Episode 113: New Age Music 2

New Age music to bring in the New Year.  This is Brent and Rob's second time focusing on the New Age genre within video game music of the 8-bit and 16-bit era.  Sometimes more melodic, sometimes more ambient, the music in this episode is relaxing and also contemplative.  The boys also talk about hats.  Full track listing below.

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

New Horizons - Yoko Kanno - Mast in the Mist - Koei - SNES - 1994

Harvest Moon - Tsuyoshi Tanaka (CHACKey) - Star Night Festival - Natsume/Amccus - SNES - 1997

Sandra no Daibouken: Valkyrie to no Deai - Norihiko Togashi, Nakanobu, Ebihara - Song for the Golden Bird - Namco - Super Famicom - 1992

Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals - Yasunori Shiono - Town - Neverland/Natsume - SNES - 1996

Stealth - unknown - Mission Briefing - Hect - Super Famicom - 1992

Othello World - Kimitaka Matsumae, Manami Matsumae - Freedom Zone and Ocean Opening - Dice/Tsukuda Original - Super Famicom - 1992

Secret of Evermore - Jeremy Soule - Fields of Gothica - Square - SNES - 1995

Arcus Odyssey - Motoi Sakuraba - Act 2-1: Prison - Wolf Team/Renovation - Genesis - 1991

Famicom Jump II: Saikyou no Shichinin - Satoshi Kadokura - Theme Of Victory - Chunsoft/Bandai - Famicom - 1991

Bram Stoker's Dracula - Matt Furniss - Vampyre Book - Sony Imagesoft - Genesis - 1993

Beyond Oasis - Yuzo Koshiro - Evil Territory - Ancient - Genesis - 1994

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

Mario Paint - Kazumi Totaka, Ryoji Yoshitomi, Hirokazu Tanaka - Mysterious - Nintendo - SNES - 1992

Ranma 1/2: Akanekodan Teki Hihou - Toshio Okamoto - Cat Ghost King - Atelier Double/Toho - Super Famicom - 1993

Final Fantasy III - Nobuo Uematsu - The Phantom Forest - Square - SNES - 1994

Episode 112: Shopping

It's Christmas time, so you know what that means... the Double Dragon Boizzz go shopping!  Brent and Rob focus on "shop" music in Episode 112.  They also share their Christmas wish lists, in case there are any Santas out there listening to The Legacy Music Hour who want to do a little shopping of their own.  You can even listen to this episode while you shop!  Full track listing below.

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

Skitchin' - Jeff van Dyck - Skateshop - Electronic Arts - Genesis - 1993

Legacy of the Wizard - Yuzo Koshiro (comp., arr.), Mieko Ishikawa (comp.) - Overworld - Falcom/Broderbund - NES - 1989

Sword of Vermilion - Hiroshi Kawaguchi - Shop (City) - Sega - Genesis - 1989

Faxanadu - Jun Chikuma - Shop - Hudson Soft - NES - 1989

Madou Monogatari I - Tsuyoshi Matsushima, Polygon Junkie - Shop Theme 2 - Compile - Mega Drive - 1996

Sword World SFC - Ryuji Sasai, Shigekazu Kamaki (arr.), Daisuke Emura (arr.), Yumi Satake (Yumi Kinoshita) (arr.), Yusaburo Shimajyo (arr.), Yoshiya Takayama (arr.) - Store of Miracles - T&E Soft - Super Famicom - 1993

DJ Boy - Tatsuya Watanabe, S. Aizu, M. Yoshida - Item Shop - Kaneko - Genesis - 1990

Mouryou Senki Madara - Konami Kukeiha Club - Weapon Market - Konami - Famicom - 1990

Ghostbusters - Kazuhiko Nagai (Nav.) - Shop - Sega - Genesis - 1990

Shin Megami Tensei - Tsukasa Masuko - Shop - Atlus - Super Famicom - 1992

Skate or Die 2: The Search for Double Trouble - Rob Hubbard - Level 2: The Mall - Electronic Arts - NES - 1990

Gun-Nac - Toshiaki Sakoda (Golfer Sakoda) - Shop - Compile/ASCII - NES - 1991

Super Fantasy Zone - Naoki Kodaka - Shop - Sunsoft - Mega Drive - 1992

Tokimeki Memorial: Densetsu no Ki no Shita de - Keroppi Inoue, Noriko Takahashi - Shopping District - Konami - Super Famicom - 1996

Magical Chase - Masaharu Iwata - Uncle Pumpkin (Shop) - Quest/NEC - TurboGrafx-16 - 1993

Video: Brent Weinbach Gets Ready For Bed

Inspired by a portion of Episode 92: Punching and Kicking 2, when discussing the track "Martha's Truth" from The Combatribes (music by Kazunaka Yamane), here's a montage training sequence of Brent Weinbach getting ready for bed.

Episode 111: Bandai

Bandai is the topic of Episode 111.  Bandai did not develop video games, they only published games, lots of them developed by TOSE, Human, and Natsume.  Brent and Rob pick tracks from Bandai's giant catalog of Japan-centric games, covering major franchises like Gundam, Dragon Ball, and more stuff that's better known in Japan.  Full track listing below.

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

Famicom Jump II: Saikyou no Shichinin - Satoshi Kadokura - Sea Of Serenity - Chunsoft/Bandai - Famicom - 1991

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

Grander Musashi RV - Mi-chan Sutajio - gameplay - TOSE/Bandai - Game Boy (Japan) - 1998

Ninja Kid - unknown - Title Screen - TOSE/Bandai - NES - 1986

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

Ghost Sweeper GS Mikami: Joreishi wa Nice Body - Kinuyo Yamashita - Option - Natsume/Banalex - Super Famicom - 1993

Meiro Daisakusen - unknown - gameplay - Human Entertainment/Bandai - Famicom - 1987

Famicom Jump: Eiyuu Retsuden - Haruki Adachi, Peru - gameplay - TOSE/Bandai - Famicom - 1989

Sailor Moon S: Kondo wa Puzzle de Oshioki yo! - Harumi Fujita - The End - Tom Create/Bandai - Super Famicom - 1994

Legends of the Diamond: The Baseball Championship Game - unknown - Menu - TOSE/Bandai - NES - 1992

SD Sengokuden 3: Chijou Saikyou Hen - Kenichi Kamio - Ending - Bandai - Game Boy (Japan) - 1992

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

Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden 2 - Kenji Yamamoto - Vegeta's Theme - TOSE/Bandai - Super Famicom - 1993

Magical Taluluto: Magic Adventure - Norihiko Togashi - Let's Go to Play! - Game Freak/Bandai - Super Famicom - 1992

Famicom Jump: Eiyuu Retsuden - Haruki Adachi, Peru - The beginning of the story - TOSE/Bandai - Famicom - 1989

Episode 110: Free Play 11

It's another free play situation on The Legacy Music Hour!  NOTE: If you want to participate in the "poll" situation, just email legacymusichour [at] gmail [dot] com with "Episode 110 Poll" in the subject line and list, not in any particular order, your THREE top tracks, contrary to what Brent and Rob say on the recording (they say to only list one track, but they later figured they could tally up the listeners' top three tracks as long as they're not ranked.  That is, you can rank them if you want, but it won't have any bearing on the results.)  Also, don't forget to consider the closing track played.  NOTE 2: In the photo, they're trying to do a wave.  Full track listing below.

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

Grind Stormer - Masahiro Yuge, Kenji Yokoyama (arr.) - Moon and Stars - Toaplan/Tengen - Genesis - 1994

Kishin Douji Zenki: Tenchi Meidou - Gouji Tsuno - Main Theme - Hudson Soft - Super Famicom - 1996

JJ - Nobuo Uematsu - Ending - Square - Famicom - 1987

Kingyo Chuuihou! Tobidase! Game Gakuen - Yasuyuki Suzuki - Tetris - Jaleco - Super Famicom - 1994

Amazing Tater - unknown - gameplay - Atlus - Game Boy - 1992

Super Nova - Kiyoshi Kusatsu, Yukihiko Tanabe, Yoshio Watanabe - Peace Destroyer - Taito/Act Japan - SNES - 1993

Knight Rider Special - Shigehisa H., Junichi Saito - Stage 2: Sea Side - Pack-In-Video - PC Engine - 1989

Robotrek - Ayako Yoda - Programers' Computer - Quintet/Enix - SNES - 1994

Steel Empire - Isao Mizoguchi, Yoshiaki Kubotera, Noriyuki Iwadare - Stage 5-2 - Hot-B/Flying Edge - Genesis - 1992

HyperZone - Jun Ishikawa - Ripple Field - HAL Laboratory - SNES - 1991

Asmik-kun World 2 - Dota Ando - gameplay - Asmik - Game Boy (Japan) - 1991

Pebble Beach Golf Links - Yumi Satake (Yumi Kinoshita) - Staff Roll - T&E Soft/Sega - Genesis - 1993

Wolfchild - Martin Iveson, Matt Furniss (arr.) - Stage 2: Jungle - JVC/Core Design - Genesis - 1993

Devilish: The Next Possession - Hitoshi Sakimoto - Stage 3: Waterfalls - Sage's Creation/Aisystem Tokyo - Genesis - 1992

Kirby's Dream Land 3 - Jun Ishikawa - Sand Canyon 1 - HAL Laboratory - SNES - 1997