History AwesomeMusic / FistOfTheNorthStar

* The music that plays whenever Kenshiro is about to kick ass! [[https://youtu.be/P8BYBaDz0Ic SENTOO!]] (which is sometimes mistaken as ''Ai wo Torimodose Instrumental'', which it essentially is). [[Creator/ArcSystemWorks FATAL]] [[https://youtu.be/mVyEw2Rh0wM K.O.]]

* The pachinko game by Sammy Corporation features a pair of songs from Japanese-French band Drive Far as its themes. Ladies and gentlemen, [[https://youtu.be/58wqvlppElE Thrust of God]] and [[https://youtu.be/CAeVkEWz6cg Blazing Circle]], the [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish lyrics]] of which were both written by ''Tetsuo Hara himself''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxkezvGwI20 Ai wo Torimodose]], the first ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' opening song, is quite possibly the most hotblooded song ever made ("YOU WA SHOCK!! The sky falls with love!").
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yaepJMADBM This version]] from the ''Raoh Den I'' movie comes ''very'' close to topping the original.
** The song was so awesome even Masaaki Endoh of Music/JAMProject's fame decides to give it a shot. As expected, it's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K5goI_wmBI awesome, JAM Project style.]]
** [[Manga/LuckyStar Akira Kogami and Minoru Shiraishi]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE0msnqcieg make this more epic]] [[SoBadItsGood than you might think they would]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io5wEPLjcI8 A prog metal band from Italy named DGM also covered Ai wo Torimodose.]] And as usual, awesomeness ensues.
** And Manga Entertainment's own version of their fairly short lived dub of the series [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmr-Hwf8304 here.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJGeqB_uc6Y The Vader version!]]
** A Youtube musician named [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwuL9oKU8f0 Marco]] who has covered several anime songs before in a suitably awesome manner, finally got to Ai wo Torimodose not long ago.
** There is also a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmesoqoNdlY Spanish version sung by Elisa Petrikowski and Dark Shingo on youtube.]] This version is pretty awesome, at the same time that the lyrics really gets close from the original.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NggN5g6Rb-c Here's a cover by NEFELIM, a Russian prog-rock band.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME4AW72xsck And a ukulele version.]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25-SEAE6Vxs Cover by Akira Kamiya]], Kenshiro's voice actor.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkXpEDI0Lf0 Vegeta's cover]] of the song ''has'' to be here!
** And finally, the [[VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarKensRage Hokuto Musou]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pedNUK4hUZU version]], played during the final boss battle against Raoh as well as other important bosses.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXNz9DIQNLo cover by Faylan]], without a doubt, deserves to be on this list.
** Do you love Animetal? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPoXcwO5gHg Here's their cover of Ai wo Torimodose]] AND another cover by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aon1vCnfB4Y Animetal USA.]]
* The music that plays whenever Kenshiro is about to kick ass! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8BYBaDz0Ic SENTOO!]] (which is sometimes mistaken as ''Ai wo Torimodose Instrumental'', which it essentially is). [[Creator/ArcSystemWorks FATAL]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVyEw2Rh0wM K.O.]]
* The moment Kenshiro reveals Muso Tensei for the first time against Raoh: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6o14zOgCvc Kareta Daichi - Parched Land]]. The song fully embodies how much sadness Kenshiro has born upon himself, and turned into enough strength to send Raoh SHAKING in his boots with SHEER TERROR. Also a crowning moment for Kenshiro's voice actor Creator/AkiraKamiya singing this in a very soft yet determined voice. He pretty much speaks what Kenshiro has in his heart at this moment.
* Just about every single opening song for ''Fist of the North Star'' qualifies as RatedMForManly. Here's the second opening, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ76IGR2QnY "Silent Survivor"]].
** And here's the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRwv9Bf31_Y remake]] done by the same band that did the original.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QsILRojkks Here's]] the Italian version. While it sounds slightly tamer, the lyrics are absolutely catchy.

* The third opening, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H008RmDsy3s "Tough Boy"]] by TOM* CAT. [[GratuitousEnglish WE ARE LIVING, LIVING IN THE EIGHTIES, EIGHTIES, EIGHTIES! WE STILL FIGHT, FIGHTING IN THE EIGHTIES, EIGHTIES, EIGHTIES!]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czMbsGef2fM Another Italian band - Highlord - covered "Tough Boy".]] Epic.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNDERAwy5Xw Yet another Italian band covering Tough Boy, this time it's ASTRA]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrNjvAhsJvQ Heart of Madness]], from the 1986 movie, is by far one of the most awesome songs of the series.
* Of course, this doesn't mean the remakes aren't full of awesome music. Check out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htOmdza8blI "The Road of Lords"]], a song so manly that you'll feel a beard and chest hair growing out as you hear it.
** The manliness aside, part of the epicness of this comes from how it essentially saves ''Kenshiro Den'', the latest/last of the 21st-century [=OAVs=], from a complete DownerEnding: the post-credit scene [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvRl7KV_hLY#t=3m30s reveals that some time later, Kenshiro would stagger into a village of ruins, asking for water...]]
** That song was created and played by Tak Matsumoto, the guitarist of the most successful band in Japan, Music/{{Bz}}. The guy has been considered by many to be a genius guitarist and the song certainly showed it. B'z itself would later sing the theme song to the 2007 Raoh Den movie, LONELY STARS, which is very awesome as well. Here's the live version [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZicznLWk94Y]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2S76IzOKwg The French opening]] can't compete with "YOU WA SHOCK", but it's still upbeat, and manly as well. And this is an amazing achievement when we make a comparison with all the anime from that time that got a new, and in most cases craptastic, opening.
* The first ending theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhRMn-j3q3E Yuria... Eien Ni]]. Pure epic.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwVLYNagqx4 Kill The Fight]], the theme of Fist of The North Star 2 by Masato Shimon.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCW1I7imq Futatsu no Kyoosei]], the official theme of awesomeness in ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-KTm-7vQ2U Rei's theme from the movie]] is truly an amazing mix of badassery and sorrow.
* They may not be original to the series, but Music/{{Gackt}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRz2S9hoRys Lu:Na]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-75QLhechbY Oasis]], the OP and ED from ''Shin Hokuto no Ken'', certainly qualify. Adding into this is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MjzlyQZrg0 Kenshiro no Theme II]], a theme that's ideal for every fight in this OVA.
* Translations of the prequel, ''Manga/FistOfTheBlueSky'', are hard to come by, but definitely something to search for. For your critique, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlFggBGBpVY Bara ga Saku Bara ga Chiru]].
* The pachinko game by Sammy Corporation features a pair of songs from Japanese-French band Drive Far as its themes. Ladies and gentlemen, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58wqvlppElE Thrust of God]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAeVkEWz6cg Blazing Circle]], the [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish lyrics]] of which were both written by ''Tetsuo Hara himself''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udvFEl-NeFU Lightseekers]], from the remakes, and used for nearly every major fight therein. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyGsxGUy7xY slow version of Lightseekers]] is used on the ending for those films, and sounds suitably inspiring.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUKUJB9gHNk Nageki No Endless]] from ''Raoh Gaiden Ten no Haoh''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxig298z7Ek Accepted Fate]] that plays during the saddest parts of the series in Hokuto Musou. Very much a TearJerker.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMli2givJsw Character Select]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxCmh0egWLk Lin's Village]], Kenshiro and Heart's theme.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU-8m0NyoiY Place of Beginning / Village of Miracles]], Toki's theme.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcL-sIqYuu8 Mamiya's Village]], Rei and Mamiya's theme.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgA57JCfoAU Southern Cross]], Shin's theme.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btrP_2PhZqs Heliport]], Jagi's theme.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovNNR9QHiGs Juda's Castle / Palace]], Juda's theme.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuwIy573VBU Pyramid]], Souther's theme.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQSm--QvnA Hokuto Renkitoza]], Raoh / Ken-Oh's theme.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_Z6N1SWaM Staff Roll]], the ending theme for the arcade version.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xig82-1038M Namida (Dry Tears) -Instrumental Version-]], the ending theme, performed by Ayumi Nakamura. Also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDzVSiP41fA the vocal version, which remains unreleased]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjrfREX-T18 Ranking Screen]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIO2g_ZucI0 Minagoroshi No]], the theme that plays when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y31-o_WdZTU Toki clears the road for Kenshiro]], laments Toki's lost potential as the original successor due to his radiation sickness, whilst at the same time showing off his extremely graceful fighting style.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aemK-VGcuIw Purple Eyes]], the song that plays over the credits of the 1986 movie, is both beautiful and heartbreaking.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vLEKsxzCTM Hokuto. Ansatsuken.]] Even in a soundtrack with legendarily hot-blooded music, the fast-paced strings on this one make any scene where it plays all the more badass.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QsILRojkks Here's]] the Italian version. While it sounds sligthly tamer, the lyrics are absolutely catchy.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwVLYNagqx4 Kill The Fight]], the theme of Fist of The North Star 2 by Masato Shimon anyone?

* Translations of the prequel, ''Manga/FistOfTheBlueSky'', are hard to come by, but definitely something to search for. For [[WikiMagic your critique]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlFggBGBpVY Bara ga Saku Bara ga Chiru]].

%%* Two words: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vLEKsxzCTM Hokuto. Ansatsuken.]] Even in a soundtrack with legendarily hot-blooded music, the fast-paced strings on this one make any scene where it plays all the more baddass.
%%Two more words: Zero. Context.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCW1I7imq Futatsu no Kyoosei]], the official theme of awesomeness in ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. And to top it off, it's Rei's theme.

%%* Two words: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vLEKsxzCTM Hokuto. Ansatsuken.]]

** Speaking of openings, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QsILRojkks here's]] the Italian version. While it sounds sligthly tamer, the lyrics are absolutely catchy.

* Speaking of Rei, here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-KTm-7vQ2U his theme from the movie]]. Truly an amazing mix of badassery and sorrow.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUKUJB9gHNk Nageki No Endless]] from ''Raoh Gaiden Ten no Haoh''.

* Two words: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vLEKsxzCTM Hokuto. Ansatsuken.]]

* Speaking of Rei, here's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-KTm-7vQ2U his theme fro the movie]]. Truly an amazing mix of badassery and sorrow.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCW1I7imqNo Futatsu no Kyoosei]], the official theme of awesomeness in ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-NV7FG3974 The French opening]] can't compete with "YOU WA SHOCK", but it's still upbeat, and manly as well. And this is an amazing achievement when we make a comparison with all the anime from that time that got a new, and in most cases craptastic, opening.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_Z6N1SWaM Staff Roll]], the ending for the arcade version.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_Z6N1SWaM The arcade version's credits.]] It sounds [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong very similar]] to the credits of Guilty Gear Isuka (a spinoff of the VideoGame/GuiltyGear series), which is one of Creator/ArcSystemWorks' original titles.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_Z6N1SWaM The arcade version's credits.]] It sounds very similar to the credits of Guilty Gear Isuka (a spinoff of the Creator/GuiltyGear series) which is one of Creator/ArcSystemWorks' original games

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_Z6N1SWaM The arcade version's credits.]] It sounds very similar to the credits of VideoGame/GuiltyGearIsuka, one of Creator/ArcSystemWorks' original games.

** Speaking of openings, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QsILRojkks here's]] the Italian version. While it sounds sligthly tamer, the lyrics are absolute EarWorm.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-NV7FG3974 The French opening]] needs a mention. It can't compete with YOU WA SHOCK, but it's still audible, quite upbeat, and manly as well. And this is an amazing achievement when we make a comparison with all the anime from that time who got a new, and in most cases craptastic, opening.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-NV7FG3974 The French opening]] needs a mention. It can't compete with YOU WA SHOCK, but it's still audible, quite upbeat, and manly as well. And this is an amazing achievement when we make a comparison with all the anime from that time who got a new, and in 99% of cases craptastic, opening.

** That song was created and played by Tak Matsumoto, the guitarist of the most successful band in Japan, B'z. The guy has been considered by many to be a genius guitarist and the song certainly showed it. B'z itself would later sing the theme song to the 2007 Raoh Den movie, LONELY STARS, which is very awesome as well. Here's the live version [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZicznLWk94Y]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIO2g_ZucI0 Minagoroshi No]], the theme that plays when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y31-o_WdZTU Toki clears the road for Kenshiro]], laments Toki's lost potential due to his radiation sickness.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrNjvAhsJvQ Heart of Madness]], the ending song of the 1986 ''Fist of the North Star'' movie, is by far one of the most awesome songs of the series.