"The Revenge of Shinobi" is one of the most respected and beloved games of the Sega Genesis 16-Bit era, and a large part of that had to do with Yuzo Koshiro's monumental soundtrack. 

I wanted to flesh out these songs with full-fledged expansions for the enjoyment of ROS fans around the globe. This is my take on the original soundtrack, with entirely new sections to theorize what might have been if Koshiro had more time, better hardware, and more storage capacity. As always, EVERY song in the soundtrack has been painstakingly recreated from the ground up, note-for-note. No sampling, no rips, no stems.

THE REVENGE OF SHINOBI (Expanded & Enhanced)

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🥷🥷🥷Shinobi fans, unite! After years of setbacks and practice, the time has come to kick off a brand new project - "REVENGE OF SHINOBI." I'm starting out with 'Opening,' the main title which is drastically short, and was never meant to be a full-fledged song........

......until NOW, that is. My rework of 'Opening' features an entirely new fleshed out expansion complete with mystically-tinted atmosphere, courtesy of the Nagoya Harp, the Shakuhachi, and the traditional Koto. This soundtrack will attempt to inject more Japanese authenticity (or as much as a Western Gaijin can manage all on his own) into the traditional chiptune soundtrack we all know and love. This is just a taste of things to come!

Revenge of Shinobi (Expanded & Enhanced)

Opening (Expanded & Enhanced)• THE REVENGE OF SHINOBI

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🥷🥷🥷I've never tackled "Long Distance" before, even when I started my initial Revenge of Shinobi E+E project in the past. Being the completionist I am, I felt it was a good chance to tackle yet another track that doesn't exactly get a lot of attention, given that it's an attract mode song. 

This is a brief, yet logical expansion that builds on the original track with an entirely new section that is perfect to enjoy the full groove. It's what I would have envisioned for a full-length version of the song.

Long Distance (Expanded & Enhanced) • THE REVENGE OF SHINOBI

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🥷🥷🥷I've been itching to get back to "The Shinobi" as a gateway song to the rest of the soundtrack, and I've put a lot of effort and sweat into it to make sure it came out sounding perfect. As always, this is a note-for-note reconstruction of the original song, from the ground up, with my own expansion added to flesh it out. I love how everything came together on this song, particularly when utilizing wonderful Japanese and Asian instruments for greater atmosphere.

The Shinobi (Expanded & Enhanced) • THE REVENGE OF SHINOBI

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🥷🥷🥷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.

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

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After almost 3 months of being out of commission due to a move halfway around the world to Singapore, and dealing with a few technical hiccups in the form of a blown CPU and some late audio hardware deliveries, I'm finally back on track and better than ever with a brand new studio! The first song to get the momentum going again is, of course, "Sunrise Blvd." from the continuation of the Revenge of Shinobi expanded & enhanced album.

Enjoy, and super-duper thanks to ALL my fans who have been so supportive and patient during this major change in my life. 👍👍👍 Don't forget to support me on Patreon if you feel so inclined. I'd absolutely appreciate it!

Sunrise Blvd. (Expanded & Enhanced) • THE REVENGE OF SHINOBI

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The best way to sum up "Ninja Step" would be to use the phrase "industrial funk." There's equal parts factory mechanics and equal parts old fashioned funk and street hop in this track, and I used that as the basis for my expansion.

The idea was to trigger memories of old-style street dancing from the 1980s when partying and having fun were the order of the day. This meant I had to "funkify" the song even more by building on the original in a very precise way. All the old song triggers are still there...just placed in different parts of the song in order to swing the listener all the way back to the beginning.

Enjoy. I had FUN with this one!

Ninja Step (Expanded & Enhanced) • THE REVENGE OF SHINOBI

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. 

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