🔥🔥🔥NOTE: This is the FINAL CRASH edition of the soundtrack, with fully remastered tracks optimized for F-Games' STREETS OF RAGE X fan game - (Oct 26/2023) 🔥🔥🔥

"Streets of Rage" is a definitive classic that sports one of the most memorable soundtracks in video game history, thanks to Yuzo Koshiro. It's an eclectic mix of house, trance and breakbeat that fits perfectly with the goings-on of the game. However, Koshiro was working within the constraints of a 16-bit cartridge-based console, which meant sacrifices had to be made. 

I wanted to further flesh out the songs on this soundtrack with my signature expansions, which are entirely new additions to the song in order to make them longer and broader in scope. This is my take on what Yuzo Koshiro would have done with more time, better hardware, and higher 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.

STREETS OF RAGE (Expanded & Enhanced)

Streets Of Rage (OST)

Hidden Hit - First variant soul knight ost by ostiss

from SEGA 1991. 
Genesis(MD).

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Streets Of Rage(Bare Knuckle) STAGE7

This is a brand new expanded and enhanced version of "The Street of Rage" from Streets of Rage 1, to commemorate the "Final Crash" releases of my Streets of Rage soundtracks. This track will also be incorporated into the F-Games fan game release of STREETS OF RAGE X, for which I am providing the full official soundtrack for. 

This is a much different take on the original theme than my previous work, the "S.O.R. Super Mix," which was originally conceptualized to be a hybrid of the main themes from the first two games. This one stands on its own, but in order to close out this massive chapter in my chiptune composing journey, I've purposely written the expansion so that it directly references "S.O.R. Super Mix," the "Good Ending" theme from Streets of Rage 3, and "You Became The Bad Guy!" from Streets of Rage 1. I love it, and I hope you do, too.

Streets Of Rage • Expanded & Enhanced

The Street Of Rage (Expanded & Enhanced) - STREETS OF RAGE

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

Brawler's Nook (feat. IceFerno)

Remix by Denis Kasatkin
Original music by Yuzo Koshiro
All Rights Reserved

Streets Of Rage

Streets Of Rage - Stage 1

🔥FINAL CRASH UPDATE / Oct 25/23🔥 - "Player Select" was used in two forms for both Streets of Rage 1 and Streets of Rage 2, but I based my expanded & enhanced version on the second. This is an updated mix with enhanced sonic clarity, EQing, mastering and stereo widening, with some corrections and tweaks to make it the definitive edition of the track.

Streets Of Rage (Expanded & Enhanced)

Player Select (Expanded & Enhanced) - STREETS OF RAGE

🔥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.

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

🔥FINAL CRASH UPDATE / Oct. 25/23🔥 - "Attack The Barbarian" is a ruthless track that is offset by funky club dance elements pertinent to the early 1990s electronic scene. I wanted to expand on Yuzo Koshiro's aggressive boss theme with a more fleshed out take that adds to the menace of the original track, without detracting from its impact.

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.

Attack The Barbarian (Expanded & Enhanced) - STREETS OF RAGE

🔥FINAL CRASH UPDATE / Oct. 25/23🔥 - When I originally tackled "Dilapidated Town," I wanted to make it more groovy and accessible, as I felt the original was a bit too "bippity-boppity" with its PSG chip elements. Some piano here, an appropriately simplistic saxophone there, and voila...an expansion that compliments the original, while sounding totally unique unto itself.

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.

Dilapadated Town (Expanded & Enhanced) - STREETS OF RAGE

🔥FINAL CRASH UPDATE / Oct. 25/23🔥 - "Beatnik On The Ship" is one of the more simple songs in the original Streets of Rage soundtrack, but I didn't want to get too complex when I created my expansion. Rather, I wanted to build on the straightforwardness of the track with a few more elements that kept the song focused and tight. Less is more, and I'm happy with how it sounds.

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.

Beatnik On The Ship (Expanded & Enhanced) - STREETS OF RAGE

🔥FINAL CRASH UPDATE / Oct. 25/23🔥 - "Stealthy Steps" is one of the tracks I am most proud of. The original song was very simple, very light in terms of content, and didn't really have much going for it. My expansion was intended to make it seem as if the original song was but an intro for what's to come, and I think I've achieved that here. It references Yuzo Koshiro's original composition at every turn, while amplifying it with an expansion that builds, and Builds...and BUILDS...before circling back again. I love it, and no matter how many times I hear it, it still brings a smile to my face.

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.

Stealthy Steps (Expanded & Enhanced) - STREETS OF RAGE

🔥FINAL CRASH UPDATE / Oct. 25/23🔥 - "The Last Soul" is a favorite of millions of Streets of Rage fans, which meant my expansion had to bring the goods, or fail outright. The intention was to stick close to the original feel of the song, while incorporating little sections that sounded unique, yet totally natural in relation to the original. Emotional resonance was the main goal here, and I leave it to the listeners to decide if I hit the mark or not.

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 Last Soul (Expanded & Enhanced) - STREETS OF RAGE

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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