During the music session at my anime buddy's house the other day, he decided to throw in a bit of game music and it happened to be a track from some game called "Senko no Rondo" which translates directly as "Polarimetric Round Dance". However, the English version was gratefully re-named "WarTech".
I never played nor even heard of this game but as soon as my buddy played the track "North Star" on those huge airplane wing speakers of his, I sat up and took notice. Yup, I realize that it is background music for a couple of robots shooting the heck out of each other but still it's pretty compelling stuff to listen to on its own. Especially two-thirds of the way into the track when the dramatic dance-pop techno suddenly makes a shift into something that hit me like good ol' City Pop with a computer edge where I was in a car racing down a really cool low-ceiling tunnel before suddenly launching out into a bright and clean futuristic metropolis out of some utopian anime. I wish I could have this track in a sports car the next time I'm in Tokyo. Mind you, I wish I could just drive.
"Senko no Rondo" was released back in 2005 and game music composer Yasuhisa Watanabe（渡部恭久）was responsible for the soundtrack.
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| Nope, not "Senko no Rondo". The guys decided to go with "Street Fighter". |
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