RIP SHIKI A legend in the BMS community, his music has touched millions across the globe. SHIKI's music got me into BMS in the first place, and it holds a special place in my heart. Gone but never forgotten.

12:28 All rise for the global anthem of rhythm gamers.

The reason why these BMS competitions intrigue me is the simple harmony of both the artist/s' and animators' work into bringing a audio-visual experience. Whether the BGA serves as a visualizer (animation-heavy), aesthetic enhancer (words & text are present), a story, or all at the same time, its will never cease to amuse me. Don't forget all the animators/BGA creators, they all deserve appreciation along with the artists who worked with them!

Thanks for the nightmares, LeaF.

to be honest, its really crazy how these song contests had evolved a ton since the beginning until present day. many artists have managed to get recognition from these song contests like xi, sakuzyo, ras, p*light, nora2r and of course, the late SHIKI (may he rest in peace). and im sure majority of these artists had the dream to compose music, and now most of their music is now in majority of music games thanks to BMS. BMS really shaped the community.

2010 was really the point where we started to get the song styles that typically do well these days.

みんな触れないけど9:42のAltosratusが好き…曲もBGAも凄い癒される

2011 is the most memorable to me, cause my favorite songs back then were Parousia, and the popular conflict. At that time, I never thought they'd make it to top 5, man I wanna go back to being a kid again.

BMS is something that is actually very different than any artworks ever. Beautiful animations with beautiful songs.

Really cool idea and well executed, loved watching it

thank you for making this compilation that can introduce BOF to more people!

I have finally started work on a Google Site that contains links to the BMS featured in this video, check the description! It will also contain the Top 5 for BOFXVI (and by extension, future events since I don't plan on updating and reuploading this video lmao). It's still very much a work in progress but at least you have the links for the 2004 and 2005 stuff available!

it really is interesting to listen to the really old songs

For BOFXVI Top 5 winners (since it's not here in the video): 1st NightTheather by *wakadori 2nd Cutter by EmoCosine 3rd Bliss by litmus* 4th 竹 by 立秋 feat.ちょこ 5th ELIMINATOR by Cosmograph

Time stamp along with first place winner : 0:09 - BOF 2004 (AKITO - 七つの鍵盤のためのソナタ -嬰ニ短調-) 1:40 - BOF 2005 (sasakure.UK - 海神寓拝) 3:16 - BOF III The BMS of Fighter 2006 (tarolabo feat.小宮真央 - 路上のギリジン-Shou+rt Mix-) 4:48 - Sen-Goku ~ Natsu no Jin 2007 (knot - cold planet) 6:23 - BOF 2008 Resurrection (SHIKI - Lapis) 8:00 - BOF 2009 revolutionary battles (Nankumo - DRAGONLADY) 9:39 - BOF 2010 The Evolution of War (xi - Halcyon) 11:15 - BOF 2011 Intersection of Conflict (siromaru + cranky - Conflict) nice coincidence 12:49 - BOF 2012 Ein Neuer Heiliger Krieg (Grand Thaw - Äventyr) 14:37 - KONZERTSAAL BOF 2013 (nora2r - B.B.K.K.B.K.K.) 16:15 - G2R2014 The BMS of Fighters 2004 reloaded 2014 (Sakuzyo - Altale) This is what got me into BMS 18:04 - Daikessen - The BMS of Fighters Ultimate- 2015 (LunaticSounds - DataErr0r) 19:33 - BOFU 2016 - Legend Again- (LeaF - Aleph0) 21:08 - BOFU 2017 - Legend Est a myth- (Silentroom - Nhelv) 23:08 - G2R2018 CLIMAX GO BACK 2 YOUR ROOTS 2018 Climax (Sakuzyo ft. Nikki Simmons - Destr0yer) 25:22 - BOFXV - The BMS of Fighters Extreme Violence - 2019 (Sound piercer ft. DAZBEE - 花たちに希望を) Coming soon: BOFXVI - Neo Dystopia- 2020 (NightTheater - wakadori) Honestly, thank you for making this video. I grew up playing rhythm games and being able to see the origin of the songs that shaped my childhood was quite special. After listening to the BOFXVI entries, I am amazed at how far the bms community has come. Here's to another decade of BOF and good luck to all the contestant of this year. Edit: some formatting and new winner for BOFXVI

ive only been listening to doujin music activly for a few years and been playing rhythm games on a nd off for the bast 7 years but i love all this music all the same. this talent from the producers to the BGA makers is way over looked by most of the internet. i feel glad and happy i get to experience it here and now

wow thank you for this compilation. This really makes me want to play bms. 7k+1 is so hard though :(

Thanks for compiling this

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

This ranking is memory lane, right here-- not just for all the songs I remember from Groundbreaking but also for some of the other older BMS songs I knew about before I became a fan of these contests. Love this music so much.

i love BMS so music, it's crazy to think so much iconic rhythm game music comes from just BMS

Nhelvは鳥肌たった。 BGAが曲と合っててほんとに凄い

Damn the nostalgia of these songs, even tho. This is my first time listening fo some of them, it really gives me a 3AM vibes to it

this is really cool!, and its organized very neatly too, well done!

あのJack◆が11年前....意味もなく泣きそうになるわ....

Let me remind you LeaF was going solo (in terms of music production) during BOFU2016...

2010年からの進化に感動！ wonderful！！

BOF2004からBOFXV2019、そして戦國(2007)まで揃っているメドレーはありがたいです、Thank you for your work!!! (I'm Japanese. I love this video & BMS.)

2008年から一気にほとんど知ってる曲になった

Altaleからのゴリライザーで盛大に草生え散らかした

SHIKI music is so beautiful, now im crying

2011 was such an amazing year

七つの鍵盤のためのソナタの異質感本当好き

this vid deserve more views

AWESOME VIDEO BRO LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO

very nice, 8)

Some of them are really cracked like Flash dance and Rush More

素晴らしい動画だ。、。

BMS songs never fails rhythm gamer

I Like It!

I don't know what this is, but I like it

Dstorvはbgaも曲も癖ありな差分も何もかもが好き

great

スペクトラムBMSだったのか！？初めて知った…

You should make a new version of this video when the results of the 20th BOF event comes out because that's when its the 20th anniversary of the BMS OF FIGHTERS.

Thanks for 10k views! (And 1 dislike finally haha) I can't promise anymore content like this on a regular basis, but maybe when I get inspired idk

Perfect ending

I feel like wavetapper deserved to be on this list it's really good

I don't know why, but I absolutely adore songs like that DJ Daek song from 2006. It's the perfect mixture of absolute chaos and still a groovy song

ive become obsessed with BMS works lately can i also just day that i absolutely love altersist? i havent seen any other comment mention it but it really hits with me for some reason

We need part 2

SHIKI, CrankY, -45, Sobrem (W_tre), EBIMAYO, SASAKURE.UK, 69 de 74 (and many others) = BMS banger makers I could name a bunch but i'd be here for at least an hour and I have things to do haha

I love 2004-2005

I see so many videos in here that Porter Robinson was referencing in virtual self.

I like these because its cool looking at old motion graphics

It's super cool but, I wish there was also the name of the BGA artists

CO5MIC R4ILR0AD was like the cleanest BMS ngl

IMO Nhelv blows everything out of the water.

TOP5全て素晴らしい曲ですがやっぱり個人的にはDRAGONLADYとB.B.K.K.B.K.K.が大好き！

AragamiからAltaleの繋がりで震えた

Good

5:10 there's a goddamn reason roop is still the king of bms disco house

Sasakure is legend!

Can you link all of the bgas of the top 5? (Also 七つの鍵盤のためのソナタ -嬰ニ短調- doesn’t work)

leaf is on god level

So I went from a deep rabbit hole from rhythm games and did not regret a single bit

R.I.P is the best BGA

👍

Bass kick kick

The 1 dislike is the producer that didn't got in one of the 5 songs

really should have the r-18 cuz of marenol

What is this version of Nhelv? It sounds and looks slightly different and I like it.

18:08 idk but this one had me laugh lol. Out of this all tops 5's, my favorite is the one at 27:04, its really fit my taste

Pump it up

2017 🥲

Trying to debut as a new electronic music artist in Japan? Make BMS! Seriously, I feel that's how Silentroom, xi, and Sakuzyo made their breakthrough in the community.

is anyone else skipping Nhelv because of mopemope and marenol 🤣

I don't really understand what bofu is but it looks interesting

2017>>>

Aleph-0 Nhelv Destr0yer "Legends never die"

2010年から一気にすごくなってる

can you make an updated version?

the marenol one scares me...

진짜 마레놀이랑 모페모페가 노래나 브가는 불쾌하긴 해도 17년도랑 18년도를 최고의 황금기를 맞이하게 되었다고 해도 무방하다 생각한다

16:34 自分用

21:49 va a suceder otra vez peaceful de nuevo no

22:36やっぱ全てにおいてNhelvがトップだと思う

!

4:11 Karate Joe reference?

2004と2005の優勝曲のダウンロードリンク教えて欲しいです！

竹。

Even after all these years I still don't understand why Leaf songs are liked so much.

ゴリライザーーwww

とびらにじいろ link doesnt work

Hey, so what does BMS stand for even?

I am mad that credits wasn't in here

Aaaaa

What is BMS?

why is the song average without vocals?

What is bofu??