Basically, this is how Juri’s theme should be done.Ĭody – The “redemption arc” Final Fight track, now with an upbeat street tempo and some nods to the arcade game’s OST and his SFIV theme’s leitmotif.ĭhalsim – “Electric” sitar and well-synced percussions for your Indian yogi fighting music, anyone? Yes, please! Her stage theme is infinitely better though.įalke – I love this new theme for its spirit and slow groove vibes. I’ll give her theme points for the variations. But the whole croony dubstep-esque take here might be divisive. It works for the most part.Ĭammy – I will say this: the addition in Cammy’s theme after the 0:56 mark is nifty.

R.Mika – When you think young wrestler with energy aplenty, you think a boisterous Alpha-laden theme like this. Necalli – Great boss theme that’s overshadowed by the S and A tiers. B TierĪkuma – Not as foreboding as his past dramatic themes, but the inclusion of the shamisen adds a lot of mystique to the raging demon backdrop tune when duking it out. Still pales in comparison to the other remixes though. Nash – Take the inspirational Alpha theme of Charlie and turn it sinister, and you get this. Poison, Seth, Blanka, Sagat, E.Honda – They do follow the leitmotif of their original tracks, but there’s no payoff. The actual character themes lack a lot of, well, character. Laura, Abigail – Their stage themes are superior because of their energy, range, and pacing. Ken – Generic butt-rock rendition that doesn’t deviate much from the original Street Fighter 2 track. A slapdash effort, if we’re being nice here. It sounds like music you hear outside of a club while you’re waiting to get in. Juri – Capcom could have done better here. Keep in mind that music is subjective, but we have done SoundScape videos for a while, so we’re usually right. We’ll just rank them from the lowest to highest.

We have all 40 characters, so that’s a lot of themes. So let’s talk about who has the best character themes in Street Fighter 5. That’s still up for debate (see Street Fighter EX music) but it’s interesting to hear all the remixes throughout each Street Fighter sequel be it the Alpha trilogy or part IV. But that’s because they’re so iconic, since the 90s, that they don’t need reinventing. Sure, I made some digs in the past at Street Fighter’s OST and how it reuses many of its themes. The best ones in a classic series like Street Fighter not only adds a new and fresh new spin on a long-standing leitmotif, but is also great to listen to outside of context. Because we’re long overdue for a SoundScape segment, right? Character themes in fighting games are very important in establishing their identity. Oh, and also start discussing its pretty awesome music. So let’s just keep playing Season 4 of this now heavily-improved fighting game, costumes and all. Welp, we won’t be getting any new Street Fighter 5 content for quite a while.

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