Its really hard to believe that Yoko Shimomura composed the original Street Fighter II music. It sounds soooo different than her later works such as Kingdom Hearts but still this music is way too awesome.
Do you happen to know exactly which tracks were composed by Shimomura? I love her work but I'd like to know what it was she wrote from the SFII soundtrack (did she also do the themes for the New Challengers?)
In SFII, Shimomura did all but three tracks. Naturally they were instead done by Abe.
1. Sagat Stage
2. VS
3. Here Comes a New Challenger
Shimomura had no role in SSFII, as she had already left Capcom by then. All the music was composed and/or arranged by Abe and Syun Nishigaki. For example, Abe did T. Hawk and Dee Jay's themes while Syun handled Fei Long, Cammy and Akuma.
Let me ask You guys something: is it confirmed that after Street fighter III series Ryu is trained by Oro? If yes, then it could be that in SFV series he will finnaly become something more than just basic character for rookies. I wonder, maybe one day he will become the final boss, like Dictator?
@patrykasdf he would have to have had surpassed oro himself also gouken and finally akuma... Akuma is forever the strongest foe in the street fighter universe followed closely as seen up until now by gouken... let's just hope that Ryu gets a slightly new fighting style in SFV. SFIV was a disapointment to me its a major downgrade from SFIII.
@Fritsie93 In that the generalization goes that CoD players don't have enough patience to learn how to play Street Fighter, and that Mortal Kombat just sucks.
Yoko Shimomura?! This is the guy who composed the Kingdom Hearts soundtrack! Figures the Ryu theme would be some of HIS earlier work... (I mean that in a GOOD way.)
Even today with all the remixes and remakes of this theme we have, there's still some magical nostalgic quality to this version that you just can't replicate.
dragon punch movement i can rarely pull it off on anniversary collection for some odd reason ryu/ken/akuma/cammy/feilong & sagat it never lets me pull it off when i want to like back on the other street fighter games & on da mega drive but on here it rarely lets me do it & the difficulty settings is fix on ultra hard even on the easiest settings you will get raped silly left right & centre.
I don't think you could execute the Shakunetsu Hadouken on those versions of Street Fighter II. Of course, once in a while, you'd get a red fireball using the Hadouken. Even Ken would throw a red one occasionally in WW/CE/HF.
I remember when I first started playing this when I was young, and won a round against a good player, and all his friends were like "WOOOOAHHH!" No turning back after that.
CPS1 over CPS2, because it sounds closer to the original SNES theme.
SakuyaFM 2 weeks ago
@SakuyaFM the SNES theme wasn't the "original"; the CPS1 theme was
TobyTheRobot 1 week ago
god i hated to play against ryu just about everyttime HADOUKEN HADOUKEN HADOUKEN HADOUKEN HADOUKEN.... cheater!
zadoestricks 1 month ago
Its really hard to believe that Yoko Shimomura composed the original Street Fighter II music. It sounds soooo different than her later works such as Kingdom Hearts but still this music is way too awesome.
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FlyingParafin 2 months ago
Guile's theme goes great with this too!
JamiePaulSmithTV 2 months ago
playing street fighter 2 on old atari 520st while listening to this.. rocks!
szakiricky 2 months ago in playlist Street Fighter Music
Yoko Shimomura - aka "Yoko FUCK YEAH STREET FIGHTER".
SabotageThePyro 4 months ago
@SabotageThePyro
She'll always be the Super Mario RPG Gal for me~
emperorIng360 3 months ago
best version
Mastergurt 4 months ago
Do you happen to know exactly which tracks were composed by Shimomura? I love her work but I'd like to know what it was she wrote from the SFII soundtrack (did she also do the themes for the New Challengers?)
LulzfaceMcGee 5 months ago
@LulzfaceMcGee She did all the orginal themes except Sagat's theme which was Isao Abe's work. New Challenger themes were done by Syun Nishigaki.
Fastphase1 4 months ago
@LulzfaceMcGee
In SFII, Shimomura did all but three tracks. Naturally they were instead done by Abe.
1. Sagat Stage
2. VS
3. Here Comes a New Challenger
Shimomura had no role in SSFII, as she had already left Capcom by then. All the music was composed and/or arranged by Abe and Syun Nishigaki. For example, Abe did T. Hawk and Dee Jay's themes while Syun handled Fei Long, Cammy and Akuma.
kyubihanyou 2 months ago
Suzaku castle my favorite stage.
Ultrasoulstealer 5 months ago
Let me ask You guys something: is it confirmed that after Street fighter III series Ryu is trained by Oro? If yes, then it could be that in SFV series he will finnaly become something more than just basic character for rookies. I wonder, maybe one day he will become the final boss, like Dictator?
patrykasdf 6 months ago
@patrykasdf his style will definitly evolve
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@patrykasdf he would have to have had surpassed oro himself also gouken and finally akuma... Akuma is forever the strongest foe in the street fighter universe followed closely as seen up until now by gouken... let's just hope that Ryu gets a slightly new fighting style in SFV. SFIV was a disapointment to me its a major downgrade from SFIII.
Atstyle 3 months ago
"Hey, Ryu. Can I use the bathroom"
"SUUUUUURE YOUUU CAN!"
GreatestMKfighter 6 months ago 2
@GreatestMKfighter Classic line. LOL!!!!
mookraw23 6 months ago
Overpowered character.
craigbout 6 months ago
@buccieri 3 people got a Shoryuken in the face. Fags they are....! >:D
ZeroGrav122 7 months ago
MET - SUUUU - SHOOOOOOOOOOORYUKEN!!!!!!!!!!
tbone2004 7 months ago
3 people are Call of Duty and Mortal Kombat players.
Ellisthemechanic 8 months ago
@Ellisthemechanic I don't see the relation between Call of Duty and Mortal Kombat? Hence your comment makes no sense at all.
Fritsie93 7 months ago
@Fritsie93 Just saying.
Ellisthemechanic 7 months ago
@Fritsie93 In that the generalization goes that CoD players don't have enough patience to learn how to play Street Fighter, and that Mortal Kombat just sucks.
AirLancer 6 months ago
one person received hadoken another person got shoryuken and the third person got a massive beat down lol
liljohn165 8 months ago
@buccieri you mean cod fag
Sckarton 8 months ago
@buccieri
I don't know what's worse: that you made this juvenile statement, or that ninety three people agreed with the juvenile statement.
Ragitsu 9 months ago 2
@Ragitsu This.
GODZILLAANDSOUNDWAVE 8 months ago
You must defeat my Dragon Punch in order to stand a chance!
FOXKIDSFanChannel1 9 months ago
Ryu: Evil Ryu Can I Get A Hit Of That Raging Demon Weed
Evil Ryu: No You Cant Lmfao
ep307 9 months ago
"You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance"
guillenroll01 9 months ago
3 People should be KO'ed by Hadokens.
David315842 9 months ago
3 people didn't defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance.
2FunnyVersionIV 10 months ago
@2FunnyVersionIV D: NOT TRUE NOT TRUE I DEFEATED HIM IN SF4 AAAAAAAAND IN SSF4
myheadisbloody 9 months ago in playlist Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition
TATSUMAKI SENPUKYAKU, SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORYUKEN, HADOUKEN
MORE BLOOD MORE VIOLENCE >: 3
myheadisbloody 10 months ago
Gonna win against Shen Long.
DirtyBirdLaserbeak 11 months ago
cps1 music is the best versions of sf theme music.
stormrider777 11 months ago
@stormrider777 Yeah, Cps2 flows well but this just hits HARD. It's way more intense.
Cps2 is pretty casual compared to it.
DFTheNightmare 11 months ago
3 people didn't want some poundcake!
TheLosEvolution 1 year ago
Ryu gave 3 people a Hadouken recently.
Ellisthemechanic 1 year ago
@buccieri I believe the fag is M. Bison.
NarutooftheRasengan 1 year ago
@NarutooftheRasengan Sagat, Bison, and Akuma seem to have been here.
DFTheNightmare 1 year ago
3 people never understood the story of street fighter or ryu
myheadisbloody 1 year ago
Thumbs up if you think 3 people are fags without a childhood.
ZEBASS 1 year ago
@buccieri Or Ken.
corncrab 1 year ago
@buccieri true dat
ragnarock0100 1 year ago
the best version
Shadosw4 1 year ago
One of the reasons why i bought Capcom vs. SNK 1..because of this theme
BrickCity4eva 1 year ago
METSU HADDOKEN
Treelis 1 year ago
@Treelis SHIN SHORYUKEN!
ragnarock0100 1 year ago
No wonder the music in the SF games went crap/significantly less interesting after SFII, Yoko Shimomura left Capcom in 1993.
retread01 1 year ago 2
@retread01 That's a shame. At least she went on eventually years later to do the Kingdom Hearts music especially Birth By Sleep.
MegamanNG 1 year ago
3 people couldn't defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance
maraguy004 1 year ago 7
Ryu is the Chuck Norris of Japan.
2FunnyVersionIV 1 year ago 4
Yoko Shimomura?! This is the guy who composed the Kingdom Hearts soundtrack! Figures the Ryu theme would be some of HIS earlier work... (I mean that in a GOOD way.)
DeraldSny 1 year ago 3
@DeraldSny
Yoko's a woman, dude
Renegade466isback 1 year ago 47
@Renegade466isback I was completely and utterly ignorant of that fact. Don't hold it against me.
DeraldSny 1 year ago 18
@DeraldSny
its ok common mistake
Renegade466isback 1 year ago 20
@Renegade466isback How's that a common mistake?
ZeroGrav122 7 months ago
@DeraldSny But it's a girls name :P
TheTKC 1 year ago
@DeraldSny lol you know what's funny about this? you actually emphasized the word "his"
CirqueDuFreak2000 1 year ago
@Renegade466isback figures, this theme does have a women's touch, which is VERY needed in today's fighting game music. :(
RageOfLeoEX 1 year ago
@DeraldSny
lmfao i was thinking the same thing and i also tough it was a guy XD
DarkScar100 7 months ago
@DeraldSny
I'm pretty sure she was also the composer of Super Mario RPG.
Dourakuou 1 month ago in playlist Music I Listen To When I'm Bored
Ryu´s theme = epicness
Ryu´s heavy damage theme = epicness
Street Fighter II = one of the best videogames of all time
jacobgIV90 1 year ago 3
"You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance."
tbone2004 1 year ago
i used to think whenever i threw a hadouken i thought he said hello ken
and shoryuken=are you ken
youlook678 1 year ago
Ryu Wins! PERFECT!! *Raises arm in the air, then folds his arm with wind behind him.* Best win poses ever.
MGProductions514 1 year ago 4
3 people couldnt defeat sheng-long
malcolmxbox 1 year ago 3
Guile's theme may go with everything, but Ryu's theme has loads more soul. Just like the character himself.
DocRavage 1 year ago
@buccieri yup, and a TOTAL one !
Julienfun 1 year ago
One word for this classic.
HADUKEN!!!
CyC10n345 1 year ago
Basic = BETTER !!
achthenuts 1 year ago
Ryu is the best!
NeosMX01 1 year ago
You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance.
2FunnyVersionIV 1 year ago
@2FunnyVersionIV
is this to be able to make a wish?
KurageSama 1 year ago
SHORYUKEN
OgnarPliskin 1 year ago
@OgnarPliskin WRONG! That's Ken's theme you do that with! To this theme, it's HADOUKEN!
BM5072 1 year ago
Do these remind anyone else of Mega Man?
BogusBooty 1 year ago
@BogusBooty
Well it is the same company and there was the thing in MMX where you could get a hadouken
KurageSama 1 year ago
The 2 people who didn't like this vid must have been Akuma and Sagat.
GODZILLAANDSOUNDWAVE 1 year ago 9
@GODZILLAANDSOUNDWAVE Add Bison's name to that list.
BM5072 1 year ago
@BM5072 Either that, or Ken decided to be a poor sport.
GODZILLAANDSOUNDWAVE 1 year ago
definetly better than the cps-2 version
taemaru 1 year ago 2
still love them drums
capnbarfy 1 year ago
I will ask my family to play the near defeat song on my deathbed. That is a must.
BlackKusanagi 1 year ago
The Heavy Damage Part Rules!!!!!!!!!!!
Slayeroflight654 1 year ago
We never looked at Japan the same way again....
indigograves 1 year ago
Even today with all the remixes and remakes of this theme we have, there's still some magical nostalgic quality to this version that you just can't replicate.
thenewmc2 1 year ago 2
way better than the CPS-2 version. This has more kick ass in it. Aww so much frustration while this is playing in the background.
neogalahad 1 year ago
if u ever wondered in life y u could halfway tolerate freestyle music ryu's theme is one the main reasons why
douglasfranks 2 years ago
(1:37) Adreniline rush everyone!! watch it cuz ryu is coming for YOU!
RapidR9 2 years ago 3
@RapidR9
Inevitably the CPU had my life down and I would get frantic when the sped up version started >_<
sabishiihito 1 year ago
@RapidR9 Watchu gonna do when Ryumania runs wild on you?!
(picture that line with his roided up SFIV artwork. Lmao)
strykah92 1 year ago
The major character in the series Street Fighter Ryu, you will remain a legend for always!!
lesvidbour 2 years ago
they will play this music at my funeral
mrgonaka 2 years ago 120
hahahahahahha gd 1
killtrocity09 2 years ago
@mrgonaka best comment ever :P
Calibur316 2 years ago
This comment made me lmao. :)
Mugensenpai 2 years ago
@mrgonaka awesome choice man!
PRao700 1 year ago
@mrgonaka Done
costmo69 5 months ago
I can never do a Shoryuken on any game with Ryu, that makes me such a retard. I can do most all of Ryu and Ken's other moves though....
PurpleKOGA 2 years ago
It's Forward, Down, Down-Forward+Punch (Z-way forward+Punch) while facing right.
RedRanger2001 2 years ago 2
dragon punch movement i can rarely pull it off on anniversary collection for some odd reason ryu/ken/akuma/cammy/feilong & sagat it never lets me pull it off when i want to like back on the other street fighter games & on da mega drive but on here it rarely lets me do it & the difficulty settings is fix on ultra hard even on the easiest settings you will get raped silly left right & centre.
gaznyhawks 2 years ago
CPS1 version is so superior
grantaldn 2 years ago 10
One word to describe this BGM........LEGENDARY. The quintessential fighting game theme, along with the classic SF2 intro theme.
SuperAdventures 2 years ago 4
and the ken theme
antdaprince 2 years ago 2
best fighting game character theme ever.
RageOfLeoEX 2 years ago 2
Shinku...
questionmarkblock 2 years ago
SHAKUNETSU HADOKEN!!!
Julienfun 2 years ago
lol..i wonder whats the command to the red fireball on WW/CE/HF
platefork 2 years ago
I don't think you could execute the Shakunetsu Hadouken on those versions of Street Fighter II. Of course, once in a while, you'd get a red fireball using the Hadouken. Even Ken would throw a red one occasionally in WW/CE/HF.
questionmarkblock 2 years ago
I know I did it several times on the Genesis version, I think you do it by luck
Julienfun 2 years ago
HCF+p works every time.
RageOfLeoEX 2 years ago
thats super
shalpp 2 years ago
From Japan, Ryu
lilwhiteboi339 2 years ago 3
Street Fighter II music rocks! Mainly CPS1.
lilwhiteboi339 2 years ago 7
SHORYUKEN!!!!
NeoGeoHero92 2 years ago 5
YES THEY'RE BACK UP!!!
2hott4dacamera 2 years ago 6
I remember when I first started playing this when I was young, and won a round against a good player, and all his friends were like "WOOOOAHHH!" No turning back after that.
Grahf 2 years ago 6
TATSUMAKI SENPUU KYAKU!
ultragamer89 2 years ago 7
Ryu is the shit.
DarkmanXneo 2 years ago 12
HADOKEN!
juangarcia2007 2 years ago 13