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=== Soundtrack === The ''Jet Set Radio'' soundtrack includes original and licensed tracks with a variety of genres including [[J-pop]], [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], [[funk]], [[electronic dance music|electronic dance]], [[rock music|rock]], [[acid jazz]], and [[trip hop]].<ref name="Rude Awakening" /> The main theme of the game is called "Let Mom Sleep". The North American version and international rereleases add [[Heavy metal music|metal]] songs. The 2012 port omits "Yappie Feet" and "Many Styles" for licensing reasons.<ref name="Sega">{{cite web |title=Jet Set Radio |date=16 March 2015 |url=http://www.sega.com/games/jet-set-radio/ |publisher=[[Sega]] |access-date=September 2, 2019 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115212207/https://www.sega.com/games/jet-set-radio/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="GI-tracklist">{{cite magazine| title=Jet Set Radio Tracklist Announced |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/06/01/final-tracklist-announced-for-jet-set-radio.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814072240/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/06/01/final-tracklist-announced-for-jet-set-radio.aspx |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |date=June 1, 2012 |archive-date=August 14, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=September 3, 2019}}</ref> The music has been described as energetic, rhythm-heavy, defiant, and multicultural.<ref name="Vice" /> Most of the soundtrack was composed by [[Hideki Naganuma]], with additional tracks by [[Richard Jacques]], Deavid Soul, Toronto, and B.B. Rights.<ref name="GameWatch-interview"/> Naganuma attempted to match the visual style, and experimented with voices, cutting, and rearranging [[sampling (music)|samples]] to the point that they became nonsensical.<ref name="Rude Awakening">{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImwMjfvlXmM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/ImwMjfvlXmM |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Jet Set Radio: The Rude Awakening |medium=motion picture |time=3:18 |publisher=[[Sega]] |author1=Anthony Caufield |author2=Nichola Caufield}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2012, Naganuma said ''Jet Set Radio'' and its sequel had been his favorite projects.<ref name="Naganuma-interview">{{cite web|date=July 11, 2012|title=RadioSEGA Interview: Hideki Naganuma |url=https://www.radiosega.net/news/features/2012/07/radiosega-interview-hideki-naganuma/ |website=Radiosega.net|access-date=September 30, 2019}}</ref> Smilebit worked with Sega of America and Sega of Europe to include as many street culture elements as possible, hoping to create music that was internationally acceptable.<ref name="Edge-mag-interview">{{cite magazine|date=May 2000|title=Jet Set Radio|url=https://archive.org/details/edgeuk084|magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] (UK)|publisher=[[Future plc]]|issue=84|pages=[https://archive.org/details/edgeuk084/page/n36 40]–44|access-date=September 24, 2019}}</ref> A soundtrack CD, ''Jet Grind Radio Music Sampler'', was given to those who pre-ordered the game in the United States, featuring 10 tracks from the game, 4 of which do not appear in any version of ''Jet Set Radio''. It was distributed by [[Interscope Records]]. The soundtrack CD, ''Jet Set Radio Original Soundtrack'' (UPCH-1048), featured 19 tracks including a data track from the game and was distributed by [[Polydor Records]] on December 20, 2000, in Japan.<ref name="OST1">{{cite web| title=トロント/「Jet Set Radio」Original Soundtrack|url=https://tower.jp/item/562697/%E3%80%8CJet-Set-Radio%E3%80%8DOriginal-Soundtrack |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906085039/https://tower.jp/item/562697/%E3%80%8CJet-Set-Radio%E3%80%8DOriginal-Soundtrack |language=ja |website=[[Tower Records]] |date=December 20, 2000 |archive-date=September 6, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=September 6, 2019}}</ref> For the HD release, a new soundtrack CD titled ''Jet Set Radio: Original Soundtrack with Bonus Tracks from JSRF'', was distributed by [[Sumthing Else]] on September 18, 2012, for North America and Europe, containing a total of 17 tracks, 10 from the game and 7 additional tracks from the sequel, ''[[Jet Set Radio Future]]''.<ref name="OST2-A">{{cite web| title= Soundtracks you should be listening to! |url=https://www.destructoid.com/note-worthy-010-black-ops-ii-final-fantasy-mega-man-240764.phtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906044808/http://www.destructoid.com/note-worthy-010-black-ops-ii-final-fantasy-mega-man-240764.phtml |website=[[Destructoid]] |date=December 18, 2012 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=September 6, 2019}}</ref><ref name="OST2-B">{{cite web| title= Jet Set Radio Original Soundtrack |url=http://www.sumthing.com/itemDetails.aspx?id=5874 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102051336/http://www.sumthing.com/itemDetails.aspx?id=5874 |website=[[Sumthing Else]] |date=September 18, 2012 |archive-date=November 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 6, 2019}}</ref> A second soundtrack for the HD version, ''Jet Set Radio Sega Original Tracks'', was distributed by Sega, containing 15 tracks and was released on [[iTunes]] on October 3, 2012 alongside ''Jet Set Radio Future Sega Original Tracks''.<ref name="OST3">{{cite web| title=「ジェットセットラジオ」シリーズの楽曲がiTunes Storeで配信に |url=https://www.4gamer.net/games/184/G018447/20121003005/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905120639/https://www.4gamer.net/games/184/G018447/20121003005/ |language=ja |website=4Gamer.net |date=October 3, 2012 |archive-date=September 5, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=September 6, 2019}}</ref>
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