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VGM remix: Streets of rage II - Expander

Written by Random J •
Streets of rage II - Expander | VGM remix
The first time I hit stage seven in Streets of rage II, took the fight to the elevator and the music started, I knew shit was about to go down. "Expander" is one of the heaviest, frantic, high energy sounding songs on the whole of the Streets of rage II soundtrack and I f**king love it.

As with my previous Streets of rage remixes-that-aren't-really-remixes, I decided to give "Expander" a shot. I started the damn thing 3 years ago and only managed to finish it this week. I love "Expander" so much that I didn't even want to change anything. I just wanted to know I could recreate the sound of the original and give it some extra kick where I could.

Listen: Expander







New arrangements & production by Random J
© Sega / Yuzo Koshiro

You could play "Expander" in clubs, and rest assured drugs would get taken to this shit and everybody would head bang with their hands up around the shiniest object they can find at eye level on the dance floor. Yuzo Koshiro had to be either high, or pissed off at somebody and wanted them dead when he composed this.
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  1. Sal25 July 2010 at 19:25

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FRghNTg5UU&feature=related

    2:08 onwards. Listen to the cheers (lmao). I wonder how many people were on E right there and then.

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