Best VGM 1200 - Street Fighter II - Ken's Theme

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Published on September 15th 2012, 10:31 pm

Track versions:
0:00 - Street Fighter II (Arcade)
0:31 - Super Street Fighter II (Arcade)
1:08 - Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
1:50 - Joe Darwish - The Ken Song (OCRemix)

See also:
Best VGM 248
Best VGM 468
Best VGM 874
Best VGM 1782
Best VGM 1872
Best VGM 1991

A collection of my favorite videogame music. Note that most of them are from games I played so I might miss some great ones from games I never played.

SNES / Arcade / etc.
Street Fighter II
Ken's Theme
Yoko Shimomura

Comments

Mojojojo X on August 11th 2018, 5:03 am
1: not really, it's a genre I really can't get into. 2: Super Smash Bros. 3: Street Fighter 2 - Guile Theme. it's just so iconic. 4: Zangief, Ryu, and Guile.
FullmetalHagane on April 18th 2017, 5:27 am
1. Hell yeah! 2. Street Fighter/Guilty Gear 3. One from the SFEX games, possibly Strange Sunset. 4. Ryu and Ken, but mostly Ken when I was young.
Chris Draenos on February 18th 2015, 2:28 am
I was listening to this from across the room...and at first I thought it was from Etrian Odyssey lol...I'm rarely that wrong with VG music. :p
Lord Dio! on December 28th 2014, 9:59 pm
1. yes 2. KOF/ Fatal Fury 3. Jazzy NYC 99 (Alex's third strike theme) 4. only character i ever really cared that was introduced in 2 & 1 is guile, my favorites are in the 3 series
2many2Dside on October 12th 2014, 1:18 am
1.Yes 2.King of Fighters 3.Ibuki's theme(new generation) 4. Although i started with street fighter II, I never really liked it - Akuma I guess
SirenoftheVoid on December 27th 2013, 8:01 am
i do,i tend to play other game genres cause for a solo player they bring more.i've had fun with Street Fighter,Dead or Alive and Tekken games.my favorite Street Fighter Character is Chun-li,followed by Rose and Sagat.well i did play sagat a lot.had a lot of fun with Dead or Alive 2 Hardcore but i still really like Street Fighter games
Chris Mudd on May 17th 2013, 3:09 pm
Ken has the better theme song anyways.
ZeZwede on April 15th 2013, 4:50 pm
Absolute best verision of this is the original SF2 on SNES.
RikuAnsem1 on January 28th 2013, 5:50 am
1. I play every so often 2. Tatsunoko vs Capcom or Super Street Fighter IV without a doubt 3. Volcanic Rim from SSFIV 4. Blanka HANDS DOWN. I'm a sucker for characters that either play tricks on my opponent or ones who set up counters while being on the offensive at the same time.
rammadis on January 19th 2013, 3:09 am
Very good till 1:50,from then it sucks :(
blokeroy on November 4th 2012, 5:35 am
1. Sure do - fighting games are my favorite genre. Mostly 3rd Strike with Tatsunoko vs. Capcom. Project: M and SSBB on the side when I feel like it. 2. 3rd Strike, hands down. Tatsunoko vs. Capcom is probably a close second. 3. Ooh, that's difficult. Probably the SSF2T remix of Guile's theme. 4. Why, Ken Masters.
g-rev on October 23rd 2012, 1:22 am
1. Every 2 weeks I have a tournament with my buddies, we play the shit out of Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Smash Bros, Marvel, Mario Kart etc 2. Tie between MvC and Smash Bros. 3. Volcanic Rim SFIV/Ken's Theme 4. Ryu
Gorbasche on October 22nd 2012, 8:31 pm
Sixto Sounds's version has become the definitive Ken theme for me. It's unbelievable. Oddly enough, even though I far prefer Ken's theme to Ryu's, I much prefer Joe Darwish's "Ryu Next Generation" to his Ken song. hmm.
Eric Sayres on October 18th 2012, 5:06 am
GUILE THEME OR BUST SUPRA. JESUS.
Charmig on October 17th 2012, 12:41 pm
1. Best thing to do with friends! 2. MvC series. 3. Kens theme from SSII or Ancient zone theme from SFEX3 4. I guess Ken
SegaRising on October 10th 2012, 11:44 pm
Where the fuck is the Alpha theme?
Saitenji on October 9th 2012, 6:15 am
I actually listened from #1 to here the past few weeks. Where's 1201? D: 1. Of course, one of the first multiplayer games I've played. 2. Marvel vs Capcom 3. Guile's Theme...it goes with everything! 4. Chun Li
7md on October 8th 2012, 8:36 am
1. my favorite genre 2. Street Fighter IV 3. Remy (The Beep) 4. Ryu
Jake Peskin on September 29th 2012, 6:04 pm
1. I love the FGC and everything about it 2. Marvel 3 3. Balrog 4. I guess Ryu, idk
VPRTlalne on September 29th 2012, 1:30 am
1. Of course I love. 2. SF 3. Akuma 4. Ken
MrSolracvstheWorld on September 28th 2012, 2:04 pm
1. Sure! 2. Since my first "big" console was PSX, I grew up with Tekken and also Soul Blade/Calibur. However I was lucky enough to try SFA3 and got hooked to Street Fighter, which became my favourite fighting series by far! SFIV is one of my favourite games of all time (and perhaps the one I've played the most!) 3. Many options here, but I tend to like versions of Cammy's theme (specially the one in SFA3) 4. Ryu for sure (my PS3's avatar), but because of being Spanish, Vega is a nice second
Grug on September 24th 2012, 5:25 am
not the EX guile theme as well?
PokedroidTAS on September 23rd 2012, 1:36 am
hey supradarky I made mai own best vgm list, well same as yours, but in a different numbers.
Fábio Silva on September 22nd 2012, 10:46 pm
1. Yes 2. Soul Calibur or Street Fighter 3. SF EX Plus Alpha : Blair/C. Jack Theme, Akuma Theme AND the original Guile's Theme. 4. M. Bison, for sure
Otakool 13 on September 19th 2012, 11:08 am
1. Yes. 2. Street Fighter and Super Smash Bros. . 3. Ryu's Theme. 4. Vega.
phatboy5454 on September 19th 2012, 7:29 am
1. yessir
Kojou Akatsuki on September 18th 2012, 3:54 pm
1.) Yes 2.) Too many to name just one, but I'll list off a few such as most Capcom fighters, Super Smash Bros. and Soul Calibur 3.) Good few I like actually. A few examples are Rolento's theme from SFA3, Morning Mist Bay from SFIV and Crazy Chili Dog (Urien's theme from 3rd Strike) 4.) Ryu, no question about it.
Dessa on September 18th 2012, 3:20 pm
What would I do without you, SupraDarky? 1. Yes 2. Smash Bros. Not sure which one. 3. Ken's theme, so much. 4. Chun-li
Woolyjuggs on September 18th 2012, 10:37 am
1. Not as much as in the past. 2. Soul calibur series 3. I like Vega's theme best. 4. I like chun-li best.
prince apoopoo on September 18th 2012, 12:29 am
finally got myself a youtube account so i could subscribe to you and like, favorite, and/or comment on every other video like a creep. sigh, gotta go all the way back to #1 but this is worth it. favorite jams right here. you are fabulous anyway... 1. Yes, but I am really casual!! Don't ever do competitive gaming ever. 2. I'm a sucker for dumb crossovers, so I'm just gonna be a dork and say the vs. Capcom series. 3. guile's theme. OOPS. 4. M. BISON!!
JavaSplice555 on September 17th 2012, 5:49 pm
1. Some of them, mostly Soul Calibur and, more recently, Mortal Kombat 2. Soul Calibur 3. I don't know many, so I will have to say Guile's theme 4. I haven't played Street Fighter very much, but I would say Blanka
Postmita on September 17th 2012, 2:58 pm
1. Yes but I don't play them as much as I used to. 2. Killer Instinct Gold on N64 was my favorite for a long time. 3. Ken's theme, but I used to hum them all. 4. Ken was my favorite on SF2. Isn't Street Fighter 2 still used to settle arguments and disagreements? Winner wins even if we know they are wrong?
swoosh870 on September 17th 2012, 12:41 pm
1) Yes, but I played mostly 3D ones growing up (Soul Calibur, Virtua Fighter) 2) Blazblue (I like the faster pace) 3) M Bison's 4) Dhalsim
Ehunkel on September 17th 2012, 9:27 am
1) I love fighting games. Just don't have the console to play them 2) At first, I was a SF player, having grown up with a Super Nintendo. Then I discovered the King of Fighter Series. I never looked back since, enven in its dark times. 3) Tough one... a tie between Ryu's and M.Bison's (US/Euro) I think. 4) This will get me a lot of insults: Ryu. Easy to learn, hard to master, very often considered the "noobie char" because of QCF+P spam. I don't, and in SF4, I'm quite good with him.
mizekiriha on September 17th 2012, 6:29 am
1. I freaking love them 2. SF 3. it's a toss up between guile's theme, guy's theme from ssf4, and q's theme from SFIII 4. I have always loved ken
UFAME on September 17th 2012, 3:51 am
Yes Marvel vs Capcom 2 Cammy's Theme M.Bison
crithon on September 17th 2012, 2:25 am
Ken's theme embodies everything I love about that era of gaming. There's a light hearted sense of fun along with a child like idea what if "hardcore" like a 80s hair metal band singing about leather. 1. yes, favorite genre 2. SF2 3. Balrog/M Bison music on the SNES version. The SNES version had a different chiptune but had more appeal in it's sounds 4. Chunli
Sean Saunders on September 16th 2012, 9:39 pm
1. I like a lot of fighting games, just haven't gotten into a bunch of the most recent entries in the genre. 2. If Smash Brothers doesn't count, then Bloody Roar is my favorite fighting game series. Absolutely fell in love with Bakuryu, the mole. 3. My favorite SF song is Vega's Theme. Just gets the blood pumping as he's flying at you from all over the place on his cage. 4. My favorite original character is Ryu. Hadouken FTW! Dhalsim is a close second simply because of his Yoga Noogie.
Nathan Rice on September 16th 2012, 7:49 pm
1. I do like most fighting games. I have my favorites... 2. Tekken at the top of the list, then SF, and of my top 3, the last is the KoF series. 3. SF III:3rd Strike Gouki/Akuma's Theme 4. Of the original SF2 cast, probably Ken, but at that point the differences between him and Ryu were negligible.
tennis11151 on September 16th 2012, 6:01 pm
1. Love playing fighting games. I may not be good at them but are really fun to play. 2.I'd go with either Tekken or SF as my favorites. 3. SF 2 Guiles theme 4. Chun-li
NukeA6 on September 16th 2012, 5:46 pm
1. Yes I do but I suck at them but that doesn't stop me from buying them. 2. Tekken 3. SSF2 Guile Theme 4. Balrog (what everyone outside of Japan calls Vega)
sarcomaful on September 16th 2012, 2:29 pm
i once saw some1 winning a (small) street fighter 2 tournament, playing blanka one handed... that was fukin impressive
hsbinoz39 on September 16th 2012, 1:00 pm
Fave character Blanka: not enough people go for Blanka.
AdeyAdey on September 16th 2012, 12:33 pm
Ryu and Guile have epic themes, but for me Ken's edges them out every time. SHINRYUKEN!
Marcel Eliseev on September 16th 2012, 11:47 am
1. Yes 2. It is Street Fighter but my favourite fighting game is Tekken 3 3. Guile's Theme EVERYTHING IS EPIC WITH IT! 4. Ryu
boyblob on September 16th 2012, 10:02 am
Huh. I actually guessed right. More importantly it warms my heart that you went with Ken's theme. My favorite of all the fighters.
vladimirovitsj on September 16th 2012, 8:27 am
Supra, may i suggest that you should check out the KOF OST/AST It's a fighting game series for neogeo, it has amazing music. You should give the game a try on emulators or arcades :D
Seth7 on September 16th 2012, 7:44 am
1. Not at all. 2. I liked Killer Instinct 64 the most because of its nice combos. 3. Guile Theme 4. Zangief
TypicallyUnique on September 16th 2012, 7:41 am
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DerUnbekannteFlo on September 16th 2012, 7:25 am
1. Yes! Im still looking for a good and cheap arcade to improve my skills... Gamepads arent that good for 360 moves i.e. 2. I got Introduced to Fightinggames with Guilty Gear and im still playing the GG games today, ofc i took a look into BlazBlue and many other Fightinggames, but the only one that i kept playing were GG and Brawl(but way more casual than GG) 3. I rly like Guiles, Ryus and the Volcanic Rim Theme 4. Ryu, because his Inputs where the easiest and mostly common in Fighing Games
ConvoyGTR on September 16th 2012, 6:58 am
sakura
streatz11 on September 16th 2012, 6:35 am
1) Yes I usually play SSF4. 2) My Favourite would have to be Street Fighter 4 just because it's the only one I got good at. 3) My favourite theme has to be Cammy. 4) and my favourite original character is Ryu, but my all time favourite is Cammy.
x1sephirothx on September 16th 2012, 6:34 am
sniff...sniff that was beautiful. 1. I hadn't started playing a fighting game since last year a few weeks after EVO 2011. Part of trying to get decent at any game genre that year. 2. SF of course! 3.Currently, Dudley's for SSFIV 4. All of them! Some how the original cast was just perfect.
C_Clop on September 16th 2012, 5:55 am
1) Nothing serious, but I possess a good deal of fighting games (SSFII, SFAlpha2, KI, SSB, Guilty Gear, MvC3, BlazBlue) 2) For the music: Guilty Gear. For the gameplay: have to go with SF 3) Tie between Ken's and Guile's theme. Balrog's theme comes pretty close though... 4) Ken. Heck, I just cleared Street Fighter Alpha 2 yesterday at lvl 8 (hardest) with Ken! That entry is so fitting! Continue Supradarky! Tonchannel est un de mes préférés sur Youtube!
Dr Hufeyn Erich on September 16th 2012, 5:02 am
Definitely .. Chun li
YuriBo26 on September 16th 2012, 3:09 am
Needs more Balrog's theme and Guile's theme, SF II or SFIV. The fact is that this game has sooooo many good themes :))).. I love fighting games and I'm always checking the FGC, streams and alike :)
Arc13 on September 16th 2012, 2:57 am
Street Fighter is great, but I'm still shocked despite your obvious love of all things Donkey Kong that the big ape has yet to get a 00 spot. 1.) Yes 2.) Super Smash Bros(some count it some don't and for those people I'd say Marvel VS Capcom) 3.) SFII Credits, SFII Guile, SFIV Balrog, or SFIV Sakura 4.) Chun-Li, though I was best with Vega
assgoblin2damax on September 16th 2012, 2:43 am
1. I still enjoy fighting games but not as much as I used to. 2. Toss up between Street Fighter and Guilty Gear. 3. Rose's Theme from Street Fighter Alpha 3. 4. Chun-Li
DaNewBeginning on September 16th 2012, 2:23 am
1). Fighting games are amazing and i play a lot of them. 2). Original Super Smash Brothers. 3). Guile's theme, I mean come one too epic and it goes with everything. 4). I loved Dhalism
Shad G on September 16th 2012, 2:21 am
Love fighting games. My favourite is probably Darkstalkers 3/ Vampire Savior. Favourite theme? Good Fighter is up there, for sure, but there are a lot of noteworthy themes (SPUNKY, Twilight, Cammy SF2, Fei Long SF2, DeeJay SF4, Juri, Abel, Charlie Alpha 1, Sakura Alpha 2, The Road, Feel The Cool, Doll Eyes, Brave or Grave, Black Power, Simple Rating, Precious Heart, Get on a Train... Too many to mention them all. Favourite SF2 character? Hmm... Zangief, I suppose.
drunyon214 on September 16th 2012, 2:02 am
Street Fighter II... Yoko Shimomura's first masterpiece! Personally, my favorite is Balrog's theme from Super Street Fighter II (Best VGM 468 in this list).
Link8150 on September 16th 2012, 1:59 am
1. Yes, although I don't play them that often 2. Mortal Kombat (I would say Super Smash Bros, although I don't really consider it in the same genre as fighting games like MK and Street Fighter) 3. Guile's Theme 4. Blanka
zackattack9293 on September 16th 2012, 1:54 am
1. Yes 2. Mortal Kombat, nothing like doing a fatality on your opponent after a hard fought match. 3. Guile's theme 4. M Bison
GameMasterGuy on September 16th 2012, 1:53 am
1. Yes 2. Killer Instinct 3. Fei Long SSF2HDTR version 4. Vega
Kevin Striker on September 16th 2012, 1:36 am
1. Yes 2. Street Fighter 3. CPS1 version of Guile Stage 4. Vega
Sean Williams on September 16th 2012, 1:26 am
i cant argue with this choice my favourite street fighter song
matt036 on September 16th 2012, 1:01 am
1.I try and play them but I'm very terrible. i can only play them with amateurs like me. 2.My favourite has always been the Mortal Kombat series but it was Street Fighter and Tekken that I played the most as they were always in the arcades. 3.Balrog's Theme from SFF2 (I could dance all day!) 4.Dhalsim (Stretchy Stretchy!!)
Victor on September 16th 2012, 12:58 am
1. every now and then i play fighting games, but only to undust them (other than smash bros.) 2. Definitely smash bros, in my neighborhood there's no one that had beat me first time 3. Vega's theme (thanks to you, supradarky ;) ) 4. Blanka
crazypikachulol on September 16th 2012, 12:57 am
1. Fighting games are pretty much all I play. 2. Ehh.... Street fighter or Marvel vs. Capcom, though i am starting to like Tekken with the release of Tekken Tag 2. 3. Sagat's theme, orrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.... Sakura's theme. 4. Balrog or Sagat
Capitalist on September 16th 2012, 12:48 am
1. I like them, but aside from the Smash Bros series, I've had a huge fighiting game drought over the past few years, though I'm getting back into the mix of things with Street Fighter X Tekken. 2. Super Smash Bros (Capcom vs. SNK a close second). 3. Guile's Theme 4. Sagat!
groovykid on September 16th 2012, 12:31 am
1 - I don't like anymore to play fighting games, they are all the same 2 - My 2 & only favorite fighting games are SF2 & Soul Calibur 3 - Fighting games are not famous for their soundtracks, except maybe SOR 4 - Chun li (& cammy)
Docrate1 on September 16th 2012, 12:22 am
1: Love to play them 2: Marvel vs Capcom 3: Ex aequo: Ken and Balrog's theme 4: Ken. Only character I manage to finish the games with :)
Dergaboy on September 16th 2012, 12:07 am
My brother always played Ryu, so, obviously I can't play Ryu! So I always played Ken! Go Ken!
CaboosesApprentice on September 15th 2012, 11:48 pm
1: I love to play fighting games. 2: Tatsunoko vs Capcom, my favorite fighting game. 3: Alex and Ken's theme from Third Strike. 4: Zangief. FINAL ATOMIC BUSTER!
IceHockeyJedi on September 15th 2012, 11:47 pm
1. Yes 2. Street Fighter 3. Sagat's theme 4. Chun-Li
Redfoxe on September 15th 2012, 11:28 pm
1: I love em. I suck at them tough :( 2: Like most series. But SF i very close to my heart. KOF as well. 3: Too many to choose from. But Ryus theme is speacial :) 4: Ken.
IAMGOOMBA on September 15th 2012, 11:20 pm
supradarky you are one of the greatest gifts mankind has ever had
Jirt on September 15th 2012, 11:20 pm
1: Yeah, for some reason, fighting games relax me... 2: This is a pretty weird answer: Kirby Superstar Ultra. It may not be that much of a fighting game, but I still love it... The game felt action-packed from beginning to end (odd, since the main character is a cute pink Puffball), and the Final Boss made me panic. And, for some reason, I feel the urge to win the Helper-To-Hero game with all 20+ Helpers.
Enlivo22 on September 15th 2012, 11:17 pm
1. Yes 2. SF 3. Balrog's theme 4. E honda
Joannes Castañedas on September 15th 2012, 11:09 pm
1. One of my Favorite gaming Genres. Absolutely love it 2. Street Fighter .. since I was a kid 3. My favorite is Ryu's. But I like Ken's and Guille's a lot too 4. Ken Masters :)
LeleSocho on September 15th 2012, 11:00 pm
Vega isn't Italian is Spanish (Rose is Italian)
ParrotMan01 on September 15th 2012, 10:59 pm
1. Of course, I like to and play it all the time. 2. Easy Guilty Gear. Underrated, and not almost forgotten due to their attempts at replacing it with Blazblue. :( 3. Hmm....Ryu's theme. Ryu's theme gets me pumped for ANYTHING. I played it before I went off to take a test I didn't want to take, and aced it. 4. My favorite character is Ken like you. My second favorite is Bison. Can't use Bison for crap though. :(
Guilherme on September 15th 2012, 10:59 pm
I love that music!!! Is my favorite of all time!! Ken rules
LeleSocho on September 15th 2012, 10:59 pm
1) YES!!! 2) Street Fighter of course 3)Jazzy NYC '99 from SFIII: Third Strike 4)Ken obviously
Paul Gregory on September 15th 2012, 10:57 pm
@RedMageWolfe aint vega spanish lol
zeldafan9577 on September 15th 2012, 10:53 pm
1. I play fighting games every once in a while. I usually play them when I'm with friends. 2. Soul Calibur: My favorite game in the series being the GameCube version of SC2 (For obvious reasons). 3. Cammy's or Juri's Theme in SF4 4. My favorite character is Guile, but I've always been best with ken.
DavidMMSM on September 15th 2012, 10:45 pm
Accidentally pressed enter but now for the rest of my response. 1. I play fighting games all the time, my most played is third strike and I just recently picked up TTT2 and it's a great game. 2. My favorite fighting game series is street fighter, I grew up playing SFII. 3. Ken's/Alex's theme from Third Strike. 4. I've always been a Balrog player in SSFIIT, but I also play Guile and Ken, but my favorite is Ken.
Aaron Smith on September 15th 2012, 10:44 pm
1. I actually started playing fighting games since I got the ps1 back then. 2. Tekken. Preferably Tekken Tag Tournament. 3. Favorite song... hmmm... Chun-Li's, most likely. 4. Ken. He's always been my main in the SF series.
Jeff Maesar on September 15th 2012, 10:44 pm
the ken song by joe darwish is epic. but you forgot to mention, the Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix music was made by OC Remix. and both version are the best made so far.
Gifcream on September 15th 2012, 10:39 pm
1. I play fighting games alot 2. My favorite series is Soul Calibur My fave being SCIII 3.Juri's theme from super street fighter 4 4. and i never played the original SFII
SupraDarky on September 15th 2012, 10:36 pm
As I said previously, the past 4 months have been very intense since I was working on my thesis. It's now finally over and I'll be taking a 3 weeks vacation to Europe and try to recharge my battery. The channel's been on quite a break but expect the quasi-daily uploads to resume around october 10th.
DavidMMSM on September 15th 2012, 10:34 pm
I honestly prefer Ken/Alex's theme from Third Strike more. Though this track is still the best.
MrZedKay on September 15th 2012, 10:34 pm
uv got to love it wen they speak to each oda, they care about each oda even tho there 'rivals'
SupraDarky on September 15th 2012, 10:21 pm
Sorry about the small hard-to-read text, when I make the videos I work in full screen 1080p so that's really recommended! Anyways, some people actually guessed it right in the Wall of Fame video. The first one who got it is sergi64 who said "Of course Street Fighter II", which took me by surprise when I read it!