I love Neo CD music , my favorite ones are: Ninja Masters (my favorite game), Last Resort, RBS, KOF94-99, Sam 4, Aero Fighters 2 (Hey, its sonic jungle!), Pulstar (allthough repetitive in nature, cool for R-Type), Top Hunter, well and a ton more ... lol I love the cds that have remastered sound. Now as for crap conversions like Magician Lord, where they took the cart music, and left out *some music sound fx, and copied it over to cd....thats just such a tragedy..... Viewpoint for another example....wowsers.... I had to remaster that soundtrack all the way through.... The master cd of that game has pops and crap that can be heard on the music tracks, (like the end boss music)...
I like the Samurai Shodown 1, 2, and 3 sound tracks. The Pulstar soundtrack is decent. Metal Slug.... those are just the classics.... and you know that song from ANYWHERE when you hear it.
I really like the sound in Last Resort. It's not so cheerful and therefore perfectly suited to the game.
Also, I think the Game Over tune in LR is geniusly fantastic. I have heard it quite a lot . It really captures the desperationof humanity, and it makes me want to play some more, instead of getting some sleep.