You lost me instantly when you placed Sagat last. I'll remember that theme on my deathbed, decades from now. It's easily one of the most memorable, unique, and fitting. It's such a chill interlude coming after Balrog and Vega, before leading into Bison's final stage. Total nonsense to have it in 17th place.
Guile's theme wins hands down, no argument, but T Hawk's theme is shockingly underrated. It may not be the best fit for the character himself, but it's catchy and exciting as hell. I used to crank the volume during WNF ST tournaments when they played on Hawk's stage.
I agree with you , even me , I preferred guiles's theme and thawks music is 2nds best. An American fight for justice & while hawk's grew in Mexico, he's ancient descendant is American.
Great topic. The SF2 soundtrack is one of the best video game scores of all time, and it’s sad for me to admit, as someone who loves 3S and SF4, but the SF2 music blows the rest of the series completely out of the water, and Capcom probably feels the same way because they’ve been recycling these themes for almost 30 years. Also, I always wondered who wrote the SF2 score but for some reason never really bothered to look into it. When I found out who it was, I was shocked and delighted. Yoko Shimomura went on to have an enormously successful career, composing the music for Kingdom Hearts, which I have never played (which is part of why I never learned who she was) and the soundtrack of which is revered. Also, after listening to this stuff for decades, it blew my mind to realize that the music was composed by a young woman. I have loved all kinds of art by all kinds of women over the years and, for example, was not taken aback to learn that the incredibly violent The Hurt Locker was directed by a woman, but most of the music is so intense and full of aggression that it just never occurred to me. A lot of these pieces are among the most intense and heartbeat-raising music I can think of a woman having written. There are some great documentaries about her and her journey of writing the SF2 score and becoming an international music giant near overnight that you should check out (and link to them in this video’s description!)
As soon as you decided to type "I'm a feminist" to justify whatever you thought was something that needed to be said... it just made your whole statement invalid. Take it as you will.
@@RtistiqSkubie just edited the post not to please you but because you reminded me of something I was foolish to forget: that millions of people will see the word “feminist” and immediately have a seizure.
I have a mental block with Ryu's theme when I try to recall them all from memory. For a long time I wondered why, then I realised it's because I used ot always play as Ryu, so I heard his theme the least. XD
Hi John, Love this video and I agree for the most part. I am not a fan of it but would have probably put Dhalsim's a little higher because it has such a strong tie to his nationality. For the same sorta reason I would bring T-Hawk's down a little. I like the theme but it doesn't say Mexico to me.
I agree that Guile's theme is best. The best version of these songs is SSFII Turbo for PC. It is really polished and less 16-bit sounding. In fact, you can throw the CD-ROM into any CD player and just play the tracks like a regular music CD.
You may be surprised by this considering my TH-cam handle and photo, but Zangief’s is my favorite and is my morning alarm. Great list, EH. I agree with it all after your explanation behind the why for each placement.
No love for Blanka's theme in the comments, so I have to say it's top 5 in my book! Also Fei long way to high and Boxer way too low. To each his own! Cool video!
You can easily tell serious fans/players of SF2 apart from posing zoomers, because the latter have no idea why Sagat's theme is so good. It's all in the detail - specifically, the crazy section of the track right near the end, which you only get to hear when playing if your fight against Sagat almost reaches the time limit. :D
Akumas theme was top 3 for me. It definitely fit him as a secondary final boss. It makes the fight feel very intense like how he just kills bison out of nowhere. And it does make an emotional impact, trying to get you to try and beat this mysterious person who just easily killed bison
The only problem with Fei Long's theme is whenever people produce a cover version they focus only on the main melody and totally overlook that 80% of what makes the theme awesome is the repeating refrain that comes in between the melodic sections. That deep five-note repeating beat has so much power to it.
I personally prefer Bison Stage A from World Warrior, because the dark tone and more noticeable bell sounds make it more eerie and fitting of his character. Also Ken and Vega's themes were better then as well.
The great thing about Bison's track is it works both ways. If he's smashing you to pieces then it feels ominous and hopeless, but if you're actually winning it suddenly sounds really inspirational and the accelerating tune helps you play even better.
Great video! I wrote out a list of my own, and shudder to think I may publish a vid of my own, everyone is so critical! Its a list, subjective. Thanks for the effort. Disagree on Balrog, think you were bang-on with Sagat and M.Bison.
I was blown away by Guile's theme decades before it was a meme, I used to play it sometimes just to get to Guile's stage. I even bought the PS1 version just to have the track on CD back in the day.
WOW Sagat at 17, I will digress sir. In my opinion it may not the best becuase of how memorable are some of the tracks, but it the most interesting of them all. I love the way you mentioned how the instrument may clash at times, when I was little I always wondered what made it sound so weird and different. After learning and studying some music theory, one day the song clicked to me. It feels weird because of how complex is the song structure. The time signatures and the different layers and instrument choices get an almost polyrythmic vibe to it (which means that it feels out of sync but it comes together nicely after some music bars, kinda... idk how to explain that well). Also what the fuck, it is the hardest song to play. A masterpiece in my opinion.
E.Honda’s theme from Super Street Fighter 2 from Super Nintendo is the most catchiest to me, but Guile’s Theme is the only theme that stands above it. My top 5 themes are Guile’s theme, E.Honda’s theme, Fei Long’s theme, Chun Li’s Theme, and Ryu’s theme.
Street Fighter 2 had music that actually fit the character's fiber of their being with unique instruments and style from their respective countries. The music from the following street fighter games felt soulless by adding modern electronic, jazzy beats.
I'd say that Sagat's theme fits a different aspect of him, like yes Sagat is strong and powerful, but he's more sophisticated than that. Sagat is honorable, and I feel like the relaxed nature still captures that aspect by subverting expectations that there's more to Sagat than being a villain.
Damn, i think FEI long at 2# place is a superb hot take cus ken theme it's Almost iconic and catchy as guile's theme, represents very well the character itself, it's epic and, even the main ken player can be represented by the electricity of the song you know By the way good video
Please do the original cps1 street fighter 2 version. I am pretty sure that your opinions will change after hearing each track the way it was supposed to sound
nice video, however can barely actually hear the music, especially kens for example. Would be better if you turned the audio up for the music when you aren't talking at the beginning. apart from that was a awesome watch
01- Ryu 02- Guile 03- Cammy 04- FeiLong 05- Ken 06- Akuma 07- Chun Li 08- Vega 09- Balrog 10- Sagat (Alpha 2 versión Is better) 11- Dee Jay 12- T Hawk 13- M Bisón (Alpha 2 versión Is much better) 14- Blanka 15- E Honda 16- Zangief 17- Dahlsim
I was hoping you'd let us listen a bit more of each track it's like 2 seconds and then you start talking non stop over the audio 😅 great content other than that
This is way too subjective a topic for this list to really mean anything and Hyper Fighting's mixes were better (mostly).... still loved the vid though!
ARE YOU NUTS?! Sagat's theme at 17th?!!?
::logs off::
It's hilarious how basically the entire comment section is people disagreeing with the video.
Whaaaaa? Sagats theme is amazing. Interesting uses of time signatures and harmonies too.
No.
@@zerase84yes
Sagats mid
Sagat’s theme is grating to listen to, has edgelord timing, and even sounds off-key at times. I agree with the video that it should be last.
@@Lepidopterous. What in blazes does “edgelord timing” mean you mean 11/8????
You lost me instantly when you placed Sagat last. I'll remember that theme on my deathbed, decades from now. It's easily one of the most memorable, unique, and fitting. It's such a chill interlude coming after Balrog and Vega, before leading into Bison's final stage. Total nonsense to have it in 17th place.
sagat's theme is totally forgettable if u pick random dudes to vote their favourite street fighter theme
Guile's theme wins hands down, no argument, but T Hawk's theme is shockingly underrated. It may not be the best fit for the character himself, but it's catchy and exciting as hell. I used to crank the volume during WNF ST tournaments when they played on Hawk's stage.
It always makes me feel slightly sad listening to it, and that I thought fit the character well.
I agree with you , even me , I preferred guiles's theme and thawks music is 2nds best. An American fight for justice & while hawk's grew in Mexico, he's ancient descendant is American.
Sagat's Theme is the worst!? Someone needs a Tiger Uppercut for that choice.
This whole list became non valid when I saw that
Ken's theme should have taken second place
Barlog and Cammy's themes should be a lot higher 😡
The only thing i wouldn't agree is the value of catchy for ryu's theme, a 7 feels too low, i mean it's easily more catchy than fei long's
Agreed
Agreed. Ryu, Ken and Guile themes in the top 3 slots.
If you'd shut up for a freaking second I could hear it.
1-guile
2-ken
3-cammy
4-ryu
5-akuma
6-fei long
7-vega
8-balrog
9-t hawk
10-bison
11-dee jay
12-sagat
13-blanka
14-zangief
15-chun li
16-dhalsim
17-honda
Sagats theme is supposed to be offset layering.
The only thing I can say is this is a reminder of how good and classic this OST is. The only one I don't jam to is Akuma. Incredible overall
100% disagree about Bison’s theme. It feels so ominous and threatening. Also, Fei Long’s? Way, WAY overrated.
This is the highest Zangeif has ever been on a tier list.
That was pretty damn good
But also... watch out for SF6. Grapplers -might- be kinda crazy
In Soviet Russia, Zangief gets 10th Place
Great topic. The SF2 soundtrack is one of the best video game scores of all time, and it’s sad for me to admit, as someone who loves 3S and SF4, but the SF2 music blows the rest of the series completely out of the water, and Capcom probably feels the same way because they’ve been recycling these themes for almost 30 years. Also, I always wondered who wrote the SF2 score but for some reason never really bothered to look into it. When I found out who it was, I was shocked and delighted. Yoko Shimomura went on to have an enormously successful career, composing the music for Kingdom Hearts, which I have never played (which is part of why I never learned who she was) and the soundtrack of which is revered. Also, after listening to this stuff for decades, it blew my mind to realize that the music was composed by a young woman. I have loved all kinds of art by all kinds of women over the years and, for example, was not taken aback to learn that the incredibly violent The Hurt Locker was directed by a woman, but most of the music is so intense and full of aggression that it just never occurred to me. A lot of these pieces are among the most intense and heartbeat-raising music I can think of a woman having written. There are some great documentaries about her and her journey of writing the SF2 score and becoming an international music giant near overnight that you should check out (and link to them in this video’s description!)
As soon as you decided to type "I'm a feminist" to justify whatever you thought was something that needed to be said... it just made your whole statement invalid.
Take it as you will.
@@RtistiqSkubie just edited the post not to please you but because you reminded me of something I was foolish to forget: that millions of people will see the word “feminist” and immediately have a seizure.
What in the absolute fuck are you talking about?!?! Akuma’s theme is PERFECTION for that battle
Sagat at 17th…then I stopped watching. F*** this list.
The Ryu theme from this game was the one that stuck with me first! And I love it! It’s my favorite Ryu theme!
I have a mental block with Ryu's theme when I try to recall them all from memory. For a long time I wondered why, then I realised it's because I used ot always play as Ryu, so I heard his theme the least. XD
Ryu’s theme is the most iconic too. Then Guile’s of course.
Top 5
5 - Chun Li
4 - Ryu
3 - Vega
2 - Ken
1 - Guile
Hi John,
Love this video and I agree for the most part. I am not a fan of it but would have probably put Dhalsim's a little higher because it has such a strong tie to his nationality. For the same sorta reason I would bring T-Hawk's down a little. I like the theme but it doesn't say Mexico to me.
I agree that Guile's theme is best.
The best version of these songs is SSFII Turbo for PC. It is really polished and less 16-bit sounding.
In fact, you can throw the CD-ROM into any CD player and just play the tracks like a regular music CD.
You may be surprised by this considering my TH-cam handle and photo, but Zangief’s is my favorite and is my morning alarm. Great list, EH. I agree with it all after your explanation behind the why for each placement.
Zangief's theme is also my alarm haha
@@rcho59-Great minds and all that…
I feel like Ken's theme works as the best alarm clock sound. That opening BWAAAAAAAAMMMMMM would wake the dead. XD
No love for Blanka's theme in the comments, so I have to say it's top 5 in my book!
Also Fei long way to high and Boxer way too low.
To each his own! Cool video!
Sagat's Theme is still the best. The time signature is specially cool.
You can easily tell serious fans/players of SF2 apart from posing zoomers, because the latter have no idea why Sagat's theme is so good. It's all in the detail - specifically, the crazy section of the track right near the end, which you only get to hear when playing if your fight against Sagat almost reaches the time limit. :D
RYU's theme is best on CPS1 by far, no version has ever matched it.
Akumas theme was top 3 for me. It definitely fit him as a secondary final boss. It makes the fight feel very intense like how he just kills bison out of nowhere. And it does make an emotional impact, trying to get you to try and beat this mysterious person who just easily killed bison
Is Zangief ranked wrong? You have him at 24 points but then the next two characters are 23 and 23.5.
I like every single theme in this game, been listening to them all my childhood
Street Fighter 2 has the best soundtrack in any fighting game period.
Hum hum... Fei long 2??????
Hard disagree on Sagat and Bison.
Thank god Feilong's theme is top 3
Well deserved 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I still get hyped listening to it 🔥🔥🔥
I think it’s the best song
The only problem with Fei Long's theme is whenever people produce a cover version they focus only on the main melody and totally overlook that 80% of what makes the theme awesome is the repeating refrain that comes in between the melodic sections. That deep five-note repeating beat has so much power to it.
This was a great video, I hope you do the rest of the Street Fighter games themes. I'm most interesting in your opinion of SF3: Third Strike.
Definitely looking to do so! It has some of the best themes in the franchise
I'm calling it. Ibuki's theme is number 1 even though I despise playing a good one.
@@raggaeldestro8609 For me, it's gonna be either Q or Alex theme.
@@SoulofXeno Alex/Ken's theme is really good. Actually most of them are super good.
Agree!! Character select theme is fire, Gill and Dudley's is also lit...heck the 3rd Strike is a complete package!!!
I personally prefer Bison Stage A from World Warrior, because the dark tone and more noticeable bell sounds make it more eerie and fitting of his character. Also Ken and Vega's themes were better then as well.
The great thing about Bison's track is it works both ways. If he's smashing you to pieces then it feels ominous and hopeless, but if you're actually winning it suddenly sounds really inspirational and the accelerating tune helps you play even better.
@@casbynessEXACTLY
Old school jams for the grown and sexy
Great video! I wrote out a list of my own, and shudder to think I may publish a vid of my own, everyone is so critical! Its a list, subjective. Thanks for the effort. Disagree on Balrog, think you were bang-on with Sagat and M.Bison.
Also huge deepcut kudos to feilong theme
I was blown away by Guile's theme decades before it was a meme, I used to play it sometimes just to get to Guile's stage.
I even bought the PS1 version just to have the track on CD back in the day.
I mained Fei back in the day and am a big fan of his, BUT his theme is waaaaay too high on this list
WOW Sagat at 17, I will digress sir. In my opinion it may not the best becuase of how memorable are some of the tracks, but it the most interesting of them all. I love the way you mentioned how the instrument may clash at times, when I was little I always wondered what made it sound so weird and different. After learning and studying some music theory, one day the song clicked to me. It feels weird because of how complex is the song structure. The time signatures and the different layers and instrument choices get an almost polyrythmic vibe to it (which means that it feels out of sync but it comes together nicely after some music bars, kinda... idk how to explain that well). Also what the fuck, it is the hardest song to play. A masterpiece in my opinion.
Brother literally put the three best themes in the game in the bottom three places!?!?!? Im sorry but this video is NOT valid.
I didn't think you rank Fei Long's theme so high.....😮😮😮
E.Honda’s theme from Super Street Fighter 2 from Super Nintendo is the most catchiest to me, but Guile’s
Theme is the only theme that stands above it. My top 5 themes are Guile’s theme, E.Honda’s theme, Fei Long’s theme, Chun Li’s Theme, and Ryu’s theme.
You lost me with Sagat at 17……. Definitely should be top 5
I stopped watching right there, flush the rest of the list...NFG
@@cellshock The man has no idea what he's talking about.
Ken's theme should be no.2
It's funny how my favorite is in last place.
Street Fighter 2 had music that actually fit the character's fiber of their being with unique instruments and style from their respective countries. The music from the following street fighter games felt soulless by adding modern electronic, jazzy beats.
I'd say that Sagat's theme fits a different aspect of him, like yes Sagat is strong and powerful, but he's more sophisticated than that. Sagat is honorable, and I feel like the relaxed nature still captures that aspect by subverting expectations that there's more to Sagat than being a villain.
eventscubs strikes again!
Sagat has my favorite themethis list surprised me but I still agree lol
Damn, i think FEI long at 2# place is a superb hot take cus ken theme it's Almost iconic and catchy as guile's theme, represents very well the character itself, it's epic and, even the main ken player can be represented by the electricity of the song you know
By the way good video
Chun-Li and Guile has the best fighting game theme songs I ever heard especially Chun-Li.
Boxer's theme no.11? Fail list.
You got one right Imo. Guile is definitely #1. I got Claw#2 Sagat#3 Boxer#4 and Ken#5
Actual ranking goes
1) Guile's
2) Ken's
3) Ryu's
4) Vega's
5) Cammy's
6) Chun-Li's
7) Blanka's
8) Dhalsim's
9) Fei Long's
10) M.Bison's
The rest.
Still, thanks for the highly specific content.
Chun LI theme is Top five
Guile theme is more memorable.
Please do the original cps1 street fighter 2 version. I am pretty sure that your opinions will change after hearing each track the way it was supposed to sound
They’re all great but I guessed Sagat or Dhalsim are my least favorites.
ARE YOU INSANE?!?! Akuma'2 theme at 16th?!?!
::logs off::
Switch Fei-Long's theme and Vega's theme, then switch Fei-Long's theme from its new position with Sagat's theme
nice video, however can barely actually hear the music, especially kens for example. Would be better if you turned the audio up for the music when you aren't talking at the beginning. apart from that was a awesome watch
Noted, thanks
Was there ever any doubt?
Guile's theme is good but way overrated. Ken's is more iconic and would top my list.
If we are going by the original SF2, Balrog’s theme is much higher up being the first boss theme.
I would've changed Sagat's and E. Honda's ranking + Vega and Balrog (boxer) theme around
+1
Ken is biracial?? Never knew!
Oh boy. Sagan’s theme is one of the best.
My top 5 would be Guile, Chun Li, Balrog, Camry, Ryu.
Then Zangief, Ken, Vega, Fei Long.
They did Sagat dirty
Also we need DeeJay appreciation
Never let this dude cook again 💀
The fact Ryus theme is not in the top 3 disqualifies the entire video
Balrog Zangief and Fei Long for me. I prefer the cps1 versions of the themes except fei long who.doesnt have a cps1 version
SF II WW rank:
1. Guile
2. Vega
3. Ken
4. Ryu
5. Balrog
6. Blanka
7. Zangief
8. Chun-Li
9. E. Honda
10. Dhalsim
11. M. Bison
12. Sagat
We all new what#1 would be.
Deservedly so as well. It just too good and iconic as fuck.
Vega's, Bison's, and Chun li themes are listed too high on the list. Let's move Ryu, THawk Sagat into this top 10😊
Bison was second too last how is that too high lol
my fav and so iconic for me is ken's theme but all songs in this game are so amazing because it was my first fighting game. well SF2 no the turbo xD
Sagat in last place is criminal
01- Ryu
02- Guile
03- Cammy
04- FeiLong
05- Ken
06- Akuma
07- Chun Li
08- Vega
09- Balrog
10- Sagat (Alpha 2 versión Is better)
11- Dee Jay
12- T Hawk
13- M Bisón (Alpha 2 versión Is much better)
14- Blanka
15- E Honda
16- Zangief
17- Dahlsim
Well #1 wasn't a surprise
Guile's theme in SF2 is just too good.
Fei Long's true potential is heard on other versions, the SNES and PC Dos CD version are the best.
Frankly, the real takeaway is that Shimamura's themes are generally much better than those not by her.
Nah..
1.Guile
2.Ryu
3.Ken
1) Guile
2) Ken
3) Rey
4) Vega
5) Balrog
6) Zangief
7) Cammy
Everything else is great but doesn’t make my list.
wow...cammy 8º ....no comments, except for this one
I think Ken had the best theme music
Guile number 1 🔥🔥🔥
Cammys theme is by far the best.
Guile makes captain America look like a communist.
Dhalsim has, in my opinion, the worst theme in the game.
This guy is fucking delusional on just about every level
I was hoping you'd let us listen a bit more of each track it's like 2 seconds and then you start talking non stop over the audio 😅 great content other than that
Nah Sagat’s theme is top half for sure
Guile
Cammy
Ken
Ryu
Balrog
Vega
Sagar
Bison
Rest
Damn give a little more time for each tune before explanation
This is way too subjective a topic for this list to really mean anything and Hyper Fighting's mixes were better (mostly).... still loved the vid though!
Ryus theme song is at least a 7
Nah sagat last this is messed up 💀💀
16th M. Bison???
Never Watch This video
Balrog guile cammy ken gief those are the best