VERTIPHON 2017 REMASTER ~ Streets Of Rage Collection (Sega Genesis / MD)

Yuzo Koshiro & Motohiro Kawashira (SEGA) – Streets Of Rage 1+2+3 Original Sound Version Collection

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Composed by Yuzo Koshiro & Motohiro Kawashima
Vertiphon 2017 Remaster

This collection contains all tracks that comprise the soundtracks for the Sega Genesis game series Streets Of Rage by SEGA. These incredible 16-bit brawlers really need no introduction, but those of you that have tried to find the soundtracks in good quality audio have probably had very little luck. Not any more. 🙂 This is the second time I have remastered the music from these games, this time they sound far better. I am much happier with how all these masters sound so I will consider this my definitive release. In my opinion these also sound far better than all other versions available.

One of my goals with this endavor is to present to the community well-mastered Original Sound Version music of the greatest soundtracks video gaming has to offer. I have added some sympathetic mastering, made appropriate edits and rearranged the tracklist so that it makes for a better listen as an album. This is some of the very best music the Sega Genesis had to offer.

This collection does NOT in any way duplicate the audio from the following releases:
GMO Records "Bare Knuckle" ALCA-181: https://www.discogs.com/release/665962.
GMO Records "Bare Knuckle II" ALCA-443 / "Streets Of Rage 2 OST" Mars Colony Music MCM-10106-2: https://www.discogs.com/Yuzo-Koshiro-Bare-Knuckle-II/master/461975
And none of the DATA DISCS releases. It sounds better than all of them.

Edit:
This remaster DOES NOT replicate ANY of the audio from this new issue of the soundtrack by Wayo:
https://www.discogs.com/Yuzo-Koshiro-Streets-Of-Rage-Perfect-Soundtrack/release/11170738

The files are in 24-bit 44.1 kHz lossless FLAC audio / 320kbit/s format. Enjoy!

Note: As pointed out by rwszwszs I mistyped Motohiro Kawashima’s name in the file tags (and on the videos!). It is ima, not ira.

Streets Of Rage 1

01 Yuzo Koshiro – The Street Of Rage
02 Yuzo Koshiro – Player Select
03 Yuzo Koshiro – Fighting In The Street
04 Yuzo Koshiro – Attack The Barbarian
05 Yuzo Koshiro – Stage Clear
06 Yuzo Koshiro – Dilapidated Town
07 Yuzo Koshiro – Moon Beach
08 Yuzo Koshiro – Keep The Groovin’
09 Yuzo Koshiro – Beatnik On The Ship
10 Yuzo Koshiro – Stealthy Steps
11 Yuzo Koshiro – Violent Breathing
12 Yuzo Koshiro – The Last Soul
13 Yuzo Koshiro – Big Boss
14 Yuzo Koshiro – You Became The Bad Guy!
15 Yuzo Koshiro – My Little Baby (Good Ending)
16 Yuzo Koshiro – Game Over

Streets Of Rage 2

01 Yuzo Koshiro – SOR Super Mix (Introduction)
02 Yuzo Koshiro – Player Select V2
03 Yuzo Koshiro – Go Straight
04 Yuzo Koshiro – Level Complete
05 Yuzo Koshiro – In The Bar
06 Yuzo Koshiro – Never Return Alive
07 Yuzo Koshiro – Spin On The Bridge
08 Yuzo Koshiro – Ready Funk
09 Yuzo Koshiro – Dreamer
10 Yuzo Koshiro – Alien Power
11 Yuzo Koshiro – Under Logic
12 Yuzo Koshiro – Too Deep
13 Yuzo Koshiro – Slow Moon
14 Yuzo Koshiro – Wave 131
15 Yuzo Koshiro & Motohiro Kawashira – Jungle Base
16 Yuzo Koshiro – Back To The Industry
17 Motohiro Kawashira – Expander
18 Motohiro Kawashira – Max Man
19 Yuzo Koshiro – Revenge Of Mr. X
20 Yuzo Koshiro – Good Ending
21 Yuzo Koshiro – Game Over
22 Yuzo Koshiro – Go Straight (Beatmix) (Bonus Track)
23 Yuzo Koshiro – Walking Bottom (Beta Version Bonus Track)
24 Motohiro Kawashira – Little Money Avenue (Bonus Track)

Streets Of Rage 3

01 Yuzo Koshiro – Beat Ambience (Introduction)
02 Yuzo Koshiro – Spinning Machine (Player Select)
03 Motohiro Kawashira – Fuze
04 Yuzo Koshiro – Round Clear
05 Motohiro Kawashira – Cycle I
06 Motohiro Kawashira – The Poets II
07 Motohiro Kawashira – Dub Slash
08 Yuzo Koshiro – Dance Club
09 Motohiro Kawashira – Percussion
10 Motohiro Kawashira – Bulldozer
11 Yuzo Koshiro – Random Cross
12 Yuzo Koshiro – Happy Paradise
13 Yuzo Koshiro – Tunnelway
14 Yuzo Koshiro – Shinobi Reverse
15 Motohiro Kawashira – Moon
16 Yuzo Koshiro – Crazy Train
17 Motohiro Kawashira – The Poets I
18 Motohiro Kawashira – Cycle II
19 Yuzo Koshiro – Inga Rasen
20 Motohiro Kawashira – Boss
21 Yuzo Koshiro – Fateful Meeting
22 Yuzo Koshiro – Mr. X!
23 Yuzo Koshiro – Bad Ending
24 Yuzo Koshiro – Good Ending
25 Yuzo Koshiro – Game Over
26 Yuzo Koshiro – Kama De Coco (Bonus Track)

DOWNLOADS

Streets Of Rage 1
MEGA FLAC: https://mega.nz/#!xKxUWZha!qSG2_gBdtVFC1gAl5pJea6IbX_nlXipKhkURmG4 SpWY
MEGA MP3: https://mega.nz/#!pS51SSpR!s9r92TxyPKlz4VNEOSVc_7sv-BuO7SrCtNtw8LsRwUM
Zippyshare MP3: http://www89.zippyshare.com/v/cfNOB9Zp/file.html

Streets Of Rage 2
MEGA FLAC: https://mega.nz/#!ZSJVTb4A!j-GDHPrz_l_7gcfGVcpibyfEVGg_kuHIyV2To_XHjd4
MEGA MP3: https://mega.nz/#!geIgkIBQ!hRXsIHSWjrzmbAvUryB7rCveaX04ICBqQLMWZa8 VGTk
Zippyshare MP3: http://www6.zippyshare.com/v/hxg4PmfO/file.html

Streets Of Rage 3
MEGA FLAC: https://mega.nz/#!0WQRkA6Q!ZzCWbgEuGktVp88y9mW2CEeqFG4H-4uMkXK2uJqB3Hs
MEGA MP3: https://mega.nz/#!ZXpljAIJ!eZu_bfdEbzxeeFR4Wslju6hbgZN7xN-dvLdyOpAw0z4
Zippyshare MP3: http://www103.zippyshare.com/v/Pst5baal/file.html

Sample track: http://www102.zippyshare.com/v/60BX5hW4/file.html

Find all my remasters here (Thread 220554).

BLESS YOU BRO. THANKS!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks A lot, i was looking for a hi-res version of SOR3’s soundtrack

quickly checked the sounds in SoR3,
really better than before (imo, there was a bit too much Bass in your old release to be honest)

very good indeed, now i must grab the others.

thanks man.

Thanks a lot!

thank you.

Thanks a lot man, i’ve had your 2010 remasters for years now, nice to see you doing some work on this again.

Thanks

Many thanks!

Thank you very much !!!

Thanks a lot for sharing this !!

long time, no see. Thanks for all of your hard work.
It’s very much appreciated!

edit: Just had a listen and all I can say is…. YOU FUCKING DID IT~ wow

Nice collection 🙂

Something that bothered me with for example youtube uploads from the SOR2 soundtrack and even the DATA Discs Remasters;
It doesn’t really sound that crisp.

I’ve uploaded the 3 soundtracks to my YouTube channel and I just recorded the vgm files with the latest vgm plugin with winamp.
No editing, just 2 loops and a fade out for the longer tracks, that’s it.

Just to compare some versions:
Youtube’s first hit when searching for streets of rage 2 go straight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC-B3Q0cRrY
Data discs 2016 remaster: https://soundcloud.com/datadiscs/streetsofrage2-gostraight-remastered
Vertiphon’s remaster: http://www102.zippyshare.com/v/60BX5hW4/file.html
My upload (as said, pure winamp recording, no editing): https://youtu.be/tBZDhWYQ10g?t=6m16s

If you listen to some other youtube versions for example, they all sound quite different.
For SOR2’s go straight track, the hat (if that’s the correct name) sounds different from the Mega Drive hardware.
In my YouTube upload the hat sounds correct (same as in-game).
Some uploads have huge bass kicks and lines and some have the hat sound in between the beat very bright.

I’m not an audio engineer myself and didn’t take the time to get into "mastering" these soundtracks so I wouldn’t know exactly,
but when I listen to the winamp recording, I to be honest think that sounds to most crisp and close to the original I suppose.

Nice collection

I’m not an audio engineer myself and didn’t take the time to get into "mastering" these soundtracks so I wouldn’t know exactly,
but when I listen to the winamp recording, I to be honest think that sounds to most crisp and close to the original I suppose.

This was discussed before when I released my first remasters. My short answer to this topic then and now is: my remasters are not for purists. I’m going for "sonic overhaul" to get the best out of the music, not to retain the original listening experience. For that, definitely try other versions. There’s certainly something charming about listening to the crummy DACs of the Genesis/MD but I don’t think that’s how many of us want to listen to this music any more. But I absolutely agree that there should be choice.

The other issue with audio differences is this: the sound of the Yamaha YM2612 two-operator FM synthesis is very idiosyncratic. Different players recreate it differently, but the newest VGM players in Foobar2000 et al are extremely accurate. At this point the only differences are the substantial top end fall-off and additional noise due to the DACs and headphone amplifier in the Genesis. The music itself is otherwise rendered accurately.

Thanks a lot for these fantastic remasters, Vertiphon! The only complaints I have for these remasters would be how some the track titles in your remasters differ from the official releases, the slower version of "In the Bar" being excluded, the soundtrack for SoR 3 having "Kama de Coco" in the wrong order compared to the latest official release, and the fact that "BMG IV" is missing from your SoR 3 remaster.
https://www.discogs.com/Yuzo-Koshiro-Streets-Of-Rage-2/master/983587
https://www.discogs.com/release/7803948

thanks

Thanks a lot for these fantastic remasters, Vertiphon! The only complaints I have for these remasters would be how some the track titles in your remasters differ from the official releases, the slower version of "In the Bar" being excluded, the soundtrack for SoR 3 having "Kama de Coco" in the wrong order compared to the latest official release, and the fact that "BMG IV" is missing from your SoR 3 remaster.
https://www.discogs.com/Yuzo-Koshiro-Streets-Of-Rage-2/master/983587
https://www.discogs.com/release/7803948

Thank you for replying rw. I am not an expert on Streets of Rage the game itself, I just know the soundtrack of the original game inside out. I am not familiar with the OST CDs at all. Titles are always based upon Project VGM, but where appropriate I double check with soundtracks on Discogs and other places. If "BMG IV" (BGM…?) is not available in the game data, and is an exclusive to the official soundtrack, then it will remain so. I will not remaster commercially released audio CDs in most cases. I place the tracks in the order I feel fit to suit a "play through" or listen as an album. Feel free to reorganise them to your leisure.

And for those who have not seen already, I just released a collection of the Sega Genesis Sonic games: Thread 220748

"BGM IV" is in the soundtest of SoR3 with the track ID 35, it is also known unofficially as "Early Beyond Oasis Tune". The slow version of "In the Bar" is in the soundtest of SoR2 with the track ID 04. Also, with "Kama de Coco" it went unused in the North American and PAL releases, due to the miniboss called Ash being removed.
I also noticed recently in the tags and in the thread that you misspelled Motohiro Kawashima’s name as Motohiro Kawashira.

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Thanks as always, friend!

So apparently I’ve already been hit by a copyright strike on my youtube channel for the first Streets of Rage OST by "Wayo SARL". What I would like to know is why all the other recordings of SOR are still allowed on Youtube…

Edit: I was unaware that Wayo released this edition of the SOR soundtrack, and based on the "Ancient" logo on the rear case it seems 100% official with Yuzo’s consent:
https://www.discogs.com/Yuzo-Koshiro-Streets-Of-Rage-Perfect-Soundtrack/release/11170738

I seriously doubt I’ll be touching any more of his soundtracks in future, in this case. I wouldn’t mind if they’d have contacted me and asked me to take it down, I would have done so immediately.

(Frankly though, based on the youtube preview, this new CD sounds rather… average?)

I’ve had the same thing!

I uploaded the SOR1 Soundtrack (ripped from vgm to wav with winamp) to my channel.
I tried to explain this was not the version from wayo since I’ve ripped it myself and at that point the wayo version wasn’t even released yet.
Kinda weird.. but (as sort of expected) the video didn’t get approved to get back up.
Maybe I’ll try to reupload the OST at some point, after my strike’s gone in march of 2018.

still, superweird that they chose specific uploads of the SOR1 music and not other ones.

The SOR2 and SOR3 soundtrack are still up tough.. hope that’ll stay like that

Did you simply use the vgm rips of Streets of Rage 2 that have been up on project2612 for years?

Asking because Go Straight from SoR2 in your upload is the exact same, which was ripped incorrectly in the first place (the tune that plays at exactly the 2 minute mark is supposed to be different from how it plays at the 30 second mark of the track).

I used the project2612 rip indeed.
The rip is from 2014 so I thought it would be pretty accurate.
I recorded them to wav with the latest in_vgm (0.48 if i’m correct?)
Is there any more accurate rip available?

Did you simply use the vgm rips of Streets of Rage 2 that have been up on project2612 for years?

Asking because Go Straight from SoR2 in your upload is the exact same, which was ripped incorrectly in the first place (the tune that plays at exactly the 2 minute mark is supposed to be different from how it plays at the 30 second mark of the track).

You’d hope people would inform the site and fix that. If there are any more issues I might create an update pack that features fixed / missing tracks. It would be helpful if we could put together a list of inaccuracies and missing tracks from the p2162 rip.

thank you

Thanks

This is damn good though I would say SoR 3 still needs a little work. There are alot of muffled sound effects that play more clearly in other versions which I prefer, however SoR 1 and 2 are damn good and max man sounds very clear compared to the official releases. Nice work man.

Thanks!

Fantastic. Thank you very much for this beautiful upload :-]

Just crazy… Thank you so much for this incredible upload!! ^^

Thanks!

Thank you!

Would it be possible to reupload the samples link? Thanks

thanks Vertiphon