SEGA classics reborn through the hands of legendary composers, and the lineup here is absurd. The subtitle translates to "SEGA's Games Are the Best in the Universe Pack" and with Shinji Hosoe tackling "Like the Wind," Yuzo Koshiro putting his stamp on "YA DA YO," and sanodg reimagining the Space Harrier Main Theme, they might actually be right.
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Each track gets a maimai-length arcade cut and a full version, so you can hear both the tight rhythm game arrangement and the expanded vision. Hiroshi Okubo's "Sky High [Reborn]" takes the original and gives it this polished modern energy without losing the triumphant feel.
COSIO's "Quartet Theme [Reborn]" is a love letter to the 1986 arcade game that manages to sound fresh. The fact that Yuzo Koshiro, the man behind Streets of Rage and ActRaiser, arranged a track for a washing machine-shaped arcade game is just beautiful.
"DADDY MULK -Groove remix-" by Hiro closes the whole thing with a funky rework that has no business being as smooth as it is. This is basically a SEGA history lesson disguised as a rhythm game soundtrack, and every arranger brought their A-game.