Brent and Rob take a break from the summer heat to explore the music of ice and snow levels in 8-bit and 16-bit era games. Grab a cup of cocoa, put on your ski jacket, and take nice, cool listen to this episode of The Legacy Music Hour. Full track listing below.
Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (North American release unless otherwise indicated)
Donkey Kong Country - Eveline Fischer - Ice Cave Chant - Rare/Nintendo - SNES - 1994
Super Mario Bros. 3 - Koji Kondo - Ice Everywhere - Nintendo - NES - 1990
Final Fantasy V - Nobuo Uematsu - Walking the Snowy Mountains - Square - Super Famicom - 1992
Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest - Yasuhiro Kawakami - Dungeon and Waterfall - Square - SNES - 1992
Secret of Mana - Hiroki Kikuta - Eight Ringing Bells (Ice Palace) - Square - SNES - 1993
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos - Ryuichi Nitta (Shitamachi Kajiya), Mayuko Okamura (Mayu) - Battling Precariously (Act 2-2, 4-2, 5-1a, 7-2) - Tecmo - NES - 1990
Seiken Densetsu 3 - Hiroki Kikuta - Another Winter - Square - Super Famicom - 1995
Snow Bros.: Nick & Tom - Osamu Ohta - Stage Theme 3 - Toaplan/Tengen - Genesis - 1993
Hudson's Adventure Island - Jun Chikuma - Ice Caverns - Hudson Soft - NES - 1988
Jungle Strike - Brian Schmidt - Campaign #6 Intro - Electronic Arts - Genesis - 1993
Battletoads - David Wise - Ice Caves - Rare/Tradewest - NES - 1991
Clay Fighter - Mitchell Stein, Brian Luzietti - Bad Mr. Frosty - Interplay - SNES - 1993
Sandra no Daibouken: Valkyrie to no Deai - Norihiko Togashi, Nakanobu, Ebihara - Haunted Forest - Namco - Super Famicom - 1992
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - Brad Buxer - Ice Cap Zone 2 - Sega - Genesis - 1994
Brain Lord - Masanao Akahori - Romus' Ice Castle - Produce/Enix - SNES - 1994
Donkey Kong Country - Eveline Fischer - Northern Hemispheres - Rare/Nintendo - SNES - 1994
DuckTales - Hiroshige Tonomura - The Himalayas - Capcom - NES - 1990
Nothing says Ice and Snow to me like the Winters track from Earthbound. You guys already played one from the Winters level I believe. The main track has sleigh bells!
ReplyDeleteBy the by, I texted you guys about the Illusion of Gaia soundtrack. You must have really hated it huh?
Indeed! Had the same thought.
DeleteNo we don't hate it! Hopefully, we can play a track or two on an upcoming episode!
ReplyDeleteJust discovering the podcast tonight, with this one being my first episode. Really enjoying it! I was really young when the NES was at its peak, and while I remember all of the games I used to play and much of the music, I wasn't equipped to appreciate the fine tunes many of them featured. But as I got older, VGM came to be the most memorable aspect of many of the games I played. There's nothing like a good game soundtrack, and so many of them have inspired me in immeasurable ways. I like to think you guys are ushering inspiration to a new generation of kids. Well, done!
ReplyDeleteBtw, a guy I know and I really enjoy making covers of classic VGM (separately, not in collaboration). Here's an episode-appropriate one he did of "Ice Cap Zone". He killed it. :D
http://servercrashers.com/music/VG%20Covers/Ice%20Cap%20Zone.mp3
Dudes, do yourself a favor and play the NES version of Snow Bros Nick & Tom right now - you'll beat it in 20 minutes, but the music alone is worth it.
ReplyDelete"I owe everything I ever do to BRIAN WILSON" that part had me cracking up guys. Good episode. Love the Donkey Kong tracks
ReplyDeleteI was so hoping to see/hear the "Winters" tune from Earthbound on this episode. One of my favorite 16-bit tracks!
ReplyDeleteThe song you heard in Austria is called POPCORN
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBYjZTdrJlA