As with most people, I can still remember the first time I heard this mix.  It was several years ago, shortly after it came out, and before I began to regularly come to OCR.  A buddy of mine is and always has been a big SF fan, so he sent this to me.  There was one word he used to describe it: Epic. 
I must concur. 
Everything in this mix works so well together.  I find that it's quite easy to get lost in this mix, and when you reach the last notes and the triumphant "Shoryuken", you're left with a tear in your eye. 
This stuff is something special.