Awesome Music / Yuzo Koshiro

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• His arguably most famous work is Streets of Rage. Here is the page. Sega simply couldn't let him go uncredited; his name appears on the title screens of all three games.
• His work on the Shinobi games is also top shelf.
• Super Adventure Island was released on SNES in 1992. This is what the in-game music sounds like. This is a game that was released in 1992. If the Streets of Rage examples didn't prove that Yuzo Koshiro is a genius, this should.
• The Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune soundtracks as a whole, produced by Yuzo Koshiro. It should be noted that the original Maximum Tune's soundtrack can be legally downloaded for free here.
  • "Maximum Acceleration", the first stage music, is mind-blowing.
  • "Get You Cornered" from Maximum Tune 3 can make many a racer shiver in fear the first time it's heard.
  • The Blackbird's theme from the first game, "Destination Blackout".
  • From Maximum Tune 5, there's the funky and catchy "Inorganic Soul".
  • From the first stage of Maximum Tune 6 RR, "Midnight Wave" gives off an 80's vibe.
• Actraiser provides all sorts of examples.
  • Fillmore, and this remix of it, which turns it into Music of Creepy that would not sound out of place in Castlevania. (Which is fitting, as he wrote the best clock tower theme in the series.)
  • Bloodpool.
  • Northwall Tree, which is how you know you're in the Very Definitely Final Level.
  • Sacrifices, which is so calming that the player uses it as an item in the game itself to stop a civil war.
  • The suitably epic final boss music, for your battle with Tanzra.
  • Orchestral version of "Sacrifices?" /tear.
• He also composed most of Ys I's music and collaborated on Ys II. Check out the series page.
• He also contributed a song to DanceDanceRevolution Supernova, You Gotta Move It.
• If it is any indication, Etrian Odyssey has its own Awesome Music page.
• This track, from Kid Icarus: Uprising.
• The Scheme, a Metroid clone for the PC-88 gave us this gem.
• The main theme of Namco × Capcom, Brave New World.
• Fun fact: He even did the boss theme of Adam the Clown from Dead Rising. Give it a listen.
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
  • He contributed an amazing remix of the theme to Psycho Soldier, which can be heard on the KOF Stadium stage. This includes both the original Japanese version and the English-language international version, which fills in the untranslated second verse of the song with an epic saxophone solo.
  • He also contributed a fantastic arrangement of Guile's theme from Street Fighter II.

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