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Legendary game composer Yuzo Koshiro to attend MAGFest

3:30 PM on 08.15.2012

Legendary game composer Yuzo Koshiro to attend MAGFest photo

As if I needed any more reasons to go to MAGFest!

We already knew that Kinuyo Yamashita, composer of the original Castlevania as well as Mega Man X3, will be in attendance, but now it's been announced that Yuzo Koshiro will appear as well. Even if you don't know Koshiro by name, you are definitely familiar with his work. He's one of the pioneers of FM synth, the sound boards available in many old gaming computers and most notably the Sega Genesis. His list of soundtrack credits is vast: Streets of Rage, The Revenge of Shinobi, Ys, ActRaiser, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, Shenmue, Beyond Oasis, Culdcept, and many more.

His work has also directly influenced the chiptune community. To that end, Koshiro will have a full DJ set of his music during the Q&A panel, definitely something you shouldn't miss if you love good game jams. In fact, enjoy the entire Streets of Rage soundtrack after the jump as an appetizer!

If you haven't yet signed up for MAGFest, held at the Gaylord National Hotel in Maryland from January 3-6, what are you waiting for?

Streets of Rage Soundtrack. [YouTube]

Tags:#Celebrities #Chiptunes #Events #MAGFest #Music #Sega

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Jinx 01

Awesome! I recorded the OSTs for RoS and SoR to cassette tape from the sound test screen so I could listen to him. The day I got a stereo-Y cable to hook my Genesis up in stereo (need to use the headphone jack) is one I STILL remember. Street of Rage in stereo, OH YEAH.

ludex

Oh. My. God!

skullskullskull

fuck yes Yuzo Koshiro is one of my all time fav composers

BenelliM4

Oh shit, ActRaiser. Excuse me while I bathe in palpable nostalgia for a bit.

breakstart

Wangan Midnight and Etrian Odyssey, fuck yeah!

Asmith906

F yeah streets of rage 1 soundtrack is godly

rokNrolenemyNo1

Coincidentally, I have been REALLY digging the Streets of Rage OST these past couple weeks. I was never a huge Sega kid so I missed out on a lot of it's excellent music.

Jinx 01

I heard he did the soundtrack for the GameGear version of Sonic 1, too (which is supposedly a good game in its own right, not just a scaled down copy).

PrinceHeir

awesome :D

Jayson Napolitano

Man, this is amazing news. Gotta get some of the cover bands to build up their Koshiro tributes.

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