Episode 145: New Age Music 3

After all the battle music from the last episode, the boys decide to focus on New Age music found in 8-bit and 16-bit era video games, most of it quite calming.  This is their third focus on the New Age genre.  Full track listing below.

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

Tenshi no Uta: Shiroki Tsubasa no Inori - Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura, Ryota Furuya, Hiroya Hatsushiba - Meeting - Telenet Japan - Super Famicom - 1994

Valis - Hiroaki Kai, Minoru Yuasa - Opening Visual 1 - Riot/Renovation - Genesis - 1991

The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt - Jonathan Dunn - House Interior - Ocean - SNES - 1993

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest - David Wise - Forest Interlude - Rare/Nintendo - SNES - 1995

Marble Madness - Brad Fuller, Hal Canon - Practice Race - Atari Games - arcade - 1984

Sword of Vermilion - Hiroshi Kawaguchi - Jiji Theme - Sega - Genesis - 1989

Solid Runner - Mitsuhito Tanaka, Toshiaki Sakoda, Pure Sound - Irene's Voice - Sting/ASCII - Super Famicom - 1997

Donkey Kong Country - David Wise - Life in the Mines - Rare/Nintendo - SNES - 1994

Mahjong Taikai II - unknown - Matsuo Bashou - Koei - Super Famicom - 1994

Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warship - David Wise - Approaching Planet 9 - Rare/Tradewest - NES - 1990

The 7th Saga - Norihiko Yamanuki - Kamil Dowonna - Enix/Produce - SNES - 1993

Valis III - Hisao Inoue, Jun Hasebe, Shingo Murakami, Takaharu Umezu (arr.), Michiko Naruke (arr.), Minoru Yuasa (arr.) - Deja-Vu - Telenet Japan/Renovation - Genesis - 1991

Bram Stoker's Dracula - Matt Furniss - Stage 4-3 - Sony Imagesoft - Genesis - 1993

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest - David Wise - Bayou Boogie - Rare/Nintendo - SNES - 1995

Habu Meijin no Omoshiro Shougi - Cube - Battle Theme 1 - Tomy/Access - Super Famicom - 1995

Episode 113: New Age Music 2

New Age music to bring in the New Year.  This is Brent and Rob's second time focusing on the New Age genre within video game music of the 8-bit and 16-bit era.  Sometimes more melodic, sometimes more ambient, the music in this episode is relaxing and also contemplative.  The boys also talk about hats.  Full track listing below.

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

New Horizons - Yoko Kanno - Mast in the Mist - Koei - SNES - 1994

Harvest Moon - Tsuyoshi Tanaka (CHACKey) - Star Night Festival - Natsume/Amccus - SNES - 1997

Sandra no Daibouken: Valkyrie to no Deai - Norihiko Togashi, Nakanobu, Ebihara - Song for the Golden Bird - Namco - Super Famicom - 1992

Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals - Yasunori Shiono - Town - Neverland/Natsume - SNES - 1996

Stealth - unknown - Mission Briefing - Hect - Super Famicom - 1992

Othello World - Kimitaka Matsumae, Manami Matsumae - Freedom Zone and Ocean Opening - Dice/Tsukuda Original - Super Famicom - 1992

Secret of Evermore - Jeremy Soule - Fields of Gothica - Square - SNES - 1995

Arcus Odyssey - Motoi Sakuraba - Act 2-1: Prison - Wolf Team/Renovation - Genesis - 1991

Famicom Jump II: Saikyou no Shichinin - Satoshi Kadokura - Theme Of Victory - Chunsoft/Bandai - Famicom - 1991

Bram Stoker's Dracula - Matt Furniss - Vampyre Book - Sony Imagesoft - Genesis - 1993

Beyond Oasis - Yuzo Koshiro - Evil Territory - Ancient - Genesis - 1994

Elfaria II: The Quest of the Meld - Yukihide Takekawa - Boa Town - Red/Hudson - Super Famicom - 1995

Mario Paint - Kazumi Totaka, Ryoji Yoshitomi, Hirokazu Tanaka - Mysterious - Nintendo - SNES - 1992

Ranma 1/2: Akanekodan Teki Hihou - Toshio Okamoto - Cat Ghost King - Atelier Double/Toho - Super Famicom - 1993

Final Fantasy III - Nobuo Uematsu - The Phantom Forest - Square - SNES - 1994