Raw Yamaha YM2612 frequencies doing what an entire studio full of equipment couldn't in 1992. Yuzo Koshiro's Streets of Rage 2 original soundtrack is the purest version of this score, Genesis chips and all. "Go Straight" invented a genre of beat-em-up music that everything else chases.
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"Slow Moon" is the comedown track that proves Koshiro understood pacing as well as production. "Revenge of Mr. X" closes things out with this urgent finality that matches the last-stage energy perfectly. Walking Bottom and Little Money Avenue show up as bonus cuts from development.
Every track earned its reputation over three decades and counting. If you play one beat-em-up soundtrack in your life, make it this one.