Irem Ninja Spirit Soundtrack

[@rudeboyspodcast]

Holy shit the Forest theme is absolutely nuts. Masahiko Ishida did an incredible job, here.

[@Bloodreign1]

This game is so badass that ninjas in the last stage are frozen in midair, waiting to slice you in half like a watermelon. You better pray you know the correct route through that gauntlet.

[@alienspacebat5218]

The instruments... the chords... you can tell Irem when you hear it!

[@raywongchi]

OMG. So simple sounds and WHAT Atmosphere!!! Can't be praised enough!

[@arshadm1372]

Amazing "Stereo SoundTrack" of my beloved game from junior school days! Thanks for Sharing! Love & Respects!!!

[@indy500tabasco8]

this ost is true gem. never played this game back in 80's and 90's

[@babylonkid]

Damn I used to play this game on my TG16 so much. Such great memories. I think track Dark Blue is my favorite.

[@unrequited8200]

TG16 port of this game is *good*

[@RetroGamingWorld]

Played on ATARI ST

[@elmono6299]

Fantastic soundtrack for an insanely hard arcade game 🕹 🥷

[@crunchsixfoe]

Love stage 2 and stage 5

[@designy7677]

best music among ninja games.

[@edwarddillon5886]

Here are some good Ninja OST: The Last Ninja2 Ninja Warriors Arcade Cyber Ninja Arcade

[@Margatroid]

I dunno, Revenge of Shinobi maybe. This OST is fantastic though.

[@northern_moss]

Shinobi 2: Silent Fury

[@zeeninetynine]

Rob Hubbard's music of Ninja by Mastertronic for some oldskool goodness

[@theinvisibleskulk4563]

Wouldn't surprise me if the composer to this game was one of the staff members who left to make Pulstar and Blazing Star.

[@jackmann7586]

Was never a big fan of R-Type. For me this game is Irem's masterpiece.

[@danniradske8350]

this was the masterpiece of the turbo grafx 16 system in general i think - so memorable!

[@RetroGamingWorld]

Masterpiece is an under-statement :) this game is Exotic

[@anonymousanonymous8216]

@@RetroGamingWorld pretty sure "masterpiece" is a stronger word than "exotic" lol

[@RetroGamingWorld]

@@anonymousanonymous8216 re-reading this thread I agree you are right Masterpiece is a better word. :)

[@VGMrawk]

I could never follow the beat for "behind the wind" on the turbo grafx music. Soooo glad this arcade version has prominent drums to make it easier! Thanks for posting!

[@pi-tg001amia4]

The most muscular ninja game I've ever seen.

[@Vespyr_]

Forest and KIZASHI Part 2 SLAP 19:50 so hard. (Shame the final boss music was bugged in the arcade game itself. You can only properly hear it here!)

[@RetroGamingWorld]

Beautiful OST

[@Tranquilino30]

EPIC!THAT'S ALL.

[@fragmare]

Here for Forest and Deep Blue ;)

[@MarcoLongoMusic]

Amazing, thank you!!

[@IamAkoma]

This game was a masterpiece along with other titles like Keith Courage in Alpha Zones .. Bonks 1-2 Alex Kid TG16 was sooooo underrated. It was my Favorite of the 3 platforms.

[@tommypearson9260]

Always loved the Boss theme!

[@zeeninetynine]

Composer: Masahiko Ishida

[@ashkirby8896]

WOW, HOW IS THIS GAME MAKING DRUMS AND VOICE SAMPLES, EVEN THOUGHT THE YM2151 ISN'T CAPABLE OF THAT?

[@puke7]

Maybe it's paired with an OKI ADPCM chip; dunno!

[@crunchsixfoe]

In tandem with a GA20

[@clarkg.]

The Irem M72 has DAC before the M92 that has GA20 DAC

[@ashkirby8896]

Yeah, many of Irem’s OPM arcade soundtracks use the Z80 drive a Dac to do software PCM samples on the OPM!😄

[@danielcassar4665]

Masterpiece!

[@djkcel]

Really wish someone would upload the TG16 soundtrack, I suck at figuring this shit out!

[@danniradske8350]

it's so much better - the drums on this version are just too plain and out of place. TG16 version was subtle and on point!

[@fatherpaulstone896]

What a brilliant game amazing graphics and cover art too

[@SpartanFromSpain]

This sounds so good, the PC engine version is still great but this sounds way better!

[@Krystalmyth]

I can't believe the coders of this game fucked up the final boss music. He set it up so it would begin as you fell, and right as you landed the song would kick in.. But you never hear it ingame because it gets replaced by the regular boss music. What a waste!! I mean listen to this! The true final boss track! 19:50. Holy shit.

[@RetroGamingWorld]

A mistake maybe everyone does a mistake

[@anonymousanonymous8216]

@@RetroGamingWorld that sounds like a pretty big mistake though

[@SkyknightMu]

Odd bit is that the error is DUPLICATED in the PC-Engine version. Maybe Ishida liked the effect? It’s not infrequent, though; just look at how shuffled up the boss themes in G-Darius can be (NONE of the st. 4 bosses get “Nonsense Codon” like was planned).

[@turrican3839]

The C64 title is much better

[@thesegacampgamerandwerecam7504]

I do like TG-16 Port but I think the OST for the Arcade is Top Notch!

[@tommypearson9260]

3:07

[@아시타카-u4x]

4:11

[@NALRyo]

ボスの声が実機と違って低いな・・・

[@t3233226]

うーん捨て曲が無いね