Two of Sega's most iconic arcade soundtracks on one disc, both shepherded by Yu Suzuki. Hang-On's Main Theme is one of those melodies that lives permanently in your brain once you hear it, pure 1985 FM synth euphoria built for weaving through traffic.
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Space Harrier's side is where it gets wild though. "Main Theme" opens with that triumphant fanfare and then tracks like "Squilla" and "Ida" keep pushing into weirder, more fantastical territory. Kawaguchi really understood how to make arcade hardware sing.
"Lakeside Memory" is genuinely beautiful, this calm moment buried inside a game about shooting dragons on a hoverboard. The Sakura arrangement of Hang-On's theme is a nice bonus too. Essential listening if you grew up pumping quarters into Sega cabinets.