CPS1 was one hell of a sound chip. It's instrumentation was very primitive by today's standards but still managed to sound larger than life despite this.
well, not really... CPS1 was the CP System Version 1. which was a chip system for Capcom games. The 2 soundchips included in the chip system were the Yamaha's YM2151 for FM sounds and the Oki's OKI6295 for the sample sounds
@@Adrian.R850 Err, not really...Street Fighter 1 ran on some custom arcade board we know very little of. I think it was the same as Bionic Commando and Tiger Road
@@marcusmayo She also composer for kingdom hearts franchise, super mario rpg original and return to for the super mario rpg remake, and she was the composer of the Mario and Luigi RPG series.
This song (and this version specifically) gets you so hype like it's the Floyd Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight bout to go down, some big ol' school era prime Tyson fight bout to go down, or Apollo Creed vs. Rocky or Apollo Creed vs. Ivan Drago. Epic. Like you're in the center of the boxing / glamour universe for that second with all the celebs in the crowd waiting.
*Re Lax* 1) I'd think Rocky vs Drago more. 2) But I'm more a Sword duel fan, so I imagine like: Tommy (White Ranger) & Saba vs Tommy (Green Ranger) & Sword of Darkness. *PLEASE* look up Mighty Morphin Power Rangers if you're unsure of these things!!
You know, the Street Fighter 2 OST was probably the soundtrack that got me into VGM in the first place. I must only have been about 6 or so, but I remember my father bringing back a CD free with a magazine with this on it. I recorded a tape off it and listened to it all the damn time. It would always calm me down when I was distressed, lol. Of course FF7 sealed the deal (and Star Ocean 2 signed it in triplicate), but listening to some of the Street Fighter tracks again now I'm surprised by how good they are. A lot of them are very catchy, at least; even in the later titles (T. Hawk, Rose, Rolento, and C. Jack from EX come to mind).
Fun fact for some folks who may not know, the music for Street Fighter 2 was done by the same person who did Kingdom Hearts series, Front Mission, Parasite Eve, Legend of Mana, among many others - Yoko Shimomura, a true legend in VGM who is now at work on Final Fantasy XV.
SGTBizarro Yeah, I recently read up about that actually, and saw a couple of interviews with her. She also apparently did Tobal No. 1 and Super Mario RPG which made me do a double-take. It's funny how there are some composers who have a very distinctive style even to the point of sounding repetitive (Sakuraba is probably the best example I can think of - and perhaps a less contentious one in Sakimoto) but others sound very, very different. Quality shines always through, though.
How I learned that ki attacks were overrated... 10 times! I lost at least $5 to this asswipe back in the arcades because his charges came without warning!
These cansiones were you feeling that filled the street figther play !!!!! One of the most memorable filled me with tears just hearing the song a good memory of my childhood years greetings from mexico fans of street figther
when you heard this song in the arcade back in the day you knew someone had made it to the street fighter 2 bosses, so we'd all gather round to see if they could go all the way lol
I'm a Balrog main and I can agree how dangerous it is to fight with no kicks in a game when characters can jump across the arena and throw projectiles. Hands only with close range attacks only. You gotta be very careful in when to throw them punches or not, given that you leave yourself open wide for counter-attacks. I love this character and his cartoony greedy personality.
Pretty much identical sound because the arcades at the time including SF2 used the YM2151. The Sega Genesis uses the YM2612, a somewhat stripped version of it.
BIGGIEDEVIL Far superior is an overstatement. There's barely much differences. Now before you go on to push the Mega Drive hate agenda (which I know is something you would do because I've seen you in a gazillion comment sections doing such), let me explain the very minor differences FM wise. The arcade's YM2151 only has two more sound channels and extra detune over the YM2612, but the YM2612 has the ability of SSG-EG. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less. Hell, someone did a music edit SFII CE on Mega Drive to use the arcade instruments and it sounds very similar to the arcade game. ruclips.net/video/hLyVmgXEiac/видео.html
Gender Neutral Chibi Thing It's the BASS that was shit on the SNES version, the Megadrive/Genesis bass was far superior. Also Super SF2 was a big improvement on the SNES.
ojideagu I actually thought a lot of already existing tunes fared even worse in SSF2, because they had to be compressed to fit. Capcom's incompetence shows, just look at SSF2 Genesis. The music was HORRIBLE, and the game was fucking 40 Megabits! Most games were lucky to get past 25, 40 is huge, so the game should at least have something redeeming, right? Even with the extra size, there's still some missing animations (like Guile's idle movements). And the SNES music sounds like they just took the arcade music and compressed it to fit, it sounds horribly whiny because of it.
Gender Neutral Chibi Thing You can definitely feel the compression on Guiles SSF2 theme on Snes, but I still think the drums are good. (Many commercial tracks today have drums compressed to death, just listen to any modern metal) That's not the same as Data compression but produces a similar sound! But yes the melodies on SNES are often whiny and tinny. But Fei Longs theme is better than the arcade IMO I too don't understand why the Genesis version was so terrible, and quiet!!
ojideagu I thought Fei-Long's was one of the better ones on the Genesis, but that's not saying much. The SNES version is pretty good, but I wouldn't say it surpasses the arcade. Do yourself a favor and listen to the CPS1/Sharp X68000 version, in my opinion that's the best.
part of the charm of ww and ce is the music, one of the reasons I don't like super and super turbo is because they changed how the music sounds. this is how the real sf2 music should sound.
+kainthevampireduck thats because super street fighter got newer sound hardware. CPS1 was very similar to genesis hardware and CPS2 pretty much had enhanced snes sound hardware.
Why can't they make good music like this for the current Street Fighters? I don't wanna fight to that new music! I wanna fight to THIS! This was motivational music for me. I modded SF4 on PC with all Street Fighter II's music. I had to. Thanks to all the uploaders for that GOOD music.
The Boxer! Known in the east as Mike Bison and in the west as Balrog! Y'know, Capcom could've just renamed him as, say, Mike Buffalo; would've made things less confusing.
tsntana oh my god you're totally right! I apologize! Balrog says "My fists have your blood OF them." in World Warrior and Champion Edition! That's insane!!
Street Fighter has so many great themes but they really all collectively have a certain language within them. Even though they're all really different they all have this feeling of "Step right up if you dare, I'm ready for you."
@ComeOnGaming Balrog didn't starting announcing his turn punch until Hyper Fighting. I agree he wasn't lame - just harder to win with. Short and low jumps to avoid fireballs were his main weakness.
I remember playing the World Warrior version and his charge takes a long time. It was scary because he just knocked me down and immediately turned while I was still trying to get up. I thought it was gonna be an instant K.O for sure.
@armstrong2mcgrady2k1 The rename for the villains who were unplayable in SFII was because the heavyweight boxer was patterned after real-life boxer Mike 'Tyson' (which 'Bison' was a pun on) and, to avoid breaching copyright, they had to rename him 'Balrog' and renamed the Spanish clawman 'Vega' and the dictator 'M Bison'; only Sagat's name stayed the same in the States and UK.
love how the intro begins
yeah its awsome
+Gaston Noblia GETS U PUMPED!!!! ROCKY STYLE!
=)
Favorite part!
If you want a better version: ruclips.net/video/uWUORLBbwP0/видео.html
Yes !! 💙💚💙
ANY boxing match on PPV in Vegas should play this theme
Yess
imagine Balrog as a secret boxer in Punch Out.
Fire
He basically is since he's a Tyson clone
is mike balrog
I dig it
I think Dudley would be cooler.
One of the most underrated songs in the game. It's one of the best in my opinion.
The best...
Really creates the right vibe for the stage =D
I don't think it's underrated. Prob 2nd most popular theme from the game behind Ryu's
It's because we kinda h8 Boxer.
CPS1 was one hell of a sound chip. It's instrumentation was very primitive by today's standards but still managed to sound larger than life despite this.
And to think that the EXACT same soundchip was used for *Street Fighter 1*
And we all know how the music is in the original.
It's unimaginable.
well, not really... CPS1 was the CP System Version 1. which was a chip system for Capcom games. The 2 soundchips included in the chip system were the Yamaha's YM2151 for FM sounds and the Oki's OKI6295 for the sample sounds
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@@Adrian.R850 Err, not really...Street Fighter 1 ran on some custom arcade board we know very little of. I think it was the same as Bionic Commando and Tiger Road
The instrumental seems Sonic's instrumental
Thank you miss Yoko Shimomura for this unforgettable soundtrack 👏👏👏
She is definitely one of gaming's greatest composers! :)
Wait she really did this?
@@rush99Yes, she did my friend and even Final fight soundtrack.
@@marcusmayo She also composer for kingdom hearts franchise, super mario rpg original and return to for the super mario rpg remake, and she was the composer of the Mario and Luigi RPG series.
I met her in real life before and not only is she multi talented she’s also very beautiful 💃🏻😍
This song (and this version specifically) gets you so hype like it's the Floyd Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight bout to go down, some big ol' school era prime Tyson fight bout to go down, or Apollo Creed vs. Rocky or Apollo Creed vs. Ivan Drago. Epic. Like you're in the center of the boxing / glamour universe for that second with all the celebs in the crowd waiting.
Re Lax balrog will kill all the legends with one punch
Re Lax I feel ya my dude
*Re Lax* 1) I'd think Rocky vs Drago more. 2) But I'm more a Sword duel fan, so I imagine like: Tommy (White Ranger) & Saba vs Tommy (Green Ranger) & Sword of Darkness. *PLEASE* look up Mighty Morphin Power Rangers if you're unsure of these things!!
@fml nope, balrog would kill him with a single punch
I remember when I was at the biggest arcade of Mizonokuchi and I started my first fight against Bison in 1991, I wish I could go back to those days
"My fists have your blood of them."
Talk about poor grammar in that quote.lol They rectify that in Super Street Fighter 2.
"Your tooth is everywhere...pick em up before they get lost"
"Go home and be a family man" - Guile, to Chun-Li
A huge typo that never ever fixed even after all of those rereleases that Street Fighter 2 had up until SSF2.
Big dork moment: When the Balrog shows up in Lord of the Rings, this plays out in my head.
Pretty damn dorky, but i dont blame you.
+Anthony Bird You--shall--not--PASS! THREE! *PUNCH*
Anthony Bird fuck u
@@lambda494: "The Gambling Chips will not avail you, Servant of Shadowlaw!!"
LOW SWEEP, YOU FOOLS!
Balrog's/M.Bison theme is so fucking good.
Yeah . Both are my fav !!!
elRivera I listen to Balrog's theme over and over again.
elRivera balrog vs Mike Tyson
His theme is the reason why i mained him in SFII xD
@@famisepta7308 More boxers is always a good thing haha
You know, the Street Fighter 2 OST was probably the soundtrack that got me into VGM in the first place. I must only have been about 6 or so, but I remember my father bringing back a CD free with a magazine with this on it. I recorded a tape off it and listened to it all the damn time. It would always calm me down when I was distressed, lol.
Of course FF7 sealed the deal (and Star Ocean 2 signed it in triplicate), but listening to some of the Street Fighter tracks again now I'm surprised by how good they are. A lot of them are very catchy, at least; even in the later titles (T. Hawk, Rose, Rolento, and C. Jack from EX come to mind).
Fun fact for some folks who may not know, the music for Street Fighter 2 was done by the same person who did Kingdom Hearts series, Front Mission, Parasite Eve, Legend of Mana, among many others - Yoko Shimomura, a true legend in VGM who is now at work on Final Fantasy XV.
SGTBizarro Yeah, I recently read up about that actually, and saw a couple of interviews with her. She also apparently did Tobal No. 1 and Super Mario RPG which made me do a double-take. It's funny how there are some composers who have a very distinctive style even to the point of sounding repetitive (Sakuraba is probably the best example I can think of - and perhaps a less contentious one in Sakimoto) but others sound very, very different. Quality shines always through, though.
SGTBizarro Yoko Shimomura did the soundtrack for sf2? Awesome!
Harkz0r Yea man, Star Ocean 2 had some damn good music. Another Mega Drive game that had decent tracks was Blades of Vengeance.
+Harkz0r Have you heard the chrono trigger sound track. Just simply amazing
17 PERSONS LOST ALL THEIR MONEY IN CASINOS.
MY FIGHT MONEY!!!!!@!!
now 50 XD
Now 61
@@carlosivanmercadogovea6396 Now 62
xd
RIP to that one guy in the background who always seems to bet on the loser of every match.
When this plays Balrog loses no fight money.
The tempo is an illusion, it keeps seeming to speed up when it doesnt, i'm amazed!
Street Fighter 2's musical themes should be studied in school: they are legendary 😎😎😎
Mike Tyson's dreams sound like this
Mike Bison*
Mikth tysonth
@@nuyorican91st 🤣
@@animesongsingoodquality7194 gladth you likth ith
@@PatrickMcCawFitnessOfficial I don't think they know. Lol
"MY FIGHT MONEEEEY!"
Wait, wrong game....
It's the right series but different game titles
"HUZZAH"
Wait.... wrong game.
HOORAAAH!
Wait...... Wrong game
Say anything this is better than Guille's Ken's and Ryu's theme combined, you cannot convince me othervise.
He was supposed to M.Bison in japan version aka Mike Tyson.
Was changed to Balrog on the Us version due to fear of copyright.
CPS１の頃のFM音源は独特で素晴らしい。特にガイルの音色がどのようにして作られているのか知りたい。ゲームボーイやアーケードなどのFMゲーム音楽はドット絵と同じく芸術として扱われるべきだと思う。
Oh yeah, I specially like how the cpu does those charge attacks without even charging.
How I learned that ki attacks were overrated... 10 times! I lost at least $5 to this asswipe back in the arcades because his charges came without warning!
That is, until you realize that crouching makes you invincible from those charge attack
These cansiones were you feeling that filled the street figther play !!!!! One of the most memorable filled me with tears just hearing the song a good memory of my childhood years greetings from mexico fans of street figther
The actual reason the guys in the Hangover had memory loss is because they had a run in with Balrog.
A comment from another age
"I'll bite your goddamn ear off!!"
@KurdischerHengst7 No,this isnt an actual line from him
Lmao someone understands!!
Always takes me back 25 years when I hear this
Haha. Sadly I don't think I ever got that far. I always died before that.
when you heard this song in the arcade back in the day you knew someone had made it to the street fighter 2 bosses, so we'd all gather round to see if they could go all the way lol
Balrog & Zangief have the best theme songs on Super Street Fighter ✌
Add along cammy and i totally agree.
+Thomson Hand yeah
Ken and Vega's theme too
Diego Jorquera ken theme is epic
Balrog, Guile and Ryu have the best.
Sou um admirador desses áudios!! Marcou a minha infância!!🙌🙌🙌🙌
I'm a Balrog main and I can agree how dangerous it is to fight with no kicks in a game when characters can jump across the arena and throw projectiles. Hands only with close range attacks only.
You gotta be very careful in when to throw them punches or not, given that you leave yourself open wide for counter-attacks.
I love this character and his cartoony greedy personality.
The golden age of Street Fighter 🙂
The golden age and it’s peak of Street Fighter was at its birth years
@@x-Abraham-x2 👍
Sounds like as Genesis.
the soundchip is nearly identical.
Pretty much identical sound because the arcades at the time including SF2 used the YM2151. The Sega Genesis uses the YM2612, a somewhat stripped version of it.
daveshen0880 yeah
Not quite the same at all actually one is far superior to the next
BIGGIEDEVIL Far superior is an overstatement. There's barely much differences. Now before you go on to push the Mega Drive hate agenda (which I know is something you would do because I've seen you in a gazillion comment sections doing such), let me explain the very minor differences FM wise. The arcade's YM2151 only has two more sound channels and extra detune over the YM2612, but the YM2612 has the ability of SSG-EG. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less. Hell, someone did a music edit SFII CE on Mega Drive to use the arcade instruments and it sounds very similar to the arcade game.
ruclips.net/video/hLyVmgXEiac/видео.html
I remember that EPIC shirt rip and that "GET UP YOU WIMP" catchphrase
makes me want to rip my shirt when i flex
Man, this version of Balrog/Bison's theme shits all over the SNES version. WITH diarrhea! It can't touch those CPS1 snares, claps, and electric piano.
Alex Enschede I agree, the SNES chip is great. But not for SFII, and I'm not blaming the SNES but Capcom for making the music lame.
Gender Neutral Chibi Thing It's the BASS that was shit on the SNES version, the Megadrive/Genesis bass was far superior. Also Super SF2 was a big improvement on the SNES.
ojideagu I actually thought a lot of already existing tunes fared even worse in SSF2, because they had to be compressed to fit.
Capcom's incompetence shows, just look at SSF2 Genesis. The music was HORRIBLE, and the game was fucking 40 Megabits! Most games were lucky to get past 25, 40 is huge, so the game should at least have something redeeming, right? Even with the extra size, there's still some missing animations (like Guile's idle movements). And the SNES music sounds like they just took the arcade music and compressed it to fit, it sounds horribly whiny because of it.
Gender Neutral Chibi Thing You can definitely feel the compression on Guiles SSF2 theme on Snes, but I still think the drums are good. (Many commercial tracks today have drums compressed to death, just listen to any modern metal) That's not the same as Data compression but produces a similar sound! But yes the melodies on SNES are often whiny and tinny. But Fei Longs theme is better than the arcade IMO I too don't understand why the Genesis version was so terrible, and quiet!!
ojideagu I thought Fei-Long's was one of the better ones on the Genesis, but that's not saying much. The SNES version is pretty good, but I wouldn't say it surpasses the arcade. Do yourself a favor and listen to the CPS1/Sharp X68000 version, in my opinion that's the best.
La versión CPS1 sigue siendo la mejor. Esa campana que entra en el segundo tiempo del octavo compas, que te descoloca, es sublime.
Yoko Shimomura is a brilliant composer
part of the charm of ww and ce is the music, one of the reasons I don't like super and super turbo is because they changed how the music sounds. this is how the real sf2 music should sound.
+kainthevampireduck thats because super street fighter got newer sound hardware. CPS1 was very similar to genesis hardware and CPS2 pretty much had enhanced snes sound hardware.
Why can't they make good music like this for the current Street Fighters? I don't wanna fight to that new music! I wanna fight to THIS! This was motivational music for me. I modded SF4 on PC with all Street Fighter II's music. I had to. Thanks to all the uploaders for that GOOD music.
Someone needs to remix the first 4 seconds and make it a sick ass beat to trap or something can't get enough of it
The beginning with the drums is the best thing in all of Street Fighter ! ! !
This is my fav song of SFII. The work with the trumpets as accompaniment is superb!
you too?! :-)
When I do cardio with jump rope, this song plays in my head and psyches me up... lol!
This really reminds me of The King of Dragons(which was also scored by Shimomura)
Un buen higt energy
Can’t think of Las Vegas without this tune popping in my head.
"my fists have your blood on them"
this is a beautiful theme
always has such a nice sound to it
Best Intro I heard on a street fighter track!
no headphones : 🙂🙂
aaaaa but with headphones : 😈😈💣💣
uso esses audios , da infancia para correr e treinar hoje em dia
The Boxer! Known in the east as Mike Bison and in the west as Balrog!
Y'know, Capcom could've just renamed him as, say, Mike Buffalo; would've made things less confusing.
Next time I go to Vegas I’m playing this as I roll onto the Strip.
Esta cancion me transporta al pasado y me limpia la vida de todos los inconvenientes grasias por esa magia que solo tu me das
Se llama nostalgia bro
Best SF theme.
When Balrog is in rage mode he'll be like " hooaahooaahooaahoooaaaa" while doing his multiple dash punches.
If using E. Honda, i found out that you can use the throw input when he dashes towards you, and it will connect.
Makes me think of flashing signs and casinos.
Mike Tyson's soundtrack
"My fists have your blood on them."
Actually, it's "My fists have your blood of them" on all the CPS1 versions.
tsntana ???????
@@rickxd8728 Look up "Street Fighter 2 Balrog" and you'll see. :)
tsntana that's what my comment literally said, what he hell are you talking about
tsntana oh my god you're totally right! I apologize! Balrog says "My fists have your blood OF them." in World Warrior and Champion Edition! That's insane!!
I love how this stage looks
if i was a professional boxer this would be my walk our track
Street Fighter has so many great themes but they really all collectively have a certain language within them. Even though they're all really different they all have this feeling of "Step right up if you dare, I'm ready for you."
Balrog is so awesome, he got his own documentary.
Wujuuuu a bailaaar
This song exudes the glitz and the cigar smoke smell of Balrog's Las Vegas stage like no other.
Welcome to Las Vegas
Super lovely music, sweet childhood memories 😭😭
i like Guile and Ryu's theme...then this one :) !! CPS 1 tracks are the best music versions, hands down.
This is one of my faves tracks on SF
I like it XD
Ta loco que genia la compositora de estos inolvidables sonido q nos acompaño toda nuestra infancia,👏😁
I feel like such a gangsta when I listen to this (and trust I'm not even close).
@ComeOnGaming Balrog didn't starting announcing his turn punch until Hyper Fighting. I agree he wasn't lame - just harder to win with. Short and low jumps to avoid fireballs were his main weakness.
Balrog got paid well with this song!
Awesome sounds like the childhood
masterpiece
best balrog theme version , also the original. 1991, 1992, baby
I remember playing the World Warrior version and his charge takes a long time. It was scary because he just knocked me down and immediately turned while I was still trying to get up. I thought it was gonna be an instant K.O for sure.
would lose my shit if any actual real boxer walked out to this music
Balrog SF4 quotes are cool "Time to get paid." "I AM THE CHAMP!" and his defeat quote "MY FIGHT MONEY!!!!!!!!!!" lol
Balrog en las Vegas ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡!!!!!!!!!!!!
@armstrong2mcgrady2k1 The rename for the villains who were unplayable in SFII was because the heavyweight boxer was patterned after real-life boxer Mike 'Tyson' (which 'Bison' was a pun on) and, to avoid breaching copyright, they had to rename him 'Balrog' and renamed the Spanish clawman 'Vega' and the dictator 'M Bison'; only Sagat's name stayed the same in the States and UK.
*YOU! SHALL NOT! PASS!!!*
Gandalf vs. Balrog: double KO
I blasted the shit out of this song while I was in Vegas this weekend!
"One!, two!, three!!"
Gostaria de ouvir esses temas também quando alguem está quase perdendo a luta, onde a música fica acelerada. Sabem?
No estoy llorando T.T solo mis ojos están sudando adrenalina
Mike Tyson, Holyfield, Foreman, Douglas
The legend
Melhor áudio nostalgia pura ❤️😍
This song is money
Epic Balrog
This version is amazing!!
I like the "Sexy Trunks" OC ReMix myself, but this is pretty good too.
This remains Balrog's best theme
"I broke my back, my back is broken. Spinal!"
favorite clap sound in BGM
Best version of this track.
Balrog,ryu,ken and ending theme are my favorit song
Reminds me of Knuckles Chaotix