Music of the Streets of Rage series
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The music of the Streets of Rage series of beat 'em up games, released in the early 1990s, was primarily produced by Yuzo Koshiro.
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The soundtracks mainly consist of electronic dance music[1] encompassing genres such as electro, house,[2] techno, hardcore, jungle,[1] ambient,[3] breakbeat,[4] gabber,[5] noise,[6] and trance.[2][4][7] The music was produced using the Yamaha FM-synth sound chips of the Sega Mega Drive video game console (YM2612) and NEC PC-88 computer (YM2608),[8][9] along with Koshiro's own audio programming language "Music Love," a modified version of the PC-88's Music Macro Language (MML).[9]
The soundtracks have been cited as being ahead of their time and as some of the best in video games.[2][3][10] The soundtracks have influenced a range of chiptune, electronica, grime and dubstep musicians through to the present day, including artists such as Ikonika,[11][12][13] BT,[3] Labrinth,[13] Martyn, Joker, Darkstar,[12] Childish Gambino,[14] and Danger.[15]