(Jazzy Hot Bass) Golgo 13 Arcade OST Medley / ゴルゴ１３(AC)奇跡の弾道 メドレー　Raizing/Eighting　ライジング・エイティング

I intended to tried to create a music video with very short clips from Golgo 13 The Professional (the 1983 anime classic) but "tmsanime" apparently does not want anything of that very hype movie shared online, which is disappointing but not surprising. Included some screencaps here to give the vibe of what I was going for.

Golgo 13 is of course based upon the manga series started back in 1968 about the mysterious assassin Duke Togo. This is one of the borderline modern era lightgun shooters but decked out with a real sniper scope and blistering difficulty. The soundtrack is a jazzy tight one built around a couple motifs. Only given "special thanks" credits but the composers are assumed to be a couple legends listed below, although it seems like the greater majority of composing was done by Jin Watanabe. The Raizing staff usually have some folks who are actively involved with audio direction so maybe it was a team project?

These light gun games are tricky to port to consoles without a complete re-write of the code which is a shame, might as well enjoy the music and hope to catch one in a real arcade!

Composers:
Jin Watanabe - Monster World IV Mega Drive, Wonder Boy Asha in Monster World
Masaharu Iwata - Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy XII

The arcade lightgun game received two major updates in the following years after release:
Golgo 13 - Original release 1999
Golgo 13 - 奇跡の弾道 Kiseki no Dandou / Miracle Trajectory 2000
Golgo 13 - 銃声の鎮魂歌(銃声のレクイエム）Juusei no Requiem / Gunshot Requiem 2001

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