Episode 116: Boss Music 2

Boss Music is the focus of Episode 116, as it was for Episode 42.  Konami kind of dominates this episode and Brent hums along to the music with his fingers.  Full track listing below.

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

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse - Jun Funahashi, Yukie Morimoto, Hidenori Maezawa - Big Battle 1 (Dracula's 2nd Form) - Konami - NES - 1990

Chrono Trigger - Yasunori Mitsuda - Last Battle - Square - SNES - 1995

Wolfchild - Matt Furniss - Stage 5 Boss - JVC/Core Design - Genesis - 1993

Pop'n TwinBee - Kazuhiko Uehara, Masahiro Ikariko, Tomoya Tomita, Nobuyuki Akena, Saiko Miki, Masae Nakashima, Harumi Ueko, Yukie Morimoto, Michiru Yamane - Big Boss Battle - Konami - Super Famicom - 1993

Bucky O'Hare - Tomoko Sumiyama - Boss - Konami - NES - 1992

Ghostbusters - Kazuhiko Nagai (Nav.) - Boss Theme - Sega - Genesis - 1990

Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar - Takeshi Yoshida - Simmer Down (Stage 3 Boss) - Technosoft - Genesis - 1992

Mouryou Senki Madara 2 - Tappi Iwase, Miki Higashino, Hirofumi Taniguchi - Triumphal Return of the Beast - Konami - Super Famicom - 1993

King Kong 2: Ikari no Megaton Punch - Shinya Sakamoto (Rusher Shinya), Satoe Terashima (Brilliant Satoe), Kinuyo Yamashita (Yamako), Kiyohiro Sada (Charley-Sada) - Boss Theme - Konami - Famicom - 1986

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

Body Count - Steve Collett - Stage 4 Boss - Probe Software - Mega Drive (Europe) - 1994

Crisis Force - Kenichi Matsubara, Yasuhiko Manno, Jun Chuuma - Boss 1 - Konami - Famicom - 1991

Mighty Final Fight - Setsuo Yamamoto, Yuko Takehara - Mad Belger (Final Boss BGM) - Capcom - NES - 1993

Little Nemo: The Dream Master - Junko Tamiya - Nightmare King Battle - Capcom - NES - 1990

Pokémon Red Version - Junichi Masuda - Battle (VS Gym Leader) - Game Freak/Nintendo - Game Boy - 1998

Episode 42: Boss Music

In Episode 42, Brent and Rob focus solely on boss music.  Final bosses, regular bosses, mini-bosses -they welcome bosses from all walks of life.  They also share stories about crash cymbals and good deals and they talk about other stuff, as usual.  Full track listing below.

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

Donkey Kong Country - David Wise - Gang-Plank Galleon - Rare/Nintendo - SNES - 1994

Alcahest - Jun Ishikawa - Alcahest (First Form) - Square/HAL Laboratory - Super Famicom - 1993

Midnight Resistance - Azusa Hara, Tatsuya Kiuchi, Hitomi Komatsu, Hiroaki Yoshida, Hitoshi Sakimoto (arr.) - In the Forest (Boss 2) - Data East - Genesis - 1990

Final Fantasy II - Nobuo Uematsu - Boss - Square - SNES - 1991

Super Castlevania IV - Masanori Adachi, Taro Kudou - Dracula Battle - Konami - SNES - 1991

Seiken Densetsu 3 - Hiroki Kikuta - The Sacrifice, Part Three - Square - Super Famicom - 1995

Altered Beast - Tohru Nakabayashi, Kazuhiko Nagai (arr.) - Gaum-Hermer (Boss Theme) - Sega - Genesis - 1989

Secret of Mana - Hiroki Kikuta - Danger - Square - SNES - 1993

Streets of Rage - Yuzo Koshiro - Big Boss - Sega - Genesis - 1991

Märchen Adventure: Cotton 100% - Kenichi Hirata - Mini Boss Battle - Datam Polystar - Super Famicom - 1994

A Nightmare on Elm Street - David Wise - Boss Battle - Rare/LJN - NES - 1990

Bonk's Adventure - Tsukasa Masuko, Hirohiko Takayama - Boss - Red Company/Atlus - TurboGrafx-16 - 1990

Kirby Super Star - Jun Ishikawa, Dan Miyakawa - Boss Battle - HAL Laboratory - SNES - 1996

Rocket Knight Adventures - Masanori Oouchi, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Masanori Adachi, Aki Hata, Michiru Yamane - Final Boss - Konami - Genesis - 1993

Fester's Quest - Naoki Kodaka, Nobuyuki Hara - Boss - Sunsoft - NES - 1989

Sunset Riders - Motoaki Furukawa, Masahiro Ikariko (arr.), Hideto Inoue (arr.) - The Great Petal (Sir Richard Rose) - Konami - Genesis - 1993

Contra - Kazuki Muraoka, Hidenori Maezawa (arr.) - Base Boss - Konami - NES - 1988