LMH Mixtape #282: Super Famicom

Japanese exclusive Super Famicom games was the focus here.  Much of the best VGM from the third and fourth generation never made it out of Japan.  Luckily for you though, the LMH boizz are here to share some of these incredibly smooth, jazzy, and just plain bonk tracks with you.  Energetic and memorable tracks like "Ending" from Drift King Shutokou Battle '94: Tsuchiya Keiichi & Bandou Masaaki.  "International School" from Mini-Yonku Let's & Go!! Power WGP 2 is a totally funky jam with punchy bass.  "BGM 3" from The Masters: Harukanaru Augusta 2 is a very bright and bouncy piece that will stick with you.  Basically, there's just a lot of really great stuff to check out in this mixtape, so let's explore some of Japan's best kept secrets.

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MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

Instant Favorite: Drift King Shutokou Battle '94 - Ending 

Another Favorite: Final Stretch - System Configuration

And Another Favorite: Pro Mahjong Kiwame III - Expert Challenge Ending

Track listing and original episode:

https://www.legacymusichour.com/2025/03/episode-282-super-famicom.html

Episode 282: Super Famicom

Even though this might seem like an Oscar-themed episode, which it is, the main focus is Super Famicom.  That's right.  All the tracks on this episode are from Japanese exclusive Super Famicom games.  And user Jared serves up another VGM Karaoke.  Full track listing below.

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

Albert Odyssey 2: Jashin no Taidou - Naoki Kodaka - Blown in a Sea Breeze - Sunsoft - Super Famicom - 1994

Drift King Shutokou Battle '94: Tsuchiya Keiichi & Bandou Masaaki - Jun Enoki (?) (Opus Corp.) - Ending - Genki/Bullet-Proof Software - Super Famicom - 1994

Live A Live - Yoko Shimomura - Under the Fake - Square - Super Famicom - 1994

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

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

Final Stretch - Masanao Akahori (Opus) - System Configuration - Genki/LOZC G. Amusements - Super Famicom - 1993

Sound Novel Tsukuru - Mitsuhiro Arisaka, Shigeharu Isoda - Theme C - Success/ASCII Entertainment - Super Famicom - 1996

Masters: Harukanaru Augusta 2 - Yumi Satake, Yusaburo Shimojyo, Shigekazu Kamaki, Akira Tamada, Hiroshi Morita, Shunsuke Minomiya - BGM 3 - T&E Soft - Super Famicom - 1993

Pro Mahjong Kiwame III - Kazuo Oikawa, Yoshio Nagashima, Koichi Ishibashi - Expert Challenge Ending - Athena - Super Famicom - 1995

Itadaki Street 2: Neon Sign wa Bara Iro ni - Kyohei Tsutsumi, Koichi Sugiyama (advisor) - Stardust Princess - Tomcat System/Enix - Super Famicom - 1994

Haisei Mahjong Ryouga - Nobuyuki Shioda - Mahjong Game 3 - ASCII Entertainment - Super Famicom - 1995

Wizap!: Ankoku no Ou - Yoshiyuki Ito, Masumi Ito - Epilogue - SAS Sakata/ASCII Entertainment - Super Famicom - 1994

Shimono Masaki no Fishing to Bassing - Iku Mizutani, Kinuyo Yamashita - Hello - Natsume - Super Famicom - 1994

Episode 268: Secrets

Shh, don't tell anyone, but the boizz have some secrets to share on this episode of The Legacy Music Hour.  And some great tracks too, of course.  Full track listing below.

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

Panorama Cotton - Kenichi Hirata - Tea Time - Success/Sunsoft - Mega Drive - 1994

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

Football Fury - Megumi Matsuura - United Football News - Sammy - SNES - 1993

Coryoon: Child of Dragon - Hisashi Matsushita, Daisuke Morishima - Stage 6: Purple Cave - Naxat Soft - PC Engine - 1991

Metal Morph - Martin Galway (comp., arr.), Alistair Hirst, Jeff van Dyck, Marc Schaefgen (arr.) - Journey Through the Other Side - Origin/FCI - SNES - 1994

F-1 Sensation - Tomoya Tomita - Menu - Konami - Famicom - 1993

Sadakichi Seven: Hideyoshi no Ougon - Daisuke Inoue, Toshiaki Takimoto (arr.) - Disco - Sofix/Hudson Soft - PC Engine - 1988

Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero - Kenichi Koyano, Naoko Mikami - Storehouse and Running Train - NCS - Super Famicom Satellaview - 1994

Ys V: Ushinawareta Sunano Miyako Kefin - Mieko Ishikawa, Naoki Kaneda, Satoshi Arai, Atsushi Shirakawa, Masaru Nakajima - The Secret Experience - Falcom - Super Famicom - 1995

Hana Taaka Daka!? - Kinuyo Yamashita - Chieko - Natsume/Taito - PC Engine - 1991

Psy-O-Blade - Shigeru Tomita, Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Hiroto Kanno (Raika no Papa) (arr.) - Game Start - T&E Soft/Graphic Research/Sigma Ent. Inc. - Mega Drive - 1990

SmartBall - Yasuhiko Fukuda (Hirohiko Fukuda), Manabu Saito, Akira Yamaoka - Waterworld - Game Freak/Sony Imagesoft - SNES - 1992

Genji Tsuushin Agedama - T’s Music - Protect Japan (Stage 1) - NEC - PC Engine - 1991

LMH Mixtape #149: Horse Racing and Fishing Games

Batman & Robin, peanut butter & jelly, Super Mario Bros. & Duck Hunt.  There are many iconic duos throughout history, and today we focus on none other than "Horse Racing & Fishing.”  Not a combo you might expect, but these two go together like bread and butter.  Many of these games never made it out of Japan, which is a shame because they contain some fantastic soundtracks.  Luckily, you can hear some of those tracks right now!

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MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

 

Instant favorite: GI King! Sanbiki no Yosouya - Hear Prediction

Other favorite: Gamble Hourouki - Horse Racing

Other other favorite: The Blue Marlin - Fish Got Away

 

Track listing and original episode:

https://www.legacymusichour.com/2013/09/episode-149-horse-racing-and-fishing.html

Episode 191: Sensing Things

For Episode 191, Brent and Rob didn’t have a very good internet connection, so they didn’t use video to see each other (despite what's shown in the photo below).  So since they were going audio only, they had to psychically sense any visual things that might be happening.  They also talk about Italian video games and open some user donated gifts.  A lot of tributes on this episode, as well.  Full track listing below.

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

Flying Hero: Bugyuru no Daibouken - Mitsuhito Tanaka - Green Land ~ Act 1 - Sting/Sofel - Super Famicom - 1992

Gain Ground - SZK - Mega Drive Original Stage ~Present Age~ - Sega - Genesis - 1991

Wizap!: Ankoku no Ou - Yoshiyuki Ito, Masumi Ito - Fotoria's Theme - SAS Sakata/ASCII Entertainment - Super Famicom - 1994

Vixen 357 - Opus Studio Inc. - Opening Demo - NCS - Mega Drive - 1992

Dynamite Headdy - Katsuhiko Suzuki (Nazo² Suzuki), Aki Hata, Norio Hanzawa (NON), Yasuko, Koji Yamada - Tower of Puppet - Treasure - Genesis - 1994

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S - Hikoshi Hashimoto - Stage 4: Infinity Academy - Shimada Kikaku/Bandai - Game Gear (Japan) - 1995

Captain Novolin - H. Kingsley Thurber, Mark Ganus - Blubberman! - Sculptured Software/Raya Systems - SNES - 1992

Gionbana - Kenji Yoshida (?), Ministry (?) - Game 2 - Nichibutsu - Super Famicom - 1994

4 Nin Shogi - Kazuo Sawa (?) - Medieval Game 1 - Pow - Super Famicom - 1995

Saint Sword - Toshiko Tasaki - Ending Theme - Cyclone System/Taito - Genesis - 1991

Classic Road II: Real Kouma Simulation - Hayato Matsuo, Hitoshi Sakimoto (prog.) - Autumn - Opera House/Victor - Super Famicom - 1995

Episode 136: 1998

The year 1998 is the topic of Episode 136.  The Game Boy was going real strong during this time, the only console that was significantly active during the 16-bit era (which was reaching it's end).  There were a few titles coming out for other systems, but this episode ends up being almost entirely a Game Boy focus.  Brent and Rob pick tracks from games released in 1998 and talk about other things going on in the world that year.  Brent also meets a new friend.  Full track listing below.

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

Oddworld Adventures - Eric Nunamaker - Paramonian Temple - Saffire/GT Interactive - Game Boy - 1998

Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu - Kenji Yamamoto - Reasoning 1 - Nintendo/TOSE - Super Famicom - 1998

Wario Land II - Kozue Ishikawa - Underwater Tunnels - Nintendo - Game Boy - 1998

Gyogun Tanchiki: Pocket Sonar - unknown - gameplay - Bandai - Game Boy (Japan) - 1998

Bomberman GB - Yasuhiko Fukuda - Monster Trial (World 1) - AI/Nintendo - Game Boy - 1998

Monster*Race - Kennosuke Suemura - Wild Monster Race - Koei - Game Boy (Japan) - 1998

Bust-A-Move 3 DX - Norihiro Furukawa, Andy Brock (arr.) - Final Round - Taito/Probe/Acclaim - Game Boy (Europe) - 1998

Rockman and Forte - Akari Kaida - Groundman - Capcom - Super Famicom - 1998

Harvest Moon GB - Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Youjirou Okino (arr.) - Party - TOSE/Natsume - Game Boy - 1998

International Superstar Soccer - unknown - Title Screen - Konami - Game Boy - 1998

Pocket Monsters Pikachu - Junichi Masuda - Cinnabar Island - Game Freak/Nintendo - Game Boy (Japan) - 1998

Mini Yonku GB: Let's & Go!! All-Star Battle Max - Toshiyuki Ueno - New York Map - ASCII/Jupiter Multimedia - Game Boy (Japan) - 1998

Game Boy Camera - Hirokazu Tanaka, Minako Hamano, Kentaro Nishimura - Credits - Nintendo - Game Boy - 1998

Wario Land II - Kozue Ishikawa - Lost in the Ruins - Nintendo - Game Boy - 1998

Nectaris GB - Jun Chikuma - Opening - Hudson Soft - Game Boy (Japan) - 1998

Episode 80: Free Play 8

Brent and Rob play whatever they want to close out Season 8.  The unintentional theme of this Free Play episode: Boys.  TurboGrafx-16, Genesis, Super Nintendo, Nintendo -they're all here on The Legacy Music Hour, featuring the best video game music from the 8-bit and 16-bit era.  Full track listing below.

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

Jennifer Capriati Tennis - Hiroki Kamata - Ending 1 - System Sacom/Renovation - Genesis - 1992

Target Renegade - Tim Follin - Name Entry - Software Creations/Taito - NES - 1990

Ganbare! Golf Boys - Atsuhiro Motoyama - Passing Illusion - Masaya/Dual - PC Engine - 1989

Seiken Densetsu 3 - Hiroki Kikuta - Walls and Steels - Square - Super Famicom - 1995

Neutopia II - Keita Hoshi - Ending 3 - Hudson Soft - TurboGrafx-16 - 1992

Sutte Hakkun - Akito Nakatsuka - Stage 4 - Nintendo - Super Famicom - 1998

Gai Flame - unknown - unknown - Masaya - PC Engine - 1990

Tenchi Souzou - Miyoko Kobayashi - Light Side Field - Quintet/Enix - Super Famicom - 1995

Blaster Master 2 - Sound Images - Stage 7 - Software Creations/Sunsoft - Genesis - 1993

Override - Y. Santoh - Stage 4 - Sting/Data East - PC Engine - 1991

Nikkan Sports Pro Yakyuu VAN - Naofumi Hataya - Sound Code 86 - Sega - Mega Drive - 1991

Wardner - Osamu Ohta, Kazuo Okabayashi (arr.) - To Underground - Toaplan/Dragnet/Mentrix Software - Genesis - 1991

Double Dungeons - unknown - Dungeon - Masaya/NEC - TurboGrafx-16 - 1989

Last Bible III - Hiroyuki Yanada - Felest Tower - Atlus - Super Famicom - 1995

Final Fantasy - Nobuo Uematsu - Shop - Square - NES - 1990

Episode 41: Only In Japan

Brent and Rob explore music from games only released in Japan (during the 8-bit and 16-bit era).  The spirit of Milli Vanilli also makes an appearance to embrace this music from the Land of the Rising Sun.  Full track listing below.

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Game - Composer - Track - Company - Console - Year

Magical Pop'n - Ichirou Ishibashi - Mystic Forest - Pack-In-Video - Super Famicom - 1995

Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel - Don - Pin Her Down! - Asmik Corporation/Copya System Ltd. - Mega Drive - 1990

Madou Monogatari: Hanamaru Dai Youchienji - Akiyoshi Nagao (Einosuke Nagao), Tsuyoshi Matsushima - Village - Compile/Tokuma Shoten - Super Famicom - 1996

Crisis Force - Kenichi Matsubara, Yasuhiko Manno, Jun Chuuma - Stage 1: Advanced City - Konami - Famicom - 1991

Super Back to the Future II - Hitoshi Sakimoto - Round 3-4 - Toshiba EMI - Super Famicom - 1993

Sangokushi Retsuden: Ransei no Eiyuutachi - unknown - Introduction - TOSE/Sega - Mega Drive - 1991

Donald Duck Mahou No Boushi - Takahisa Hirano, Takeshi Miura - The Magic Hat - Epoch - Super Famicom - 1995

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - Kenichi Kamio - Statistics (?) - Konami - Game Boy (Japan) - 1998

Star Ocean - Motoi Sakuraba - Innocence - tri-Ace/Enix - Super Famicom - 1996

Barunba - M. Itoh, H. Nishikawa - Stage 2 (Reefer Area) - Namco/Zap Corp. - PC Engine - 1990

Sutte Hakkun - Akito Nakatsuka - Stage 1 - Nintendo - Super Famicom - 1998

Crisis Force - Kenichi Matsubara, Yasuhiko Manno, Jun Chuuma - Stage 7: Inside the Lair - Konami - Famicom - 1991

Hameln no Violin Hiki - Yoshiyuki Mori - Lake - Enix - Super Famicom - 1995

A Ressha de Ikou MD - Takaharu Umezu - Game Theme 01 - Artdink/Sega - Mega Drive - 1992

Akumajou Special: Boku Dracula-kun - Shinji Tasaka, Satoko Minami - Robot Battle (Stage 9) - Konami - Famicom - 1991

Barunba - M. Itoh, H. Nishikawa - Final Boss - Namco/Zap Corp. - PC Engine - 1990

Rockman and Forte - Naoshi Mizuta - Museum - Capcom - Super Famicom - 1998

Magical Hat no Buttobi Turbo! Daibouken - Anzaki Waraco - Sub-Window, Bonus Race - Vic Tokai - Mega Drive - 1990

Final Fantasy II - Nobuo Uematsu - Ancient Castle - Square - Famicom - 1988

Episode 25: Nobuo Uematsu

The boys focus on video game music legend, Nobuo Uematsu, showcasing a breadth of tracks from his vast body of work during the 8-bit and 16-bit era.  NOTE: The Legacy Music Hour accidentally left out King's Knight (NES), which should have been played first before 3-D WorldRunner.  Full track listing below.

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Game - Composer - Track - Company - Console - Year (the version we played was released)

3-D WorldRunner - Nobuo Uematsu - Invincibility Theme - Square/Acclaim - NES - 1987

Rad Racer - Nobuo Uematsu - Radio Station 1 - Square - NES - 1987

JJ - Nobuo Uematsu - Main Stage Theme - Square - Famicom - 1987

Final Fantasy - Nobuo Uematsu - Airship - Square - NES - 1990

Hanjuku Hero - Nobuo Uematsu - gameplay - Square - Famicom - 1988

Final Fantasy II - Nobuo Uematsu - Main Theme - Square - Famicom - 1988

Square's Tom Sawyer - Nobuo Uematsu - gameplay - Square - Famicom - 1989

The Final Fantasy Legend - Nobuo Uematsu - Hurry Up! - Square - Game Boy - 1990

Final Fantasy III - Nobuo Uematsu - Town of Water - Square - Famicom - 1990

Final Fantasy Legend II - Nobuo Uematsu, Kenji Ito - Mystery of the Secret Treasure - Square - Game Boy - 1991

Final Fantasy II - Nobuo Uematsu - Toroian Beauty - Square - SNES - 1991

Final Fantasy V - Nobuo Uematsu - My Home, Sweet Home - Square - Super Famicom - 1992

Final Fantasy III - Nobuo Uematsu - Celes - Square - SNES - 1994

Front Mission: Gun Hazard - Nobuo Uematsu - Remains - Square - Super Famicom - 1996

DynamiTracer - Nobuo Uematsu - Music Factory - Square - Super Famicom Satellaview - 1996

Final Fantasy III - Nobuo Uematsu - Save Them! - Square - SNES - 1994

Final Fantasy V - Nobuo Uematsu - Four Valiant Hearts - Square - Super Famicom - 1992

Final Fantasy II - Nobuo Uematsu - Cid's Theme - Square - SNES - 1991

DynamiTracer - Nobuo Uematsu - Twin Star 1 - Square - Super Famicom Satellaview - 1996

Final Fantasy III - Nobuo Uematsu - Setzer - Square - SNES - 1994

Hanjuku Hero - Nobuo Uematsu - Field Fall - Square - Famicom - 1988

Final Fantasy II - Nobuo Uematsu - Overworld (Main Theme) - Square - SNES - 1991

The Final Fantasy Legend - Nobuo Uematsu - Prologue - Square - Game Boy - 1990

Final Fantasy III - Nobuo Uematsu - Elia, the Maiden of Water - Square - Famicom - 1990

Final Fantasy III - Nobuo Uematsu - Blackjack - Square - SNES - 1994

Final Fantasy - Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy Theme (Opening Theme) - Square - NES - 1990