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Like most of Konami's franchises, TwinBee is rife with awesome soundtracks and songs.

  • The opening riff and melody of the first stage theme, "TwinBee's Home Town Song", are considered classic. There's a reason why it was remixed for beatmania III. The main theme is like a tongue-in-cheek mix between the Superman theme in the intro and a cutesy children's adventure anime theme all throughout.
  • The powerup theme of "Fantastic Powers" is also invigorating and Superman-like in execution. The perfect theme song when everything is coming together in your gameplay.
  • The first boss theme has that panic-inducing sound reminiscent of the Jaws theme. It makes listeners feel queasy because of its use of Shepard tones mixed with pop culture memories of a certain fake-looking movie shark eating people.
  • Of the two boss themes of the first game, the second one features the more ominous score. Its intro sounds like warning bells or an alarm then the rest of theme has a strange alien quality to it that's quite disturbing, with the theme making even better use of Shepard tones because of the presence of a Scare Chord every progression.
  • The awesome vocal songs. Mariko Kouda's album "Twinbee Vocal Paradise" contains classic songs such as:
    • "Twin Memories" (opening of the TwinBee Paradise anime and the Pop'n TwinBee videogame) has a melody that plays like a dream and lyrics that evoke fond memories of yesteryear, like the nostalgic franchise itself. "Twin Memories" received an official jaunty remix called "Twin Memories W" in Tokimeki Idol that serves as a celebration of what's practically the anthem of the Pop'n TwinBee phase of the franchise.
    • "Bokura no Suteki (Our Charm)" (TwinBee Yahho's opening) is a melodious and sweet song that ostensibly showcases the "charm" of TwinBee by being a cute and charming song in and of itself about the heroes always moving forward to the future.
    • "Kaze No Okurimono (Gift of the Wind)" evokes mental images of flight, adventure, and freedom as a pilot of or even as one of the sentient TwinBee ships flying across the great beyond. The "Gift of the Wind" BGM from Detana!! TwinBee that the song is based on also evokes feelings of joy and accomplishment when you hear it. The arranged version ups the ante, acting like it's the BGM to an anime's next episode previewnote .
    • "Fantasian" is a song referring to the in-universe "Café Fantasian" and thusly features a serene melody befitting a relaxing café lunch near the seashore. It is also based on the Super Famicom Pop'n TwinBee Stage 5 OST.
    • "HOPE" is an initially mellow song that works itself to a happy ante, like hope peeking out of sadness or even despair. HOPE also serves as the opening theme to the TwinBee Paradise radio broadcast and the Japanese interactive CD-ROM software TwinBee Paradise in Donburi Island.
    • "Lucky Rapper Party" is the TwinBee Paradise ending theme. As expected of 1990s anime dance endings like it, it's quite the banger of a dance song with a bit of rap sprinkled into the mix.
  • "Twin Flight" describes the TwinBee series at its best with its adorable tones and lighthearted flourishes. It has been used many times after its debut game in other Konami games, like Parodius, Otomedius, and Konami Krazy Racers as well.


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