The folks over at Sumthing have posted some gushing praise for the Final Fight soundtrack, and as a fellow VGM advocate I gotta agree with their kind words!

One of the key differences that separates Final Fight from other game scores, and scores of this same kind of formula (i.e. Double Dragon, Crime City, Burning Fight, River City Ransom) is that those compositions are at best contrived, composed on some expensive piano, directed by screenshots and written to convey something foreign to its creator. They read books, watched films, and talked to people associated with the undesirable element. Final Fight on the other hand sounds authentically criminal, crafted, bred and born by the hands of gifted sociopaths who have meticulously projected the odor of gas burning flesh, the blight of trash laden alleys and the corner peddler of illicit trades. When these composers get together, you either pay tribute or get out of their way.

Yowza! Head on over to their blog for the full write up . And while I’m here, I gotta give a shout out to the Sega CD version and its updated OST. So good!