Episode 105: Castlevania

Just in time for Halloween, Brent and Rob focus on the Castlevania series.  Spanning about 13 games through the 8-bit and 16-bit era, Brent and Rob seem to concentrate more on the 8-bit stuff.  Subsequently, none of the SNES games made this episode.  It's still good though.  The boys also share stories about scary things and Halloween plans.  Happy Halloween LMH listeners!  Full track listing below.

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

Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - Kenichi Matsubara - The Silence of The Daylight (Town Stage BGM) - Konami - NES - 1988

Castlevania: The Adventure - Hidehiro Funauchi, Norio Hanzawa, Shigeru Fukutake - The Legend of Dracula (Staff Roll) - Konami - Game Boy - 1989

Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge - Hidehiro Funauchi - New Messiah (Crystal Castle) - Konami - Game Boy - 1991

Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - Kenichi Matsubara - Monster Dance (Night BGM) - Konami - NES - 1988

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse - Jun Funahashi, Yukie Morimoto, Hidenori Maezawa - Evergreen - Konami - NES - 1990

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse - Jun Funahashi, Yukie Morimoto, Hidenori Maezawa - Riddle - Konami - NES - 1990

Castlevania: The Adventure - Hidehiro Funauchi, Norio Hanzawa, Shigeru Fukutake - Battle of the Holy (Stage 1) - Konami - Game Boy - 1989

Castlevania: Bloodlines - Michiru Yamane - Calling From Heaven (Stage 6) - Konami - Genesis - 1994

Haunted Castle - Kenichi Matsubara, Masahiro Ikariko, T - Don't Wait Until Night (Bridge Stage BGM) - Konami - arcade - 1988

Castlevania - Kinuyo Yamashita - Poison Mind (Boss Theme) - Konami - NES - 1987

Castlevania Legends - Kaoru Okada, Youichi Iwata - Boss Battle - Konami - Game Boy - 1998

Haunted Castle - Kenichi Matsubara, Masahiro Ikariko, T - Cross Your Heart (Graveyard BGM) - Konami - arcade - 1988

Kid Dracula - Akiko Itoh - Stage 8 - Konami - Game Boy - 1993

Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge - Hidehiro Funauchi - Journey to Chaos (Stage Select) - Konami - Game Boy - 1991

Castlevania - Satoe Terashima - Vampire Killer (Stage 1) - Konami - NES - 1987

Episode 104: Best Of Year In Review 2

Brent and Rob countdown their TOP TEN favorite video game music tracks from Episodes 53 through 103, bringing The Legacy Music Hour into its third year.  The tracks selected could only be music that Brent and Rob became aware of within the last year (and that were played on the podcast).  Plus, Brent and Rob share other superlatives such as Composer Of The Year, Episode Of The Year, Company Of The Year, and Full Game Soundtrack Of The Year.  Partial track listing below.

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

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Koji Kondo - Epilogue~Beautiful Hyrule - Nintendo - SNES - 1992

Video: The Legacy Music Dance Party (extended cut)

This is an extended cut of the The Legacy Music Dance Party video from last year.  It's like American Bandstand or Soul Train, but with 8-bit and 16-bit era video game music.  As mentioned before, the dancers are really dancing to music heard in the video.

Episode 103: Free Play 10.3

More great music on The Legacy Music Hour.  This is Brent and Rob's final free play before the Best Of Year In Review episode, which is next week.  Brent and Rob also give out some more nicknames to listeners.  Full track listing below.

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

Shining Force II - Motoaki Takenouchi - Wandering Warriors - Camelot Software Planning - Genesis - 1994

Wings of Wor - Noriyuki Iwadare - Round 3-1 - NCS - Genesis - 1991

Ice Hockey - Soyo Oka, Koji Kondo - Game BGM - Nintendo - NES - 1988

Puzzle & Action: Tant-R - unknown - Tant-R Cast - Sega - Mega Drive - 1994

Golden Axe III - Naofumi Hataya, Tatsuyuki Maeda (Ryunosuke), Haruyo Oguro (Lotty), Tomonori Sawada - Campsite - Sega - Mega Drive - 1993

Wonder Boy in Monster World - Shinichi Sakamoto - Village Theme 2 - West One/Sega - Genesis - 1992

Bishoujo Wrestler Retsuden: Blizzard Yuki Rannyuu!! - Masako Yoshinosono - Story 11 - KSS - Super Famicom - 1996

Action 52 - Nu Romantic Productions - Knockout (2), Ninja (1) - Farsight Technologies/Active - Genesis - 1993

Wily & Right no RockBoard: That's Paradise - Yuki Iwai (Yuki Satomura) - Staff Roll - Capcom - Famicom - 1993

Super Castlevania IV - Masanori Adachi, Taro Kudou - Spinning Tower - Konami - SNES - 1991

Front Mission - Noriko Matsueda - The General Situation - Square - Super Famicom - 1995

Al Unser Jr. Turbo Racing - Shogo Sakai, Takafumi Miura, Yuji Suzuki, Masaaki Iwasaki - gameplay - Data East - NES - 1990

Shin Nippon Pro Wrestling: Chou Senshi in Tokyo Dome - Yusuke Takahama - Theme of Chono - Varie - Super Famicom - 1993

Joy Mech Fight - Hideaki Shimizu - Moon (Houou) - Nintendo - Famicom - 1993

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon - Aki Hata - Stage 1, Area A: Juuban Shopping Street - Angel Studios/Ma-Ba - Mega Drive - 1994

KickMaster - Yusuke Takahama - Ending - KID/Taito - NES - 1992

The Combatribes - Kazunaka Yamane - The Stadium Barbarians - Technos - SNES - 1993

Mig 29 Soviet Fighter - Codemasters Sound Team - Mission 2 - Codemasters - NES - 1992

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

Super Spike V'Ball - Kazunaka Yamane - Las Vegas - Technos - NES - 1990

Hourai Gakuen no Bouken! The Adventure of Hourai High School: Tenkousei Scramble - Hitoshi Sakimoto - School 1 - J-Wing/Dynamite - Super Famicom - 1996

Bonus: F. Switch Dance Mix Dos

The Legacy Music Hour presents Rob F. Switch's second installment of continuous dance party music comprised of only 8-bit and 16-bit era video game music.  No remixes, no covers, no adaptations of non-video game music -just pure, original, dancy music from the Nintendo, Super Nintendo, and Sega Genesis!

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Episode 102: Free Play 10.2

Brent and Rob present great 8-bit and 16-bit era music without any topic restrictions.  They also talk about their fun-filled trip to Seattle and what Brent legitimately accomplished there.  Full track listing below.

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

Wedding Peach - Masafumi Ogata, Noriko Yamamoto - This Stinks... - Shimada Kikaku/KSS - Super Famicom - 1995

Super Spike V'Ball - Kazunaka Yamane - Hawaii/Brazilian Squad - Technos - NES - 1990

Wrestle War - Anupon - BGM 3 - Sega - Mega Drive - 1991

Run Saber - Hikoshi Hashimoto - Gray Factory - Horisoft/Atlus - SNES - 1993

Uchuu Senkan Gomora - Yoshio Nagashima, Masato Takahashi (arr.) - Maze (Stages 3 & 7) - UPL/Aisystem Tokyo - Mega Drive - 1991

Kirby's Dream Land 3 - Jun Ishikawa - Ripple Field 3 - HAL Laboratory - SNES - 1997

Surging Aura - Kamo - Boss Battle (Liufied) - Japan Media Programming - Mega Drive - 1995

Cosmic Wars - Hidenori Maezawa, Harumi Ueko - Opponent Turn - Konami - Famicom - 1989

Beyond Oasis - Yuzo Koshiro - Holiness - Ancient - Genesis - 1994

Kirby's Dream Land 2 - Hirokazu Ando, Tadashi Ikegami - Coo the Owl - HAL Laboratory - Game Boy - 1995

Rent A Hero - Hiroshi Kawaguchi - Everyone, Thank You! - Sega - Mega Drive - 1991

LandStalker - Motoaki Takenouchi - Mysterious Island - Climax Entertainment - Genesis - 1992

Heavy Barrel - Azusa Hara, Hiroaki Yoshida - Final Stage - Data East - NES - 1990

Air Buster - Tatsuya Watanabe - Death Circus (Round 6) - Kaneko - Genesis - 1991

Bananan Ouji no Daibouken - Nobuyuki Shioda - Credits - KID/Takara - Famicom - 1991

Bonus: Brent Weinbach VGM Dance Mix Vol. 2

The Legacy Music Hour presents Brent Weinbach's second installment of continuous dance party music comprised of only 8-bit and 16-bit era video game music.  No remixes, no covers, no adaptations of non-video game music -just pure, original, dancy music from the Nintendo, Super Nintendo, and Sega Genesis!

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Episode 101: Free Play 10.1

Brent and Rob do three more free plays to lead up to the New Year's count down for Episode 104.  Good music, good friends, good listeners, good nick names.  Full track listing below.

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

Marko - Jolyon Myers - Toy Factory - The Kremlin/Domark - Genesis - 1994

Final Mission - Kiyohiro Sada (Kyohei Sada) - Story: The Last Hope - Natsume - Famicom - 1990

Shining Force II - Motoaki Takenouchi - Ending - Camelot Software Planning - Genesis - 1994

Ka-blooey - Hiroyuki Masuno - The End - Kemco/Mirrorsoft - SNES - 1992

Ardy Lightfoot - Akiko Hashimoto, Katsuhiro Hatano - Mining Town Ablaze - ASCII/Titus - SNES - 1994

Trampoline Terror! - unknown - Stages 21-24 - NCS/Dreamworks - Genesis - 1990

Inspector Gadget - Saori Kobayashi - Snowy Swiss Alps - AIM/Hudson Soft - SNES - 1993

Run Saber - Hikoshi Hashimoto - Credits - Horisoft/Atlus - SNES - 1993

Treasure Hunter G - Hitoshi Sakimoto - It is Raining on the Peninsula of Magahama - Sting/Square - Super Famicom - 1996

Uninvited - Hiroyuki Masuno - Daylight - Kemco/ICOM Simulations - NES - 1991

New Horizons - Yoko Kanno - Supply Port - Koei - SNES - 1994

Elemental Master - Toshiharu Yamanishi - Setting Out (Staff Roll) - Technosoft/Renovation - Genesis - 1993

Quarth - Hidehiro Funauchi, Norio Hanzawa - Level 3 - Konami - Game Boy - 1990

Elfaria II: The Quest of the Meld - Yukihide Takekawa - Ruined Town - Red/Hudson - Super Famicom - 1995

Contra: Hard Corps - Hiroshi Kobayashi (H. Devi Kobayashi), Akira Souji (Akiropito), Kenji Miyaoka, Michiru Yamane (Chiru2 Yamane), Akira Yamaoka (Gajokai), Hirofumi Taniguchi (Nitachigu) - Contra The Blue Gale - Konami - Genesis - 1994