Twenty-five at the time of the game's release, Koshiro's work had been heard on preceding titles like action-platformer ActRaiser on the SNES, the Game Gear-specific version of Shinobi, and the first Streets of Rage. SEGA's side-scrolling fighter, the sequel to the company's original cooperative brawler of a year earlier, was largely accompanied by the music of Yuzo Koshiro. It also had- has-one of the greatest soundtracks of the 16-bit console era. The sleeve for Data Discs' 2016 vinyl version of the 'Streets of Rage 2' soundtrackġ992's Streets of Rage 2 isn't simply one of the best Mega Drive games of all time.
