LMH Mixtape #288: Castle Areas 2

Castles are a common setting in video games and this was the second time the Legacy Music Hour took on this topic, including all of the variety that comes with it.  A certain style may come to mind when you think of "castle" music, and there is certainly some of that in this mixtape, but castle themes can range from grand and regal to creepy or gloomy and even directions you might not expect.  For example, "Dark Castle" from Tenshi no Uta: Shiroki Tsubasa no Inori goes on an epic "rock opus" journey and "Stage 8 (In the Castle/Tension/Sucker Puncher/Completed)" from Stone Protectors has a futuristic, almost sci-fi sound to it.  You never know what you'll find, so let's explore some castles!

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MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

Instant Favorite: Stone Protectors - Stage 8 (In the Castle/Tension/Sucker Puncher/Completed)

Another Favorite: Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals - Castle

Most Rockin': Tenshi no Uta: Shiroki Tsubasa no Inori - Dark Castle

Track listing and original episode:

https://www.legacymusichour.com/2025/09/episode-288-castle-areas-2.html

Episode 288: Castle Areas 2

Not since 2013, has the Legacy Music Hour done a focus on castle music in video games, but here's one now, twelve years later.  So this all music from either castle-themed stages or castle areas (in role-playing games, for example).  Full track listing below.

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

Golden Axe - You Takada (Dolphin), Tohru Nakabayashi - Death Adder - Sega - Genesis - 1989

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

Rampart - Satoshi Murata, Tomoko Sumiyama - Place Cannons (Practice/Normal/Hard) - Konami/Atari Games - Famicom - 1991

Tenshi no Uta: Shiroki Tsubasa no Inori - Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura, Ryota Furuya, Hiroya Hatsushiba - Dark Castle - Telenet Japan - Super Famicom - 1994

Milon's Secret Castle - Takeaki Kunimoto - Inside Castle - Hudson Soft - NES - 1988

The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle - Hiroyuki Masuno - Building - Kemco - NES - 1989

Rock'n Rage - Shigeru Fukutake (Fancy Furutake), Iku Mizutani (Can Mizutani), Satoe Terashima (Drum Terashima), Noriko Gushiken (River Gushiken), Kazuki Muraoka (Sand Muraoka) - Castle (Stage 2-2A) - Konami - arcade - 1986

SmartBall - Yasuhiko Fukuda (Hirohiko Fukuda), Manabu Saito, Akira Yamaoka - Castle - Game Freak/Sony Imagesoft - SNES - 1992

Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle - Chikako Kamatani - Castle - Sega - Genesis - 1989

Madoola no Tsubasa: The Wing of Madoola - Naoki Kodaka - Castle - Sunsoft - Famicom - 1986

Neugier: Umi to Kaze no Koudou - Yukihiro Takahashi - Retake the Castle! - Wolf Team/Nippon Telenet - Super Famicom - 1993

Stone Protectors - Steve Duckworth - Stage 8 (In the Castle/Tension/Sucker Puncher/Completed) - Eurocom/Kemco - SNES - 1994

Final Fantasy - Nobuo Uematsu - Castle Coneria (Cornelia Castle) - Square - NES - 1990

LMH Mixtape #134: Castle Areas

Castles can be many things: regal, enigmatic, tragic, spooky -- even groovy.  Go ahead and stroll through this veritable showroom of prefab palace tunes and enjoy imagining which musical flavor you'll pick for your dream manor once you've got the bells to build it!

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KEYGLYPH'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS, JUST BECAUSE

Instant new favorite: Socket - Special Zone 3 (Castle)

Other instant new favorite: Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems - Dr. Doom's Castle

Other other instant new favorite: Soul Blazer - Underground Castle

Brewed new favorite: Final Fantasy II - Castle Pandemonium

Blatant Favoritism Award: Alcahest - Castle

 

 

Track listing and original episode:

http://www.legacymusichour.com/2013/05/episode-134-castle-areas.html

Episode 134: Castle Areas

The music from castle areas in video games is the topic of Episode 134.  Sometimes the music sounds majestic and royal, and sometimes it doesn't.  Brent and Rob also talk about muscles.  Full track listing below.

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

Super Mario Bros. 3 - Koji Kondo - Saving the King - Nintendo - NES - 1990

Seiken Densetsu 3 - Hiroki Kikuta - Witchmakers - Square - Super Famicom - 1995

Socket - Fumito Tamayama, Yoko Suzuki, Shigenori Masuko, Yasuyuki Hamada - Special Zone 3 (Castle) - Vic Tokai - Genesis - 1994

Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals - Yasunori Shiono - The Strongest Man - Neverland/Natsume - SNES - 1996

Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - Kenichi Matsubara - Within These Castle Walls (Castle BGM) - Konami - NES - 1988

Arcana - Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando - Dark Castle Bintel - HAL - SNES - 1992

Ys III: Wanderers from Ys - Mieko Ishikawa - Valestein Castle - Riot - Genesis - 1991

Alcahest - Jun Ishikawa - Castle - Square - Super Famicom - 1993

Realm - unknown - Castle on the Sea - Flair Software/Titus Software - SNES - 1996

Chrono Trigger - Yasunori Mitsuda - Courage and Pride (Guardia Castle) - Square - SNES - 1995

Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems - Takane Ohkubo, Katsunari Kitajima - Dr. Doom's Castle - Capcom - SNES - 1996

Soul Blazer - Yukihide Takekawa - Underground Castle - Quintet/Enix - SNES - 1992

Final Fantasy II - Nobuo Uematsu - Castle Pandemonium - Square - Famicom - 1988

Castlevania Legends - Kaoru Okada, Youichi Iwata - Inside the Castle (Stage 2) - Konami - Game Boy - 1998

Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu - Yuka Tsujiyoko, Kenichi Nishimaki (?) - New Thracia Castle - Nintendo - Super Famicom - 1996