Music of the Streets of Rage series

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.

Streets of Rage 1 soundtrack

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

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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. Character Select
3. Fighting in the Street
4. Attack of the Barbarian
5. Dilapidated Town
6. Moon Beach
7. Keep the Groovin'
8. Beatnik on the Ship
9. Stealthy Steps
10. Violent Breathing
11. The Last Soul
12. Big Boss
13. You Became the Bad Guy
14. My Little Baby (Good Ending)
15. Game Over
16. Round Clear
17. untitled (CD only)
18. Up & Up (CD only)
19. The Super Three (CD only)

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

Streets of Rage 2 soundtrack

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This is the easiest (note that this is relative to the other 2) Streets of Rage soundtrack to find. 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. The 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.)

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==Bare Knuckle III soundtrack== (by Koshiro & Motohiro Kawashima)

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