here's my personal list of top 3 songs (in order) from Sonic 1-3. Sonic 2 was nearly impossible to cut down.
SONIC 1
1st - Scrap Brain Zone
2nd - Star Light Zone
3rd - Green Hill Zone
HM - Final Zone
(almost made it: Marble Garden Zone)
SONIC 2
1st - Mystic Cave Zone
2nd - Final Zone
3rd - Oil Ocean Zone
HM - Casino Night
(almost made it: Chemical Plant Zone, Metropolis Zone, Ending)
SONIC 3
1st - Carnival Night Zone 1
2nd- Carnival Night Zone 2
3rd - Final Boss
HM : Angel Island Zone 2 (this song jacked one part from the NES Bomberman game)
this game came out sometime in the 90s,and it's a shooter available back then via 'shareware'. i thought it was either Raptor or Tyrian but the Youtube videos prove them not to be the one i'm thinking of. the sad thing is all i can remember is the title song; a hard-rock loop, complete with a guitar lead, being played during either the title screen or the main menu. i'm almost positive it's a military shooter and not a space shooter. definitely not sidescroller either. most likely top-down but i can't remember.