Best Fighting Game Music

[Forsaken Lover]

In this day and age, it's the RPG and JRPG that tend to dominate "best of" lists. It's like a lot of people think you can't have a genuinely good piece of music in certain genres of gaming.

Granted there are a lot of orgasm-inducing JRPG soundtracks out there (Xenogears) but I was revisiting the greatness that was SNK and man did they turn out some of the best music I've ever heard in video games. Didn't have the big overblown orchestras or ominous chants but they didn't smurfing need them.

So yes - what are your favorite fighting game tunes? Feel free to post the original or arranged versions.

I'll start off with a father-son duo of awesomeness.

[krissy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xufDmX-xI0c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT8RJVEG67Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWFFYVNeP4Q

who do some eoff posts edit the youtube links into the youtube titles, and some dont?

[ShinGundam]

Asuka 120% BURNING Fest. X68K version
Asuka 120% BURNING Fest. - Suzuki Megumi (X68000) - YouTube

Zero Divide
Zero Divide - Assault - YouTube

Genei Tougi: Shadow Struggle:
PS Geneitougi - Shadow Struggle OST - Kei Stage - YouTube

Super Variable Geo
♥VGM #23~ Super Variable Geo - Reimi - YouTube

Advanced Variable Geo 2
Advanced V G 2 - Satomi Stage - YouTube
Advanced V G 2 - Ayako Stage - YouTube

Gundam Wing
Gundam Wing: Endless Duel - Player Choose [Super Famicom] Music - YouTube
Gundam Wing: Endless Duel - VS Screen [Super Famicom] Music - YouTube

[krissy]

Marvel Vs. Capcom 2: Character Select - YouTube

Marvel vs Capcom 3 - Theme of Spider Man - YouTube

Battle Arena Toshinden - Kayin - Theme - YouTube

Battle Arena Toshinden - Sofia Theme - YouTube

Tekken 3: Jin Kazama's Theme - YouTube

[NinjaCoachZ]

Goodbye Esaka from King of Fighters 2000. As someone with a serious weakness for guitars, I had a massive eargasm the first time I heard it.
The King of Fighters 2000 - Goodbye Esaka (Arranged) - YouTube

I've always been fond of the Electric Fountain theme from Tekken 6.
Tekken 6 Soundtrack: Electric Fountain - YouTube

And Charlie's theme from Street Fighter Alpha never fails to fill me with nostalgia.
Street Fighter Alpha - Charlie Stage Theme - YouTube

[krissy]

Ehrgeiz Soundtrack - Continental Train (Yoko's Stage) - YouTube

Soul Calibur II - Eternal Struggle (Cervantes Theme) - YouTube

Soul Calibur Original Soundtrack - In The Name Of Father (Nightmare Theme) - YouTube

[black orb]

>>> Any soul calibur OST, is probably the best fighting game music out there..

[Polnareff]

I am NOT posting a bunch of links.

I'll just name off games that I think have awesome soundtracks.

Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Street Fighter Alpha 2
All the Street Fighter EX games
Toshinden 1, 2, and 3
Fatal Fury Special
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2
Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition
Every King of Fighters game except 2001-2003
Star Gladiator
Rival Schools series
Samurai Shodown
Guilty Gear XX
Hokuto no Ken
Power Instinct 4: Matrimelee
Evil Zone
Pocket Fighter
Suikoenbu/Dark Legend
Marvel vs. series (especially Marvel vs. Capcom 1)