Streets of Rage 3 Music - Dub Slash (Stage 2-1)

[kendomax]

wat stile this is music?

[TheDreReichDude]

One of my favorite tracks from early in the game. Later on the music during the fight with the three samurai is my favorite one overall.

[qazzy]

This should be a genre of its own.

[DarkSurgicalChalice]

This is the shit!!!!!!!

[HolyObliteration]

I thought this was produced by Yuzo Koshiro?

[sapientiaeparum]

@HolyObliteration This game was *produced* by Yuzo Koshiro. Mr. Koshiro *composed* many of the songs while Motohiro Kawashima composed the others.

Same thing as Streets of Rage 2, I believe.

[LarryDavid83]

sounds like DMV by primus 

[jackerx5]

@LarryDavid83 holy shit it doe's never thought of that!

[TheAntithesis7]

If this is dubstep, it's the only kind I like.

[jacksprat1990]

@TheAntithesis7 Haha Same for me.

[DarkX64]

@TheAntithesis7 This ISN'T dubstep. :-/ Not everything bloody synthesized instruments is dubstep...

[mopbrothers]

This makes me want to jump kick a guy off a motorcycle.

[penguinrobotme]

5 PEOPLE WITH HORNS HOLD A STREET bastard

[wifflwaffl]

This is early dub step.

[bigglesworth108]

This game was so ahead of its time that "Dub Slash" is probably going to be the name of an electronic music genre at some point in the near future

[Jagged85]

@bigglesworth108

Well, it sort of did become it's own genre... and that genre is called "dubstep", or "grime", which has become hugely popular in the UK these last few years. Quite a few dubstep/grime musicians have cited Streets of Rage as an influence on the genre.

[DopeDivinity]

This Shit is so Jump OutOfYourSeat HyPe

[Ultramainterzab]

As a kid this was the only SoR game i bought, luckily i got the Japanese version, so I could beat this game. BR FTW

[AJandtheArgonot]

this game and gunstar heroes had the best bgms

[kingboobs20]

While BK3 is the better version, some critics are overly harsh on this game, it's still one of the best beat em ups on the Genesis, and no matter which version you have, the soundtrack is a work of genius.

[TheKrustaceox]

This song is so bad-ass that just kicked my balls.

[mopbrothers]

I like how SOR3 had a whole bunch of diverse levels. It wasn't the traditonal street levels like SOR1 and 2. Though not as good as it's predicesors, SOR3 is different and thats what attracts me to it.

[android567]

1 person failed to get roo

[tbone2004]

*Cue the classic elevator sound effect every so often... then several Donovans, Galsias, and Electras drop in*

Jesus, how many of you guys did Mr. X hire?!

[modeserpent]

Killer stage theme.Fcuking sick.

[jointbuttz]

@modeserpent

No doubt.my fav on sor 3

[Jerkovsky]

I'm glad this game had balls to incorporate the use more enemies with projectile weapons besides knives.  The agents, always firing at you, made an interesting challenge, and the ninjas in this game were much harder, they threw more shurikens than they did in SOR 2. Add to that you had Zan who could convert weapons into energy shots,

[Classixish]

I remember the first time I played this, thinkin "This stage is too perfect for one of those clowns from SoR 1.." Lo and behold at the end, Bruce the ringleader clown, and his minion, Roo.

[UnbridledAtNightfall]

It's odd how the SoR game with the worst soundtrack has my favourite theme from all the games.

This music right here sounds like complete fucking anarchy. Like, the inner city is just in shambles with gang members everywhere.

[e69alpha]

bruce is a bitch for hiding of screen

[antwanrogers]

THERE WAS A CODE IN THIS GAME WHERE U COULD UNKOCK THE KANGAROO OR SHIVA ONCE U BEAT THEM USE THESE TWO WELL REALLY SHIVA TO HELP U END THIS CLASSIC GAME

[Lazera]

@antwanrogers

Instead of doing the title screen cheat, I always did the codes while I was progressing. Hold B after fighting Shiva until the next stage starts up and when fighting Roo, don't kill him. As long as you kill his trainer and keep Roo alive, you get to play as both.

It's annoying when Roo can't hold weapons (because of his gloves) but his dash attack move is pretty powerful if you know how to use it well. :)

[Classixish]

1:24.. The clown and Roo get in your way..

[tnavaceo]

Every time I get to this stage, this song makes me visualize that I stepped into some psychotic, twisted street carnival. Good Times!

[bobopatchigglerrulez]

this song reminds me of DMV by Primus

[mistertitanic]

SoR 3 music is soooo awesome!!! It just has SOOO much going on in all the tracks!

[mistertitanic]

I love SoR3.

It's better than 2. It lets you punch faster, and lets you hit like 4 enemies at once!!!

I like SoR2 the least.

[ojideagu]

@mistertitanic You are in the extreme minority. Most people think SoR2 is far superior. Superior graphics, music, gameplay, everthing. SOR3 looks rushed and grainy.. SOR2 is polished as hell.

[mistertitanic]

@ojideagu I've updated that comment. I like Rage 2 the best. But don't insult rage 3 either. I love them both. I don't think rage 3 is rushed, in fact, it has my favorite gameplay, and graphics are every bit as great as Rage 2.

[ojideagu]

@mistertitanic IMO if you study the backgrounds and sprites of SOR3, they are grainy and flat with an ugly palette, especially the Greens. SOR2 looks so smooth and shaded it sparkles. The only area SOR3 is possibly better is speed.

[mistertitanic]

@ojideagu Yes the speed is what makes it the most fun. and IMO, Graphics don't make a game. Graphics are the least important aspect of a videogame to me. Can't we just agree that all 3 Streets of Rages are great?

[ojideagu]

@mistertitanic Yeh they are all good games, I just feel SOR3 was a bit of a slack sequel but I like the big sprites and its still fun and the second best SOR game, with a few good tracks like this one.

[mistertitanic]

@ojideagu I'd probably say all 3 are equal. Rage 2 might have an ever so light edge. but it seems that 1 game will have something the other 2 don't, and Btw, I love the music in all 3. Yes, even the 3rd :) I love it!

[ojideagu]

@mistertitanic One of my biggest gripes is the western version with the horrific colour change of the main characters and altering some of the enemies and story! It made it look even less like streets of rage with Axels stained brown clothes and blazes faded grey outfit etc! I think that contributed to it flopping in the west

[mistertitanic]

@ojideagu Yes the story is strange, I had a lot of questions but no where in the game were they answered. and the yellow shirt and grew clothes just got me mad too. There was NO reason for them to change it.

[ojideagu]

@mistertitanic The only good thing about the western version is it's much harder if you want a challenge.

[mistertitanic]

@ojideagu I am most certainly aware of that :) I have never once beaten Streets of Rage 3. If I'm correct, your not allowed to beat the game on easy mode. only normal or hard. because the game ends on level 5 on easy. Damn, great game, but HARD AS HELL. I've beaten a lot of hard games (just read my channel description) but I still can't beat this game!!

[reignofcrimson]

this song makes me want do go beat up random thugs and dudes beating kangaroos with a bullwhip FTW!

[e69alpha]

If you don't want to party then yo ass gotta go

[DexMichael]

I'm like this... I went straight from 1 to 3, never played 2 until VERY recently... I think 3 is the better of the series simply because when I played 2, it really didnt hit as hard for me as 3 did.

Idk... maybe its that whole "I grew up with this" mentality lol.. But this was my fav track nxt to the character select

[ojideagu]

@DexMichael SOR2 was always critically acklaimed as the best. SOR3 is ropey in comparison in every department.

[DexMichael]

@ojideagu I think it's a hate it or love it thing. SOR2's controls seemed tense to me compared to 3. Granted I havent played either in a while, but I still remember that.

[IAmKrow]

I love both the game and the song, this is unbelievable, it's so tense and trippy and surreal.

[chocolatehoney15]

This is music you strangle someone with..

[EliteDoomer]

This song rips shit up.

[Iksveiotsod]

This Song is for the Heroes

[EvilKris]

i gotta say, the music for SORF 1&2 was much better. I always thought the soundtrack for this game was kind of messed-up and annoying. The actual gameplay itself wasn't bad, I liked the fact that each player had weapon specials. Still, no 2 is the best of the lot.

[outlander145]

And yet, still, SOR3 had the type of gameplay that SOR2 should've had in the FIRST PLACE.

[EvilKris]

ohhh disagree there dude, disagree. both good games but sor2 had a more crisp feel to it, like a proper arcade game.

[outlander145]

Um, yeah... delay? Between attacks and moving? An overpowered Grand Upper? Gee, that's definitely crisp! And it still makes no sense that Skate was the only one able to run! And add to that, there truly is NO need for that 99 second timer if you're fast enough! Which is like 99% of the time!

[EvilKris]

if we're debating strictly the fighting engine then I'd go with SOR3 but 2 had cleaner graphics, waaay better music and far more polished presentation. Despite the flaws in the gameplay you've mentioned it was still tricky to beat.

[outlander145]

Nay, man. It was the flaws that MADE it tricky to beat. And, being serious for a moment... it WASN'T that tricky to beat. None of them were, really. The graphics definitely were more colorful, and energetic. The music? Of course you like it. Because there's probably a part of you that likes House beats. This is some serious techno right here. JUNGLE-LIKE techno. Far too intense for your tastes.

[EvilKris]

what u call flaws i'd call part of the games charm. the action did seem kind of jerky, the controls unresponsive to button mashing yes, but it made the game more about timing.

SR 3 had some terrible sfx, and music in general? although I'd tip my hat to koshiro's bold effort to be innovative, and intense as you say, I think most would agree the end result was weak compared to previous efforts.

p.s.I always played it on the hardest setting and it was more than challenging.

[outlander145]

'Kay, now I'm at a point of agreement. Last note...

The sound effects, I felt, were actually more realistic, sans the screams. SOR2 like Renegade said, hits and BAM! But if that's what you actually did to someone IRL, that sound wouldn't happen.

[EvilKris]

look. in real life, one person cannot beat up 2000 gangsters. and fat guys don't blow fireballs at you in a fight. and in real crime-land it's not only the final boss who has an AK47.

the sfx sound cool for what it is, a GAME.

it'd be pretty damn traumatic wouldn't it..copying real life...someones guts hanging out after you'd just knifed them or someones skull caving-in after a vicious jumping headstomp.lol. how accurate does it need to be?

you want real play a flight simulator.

[outlander145]

Wow, you're totally going overboard with the realism thing, man. I, for one, like sor2's visceral comic book-type sfx. But I don't think that a healthy dose of realistic SFX hurts matters either. Look at most realistic kung-fu films. There's hardly any impact sound on that, but noone complains about it either.

[Renegade466isback]

that is so wrong what you said about SOR2. Evilkris is right the gameplay of SOR2 feels MUCH more crisp and well refined than SOR3. the only bad thing I can say about SOR2s gameplay is its a bit too slow. a run move isnt necessary for a good game but it wouldve been cool

[Renegade466isback]

SOR3 introduced some great new ideas and abilities, but the execution was a bit poor.

Hit detection was worse than before, sound effects lagged and didnt even hit at the right time.

In SOR2 when someone gets hit its like BAM ,you really feel it. SOR3 not so much

I do like the soundtrack of SOR3 though (some of it) it has some strange tracks but most of the songs Motohiro composed were fire

[Renegade466isback]

one final thing to say

If SOR2 never existed and SOR3 was the sequel to 1, it wouldve been hailed as one of the best Mega Drive games out there

[Keno9980]

@Renegade466isback ...true

[ygt76]

@Renegade466isback i totally agree with you on the sound effects. that was a big turn off for me back then. i didn't want to play the game because of that. i thought the music wuz tight though but thats about it.

[MGill93]

Man that level 5 elevator was fun. Love fights in closer wuarter levels because they cant run off screen

[speakerstereo]

this piece of music is rather serious...but totally freakin awesome!!!

[Deader87]

I loved it how the SOR3 music had more that guitar-driven Tekken style techno soundtrack

[aryinc]

why did this game suck to critics??,couse it wasnt living forward to sor 2,it had some plusses and some minors but still a great game.

[Zellig]

I think mostly cuz the us version was WAY harder than the japanese version.

[TDBolton23]

True that.

[shyguy778]

@aryinc They probably couldn't play it to the end without running out of continues lmao

[aryinc]

@shyguy778

yeah i know bare knukcle is allot better/playable at least.the only minors in this game are some of the sound tracks and that train level.for the rest great game.

[Number1StarSB]

@aryinc The game was worse then it's prequel and by a fair amount. That's why it was a failure and not well received by critics. Graphics worse, music way worse for the most part, sound effects worse, also a lot of boring looking backgrounds.

[aryinc]

@Number1StarSB

yeah i know slightly a downgrade.backgrounds looking pretty good yet uninspired.music was good dammit,not as good as but good.the could have skipped the industrial scenes those where godawfull.not a bad game consider some improvments with this one.running way more moves multiple paths,streets of rage 3 was okay at best but bare knuckle 3 is on another level,see sor online for detail bk3 is a good game sor 2is better but bk3 is also awesome.

[aryinc]

@Number1StarSB saying that the game is crap is like saying super nintendo had better graphics for 100% of the time,damn ignorant .listening to this song and realizing this is asking allot from a meager genesis chip,on some points i prefer the old chiptune like nes and genesis ovver the newer snes sound.

[outlander145]

@Number1StarSB I know this is now a month old, but dammit, this comment is plain ignorant. The graphics, were the most detailed out of the three games, even if the backgrounds looked a tad bland and uneventful. Truly, a unique art style of the time. Sound effects were more realistic and packed some umph to them. AND THE FRICKING MUSIC??! Bub, the music is, and probably always will be, ahead of its time, according to the standards of electronic music. It was experimental, and it fit in perfectly.

[DarkX64]

@outlander145 I can only argue about the music. This one and Fuze are the only ones I liked out of the whole track. Some were ok, but that makes them pale all the more in comparison to 2 and 1. Too many of the sound effects here sound ugly and good sounding songs *cough The Poets cough* were ruined by ugly instrument choice. I can't speak about the gameplay or backgrounds, but the music just doesn't live up to it's predecessors.

[TheLovesoul1]

@DarkX64 why don't you try and make some music??

[DarkX64]

@TheLovesoul1 Believe me when I say I'd love to! Sure, I might not overshadow Yuzo Koshiro in my first shot, but music runs through my veins. I can prove that I have a sound musical mind and even send you a link to my first musical piece if and when I do it. First, I need a good music making program...

[ChrisAlgoo]

@DarkX64 You can make good music in the FL Studio demo - you'll need to do it without closing the program though, as the demo can't save (but you will be able to export your music as audio)

[dissident93]

@ChrisAlgoo You got only the demo? I can give you the free one, it's on my mediafire.

[DarkX64]

@ChrisAlgoo I can't make music in one sitting! That won't do! :(

I should start playing the lottery and pray more often, that seems to be the best way to afford FL Studio. Job hunting has been, shall we say, less than successful. :/

[dissident93]

@outlander145 Yes, better than some real shit nowadays.

[soulofshiver]

@aryinc The censors did a serious hatchet job on this game.

[jacksprat1990]

@aryinc Most likely due to Bare Knuckle 3 being far superior.

[aryinc]

@jacksprat1990

thats true.bk3 is an awesome folow up.

[rossothecrimson7]

@jacksprat1990

True! SoR3 was a fucking chore!!! And edited to high hell!! But the tracks are cool!

[YoungKai96]

Still bloody awesome, the broken genre clearly takes from video game music too...

...Was I the only one that liked it when the mega drive would buffer and make the music slower?

[mrcollegiate89]

This is like SoR3's answer to SoR2's Expander, both songs get you pumped!

[dantemustdie00]

Still the best song in the game next to Shinobi Reverse.

[FunkMastaMegaFlex]

@dantemustdie00 Don't forget poets but yeah this one is top five in the game.