Keith Arem brought Ridge Racer to the N64 with a Western-produced electronic score that sounds more like professional club music than typical game audio. "Gun Runner" opens with what feels like a direct nod to the classic Ridge Racer theme before settling into its own funk groove, and "Motion Blur" does this cool thing where it bounces between bubbly synth sections and harder-edged breakdowns.
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It's polished and competent throughout. "Galaga Pac Jam" by Lawrence Schwedler throws in a Namco nostalgia trip that stands apart from everything else on the disc. Eleven tracks of clean turn-of-the-millennium electronica.
If you want to hear what happens when Ridge Racer's DNA gets filtered through a Western production house, this is a fascinating alternate timeline.