Razor-sharp synth stabs cut through thumping bass on Raid, and you immediately know Michael John Mollo understood the assignment. Capcom's 2014 Strider reboot gets a score that smashes old-school arcade textures against modern electronic production, and it works beautifully.
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Kazakh City pulses with this cold, oppressive rhythm that mirrors the dystopian cityscape, while The Mechanical Dragon goes full cyberpunk boss fight with layered industrial sounds. Egypt brings in these eerie melodic fragments that feel genuinely ancient despite the electronic framework.
The Armed Fortress is pure tension, stacking layers until you feel like the walls are closing in. Grandmaster Meio goes all-out for the final confrontation. If you love Strider's blade-first approach to everything, the soundtrack keeps that same energy the whole way through.