Episode 160: Adapted Music

The boizz are back in action and breakin’ the law for Episode 160 of The Legacy Music Hour.  The topic is Adapted Music.  What once was an illegal move for LMH becomes a solid episode featuring 8-bit and 16-bit arrangements of film, television, and classical music.  We also get to the bottom of F. Switch’s profound yet mysterious reasoning for his track picks from Episode 159.  Full track listing below.

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

Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers - Mark Mueller, Harumi Fujita (arr.) - Title Screen - Capcom - NES - 1990

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game - Chuck Lorre, Dennis Challen Brown, Mutsuhiko Izumi (arr.), Miki Higashino(arr.), Y. Manno (arr.), Kozo Nakamura (arr.) - Fire!! (Scene 1) - Konami/Ultra Games - NES - 1991

California Games - Richard Berry, David Wise (arr.) - Title Screen (Louie Louie) - Milton Bradley/Rare - NES - 1989

Super Back to the Future II - Alan Silvestri, Hitoshi Sakimoto (arr.) - Round 2-1 - Toshiba EMI - Super Famicom - 1993

The Terminator - Brad Fiedel, Matt Furniss (arr.) - Introduction - Virgin Interactive/Probe Entertainment - Genesis - 1991

Hayazashi Nidan: Morita Shogi - Michio Miyagi, unknown (arr.) - The Sea in Spring - Seta/Random House - Super Famicom - 1993

Earthworm Jim 2 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Tommy Tallarico (arr.) - See Jim Run, Run Jim Run (Moonlight Sonata - 3rd Movement) - Shiny Entertainment - Genesis - 1996

Snoopy Concert - Vince Guaraldi, David Benoit (arr.), Minako Hamano (arr.) - High in the Treetops (Linus and Lucy) - Mitsui Fudosan/Pax Softonica/Nintendo - Super Famicom - 1995

The Flintstones - Hoyt Curtin, unknown (arr.) - Theme - Grandslam/Sega - Sega Master System (Europe) - 1993

The Flintstones: The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak! - Hoyt Curtin, Hideki Takahagi (?) (S. Takahagi) (arr.), M. Ogata (arr.) - Title Screen - Taito/Sol - NES - 1994

Earthworm Jim - Modest Mussorgsky, Tommy Tallarico - What the Heck? (w/ Night on Bald Mountain) - Shiny Entertainment - Genesis - 1994

Jissen Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou! 2 - Claude Debussy, Sizlla Okamura (Shizura Okamura) (arr.), Seeking Employment (arr.), Tsutomu Ookuma (arr.) - Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum - Sammy Studios - Super Famicom - 1994

WWF Superstars - Jim Johnston, David Wise (arr.) - The Ultimate Warrior (Unstable) - Rare/LJN - Game Boy - 1991

Kid Dracula - Claude Debussy, Akiko Ito (arr.) - Stage 2 (Golliwog's Cakewalk) - Konami - Game Boy - 1993

The Goonies II - Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Broughton Lunt, Arthur Stead, Satoe Terashima (arr.) - Good Enough/Main Theme (The Goonies 'R' Good Enough) - Basement - Konami - NES - 1987

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

LMH Mixtape #13: Jazz Music

For the jazz episode (also known as the "Side Pocket side focus" episode), the boizz uncovered some serious grooves -- sometimes in some seriously unexpected places.  Needless to say, coffee shop and pool hall owners everywhere should add this mix to their in-house playlists immediately, then let everyone know how that goes in the comments below.

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KEYGLYPH'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS, JUST BECAUSE

Instant new favorite:  DoReMi Fantasy - Dessert Paradise
Other instant new favorite:  DoReMi Fantasy - Toying Around
Brewed new favorite:  Side Pocket - The Lounge
Other brewed new favorite:  Super Castlevania IV - The Submerged City

MVP Award:  the Side Pocket percussionist

Track listing and original episode:

http://legacymusichour.blogspot.hk/2011/01/legacy-music-hour-episode-13-jazz-music.html

Episode 159: Free Play 17

On this month's episode, Rob is out sick, but not to worry - Brent is joined by special guest co-host Jake Kaufman aka virt.  Jake Kaufman is a prolific video game music composer, responsible for the soundtracks to games such as Shovel Knight, Contra 4, DuckTales: Remastered, and Double Dragon Neon.  Also, the Legacy Music Hour Christmas Carolers perform some VGM Karaoke with lyrics written by LMH user pendaflux.  NOTE: The gang had forgotten to take a photo with Jake, so they just used last month's photo with a bit of alteration.  Full track listing below.

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

Aerobiz - unknown (Taku Iwasaki?) - Pacific - Koei - SNES - 1993

Streets of Rage - Yuzo Koshiro - Keep the Groovin' - Sega - Genesis - 1991

Otoboke Ninja Colosseum - Tsukushi Sasaki, KK.Mint - Stage 4-3 and 4-4 - Mint/Intec - Super Famicom - 1995

Lord of the Sword - unknown - Ending - Sega - Sega Master System - 1989

Doomsday Warrior - Junta - P-Lumb/Fatty Bomber - Laser Soft/Renovation - SNES - 1993

Miracle Warriors: Seal of the Dark Lord - unknown - Overhead - Sega - Sega Master System - 1988

Might and Magic: Book II - Atsuhiro Motoyama, Akikaz - Town - Starcraft/LOSC G. Amusements - Super Famicom - 1993

Ihatovo Monogatari - Tsukasa Tawada - Ihatovo City - Hect - Super Famicom - 1993

Lord Monarch - Falcom Sound Team J.D.K. - Demon's World - Epoch/AIM - Super Famicom - 1992

Honkaku Shogi: Fuuunji Ryuou - unknown - Ending - Aisystem Tokyo/Virgin Interactive - Super Famicom - 1994

Psycho Dream - Michiko Naruke - Sky Scraper - Riot - Super Famicom - 1992

Arkista's Ring - Sizlla Okamura - Title Screen - NMK/American Sammy - NES - 1990

Tuff E Nuff - Yashuhiko Takashiba, Suguru Ishida - Zazi - Jaleco - SNES - 1993

Dangerous Seed - Yoshinori Nagumo (NAUN), Yoshiki Nishimura (Yosiquin) (arr.), Akihito Hayashi (Neumann A. H) (arr.), Yoko Shimokawa (Shimokyaaa) (arr.), Totsukurzwell (arr.) - Ending Theme - TOSE/Namco - Mega Drive - 1990

Momotarou Dentetsu Jr.: Zenkoku Ramen Meguri no Maki - Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, Kazuaki Miyaji - Peach Airline - Hudson Soft/Make - Game Boy (Japan) - 1998


Relevant Links:

Jake "virt" Kaufman's website...

www.virt.rocks

Shovel Knight original soundtrack...

http://virt.bandcamp.com/album/shovel-knight-original-soundtrack

LMH Mixtape #12: Mega Man

The Mega Man compilation needs no introduction.  Get equipped with mixtape twelve and enjoy!

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KEYGLYPH'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS, JUST BECAUSE

Instant new favorite:  Mega Man 3 - Shadow Man
Brewed new favorite:  Mega Man 7 - Shade Man

This song needs lyrics:  Mega Man X3 - Credits
This song HAS lyrics:  Mega Man 3 - Magnet Man*

Blatant Favoritism Award:  Mega Man 2 - Dr. Wiley Stage 1

*For an extra dose of this week's theme, skip to the 1:04:00 mark of Episode 155 for a special VGM karaoke by user Graeme!


Track listing and original episode:

http://legacymusichour.blogspot.com/2011/01/legacy-music-hour-episode-12-mega-man.html