History AwesomeMusic / FistOfTheNorthStar

** And finally, the [[VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarKensRage Hokuto Musou]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pedNUK4hUZU version]], played during the final boss battle against Raoh as well as other important bosses.

* The second opening, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tayv9pAu_4w "Tough Boy"]] by TOM* CAT. [[GratuitousEnglish WE ARE LIVING, LIVING IN THE NINTIES! WE STILL FIGHT, FIGHTING IN THE NINTIES!]]

** And Manga Entertainment's own version of their fairly short lived dub of the series [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJTT8Ylf4ss here.]] This alongside [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQehOrLsTYw their theme for]] ''Anime/StreetFighterIIV''.

** And finally, the [[DynastyWarriors Hokuto Musou]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pedNUK4hUZU version]], played during the final boss battle against Raoh as well as other important bosses.

** [[http://www.myspace.com/astraprog/music/songs/tough-boy-ken-shiro-35917899 Yet another Italian band covering Tough Boy, this time it's ASTRA]].

** The [[http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/hokutonoken/aiotorimodose.htm translated lyrics]] reveal [[spoiler: [[LyricalDissonance it's actually a]] love song. Where the singer says he will EXPLODE HEADS WITH HIS FISTS... for love. Awwwwwe.]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25-SEAE6Vxs cover by Akira Kamiya]], Kenshiro's voice actor

** Adding into this is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stYO7hvDHZQ Kenshiro no Theme II]], a theme that's ideal for every fight in this OVA.

* The first [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0prsICS1ik ending theme.]] Pure epic.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMzlqZr8688 Accepted Fate]] that plays during the saddest parts of the series in Hokuto Musou. Very much a TearJerker.

** 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 [[http://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...]]

* And don't forget the second opening, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tayv9pAu_4w "Tough Boy"]] by TOM* CAT. [[GratuitousEnglish WE ARE LIVING, LIVING IN THE NINTIES! WE STILL FIGHT, FIGHTING IN THE NINTIES!]]

* [[http://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.

** And Manga Entertainment's own version of their fairly short lived dub of the series [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJTT8Ylf4ss here.]] This alongside their theme for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQehOrLsTYw StreetFighter II V.]]

* And don't forget the second opening, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4QMEbgG5KU "Tough Boy"]] by TOM* CAT. [[GratuitousEnglish WE ARE LIVING, LIVING IN THE NINTIES! WE STILL FIGHT, FIGHTING IN THE NINTIES!]]

** Not too mention Manga Entertainment's own version of their fairly short lived dub of the series [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJTT8Ylf4ss here.]] This alongside their theme for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQehOrLsTYw StreetFighter II V.]]

** There is also a [[http://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.

** How about [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gIOlwm2O14&feature=channel_video_title this]] Techno beat version. [[RecycledInSPACE HNK goes Sci-Fi]].

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfHPUwmT9kw&feature=channel_video_title This version]]. [[SoCoolItsAwesome No words can describe its epicness]].
** The [[http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/hokutonoken/aiotorimodose.htm translated lyrics]] reveal [[spoiler: [[LyricalDissonance it's actually a]] love song]].
*** A love song where the singer says he will EXPLODE HEADS WITH HIS FISTS... for love. Awwwwwe.

* Let's not forget the music that plays whenever Kenshiro is about to kick ass! [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8BYBaDz0Ic SENTOO!]] (which is sometimes mistaken as ''Ai wo Torimodose Instrumental'', which it essentially is).

* Let's not forget the epicness of the first [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0prsICS1ik ending theme.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OS2BiA68ns&feature=related Futatsu no Kyoosei]], the official theme of awesomeness in FistOfTheNorthStar.
* They may not be original to the series, but {{Gackt}}'s [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YED4ND-oQFk&feature=related Lu:Na]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B4ylyRLu-Q Oasis]], the OP and ED from ''Shin Hokuto no Ken'', certainly qualify.
* Translations of the prequel, FistOfTheBlueSky, are hard to come by, but definitely something to search for. For [[WikiMagic your critique]] I give all you tropers, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlFggBGBpVY Bara ga Saku Bara ga Chiru]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udvFEl-NeFU&feature=related Lightseekers]], from the remakes, and used for nearly every major fight therein.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCAMkvaPKzQ&feature=related Nageki No Endless]] from ''Raoh Gaiden Ten no Haoh''.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMzlqZr8688&feature=feedf Accepted Fate]] that plays during the saddest parts of the series in Hokuto Musou. Very much a TearJerker.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0xmJ9Q8XSM&feature=plcp Character Select]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwV7YbOEVQ4&feature=plcp Place of Beginning / Village of Miracles]], Toki's theme.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43RVlnGxPOM&feature=plcp Mamiya's Village]], Rei and Mamiya's theme.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER5-wdk0-As&feature=plcp Southern Cross]], Shin's theme.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKF8f6HMHBU&feature=plcp Juda's Castle / Palace]], Juda's theme.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSpaQ7bAC2o&feature=plcp Pyramid]], Souther's theme.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rFNrbe5hOc&feature=plcp Hokuto Renkitoza]], Raoh / Ken-Oh's theme.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GXdqErbyuQ&feature=plcp Namida (Dry Tears) -Instrumental Version-]], the ending theme, performed by Ayumi Nakamura

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH-EGhzBnS0&feature=plcp Ranking Screen]].

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH-EGhzBnS0&feature=plcp Ranking Screen]]

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgYSeYfUKsQ The Hokuto Musou version]]. Head-exploding guitar solo, indeed!

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6LNiqcgagY The Hokuto Musou version]]. Head-exploding guitar solo, indeed!

* Let's not forget the music that plays whenever Kenshiro is about to kick ass! [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2ILUSVNNrg SENTOO!]] (which is sometimes mistaken as ''Ai wo Torimodose Instrumental'', which it essentially is).

** [[LuckyStar Akira Kogami and Minoru Shiraishi]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hijcWIJxlVg make this more epic]] [[SoBadItsGood than you might think they would]].

* Translations of the prequel, FistOfTheBlueSky, are hard to come by, but definitely something to search for. For [[WikiMagic your critique]] I give all you tropers, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv86e5v_SKM Bara ga Saku Bara ga Chiru]].

* Of course, this doesn't mean the remakes aren't full of awesome music. Check out [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2_la7NNy9k "The Road of Lords"]], a song so manly that you'll feel a beard and chest hair growing out as you hear it.