As you probably know by now, two Taiko Drum Master games are coming west this year! The first is last year’s Drum Session! for PS4 and the second is Drum ‘n’ Fun! for the Nintendo Switch. What’s more, they both come out in the west on the same day! So, which of the two should you go for?
For many rhythm games, the deciding factor is the song list, so here are the base song lists for both games! There are some DLC songs for both too though. The songs are divided into 7 categories: Pop, Anime, Vocaloid, Variety, Game, Classic, and Namco Original.
Taiko Drum Master: Drum Session! (PlayStation 4)

Title |
Artist |
Zen Zen Zense |
RADWIMPS |
Road Movie |
Yu Takahashi |
Ashita Mo |
SHISHAMO |
LOSER |
Kenshi Yonezu |
Umi no Koe |
Urashima Taro (CV: Kenta Kiritani) |
Sugar Song and Bitter Step |
UNISON SQUARE GARDEN |
Himawari no Yakusoku |
Motohiro Hata |
Gimme Choco!! |
BABYMETAL |
RPG |
Sekai no Owari |
Ninjyary Bang Bang |
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu |
Memeshikute |
Golden Bomber |
Koi Oto to Amazora |
AAA |
Kiseki |
GReeeeN |
Ikenai Taiyou |
Orange Range |
Sakuranbo |
Ai Ootsuka |
Linda Linda |
The Blue Hearts |
Natsu Matsuri |
Whiteberry |
Tentai Kansoku |
BUMP OF CHICKEN |
Kurenai |
X Japan |
Apollo |
Porno Graffiti |
Title |
Artist |
Yume wo Kanaete Doraemon |
mao |
Tonari no Totoro |
Azumi Inoue |
Let It Go ~Ari no Mama de~ |
Takako Matsu |
Try Everything |
Dream Ami |
Limit-Break x Survivor |
Kiyoshi Hikawa |
Zenryoku Batankyu |
AouP |
Guren no Yumiya |
Linked Horizon |
We Are! |
Hiroshi Kitadani |
A Cruel Angel’s Thesis |
Yoko Takahashi |
Youkoso Jakari Park e |
Doubutsu Biscuits x PPP |
Title |
Artist |
Ghost Rule |
DECO*27 feat. Hatsune Miku |
Alien Alien |
Nyatara Seishin feat. Hatsune Miku |
Lost One no Goukoku |
Neru feat. Kagamine Rin |
Rouku-Chounen to Ichiya Monogatari |
kemu feat. IA |
Title |
Artist |
Hello Kitty |
Hello Kitty (CV: Megumi Hayashibara) |
Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen (PPAP) |
Pikotaro |
Night of Knights |
Beat Mario |
Last Brutal Sister Flandre S |
Beat Mario |
Cirno’s Perfect Math Class |
ARM of IOSYS feat. miko |
Title |
Artist |
Hanrock |
N/A |
Carmen Prelude |
Georges Bizet |
William Tell Overture |
Gioachino Rossini |
Overture from ‘Orpheus in the Underworld’ |
Jacques Offenbach |
Classic Medley (Rock ver.) |
Yuji Masubuchi (Arrange) |
Title |
Artist |
Theme of Ryu |
N/A |
Heat Haze Shadow 2 |
N/A |
Tales of Berseria Medley |
N/A |
Onegai! Cinderella |
Uzuki Shimamura (CV: Ayaka Ohashi), Rin Shibuya (CV: Ayaka Fukuhara), and Mio Honda (CV: Sayuri Hara) |
Brand New Theatre! |
Yuji Masubuchi (Arrange) |
Urban Striker |
George Nishigomi |
EAT’EM UP! |
Hiroshi Okubo (Arrange) |
KAGEKIYO ~Genpei Toma Den Medley~ |
Yuji Masubuchi |
Title |
Artist |
Tsunagare! Hirogare! Uchi-agare! |
MANA |
Trust Game |
Sachi (harineko) |
Magical Parfait |
MAYA |
Mitsusegawa Ranbu |
taka-C, Takuya Kotegawa, and Hisui |
Sotsu Omeshiki Full |
unmo |
No Gravity |
N/A |
VICTORIA |
Cranky |
Tengu Bayashi |
Hisui |
Time Traveller |
Kashitaro Ito |
Yomi no Izanami |
Takaya Yabuki and Aya Shinno (Vocal), Giu and Yura Hatsuki (Lyrics), and Hisui (Composer) |
Tokyo Soda 8-bit Edit |
Higedorai VAN |
Mugen no Sora |
Silver Forest feat. SAYA |
Gasshou Stabofe! |
Tama☆tai feat. Danchinomiya |
Fly away |
Takayoshi Tanimoto |
Houjou Yayoi |
Yura Hatsuki |
Angel Dream |
Youko Takamitsu |
Yuugao no Kimi |
Tomokazu Sano |
Ouka Ranman |
N/A |
Red Rose Evangel |
Tatsuya ‘Zeami/Tatsh’ Shimizu feat. Ayane |
DokuLO CAndy♡ |
t+pazolite |
Saitama 2000 |
LindaAI-CUE |
Mada Saitama 2000 |
LindaAI-CUE |
Taiko Drum Master: Drum ‘n’ Fun! (Nintendo Switch)

Title |
Artist |
Takane no Hanakosan |
back number |
TT -Japanese ver.- |
TWICE |
Mita-koto mo Nai Keshiki |
Masaki Suda |
Tomo ni |
WANAMI |
Zen Zen Zense |
RADWIMPS |
R.Y.U.S.E.I. |
Sandaime J Soul Brothers from EXILE |
Sugar Song and Bitter Step |
UNISON SQUARE GARDEN |
RPG |
Sekai no Owari |
Memeshikute |
Golden Bomber |
Silent Jealousy |
X Japan |
One Night Carnival |
Kishidan |
TRAIN-TRAIN |
The Blue Hearts |
Natsu Matsuri |
Whiteberry |
Title |
Artist |
Howl |
FLOW X GRANRODEO |
POP TEAM EPIC |
Sumire Uesaka |
Lupinranger VS Patranger |
Tatsuhiko Yoshida and Hitomi Yoshida of Project R |
Be The One |
PANDORA feat. Beverly |
Dokomademo ~How Far I’ll Go~ |
N/A |
Alola!! |
Satoshi with Pikachu (CV: Rica Matsumoto and Ikue Otani) |
Yo-Kai Exercise No. 1 |
Dream5 |
Odore Dore Dora Doraemon Ondo |
Dorakko Team, Doraemon (CV: Wasabi Mizuta) |
Itsumo Nando Demo |
Yumi Kimura |
Kimi ni 100 Percent |
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu |
We Are! |
Hiroshi Kitadani |
A Cruel Angel’s Thesis |
Yoko Takahashi |
Cha-La Head-Cha-La |
Hironobu Kageyama |
Odoru Ponpokirin |
B.B.Queens |
Sanpo |
Azumi Inoue |
Anpanman no March |
Dreaming |
Title |
Artist |
Haikei Doppelganger |
kemu feat. GUMI |
Juu-Mensou colorful ver. |
YM feat. GUMI |
Onigiri wa Doko Kashira♪ |
Yomii feat. Hatsune Miku |
Title |
Artist |
YouTube Theme Song |
HIKAKIN X SEIKIN |
Jounetsu Tairiku |
Tarou Hakase |
ABC no Uta |
N/A |
Grip & Breakdown!! -Tatsujin Edit- |
Touhou Project Arrange Sound Holic feat. Nana Takahashi |
Iro wa Niuedo Chirinuru o |
Iceon of Yuuhei Satellite feat. senya |
Bad Apple!! feat. namico |
Masayosi Minoshima of Alstroemeria Records feat. nomico |
Omae Butamen! |
Oyatsu Company and The Puh |
Title |
Artist |
Clapolpolska |
Katsuro Tajima (Arrange) |
Flight of the Bumblebee |
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov |
Turkish March |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Eine kleine Nachtmusik |
Wolfgang Amdaeus Mozart |
Overture from ‘Orpheus in the Underworld’ |
Jacques Offenbach |
Title |
Artist |
Jump Up, Super Star! Short Version |
Pauline (CV: Kate Higgins) |
Splatoon 2 Medley |
Toru Minegishi |
Kirby’s Dream Land Medley |
Hirokazu Ando (Arrange) |
Pac Toy-Box |
N/A |
Honwaka Kazoku ~Nekotomo no Uta~ |
Misaki Machiya |
Anzu no Uta |
Anzu Futaba (CV: Hiromi Igarashi) |
TD -28619029byte remix- |
Shinji Hosoe (Sampling Masters MEGA) |
Racing the storm |
N/A |
Assault BGM1 |
Kazuo Noguchi |
Ridge Racer |
Shinji Hosoe (Sampling Masters MEGA) |
Title |
Artist |
Furi-furi♪Nori-nori♪ |
MANA |
World Heritage: Prelude |
Yako Danchinomiya |
Tabetemo Tabetemo |
☆Shoji☆ feat. Honoka♡Erika |
void setup |
Kaori Aihara |
Écran le Blanc |
Miho Tsujibayashi |
Tonde Mite |
Tadahiko Yokogawa feat. Yako Danchinomiya |
Angel Dream |
Youko Takamitsu |
Dokidoki Munekyun Omatsuri Time |
MOES |
Nijiiro Yumeiro Taikoiro |
Yoko Takahashi |
Nagai wa Esperanto |
Aki |
Antonio |
You’ll Melt More! |
Hyokko Fantasy |
Tsuyomi |
The Carnivorous Carnival |
Akitaka Tooyama |
Hyakka Ryouran |
Kakumi Nishigomi |
Houou Tenbu Mugen Kuzure |
N/A |
Chikuzei~GEAR UP~ |
Zhan Xun Wei of Cai Fei Le Fang |
Oranda Nadeshiko |
NOMI and ASKA |
Boku wa Synth |
Noboyushi ‘SanoDG’ Sano |
Jotei ~Imbiratuula~ |
Saori Terai |
Souryuu no Ran |
Tatsuya ‘Zeami/Tatsh’ Shimizu |
Phew! Over 70 songs each! That’s a lot! Overall, Drum Session! leans more towards pop and original songs, while Drum ‘n’ Fun! has a few more anime and variety ones. There are 4 Namco Original songs which debut in Drum Session! and 6 that debut in Drum ‘n’ Fun! as well.
A few songs like Your Name‘s “Zen Zen Zense” and the iconic “A Cruel Angel’s Thesis” crop up in both versions, so you don’t need to worry about missing out on those whichever version you get! It’s great to see the games have their Japanese song selections in tact, but when it comes to down to choosing one over the other, it’s a pretty tough call! Of course, if you really want an extensive Taiko Drum Master experience, you can just get both!

Both Taiko Drum Master games will release in North America and Europe as download only on November 2nd.
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