WTF Koshiro music is amazing, why didn't anyone tell me!?

[Deleted member 278]

So I just (and by just I mean about ten days ag) discovered the Streets of Rage soundtrack for the first time and holy shit I can't stop listening to it. Then found some of his other works and dear lord they're just as amazing. Where have I been the last 20 years!?

Streets of Rage 2 - Go Straight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC-B3Q0cRrY
Streets of Rage 2 - Never Return Alive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcY8fZiayRg
The Revenge of Shinobi - ChinaTown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5OCfGgEtqk
The Revenge of Shinobi - The Shinobi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neRDXGJ-z0U
Etrian Odyssey Nexus - Waterfall Woodlands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImD3MM_wZCs
Etrian Odyssey Nexus - Hoise the Sword and Pride in the Heart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brPskDEr7CU

Seriously, this guy is a god. Please post other great Koshiro tracks!

 

[Svejk]

Oh mos def. He's supposedly lined up to do SoR4 also!

He just recently performed this live set too...

 

[Silky]

God Rage Yuzo Koshiro returning to Streets of Rage will be powerful

 

[Chucker]

Saw him do a set at Magfest 5 or so years ago and it was legit. If you didn't know about Koshiro, you haven't been listening tho.

 

[Deleted member 12790]

He did the soundtrack to the 8-bit Sonic the Hedgehog, and it's awesome



Here's a lost song that can be only found through rom hacking:

 

[Pascal]

SoR 2 soundtrack is legendary.

 

[sibarraz]

 

[Dreamboum]

You didn't listen

 

[Deleted member 12790]

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[Deleted member 12790]

 

[Deleted member 12790]

 

[famikon]

→ https://www.redbullradio.com/shows/...ohiro-kawashima-red-bull-music-festival-paris

 

[MrT-Tar]

Came here for Ys I & II, as well as Streets of Rage 2's soundtrack. I'm not disappointed. I guess I'll get the other more obvious answers out too:

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

 

[Kapryov]

He's one of the music legends of the business, you just weren't listening!

His work on Etrian Odyssey is sublime.


And here's his work for a game nobody likes, so nobody talks about it:


He also did the music to the Wangan Midnight arcade games, if that's your thing. Some of those are on Spotify.

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

I've been a huge fan since Actraiser. He knew how to make the SNES sound chip shine.

 

[Emka]

Where have I been the last 20 years!?

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That's what I'm wondering too :p

He made some tracks for Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin.

 

[Deleted member 1190]

We've been saying it for a long time, you just clearly haven't been paying attention.

 

[Akumatica]

I'm a big fan of his Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune work. cj_iwakura was talking about it and I looked them up on youtube. They're all great.

 

[Deleted member 12790]

The other really big OST missing from this topic that he'd probably be known for is Shenmue. His work in Shenmue is honestly breathtaking:

 

[Rotobit]

Great timing considering this just happened for Smash Bros.

 

[Deleted member 12790]

His vocal theme plays during one of the most dramatic moments in the series:

 

[lowlifelenny]

Super Adventure Island's ost is underrated. I basically bought the cart just for the music.

 

[Vert1]

 

[JordianKnot]

SoR 2 soundtrack is legendary.

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Slow Moon is so gooooooood!
Streets of Rage (2 in particular) series has such a stellar soundtrack. It's amazing how it has stuck with me ever since I was a kid and i still thoroughly enjoy it to this day. Masterpiece.

 

[Deleted member 12790]

 

[Symphony]

It's never too late to begin to appreciate Yuzo Koshiro.

 

[Deleted member 8468]

Oh, oh. This is a nice thread.

SoR2 has such an amazing soundtrack. Go Straight will always get my hyped as a Grand Upper.

 

[bytesized]

He hasn't been topped imo, his SOR and RoS soundtracks together with Thunder Force IV were my favourites and I think had a big influence in my interest in music later on.

That live show is fucking bananas btw

 

[super moustique]

WTF is this thread title ? :D

 

[TrishaCat]

Can I use this thread to recommend 7th Dragon? The 7th Dragon series is incredible and the last 7th Dragon game to be translated finally got translated fairly recently too.

 

[Lunar15]

Koshiro's incredible:





His genesis stuff is the pinnacle of the system, but he still continues to put out hits with incredible range. All of the Etrian Odyssey games have insane soundtracks, y'all. I vote for them every year in the OST awards.

 

[ArjanN]

"Hey this thing called chocolate is pretty tasty, how come I'm the first to discover this?"

But yeah, he's great.

 

[Apollo]

THIS IS SO JAMMIN'


AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[Tizoc]

Palace in Ys 1 is such an underrated theme int that game. I did not know that the PCE ver. adds water drops and it's a neat touch.

 

[Deleted member 12790]

 

[Deleted member 48897]

Sure, this is great

but this is sublime:

 

[rodrigolfp]

 

[kodax_shc]

Saw him do a live set in Los Angeles last year. What a night.

 

[Black Chamber]

 

[Deleted member 17210]

He really is incredible.



It's too bad he didn't start doing SMS stuff earlier while FM was active in Japan. I think he could have made the best 8-bit console music with the right tools.

 

[MrSaturn99]

I'm not familiar with his overall body of work, but he has the best stuff in Kid Icarus: Uprising.

 

[BocoDragon]

We tried to tell y'all

 

[Akileese]

I play Wangan Midnight just to listen to the music. Give me Enjoy the Process all day every day.

 

[LiquidPolicenaut]

LOVE his music so much. Top three are Ys, Streets of Rage 2 and, my absolute favorite, Actraiser. God, what i wouldn't give for a vinyl release of both the OST and the arranged Symphonic Suite CD.....

 

[Deleted member 11413]

Sounds like you just never asked. Dude has been making fantastic music for decades.

 

[denpanosekai]

Yup he's kinda godly

 

[FlashbladeERA]

Great timing considering this just happened for Smash Bros.

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Did Yuzo Koshiro remix this Smash Bros Track or something, because Yoko Shimomura (Kingdom Hearts, FFXV, Parasite Eve, plus many many more) wrote the music to Street Fighter 2

 

[B1ggRandall]

Bruh he is a beast!! I got some of his greatest music on my IPhone lol So many on Apple Music! Im a freaking nerd for that! Lmaooo
Damn I love that Street of Rage soundtrack.

 

[mrmickfran]

Sakurai got him for Uprising. That's how you know he's good: