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The Revenge of Shinobi (Remastered)

by Yuzo Koshiro

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congealedmeat
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congealedmeat I only vaguely remember playing this game on Genesis and maybe in the arcade. I found the music through Megadriver's covers and was pleased to find this offered here!

You can really hear the Yuzo Koshiro sound throughout, so if you are familiar with Streets of Rage you'll love this.

My top tracks are "China Town", "Long Distance" "Untitled" and "Over The Bay". Check this album out!
Favorite track: China Town.
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ShadowRunner86 Undoubtedly one of Koshiro-san's greatest and most acclaimed works. I was looking forward to the day when this magnificent work of Video Game Music would be available on digital media. And that day has come. And it was worth it. Kudos to the guys at Data Disc for bringing these gems to Bandcamp. And more releases in digital format! Favorite track: The Shinobi.
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angryspartan The Ur-soundtrack of 16-bit era techno and house game music. It leaves an imprint on a generation of teenage gamers. Favorite track: China Town.
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Opening 00:21
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The Shinobi 02:45
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Like a Wind 02:12
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Run or Die 01:30
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Round Clear 00:04
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Ninja Step 01:41
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China Town 02:46
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Over the Bay 02:27
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Labyrinth 00:58
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My Lover 02:08
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Failure 00:06
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Game Over 00:10
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about

Composed in 1989 for the Mega Drive console, the music of The Revenge of Shinobi (known as The Super Shinobi in Japan) blended western dance music with Japanese overtones, to create something truly unlike anything else before. The soundtrack was Yuzo Koshiro’s first commissioned work for SEGA and served as a forerunner to his seminal Streets of Rage trilogy, where the concepts and styles he founded with Shinobi would be expanded upon to astonishing effect. Koshiro’s work on The Revenge of Shinobi remains a testament to the ingenuity of early game composers who, when given enough creative freedom, found the means of drawing new and unexpected sounds from extremely limited hardware.

This album was originally released in 2017 as a vinyl-only edition. Whereas the vinyl release used a Japanese Mega Drive console as the primary audio source, this new 2021 digital edition has been mastered from the original NEC PC-88 files instead (recorded and supplied by Koshiro-san specifically for this release). It also includes an additional unused track from the original sessions.

Note: this is an officially licensed product. Royalties will be paid to the composer with every purchase.

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released November 5, 2021

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All music composed by Yuzo Koshiro.

Remastered for digital by Shaun Crook at Lockdown Studios, London, June 2021. All tracks sourced from the original NEC PC-88 files.

Produced by Data Discs under license from SEGA and Ancient, Corp.
© SEGA // © Ancient, Corp

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