Calm and Agitation might be the most iconic fighting game intro track nobody outside SNK circles talks about. The Definitive Soundtrack collects the original Samurai Shodown's Neo Geo audio and it holds up shockingly well for 1993 hardware.
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Banquet of Nature set the template for Nakoruru's theme that the series would rearrange for decades. Tuna has that breezy confidence that makes Galford's stages feel like a coastal adventure. Bambuseae is pure zen until the match starts and everything snaps into tension.
You get multiple versions of key tracks here, so you can hear the subtle differences between arcade and home versions. The game that proved fighting games could sound like period films instead of just adrenaline pumps.