estroDraveGood enough to stay focused >>> insclife

Glad to see you two collaborating with each other! I’ve been a fan of both your music for months so hearing this collab between you two made me happy! =)

🔥FINAL CRASH UPDATE / Nov. 6/23🔥 - The previous versions of "Revenge Of Mr. X" sounded pretty good, but for this one, I needed to bring my AAA game. I believe it's never sounded better, especially with the mixture of heavy metal rhythm and twin lead guitars to bring out the menace and mayhem of Yuzo Koshiro's original composition. The song also pays tribute to "Big Boss" from Streets of Rage 1, with an identical ending passage to link the two games together. 

NOTE: This is the "Final Crash" edition of the song, in reference to the last time I will be touching the original SOR soundtracks. I now consider them totally complete.

Streets Of Rage 2 (Expanded & Enhanced)

Revenge Of Mr. X (Expanded & Enhanced) - STREETS OF RAGE 2

🔥FINAL CRASH UPDATE / Nov. 6/23🔥 - The "Good End" for Streets of Rage 2 isn't a big departure from Yuzo Koshiro's original. It just builds on the existing formula to create a little more atmosphere and a LOT more emotion in the expanded section. I love how it darts back and forth between happy, and slightly ominous, without ever losing its sense of triumph and positivity. It's an emotional end to a decade-long project - expanding and enhancing Streets of Rage 2's soundtrack. 

NOTE: This is the "Final Crash" edition of the song, in reference to the last time I will be touching the original SOR soundtracks. I now consider them totally complete.

Good End (Expanded & Enhanced) - STREETS OF RAGE 2

👍 PATREON.COM/maestrodraven
📹 YOUTUBE.COM/maestrodraven
💬 GETTR.COM/user/maestrodraven
📹 RUMBLE.COM/maestrodraven

🥷🥷🥷This version of "Terrible Beat" is heavy on the expansion side, particularly because of how short the original is. It was meant to be fast and frantic, but I wanted to add some more meat onto the bone to beef it up. Here's my fully fleshed out rendition to give this kinetic boss theme a bit more muscle.

Revenge of Shinobi (Expanded & Enhanced)

Terrible Beat (Expanded & Enhanced) • THE REVENGE OF SHINOBI

After the very lengthy and complicated "China Town" expansion, I wanted to get back to basics for "Over The Bay," and focus on sticking close to the elements that make it such a fun little dance number. The expansion is a series of variations on the main theme with a few breaks thrown in between to pump up the intensity. It's straightforward and meant to get the blood pumping. Nothing more, nothing less.

Over The Bay (Expanded & Enhanced) • THE REVENGE OF SHINOBI

For the first time, MaestroDraven and IceFerno team up! This is a completely original co-composition featuring our collective skills and talents, as an ode to the Streets of Rage video game series we both love so much.

"Brawler's Nook" has been composed specifically for the menu section of F-Games' fantastic "Streets of Rage X" fan game (link below). As many of you know, my Expanded & Enhanced versions of the three SOR soundtracks act as the official soundtrack for the game, and both IceFerno and I thought it would be cool to make this particular song our first official collaboration. 

Working with IceFerno has been fantastic. We're two guys with a mutual love for SOR music, and the back-and-forth writing process was smooth, seamless and completely harmonious from start to finish. Expect more collabs in the future between us! In the meantime, you can enjoy the song on "Streets of Rage X," found here:

https://www.chronocrash.com/forum/threads/streets-of-rage-x-windows-android.5314/page-45

Make sure to follow IceFerno at:

https://www.youtube.com/@Iceferno
https://soundcloud.com/iceferno

Streets Of Rage • Expanded & Enhanced

Brawler's Nook (feat. IceFerno)

You Can't Have It All

🔥FINAL CRASH UPDATE / Oct. 25/23🔥 - "Fighting In The Street" encapsulates everything that is awesome about Streets of Rage, and I wanted to expand on its high energy and club-worthy atmosphere with a powerful expansion that builds up momentum towards a massive sonic bomb worthy of the game's skull-cracking intensity. 

NOTE: This is the "Final Crash" edition of the song, in reference to the last time I will be touching the original SOR soundtracks. I now consider them totally complete.

Streets Of Rage (Expanded & Enhanced)

Fighting In The Street (Expanded & Enhanced) - STREETS OF RAGE

🔥FINAL CRASH UPDATE / Nov. 6/23🔥 - "Ready Funk" is a fun little tune, and I always loved the quirky expansion I built onto the original song. Nothing much has changed here, except a much cleaner, wider and vibrant sonic mix. Fitting for the final release.

NOTE: This is the "Final Crash" edition of the song, in reference to the last time I will be touching the original SOR soundtracks. I now consider them totally complete.

Ready Funk (Expanded & Enhanced) - STREETS OF RAGE 2

🔥FINAL CRASH UPDATE / Nov. 6/23🔥 - Not much to do for "Too Deep" aside from the standard EQing and remastering in preparation for the FINAL CRASH release. I've always been happy with this song. Now it just sounds all the more better!

NOTE: This is the "Final Crash" edition of the song, in reference to the last time I will be touching the original SOR soundtracks. I now consider them totally complete.

Too Deep (Expanded & Enhanced) - STREETS OF RAGE 2

🔥FINAL CRASH UPDATE / Nov. 6/23🔥 - The last release of "Expander" I did failed to produce a worthy mix. I'm glad to finally rectify that in order to pay correct homage to Motohiro Kawashima's frantic, crazy and awesome creation. The expansion I built for this song is one I'm incredibly proud of, and I think it sounds so natural against Kawashima's arrangement. Purely subjective, of course!

NOTE: This is the "Final Crash" edition of the song, in reference to the last time I will be touching the original SOR soundtracks. I now consider them totally complete.

Expander (Expanded & Enhanced) - STREETS OF RAGE 2

🔥FINAL CRASH UPDATE / Nov. 6/23🔥 - The last version of "Max Man" I put out for the Gold Edition releases contained flaws that I was never happy with. I wanted this FINAL CRASH version to be the most powerful and correct of all. That took lots of listening, tweaking and balancing in order to get right. I absolutely adore how thrilling this version sounds, especially with the expanded section I built onto Motohiro Kawashima's original track. I feel it all fits, and perfectly fleshes out the song past the limitations of a Sega Genesis cartridge. 

NOTE: This is the "Final Crash" edition of the song, in reference to the last time I will be touching the original SOR soundtracks. I now consider them totally complete.

Max Man (Expanded & Enhanced) - STREETS OF RAGE 2

My name is MaestroDraven, and I recreate the classic video game songs of old, NOTE-FOR-NOTE, and then build entirely new sections designed to flesh them out and expand on the originals. This is a labor of love, and my way of paying tribute to the great composers of old. 

Support my work at 
👍 PATREON.COM/maestrodraven
👍 PAYPAL.ME/maestrodraven
Follow me at:
📹 YOUTUBE.COM/maestrodraven
💬 X.COM/maestrodraven

Brawler's Nook (feat. IceFerno)

MaestroDraven

Recent comments

Mystery Ezekude

John R. Chavarria

Related tracks