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That’s all she wrote for today’s Morning Music. If that bothers anyone they can go home and be a family man. But real talk, “Strange Sunset” is better. I do not wish to besmirch the good name of Yoko Shimomura’s timeless, extremely influential Street Fighter II soundtrack ( playlist / VGMdb) and its unfailingly popular “ Guile Theme.” That stands on its own. So, I thought I'd be just as pleased with the music of its sequel, 'Street Fighter EX 2.' The good news is that the songs are all new you won't find any remixes of any of the familiar songs from 'Street Fighter II' or 'Street Fighter Alpha'. It’s a thermonuclear bomb of intriguing atmosphere which blasts over the top with the arrival of the off-kilter, jazzy piano at 1:41. I was pleasantly surprised by the jazz-fusion style music in Capcom's 'Street Fighter EX plus Alpha' game. What words can convey how good this song is? If you (violent, eccentric) put a gun to my head and forced me (wise, erudite) to name my favourite game track ever, “Strange Sunset” (intoxicating, legendary) might well be my pick. This is Saso’s “ Strange Sunset,” it is Guile’s theme (plus Allen’s, but who cares) in Plus Alpha, and it goes with the background you see at the top of this article.
Street Fighter EX2 Plus: More great shit, with wonderful songs like “ The Infinite Earth,” “ Digital Ignition,” “ Irene,” “ Green Shower,” “ Lost Sea,” “ Frozen Mist,” and “ Flash Train.” PS2 launch wonder Street Fighter EX3? It’s ok! Not as dense in gems, but “ Matador” is pretty hot, and “ Cute Mafia” is an excellent name for a song (the song itself, eh).
You’ll note that Fighting EX Layer Soundtracks has not one iota of Street Fighter branding - Arika’s rights seem long expired - but Street Fighter EX’s music lives on in it nonetheless.Īnyway, Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha: superb.
Tragically (yes, tragically) Plus Alpha’s tremendous soundtrack didn’t see an official release until Arika’s 2018 seven-disc album Fighting EX Layer Soundtracks, which did a good job of finally rounding up most ( not all) of the music from both the Street Fighter EX series and Arika’s sort of adjacent, even more obscure Fighting Layer games.
We’re not actually here to talk up the original arcade Street Fighter EX ( playlist / longplay / VGMdb), because though its music has nice moments, the appallingly named PlayStation port Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha ( playlist / longplay / VGMdb) sort of obsoletes its forebear with an incredibly glowed-up soundtrack featuring extensive live arrangements that manifest the full potential of the arcade’s more modest precursors.įor some representative highlights check out Ryu’s “ Rising Dragoon,” Chun’s “ Spinning Bird,” Sakura’s “ Precious Heart,” Hokuto’s “ Yozakura Mankai,” Ken’s “ Guardian of Light,” D.Dark’s “ Under Tube,” and…well, I could just keep going.