Naturally, that meant writing the Streets of Rage 4: Mr. Small wonder, given that according to Lopes, “Yuzo Koshiro’s soundtrack is one of the main reasons I ever dreamed of making music for games”. Closing one of his post- Sonic Mania interviews, Lopes listed a hypothetical Streets of Rage game as his favourite next project to work on. Having entered the industry on the strength of his YouTube game music remixes, Lopes first turned heads with his work on 2017’s Sonic Mania. X Nightmare, the developers approached an up-and-coming composer who had already contributed an additional remix for an exclusive Streets of Rage 4 soundtrack CD release: Tee Lopes. However, the competently-written and -produced score didn’t reach the same lofty heights as its predecessors – an unwieldy two-hour running time probably didn’t help. A roster of guest composers including Yoko Shimomura completed the star-studded line-up.
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Spearheaded by Olivier Deriviere, the score also saw previous series composers Yuzo Koshiro and Motohiro Kawashima returning to the fold. Given the franchise’s towering musical reputation, it’s no surprise that much care and attention had been lavished on the Streets of Rage 4 soundtrack. The expansion’s main addition was a new Survival Mode (seemingly inspired by roguelikes), three new playable characters and a more challenging difficulty level. Of course, that meant DLC would soon follow and indeed arrived in the shape of Streets of Rage 4: Mr. Commercial success followed strong reviews – a year after launching, the game had sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide. 2020’s Streets of Rage 4 arguably didn’t break any new ground, but it was a skilfully executed take on perenially satisfying beat’em up mechanics. Enterprising developers successfully revived classic franchises that had lain dormant – and among them was Streets of Rage. The renaissance of 2d gaming, which kicked off in the 2010s, wasn’t just a boon for indie gaming.
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