Bleep

Famously derided by charlatans as a video game where very little happens beyond the day-to-day challenges of a teenage martial artist, the impact of the Shenmue series has been absolutely vital on modern gaming history — not least for the western-eastern classical fusion of its grand, theatrical soundtrack. Following their release of the original Shenmue’s soundtrack, trusted reissuer of stellar Japanese video game scores Data Discs finally set the gorgeous sounds of Shenmue II on wax.