Prepare for some heavy metal as many Guilty Gear and Blazblue soundtracks are now available to stream on Spotify. Double Dragon fans can also enjoy some retro music goodness from Arc System Works.
Those excited for Guilty Gear Strive can get more pumped for the game by listening to the main theme, "Smell of The Game" on the streaming platform, alongside prior OSTs from the series' history. Here's the full list that are available:
- Guilty Gear
- Guilty Gear 2 - Overture
- Guilty Gear Xrd - Revelator
- Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2
- Blazblue: Calamity Trigger
- Blazblue: Central Fiction
- Blazblue: Chronophantasma
- Blazblue: Continium Shift
- Double Dragon
- Double Dragon 2: The Revenge
- Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone
- Double Dragon IV
- Saburo Jinguji Detective Story: Prism of Eyes
- Detective Jinguji Saburo Ghost of the Dusk
- Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari SP
- Downtown Nekketsu Koushinkyokusyu
- Downtown Nekketsu Jidaigeki
Despite the long list, there are still some Arc System Works soundtracks that aren't on the service yet. These include Blazblue Cross Tag Battle, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Granblue Fantasy Versus, Under Night In-Birth, and River City Girls. However, as those are all revolving around outside properties, we understand why they might not be featured on Spotify yet. We sure are missing the pulse-pounding "West City" track from Dragon Ball FighterZ and the excellent RWBY theme reimaginings of Cross Tag Battle. Oh yeah, did you know Arc System Works is making a RWBY game with Rooster Teeth and WayForward?
The music of Guilty Gear helps the fighter stand out among the rest of the genre. Rather than the pop, jazz, and electronic music of Street Fighter, Guilty Gear has a metal soundtrack with some vocal work interspersed here and there. Tekken has dipped its toes in this a few times before, but it never reached the heavy guitars of Arc System Works' series. We won't blame you if you start to headbang on your way to work.
The next entry in the series, Guilty Gear Strive, is set to launch on June 11 after a recent delay from beta feedback. From what we played, we really enjoyed the new systems, superior netcode, and stunning graphics; the lobby system definitely needs to work better for the full release, though.