Impressive X68000 music?

[Alianger]

Hi, I've recently started ripping YM2151 instruments for use with Deflemask so I'm looking for recommendations on impressive soundtracks.

Good stuff I know about:
Burning Force (Namco)
Knight Arms (Arsys)
SF2 & SSF2 (Capcom)
Aquales (Exact)
Castlevania/Akumajou Dracula (Konami)
Power Drift (Sega)
ChoRenSha
Asuka 120% Burning Fest. (Fill in cafe)
Vampire Hunter (Capcom)
Ys 1 & 3 - I'd say these are the best chiptune versions I've heard overall
Spindizzy 2 (Arsys)
Bosconian (Namco)
Cyber Block Metal Orange EX (Custom)
Thunder Force 2 - Overall it's a bit better than on MD
Strider - A noticeable improvement over the ARC ver.
Mad Stalker (Fill in cafe)
Chase HQ (Taito)
Namachuukei 68 (Konami)
Carat (Custom)
Genocide 2 (Zoom)
Sol-Feace (Wolf Team)
Granada (Wolf Team)
Super Real Mahjong PIV (vgmrips)
Super Real Mahjong I (Other)
Etoile Princesse (Exact)
Cotton (Success)
Bomberman (Hudson)
Full Throttle (Taito)
Geograph Seal (MIJET pack, old Hoot)
Last Battalion
Falsion (FDS) - 
Nectaris
Assault (Namco)
Star Cruiser (Arsys) - Need to compare to MD and PC-98
Fantasy Zone - Need to compare it to ARC ver.
Scorpius
Naious (Exact)
Tenka Toitsu
Cat's Part
Star Trader
Blue Wings 2: Blue Knights
Celia (vgmrips)
SilSteel
Flappy 2
Nobunaga no Yabou: Bushou Fuunroku
Gradius II - Need to compare to ARC
Detana! Twinbee - Need to compare to ARC
Genocide 1
Phalanx
Viewpoint - Uneven but a bit better than MD
Downtown Nekketsu Story/River City Ransom
Telenet Music Box
Thunder Blade - Need to compare
Parodius Da! - So-so drums (worse than ARC) and missing pcm choir/strings?, slightly worse fm mixing too
Space Harrier
Doukyusei
Quarth/Block Hole - A bit better than ARC overall
Nobunaga no Yabou: Sengoku Gunyuden
Ghouls 'n Ghosts aka Dai Makaimura - Need to compare
Overtake
Area 88/UN Squadron - Seems a tad worse than ARC overall
Only You (Alice Soft)

Stuff I can't find in .mdx or .vgm format: Dragon Knight 4, Cross Fire EX,

Fan stuff: Sonic CD tracks 12 & 4 (fan made?), After Burner 1-2, Scramble Spirits BGM1, DDS/SMT 1-3 conversions, PS1-3 conversions, Amiga, R-Type II, Thunder Force 2 Yatsube ver., Lagrange Point (FDS), Dragon Slayer 4/Legacy of the Wizard (Falcom) by Kay, Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes/DS6 PC-88 conversion?, Ys 2 PC-88 conversion?, Magical Chase (Other), Alice Soft Other folder & fan stuff, Power Drift

Mixed bag/lower priority:
Prince of Persia
Captain Commando - mixed bag compared to ARC and only 1 stage but better pcm
US Navy
Puzznic
Rance 4 - Need to compare to PC-98
Nobunaga no Yabou: Haouden - slightly better on MD?
Gradius
Hydlide 3 Special - so-so drums, sometimes better leads than on MD, some tracks are different
Chuka Taisen/Cloud Master - better than ARC but still so-so
Super Real Mahjong PII & PIII
Fairyland Story (Taito)
Final Fight - slightly better than ARC overall?
Zugya
Valis II
Undeadline - Worse than MD overall
Ai Senshi Nicol - FDS conversion
Heavy Nova - mostly better drums than MD, but worse leads and mixing
Star Force - psg-ish sound
Atomic Robo-Kid - pretty rough still
Baraduke - slightly better but still psg-ish sound
R-Type - pretty much the same or slightly worse
Lost World/Forgotten Worlds - Need to check ARC
Super Daisenryaku
Nobunaga no Yabou: Zenkoku Ban
Power League
Black Dragon (Capcom)
Rush Crash
Trojan
Legendary Wings - Seems very close to ARC which means so-so
Side Arms - Need to check ARC
Commando/Wolf

[Pinwizkid]

You've already got it on your list, but I find the soundtrack from the X68000 version of Star Cruiser to be one of the most impressive soundtracks ever written for the YM2151. There's just a tremendous amount of variety in the patches, articulation, and compositions - not to mention it's a pretty lengthy soundtrack with nearly an hour of music:

https://youtu.be/QLpd8GJlxhE

Also, there's some awesome tracks in the folder MXDRV_Neko68k\MXDRV\Game\_Etcetra\CONTINUE

I found them after watching this video: https://youtu.be/gkx43Fqb5XA

Will definitely be following your progress. Thanks!

[Alianger]

Nice, obscure stuff like that is just what I'm looking for. I'll definitely go through Star Cruiser thoroughly when I get to it, been a fan of the MD version for a while now.

Would you happen to know where to find Dragon Knight 4 or Cross Fire EX as .mdx or .vgm? They don't seem to be in any pack I've found.

[SuperDeadite]

Direct-X

https://youtu.be/2DwtocYFNqc

[UD2]

Illumination Laser has fantastic music. The whole OST isn't on YouTube, but you can get the MDX files from the composer's site:
http://www.critical.ne.jp/~kaze/sound/sound_mdx.html

Here's stage 1's theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YGn3T4ovCs

[neko68k]

You should take the time to go through \Original\KamisimoRecords and \Original\KamisimoRecords\utabi68 Some of utabi's stuff is just amazing.

[UD2]

You should take the time to go through \Original\KamisimoRecords and \Original\KamisimoRecords\utabi68 Some of utabi's stuff is just amazing.

Wow, I've never heard FM sounds quite like that. Thanks for the recommendation!

[neko68k]

Here's some news and a download link for some music that isn't in the collection.
https://twitter.com/hex125/status/752878102691192833