A hip-hop breakbeat drops over a jazz piano loop and suddenly you're playing the coolest fighting game ever made. Hideki Okugawa composed 3rd Strike's soundtrack with Toronto rapper Infinite on vocals, and the result is something no other fighter has ever matched.
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"JAZZY NYC '99" is the track that launched a thousand combo videos, all swagger and groove. "BEATS IN MY HEAD" pushes Elena's tribal dance energy into full-on club territory, while "YOU BLOW MY MIND" gives Dudley the smooth jazz-funk a gentleman boxer deserves.
Even Q's theme is just... unsettling in the best way. This is the soundtrack that made people realize fighting game music could be genuinely cool. If you haven't heard it, fix that tonight.