LMH Mixtape #32: Hudson Soft

The Hudson Soft focus is guaranteed to put a smile on your face.  It has a little bit of everything: cheerful melodies, tense percussion, groovy baselines, sleepy waltzes -- even a bit of spooky carnival calliope sprinkled in for good measure. Like a trail mix of wacky and delicious flavors, this setlist definitely hits the spot.

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KEYGLYPH'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS, JUST BECAUSE

Instant new favorite:  New Adventure Island - Stage 3-3
Brewed new favorite:  Super Bonk - Zero Gravity

Most stuck in my head:  Super Bomberman - Level 4
Most infectiously feel-good track:  Dig & Spike Volleyball - Results


Track listing and original episode:

http://legacymusichour.blogspot.com/2011/06/legacy-music-hour-episode-32-hudson.html

Episode 57: TurboGrafx-16

The focus of Episode 57 is the TurboGrafx-16 (and PC Engine -AND the SuperGrafx).  Brent and Rob choose only music from this marginalized console.  Full track listing below.

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

Battle Ace - Tomotsune Maeno - Act 3 - Hudson Soft - SuperGrafx - 1989

F1 Circus - Hiroshi Ogawa - World Champion - Nihon Bussan/Nichibutsu - PC Engine - 1990

Bloody Wolf - Shogo Sakai, Takafumi Miura, Yuji Suzuki, Yusuke Takahama - Stage 1 - Data East - TurboGrafx-16 - 1990

Silent Debuggers - Shogo Sakai, Masaaki Iwasaki (Koremasa), Takafumi Miura (Atomic Takafumi),Yusuke Takahama, Yuji Suzuki - Opening - Data East - TurboGrafx-16 - 1991

New Adventure Island - Keiji Sakata - Stage 2-3 - Now Production/Hudson Soft - TurboGrafx-16 - 1992

Image Fight - Masahiko Ishida - Stage 2 (Flight Over the City) - Irem - PC Engine - 1990

Barunba - M. Itoh, H. Nishikawa - Stage 1 - Namco/Zap Corp. - PC Engine - 1990

Dragon Spirit - Shinji Hosoe (Megaten Hosoe) (comp., arr.), Astron Ishii (arr.), Yoshinori Kawamoto (Kawagen) (arr.), Kazuo Noguchi (Thunder Noguchi) (arr.) - Paleozoic Era (Area 1) - Namco - TurboGrafx-16 - 1988

Dragon Spirit - Shinji Hosoe (Megaten Hosoe) (comp., arr.), Astron Ishii (arr.), Yoshinori Kawamoto (Kawagen) (arr.), Kazuo Noguchi (Thunder Noguchi) (arr.) - Jungle (Area 3) - Namco - TurboGrafx-16 - 1988

Dragon's Curse - Shinichi Sakamoto - Forest Theme/Mind of Hero - Hudson Soft - TurboGrafx-16 - 1991

Neutopia - Tomotsune Maeno - Credits - Hudson Soft - TurboGrafx-16 - 1990

Zero4 Champ - Tsukushi Sasaki - Zero 4 Champ! - Media Rings - PC Engine - 1991

Blazing Lazers - Masatomo Miyamoto (Miyamo), J.T.S, Masanobu Tsukamoto (Mats), Sydon Inoue (Sydon), Ozono, Keiji Takeuchi (Takeuchi) - Area 6 - Hudson Soft/Compile - TurboGrafx-16 - 1989

Super Star Soldier - Nozomu Nakahashi, Keita Hoshi - Ending - Kaneko/Hudson Soft - TurboGrafx-16 - 1990

Splatterhouse - Katsuro Tajima - Ending - Namco - TurboGrafx-16 - 1990

Episode 32: Hudson Soft

For Episode 32, Brent and Rob focus on the game developer and publisher, Hudson Soft.  Sharing tracks from Hudson franchises such as Bomberman, Adventure Island, Milon, and more, Brent also springs a pop quiz on Rob at the beginning of the show.  How well does Rob score?  Listen and find out!  Full track listing below.

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

Adventures of Dino Riki - Takeaki Kunimoto - Level 1-1 - Hudson Soft - NES - 1989

Super Bomberman - Jun Chikuma - Level 4 - Hudson Soft - SNES - 1993

Super Star Soldier - Nozomu Nakahashi, Keita Hoshi - Stage 1 - Kaneko/Hudson Soft - TurboGrafx-16 - 1990

Faxanadu - Jun Chikuma - Labyrinth - Hudson Soft - NES - 1989

Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom - Tomotsune Maeno - The Resistance Base (Level 5) - Hudson Soft - NES - 1991

Challenger - Takeaki Kunimoto - Scene 2 - Hudson Soft - Famicom - 1985

Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball - unknown - Title Screen - Hudson Soft - SNES - 1991

Milon's Secret Castle - Takeaki Kunimoto, A. Akamatsu (arr.), S. Oita (arr.) - Inside Well and Towers - Hudson Soft - Game Boy - 1993

Super Star Soldier - Nozomu Nakahashi, Keita Hoshi - Stage 4 - Kaneko/Hudson Soft - TurboGrafx-16 - 1990

DoReMi Fantasy - Jun Chikuma - Haunted Castle - Hudson Soft - Super Famicom - 1996

Hagane: The Final Conflict - Takahito Abe - Stage 1-4 - Red Company/Hudson Soft - SNES - 1994

Mickey Mousecapade - Takeaki Kunimoto - Boss Battle - Capcom/Hudson Soft - NES - 1988

Super Bonk - Masaaki Nishizawa, Keiji Ueki, Kennosuke Suemura - Zero Gravity - Red Company/Hudson Soft - SNES - 1994

Xexyz - Hirohiko Takayama - Area Music (Outside) - Atlus/Hudson Soft - NES - 1990

Bomberman - Jun Chikuma - unknown - Hudson Soft - TurboGrafx-16 - 1991

Bomberman II - Jun Chikuma (Atsushi Chikuma) - Area Theme 3 - Hudson Soft - NES - 1992

Super Star Soldier - Nozomu Nakahashi, Keita Hoshi - Stage 6 - Kaneko/Hudson Soft - TurboGrafx-16 - 1990

New Adventure Island - Keiji Sakata - Stage 3-3 - Now Production/Hudson Soft - TurboGrafx-16 - 1992

Dig & Spike Volleyball - Lucky Tocky - Result - Tonkin House/Hudson Soft - SNES - 1993