This is the arranged version of SamSho II's score and it goes so much harder than it needed to. Samurai Shodown II already had one of the best Neo Geo soundtracks, and hearing these themes with full studio production is something else.
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Otokomichi gives Haohmaru's theme this swaggering confidence with real instruments filling out every gap. Oni for Genjuro is pure menace, heavier and more layered than the arcade original. Shizen no Utage Haru blooms into this gorgeous spring-morning arrangement for Nakoruru.
Tsuki no Hana is devastating. Even Kuromaguro, Galford's perpetually goofy theme, gets this earnest treatment that makes you take it seriously for once. If you grew up putting quarters into SNK cabinets, this is the payoff.