If you owned a Sega Megadrive in the 90s, you have no doubt played Streets of Rage and Streets of Rage 2, the often copied but never equaled beat-em-ups that enthralled kids and adults alike. Not only were the games smash hits, the soundtracks were too. Composed and produced by Yuzo Koshiro, Kyoji Kato, and Motohiro Kawashima these tracks are timeless and still sound as fresh today as they did whilst wrapping a pipe around a punks head back in 1992.
Cardiff based 30th Floor Records have assembled Synths of Rage – a homage to these sublime soundtracks featuring synth artists from all over the world and the resulting album is quite frankly amazing. I was instantly taken back to my youth by this collection of awesome tracks and as if some unseen force was driving me, I felt I just had to fire up my MegaDrive and play a level or two of these seminal beat-em-ups.
Check out the Synths of Rage page over at Bandcamp and buy the album.
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