Streets Of Rage 2 "Dreamer" sound comparison

[@Andrew_Erickson]

That penguin has heard a lot of sick beats in its life.

[@hitoshura7]

babe wake up new Yuzo Koshiro video just dropped

[@todaysgrailtomorrowsbeater]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BozQ]

I still can't get over how you managed to compose such incredible music for the SEGA Mega Drive all those years ago. Streets of Rage 2 was legendary because of your music, and I still praise it among my friends even today. Thank you sir. It was a pleasure growing up with your works.

[@pretzelpunk125]

thank you for all the incredible work you’ve done, its been wonderful growing up hearing your compositions

[@sunderark]

This coming out of the PC-88's YM2608 really blows my mind. To think this was possible back in 86-87 makes me realize just how ahead of the curve the computing and gaming industry was back then over in Japan.

[@Qunyc1985]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Yea then you don't know shit. Go look up Gary Kildall.

[@DJKr15py]

Have you heard what Peter Gabriel was doing with computer synths in the late 70s?

[@knoxdafoxtv7678]

@@DJKr15pymaking a song sound that good with genesis restrictions is hella hard

[@DJKr15py]

@@knoxdafoxtv7678 not denying that it's impressive just pointing out that computer based synth music is much older than most people think.

[@MMasterDE]

@@DJKr15py Or Tim Follin...

[@elgiacomo]

I love that all these years later, you're still playing around with these timeless tracks! Keep rockin', Yuzo! \m/

[@sebastienlopezmassoni8107]

All the bare knuckles tracks from the first to the third game are pure work or art. Thirty years I am still listening all those tracks. Thanks Mister Koshiro to create this legend

[@Diggo84]

Koshiro San, master🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@HappyConsoleGamer]

This song always puts me in a great mood!

[@AA-lo1cq]

Brings back childhood memories. Beautiful art. Thanks Yuzo for your work, you are a legend!!!

[@skeleton608]

You make some of the greatest BGMs of all time, but my favorite work of yours is from 世界樹の迷宮V, particularly Dungeon 1, 2 4 and 5. A massive reason why this game sticks in my mind is because of its amazing music (I know this comment isn’t specifically related to this music but I just wanted to share my feelings haha)

[@Suitret]

Thank you for all the amazing compositions I had the fortune to hear throughout my childhood. God Bless you.

[@HouseMusicNinja]

Anytime I see Yuzo drop a video, I click as soon as I can. Big fan since 92. 🎵😌🎵

[@scottcho2613]

I first played 'Streets Of Rage 2(Bare Knuckle II)' when I was in 6th grade in early spring 1993. This BGM has been one of my favorite tracks from the game along with 'Go Straight', 'In the Bar', 'Never Return Alive', and 'Back to the Industry'. Thank you so much for the amazing music and wonderful memories!

[@kriacaoverbal]

Thank you so much for so good memories ❤❤ this is gold

[@TheFaustianMan]

Another AMAZING Birthday present! You rock! You love the winter. You are very talented and we love your vids!

[@AveMcree]

Thank you for sharing this!!! It's cool to see the old school process. Hexadecimal music production hit different!!!

[@maxrichards5925]

I never knew you had a KZbin channel. Streets of rage is one of my favorite trilogies of all time & I grew up playing streets of rage 2 on my Dreamcast which certainly didn’t do the music justice. Now a decade later & I have a full genesis set up streets of rage 1, 2, & 3. I made it to 3, but thanks to some management at Sega they made it way harder than it should be. I’m slowly getting better though. I find it really interesting how the music in the third entry was randonly generated & then tuned. Some people dislike it but I really like the sound of it. I also subbed

[@Mospen]

Your work is a true testament to the joy of music. Thank you for bringing a smile to my face and rhythm to my heart for so many years! Keep up the great work!

[@Gencoil]

What sticks out to me the most is that the noise channel seems to sound sharper in the emulation.

[@iyatemu]

No noise channel, FM drums.

[@ens0246]

@@iyatemu Those cymbals have a grating quality to it that the original doesn't. That's what bothers me the most about it. I'm not sure of the terminology.

[@AdamDallas]

@@ens0246 The actual hardware is likely causing some small amount of hi-frequency roll off. The cymbals are definitely the highest pitched thing in the track, so it's very noticable on them. The emulator is giving a pure, 'emulated' output of the signal, whereas the hardware will impart a small amount of flavor into the signal.

[@GAM3RBAY]

Thanks you for your creativity!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@neoash84]

Oh my god , you are the man , this will make me cry , im your fan from baghdad

[@Dieci-9]

This sounded amazing back then and still sounds amazing right now!

[@vindsvalrpdx]

Soundtrack to my childhood, so many hours/days/years spent listening to your music, thank you.

[@duramirez]

Thank you so much for making my childhood best game ever sound so great, I have amazing memories of these songs, and I listen to them when I am at work :D

[@AlviEao]

Timeless song, Dreamer still sounds amazing today. Thank you for your work Koshiro-san!

[@NeoTeAika]

So good! I first played Streets of Rage about ten years ago, and they were a bit inspiration for becoming interested in a career with game audio. Thank you for making these!

[@jasonclarke1239]

A huge thank you from the UK love your work and streets of rage 2 has got the best soundtrack overall on the genesis/mega drive. I should know I’ve played nearly all of them over the years You’re the G.O.A.T

[@Luxylux]

Sir, I was 14 years old when I reluctantly bought Street of rage 2, I wanted to purchase street fighter 2 but it was not yet released on the Genesis. When I heard this masterpiece it was wonderful, no one had ever pushed the sound capabilities of the Megadive (Genesis) so far. It is rare to be as good a programmer as a musician. Thank you Mr. Koshiro, you are a legend. My best regards. Carl.

[@violentkim]

I love you work on all SOR/BK games Mr Yuzo! i would love to see a upload of some of the SOR3 tracks! those ones deserves more love :D

[@chokewholeddotcom]

Was just thinking about a Streets 2 track yesterday, they always come into my mind because they are so awesome! Love these vids with gear and everything. Fan for life.

[@professorpenne9962]

always great to hear from the legend yuzo koshiro

[@KhMaIBQ]

I will never get tired of this song. It is such an amazing musical composition. Thank you, Koshiro-san!

[@alexevaldez]

Been a yuzo fan since before but been a bigger fan since I binged all of his work. His falcom and etrian odyssey work is just waaayyy too good.

[@nay10]

I imagine very early on in composing this, maybe even when this was only a tune in his head, that Mr. Koshiro knew this track was special-- and I imagine that feeling was pure bliss.

[@stublad]

I love this!

[@Sinasi08]

Thank you very much Yuzo Koshiro San 🙏🙏

[@butsutekkai1]

Really really love these insights, and videos of you playing around with the tech. Wonderful!

[@galliman123]

ゆぞこしろさん、ありがとうございます！

[@unikornkontroller]

I can’t tell you how much this soundtrack shaped and informed my musical tastes as a middle-school kids just discovering my musical independence. I’m 45 now and I can still jam out to mad max.

[@Cidiegoo]

You made a huge part of my childhood. Thank you!

[@Bloodywasher]

Legend

[@user-9sidfgsxgj]

I started to truly love and listen to music after I first played SoR 2 and was captivated by it's majestic soundtrack. You defined my taste in music for the rest of my life. Thank you. ❤

[@marcelo.mm.martins]

Thank you for the unbelievably good music.

[@JuanJoseVelezCompil3r]

Oh yes, there's a difference! The real PC-8801FA is the king!

[@CrimzonWolf777]

One of my favorite songs! You're the best!

[@jugomebu]

Thank you so much for taking the time to record this and share it! It's absolutely amazing and brings so much happiness when I hear it ♥

[@Trid3nt861]

Yuzo Thank you for creating the house/EM styled music for the Bare Knuckle/SOR games. Also Super Shinobi/ROS game as well.

[@Amelanduil]

My two favorite things about Etrian Odyssey were Koshiro's music and Himukai's character designs, I hope I will get to experience them again someday...

[@LeetTron5000]

i search for EO 6 news a couple times a month. His music are one of my favorite things about EO also. I couldnt believe it when i traced the music back to Yuzo whos music from streets of rage here got my hyped as a kid.

[@hieioni3354]

Is your avatar Devola or Popola from Nier: Replicant?

[@Amelanduil]

@@hieioni3354 it's Popola, I set it to have a matching pair with a friend of mine

[@hieioni3354]

@@Amelanduil Oh cool. Love Nier: Replicant. It's a beautiful game. Anyway, do you have discord account? I'd like to talk about Nier Replicant there.

[@silverthecatastrophic5270]

Your wish has been granted

[@MikaboshiiGrim]

Awesome, absolutely love this

[@LxrdBreezy00]

You just don’t understand how many times i played this song alone. How many times this pops into my head while driving. I wanna thank you and all video game composers because you guys created the soundtrack to my life

[@BunnychanFarabee]

The fact that you were able to wrench such masterful house music classics as this out of the dusty old Mega Drive hardware speaks to your insane skill as a producer.

[@bryguy9233]

I would watch a video of him performing all streets of rage songs from all games SEVERAL times. I love this ❤

[@elcunyao]

Wow I love this song! Thanks for this works !

[@Azarel410]

My absolute favorite theme from any videogame ever existed!!! I can't stop listening to this song and when I'm not listening to it I always think of it lol

[@narayanbandodker5482]

I'm trying to learn MML, but to compose music for the mega drive! It's really hard to get into "scripted music" when I'm so used to using a tracker. But still it is fun to learn all the commands and loops etc. btw thanks for the amazing music in SOR series!

[@ChristeriousNinja]

I haven't tried it myself yet but I'd advise looking up pedipanol's mml guide - very recent, looks very comprehensive.

[@MisterHiNRG]

so nice to listen too thanks for the great compositions over all those years !! 😀

[@alexandrefilho9988]

Love from Brazil Yuzo

[@ktoba_e]

love your compositions! its hard for me to spot the differences for me, maybe its my headphones

[@ZehelCloudy]

My favorite video game track ever, this even inspired one of my nicknames.

[@Quenlin]

"Karameru's penguin chills out by listening to Yuzo Koshiro music" is my new headcanon.

[@quietberserker]

I'm just discovering your music. I'm very happy I have.

[@quietberserker]

Never played the game though... might need to change that.

[@malvessidrums]

much warmer timbre all around on the real hw!

[@syphon_filter84]

The 🐐 of these Raging Street beats

[@Zenocide]

This is my favorite BK/SoR2 track. My family didn't grow up with a SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive, but there were some friends who had one and this game and it is, until this day, my all time favorite GEN/MD game. Later on, I'd play this as an annual tradition with my brother when he was visiting for the holidays. I don't think I'll ever get tired of it.

[@Iwaslemon87]

Simply amazing to hear!

[@duedecimal6622]

i recorded this with my SOny walkman when i was a kid :)

[@Fellwing94]

This is legitimately one of my favorite songs ever made.

[@Verdegrand]

To be honest I probably couldn't tell them apart in an A/B test.

[@Assiel1]

Fresh song ❤ greetings from Nicaragua 🇳🇮

[@PlaybackTVS]

Awesome Yuzo 😂 Do you also have track "Go Straight" ?

[@BoonetheAgentsofHAILCreator]

This is always a favourite.

[@chinossynthesizer705]

I like the streets of rage 3 soundtrack as well yuzo

[@dcomposed1336]

The nostalgia is overwhelming with this one

[@coybackus7665]

this soundtrack is incredible. 2025, going straight

[@heelzhinkaiger360]

"Grand upper!!!"

[@brunomagalhaes5895]

Maravilhoso, marcou para sempre minha vida, eu era uma criança com meu megadrive feliz da vida jogando SOR! obrigado pela nostalgia que marcou tanto

[@M1k1haus]

SOR 1, 2 soundtrack is what got me interested in music. Dreamer is my favorite track next to shiva's theme. Blew my mind as a kid.

[@meanwhileonfunkatron]

Thank you🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🔥

[@eurekazer0]

All of this is just so cool!

[@bpelectric]

My favorite track of all three BN/SoR OSTs

[@RGF]

Analog vs digital ..... in an era of software emulation, hardware emulation...... cool to see the master at work 🙂

[@Alex-up9fh]

I am Brazilian these sounds are stll in my memory today . One song that I love too "Beatnik on the Ship".

[@OK-hl6qd]

this is the best video game music of all time!

[@BobPringle-s1g]

The sound of my childhood ❤️

[@leonojourney9069]

You used PC-88 engine stuff to make out the song? amazing!

[@JhonnyJXJ]

LEGEND!😍

[@dzb2x263]

when i replay streets of rage 2 and this song starts playing i increase the volume

[@aaronstainer7245]

All the SoR2 songs are incredible I still listen to them today omw to training they just hit different thank you sir for you are incredible

[@local9]

Nostalgia overload right now.

[@IAmVictoriousXD]

Best Streets Of Rage 2 Track Ever

[@AWACSblue]

i'm kinda illiterate when it comes to audiophile/hardware stuff like this, so if i had to pick a difference, the bass sounds more prominent on real hardware. but that might just be me. one of my favorite songs regardless.

[@DNGMaestro]

Hey Yuzo, why are is snare drum so muffled in these versions?

[@huge_aubergine]

The second one has more distinct highs, hasn't it?

[@rudeboyspodcast]

And more compressed percussion

[@alextirrellRI]

The drums sound quite different on the PC-8801!

[@stevenwongso66]

FM音楽の魔術師キタアアアアア. I love all of your works, Mr Koshiro. I grew up hearing all of your composition during your time at Bothtec until now, as CEO of Ancient Corporation. You never lose your coolness in creating songs. Btw, is there any new project that you are doing right now? A CD Release or Bandcamp Release or Ototoy Release?

[@McAlby]

That bass! ♥

[@gnen7680]

because of this song I became interested in videogame music 💗

[@summer_xo]

Sounds incredibly close IMO, surprisingly so! Emulation has more top end, hardware has the classic hardware roll off, maybe a bit more "depth'. Shout out RME/totalmix gang.

[@macpanda]

Love the PC88 (and the penguin) ❤❤