This is a thread to discuss music that is top-tier from the NEC PC-98's (or 88) software catalogue.

I've yet to download the .something files for the music, but I have been listening to http://gyusyabu.ddo.jp/ website of several PC-98 game tracks. For right now my favorite music as follows:

1) http://gyusyabu.ddo.jp/MP3/1988/SOR98.html
Sorcerian

Just ridiculously good upbeat tune. Sounds much better in its native format than in the symphony arrange.

2)http://gyusyabu.ddo.jp/MP3/1996/YUNO1.html - TOP VIDEO (Beginning part and part that starts at 4:08)
YUNO

I can only describe this as sparkly music.

3) http://gyusyabu.ddo.jp/MP3/1989/FH1.html - (Middle of video [Beethoven 5th?] to end)
FireHawk

4) http://gyusyabu.ddo.jp/MP3/1989/PV1.html
Providence

Wow. Wow.

Just about anything Falcom released on it, their composers always got good sound out of it. I liked when they got up to Brandish 3, Legend of Heroes III and LOH IV, where they were basically doing epic RPG scores on it. The various remakes of both totally pale in comparison to the PC-98 originals. And of course, classic Ys and Sorcerian.

Yuzo Koshiro was always a fan of it, he redid a couple scores using PC-98 synth (Etrian Odyssey and one of the Metrovanias).

Other than the ones Falcom released, I don't think there was too much officially released PC-98 music. I'm more than happy to be proven wrong.

Umemoto-san's work on YUNO is crazy good.

Prudish people like myself may be inclined to say that the music is too good for eroge. Others would say it's just what eroge deserves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfoOQEWP … 4F29206BAD

Playlist with a lot of PC-98 music. I think stc and vgmdb should have vgm hall of fame.

The game's soundtrack for the PC-98 is finally getting an official release this year. Not too pleased that it is on Blu-Ray though.

Brandish 3 disc 2 is definitely the most elegant music I own in vgm.

https://youtu.be/3Gm6D4iFzo8?t=42m25s
'Major Demon' - cool title track name and what I think is the second major track from Sorcerian.

All Sounds of Zavas is another great album to own for PC-98; One that I successfully played out in its entirety at work once.

Downloaded Hoot and started going through all the game soundtracks.

Currently listening:
Etsuraku no Gakuen

3 stars
2 Shot Diary - D5. MLO
Dies Irae - Track 7
Horny Sweeper 2 - HS2M19.MF2
Providenza - BGM48
Ura Mansion (interesting sound design)

4 stars
Ballade for Maria [ost]
Cry Sweeper [ost]
Lilith [ost]
Power Dolls [ost]
Requiem for Fallen Angels [ost]

Angel Night - mk006 (3star), mk009 (has 4star sequence, not track overall)
Arbeit: Futario no Omoi - VL06
Beast Breeders - bst04, bst08, bst11 (downer - 3 stars)
Bringanty - Embraced (nice tied notes in here)
Dracula Hakushaku- 2d.uso, 4d.uso
Es no Houteishiki - Retrace One's Memory
Horny Sweeper 2 - HS2 M15 (4 star intro sequence), HS2 MO3 (4star intro sequence)
Intruder - track 19 ?
Iris Serenade - M04
Love Escalator - Green
Night Shifter - NS23B
Nova -Miireta Shitai- - NV07, NV09, NV16
Revery - Track 19, Track 25
Run Run Concerto - EURO-1 and EURO-2
Sex - music 01 (drops in quality)
Tonight, Tonight - Flower Dance (starts off at 4 stars then drops in quality), Splash Wave (drops in quality), Disk A, Dark of Cave, Silent of Sanctuary
Tsumakki - tu12
Tamago Ryouri  - egg t02 (interesting sounds like something from sor3 but more manic in parts)
Yougekitai - track 5 (drops in quality), track 9 (drops in quality. nice vibrato), last track
Yume No Sai - negative feedback, integrated circuit, astro chaser

5 stars
Providence [ost]

Akumu - HEYA
ESP - 303D (and a few others)
Guardian Recall - track 22
Horny Sweeper - HS2M05
Only You: Seiki Matsu no Juliet to Tachi - Like A Fighting Whirlwind

Revival Xanadu II: Remix (PC-98) - Level 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJUI8i2Aavs