So, here’s a little piece of information about me: I can’t stand fighter games. It’s not that I think they’re stupid or that they don’t do anything for me. It’s simply that I’m god awful at them and always have been. I can’t get those damn button combos down because I’m too busy screaming, “STOP HITTING ME FOR ONE GODDAMN SECOND SO I CAN FIGURE THIS OUT!” Y’know, the usual friendly banter between opponents.
That being said, the soundtrack to many of these games were simply awesome. And that’s what brings us here today. 30th Floor Records has collected 20 retrosynth artists to create covers of songs from Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, Street Fighter II: Champion Edition, and Super Street Fighter II.
The label explains:
30th Floor Records brings you another powerhouse collection of retro synth tracks from some of the hottest artists in the scene – this time ‘Synth Fighters’, our tribute to the legendary music from Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, Street Fighter II: Champion Edition, and Super Street Fighter II!
Here you’ll find modern interpretations of all the classic fighter themes from the games, originally composed by Yoko Shimomura, Isao Abe, and Syun Nishigaki. All tracks maintain a cool retro vibe to transport you back to the early 90s when these titles were the hottest thing on the video games market! These are not remixes, these are cover versions each producer has painstakingly recreated from scratch, infusing each composition with their own unique sounds and styles.
To give you that extra slice of nostalgia, the themes appear in the order of fighter stages according to Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, and Street Fighter II: Champion Edition. The themes of the additional characters introduced in Super Street Fighter II subsequently appear in alphabetical order. The compilation closes with a rework of the bonus stage music featured in Street Fighter II: Champion Edition.
Head on below to stream the album and download it via Bandcamp!