Gradius II PCE-CD Soundtrack

[@JScottMorgan]

Dude, I just bought this game off the Wii Shop Channel last night. This is instantly my favorite Gradius. I wish there was a way for me to put this music on my iPod. Thanks for uploading this. A metal band would make a perfect album covering this whole soundtrack.

[@syniekos]

An epic arcade soundtrack of the ages !!

[@musiclover3928]

Amazing soundtrack!!. I used to own the original soundtrack on CD. Wore it out completely!. I remember playing Gradius 2 for the first time back in the arcade back in 1988. I was blown away!. Now i own the PCE-CD version for my Nintendo Wii.

[@dqwno4900]

I like the bass from the CD. It makes the music sound better, not to mention that CDs already make the music and sound uncompressed. Not to mention that CD-ROMS make music and sound that would otherwise be impossible to make on the sound chips themselves and with limited space on a cartridge.

[@excrono]

Thank you for not putting on rose colored glasses when enjoying video game music. The original composers would want the best possible presentation for their work.

[@farizavianto4990]

Matched With Arcade Version Also Included PS1 Version. Consisted Twin 16 Hardware with Z80 CPU With YM2151+3012 with NEC μPD7759C and K007232.

[@ねこまみれ-x7r]

これ聴いてあらためて思うこと… ファミコン版はあのスペックで えげつない音出してたなぁ

[@ashkirby8896]

IT'S THE EXACT SAME SOUNDTRACK AS THE ARCADE VERSION, JUST STREAMED WITH THE CDDA CHANNEL ON THE PC ENGINE CD.

[@GardeOCR]

20:54 isn't in the Arcade version.

[@deathballad]

03:55 *YOU SHALL NEVER RETURN ALIVE*

[@金子ひでひろ-l7h]

日本全国のNHK及び民間ラジオテレビ様にも染み込んでセンスがいいみたいですよ。

[@tokyobassist]

The percussion is still so good.

[@CPS42069]

The music in PCE version is much more crisper than the arcade version, take Burning Heat for example.

[@TheRestartPoint]

I hear classic uplifting game music like this (from Konami especially) and just cry with nostalgia

[@palmalove61]

Star Flight and Farewell are my Favorite

[@金子ひでひろ-l7h]

いろんなものも加えて元気がわいてくるBGMにもいいみたいですよ。

[@Eight-Bytes]

13:31 - This version of the game might have my favorite version of 'Poison of Snake.'

[@pauljohnson7548]

The best part is the intro to the game, which for some reason is all the way at the end here at 20:55.

[@pauljohnson7548]

Why is it translating my comments all weird?

[@excrono]

@@pauljohnson7548 コメントの自動翻訳はいつも変だ。

[@thefumigator]

You are wrong. The PCEngine CD has all the tracks like almost all PCEngine CDs, in this case they recorded from the arcade versions with special effects applied by a roland sound scape processor. KZbin may degrade the sound a bit, but having the original PCE CD game I can assure you that this is the real thing. And it sounds amazing

[@sonkyu2000]

"Destroy them all!" nostalgic...

[@craiganderson7085]

This is an amazing soundtrack, but if you want to listen to another great version, listen to the X68000 Midi version, it sounds amazing! :)

[@ThePerfectKiosk]

It's the redbook CD audio from the game disc. You literally pop it into your CD drive and rip the tracks; it can't be any simpler.

[@まつだひろし-s4q]

初代グラ 次に沙羅萬陀 グラ2 30巣数年前タバコ気臭いゲーセン ワワンコインクリア目指しました☺頑張りましたがデスの波動砲砲で諦めました☺上手いプレイヤーの後方に立ち勉強しましたが、ボスラッシュ観察して無理と悟りました☺ でもこの様にし視聴出来て楽しい❤

[@JRoqqs25]

Ngl this sounds better than the AC version

[@airwolfman]

9:15 music reminds me of the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game on Gameboy, those sewer levels.

[@TheRestartPoint]

Best Gradius OST of them all, and that's saying a lot because they're all amazing :) i NEED a PC Engine with an Super SD System 3 arrgh but it's expensive

[@Ultrasteel]

Good choice! Have you played Gradius 3 SNES?

[@excrono]

A beast of a soundtrack.

[@jeh6921]

gradius ac,what use the sound chip?

[@ashkirby8896]

IT'S THE ARCADE OST STREAMED ON THE PC ENGINE CD VIA THE CDDA CHANNEL.

[@UI_CKM]

I heard that the first gradius was using "Konami 005289(similar to SCC and TG16)"and later series were Yamaha YM2151(OPM).

[@joes2857]

Might sound weird but I actually prefer the original arcade score. I dunno something about the way they mixed this version. Some of the songs sound off.

[@excrono]

Do they sound off musically or because of nostalgia for the arcade port?