Soundtracks I'd like to see (but probably won't)

The start of a new year brings about new possibilities. This also goes for VGM as well, but what about those games with great music that don't have official soundtrack releases or those that do but are half-baked? Well, one can dream can't they? Anyway, here are some efforts I'd like to see get an official release even though in most cases they aren't going to happen:

Ninja Gaiden & Ninja Gaiden Part II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (NES)
While part one did receive a soundtrack release in 1989 with Tecmo's G.S.M. series the lack of reasonable looping structure for the smaller tracks – of which there are many – somewhat robs some of the enjoyment that can be found in this music - even with the various sound enhancements. Really, 40 seconds of a song like "Reflection" and 10 seconds of something like "Like a Hurricane" is hardly what I'd call giving this wonderful score justice. As powerful as part one's music was - tracks like "Tagic Fate" and "Dilemma - The Battle of Ordeals" being so poignant its scary - part II's music was great as well. Playing both games for the first time years ago on the NES it amazed me how well Tecmo and the composers were able to drive the story in these classic side scrollers with the combination of music and story scenes; I still get goosebumps from the opening intro piece to this day when Asthar receives word of Jaquio's defeat from one of his henchmen and declares his evil intentions. I could really care less about part III though.

Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2, 3, Sonic & Knuckles (Genesis)
Seriously, this is long overdue considering Rockman has done much since his last two anniversaries to bring fans up to speed. Coupled this with Sega's track record releasing more recent Sonic music and there is little excuse. Sure, the 10th Anniversary/Sonic 3 soundtracks are out there - if you can find them - but nothing says "sorry for the wait" like a nice big box set.

Tomb Raider (PSX, Saturn)
Okay, there "technically" is a "soundtrack" for Tomb Raider since the game uses redbook audio (outside the music for the FMV's and the ending) but I would seriously shell out for a separate soundtrack release. Last year's Tomb Raider Anniversary revisits many of Nathan McCree's original compositions while adding a lot of new material but for the most part it's that overdone orchestral stuff that's a bit too dramatic and commonplace today - I'd take the simplistic in comparison touch the original had any day of the week despite its short length and reserved in-game usage. My advice: make a soundtrack containing both scores - it would be really nice to have official names for the tracks in the original score even though there is already a nice fan concocted tracklisting out there for it. Unfortunately, PC users missed out in 1996 as most of the music was absent due to CD-ROM access issues that would have caused the game to freeze while loading the music.

Goldeneye (N64)
I'm not a big first person shooter fan, probably because I'm terrible at them (me in multiplayer always ='s being pwned) but along with the soundtrack for Doom (especially the music from the SNES version) this is one of the soundtracks from the genre I'd love to have/see. A track like "Severnaya Installation (Day)" is so beautiful it just beyond words... it's just that freakin’ great. No offense against Perfect Dark but it gets a soundtrack and Goldeneye doesn't? That's a raw deal if anything.

Mega Man Anniversary Collection (PS2, XBox)
Take Rockman: The Power Battle, Rockman 2: The Power Fighters and the remainder of the remixed music for Rockman 4 through 6 and make a box out of it. Yeah, this isn't going to happen but the music from Complete Works is definitely worthy of being pressed on disc - I only wish Capcom would have taken the time to remix the remaining music from Rockman 1~3 to make the music in those games flush in the collection – having regular and remixed music within the same game took the presentation down a notch.

Those are my "big five" - or at least the ones I can think of off hand. The most likely of any of those happening is the Sonic one which most would definately welcome. Anyway, what scores would you like to see if the bodies of the cosmos amazingly lined up in your favor?