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Street Fighter V - Character Themes found in the PC Beta files

Disappointed with Karin's theme, I wanted it to be similar to SFA3.

Ryu's is absolutely perfect though. Loved Nash's too and how it sounds like SFA2.

Edit: hey, it's PC, we can mod the songs, right?
 
Disappointed with Karin's theme, I wanted it to be similar to SFA3.

Ryu's is absolutely perfect though. Loved Nash's too and how it sounds like SFA2.

Edit: hey, it's PC, we can mod the songs, right?

Hopefully it's easier than in SFIV. I tried modding Rose's theme to her Alpha 3 one and it was complicated as hell. It was much simpler to do stage themes if I remember, though, so maybe it'll be the same in V.
 
Karin's theme is so ace, hot damn does it hit all the right notes for me. Vega's is right up there with it too. What a badass theme.
 
They got Alex's theme locked up in there somewhere right? RIGHT?

I liked Necalli's the best. Cool new character, too, had a lot more fun playing with him than anyone else so far.
 
the art and sound direction in this game just blows SFIV out of the water
SFIV was actually really interesting for the time. Keep in mind 2D fighters were mostly dead and it was early PS3 era so it got more judged more leniently. The ink effects and unique art style were impressive back in 2008 or so.

That said, you are absolutely right
 
Dem Ryu and Ken money maker themes. Hot dayum. I really hope they let you pick tracks on this game along with stages. Loving Karin's theme too.
 
You know what? The music's great, the art style's nice, and they've made some fun choices with the roster... I'm really looking forward to this game.

It surprises me how even with how many times the Street Fighter 2 characters' themes have been remixed, they can still come up with fun new versions that sound good. I'll buy a soundtrack if they do one.

EDIT: And WOW, that might be my favorite rendition or Ryu's theme. It's so dramatic!
 
I was getting prepared to say Ken's was definitely the best among them all, but then Karin's comes out of nowhere and floors you. Holy shit her theme is awesome. :O
 
Man, every song for the China stage is really bad. Way too repetitive.

It's like, Brazil and Kanzuki Estate are actually good
then Forgotten Waterfall and round 1 of Union Station are decent
and then the rest of the stage themes are straight basura

What the hell
 
Quick thoughts:

- Holy shit, best rendition of Vega's theme to date. I've been of the opinion that every arrangement after the WW original has been kinda dogshit, but this version is ace.

- Indifferent on Birdie's theme. Cool that they mixed in both his Alpha & 2 themes, though.

- Cammy's theme is cool, but I think the SFIV version is still better. (In all fairness, that was probably one of the few really, really good character themes from IV)

- Not really feeling Chu's theme. Kind of a shame that her only decent theme in the last decade was from TvC.

- Best version of Ken's theme since Alpha 2, hands down.

- Um holy shit, Karin's theme is amazing. I like how they implemented a bit of Simple Rating's melody into the theme.

- Necalli's is pretty cool.

- I absolutely love that Charlie's theme starts with his Alpha 2 ending theme. Best Charlie theme since XvSF.

- I think this is legitimately the best version of Ryu's theme. There's been some good ones (Alpha 2, XvSF, TvC, the Vs. Akuma/Gouken variations in IV), but this one blows them out of the water.

- Bison's theme is okay. I like his SFIV one more.
 
holy fuck claw's theme
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necalli's pretty good
ryu's pretty epic goddamn
 
How come these are 100x better than the non theme songs? Almost all of them are awesome. I'm still modding EX and Alpha songs in, though :P
 
Chun-Li's underwhelming theme just adds to my conspiracy theory that they're taking every interesting thing about her away for reasons unknown.
 
Kinda wish nash's theme matched more with his new look. The beginning was nice but then the rest was a tad underwhelming. Liked Karins theme but I definitely miss her alpha 3 theme. That small part at the end wasn't enough.
 
That Vega theme, holy shit. Ken's theme remains awesome, of course. Ryu's theme is pretty good, too.

Edit: Digging Karin's theme a lot.
 
man sf5's music is so much better than sf4
...i still wish they'd go back to the 3rd strike style, but this is great
 
Karin's theme got that SEGA/Sonic Team vibe.

man sf5's music is so much better than sf4
...i still wish they'd go back to the 3rd strike style, but this is great

I think I still prefer Ryu's SFIV theme to his SFV theme, but yeah the rest are generally better.
 
Holy crap, Vega's theme sounds just like Ace Combat Zero's track, "Zero", which is incidentally the greatest piece of video game music ever made (to me :P).
 
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