30 Days of Video Game Music: Day 8 -- Music from a Shooter

Check out the Day 1 post for the full challenge list.

“Dark City” (Stage 6) - M. Takeda

Game: Gate of Thunder (1992, TG-CD)
Original: YouTube, KHInsider
Cover: BlastProcessed (YouTube)

This category was really listed as “Music from a Shooter (First or Third Person)”, but I decided to throw it way back to the days when shooter meant something a little different. Matching its intense shmup gameplay, Gate of Thunder has an absolutely rollicking OST, taking full advantage of the nascent CD format. Shamefully, I still have never beaten this game, but the soundtrack can be mercifully enjoyed online even without reaching the end of the game. Maybe having now written this post, I’ll finally be inspired to go back and knock this out. The gameplay is as sublime as the music, so I see little reason not to.

Update: I ended up beating it on Aug. 10. Great game. Play it!