ILLUSION CITY 幻影都市 MSX OST Remastered + BONUS (MT-32/PC-98/X68K/MCD/MIDI Remix) Soundtrack Selection

The crunchy sound of the MSX Turbo R is considered by many the definitive version of this ultimate cyberpunk soundtrack. Illusion City (幻影都市 "Genei Toshi") stands as one of the key cyberpunk titles of 90s gaming history and the game is backed up with an aggressive, catchy and inventive soundtrack. Tadahiro Nitta composed the main theme that is considered the iconic theme song of the game (Theme A, which technically runs after Theme B when the game starts up).

I included the main themes from other versions (Mega CD, PC-98, X68000) to compare as well as versions from the MT-32 MIDI soundtrack. Shout out to DukeDonuts for helping me figure out how to properly render MT-32 MIDI. The "alternate versions" included are mostly just looping vs non-looping type differences but included them for posterity sake.

It is probably easy to guess but the games featured in screenshots go from MSX to X68K and then some PC-98 screenshots from the full game (credit for those to a Korean blog I found!).

Finally I was having fun experimenting with converting the original MIDI files into modern synth sounds and put some of my remix efforts at the very end (pushing it pretty extreme...doesn't even really sound like the same songs). I spent quite a while trying to do the main Illusion City Theme but it is quite difficult because of how progressively arranged that particular song is (I do have a few versions of it, maybe I will upload one to my Instagram or somewhere later).

Developer: MICROCABIN (1991)
Composers:
Tadahiro Nitta (新田忠弘) - Xak, Fray, Dragon Half, Marionette Company, Shenmue, etc
Yasufumi Fukuda (福田康文) - Xak, Kamaitachi no Yoru, Sonic Generations, SD Gundam etc
Yukiharu Urita (瓜田幸治) - Xak, Princess Maker MSX2, many Taito works (Puzzle Bobble 3, Battle Gear, Densha de Go! etc)

00:00 Illusion Theme A Composed by Tadahiro Nitta / イリュージョン・テーマA 新田忠弘
2:58 Illusion Theme B Composed by Yukiharu Urita / イリュージョン・テーマB 瓜田幸治
7:47 Home / HOME (自宅)
10:50 Old Master's House / 老師の家
11:44 Crisis Area / クライシスエリア
16:12 Indoor Combat / インドアコンバット
19:16 Hazard Area / ハザードエリア
21:14 Shao Mei / シャオメイ
24:14 Metal Area / METALエリア
26:16 Network Image / ネットワーク・イマージュ
29:36 Requiem / レクイエム
32:28 Crisis / 危機
34:07 Victory / 勝利
36:58 Demon Heaven Cult / 魔天教
39:56 Quickening / 胎動
43:12 Illusion Castle / 幻影城
47:09 Commotion in the City / 街のざわめき
50:03 Dancing / Dancing (桃源酒家)
53:26 VIP Room / VIPルーム
55:09 Shop / Shop (店)
56:33 Ceremony / 儀式
57:48 In Captivity / 囚われて
58:49 Lovers / LOVERS
1:01:11 Water Pipe / WATERパイプ
1:03:10 Cavern (Labyrinth) / CAVERN(迷宮)
1:05:23 Moon's Madness / 月の狂気
1:07:10 Battle / バトル
1:09:28 Battle of the Eight Legions / 八部衆バトル
1:13:00 Demon King Battle / 魔天王バトル
1:16:22 Nightmare / 悪夢
1:17:54 Final Battle / ファイナルバトル
1:21:47 Ending / エンディング
1:23:33 Unused 1 / 未使用
1:25:29 Illusion Theme A (Alternate Version)
1:28:27 Home (Alternate Version)
1:31:29 Requiem (Alternate Version)
1:34:22 Ceremony (Alternate Version 1)
1:35:36 Ceremony (Alternate Version 2)
1:36:50 Battle of the Eight Legions (Alternate Version)
1:40:08 X68K / Illusion Theme A
1:43:56 X68K / Illusion Theme B
1:47:08 PC-98 / Illusion Theme A
1:49:30 Mega CD / Illusion Theme A
1:52:20 MT-32 / Illusion Theme A
1:54:45 MT-32 / Illusion Theme B
1:58:50 Modern Synth Remix / 20.RCP INDOOR COMBAT Arr&Prg 太田 1991.10.31
2:01:17 Modern Synth Remix / 21.RCP BUSH WARFARE Arr&Prg 太田 1991.9.11
2:02:59 Modern Synth Remix / 23.RCP WATER PIPE Arr&Prg太田 1991.9.17
2:04:29 Modern Synth Remix / 24.RCP ＣＡＶＥＲＮ Arr&Prg 太田.田島 1991.9.21
2:06:52 Modern Synth Remix / 19.RCP CRISIS ARIA Arr&Prg 太田/木下 1991.10.31

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