I don’t know if this is even possible as I’m not up to scratch with modding, but can the bike ride to the harbour track be replaced with this perhaps?
Maybe the clip of Shenmue hidden in Janet Jackson’s video and the photograph of Yu Suzuki with the singer got me thinking, but I’d really love some of Michael Jackson’s 80's tracks to feature in this game and I'm so gutted that it isn't. I’m basically biased because I am a fan of his music so I suppose the counterargument to this is going to be 'why not use Queen, Judas Priest, the Beatles or basically anything?' and that I'm unfair for enforcing my taste, but its just an idea and I'm using MJ as an example. Also seeing how the Jackson's followed the Sega brand loyalty, contributed a lot to the company, was associated with their mascot's creation and game OSTs and even knew Yu Suzuki I just think it would be a nice homage of sorts to this icon. Also...oh heck screw it I just like the idea.