LMH Mixtape #65: Water and Underwater

Ah, water levels.  Whether relaxing or daunting, these stages often offer up some of their games' most memorable music.  So go ahead -- immerse yourself in this steady flow of aquatic tunes and let your mind drift.  We promise the Ninja Turtles dam level music will get less traumatizing with time.

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KEYGLYPH'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS, JUST BECAUSE

Instant new favorite: Ristar - Round 2-1 (Splash Down!!)
Brewed new favorite: Liquid Kids - Waltz of Water and Bubble (Stage 2)
Blatant Favoritism Award: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - Hydrocity Zone Act 1

This track scared me as a child:  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Underwater Bombs
Gets me a little emotional:  Ecco: The Tides of Time - Big Water


Track listing and original episode:

http://legacymusichour.blogspot.com/2012/01/legacy-music-hour-episode-65-water-and.html

Video: Legacy Music Water Stage

Legacy Music Hour hosts Brent and Rob held a dance party in the aquarium at the Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.  Before the event started, they got into the mood with some water level music.

Episode 65: Water and Underwater

They've done Fire, they've done Ice, but now, The Legacy Music Hour focuses on Water for Episode 65.  Brent and Rob select tracks from levels that take place underwater or feature water prominently.  So get your snorkel, get your goggles, dunk your face into a bucket of tap water, and take an audio dive in this episode of LMH.  Full track listing below.

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

Little Nemo: The Dream Master - Junko Tamiya - Night Sea (Dream 4) - Capcom - NES - 1990

Bonk's Adventure - Tsukasa Masuko, Hirohiko Takayama - Round 3 - Red Company/Atlus/Hudson Soft - Game Boy - 1992

Kirby's Adventure - Hirokazu Ando - Open Waters - HAL Laboratory - NES - 1993

Thunder Force III - Toshiharu Yamanishi - The Grubby Dark Blue (Stage 3: Seiren) - Technosoft - Genesis - 1990

G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor - Yusuke Takahama - Route 04/11: Swamp - KID/Capcom - NES - 1992

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Jun Funahashi - Underwater Bombs - Konami/Ultra Games - NES - 1989

Ecco: The Tides of Time - Andy Armer DMP, Attila Dobos, David Javelosa, András Magyari - Big Water - Novotrade International/Sega - Genesis - 1994

Mr. Nutz - Raphael Gesqua, Matt Furniss (arr.) - In the Washbasin - Ocean - Mega Drive (Europe) - 1994

Liquid Kids (Mizubaku Daibouken) - Kazuko Umino - Waltze Of Water And Bubble (Stage 2) - Taito - arcade (Japan) - 1990

Puggsy - Matt Furniss - Angeltier Falls - Psygnosis/Traveller's Tales - Genesis - 1993

Ristar - Tomoko Sasaki - Round 2-1 (Splash Down!!) - Sega - Genesis - 1995

California Games - András Magyari - Surfing - Novotrade/Sega - Genesis - 1991

Tiny Toon Adventures - Jun Funahashi, Masae Nakashima, Satoko Minami - Undersea - Konami - NES - 1991

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - Tatsuyuki Maeda, Sachio Ogawa, Masanori Hikichi, Miyoko Takaoka, Jun Senoue - Hydrocity Zone 1 - Sega - Genesis - 1994

Super Mario Bros. 3 - Koji Kondo - Swimming in the Calm Water - Nintendo - NES - 1990