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🔥FINAL CRASH UPDATE / Nov. 23/23🔥 - The FINAL CRASH edition of my Streets of Rage soundtracks is now complete, culminating with the third game in the franchise. This frantic, chaotic and psychotic mix of breakbeat, techno and hardcore originally came courtesy of sonic geniuses Yuzo Koshiro and Motohiro Kawashima. My job was to rewrite every song from scratch, note-for-note, and expand on the original songs, fleshing them out with entirely new sections. When I originally began this project years ago, I thought SOR3 would be my least-favorite soundtrack to work on. As it turns out, it was the most challenging, the most rewarding, and the one I'm most proud of. Please enjoy.

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 3 (Expanded & Enhanced)

Spinning Machine (Expanded & Enhanced) - STREETS OF RAGE 3

🔥FINAL CRASH UPDATE / Nov. 23/23🔥 - "Fuze" was the first song in SOR3 that signified a dramatic departure from the first two games. This soundtrack would be hardcore, and Motohiro Kawashima brought the goods. For this song, I wanted to build an expansion onto it that felt completely natural and logical, and I wanted the listener to miss the transition entirely. The objective? To create a sense that this is the definitive fleshed out version of the song. It's my take, and I hope Kawashima-san enjoys it, if he ever listens to it. 

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.

Fuze (Expanded & Enhanced) - STREETS OF RAGE 3

🔥FINAL CRASH UPDATE / Nov. 23/23🔥 - This is one of the more accessible and traditional tracks in the Streets of Rage 3 soundtrack, but it's still a gritty number that required a "less is more" approach.  I've written a brand new middle section with a more kinetic pace, and a few surprises designed to maintain the authenticity of this song, without changing too much. Happy with how it turned out.

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.

The Poets II (Expanded & Enhanced) - STREETS OF RAGE 3

From Streets of Rage 4

Composer: Motohiro Kawashima

Streets of Rage 4 Original Soundtrack

It's Extra

🔥FINAL CRASH UPDATE / Nov. 23/23🔥 - "Bulldozer" is one of Streets of Rage 3's most abstract and polarizing tracks. To some, it's incredibly annoying. To others, it's a whirlwind of sonic textures and hardcore techno-infused hooks. I wanted to bridge the gap between the two by expanding on it almost like the sun breaking briefly between the clouds of a massive thunderstorm flying across the skyline at breakneck speeds, to the point where the flesh on your face is ready to peel off. Did I succeed? You be the judge. 

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.

Bulldozer (Expanded & Enhanced)- STREETS OF RAGE 3

🔥FINAL CRASH UPDATE / Nov. 23/23🔥 - The original version of "Shinobi Reverse" was catchy, but far too repetitive. It should have been stretched out and sprinkled with some variety, which is why I was happy to tackle the tune. My Expanded & Enhanced version plays up the fusion of Japanese culture with a classic Shakuhachi flute sample, and a brand new section done with a traditional Japanese harp. It's got a much more authentic feel to it now - mixture of old history, and new electronica.

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.

Shinobi Reverse (Expanded & Enhanced) - STREETS OF RAGE 3

🔥FINAL CRASH UPDATE / Nov. 23/23🔥 - Unless you're a diehard acid techno fan, "Crazy Train" will undoubtedly drive you.......crazy. Expanding this song was a challenge, but I ended up slicing the track into three equal parts, stuffing my own content in between, then tightening it up with a mid section that hopefully gives it room to breathe. For the FINAL CRASH edition of the soundtrack, I added some more menace to the expansion so counteract the poppy feel of my original Gold Edition last year. 

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.

Crazy Train (Expanded & Enhanced) - STREETS OF RAGE 3

MULLET MADJACK (Original Soundtrack)

Full Carnage

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New Junk City (Earthworm Jim: Special Edition Soundtrack)

Join us on this VA journey of Light triumphs over darkness to capture the sound of darkness and light with sounds in the forest at high levels and supernatural frequencies. We are the sound of the universe.

Before the light, there is darkness. However, we are neither against the darkness and the light. We are both light and darkness. In the frequency of light, we move towards the frequency of darkness to unite with each other. With soothing melodies, we give light to the darkness so that it can find eternal peace. This is a part of the universe where neither light and darkness can exist without each other. Part of our atmospheres is taken from the darkness of the world, which represents the light within us. Here we must transform the sound of existence with the frequency and atmosphere that exists at higher levels so that it reaches the ears of the universe.

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Cover art by (delusive_illusion_by_psynstein)

Mastering by (Aleriztech)

PsyNobody - We are a light in darkness

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