YUZO KOSHIRO - Streets Of Rage 3: Original Game Soundtrack 2xLP (Orange Vinyl)

Label: Data Discs

Similar to the task of condensing Yuzo Koshiro and Motohiro Kawashima’s 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 it’s hard to believe it came from any games console, let alone a 16bit one.

SOR 3 is urgent, demanding and a complete rejection of the notion that video game music is either pedestrian or predictable. The audio was sourced from original hardware and carefully remastered in collaboration with Yuzo Koshiro, who also supplied exclusive liner notes for this release. One of the most unique, ambitious, and experimental game soundtracks ever made.