{"id":48590,"date":"2025-06-02T14:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T05:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=48590"},"modified":"2025-06-02T14:58:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T05:58:17","slug":"street-fighter-2-and-kingdom-hearts-composer-yoko-shimomura-lends-her-talents-to-street-fighter-6s-new-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/street-fighter-2-and-kingdom-hearts-composer-yoko-shimomura-lends-her-talents-to-street-fighter-6s-new-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Street Fighter 2 and Kingdom Hearts composer Yoko Shimomura lends her talents to Street Fighter 6&#8217;s new track"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kingdom Hearts composer Yoko Shimomura\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/kingdom-hearts-composer-didnt-express-her-own-identity-in-disney-world-tracks-pursuing-fan-mindset-instead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BAFTA Fellowship Award<\/a> for her contributions to the video game music industry hasn\u2019t slowed her one bit. While Shimomura is still busy working on music for Kingdom Hearts IV, she did manage to contribute music for the upcoming <strong>Street Fighter 6<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/street-fighter-6-elena-update-adds-new-world-tour-location-and-master\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elena update<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#39;ve teamed up with game music composer Yoko Shimomura for a special collaboration!<br><br>Make sure you check out the newly added special BGM track Edge of Triumph by Yoko Shimomura herself in the Elena Update!<br><br>Select it in the Character BGM Settings to bring more excitement to all\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kO9QztYEGf\">pic.twitter.com\/kO9QztYEGf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StreetFighter\/status\/1929312001790243280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The song \u201cEdge of Triumph\u201d harkens back to Shimomura\u2019s work on Street Fighter II as one of the game\u2019s main composers. It features Shimomura\u2019s iconic piano playing alongside 8-bit tunes reminiscent of classic arcade games. Despite its older influences, Edge of Triumph also includes modern upbeat drum and guitar tracks that anyone will appreciate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1516\" height=\"849\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1516px) 100vw, 1516px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250601-48590-001.jpg\" alt=\"Street Fighter 6 Music Gallery\" class=\"wp-image-48595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250601-48590-001.jpg 1516w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250601-48590-001-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250601-48590-001-768x430.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike Street Fighter 6\u2019s classic music packs that require Drive Tickets or the premium Fighter Coins to play retro songs from past Street Fighter titles, Edge of Triumph is a free track that can be played from the in-game Gallery\u2019s \u201cMusic\u201d section.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1509\" height=\"857\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1509px) 100vw, 1509px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250601-48590-002.jpg\" alt=\"Street Fighter 6 Battle BGM settings\" class=\"wp-image-48596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250601-48590-002.jpg 1509w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250601-48590-002-380x216.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250601-48590-002-768x436.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It can also be played during your matches. To do this, open Battle Settings>Other>Battle BGM and open the \u201cCharacter BGM Settings\u201d menu by pressing the associated input on the lower left-hand side of the screen.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1509\" height=\"840\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1509px) 100vw, 1509px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250601-48590-003.jpg\" alt=\"Street Fighter 6 Character BGM settings\" class=\"wp-image-48597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250601-48590-003.jpg 1509w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250601-48590-003-380x212.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250601-48590-003-768x428.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Character BGM Settings will allow you to set multiple tracks for your characters. While the menu gets more cluttered the more tracks you get, you can arrange them by specific categories to make finding specific songs easier.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Elena update drops on June 5 for Street Fighter 6, which is available for PC (Steam),\u202fPS4\/PS5,\u202fand\u202fXbox Series X|S.\u202f\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Street Fighter 2 composer Yoko Shimomura returns to Street Fighter 6 with a new track for the Elena update.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":48593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-48590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Street Fighter 2 and Kingdom Hearts composer Yoko Shimomura lends her talents to Street Fighter 6&#039;s new track - 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