LMH Mixtape #295: Famicom

The focus for this episode was Famicom games, which therefore also means it's almost entirely Japanese-exclusive games and certainly entirely music that only appeared in Japanese-exclusive releases.  "Doll Masquerade" from Toukon Club has that classic sports game music with also the quality you know you can expect from Natsume.  After that, we get a spooky sounding track reminiscent of Castlevania III, "Magnet Factory Theme" from Esper Dream 2: Aratanaru Tatakai.  Basically, there's a lot of great music here, so tell your kids, your wife, your husband, your uncle, your grand mommy, and all the rest, because now it's time to break out the old Family Computer.

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MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

Instant Favorite - Gimmick! - Just Friends (Secret Area)

Another Favorite - Toukon Club - Doll Masquerade

Favorite Bass - Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II - Labyrinth

Track listing and original episode:

https://www.legacymusichour.com/2026/03/episode-295-famicom.html

LMH Mixtape #294: Talking Hands

Another free play filled with great music, just as you would expect.  We've got some returning titles such as Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Douchuu: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake with a smooth, jazzy jam "Planet Impact Town."  There's also new titles to the show such as JB: The Super Bass with a phenomenal track "JB Pro Shop."  Additionally, "Wind Mountain/Earth Caves" from the classic game IronSword: Wizards & Warriors II is another catchy banger by David Wise.  So without further ado, let your hands do the talking and press or click play!

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MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

Instant Favorite: JB: The Super Bass - JB Pro Shop

Another Favorite: Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Douchuu: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake - Planet Impact Town

Classic Favorite: IronSword: Wizards & Warriors II - Wind Mountain/Earth Caves

Track listing and original episode:

https://www.legacymusichour.com/2026/03/episode-294-talking-hands.html

LMH Mixtape #293: Asiatic Music 3

It had been over a decade since the boizz did a focus on Asiatic sounding music, so it was finally time to return to this topic for Asiatic Music 3!  There's a lot of great stuff here including tenner quality tracks like "Water Fortress Revisited" from Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Douchuu: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake.  Of course there's the expected titles like Shinobi, but also some lesser known surprises.  It's another bonk mixtape.

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MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

Instant Favorite - Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Douchuu: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake - Water Fortress Revisited

Another Favorite - Hi no Tori: Gaou no Bouken - Present

Favoritesque - Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master - Japonesque

Track listing and original episode:

https://www.legacymusichour.com/2026/02/episode-293-asiatic-music-3.html

Episode 296: Demented Love Story

Rob has some major tech issues, but through the power of editing, you probably won't notice it too much (but you still will hear some weird moments because of it).  Brent plays music supervisor on an imagined independent romantic comedy-drama film.  And Gabe reveals the Legacy Music Player, a video game music player application which is available for Macintosh at www.legacymusicplayer.com.  Full track listing below.

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

Time Cop - David de Gruttola (from TOTEM factory) - San Andreas Fault - Cryo Interactive/JVC Musical Industries - SNES - 1995

Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge - Hidehiro Funauchi - Original Sin (Dracula's Castle 1) - Konami - Game Boy - 1991

Rokudenashi Blues: Taiketsu! Tokyo Shitennou - M2, Kyomoe - Main Theme - TOSE/Bandai - Super Famicom - 1994

Hanjuku Hero: Aah, Sekai yo Hanjuku Nare...!! - Koichi Sugiyama - The Great Fiasco From Top to Bottom - Square - Super Famicom - 1992

Thoroughbred Breeder III - Tsukasa Tawada, Seiichi Satou - Ending - Hect - Super Famicom - 1996

Return of Double Dragon - Kazunaka Yamane - Casino - Technos - Super Famicom - 1992

Super Metroid - Kenji Yamamoto - Brinstar (Heavy Foliage Area) - Nintendo - SNES - 1994

Ruin Arm - Akihito Suita (Switch.E), Studio M2, ST-Type M, Prince E, Chatru - Shop - Plex/Bandai - Super Famicom - 1995

Jewel Master - Motoaki Takenouchi - Now You're Gone - Sega - Genesis - 1991

Veigues Tactical Gladiator - Satoru Yoshikawa - Mission 4 - Bits Laboratory/NEC - TurboGrafx-16 - 1990

The Legendary Axe - Jun Chikuma (Atsushi Chikuma), Toshiaki Takimoto - Zone 3B - Victor Interactive Software - TurboGrafx-16 - 1989

From TV animation: Slam Dunk: Yonkyo Taiketsu!! - Shinji Amagishi (Amayang) - Main Menu - TOSE/Bandai - Super Famicom - 1994

Pachinko Kuunyan - H. Suzuki - Chuuje (Town 3) - I.S.C./Soft Vision International - Mega Drive - 1992

EarthBound - Keiichi Suzuki - Let's Start An Adventure (Theme of Onett) - Nintendo - SNES - 1995

LMH Mixtape #292: Orchestral Music

Surprisingly, until this point, The Legacy Music Hour had never done an episode focused on orchestral music.  They'd done some RPG episodes, and that could almost count, but not really.  Whether quiet and peaceful or loud and bombastic, orchestral music can really help set the tone for an emotional scene or an all out brawl.  We've got woodwind, string, brass and percussion instruments all ready on which to put your own "drums."  So with this overture out of the way, let's make way for the main movement and absorb some orchestral music!

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MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

Instant Favorite - Heracles no Eikou IV: Kamigami-kara no Okurimono - A New Sky

Another Favorite - Heracles no Eikou III: Kamigami no Chinmoku - Glory of Ancient Times

A Classic Favorite - Super Metroid - Space Warrior (Samus Aran's Theme)

Track listing and original episode:

https://www.legacymusichour.com/2026/01/episode-292-orchestral-music.html