Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu is on the way !

Coming sometime in January.

Details are here: http://vgmdb.net/album/11112

Anyone wanna guess which themes Chiba and Kudo did ?  (Yes, Namiki has helpers here)

*Marks calendar*

I can feel this will be just as good as Death Smiles was !

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That vid is freaking killer.

*Marks calendar*

ill be there

dude,, send more chocolate orange thingies!!
i dont know how u got them thru customs, but those things kicked ass...

p.s. the bunnies chewed up the doily..

*marks calendar*

The DeathSmiles OST became an instant favorite for me.  If this next soundtrack is similar, then I'll have another instant favorite.

EDIT: I just saw the videos.  The music... oh yes, this soundtrack will be mine.  It's just too bad that CocoeBiz won't carry this one; I'm not the biggest fan of Play-Asia.  Ah well... I made the sacrifice for the DeathSmiles OST, and it was worth it.

Semi-relevant side topic:

Namiki did the remake music for the Gradius Rebirth game on WiiWare.
Game ripped music tracks posted here

Gradius Rebirth gets both an official Soundtrack and a Remix album.

Gradius ReBirth Original Soundtrack
Gradius house ReMix

I jumped up about the news of the Gradius Rebirth soundtrack release. House album sounds interesting. Here's hoping it's modelled on Psyvariar The Mix rather than Gradius Remixes.

So yeah.  Jan. 26 2009 is the release date listed at VGMDB.  Supposedly, Play-Asia is the only place where we can get it (ugh) .  Maybe I'm just impatient, but... any recent news on this?

My only guess on the delay is that all the copies were bought up within Japan at the Comiket prerelease,  before PlayAsia got a chance to buy stock of their copies.

im watching, but they still haven't gotten anything in yet. was there a reprint? i remember seeing the soundtrack twice in the spotlight on caves homepage.

This is now up on the Play-Asia site, available for sale.  It says that it will ship on February 17.

i was about to post this!

I received mine Saturday and gave it a listen.  Once again, Namiki impresses.  I can't (yet) say the compositions top those of DeathSmiles, but they're just as good, at the very least.  It's very different from DAI-OU-JOU, but Namiki sprinkled a few reminders throughout, letting us know that he also composed that soundtrack.

And he still makes the best 'stage clear' music. 

finally unpacked my copy today. looks really slick! tasty transparent looks for the liner notes, spine + CD.

great package, im happy.

I actually like this one more than the Death Smiles OST, though this one has a completely different feel.  Kudo and Chiba make big impressions with their three tracks each, and I completely love Kudo's Longhena Cantata.  Too bad I missed getting a physical copy of this one. 

Yeah, after relistening to this soundtrack today, I've got to join the Chiba and Kudo are amazing bandwagon. Pretty surprised that "Dividing Road of Fate" wasn't actually by Namiki; if there is another Mushihimesama, I vote Chiba should lead it. I think Kudo's "Darkening World" is my favourite though; just love the dense sound and tremendous energy. Love the final boss and ending themes too.

It's confirmed Namiki also did KONTORA Rebirth. Can anyone offer the rip?

contra isnt even out yet.

Out today in Japan. Thanks for the heads up, Cedille. After the lacklustre Gradius ReBirth, I can't say I'm excited about what he will offer here, but at least it could mean another soundtrack release for the Contra series. How about publishing the Neo Contra Original Soundtrack while you're at it, Konami?

that was quick.

I would absolutely love that. C'mon Chris - I know you have some pull somewhere.

Over the years since the game's release I've tried to figure out the reason why it hasn't been published. It's silly, but I wonder if it has to do with the fact that it's Neo (as in "new") Contra and the game before it was called Shin (also as in "new") Contra in Japan. I know, sometimes there just no explaining things. I mean, they could call it Shin Contra 2: Electric Boogaloo and I'd still buy at least 2 copies.

What was the Japanese version called, anyways?

I just checked a video of the Contra Rebirth and oh man does the music kick ass.

http://www.renegadeofwii.com/2009/05/co … video.html

Is this Namiki? I've only heard Battle Garegga so I can't really tell.

Holy shit, that sounds awesome! The tone reminds me of the Megadrive sound output, or like Yousuke Yasui's MD-ish arrangements from Trash 006 and Under Defeat: Extended Tracks. Maybe we'll get a soundtrack for this one, like Gradius Rebirth...

Namiki's name was on the credit, so it's him. I think it's hard to tell who's the composer (arranger) regardless of how much you've heard, as the music is mostly reprised from the past Contra games (Super Contra, Contra III: The Alien Wars and Contra: Hard Corps) and Namiki even managed to use the same paramater of those Yamaha FM sound chip.

Here's two more vids:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/49212.html

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/49213.html