Common music for nem123salaparospmanbow (remember the MCCM ads? ) is the adventurous music we all know well.. typically theme'ish music based on really cool melodies.

I've been listening some Gradius 5 tunes, trance/beats/modern .. definitely not the old lyrical style we've known for years already (tho I don't dislike that modern style actually!).

Well, you saw UU .. since we're getting the hang of it .. I won't immediately say 'no' to another shooter (tho don't read this as a "they'll do another UU!", I'm purely checking out musical tastes here). What if this shooter has music for Moonsound ..? Everything is possible, soundwise.. what would be the best music then? The classic lyrical stuff, or this new modern/beat/trance style?

Blues?
Ain't a place like sweet home Nemesis - I've wandered the whole universe and my heart still lies beneath the titanium roofs of Nemesis - ...

Needless to say: Metal

i'd say theme'ish drum and bass music

anyway, i am quite confident the composers of the old konami era would have composed music using different sounds style and instrus if they had the possibility back then. If you pay attention enough, although the sounds are the same or are quite close, the style and kind of music from a stage to another was quite different.

I'm with Meits. Metal!

some weird sound track electronic cyberpunk???????

metal

Classical themes best than others!!!!

I would take the Progressive Rock way - a great amount of konami´s music material since it´s creation is heavy influenced by this "cursed" music style.BTW,I liked the "new" direction taken by treasure on Gradius V...But,IMO,I think that the best balanced music in "recent" gradius releases is Gradius Gaiden of PSX.

BTW,you´re a very talented composer...so,be yourself!

KNM

And guess what it's exactly in the middle of Progressive Rock and Metal ? .... Gothic-Metal !!! The Gathering for example

I feel this is not too much indicated for gradius´s kinda game ( I like The Gathering too.. ).You must think that the music plays a role in the game - it must be it -.So,you have to think what do you want in determined situations.A lot of people love s - for example - Star Wars pictures.So,try to mute a star wars movie and play some Gathering,Evanessence or GammaRay CDs while you watching...Curious,funny...but no so "correct",isn´t it?

It´s a work for "match" the feeling you take from the graphx/pictures and use the music for underline,remark or tell the story of the situation...

Ok!I shut up for now...Too much pedantery ...You all are allowed to kick my ass for 24 hours as a penalty >

KNM: you get the impression that this modern/trance/beat style works in Gradius V ?

Well...in part.Some tunes like the "pre-level" works fine in the "tech line" of the grafx.And the first stage music works well too.Treasure also knows how to get "back in time" on the game ( like Neme3 ) and uses the music too for this,on the "bosses" stage.

BTW,Another tunes of the game becomes repetitive ( organic planet,the fortress with the green stuff falling...).Sure that the music of gradius V could be better,but in some parts the "techno/trance/etc..." beats works quite well...

I just remember it! I made a couple of years ago a little version of the "prelevel" of Nemesis 1,adding a bit of jazzy/swing tempos...I get very surprised how it worked...

But i lost this theme when my old PC crashed

Another example of jazz like sound could be found it on Gradiu IV soundtrack...But I don´t remember the stage...