Streets of Rage soundtracks

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The Streets of Rage series from Sega is known for its memorable in-game music. It has inspired two soundtracks based on compositions by noted video game composer, Yuzo Koshiro.

[edit] Bare Knuckle soundtrack

Catalogue Number:	ALCA-181
Publisher:	Alfa Records
Year:	1991

(all tracks by Yuzo Koshiro; produced by Koshiro and Kyoji Kato)

The first game's music has a warm, Caribbean quality, and Koshiro has said he was listening to artists like Soul II Soul, Blackbox, Maxi Priest, and Caron Wheeler around the time of composing.

1. The Street of Rage
2. Player Select
3. Fighting in the Street
4. Attack of the Barbarian
5. Round Clear
6. Dilapidated Town
7. Moon Beach
8. Keep the Groovin'
9. Beatnik on the Ship
10. Stealthy Steps
11. Violent Breathing
12. The Last Soul
13. Big Boss
14. My Little Baby (Good Ending)
15. You Became the Bad Guy!
16. Up & Up
17. The Super Three
18. Name Entry
19. Game Over
20. The Street of Rage (Arrange version)
21. Fighting in the Street (Arrange version)
22. The Last Soul (Arrange version)
23. Keep the Groovin' (Arrange version)
24. You Became the Bad Guy! (Arrange version)

(The CD version uses the Sound Board II soundchip, rather than the Mega Drive's).

[edit] Streets of Rage 2 soundtrack

	Japanese	US
Catalogue Number:	ALCA-443	MCM-10106-2
Publisher:	Alfa Records	Mars Colony Music
Year:	1993	2000

This is the easiest (note that this is relative to the other 2) Streets of Rage soundtrack to find, having been released in the United States. The tracks on this soundtrack are identical to the Japanese CD soundtrack known as "Bare Knuckle II". Composed and played by Yuzo Koshiro (with a few by Motohiro Kawashima), this is said to be one of his greatest and it shows the power of the Mega Drive/Genesis soundchip. The music is described by Yuzo as "hard-core techno". The CD contains 20 tracks and was produced by him and Kyoji Kato. In a interesting most fans have noticed that the songs "Under Logic" sounds like The Shamen's mid 90s hit Move Any Mountain and The S.O.R Super Mix is similar To Enigma (musical project)'s Sadeness. track list is as follows:

1. Go Straight
2. In The Bar
3. Never Return Alive
4. Spin on the Bridge
5. Ready Funk
6. Dreamer
7. Alien Power
8. Under Logic
9. Too Deep
10. Slow Moon
11. Wave 131
12. Jungle Base (M.K.) & (Y.K.)
13. Back to the Industry
14. Expander (M.K.)
15. S.O.R. Super Mix
16. Max Man (M.K.)
17. Revenge of Mr. X
18. Good End
19. Walking Bottom
20. Little Money Avenue (M.K.)

[edit] Bare Knuckle III soundtrack

Catalogue Number:	ALCA-5006
Publisher:	Alfa Records
Year:	1994

The music style of Streets of Rage 3 has a different feel to that of the first 2 games. Described by Yuzo Koshiro as "fast-beat techno like jungle", it was composed using an Automated Composing System. As with Streets of Rage 2, the soundtrack features tracks composed by both Koshiro and Motohiro Kawashima.

Unlike the first 2 soundtracks, the tracks are not in the order that they appear in-game.

The full title of this CD is "Bare Knuckle 3: Iron Fist Scriptures". The disc itself is extremely hard to find.

1. Fuze (M.K.)
2. Spinning Machine (Y.K.)
3. Boss (M.K.)
4. Beat Ambiance (Y.K.)
5. Cycle II (M.K.)
6. KAMADECOCO (Y.K.)
7. The Poets I (M.K.)
8. Shinobi Reverse (Y.K.)
9. Percussion (M.K.)
10. Moon (M.K.)
11. Happy Paradise (Y.K.)
12. The Poets II (M.K.)
13. Random Cross (Y.K.)
14. Dub Slash (M.K.)
15. Inga Rasen (Y.K.)
16. Bulldozer (M.K.)
17. Crazy Train (Y.K.)
18. Cycle I (M.K.)

Not on the CD, but in the game:

1. The dance club track
2. Tunnelway
3. Fateful Meeting
4. Mr. X
5. Bad Ending
6. Good Ending
7. Game Over
8. Round Clear
9. Unused

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