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FlashbladeERA

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Oct 27, 2017
1,259
So I just (and by just I mean about ten days ag) discovered the Streets of Rage soundtrack for the first time and holy shit I can't stop listening to it. Then found some of his other works and dear lord they're just as amazing. Where have I been the last 20 years!?

Streets of Rage 2 - Go Straight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC-B3Q0cRrY
Streets of Rage 2 - Never Return Alive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcY8fZiayRg
The Revenge of Shinobi - ChinaTown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5OCfGgEtqk
The Revenge of Shinobi - The Shinobi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neRDXGJ-z0U
Etrian Odyssey Nexus - Waterfall Woodlands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImD3MM_wZCs
Etrian Odyssey Nexus - Hoise the Sword and Pride in the Heart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brPskDEr7CU

Seriously, this guy is a god. Please post other great Koshiro tracks!

I hope to god the execs and developers know there is no Streets of Rage 4 without Yuzo Koshiro!
 
Oct 26, 2017
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BOW BEFORE YOUR NEW (to you) GOD.



He who made the best soundtrack of Gen 7 on a gotdayum PC-88 FM chip!



He who brought House and various other Electronica to Japan via his power!
 

IronicSonic

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Oct 25, 2017
3,639
I listen Koshiro in a weekly basis, since I have memory
 

Jashobeam

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Oct 27, 2017
2,523
didn't know he was responsible the badass Ys theme, that certifies him as legend status.
 

mrmickfran

The Fallen
Oct 27, 2017
26,839
Gongaga
Holy shit, I adore Uprising's OST and had no idea he had his hands in it!!
Uprising actually had an all star composition team

Yuzo Koshiro (Streets of Rage, Etrian Odyssey)
Noriyuki Iwadere (Ace Attorney)
Masafumi Takada (Danganronpa, God Hand, The Evil Within)
Motoi Sakuraba (Dark Souls, Tales)
Yasunori Mitsuda (Xenogears, Chrono)
 

Deleted member 12790

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Oct 27, 2017
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Similarly, here are a few of the 8-bit Sonic 1 tracks converted to FM:





These come from actual hardware, there is a rom hack that puts these back into the game and can play on a real FM Sound unit.
 
Jul 10, 2018
583
I don't want to be that guy but Koshiro did not compose the Shenmue "Sedge Tree" and "Sedge Flower" themes. He did remixed versions of them which IMO aren't as good.





But he is still amazing regardless.
 

Noogy

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Oct 25, 2017
162
Colorado
Yes, yes he is. The OST to Ys remains one of my favorite, ever.

Here's some early stuff from Legacy of the Wizard by Koshiro... even back then he was incredible:


 

Outrun

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Oct 30, 2017
5,782
So I just (and by just I mean about ten days ag) discovered the Streets of Rage soundtrack for the first time and holy shit I can't stop listening to it. Then found some of his other works and dear lord they're just as amazing. Where have I been the last 20 years!?

Streets of Rage 2 - Go Straight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC-B3Q0cRrY
Streets of Rage 2 - Never Return Alive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcY8fZiayRg
The Revenge of Shinobi - ChinaTown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5OCfGgEtqk
The Revenge of Shinobi - The Shinobi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neRDXGJ-z0U
Etrian Odyssey Nexus - Waterfall Woodlands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImD3MM_wZCs
Etrian Odyssey Nexus - Hoise the Sword and Pride in the Heart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brPskDEr7CU

Seriously, this guy is a god. Please post other great Koshiro tracks!


Didn't he also do Revenge of Shinobi ?
 

Handicapped Duck

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May 20, 2018
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OP you have so much music to listen to it's not even funny, Koshiro is the man, I see people haven't posted his work on his own game Gotta Protectors. Music on it is fantastic and the composers he got on board, even better. Posted the opening to the game which he composed. So good.

https://vgmdb.net/album/58297

 

Vex

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Oct 25, 2017
22,213
Why didn't anyone tell you??? Dude. In order to get your gamer badge you would have had to play at least sor2! It is known.
 

Eisen Sora

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Jun 22, 2018
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Great timing considering this just happened for Smash Bros.

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So...are you telling me that a song composed by the awesome Yoko Shimomura is arranged by the great Yuzo Koshiro in Smash? Holy shit...is gonna be awesome isn't?
 

SlimX

Member
Nov 11, 2017
259
Just a heads up that several of the tracks people have linked in this thread were actually composed by Motohiro Kawashima, who frequently collaborates with Koshiro. He's the other guy in those live performance videos.
 

Treasure Silvergun

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Dec 4, 2017
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Curiously I'm not crazy about Streets of Rage music, but Koshiro's work for Etrian Odyssey is simply spectacular.
 

Puru

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Oct 28, 2017
1,176
One of the reason im always excited for any new eo release is for the ost.
 

squall23

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Oct 25, 2017
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OP, listen to all the posters telling to you to listen to Koshiro's Maximum Tune OSTs. There are 5 (soon to be 6) games (with expansion packs) and all the OSTs will blow your mind.

1>3>2>4>5 if you want my opinion.


 

eXistor

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Oct 27, 2017
12,304
Yeah he's pretty kewl. I'm watching this thread btw, I'm not nearly as versed in his music as I should be.