myau56 wrote:R-90-2 : this Touhou stage theme is excellent ! Didn't know about it but this music is great !
That's fair- even though there are multitudes of translation patches, the Touhou series hasn't gotten an official release in the West. The latter might change in the near future, but I wouldn't hold one's breath yet.
Back to subject- Okay, so while the mechanics of the Double Dragon beat'em up series have been on the iffy side at times, Technos was no slouch at soundtracks. Double Dragon was eventually picked up by Way Forward entertainment, who have been pretty good at "remastering" older games and putting them in the hands of the modern day, such as their work with Contra 4 and Ducktales- and they have a particular composer, Jake Kaufman, who is super-good at playing with older game tracks. The intersection of Jake Kaufman and a soundtrack that was already pretty good? That's what got us the soundtrack of Double Dragon Neon. While it's all really good stuff, here are my special faves from that.
Title theme- Dead or Alive
The Double Dragon theme. Made awesome but still recognizable. My favorite thing about this track is that if you listen well enough, you can hear that Jake actually used some of the FM chip notes from the original Double Dragon 1 arcade version of this piece.
Tube Riding
A surf mix of the final level theme from Double Dragon 1. Appropriate, because during this part of the level, you're surfing down an underground ice slope on the body of the plant/shark/T-Rex hybrid that was the previous level's boss.
Stage 2- Mango tango
Considering that Double Dragon Neon is about embracing a whole lot of '80s, something like this was inevitable. Again, though, Jake is good at what he does.