While I was skipping around after listening to “Ken Ending”, a minute and a half’s worth of organ that is playing that wedding song when the bride and groom leave the church and drive off in their limo with empty soup cans dragging from the bumper, I decided that I have had it with this soundtrack. A study of the track times and their corresponding listening contents instantly snapped me out of that Shimomura-induced dream, forcing me to inadvertently abandon my sunny afternoon picnic with a bikini-clad Cammy and Chun-Li splashing each other in the tide almost as quickly as I was able to conjure it. After I factored in the various voice tracks, the requisite opening theme, and the sound effect collections, I became more hopeful that the disc would be able to deliver that sweet and gooey mouthful of Street Fighter II goodness that I crave during the wee hours of the night, when my house goes silent and all I can hear is the wind whispering a faint “Alph Lyra” as it brushes by my window. Do a little math and the average track time measures out to be less than a minute a piece. This raises a white flag right off the bat, especially when the disc’s length doesn’t even break an hour’s worth of listening. Bodyįirst things first, there are 65 different tracks on the disc. As it stands, it’s a vast disappointment. If the overall package had better presentation and if the album had more planning and forethought in pre-production, the album could have been something great. But, there are times when a Capcom soundtrack lets me down on a number of different levels, and Super Street Fighter II The New Challengers is one of those discs. And don’t even get me started on the amazing Yuji Toriyama arranged album. 4, a plethora of extra tracks and rearrangements.
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Street Fighter are all well-rounded packages, filled with new takes on classic Street Fighter arrangements and, in the case of G.S.M. Capcom 4 ~ Street Fighter II, Street Fighter II Image Album, and even X-Men VS.
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When I spend good cash on a Street Fighter soundtrack from Capcom’s glory days I expect something valuable that I can cherish, both for the nostalgic factor and because of Capcom Sound Team’s songwriting excellence.
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I have learned from experience that Capcom’s more recent soundtrack efforts from the Street Fighter series are nowhere near as powerful or invigorating as they used to be.
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