Ten years of Yuzo Koshiro doing eurobeat-flavored trance for an arcade racing cabinet and every single track still goes unreasonably hard. Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune gave Koshiro this perfect sandbox to just layer synth leads over pounding kicks and he never let up.
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"Avatar of Speed" opens with this stabbing synth riff that sounds like it was designed to make you grip the steering wheel tighter. "Lightning Dance" is pure high-BPM adrenaline, and then "Inorganic Soul" pulls back just enough to feel moody before the bass hits again.
That relentless energy though. "Fallen Angel" has this melancholy filter sweep buried under the drive that catches you off guard at 200mph. If you've ever wanted a soundtrack that makes your commute feel illegal, start here.