YUZO KOSHIRO – Streets Of Rage 3 (w/ Bonus Lithographic Print) – 2LP – 180g Translucent Orange Vinyl [APR 7]

2LP – Limited Edition 180g Translucent Orange Vinyl with accompanying lithographic print featuring artwork from the SEGA archives in Japan. First time on vinyl.

One of the most unique, ambitious and experimental game soundtracks ever made. Now on vinyl for the very first time.

Similar to the task of condensing Yuzo Koshiro and Motohiro Kawashimas abundance of ideas into a Mega Drive cartridge in 1994, it feels impossible to convey the influences, technical achievements and sheer ambition of their masterpiece into a single paragraph today. By combining automatic composition methods, custom programming languages and a complete sense of artistic freedom, Koshiro and Kawashima transcended their medium and created something so incomparable that its hard to believe it came from any games console, let alone a 16bit one. Streets of Rage 3 is urgent, demanding and a complete rejection of the notion that video game music is either pedestrian or predictable. We (Data Discs) are honoured to be releasing it.

Tracklist:

A1. Beat Ambience
A2. Spinning Machine
A3. Fuze
A4. Cycle I
A5. KAMADECOCO
A6. The Poets II

B1. Dub Slash
B2. Disco
B3. Boss
B4. Percussion
B5. Bulldozer
B6. Random Cross

C1. Happy Paradise
C2. Underground
C3. Shinobi Reverse
C4. Moon
C5. Mr. X
C6. ROBO X
C7. Crazy Train

D1. The Poets I
D2. Bad Ending
D3. Cycle II
D4. Inga Rasen
D5. Ending
D6. BGM IV
D7. Game Over