Konami Music - Classic Shoot'em up Stage 2 Themes

I always though Konami were the best in creating stage 1 themes for their shooters, they were always energizing, positive and they could be looping forever and still be entertaining.

I recently uploaded a video with my favourite 1st stage themes for any Konami shooter. And since after stage 1 there's always stage 2, here's the second part ;-)

For me, stage 2 themes were the ultimate hook to keep me playing, and set the game away from being only a nice start and a dull rest of the game (which was the case in many games...).

In my opinion, these stage 2 themes are among the best tracks the company ever produced.

Track Info:

Synthetic Life - from Gradius II (1988)
Album: MIDI Power Pro: Best Selection
Composed by: Konami Industry Co., Ltd.

A Walk on the Bottom of the Ocean - from Pop'n Twinbee (1993)
Album: Pop'n Twinbee Graffiti
Composed by: Konami Industry Co., Ltd.
Arranged by: Akezou Akena

Until the Clown Sheds Tears Three Times - from Parodius Da! (1990)
Album: MIDI POWER X68000 COLLECTION ver.1.0
Composed by: Konami Industry Co., Ltd.

Crossing a Sea of Clouds - from Detana!! Twinbee (1990)
Album: Detana!! Twinbee Original Videogame Soundtrack
Composed by: Konami Kukeiha Club (Michael Maezawa, Chiruchiru Yamane - Michiru Yamane -, Ken Ken Nakashima)

Colony - from Axelay (1992)
Album: Perfect Selection Konami Shooting Battle II
Composed by: Taro Kudo
Arranged by: Naoto Shibata (Naoto Shibata Project)

*All screenshots are taken from the arcade version of the games, except Pop'n Twinbee and Axelay, for the Super Nintendo.

*All copyrights of these images, music and names belong to Konami Corporation.