Friday, October 17, 2003

Street Fighter tribute album planned
Posted by White_Pointer @ 16:05:50 AEST
As part of Capcom's celebrations of Street Fighter II's 15 Anniversary, they have recently announced that they will be releasing an tribute CD which will feature theme songs from the SF2 series, reorchestrated by 12 of the Japan's most respected game music composers. The full list of composers is as follows:

- Ayako Sasou (Ridge Racer series, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance)
- Hiroaki Yoshida (Fighter's History, Chernov)
- Kouji Hayama (Chou Aniki series)
- Manami Matsumae (Mega Man, Derby Stallion)
- Motoaki Furukawa (Gladius series, Guitar Freaks series)
- Shinji Hosoe (Dragon Spirit, Ridge Racer series)
- Takayuki Aihira (Tekken 2, Street Fighter EX series)
- Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (Daytona USA series, Virtua Fighter series)
- Yasuhisa Watanabe (Border Down, Metal Black)
- Yasunori Mitsuda (Xenosaga, Chrono Cross)
- Youko Shimomura (Street Fighter II, Kingdom Hearts)
- Yuzou Koshiro (Y's, Sonic the Hedgehog)

Titled the Street Fighter II Tribute Album, the CD is scheduled for a Japanese release on December 17th and will retail for 3,150 yen (about US$29). No word yet on whether Capcom are planning to release the CD outside of Japan.