Not since 2013 has the Legacy Music Hour done a focus on music with an Asiatic influence, but as they've been doing more themed episodes lately, here it is once again. Some pretty standard picks here from games like Shinobi and Legend of the Mystical Ninja, but maybe a couple lesser known titles as well, all employing some kind of Far East element, even if sometimes subtly. Brent and Rob are also sick for this episode, but Brent is noticeably and audibly sick, so beware of and sorry about that. Full track listing below.
Game - Composer - Track - Company - Console - Year (North American release unless otherwise indicated)
Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones - Akira Inoue (Inoue), Takaro Nozaki (Nazaki), Michiya Hirasawa (Hirarin) (arr.), Yoshihiro Kameoka (Kame) (arr.) - Mission 3: Japan (Outside) - Technos/Acclaim - NES - 1991
Super Ninja-kun - Takahiro Ogata - Stages 2-1 (Main Music) - Jaleco - Super Famicom - 1994
Super Ninja-kun - Takahiro Ogata - Stages 6 and 8-1 (Main Music) - Jaleco - Super Famicom - 1994
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja - Harumi Ueko - Headquarters of the Otafu Army (“Eat Black Soy Beans”) - Konami - SNES - 1992
Hana Taaka Daka!? - Kinuyo Yamashita - Junko O. No. 1 - Natsume/Taito - PC Engine - 1991
Hi no Tori: Gaou no Bouken - Iku Mizutani (Funny Iku), Hidenori Maezawa (Dandy Hidenori), Kinuyo Yamashita (Charming Kinuyo) - Present - Konami - Famicom - 1987
Shinobi - Yasuhiro Kawakami - BGM 1 (Mission 1-1, 2-3, 4-1, 5-2) - Sega - arcade - 1987
Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Douchuu: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake - Kazuhiko Uehara, Yukie Morimoto - Water Fortress Revisited - Konami - Super Famicom - 1995
Tenchi Souzou - Miyoko Kobayashi, Masanori Hikichi - Neotokio - Quintet/Enix - Super Famicom - 1995
Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Douchuu: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake - Kazuhiko Uehara, Yukie Morimoto - Desert Moon Forest - Konami - Super Famicom - 1995
P.T.O. II: Pacific Theatre of Operations - Yoichiro Yoshikawa - American Weapon Production - Koei - SNES - 1995
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master - Masayuki Nagao, Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama - Izayoi - Sega - Genesis - 1993
Illusion of Gaia - Yasuhiro Kawasaki - Golden Road - Quintet/Enix - SNES - 1994
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master - Masayuki Nagao, Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama - Japonesque - Sega - Genesis - 1993
