LMH Mixtape #164: Sports 4

Veteran users already know by now that sports games were sporting some real hidden gem tracks.  You can hear a selection of those right now in this very mixtape!  Of course, in addition to those great tracks, the full episode contains some of the most hilariously funny LMH moments that you don't want to miss. So take a deep breath (or four), and leap for that ally-OOOP!

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MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

Perfect for studying Applied Math (for students): Ashita no Joe - Hose Mendoze (Jose Mendoza) 

That classic Konami sound: Konami Hyper Soccer - Setup

Contains multiple "favorite parts": J.League Pro Striker 2 - Opening Theme

Track listing and original episode:

https://www.legacymusichour.com/2015/05/episode-164-sports-4.html

LMH Mixtape #147: Golf Games

Time to pour yourself an Arnold Palmer, sit back, and enjoy a cool breeze and some even cooler music.  Golf games have a certain smooth quality that makes you just want to sing along.  For proof of that, look no further than LMH user Sentimental in San Gabriel, who took many of these tracks to the next level with his VGM Karaokes.

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MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

 

New favorite:  True Golf Classics: Pebble Beach Golf Links  - Main Menu

Other new favorite:  Top Player's Golf - Shiny Afternoon (Main 4) 

Another favorite:  Ganbare! Golf Boys - Take It Easy

This song has lyrics:  Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf - BGM 3*

This song also has lyrics:  New 3D Golf Simulation: Harukanaru Augusta - BGM 2*

This song also ALSO has lyrics:  Winning Shot - Menu*

This song also-also-also has lyrics:  HAL's Hole in One Golf - Take a Rest*

This song also also also, and you guessed it, also has lyrics:  True Golf Classics: Pebble Beach Golf Links - Main Menu*

This song also x 5 has lyrics:  Chi Chi's Pro Challenge Golf - gameplay*

This song ALSO ALSO ALSO ALSO ALSO ALSO™ has lyrics:  Putter Golf - Title Screen/BGM 2*

*Revisit Sentimental in San Gabriel's karaokes "Forever And A Day," "Legacy Music Hour," "Are You Gonna Be," "Baby Girl," "Dammit Girl," "Motorcycle," and "Ever Never" on his setlist at JT's VGM Karaoke Lounge and on the Legacy Music Hour Facebook Video Page!

 

 

Track listing and original episode:

https://www.legacymusichour.com/2013/08/episode-147-golf-games.html

LMH Mixtape #139: Sports 3

The Ganbare Golf BOIZZ really came to play with Sports 3!  Proving once again that the often overlooked genre of sports games can contain some total home runs when it comes to music.  These tracks have been on the bench for too long!  So get out there, make the team proud, and remember to join the Nintendo Fun Club today Mac!

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MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

 

Instant new favorite: Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf - Options/Statistics

Favorite track to win to: Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 3 - Success Mode Autumn

Favorite track to lose to: ATP Tour Championship Tennis - Try Again Next Year! (Tournament Elimination)

 

 

Track listing and original episode:

https://www.legacymusichour.com/2013/06/episode-139-sports-3.html

Episode 249: Sports 6

Another sports focus, and this time the boizz debate what constitutes as a sport.  Rob also shares his experiences fighting with pinatas and Brent tries out a new version of his name.  And if you wanna learn how to pick people up in a bar, this episode is for you.  Full track listing below.

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

Shijou Saikyou League Serie A: Ace Striker - Masahito Nakano (Pas de Chat), Atsuhiro Motoyama, Shinji Tachikawa - Main Menu - TNN - Super Famicom - 1995

Battle Golfer Yui - Naka-chan 3-sai, Kenta-kun. Yada!, Maru-chan wa omotta, Kyoporiran - Golf Ole! - Santos/Sega - Mega Drive - 1991

Super Play Action Football - Yoshiki Nishimura (Studio 401) - Season Ended (Lose) - TOSE/Nintendo - SNES - 1992

Prime Time NFL Starring Deion Sanders - Andy Armer - Prime Time Theme (Title/Opening Credits/Game Setup) - Farsight Technologies - Genesis - 1995

Nikkan Sports Pro Yakyuu VAN - Naofumi Hataya - Sound Code 89 - Sega - Mega Drive - 1991

Track & Field - Akihiro Juichiya - Events List - Konami - Game Boy - 1992

'96 Zenkoku Koukou Soccer Senshuken - Toshiyuki Takine, Gocky in Bose - Tournament - Magical Company (Mahou) - Super Famicom - 1996

Championship Bowling - Nakamiti - Fast Lane - Soft Machine/Mentrix Software - Genesis - 1993

Honoo no Toukyuuji: Dodge Danpei - Izuho Numata (Izuho Takeuchi (Ippo)) - Battle Theme 7 - Sega - Mega Drive - 1992

Tecmo Super Baseball - Rick Rhodes, Dean Morrell (arr.), Christopher Braymen (arr.) - Preparing for the Game - Sculptured Software/Tecmo - Genesis - 1994

Kunio-Kun no Dodge Ball Dayo Zenin Shuugo! - Kazuo Sawa, Chiaki Iizuka, Reiko Uehara, Kiyomi Kataoka - America - Technos - Super Famicom - 1993

Foreman For Real - Chris Jojo, Paul Tonge, Suddi Raval - Title Screen - Software Creations/Acclaim - Game Boy - 1995

ATP Tour Championship Tennis - Hikoshi Hashimoto - Menu 1 - Sims/Sega - Genesis - 1994

Episode 213: Sports 5

Another Sports focus!  Rob also gets some things off his chest in a major way.  Brent and Rob attempt to do sports commentary, but they do it in a unique way (one might say a bad way).  Also look out for a NeverEnding Story sing along and a discussion of “soccer” versus “football” in an English accent.  Full track listing below.

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

Power League II - unknown - Bases Empty - Hudson Soft - PC Engine - 1989

Cyberball - Brad Fuller, Hal Canon, Don Diekneite - Ending - Atari Games/Tengen - Genesis - 1990

Ultra League: Moero! Soccer Daikessen!! - Kazuo Sawa - Stage 6 - Tom Create/Yutaka - Super Famicom - 1995

AWS Pro Moves Soccer - Jesper Kyd - Menu Theme - ASCII Entertainment - Genesis - 1993

Exciting Boxing - unknown - gameplay - Human Entertainment/Konami - Famicom - 1987

Pebble Beach Golf Links - Yumi Satake (Yumi Kinoshita), Shigekazu Kamaki - Tea Break - T&E Soft/Sega - Genesis - 1993

Wrestle War - Anupon - Match Select - Sega - Mega Drive - 1991

ATP Tour Championship Tennis - Hikoshi Hashimoto - Sound Test No. 10 - Sims/Sega - Genesis - 1994

Konami Hyper Soccer - unknown - Main BGM - Konami - NES (Europe) - 1992

Super Final Match Tennis - Takamitsu Kajikawa - Staff Roll - Human Entertainment - Super Famicom - 1994

Power League II - unknown - Results - Hudson Soft - PC Engine - 1989

LMH Mixtape #76: Sports 2

If you were a fan of the first Legacy Music Hour sports focus, here's your ticket back to the stadium for another one!  Sports 2 will make you move, groove, and maybe even turn you on a little bit.  Don't say we didn't warn you.  Game on.

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KEYGLYPH'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS, JUST BECAUSE

Instant new favorite:  From TV animation: Slam Dunk: Kyougou Makkou Taiketsu! - Ending
Other instant new favorite:  Rackets & Rivals - Next Opponent

Brewed new favorite:  Konami Hyper Soccer - Ending
Other brewed new favorite:  ATP Tour Championship Tennis - Hikoshi Hashimoto - Congratulations!


Track listing and original episode:

http://legacymusichour.blogspot.com/2012/04/legacy-music-hour-episode-76-sports-2.html

Episode 164: Sports 4

A "breath" of fresh air, yet a familiar one, as the Chi-chi-chi-chi-gasp!-chi-chi-chi-chi-chiki Chiki Boizz take you through another legendary sports episode.  Lace up your sneakers (and your lungs), and prepare for a special user challenge as well... on The Legacy Music Hour.  Full track listing below.

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

Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs - Rob Hubbard - 2nd Half - Electronic Arts - Genesis - 1991

Super Black Bass 3 - Tsukushi Sasaki, Michiya Hirasawa - gameplay - Starfish - Super Famicom - 1995

Ganbare! Golf Boys - Atsuhiro Motoyama - Dream of Childhood - Masaya/Dual - PC Engine - 1989

J.League Pro Striker 2 - Tatsuyuki Maeda - Opening Theme - Sega - Mega Drive - 1994

Prime Time NFL Starring Deion Sanders - Andy Armer - Scoreboard Groove - Farsight Technologies - Genesis - 1995

Super Hockey '94 - Hayato Matsuo, Hitoshi Sakimoto (prog., arr.) - Ending - Opera House/Yonezawa PR21 - Super Famicom - 1994

Striker - Kev Bruce - Match Lost - Rage Software - Mega Drive (Europe) - 1994

Shin Nippon Pro Wrestling: Chou Senshi in Tokyo Dome - Yusuke Takahama - Begin Battle - Varie - Super Famicom - 1993

Final Match Tennis - Hironori Tanaka - Credits - Human Entertainment - PC Engine - 1991

Ashita no Joe - unknown - Hose Mendoze (Jose Mendoza) - Wave/K. Amusement Leasing - Super Famicom - 1992

Chi Chi's Pro Challenge Golf - Masahito Miyamoto - gameplay - Virgin Interactive/Soft Machine - Genesis - 1993

Konami Hyper Soccer - unknown - Setup - Konami - NES (Europe) - 1992

Tecmo Super Bowl III: Final Edition - Takuya Hanaoka - Intro - Tecmo - Genesis - 1995

Power Golf - unknown - Setup - Hudson Soft - TurboGrafx-16 - 1989

Super Spike V'Ball - Kazunaka Yamane - Chicago - Technos - NES - 1990

LMH Mixtape #14: Sports

Brent and Rob consider their sports focuses to be among the podcast's most underrated episodes -- but who doesn't love a chance to root for the underdog?  Whether it's for football, volleyball, skateboarding, or slalom, settle into the bleachers for this one and see if you become a bigger fan of the music the second time around.

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KEYGLYPH'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS, JUST BECAUSE

Instant new favorite:  Coach K College Basketball - Title Theme
Other instant new favorite:  Skate or Die! - Intro
Brewed new favorite:  John Madden Football - Title Theme
Other brewed new favorite:  Shigesato Itoi's No. 1 Bass Fishing - Rest House

Somebody please expand these lyrics*:  Title Screen - NBA Jam

*Brent's freestyling begins at the 00:30:30 mark of the original episode.  Finish it up!


Track listing and original episode:

http://legacymusichour.blogspot.com/2011/02/legacy-music-hour-episode-14-sports.html

Episode 139: Sports 3

Once again, Sports Games is the topic of the week for the Legacy Music Hour.  This time Brent and Rob are joined by Dan Bialek and Asterios Kokkinos from the Gamedians video game podcast.  They talk about sports, pull ups, going on dates, and good video game music from 8-bit and 16-bit era sports video games.  Full track listing below.

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

International Superstar Soccer - Harumi Ueko, Hideyuki Eto - Scenario Mode Clear - Konami - SNES - 1995

Bill Walsh College Football '95 - Joel Simmons, Jim Simmons - Title Screen - Electronic Arts - Genesis - 1994

New 3D Golf Simulation: Devil's Course - Yumi Satake (Yumi Kinoshita), Shigekazu Kamaki (arr.), Shunsuke Minomiya (arr.), Yusaburo Shimojyo (arr.), Akira Tamada (arr.) - Music No. 6 - T&E Soft - Mega Drive - 1994

Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf - unknown - Options/Statistics - Konami - NES - 1990

ATP Tour Championship Tennis - Hikoshi Hashimoto - Try Again Next Year! (Tournament Elimination) - Sims/Sega - Genesis - 1994

Ganbare! Golf Boys - Atsuhiro Motoyama - Memory of the Breeze - Masaya/Dual - PC Engine - 1989

Bases Loaded 4 - Tatsuya Nishimura - Menu - TOSE/Jaleco - NES - 1993

Super Spike V'Ball - Kazunaka Yamane - Ending Credits - Technos - NES - 1990

Dear Boys - Kenji Yamazaki, Yoshikazu Yao - Out on a Date - Yutaka/Kan's - Super Famicom - 1994

Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs - Rob Hubbard - 1st Half - Electronic Arts - Genesis - 1991

Kings of the Beach - unknown - Match BGM - Konami/Ultra Games - NES - 1990

Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 3 - Harumi Ueko - Success Mode Autumn - Konami - Super Famicom - 1996

Super Hockey '94 - Hayato Matsuo, Hitoshi Sakimoto (prog., arr.) - Game Match 2 - Opera House/Yonezawa PR21 - Super Famicom - 1994

Ganbare! Golf Boys - Atsuhiro Motoyama - Away Back - Masaya/Dual - PC Engine - 1989

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! - Kenji Yamamoto, Akito Nakatsuka, Yukio Kaneoka - Match BGM - Nintendo - NES - 1987

Episode 76: Sports 2

Get your cleats on for another Sports episode as Brent and Rob revisit the topic and pitch some awesome, raunchy, and "uplifting" tracks from the 8-bit and 16-bit era.  You're definitely gonna hit an ace with this one!  Also, if you missed it the first time, check out Episode 14 for more great sports video game tunes!  NOTE: Rob's shirt says "LIFE OF AGONY," in case anyone thinks his shirt is saying something else.  It was just a weird angle when the picture was taken.  Full track listing below.

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

John Madden Football - Rob Hubbard - Unknown Track 2 - Electronic Arts - Genesis - 1990

Super Spike V'Ball - Kazunaka Yamane - Title Screen - Technos - NES - 1990

Toukon Club - Iku Mizutani - Iron Lips' Theme - Natsume/Jaleco - Famicom - 1992

Super Soccer - Hiroya Niwayama, Hironori Tanaka, Masamichi Yamazaki, Tetsuji Ohtani - Argentina - Human Entertainment - SNES - 1992

Tommy Lasorda Baseball - ROGE - On Base (BGM 3A) - Sega - Genesis - 1989

Pebble Beach Golf Links - Shigekazu Kamaki - Hole Overview - T&E Soft/Sega - Genesis - 1993

From TV animation: Slam Dunk: Kyougou Makkou Taiketsu! - Yoko Wada - Ending - Sims/Bandai - Mega Drive - 1995

Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf - Tokuhiko Uwabo - Score - Sega - Genesis - 1989

Saturday Night Slam Masters - Masaki Izutani, Toshio Kajino, Syun Nishigaki, Nobuhiro Ohuchi, Kiyo - Theme of Grater - Capcom - Genesis - 1994

Konami Hyper Soccer - unknown - Ending - Konami - NES (Europe) - 1992

Konami Hyper Soccer - unknown - Final Score - Konami - NES (Europe) - 1992

Super Volleyball - Naoki Itamura (?) - Match BGM - Micronics/Video System - Genesis - 1991

Tecmo Bowl - Keiji Yamagishi (K.Y. Jet) - End Credits - Tecmo - NES - 1989

Rackets & Rivals - unknown - Next Opponent - Palcom - NES (Europe) - 1993

ATP Tour Championship Tennis - Hikoshi Hashimoto - Congratulations! - Sims/Sega - Genesis - 1994