T’s Music - Dungeon 35:44
21. Valis: The Fantasm Soldier - Tenpei Sato, Ogawa Shinobu - Act 1 38:07
22. Jim Power in Mutant Planet - Chris Hülsbeck - Stage 1 39:39
23. Super Raiden - Shinichi Sakamoto - Stage 1 40:56
24. Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes - Ryo Yonemitsu, Mieko Ishikawa, Masaaki Kawai - Battle 42:15
25. Zero Wing - Tatsuya Uemura, Toshiaki Tomisawa, Masahiro Yuge - Legrous 44:51
26. Rayxanber III - Yasuhito Saito - Level 3 46:26
27. Terraforming - Katsuhiro Hayashi - Sea of Clouds 48:38
28. Spriggan Mark 2: Re-Terraform Project - Keiji Takeuchi - Theme of Spriggan Mark 2 / Everything's Begun 50:53
29. Lords of Thunder - Satoshi Miyashita - Dezant 53:46
30. Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys - Ryo Yonemitsu, A. Shirakawa, N. Kaneda, T. Tsunashima, M. Nakajima - Walking the Path of Legend / Field / The Dawn Of Ys 56:17

[@ModernVintageTV0]

Wow. This system had a lot of Shooters,huh? Anyway. The PCE-CD had some Awesome soundtracks.

[@user-fl1ed1nl7d]

Pure greatness from back when the japanese were on the absolute top of the gaming world.

[@G3E007]

still is

[@nicci_dee8292]

totally agree@@G3E007

[@ToppisYT]

yeah western was only ps2 and ps3 era on top of the gaming world@@nicci_dee8292

[@omaewamoushindeiru5072]

Realy

[@doitforthelutz]

Yeah, they still kind of are.

[@shenloken2]

God this music really makes me miss the late eighties and early nineties.

[@matthewsowards562]

Same here

[@jaytecx5942]

Love this period of mid 90s CD-Game music. The new medium pushed sound teams to go further with their game soundtracks.

[@DaveVoyles]

There is not one bad soundtrack here!

[@corehazard4709]

Spybionic never disappoints ;)

[@Kn3rd5oftheRoundTable]

I still have my TG-CD and still play most of the games. They are still fun and challenging to play today as they were in the 90s

[@HowlingMoonCinemas]

At 2:29 those camera shots as those villains turn to look so cunningly, are so God damn awesome and dynamic! I love the rich colors too! That was how real anime looked and moved!

[@axiom-a9370]

The audio quality is just great! Congrats for the technic.

[@JasonWardStudios]

Good list! TG16 CD and Super CD was the king of music in the late 80's and early 90's by far! Red label CD quality music vs. 8 and 16 bit chips, there was no comparison! I loved my TG 16 Super CD system. The system was also king of the shooters in that same time period hand down! But games like Dungeon Explorer II and Neutopia II were gems! Sad that you don't have Langrisser on the list, but with only 30 spots, you gotta select your favorites!

[@SpartanFromSpain]

Terraforming track is good, i stopped what i was doing to see what was playing, love it!

[@MarcinKralka]

I didn't know PC Engine had such good sound chip, great soundtracks!

[@benjib2691]

CD-ROM² and Super CD-ROM² games uses RedBook CD audio for their soundtrack, so the quality is awesome. But even without the CD addon, I find the PC Engine sound chip quite capable. It has its own unique audio signature within the 16-bit generation.

[@IdentityCrisis1581]

Lords of thunder definitely had the most rocking tracks ever. So bad ass. Man I miss my turbo duo. It had the best music of any system in it's generation.

[@largus1134]

Ya perdí la cuenta de cuántas veces reproducí este vídeo. Posee unos temas increíbles, ricos en texturas y detalles. Algunos juegos son grandiosos, verdaderas gemas. Por lejos la mejor compilación del canal. Un trabajo de impecable factura, y suena de maravilla.

[@cardetailingstudioaustria4121]

You forget one of the best Soundtracks on the PCE CD. Golden Axe Lemmings Are amazing 🤩

[@sgtpepper91]

5:56 yeah that's easily the best version

[@JasonWardStudios]

Absolutely unmatched by any release since! I love that track, and most of the tracks from the Rhondo of Blood game CD.

[@thomasmacdonough288]

46:27 Rayxanber's soundtracks are so unbelievably good, I've never even played the game but this track makes me want to ascend to a higher plane of existence

[@thomasmacdonough288]

So I've played the game and I can confidently say that the shooting sound completely ruins the soundtrack and makes me want to tear my ears off

[@Godsgood111]

Thanks for the update. I'm sorry your rayxanber journey was a disappointment, but at least we have good tunes!

[@thomasmacdonough288]

​@@Godsgood111 Haha it's all good, Rayxanber II I found to be perfectly playable, albeit about with a difficulty curve equal to slamming my head into a brick wall. That said though my foray into the PCE has definitely lead me to some gold mines both in music and gameplay, even games not on this vid like Macross 2036 and Xak III I've been enjoying recently. It really is a superb console.

[@CynicalGamingBlogTerry309]

Legends were made here

[@BorisK09]

Одна из лучших подборок на этом канале. Жду вторую часть :)

[@venomtang]

Hey man, still using your vids to get through long nights working in animation. You're valid and I appreciate you

[@G3E007]

the last song is so nostalgic... i was 14yo when i played ys4

[@agentskazzers3482]

That jim power song sounds like an Ys song fascinating i never noticed that before. TurboGrafx Cd Truly has some bangers. I never had one of these consoles!!

[@izabelcristina2327]

My god this is an AMAZING compilation

[@nicci_dee8292]

PC Engine CD is nearly the same than the Amiga aera ... Plenty of great games...if a game is not that worth to play the music is ❤❤❤ Still have mine

[@christrainer8168]

Your Sega Saturn video just made my night, trying on this one for size although I’m a newb to PCE

[@omaewamoushindeiru5072]

Awesome songs

[@Godsgood111]

Wondered how this playlist could be so great, then i saw the creator is from Russia, now it makes sense. They have legendary views and tastes.

[@yawnaroo]

I don't dislike any song in this entire collection. I love the PC Engine!! 😄

[@whatsinmymouth-]

Amazing job with the selection here!! GOAT soundtracks, thank you.

[@leonpijudo6875]

Lords Of Thunder sounds like Rainbow "Gates Of Babylon"

[@gamehuggers3700]

Awesome stuff to listen to! Thank you!!

[@Mchenrygames]

great selection, thanks for putting these together

[@salvatronprime9882]

Excellent mix!! A+

[@radbuster4403]

just spent hundreds on pc-engine cd games because of this video lol

[@Mchenrygames]

thanks it really helped me sleep

[@Miki-ch2ot]

Great video! Thank you, excelent selection☺️

[@crunchsixfoe]

Great picks, all good here!!

[@FlameAdder]

Hahaha, that Jim Power song sounds even more like Searing Struggle in the CD version

[@cryosleep19]

Bro with gameplay footage 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@asubijotaka7374]

Awesome playlist, thanks !

[@omgorly]

Spectacular! What a compilation !

[@MrDirkles]

In using this as a " best games on the pc engine" reference. A fantastic collection of audio magic

[@xboyindahouse]

Sylphia's 1st level theme sounds like Sheila E.'s "A Love Bizarre"

[@AK-cf6sj]

PC engine is my favourite retro console of all time.

[@johnlogan8615]

The PC Engine is great ...

[@rob0nemusic369]

Awesome !

[@Curdflapers]

amazing i was playing a super Raiden in the old fashioned flash shooting games on the pc without knowing it

[@christrainer8168]

Wow the double dragon one was so u expected. Amazing

[@grammaticalrouge29]

Dang, the Turbo Grafx is Anime as fudge. Nice compilation by the way. Got a jolt of nostalgia from some of those 👌

[@MarkoTulio]

Superb!

[@evilcik]

que pedazo de compilacion, un 10/10

[@vansajexora]

+1 for Last Armageddon

[@hckneoboom9548]

At 5:56min amazing game and soundtrack!

[@chinossynthesizer705]

Fire

[@tatsujincorp]

great pick-ups, although of course there are many tons more out there :)

[@Xilore25]

I always use this as music for studying.

[@adammcclendon431]

This is Epic

[@romanoaj31]

I'm just curious what the five people who disliked were expecting. This video shows masterful editing and segues.

[@GATXShinGundam]

10/10

[@Curdflapers]

De très bonne musiques !

[@Elrinth]

the music for Last Armageddon has to be the most unfitting music I've heard in a video game for a long time :D The music is really great, but doesn't fit the game at all :D Hadn't heard Super Raiden music before, daaaayum. Pretty damn awesome.

[@devilzdandruff9199]

Miałem Turbo Grafx16 ale sprzedałem chyba około 1994 r. Byłem gówniarzem i myślałem że co kolwiek nowsze to lepsze.. ha ha ha. Kapitalnie się grało wtedy. Kurwa, NES, Genesis i Turbo to był złoty okres.

[@takerufrancis7537]

Wow I heard all this BGM video games are rock music! GREAT!

[@jddeluxe2242]

uuggghhh!! :)

[@Recoverel]

I would add the soundtracks from Red Alert/Last Alert.

[@Ostnizdasht206]

I want a Tubrografx CD so bad but it costs way too much and that's not even including that games..

[@nimbylive]

I don't know your knowledge or comfort with it is, but just emulate it. As old as these games are you are certainly not keeping money out of the makers' hands. I've got a few running on a raspberry pie, but a PC can play all of these games just fine. You'll need the bios file, but google is your friend for all of this.

[@ShamanNoodles]

Get a PC Engine CD(the Japanese version of the console). It's much cheaper and can play American game CDs. You can also play burned games without modding the system, as it has no copyright protection 🙂

[@franciscopaiva8296]

Exelent list but I missed one soundtrack from Rondo of Blood, Cross a Fear from stage 2. In my opinion, the best track of this game...

[@craiganderson7085]

Thanks for the great list! Do you think in the future you could do a list of best Hu-Card soundtracks on the PC Engine?

[@Spybionic]

Yes

[@craiganderson7085]

Thanks

[@Andrew_TS]

Rocking. Shame the PC Engine was so obscure here in the US back then.

[@gambinogambino768]

Jim Power stage 1 is insane. I like the SNES version too

[@VampireNoblesse]

gate of thunder has great tracks, best missing here

[@Yeowtch]

muito bom

[@VampireNoblesse]

also Ys has some great tracks, but missing here too (like gates of thunder)

[@fudzyfudzy6586]

Hi, thank you, i discovered incredible songs here. There is a little mistake: at 17:18, the first song is: - Wonder Boy III Monster Lair 05 The Ice World and not - Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair - Shinichi Sakamoto - Every Little Helps Greetings !

[@monolith8449]

Q fiera

[@paulbarlow9981]

No Super Star Soldier? Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Great list, though. :)

[@thofol]

Probably because this is only about CD games.

[@jasondaigo]

in my country we never got this sound quality; we got shity master system and nes instead. when i got my saturn i might have been the only person with that console in 100km around me.

[@viajerosdelabismo]

Could you please make a video with the best Arcade, MAME, NEO GEO soundtracks? Thank you ! :)

[@Spybionic]

Maybe

[@henrituhola]

Lmao at the popful mail intro.

[@strange4414]

Found this from Whang! like two weeks ago lol

[@blakecasimir]

Where did you get Nick Wood from as the composer of Gate Of Thunder? I thought it was Satoshi Miyashita. It's a Japanese developed game, after all...

[@spaceharrier9303]

Nick Wood was the composer of Gate of Thunder Satoshi Miyashita was the composer of Lords of Thunder

[@donjuant]

I love This music, it's authentic, not as this era, all new videogame music seems star wars music or electro pop Lady Gaga songs.

[@jaimdiojtar]

how they managed to fit this audio quallity? those are prerecorded music not using a midi chip like old consoles right? it just playing a wav/mp3 type of music?

[@chibinya]

This console got CD capabilities really early, so yep!

[@MaelstromExceptions]

GOOD GOOD GOOD!! BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT you forgot a game here, Dragon Slayer: Legend of Heroes, Same composer who did the ys series on this system.

[@pernellvaughan8535]

Wow! Is it just me or does the track from Jim Power (39:09) have some legit similarities to Searing Struggle from Ys 3? kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHPbo6B4aLiXsNk

[@Fohlken]

The original Dark Souls

[@ronaldcoley9982]

No Legendary Axe? 🤔

[@Spybionic]

Here CD only.

[@venomtang]

25:25

[@Di0guardi]

Ys IV - Promalock kzbin.info/www/bejne/ama7eqZ5f5mea5I

[@HugoTheContrarian]

Jim Power music is a copycat of Ys 3 Wanderes from YS!

[@Caenem_]

JDG

[@Ultraslainmonkey]

S

[@chrism2027]

Very horny soundtrack, I think the Valis series really nice. More than enough to hollow out all 4 parts. But since I only have a NEN Megadrive and a SNES I will get the 4 parts on the systems 1 to 3 on the Megadrive and the 4 for SNES.

[@mhc12k]

I've heard better on the Turbochip

[@skins4thewin]

The first two were pretty awful but things picked up nicely after that. Shadow of the Beast & Valis 2 were some pretty awful games. Valis 3 was infinitely better than 2. Lol also not sure why but Valis always reminded me of La Blue Girl.

[@tatsujincorp]

It’s about the music here, not about the quality of the games. SotB has some of the best redbook audio ever made.

[@doomie77]

Shadow of the Beast sounds too poppy. The Amiga original sound better. Maybe it's just nostalgia though.