+Tietokone102 I think originally Ken's theme was supposed to be Guile's theme since it's a copy of Mighty Wings which has a Top Gun theme (same as Guile's background stage). But maybe to avoid looking like a ripoff they swapped the themes.
Capcom said in an article that this was originally supposed to be Guile's theme music, only because of its association and similarity to the song out of Top Gun... they switched it around later to avoid any copyright strikes / infringement.
silentopinion i have this theme as my ringtone but the one from the super nintendo, i was at the dmv and it rung and i felt like tornado kicking some one lol
@Bastian Ibañez not really because the first time luigi appeard he was just a colour swap of mario and not a character and ken was the first in fighting games
- And there's a raging fire in my hand tonight Burning higher and higher in my soul There's a raging fire in the sky tonight I want to hit you with my Shoryu-Ken Far into the night Until I make you take me on your mighty wings Make you take me on your mighty wings across the sky! Take me on your mighty wings Take on your mighty wings tonight!
I don't know what other people think but for me this track is street fighter, it perfectly encapsulates the whole vibe of the franchise even to this day
Essa canção arrepia, Street Fighter 2 joga a no Super Nintendo que meu pai me deu, ele fez questão de me mostrar os jogos que ele jogava na época dele, e nisso me deu o SNES.
I think Ken's theme is one of the most iconic songs in the game. And in video game history. Ken's theme really gets me pumped up. Especially when I go for jogs or work out.
En esta parte de mi vida me valía madre las tortillas que me había encargó mi mamá y yo seguía jugando en chinga sabiendo que iba recibir una paliza llegando a mi casa!!! Jajajaj que recuerdos!!!!!
@@Lucaryu96 That's true.... stay strong, my friend!! One day, if we'll keep doing our best, we'll reach 420 or 696. I know we'll do it, one day. Together. As a team.
Lets face it, the coolest character in the whole game at the exception of Ryu. Ken rocked and had the best theme with soul representing truth, justice, freedom and best friendship. You guys know what I mean.
0:11 this lead sounds familiar, almost like I want to go play some modded Minecraft with a librarian villager and a skeleton dog in a lab in the middle of the desert and create a childhood for millions of people all over the globe…
This song exemplifies the rivalry, the eternal struggle to get better and the mutual respect of your contemparies. We'll forever strive to be better, especially as this song howls from our hearts. ➡️⬇️↘️ 👊
If you're a Ryu and/or Ken fan, I combined both themes into one song for 2 violins and piano. I also timed it to a double-KO gameplay video between Ryu and Ken. It's pretty epic and I invite you to come check it out!
Why is Ken's Theme more memorable than any other theme from this game? It's got that perfect mix of badassery and meloncholy to the beat! I almost get the feeing his character is out to get revenge against someone who performed some dark deed from his past.
I’m a Japanese person who actually played Street Fighter II. It turns out that Ken's theme song was popular overseas as well. It’s nice to reflect on that again.🤗
The original and possibly the best version of the theme. Captures that hair metal/arena rock vibe that was inescapable in the US when this game came out. Ken even looks like a rock star with the long wavy bleach blonde hair.
After saving and scrounging for months, you finally were able to afford a plane ticket to America, where opportunity abounded and wondrous sights were waiting around every corner, but above all, you were ecstatic to see the famous World Warrior tournament. You take your seat in the audience as the two fighters stretched and/or mediated in preparation for the fight. Finally, the announcer starts the round, and immediately, the one with the red headband and white gi pulls forwards and thrusts his hand in the direction of his opponent and a brilliant blue glow shots forth from his hands. Spectacular! But with the long, blonde hair effortlessly leaps into the air, higher than you'd ever thought possible and lands in front of the other before the white gi has a chance to return to a normal fighting stance. As you still process the previous interaction, the red gi crouches down, pulls his arm back, and then launches himself high into the air, a pillar searing flame engulfing and following his fist as it ascended, sending the opponent tumbling backwards as he yelled, "SHORYUKEN!" From that day on, you vowed you'd learn to become a Street Fighter.
*Her family and instructors were dismayed with her change in focus, as video game music was not well respected, and "they had paid [her] tuition for an expensive music school and couldn't understand why [she] would accept such a job", but Shimomura accepted the job at Capcom anyway.* Yoko Shimomura the GOAT
Pentium III ????? NOOOOOO Its a Pentium 233 MMX with 32GB RAM and a Matrox Mystique 2D Grafics and an additional Diamond Monster or Orchid Righteous 3DFX Voodoo ;-)
This song is a perfect example of how much Street Fighter II overused the cymbals in their songs but used just enough to make the song sound amazing. (My favorite theme in the game)
Where? I only hear the crash after the phrases, the digital snare sound is the most prevelant. If there is a digital ride I can barely hear it over the snare lol. The pause in the middle with the digital kicks is cool af tho lol
Ice Man : Voodoo 1! Woods being hit! Woods being hit! We've lost Hollywood! Admiral : Launch Maverick alert 5! Get Hoolywood and Wolf's position and send rescue helicopter immediately! Maverick : Mavericks airborne !
Those late 80's/early 90's Capcom music composers will never be matched.
this song was barely composed, they sampled parts from a song from top gun lmao.
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Mighty Wings
Streets of Rage had a freaking epic OST too, ohh man the Yamaha in the Sega Genesis was a total beast!!
Go check for King of fighters (SNK) you won't be disappointed seriously
Ass U "a song from top gun"
Derp diddly herp derp
Every single theme is iconic, all the characters are iconic, the moves are iconic, this game is really something special.
Imand now its a multi billion dollar franchise.
Tiger tiger tiger uppercut
The type of characters that will stay with you for the rest of your life
wrg
Now they sidelined all the main characters for dudes like Logan Paul and Twitch streamers that can fight.
“ ‘Cause there’s no points for second best!” - Ken’s victory speech
Hey,
Didnt the guy from top gun say that?
ken and ryu chun lin bln
wow ur comment is gold
@@JoseRX95 *your
Shit and his theme is a rip off of the credits song in Top Gun!
Thank you Yoko Shimomura for writing this masterpiece!
the queen, the legend, the icon
@@123ada321ok
Now YT Mighty Wings, Cheap Trick
ruclips.net/video/hqDYSs7ostQ/видео.htmlsi=_NycV4fnwSHtVvjf
+ or - plágio 😮
don't understand why guile's theme is the most known...this one is one of the best video game music ever created !!
BECAUSE IT GOES WITH EVERYTHING. EVERY.FUDGING.THING
Ken's theme sounds exactly like the song Mighty Wings by Cheap Trick. That originally came out 1985 while Street Fighter came out in 1987.
+Tietokone102 I think originally Ken's theme was supposed to be Guile's theme since it's a copy of Mighty Wings which has a Top Gun theme (same as Guile's background stage). But maybe to avoid looking like a ripoff they swapped the themes.
Yeah this is the most American song ever made by capcom
@@Tietokone102 it is
Nintendo: can i add you to smash?
Ken: SUREYOUKEN!
That's actually hilarious
Shoryuken
@@jubileu965 r/woosh
This deserves at least bare minimum 10k likes
Good 1
I've never forgotten this theme through the years, is so heroic and motivating.
It definitely sounds like a hero's song.
Then there’s street fighter 6 Ken...
@@makotoyuki345 I saw they changed it in 6 but not sure what really happened
@@Zedekar90 they changed ryu, ken was announced yesterday
@@makotoyuki345 yeah I heard the SF6 ken theme and was so BORED by it. Who composed that game?
There's a...RAAAAGING FIRE in my heart tonight!
Definitely channeling the Top Gun soundtrack
😂❤ I came here to find this! Thanks for not disappointing!
*YOU WIN PERFECT !!!*
ROUND TWO FIGHT!!
@@nrdesign1991
*HADOKEN !!!*
@@kentvturbo7091
SHOOOOORYUKEN!!
@@nrdesign1991
Ti~~~~~~~ger
uppercut !!!
@@kentvturbo7091
SONIC BOOM!
*KEN TURNS UP THE HEAT*
*gets knocked out*
@ALongLeggedPissedOffPuertoRican IN!
More like turns up the *_Y E E T_*
Kens rage
Ken turns up the SKEET
Over 20 years later and this theme still rocks.
Now 30 yrs
@@mnfd840 he does not know! Just silly comment for likes!
30 years Bro 😢
@@timetorealise9035 technically still over 20 year ig
2023, still does!
Sometimes I whistle this while I'm walking around. So many memories.
I thought I was the only one 🤘🏾
I was doing the exact same thing before i went to search for the theme lol
Just don't walk down a dock and start a fight 😂😂
@@lifetimes-le3wq Do it! Do it now!
Me too
HADOUKEN!!!
SHORYUKEN!!!
TATSUMAKI SENPUUKYAKU!!!
MickyMicky Mike OH AH...OH AH....OH AH....YOU WIN....PERFECT!
MickyMicky Mike Yosh YATTAZE !!!
MickyMicky Mike HAH! SHIN!! SHOOORYUKEN!!!
MickyMicky Mike I WANT SOME POUND CAKE (egoraptor reference)
MickyMicky Mike Tiger Robocop!!
One of my favourite Capcom themes.
not capcom...cheap trick - mighty wings...soundtrack of the movie top gun
This arcade music i will never forget.. Love joystick
Ryu theme omg too
Bernharde then there’s gulie
what about mighty wings
'Til I make you take me
On your mighty wings
Make you take me
On your mighty wings across the sky
@@NSLM go and look up 'Cheap Trick - Mighty Wings' your welcome bro!
Great track! super powerful!
Beautiful!. Where is it from?
Joaquín it’s from Top Gun
Originally this was going to be Guile theme, but it put it Ken theme instead due to avoid character Guile similar to Top Gun.
no other version of this song in newer games is even close.
they're all so soft.
this is HARD.
this is what you listen to before you fight freiza
For me, Ken's SFV theme is pretty close to this one. Both are great
Have you heard of the Mega Drive version? Both the beta and CE version?
god damn right this is pure 90s super nintendo fighting game music
The sounds used in The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" would fit this theme perfectly
@@injunsniper it's the arcade one
Welcome to the Smash fight! The original echo fighter is here!
Sakurai trying to take that away from him XD
I guess you could say luigi is the original echo fighter!
@@clickbait3753 no,because Ken whas te original echo FIGHTER
on te world
@@silantroCW but did you know pikachu libre was a girl?
@@clickbait3753 yes,the tail
Capcom said in an article that this was originally supposed to be Guile's theme music, only because of its association and similarity to the song out of Top Gun... they switched it around later to avoid any copyright strikes / infringement.
@eoe123321 Which makes the fact that they lifted *another* song for the theme that Guile ended up with even funnier.
Guile didn't deserved so powerful song.
It’s straight up Mighty Wings by Cheap Trick
@@jonathontrejo5427 Yeah indeed
@@pabloledesma6424 hes a literal colonel for the US air force...
One of the best themes ever made, and maybe the best fitted. Vivid, beautiful and aggressive, just like Ken.
Yoko Shimomura should get official citizenship in every country she wrote character music for.
You mean, Cheap Trick with it's song "Mighty Wings".
@@iamcerasusDid you listen the whole song and not just the first four seconds?
@@sanjurosamaIndeed the melody yoko composed is different form that song i feel only the intro riff was same with that top gun song.
nothing like putting on 80s clothes and going out for a run
+OmazingE30 YES! THIS IS DANTDM'S THEME!
+Trey Walker stop, keep this in street fighter.
Why? This used to be DanTDM's theme and that is what I know it as as I have never played Street Fighter.
maybe because I personally don't like Dan and know this song only from street fighter because that's really where its from.....
+TheCosmicGamer well I haven't heard of this before that sorry :/
This is actually my favorite theme out of them all, it's just so motivating
Does this theme play in your head when you feel like beating the crap out of someone? If so, then so do I.
silentopinion i have this theme as my ringtone but the one from the super nintendo, i was at the dmv and it rung and i felt like tornado kicking some one lol
arnold fernandez Like the person behind the desk? Me too.
💯
un tema que marcó la historia
marcó la infancia 😢
narco la vida
un tema inspirado en una rola de MIGHTY WINGS- Cheap trick
:"u si
Verdade tema lindo
Uno siempre vuelve a dónde fue feliz y aquí estamos
congrats ken , you a smash boi now
Well he is the father of all echo fighters sooooooo yeah
PARTY!!!!!
@Bastian Ibañez not really because the first time luigi appeard he was just a colour swap of mario and not a character and ken was the first in fighting games
"Yay ✌"
*when jojo plays him*
Yeah it's not really good thing since the smash community is filled with pedos.
- And there's a raging fire in my hand tonight
Burning higher and higher in my soul
There's a raging fire in the sky tonight
I want to hit you with my Shoryu-Ken
Far into the night
Until I make you take me on your mighty wings
Make you take me on your mighty wings across the sky!
Take me on your mighty wings
Take on your mighty wings tonight!
Wizard Homer Ain't you ever heard "Mighty Wings" by Cheap Trick?
Wizard Homer
Young 'uns these days.
I just watched Top Gun and when that song came on during the credits, I thought of this theme song. Ken's theme had to be inspired by Mighty Wings.
Swervedriver84
As Guile. Especially Guile.
GAY
Man this song gives me goosebumps!
Ken all day!!! Been playing this since I was nine years old I am 35 now!
38
I don't know what other people think but for me this track is street fighter, it perfectly encapsulates the whole vibe of the franchise even to this day
2023 and still loving and enjoying SFII!! I was born in 1982.
Can i get a coke please?
- Suuuure you can!
PhluppeHimself Y the hostility m8
PhluppeHimself Oldie but goldie
Batuhan Gürel I'dlikesomepoundcake!
+ebiljebus
quiet Arin Hanson !
+PhluppeHimself I never heard it so it's new to me you fuckin' geek.
Essa canção arrepia, Street Fighter 2 joga a no Super Nintendo que meu pai me deu, ele fez questão de me mostrar os jogos que ele jogava na época dele, e nisso me deu o SNES.
My ringtone. Sometimes I just let it ring so as not to interrupt this masterpiece
I think Ken's theme is one of the most iconic songs in the game. And in video game history. Ken's theme really gets me pumped up. Especially when I go for jogs or work out.
Cuantos recuerdos con Street Fighter, increíble como pasa el tiempo!!!! sin duda el mejor juego de mi infancia
Exactly
"Attack me if you dare, I will crush you."
Ocotillo JDownloader NCIS blockhead blockhead blockbuster hotrod jodhpur Pickford typhoid ufo urticaria icon h H lb K hmm lb jh LG LG pc ouch pc
@@martins3942 ...do you need a doctor?
@@martins3942 bro...do u need me to call 911?
Next level:
Brazil
Ken vs Blanka
En esta parte de mi vida me valía madre las tortillas que me había encargó mi mamá y yo seguía jugando en chinga sabiendo que iba recibir una paliza llegando a mi casa!!! Jajajaj que recuerdos!!!!!
Cheap Trick - Mighty Wings (Top Gun) Look it up, and get your mind blown.
Ken did it better.
Mind is actually blown and child hood ruined
Hehehe well, it had to be based on something.
yeah XD. even Outside Xbox knows that rofl
10 Video Game Songs That Sound Oddly Familiar
ruclips.net/video/lC5RcNBqgC0/видео.html
*memories of walking thru arcades packed with people*
Good times right?
@@mhuzaifaamjad2813 I can still hear Colossus from Konami's _X-Men_ beat 'em up!
@@edwardgaines6561 sure man...why not.
Good times going into arcades and play street fighters all day my child hood game
So true
That intro gives me chills
Dan from the diamond minecart back with another mod review!
Ken's mugshot is so awesome, he looks so aggresive and he's ready to kick ass.
Ken: Can i use this as my theme?
Cheap Trick: SHORYUKEN!!!
Ken can say "SUREYOUCAN!"
HE'S IN Y'ALL
this is my favorite dantdm song!!! thank you for reuploading his incredible theme at the end of his mod videos
Just can i have a minute
Shoryuken
Well thank you that's apprecia
C-c-c-comboo!!
Tfs references everywhere, this isnt even a video related to dragon ball
InceptSquad
Yes it is
@@inceptsquad9516
Gonna cry?
@@jevilz9858 I was just asking, man
And the c-c-combo is a reference to killer instinct
Hard to believe that it's been over 25 years since this came out.....good memories.
it is crazy
SHOOORYUKEN!
I'm not sure, you can!
Shoryureppa
HADOUKEN!!
Many have revamped and covered this so many times but this original version has a very distinct sound and feel to it that no other version can achieve
Me: hey dad how was the music in your times?
My dad:
I want to like your comment, but it has 69 likes so I better not.
@@Lucaryu96 I regret to tell you this but... I cannot lie any further
@@adhoccerswings At least I can like the comment now 😔
@@Lucaryu96 That's true.... stay strong, my friend!! One day, if we'll keep doing our best, we'll reach 420 or 696. I know we'll do it, one day. Together. As a team.
My son, I did Hadoken at least 8000 times..
This gave me chills... unlocked a memory!!!
Legends of my childhood.. Ryu & Ken!
When Guile said "Go home and be a family man". That wasn't a taunt.
That was just him offering concerned advice to Ken.
Now look at him.
didnt guile go home and be a family man?
When I was a child and played this game I always wished that I would have to fight Ken just to hear his song...
Lets face it, the coolest character in the whole game at the exception of Ryu. Ken rocked and had the best theme with soul representing truth, justice, freedom and best friendship.
You guys know what I mean.
0:11 this lead sounds familiar, almost like I want to go play some modded Minecraft with a librarian villager and a skeleton dog in a lab in the middle of the desert and create a childhood for millions of people all over the globe…
Buen sonido de Ken, lo escuché en 2019 y fue lo mejor que escuché en toda mi vida.😀
With this song i just hear: SHORYUKEN SHORYUKEN SHORYUKEN HADOUKEN HADOUKEN TATSUMAKI SNPUUKYAKU SHORYUKEN hut * dies*
People around me change, but memories in my mind don’t change
This song exemplifies the rivalry, the eternal struggle to get better and the mutual respect of your contemparies. We'll forever strive to be better, especially as this song howls from our hearts.
➡️⬇️↘️ 👊
SHORYUKEN!
Ken é meu personagem favorito de todos os jogos de luta, e essa música é sem comentários, é atemporal!
If you're a Ryu and/or Ken fan, I combined both themes into one song for 2 violins and piano. I also timed it to a double-KO gameplay video between Ryu and Ken. It's pretty epic and I invite you to come check it out!
wow this is brilliant!
It's legit.
very nice.
The link?
Mohamed Ehsan go to his channel
A 30 años de este juego..sigue siendo una auténtica pieza maestra
This just bought a smile to my face,thinking of all the good times in the arcades back in the day..
Why is Ken's Theme more memorable than any other theme from this game? It's got that perfect mix of badassery and meloncholy to the beat! I almost get the feeing his character is out to get revenge against someone who performed some dark deed from his past.
O Ken é um dos melhores bonecos pra se jogar... ele é COMPLETO. E esse tema sem dúvida é o MELHOR! Shoooooryuken!
Mesmo com pouquíssimos recursos instrumentais, eles conseguiram fazer uma música capaz de despertar várias emoções dentro de nós.
How it feels to get an SNES
*A W E S O M E*
@KurdischerHengst7 Episch
A millennial will never know.
@Tommy Hass Reality has been jewed out too much man. Its not the same feel of yesterday's freedom.
@@happymerchant2385 Most Millennials grew up in the mid-90s. You're thinking of Zoomers!
People think it's Guile Stage, but they're wrong. This is an absolute jam.
このゲームのＢＧＭは、あまりにも偉大過ぎる！！
"So, you wanna fight fire with fire, huh?"
*_ROAR_*
*ROARS BACK*
you mean egg
all the old Street Fighter 2 tunes such as this, are etched in my brain... I'll never forget them.
I’m a Japanese person who actually played Street Fighter II. It turns out that Ken's theme song was popular overseas as well. It’s nice to reflect on that again.🤗
Que buena vida teníamos !!! Los arcades.... La mejor época de mí vida.
The original and possibly the best version of the theme. Captures that hair metal/arena rock vibe that was inescapable in the US when this game came out. Ken even looks like a rock star with the long wavy bleach blonde hair.
this theme song is why ken will always be the best sf character
ken main for life
After saving and scrounging for months, you finally were able to afford a plane ticket to America, where opportunity abounded and wondrous sights were waiting around every corner, but above all, you were ecstatic to see the famous World Warrior tournament. You take your seat in the audience as the two fighters stretched and/or mediated in preparation for the fight.
Finally, the announcer starts the round, and immediately, the one with the red headband and white gi pulls forwards and thrusts his hand in the direction of his opponent and a brilliant blue glow shots forth from his hands. Spectacular!
But with the long, blonde hair effortlessly leaps into the air, higher than you'd ever thought possible and lands in front of the other before the white gi has a chance to return to a normal fighting stance.
As you still process the previous interaction, the red gi crouches down, pulls his arm back, and then launches himself high into the air, a pillar searing flame engulfing and following his fist as it ascended, sending the opponent tumbling backwards as he yelled, "SHORYUKEN!"
From that day on, you vowed you'd learn to become a Street Fighter.
NOSTALGIIA DO CARALHO MANO!
Voce e um irmao 🇨🇱🤝🇧🇷 os melhores tiempos
Nem fala ze kkkkk viajando pelo túnel do tempo
30 years later I hear this and still get aimped all the way up! My all time favorite street fighter character!
This is why I watch He-Man
Everything’s better with Ken’s theme playing. SF2 OST is the goat
hahah. I remember the good days. He was the scariest of NPC opponents before the 4 bosses.
NPC STANDS FOR NON PLAYABLE CHARACTER ... KEN IS A PLAYABLE CHARACTER YOU DUMBASS
HipHop1Life hey dude take it easy u don't have to call him that.
HipHop1Life Look, we all know what he means just chill the hell out.
HipHop1Life Pretty sure NPC means non-player-character, not non playable character.
Millard Fillmore IT MEANS THE SAME THING YOU FUKING MORON LMAO WHAT A FAIL
I'm ready for the Punished Ken arc
Street fighter 6 - Maverick
Ken master's one of my favourite video game characters ever.
*Her family and instructors were dismayed with her change in focus, as video game music was not well respected, and "they had paid [her] tuition for an expensive music school and couldn't understand why [she] would accept such a job", but Shimomura accepted the job at Capcom anyway.*
Yoko Shimomura the GOAT
Brings back alot of memories :(
0:03 Hadoken sound effect is ringing in my ears
What it feels to have a 3DFX Voodoo Card.
SonicHedge With my new Pentium III and 512mb DDR RAM
SonicHedge No, I'll try to play, Half Life: Source with this.
SonicHedge Nah, Windows 95.
Pentium III ????? NOOOOOO
Its a Pentium 233 MMX with 32GB RAM and a Matrox Mystique 2D Grafics and an additional Diamond Monster or Orchid Righteous 3DFX Voodoo ;-)
What it feels to have an Intel HD
(set it on ×0,5 speed)
I had this song stuck in my head for years. Always thought it was an F Zero song and I couldn't find it. I'm glad I stumbled upon it again!
Retro moments will live on forever.
0:10 Don't think it don't say it
You're weird, you're a nerd
yes, Sir 😂
Hadouken!
Shoroken
Ken / Guile & Sagat My top 3. Respect to Capcom. Always hitting us with winners From Strider / Forgotten Worlds & Shinobi 3
It's the most beautiful song of all video games, it makes me move to tears ❤️💙
y pensar que este tema marco mi infancia
This song is a perfect example of how much Street Fighter II overused the cymbals in their songs but used just enough to make the song sound amazing.
(My favorite theme in the game)
Where? I only hear the crash after the phrases, the digital snare sound is the most prevelant. If there is a digital ride I can barely hear it over the snare lol. The pause in the middle with the digital kicks is cool af tho lol
Ken must have stolen Guile's eyebrows...
+User5973 actually guile stole ken's eyebrows
+TheKHfan358over3d actually guile never had eyebrows
When I played this game, I always selected Ken- the goat of this game💪
Old but gold
The good old arcade days I miss this game the music still gives me chills until this day.
Ice Man : Voodoo 1! Woods being hit! Woods being hit! We've lost Hollywood!
Admiral : Launch Maverick alert 5! Get Hoolywood and Wolf's position and send rescue helicopter immediately!
Maverick : Mavericks airborne !
Still hearing this theme gives me Goosebumps. Awesome theme.