From what little we've seen of Streets of Rage 4, it seems to be shaping up very nicely indeed. However, for fans of the classic SEGA series, a huge part of the appeal is the music. Japanese composer Yuzo Koshiro is often solely credited for creating the beloved sound the games are known for, and there's been a widespread hope he would make a return to work on Dotemu's modern revival. Good news: he is.
As confirmed in the above video, Koshiro will be composing original music tracks for the cel-shaded sequel. However, he's not alone. As outlined in the description of the video, several notable music makers are collaborating on the soundtrack. This includes Motohiro Kawashima (who also made music for previous Streets of Rage games), Yoko Shimomura, Hideki Naganuma, and Keiji Yamagishi. Together, their total body of work includes the likes of Street Fighter II, the Kingdom Hearts series, Jet Set Radio, Super Monkey Ball, Ninja Gaiden, and more.
Unfortunately, we still haven't heard any of the new tracks, and platforms are still unconfirmed. Dotemu is playing its cards close to its chest, but Streets of Rage 4 is starting to look pretty special. Are you excited to hear about the people behind the game's soundtrack? Eat a whole roast chicken in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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streets of rage is sega genesis best games.and overall in my top 10 favorite franchises.i l💖ve streets of rage 2 music.and overall all their soundtrack.amazing games.word up son
That is some awesome news. I was hoping he would return for this. Should be very interesting.
It's gotta be on PS4 I mean it's the best selling console of the generation otherwise I would be disappointed
That’s a brilliant selection of people. I think the Bare Knuckle 2 soundtrack is still #1 for acid house on Rate Your Music so hopefully the new soundtrack does it justice. Hideki Naganuma in particular is exciting.
It's quite strange that so far there's been no platform confirmation thus far. Would be a shame after all this hype/time if they went Switch exclusive or timed-exclusive. Fingers crossed.
At this rate, if they don't announce a release date soon,river city girls will beat it to market,which just got announced a few days ago! Streets of rage 4 was announced nearly a year ago,mind blowing !!
I'm sure it'll release on all the major platforms, but it is frustrating that nothing's been confirmed yet.
At least the music will be good!
Can't wait for this and wayforward river city girl
Yuzo, Motohiro and the man Hideki Naganuma! Oh my god that's absolutely amazing. A remix of of expander or the poets by Naga would be the best thing ever!
Make it happen all 3 are musical gods.
For all you Yuzo Koshiro fans,be aware that in the game 198X ,which just released for PS4 digitally,he did the music for the 1st stage in the game called beating hearts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also a followup to my last post. Yuzo also composed the main menu theme music for the upcoming Sega Mega Drive Mini. I now just have 1 question for you all, Watcha gonna do when Yuzo Mania runs wild on you !!!!!!!!!!!
Great stuff. Here's hoping he creates tunes as good as the stage 5 ship level from the first game.
Amazing i am hyped can't wait to play Bare Knuckle 4 and Hear the soundtrack as the soundtrack is such a huge part of Bare Knuckle 2 and still sounds great to this day.
I am happy Yuzo Koshiro is back! But this is overkill: Hideki Naganuma wrote my favourite videogame ost ever (JSR/JSRF) and Yoko Shimomura's work on FFXV is unmatched this generation imho, quantity and quality. Not to mention those SFII tracks...
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