Episode 272: Jazz Music 3

This month, The Legacy Music Hour returns to a topic last explored twelve years ago, Jazz Music.   All the tracks featured here are third and fourth generation game music examples of jazz (and in one case, jazz-ish) pieces.  Some pretty sophisticated stuff!  Full track listing below.

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

Dynamite Dux - Hiroshi Kawaguchi - Stage 4: Chicago (DUX In Darkness) Sega -arcade (Japan) - 1988

Gokinjo Boukentai - Akihiko Mori - Battle - ITL/Pioneer LDC - Super Famicom - 1996

Sonic Boom -  Katsuhiro Hayashi - Stage 3, 5 - Sega - arcade (Japan) - 1987

Sailor Moon S: Kondo wa Puzzle de Oshioki yo! - Harumi Fujita - Original Game - Tom Create/Bandai - Super Famicom - 1994

Pu-Li-Ru-La - Kazuko Umino (Karu) - BGM 1, Zac & Mel's Town - Taito - arcade (Japan) - 1991

Sadakichi Seven: Hideyoshi no Ougon - Daisuke Inoue - Main Theme (Day) - Sofix/Hudson Soft - PC Engine - 1988

Super Chase H.Q. - Yasuhisa Watanabe (comp., arr.), Naoto Yagishita (arr.), Kennosuke Suemura (Adon Suemura) (arr.), Jag (arr.) - Lover’s (Unused) - Taito - SNES - 1993

The Jetsons: Invasion of the Planet Pirates - Hideki Takahagi - Stage 3 - Sting/Taito - SNES - 1994

Party Quiz Mega Q - Hirofumi Murasaki - Swing! MQ! - Minato Giken/Sega - Mega Drive - 1993

Leading Company - Mark Soskin (comp., improvised solo 1), Chuck Loeb (improvised solo 2) - The Door To September - Koei - Super Famicom - 1993

Janou Touryuumon - Mecano Associates - BGM 3 - Game Arts - Mega Drive - 1993

Mini-Yonku Let's & Go!! Power WGP 2 - Masaru Tajima - Racing - Jupiter Multimedia/Nintendo - Super Famicom - 1998

King of Casino - Hiroshi Suzuki - Music No. 4 (Inside Casino) - NEC - TurboGrafx-16 - 1990