18 August 2021

LMH Mixtape #129: Twilight Games

Following up on their launch games focus, Brent and Rob took another suggestion from user Ryan and curated a selection of "twilight" games: games that were published during their console's final year (or years) of active title releases. Taken together, these two mixtapes form an engaging and symmetrical retrospective on composition and hardware -- like bookends, made of chiptune.


KEYGLYPH'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS, JUST BECAUSE
 
Instant new favorite: Metal Slader Glory: Director's Cut - Person in Charge at the Station
Other instant new favorite: Formation Soccer on J.League - Sudden Death
Brewed new favorite: J.League Winning Goal - Team Data

Gets me a little emotional: Power Tennis - Credits
This song needs lyrics: Zoda's Revenge: Star Tropics II - Ice Age Overworld (Chapter 2)

Blatant Favoritism Award: Sonic 3D Blast - Credits
 
 
Track listing and original episode:

04 August 2021

Episode 239: The Olympics

This episode is Olympics themed, especially on Rob’s end of track selections.  Different years also come up a bit, years like 1996 and 1943 and so forth.  Should arm wrestling be an event at the Olympics? Should Rob become a full time psychic?  These questions and more might just be answered on the Legacy Music Hour.  Full track listing below.



Game - Composer - Track - Company - Console - Year (North American release unless otherwise indicated)

Deae Tonosama Appare Ichiban - Masashi Kageyama - Stage Select - Sunsoft - Super Famicom - 1995

Track & Field II - Harumi Ueko - Arm Wrestling - Konami - NES - 1989

Tarot Mystery - Yasuaki Fujita - What is your birthday? - Ukiyotei/Visit - Super Famicom - 1995

Olympic Summer Games: Atlanta 1996 - Mark Ortiz - Skeet - Tiertex/Black Pearl - SNES - 1996

1943 Kai: Midway Kaisen - Tamayo Kawamoto (Tamatama) - Air Battle D (Round 4) - Capcom - arcade (Japan) - 1988

Shatterhand - Iku Mizutani - Ending - Natsume/Jaleco - NES - 1991

Cycle Race: Roadman: Gekisou!! Nihon Isshu 4000km - Michiharu Hasuya - Main Racing BGM - Advance Communication Company/Tonkin House - Famicom - 1988

Super Black Onyx - Hiroshi Suzuki, Haruko Seto, Jun Irie - Title - Bullet-Proof Software - Famicom - 1988

Wimbledon Championship Tennis - Crush-X - Password, Menu 2 - Sega - Genesis - 1993

Honkaku Mahjong: Tetsuman - unknown - Mahjong Theme 2 - Syscom/Naxat Soft - Super Famicom - 1993

Lagoon - Naizoh Uraomote, Hideki Suzuki, Akihito Okawa, Hideyuki Shimono, Naoyuki Kimura - Premonition - Kemco/Zoom - SNES - 1991

Funaki Masakatsu Hybrid Wrestler: Tougi Denshou - Chiaki Iizuka, Reiko Uehara, Kiyomi Kataoka - Balcony - Technos - Super Famicom - 1994

21 July 2021

LMH Mixtape #128: Launch Games

For Episode 128, the boizz followed a suggestion from user Ryan and took a sampling of the tunes from games that launched the same year their console debuted. Not only was this a fascinating snapshot of how the composers handled each piece of new hardware, but along the way, Rob F. Switch also coined that very particular pronunciation of "boy" that we can no longer live without.


KEYGLYPH'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS, JUST BECAUSE
 
Instant new favorite: Bikkuriman World - Round 1
Other instant new favorite: Super Mario Land - Ending
Other other instant new favorite: Soukoban - gameplay
Brewed new favorite: Shanghai - Round 3
Other brewed new favorite: Victory Run: Eikou no 13,000KM - Race Music 3

That Master System Sadness™: Great Soccer - Main Game
 
 
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07 July 2021

Episode 238: The Villain Pac-Man

In this episode, Brent and Rob and Gabe explore the dark side of the Pac-Man dynasty and uncover some interesting revelations.  They also talk about expressions and trendy words they don't like, as well as talk about other things pertaining to the tracks they play, as usual.  Full track listing below.



Game - Composer - Track - Company - Console - Year (North American release unless otherwise indicated)

Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball - Barry Blum - Title Screen - Sega - Genesis - 1993

Hat Trick Hero 2 - Yukio Nakajima - Game BGM 1 - Neverland/Taito - Super Famicom - 1994

Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar - Takeshi Yoshida - Omake 2 - Technosoft - Genesis - 1992

U-Force Power Games - unknown - Power Field B-Ball - TOSE/Broderbund - NES - 1990 (unreleased)

Pac-Attack - Hiromi Shibano (Isayan), Takaki Horigome (Polygome) - Ending - Namco - Genesis - 1993

Secret Ties - Fumito Tamayama (Dosukoi (Bakkin) Tamayama) - Stage 2: The Palace of Zan - Graphic Research/Vic Tokai - NES - 1992 (unreleased)

Gimmick! - Masashi Kageyama - Paradigm (Stage 4) - Authentic Entertainment/Sunsoft - Famicom - 1992

Kiss Shot - Naofumi Hataya (Hata), Hiroshi Kubota (Jimita) - Title Screen - Sega - Mega Drive Meganet - 1991

Twin Dragons - Matthieu Halberstadt (Please Lose Battle) - A Dragon Girl in the Woods (The Forest) - Broke Studio - NES - 2018

New 3D Golf Simulation: Waialae no Kiseki - Yumi Satake (Yumi Kinoshita), Shunsuke Minomiya, Shigekazu Kamaki, Hiroshi Morita, Yusaburo Shimojyo, Akira Tamada - Title Screen - T&E Soft - Mega Drive - 1994

Kouryo no Mimi - Takada Youko - Round 1 (Protect the Orphanage) - Vap - Super Famicom - 1995

Jumpin' Kid: Jack to Mame no Ki Monogatari - Masakatsu Maekawa (?) - Stage 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 10 - Now Production/Asmik Ace Entertainment - Famicom - 1990

16 June 2021

LMH Mixtape #127: Taito 2

Taito 2: Electric Boogaloo.
 

KEYGLYPH'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS, JUST BECAUSE
 
Instant new favorite: Space Invaders '91 - Rounds 3, 8, 15
Brewed new favorite: The Jetsons: Robot Panic - Concert Hall
Other brewed new favorite: Knight Quest - Ending

Blatant Favoritism Award:  Bust-A-Move - Bubble Bustin'
 
 
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