{"id":110220,"date":"2020-03-11T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/03\/random_streets_of_rage_composer_put_his_name_on_title_screens_because_his_mum_told_him_to"},"modified":"2020-03-11T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T22:00:00","slug":"random-streets-of-rage-composer-put-his-name-on-title-screens-because-his-mum-told-him-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/03\/11\/random-streets-of-rage-composer-put-his-name-on-title-screens-because-his-mum-told-him-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Streets Of Rage Composer Put His Name On Title Screens Because His Mum Told Him To"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/54d3d0d7f9b7a\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/54d3d0d7f9b7a\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Streets of Rage\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/54d3d0d7f9b7a\/streets-of-rage.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/54d3d0d7f9b7a\/streets-of-rage.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Streets of Rage\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/08\/feature_streets_of_rage_legend_yuzo_koshiro_on_music_game_dev_and_nintendo_switch\">Yuzo Koshiro<\/a> is arguably one of the most famous composers of video game music in the world thanks to his incredible work on the Sega Genesis \/ Mega Drive and, more recently, for his sterling efforts on franchises such as Atlus\u2019 <strong>Etrian Odyssey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While Koshiro\u2019s tunes for titles like <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/megadrive\/revenge_of_shinobi\">Revenge of Shinobi<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/actraiser\">ActRaiser<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/12\/feature_the_history_of_streets_of_rage\">Streets of Rage<\/a><\/strong> have become the stuff of legend, another big reason for his fame is that his name appeared on the title screen of many of those early Sega hits.<\/p>\n<p>Check out these title screens if you don\u2019t remember (click to enlarge):<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Revenge of Shinobi\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/30088e2c3ff09\/revenge-of-shinobi.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/30088e2c3ff09\/revenge-of-shinobi.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Revenge of Shinobi\"><\/a><a title=\"Streets of Rage\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ef08bd7179dd7\/streets-of-rage.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ef08bd7179dd7\/streets-of-rage.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Streets of Rage\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Streets of Rage 2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/64b4f8c60a0a0\/streets-of-rage-2.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/64b4f8c60a0a0\/streets-of-rage-2.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Streets of Rage 2\"><\/a><a title=\"Bare Knuckle 3\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d81f4346c1094\/bare-knuckle-3.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d81f4346c1094\/bare-knuckle-3.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Bare Knuckle 3\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This might not seem like a big deal today, but you have to remember that this was a time when companies like Sega were keen to keep the identities of the people working on its games a secret, potentially in fear of them being poached by other companies. Having your name on the title screen in the early \u201890s was a big deal \u2013 and it\u2019s why so many players knew the name \u2018Yuzo Koshiro\u2019 instinctively, despite not knowing who he was or what he looked like.<\/p>\n<p>You might assume that Koshiro achieved this feat by throwing his weight around or playing hardball with Sega, but that\u2019s not the case. He has revealed via <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cabel\/status\/1237146044447600640?s=21\">Twitter<\/a> that it was his business-savvy mother Tomo Koshiro (who would establish the studio Ancient with him and his sister, Ayano) that suggested the idea:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Yuzo Koshiro Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9a364361b3934\/yuzo-koshiro-twitter.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9a364361b3934\/yuzo-koshiro-twitter.original.jpg\" alt=\"Yuzo Koshiro Twitter\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>You have to wonder how Koshiro&#8217;s career might have turned out if his mother hadn\u2019t made the suggestion. He\u2019s currently helping out on the soundtrack to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/streets_of_rage_4\">Streets of Rage 4<\/a><\/strong>, which is due to hit Switch this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yuzo Koshiro is arguably one of the most famous composers of video game music in the world thanks to his incredible work on the Sega Genesis \/ Mega Drive and, more recently, for his sterling efforts on franchises such as Atlus\u2019 Etrian Odyssey. While Koshiro\u2019s tunes for titles like Revenge of Shinobi, ActRaiser and Streets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}