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Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge

1996 · Arcade, Neo Geo

The Neo Geo sound chip is doing overtime here and every single second of it slaps. Samurai Shodown IV pushed SNK's in-house composers to layer traditional Japanese instrumentation over crunchy arcade percussion in ways the earlier entries only hinted at.

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Path of War keeps that Haohmaru swagger but the arrangement feels tighter, more urgent. Then you hit River -Revision- for Ukyo and it's this melancholy flute passage that genuinely makes you stop mashing buttons. Ogre Song -Revision- goes full menace.

The Meditation tracks between rounds are barely a minute each but they hit like actual intermissions at a kabuki show. If you've only heard the first game's OST you're missing the series at its sharpest.

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69 tracks · tap a song to play it, grey ones have no video

  1. 1Amakusa's Revenge (Title)
  2. 2Seventeen Warriors (Select Screen)
  4. 4Fair and Square (Engarde)
  5. 5Path of War (Haohmaru)
  6. 6Conclusion (Conclusion)
  9. 9Nature's Banquet -Part II- (Nakoruru)
  10. 10Heart's Mirror -Part II- (Rimururu)
  14. 14Ogre Song -Revision- (Genjuro Kibagami)
  15. 15Progressive Foreign Woman (Charlotte)
  16. 16Blaze (Kazuki Kazama)
  17. 17Water Incarnation (Sogetsu Kazama)
  18. 18Two (Before Amakusa Battle Demo)
  19. 19Active Silence (Shiro Tokisada Amakusa)
  20. 20Silent Activity (？)
  24. 24Dog (Abandoned Village Stage)
  30. 30Three (Before Rival Battle Demo)
  32. 32Call for an Encore (Continue)
  38. 38Ukyo Tachibana
  39. 39Galford
  42. 42Genjuro Kibagami
  44. 44Kazuki Kazama
  45. 45Sogetsu Kazama
  46. 46Jubei Yagyu
  47. 47Hanzo Hattori
  48. 48Kyoshiro Senryo
  49. 49Tam Tam
  50. 50Basara Kubikiri
  51. 51Gaira Caffeine
  52. 52Shizumaru Hisame
  53. 53Shiro Tokisada Amakusa
  54. 54？
  56. 56S.E. Collection

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