17 March 2021

LMH Mixtape #125: Gundam Games

There are just so many gundam Gundam games out there, so for Episode 125 Brent and Rob decided to take us for a spin in some of the best-sounding 8-bit and 16-bit mobile suits around.  Whether you're about to settle down with your next Gunpla build or blast off for the latest Zeon-E.F.F. conflict, this is the mixtape for you.
 

KEYGLYPH'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS, JUST BECAUSE
 
Instant new favorite: SD Gundam Gaiden 2: Entaku no Kishi - Dungeon
Other instant new favorite: SD Gundam Gaiden: Knight Gundam Monogatari - Title Screen

Brewed new favorite: Kidou Senshi V-Gundam - Space Dust
Other brewed new favorite: Kidou Senshi Gundam: Cross Dimension 0079 - Re-Entry to Earth
 
 
Track listing and original episode:

03 March 2021

Episode 234: De Niro

The boys talk a bit about Robert De Niro and De Niro related things on Episode 234 and they even do some impressions of him.  Yet again, another Genesis versus Super Nintendo discussion/debate takes place at one point with regards to a specific track, so feel free to weigh in on that in the comments.  Full track listing below.



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

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - Ronnie Shahmoon, Shahid Ahmad (arr.) - Frankenstein Mansion - Bits Studios/Sony Imagesoft - Genesis - 1994
    
Kira Kira Star Night DX - Yasuhisa Watanabe - Pokey Step - RIKI/Columbus Circle - Famicom - 2016

Pac-Attack - Hiromi Shibano (Isayan), Takaki Horigome (Polygome) - Title Theme - Namco - Genesis - 1993

Gegege no Kitarou: Fukkatsu! Tenma Daiou - Kunihiro Komatsu, Yasuhiro Ito, Tomoyuki Hamada - Bright Forest - Bec/Bandai - Super Famicom - 1993

Mortal Kombat 3 - Dan Forden, Christopher Braymen (arr.), Roy Wilkins (arr.) - Kombat Temple & Scorpion's Lair - Sculptured Software/Williams - Genesis - 1995
 
Kat's Run: Zen Nihon K Car Senshuken - Yusuke Takahama, Satoshi Nagano, Michihiko Shichi - City Night (Street Race 10) - Atlus - Super Famicom - 1995

SOS - Kouji Niikura, Hiroyuki Naka, Hiroshi Taniguchi, H.E.L.P., Hiroya Niwayama, Hironori Tanaka, Tetsuji Ootani, Masamichi Yamazaki, Masahiro Yonezawa, Kazunori Yamaguchi, Tomoyuki Takano - Staff Roll - Human Entertainment/Vic Tokai - SNES - 1994

Battle Unit Zeoth - Akihito Hayashi (?) - Stage 1 - Jaleco - Game Boy - 1991

Armadillo - S. Big Land (Shunichi Ooshima?) - Ending - AIM/IGS - Famicom - 1991

Top Player's Golf - Kikuko Hataya - Nicaragua (Main 2) - SNK - Neo Geo - 1991

Choujikuu Yousai Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie - Noboru Yamane - Water Factory (“Dirty Rave”) - WinkySoft/Zamuse - Super Famicom - 1993

Fun House - George Sanger - Stage 3 - Mind's Eye/Hi-Tech Expressions - NES - 1991

17 February 2021

LMH Mixtape #124: Role-Playing Games 2 (Part 2)

Starting out directly from the save point at the end of Episode 123, we continue following the boizz single-file through the musical overworld of this two-part RPG journey.  And with tunes this good, we'll definitely be leveling up by the end.
 

KEYGLYPH'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS, JUST BECAUSE
 
Instant new favorite: Phantasy Star II - Mystery
Other instant new favorite: Last Bible III - Val Ship
Brewed new favorite: Dark Law: Meaning of Death - A Death Occurs
Other brewed new favorite: Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen - Thunder

I'd like some toast with that jam:  Live A Live - Sound of Shinobi
Needs to be performed by an orchestra: Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together - Reminiscence
 
 
Track listing and original episode:

03 February 2021

Episode 233: Missing Signals

Rob and Brent usually establish a physical signal for each episode when recording so that Brent knows when Rob is good to move on from a track, but for some reason, Brent wasn’t seeing Rob’s signals during this episode.  Regardless, there’s some great tracks here.  At the end, they boizz share a phone message from Shinobi MC, a sort of spoken word-type piece, so stay tuned for that.  Full track listing below.



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

Armadillo - S. Big Land (Shunichi Ooshima?) - Stage Music 4 (Water) - AIM/IGS - Famicom - 1991

Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill - David Govett - Level 3: Don't Stop to Count the Debt - Realtime Associates/Second Dimension/Kaneko - SNES - 2018

Pulseman - Junichi Masuda - Neo Tokyo - Game Freak - Mega Drive - 1994

P-47: The Freedom Fighter - Sizlla Okamura (Shizura Okamura) - Area 5 - Aicom - PC Engine - 1989

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

Astro Ninja Man - Manabu Namiki - Stage 1 - RIKI - Famicom - 2020

Vanishing Racer - Yasuyuki Suzuki - Stage 1: San Francisco - Jaleco - Game Boy (Japan) - 1991

Kat's Run: Zen Nihon K Car Senshuken - Yusuke Takahama, Satoshi Nagano, Michihiko Shichi - Unused 4 - Atlus - Super Famicom - 1995

Cyborg Hunter - Keisuke Tsukahara (Key), Kazuhiko Nagai (Nav) - Ending & Credits - Sega/Activision - Sega Master System - 1989

Super R-Type - Yasuhiro Kawakami (Charlie Y. K.), Takushi Hiyamuta (Hiya), Hiroshi Kimura (Hiroshi) - A Submerging Titan (Stage 4) - Irem - SNES - 1991

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Masato Nakamura - Casino Night Zone - Sega - Genesis - 1992

Jungle no Ouja Tar-chan: Sekai Manyuu Dai Kakutou no Maki - unknown - Stage 1: Jungle - Kuusou Kagaku/Bandai - Super Famicom - 1994

20 January 2021

LMH Mixtape #123: Role-Playing Games 2 (Part 1)

One of the best things about revisiting these mixtapes is rediscovering tracks you'd somehow forgotten about, and for some reason this first half of the RPGs-part-two two-parter became a huge blindspot in KeyGlyph's memory.  Now that her hindsight prescription has been readjusted to 20/20, she can't stop rocking out to some of these jams... and as soon as you hit play, the same will go for you!
 

KEYGLYPH'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS, JUST BECAUSE
 
Instant new favorite: The 7th Saga - Wilme Pelin
Other instant new favorite: Warsong - Friendly Fight
Other other instant new favorite: Langrisser II - The Last Battle

Brewed new favorite: Lagrange Point - Departure and Arrival
Other brewed new favorite: Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis - Karen
Other other brewed new favorite:  Sorcerian - Beautiful Day
Other other other brewed new favorite:  Ys IV: Mask of the Sun - Escape With Lilia

How could I have forgotten about this utter jam: Langrisser II - The Last Battle
 
 
Track listing and original episode: