LMH Mixtape #299: Scary Music 2

It's an early Halloween mixtape this year and we're about to dive into the world of scary, spooky, and creepy music!  Even within the topic of scary music, there's a lot of variety, ranging from the chilled out tone of "Ruined Mine" from Gunple: Gunman’s Proof to the hard hitting crunchy bass of "Underground Sewers" from Fester's Quest.  There's a lot here to investigate, so put on a brave face and sneak into the frightening lair of Scary Music 2.

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MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

Longtime Favorite:  Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge - Opening

Classic Sunsoft Greatness:  Fester's Quest - Underground Sewers

Creepy and Beautiful:  Gunple: Gunman’s Proof - Ruined Mine

Track listing and original episode:

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Episode 299: Scary Music 2

Halloween comes early this year for the Legacy Music Hour, though considering how Halloween decorations at some stores are already up, this episode is right on time.  Scary, spooky, and creepy music is the theme of Episode 299.  The boizz haven't done a focus like this in FIFTEEN YEARS.  Isn't that eerie?  Full track listing below.

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

Tetris Battle Gaiden - Tomoyuki Hamada - Haunted House - Bullet-Proof Software - Super Famicom - 1993

Red Zone - Jesper Kyd - Introduction - Zyrinx/Time Warner Interactive - Genesis - 1994

Gunple: Gunman’s Proof - unknown - Ruined Mine - Lenar/ASCII Entertainment - Super Famicom - 1997

Pulseman - Junichi Masuda - Brain Voice - Game Freak - Mega Drive - 1994

The Legendary Axe - Jun Chikuma (Atsushi Chikuma), Toshiaki Takimoto - Zone 2 - Victor Interactive Software - TurboGrafx-16 - 1989

New Adventure Island - Keiji Sakata - Stage 1-4 - Now Production/Hudson Soft - TurboGrafx-16 - 1992

Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight - Junko Tamiya - The Pursuer (Cutscene/Planet 2, Area 3/Planet 3, Area 2) - Capcom - NES - 1990

Master of Darkness - Takashi Horiguchi (Fumi), Yoko Wada (Nasu Bi) - Ending - SIMS/Sega - Sega Master System (Europe) - 1992

JESUS: Kyoufu no Bio-Monster - Koichi Sugiyama - Shadow of Death - Enix/ChunSoft/King Records - Famicom - 1989

Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge - Hidehiro Funauchi - Opening - Konami - Game Boy - 1991

Rendering Ranger: R2 - Stefan Kramer, Jesper Olsen - Stage Intro - Rainbow Arts/Virgin Interactive - Super Famicom - 1995

Final Fantasy Adventure - Kenji Ito - Dungeon 1 - Square - Game Boy - 1991

Fester's Quest - Naoki Kodaka, Nobuyuki Hara - Underground Sewers - Sunsoft - NES - 1989

Devil's Crush - Toshiaki Sakoda - Title Screen - Compile/NEC - TurboGrafx-16 - 1990

Episode 53: Scary Music

Not to be confused with horror themed games, Episode 53 features scary and spooky sounding music, just in time for Halloween.  The Legacy Music Hour dares you to listen to this episode in the dark!  Full track listing below.

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

Clock Tower - Kouji Niikura - Don't Cry, Jennifer - Human Entertainment - Super Famicom - 1995

Dungeon Explorer - Tsukasa Masuko (Tukasa Macco) - Dungeon - Atlus/Hudson Soft - TurboGrafx-16 - 1989

Ghouls 'n Ghosts - Tamayo Kawamoto - Beelzebub (Stage 5 Boss) - Capcom - Genesis - 1989

Pokémon Blue Version - Junichi Masuda - Lavender Town - Game Freak/Nintendo - Game Boy - 1998

Tenchi Souzou - Miyoko Kobayashi - Wandering Spirits - Quintet/Enix - Super Famicom - 1995

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse - Jun Funahashi, Yukie Morimoto, Hidenori Maezawa - Demon Seed - Konami - NES - 1990

Demon's Crest - Toshihiko Horiyama - Catacombs of the Dead - Capcom - SNES - 1994

Little Samson - Kazuhide Sasuga, Yukimari - Floating Castle pt I - Taito - NES - 1992

Secret of Mana - Hiroki Kikuta - Oracle - Square - SNES - 1993

Bram Stoker's Dracula - Matt Furniss - Stage 4-2 - Sony Imagesoft - Genesis - 1993

The Battle of Olympus - Kazuo Sawa - Tartarus - Broderbund - NES - 1990

EarthBound - Hirokazu Tanaka - Giygas' Intro - Nintendo - SNES - 1995

Super Metroid - Minako Hamano - Maridia (Rocky Underground Water Area) - Nintendo - SNES - 1994

Dungeon Explorer - Tsukasa Masuko (Tukasa Macco) - Boss Destroyed - Atlus/Hudson Soft - TurboGrafx-16 - 1989

Splatterhouse - Yoshinori Kawamoto - Poltergeist (First Part) - Namco - TurboGrafx-16 - 1990