Street Fighter 6 Reveals Guile's Theme Music
As has been made clear from early announcements surrounding Street Fighter 6, Capcom is designing the game with a surprising new creative direction. Visual are immediately recognizable as dramatically changed, not just stylistically but with familiar Street Fighter characters getting substantial redesigns, too. As dramatic as Street Fighter 6's visuals have changed from past games, the audio is even more of a departure. That idea is shown in the latestStreet Fighter 6 reveal, which features Guile's new theme music.
Just seeing the words «Guile's theme» should conjure the song in Street Fighter fans' minds. It's one of the Street Fighter franchise's most iconic music tracks. It's been virally associated with the «Guile's Theme Goes With Everything» meme for over a decade, never mind being associated with patriotic American memes and fighting in general. So Street Fighter fans listening to the song will immediately recognize that Guile'sStreet Fighter 6 music is absolutely nothing like the original.
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Guile's new theme, titled «Sharpened Sonic,» is similar to much ofStreet Fighter 6's previously released music. It's electronic, mixing various samples to create a funky, upbeat track that is questionably associated with the character it's supposed to represent. Where Ryu's Street Fighter 6 theme song was also met with some confusion, Guile's theme change could trend into more controversial territory given just how dramatic of a departure it is.
Both Street Fighter 4 and Street Fighter 5's versions of the Guile theme song have taken their liberties with the song before, but have kept large portions of the music largely the same. That main Guile melody, specifically, pops up in
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