Soundtrack Spotlight is a weekly CFD! feature devoted to all things VGM. Every week we celebrate the best in game music, highlight new releases and forgotten tracks, and bring you a spectrum of auditory awesomeness.

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If there’s one thing (and there very well may only be) I can unequivocally enjoy about the Wii, it’s the soft, effervescent system menu music, along with the complementary beeps and boops that accompany most simple interactions. Not surprisingly, the 3DS sports a fair imitation.

In addition, the separate functions of the 3DS (e.g., Activity Log, System Settings, Camera) present themselves with a similar echoey dribble or whimsical ditty, which I find eminently enjoyable, gosh darnit.

If listening to the default noises of a handheld isn’t your bag, peruse the smattering of tracks from Face Raiders, the augmented reality face combat game included on every 3DS. Still not legitimate enough? Relax, then, with the carefree sounds of Pilotwings Resort, the latest in the series of perennial launch favorites.

Menu

Activity Log

Friends List

Health Safety Information

Puzzle Swap

Software Library

StreetPass Quest – King’s Capture

System Settings

3DS Camera – Funk

3DS Camera  - Jazz

3DS Camera – Vintage

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Face Raiders – Boss Music

Face Raiders – Face Collection

Face Raiders – Final Stage Boss

Face Raiders – Title Screen

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Pilotwings Resort

Composer: Asuka Ito

Flying Squirrel Suit

Hang Glider Intro

Plane Intro

Turbo Jet Theme

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Album: The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile

Composed by: James Silva

On a lighter note, we have the dark, harmonic crush that is The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile‘s soundtrack. Mr. Silva, the driving force behind this beat ‘em up and its predecessor (The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai), has generously made the soundtracks for both games (as well as the single, titular track of I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MBIES 1N IT!!!1) available at any price on the Ska Studios site.

A Starry Sea

Everything is Clean Here

Iffenhaus Rage

Kreuzer

Pain Administrator

The Engineer’s Epic

The Foghorn Cafe

In Loving Memory

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Album: Streets of Rage Remake

Originally composed by: Yuzo Koshiro, Motohiro Kawashima

Arranged by: Gecko Yamori, JAXX, B-A-C, Groovemaster303, Kaleth, Sanchizmo

Though pressure from Sega led to the removal of the game from their site, you can still find this massive, completely fan-made tribute to Streets of Rage in some dark corner of the internet. At the very least, sample the game’s nearly forty remixed tracks, still very much alive here.

Dreamer

Dub Slash

Go Straight

Keep the Groovin’

Never Return Alive

Spin on the Bridge (Dance Club Mix)

Subway

The Streets of Rage