Singing Mountain, A VGM Podcast

This is an experiment in which I'm trying to tell a story using video game music. I'm not sure if the story will translate, but even if it doesn't, you're going to hear some awesome, spacey tracks. If you're wondering what the story is, the title is a hint. Track listing: 0:08: Title Theme / Phantasy Star / Tokuhiko Uwabo 1:30: Dr. Andonuts' Lab / Earthbound / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 2:51: Title Theme / Zelda II: The Adventure of Link for Famicom Disk System / Akito Nakatsuka 4:34: Shooting Star Summit / Paper Mario / Yuka Tsujiyoko and Taishi Senda 6:13: To the Sea of Stars / Wild Arms / Michiko Naruke 8:08: Title Theme / Star Cruiser / Toshiya Yamanaka 11:16: Magic Rocks / Terranigma / Miyoko Takaoka and Masanori Hikichi 13:21: Popstar / Kirby's Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa 14:11: Shooting Stars / Thunder Force IV / Toshiharu Yamanishi, Takeshi Yoshida and Tomomi Ootani 15:16: Hidden Palace Zone (Lava Reef Zone, Act 2) / Sonic & Knuckles / A whole lot of people 19:03: Steel Thy Shovel / Shovel Knight / Jake Kaufman 20:28: The Gaia Stones / Terranigma / Miyoko Takaoka and Masanori Hikichi 22:24: Inside the UFO / Secret of the Stars / Chinatsu Okayasu 23:18: Premonition / Lagoon / Hideki Suzuki 27:18: Tower of the Shadow of Death / Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished (PC88) / Yuzo Koshiro 29:20: Horrible Shadow / Romancing Saga / Kenji Ito 32:08: Maze of Death / Mega Man 9 / Yu Shimoda 36:03: Subterranean Canal (Waterways Beneath the Shrine) / Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished – The Final Chapter (PC88) / Mieko Ishikawa 38:33: Final Level / Mighty Switch Force! / Jake Kaufman 41:03: Black Blood / Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium / Izuho Numata and Masaki Nakagaki 43:55: J-E-N-O-V-A / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VII / Nobuo Uematsu 46:15: Atlas / Ogre Battle / Masaharu Iwata 47:09: Starfield / Life Force / Miki Higashino 48:49: Captain of the Shooting Stars! / Live A Live / Yoko Shimomura 50:34: The End of Battle / Gunstar Heroes / Norio Hanzawa 55:52: One Fateful Night / Earthbound / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 57:37:Title Theme / Cybernoid II / Jeroen Tel Drew on Twitter: twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain: @singingmountain On Facebook: www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singi…ain/id1252832457 On Google Play: play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/…bs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/

The third Donkey Kong Country title is the black sheep of the series for a few reasons, but I'm here to sing its praises. It's especially unique in that it got two different soundtracks: one by Eveline Fischer for its debut on the Super Nintendo and a second by David Wise for its re-release on the Game Boy Advance. A lot of fans of Wise's work may not have ever heard this "lost" Donkey Kong Country soundtrack, and in this episode I look at the best of both. Long live Dixie Kong! Track listing: 0:18: Forest Frenzy / Donkey Kong Country / Eveline FIscher 3:49: Northern Hemisphere / Donkey Kong Country / Eveline Fischer 6:45: Voices of the Temple / Donkey Kong Country / Eveline Fischer 8:52: Stilt Village / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 11:49: Stilt Village / Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES) / Eveline Fischer 12:49: Treetop Tumble / Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES) / Eveline Fischer 15:26: Cascade Capers / Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES) / Eveline Fischer 18:13: Cascade Capers / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 23:14: Frosty Frolics / Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES) / Eveline Fischer 26:57: Frosty Frolics / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 28:07: Mill Fever / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 33:35: Water World / Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES) / Eveline Fischer 36:27:Water World / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 42:00: Enchanted Riverbank / Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES) / Eveline Fischer 43:36: Enchanted Riverbank / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 44:44: Enchanted Riverbank (Underwater) / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 48:28: Jangle Bells / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 53:02: Crystal Chasm / Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES) / Eveline Fischer 54:45: Cavern Caprice / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David WIse 60:50: Rockface Rumble / Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES) / Eveline Fischer 62:42: Rockface Rumble / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 67:02: Jungle Jitters / Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES) / Eveline Fischer 69:47: Jungle Jitters / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 74:44: Funky's Game / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 76:43: Candy's Love Song / Donkey Kong Country / Eveline Fischer 78:35: Ice Cave Chant / Donkey Kong Country / Eveline Fischer Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain: https://soundcloud.com/singingmountain On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/

This is a celebration of the less famous songs from Mario games and Marioverse games. These are not the familiar, nostalgic tracks that get redone again and again. No, these are the catchy, weird and otherwise notable tracks from Mario, Donkey Kong, Yoshi and Wario games that haven't made their way into the go-to Nintendo songbook. Trigger warning: I will make you listen to a Virtual Boy song. Track listing: 0:12: Let's Play "Geno" / Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars / Composed by Koji Kondo, arranged by Yoko Shimomura 2:05: Title Screen / Wrecking Crew / Hirokazu Tanaka 3:51: Ending Theme / Super Mario Land / Hirokazu Tanaka 5:55: Roshambo Temple Win / Paper Mario: Color Splash / Takeru Kanazaki, Shigemitsu Goto and Fumihiro Isobe 7:59: Riverside Park / Mario Kart: Super Circuit / Kenichi Nishimaki, Masanobu Matsunaga and Minako Hamano 10:14: Star Maze / Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins / Kazumi Totaka 16:14: Spiky Stroll / Yoshi's Wooly World / Tomoya Tomita, Misaki Asada and Kazumi Totaka 20:00: Monsoon Jungle / Wario Land 4 / Ryoji Yoshitomi 23:51: Credits / Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest / David Wise 28:08: Jade Jungle / Paper Mario / Yuka Tsujiyoko and Taishi Senda 30:33: Jungle Adventure / Mario Party / Yasunori Mitsuda 33:17: Aquatic Ambience / Donkey Kong Land / David Wise and Graeme Norgate 36:29: Octopus / Game & Watch Gallery 4 / Riyou Kinugasa and Kengo Hagiwara 40:44: Spooky Attic / Mario vs Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis / Lawrence Schwedler 45:26: Fury Volcano / Super Princess Peach / Akira Fujiwara 48:00: Pipes (Level 1) / Mario Clash / Ryoji Yoshitomi 51:36: Stilt Village / Donkey Kong Country 3 for Game Boy Advance / David Wise 54:42: Mill Fever / Donkey Kong Country 3 for Game Boy Advance / David Wise 60:41: Enchanted Riverbank (Underwater) / Donkey Kong Country 3 for Game Boy Advance / David Wise 65:16: Yo-Yo-Yoshi (Jelly Pipe) / Yoshi's Story / Kazumi Totaka 68:31: Jimmy T's Dance Club Rub / WarioWare: Touched! / Masanobu Matsunaga and Yasuhisa Baba 72:08: Blizzard on the Star Express / Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker / Naoto Kubo and Mahito Yokota 75:02: Save & Load / Mario Paint / Hirokazu Tanaka, Ryoji Yoshitomi and Kazumi Totaka 78:18: Steam Gardens / Super Mario Odyssey / Koji Kondo Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain: https://soundcloud.com/singingmountain On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/

The Streets of Rage series had one of the best soundtracks ever, and that music helped define the early '90s era of muscled vigilantes walking city streets and punching bad guys. This episode celebrates Yuzo Koshiro's incredible compositions for those games while also looking at other titles that get at a similar sound: a city at night, glowing with neon, riddled with crime and in great need of a face-punching. Track listing: 0:07: Title Theme / Streets of Rage / Yuzo Koshiro 1:39: In the Bar II / Streets of Rage 2 / Yuzo Koshiro 4:50: Go Straight II / Streets of Rage 2 / Yuzo Koshiro 7:26: Moon Beach / Streets of Rage / Yuzo Koshiro 10:03: Beat Ambience / Streets of Rage 3 / Yuzo Koshiro 14:15: Title Screen / Double Dragon II: The Revenge (Genesis) / Kazunaka Yamane 16:04: Blue Moon Factory (Oh Oh Big Mix) / Art of Fighting 2 / Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan 18:17: Industrial Area / Final Fight / Yasuaki Fujita 22:13: Daddy Mulk / NInja Warriors / Hisayoshi Ogura 26:52: Urban Noise / Parasite Eve / Yoko Shimomura 28:30: BGM 2 / Shinobi (arcade) / Yasuhiro Kawakami 30:53: Planet 8 / Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight / Junko Tamiya 33:42: Final Area / Shatterhand / Iku Mizutani and Hiroyuki Iwatsuki 35:37: Act 2, Part 2 / Ninja Gaiden / Keiji Yamagishi and Ryuichi Nitta 40:11: Stage 4 / Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force / Keishi Yonao 44:37: Battle in the Dense Forest / Contra (arcade) / Kazuki Muraoka 46:49: The Wild Desire / Two Crude Dudes / Azusa Hara 50:52: U.S.A. / Double Dragon III: The Rosetta Stone (Genesis) / Akira Inoue and Takaro Nozaki 52:23: For Metro City / Final Fight 3 / Katsunari Kitajima 56:11: Dilapidated Town / Streets of Rage / Yuzo Koshiro 59:34: Character Select / Streets of Rage / Yuzo Koshiro 62:03: Slow Moon / Street of Rage 2 / Yuzo Koshiro Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain: https://soundcloud.com/singingmountain On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/

If you're like me, you encountered the Commodore 64 as a classroom edutainment tool only. But if you did, you missed out on a whole library of "real" video games and some of the most epic and most intense video game music you'll ever come across. Thanks to an episode of PixelTunes Radio, I had reason to jump neck-deep into C64 music, and this episode collects the brightest gems I found in this treasure hunt, including tracks by Rob Hubbard, Jeroen Tel, Tim Follin and more. Track listing: 0:15: Loading Theme / Great Giana Sisters / Chris Huelsbeck 3:53: Central Park / Last Ninja 2: Back With a Vengeance / Matt Gray 9:33: Central Park Loading Theme / Last Ninja 2: Back With a Vengeance / Matt Gray 12:06: Title Theme / Comic Bakery / Martin Galway 17:50: Title Theme / RoboCop / Jonathan Dunn 21:07: Title Theme / Druid II: Enlightenment / David M. Hanlon 24:25: Title Theme / Light Force / Rob Hubbard 31:54: Wilderness / Golden Axe / Jeroen Tel 36:38: Title Theme / The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo / Neil Brennan 41:06: Stage One / Ghouls 'n Ghosts / Tim Follin 44:28: Acid Antics / Creatures 2: Torture Trouble / Steve Rowlands 49:35: Title Theme / Auf Wiedersehen Monty / Rob Hubbard and Ben Daglish 57:08: Magical Sound Shower / OutRun / Composed by Hiroshi Kawaguchi, arranged by Jason C. Brooke 60:44: Title Theme / Commando / Rob Hubbard 65:45: Title Theme / Hawkeye / Jeroen Tel 72:58: The Wilderness / The Last Ninja / Ben Daglish and Anthony Lees 76:59: Character Select / Gauntlet 3 / Tim Follin 79:05: Moon Balade / ??????? / Danjel Nyberg Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain: https://soundcloud.com/singingmountain On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ And here is the PixelTunes Radio episode that inspired me to make this episode; https://pixeltunesradio.com/2018/03/28/episode-108-isometric-jamz/

I want you live in the 16-bit fantasy world you used to dream about, but giving you the soundtrack for that world is the best I can do at the moment. This is a mix of music that I can only call "medievalish" -- dreamy, melancholy, wistful, adventurous and hopeful, and all of the tracks plucked from the best fantasies that video games have offered so far. Get lost, but in the good way. 0:13: The Place I'll Return to Someday / Final Fantasy IX / Nobuo Uematsu 3:55: Cavern 1 / Shining Wisdom / Motoaki Takenouchi 5:08: In the Memory / Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished (for MSX) / Mieko Ishikawa 7:14: Nostalgic Song / Legend of Mana / Yoko Shimomura 10:33: The Quest for Rudra's Mines / Treasure of the Rudras / Ryuji Sasai 13:41: Birth of People / Actraiser / Yuzo Koshiro 15:49: Heading West to Escape My Past / Treasure Hunter G / Mitsuhito Tanaka a.k.a. John Pee 17:35: Fortune Teller / Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen / Masaharu Iwata a.k.a. Rezon 18:36: Foresta / Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest / Yasuhiro Kawakami 20:41: Green Green Woodlands / Etrian Odyssey / Yuzo Koshiro 25:09: Castle at Night / Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (for Nintendo DS) / Koichi Sugiyama 27:32: Lost Kingdom / Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand / Falcon Sound Team JDK 31:45: The Great Warrior / Final Fantasy VII / Nobuo Uematsu 34:58: Evergreen / Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse / Konami Kukeiha Club 37:00: Ancient Dolphin / Seiken Densetsu 3 / Hiroki Kikuta 40:51: White the Heart / Star Ocean: The Second Story / Motoi Sakuraba 42:26: Garden of the Gods / Chrono Cross / Yasunori Mitsuda 44:55: Lost in the Forest / Romancing Saga 2 / Kenji Ito 47:50: Crooked Ladder / Breath of Fire II / Yuko Takehara 50:17: Opera House / Golden Sun: Dark Dawn / Motoi Sakuraba 53:05: Deku Nut Palace / Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask / Koji Kondo 55:20: Icefire Mountain Cave / Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II / David Wise 58:09: Castle / Sword of Vermilion / Hiroshi Kawaguchi and Yasuhiro Takagi 59:30: Ship of Regret and Sleep / Xenogears / Yasunori Mitsuda 1:02:00: Dorga and Unne's Pavilion / Final Fantasy III (for Nintendo DS) / Nobuo Uematsu 1:03:30: The Garden Where the Celestite Lies / Radiant Historia / Yoko Shimomura 1:06:20: A Cygnet / Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together / Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata 1:08:10: Fate in Haze / Final Fantasy V / Nobuo Uematsu 1:10:24: Misty Lake / Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand / Falcon Sound Team JDK 1:13:17: Shopkeeper / Secret of Evermore / Jeremy Soule 1:14:29: Princess Rescued / Wizards & Warriors / David Wise 1:15:19: Mysterious Tower / Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King / Koichi Sugiyama 1:18:36: Tanglebloom Forest / Golden Sun: Dark Dawn / Motoi Sakuraba 1:21:04: Hero's Theme / Final Fantasy Tactics / Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata 1:22:09: Ancient Zodiac / Bounty Sword / Kohei Tanaka and Akihiko Mori 1:24:55: Stirring the Forest / Final Fantasy IX / Nobuo Uematsu 1:27:11: Between Two Worlds (Night) / Treasure of the Rudras / Ryuji Sasai 1:29:16: Theme of Lovers / Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand / Falcon Sound Team JDK 1:32:08: The Venerable Forest / Star Ocean: The Second Story / Motoi Sakuraba 1:34:42: Ancient Castle / Final Fantasy II (for PlayStation Portable) / Nobuo Uematsu 1:37:15: Rescued Princess / Wizards & Warriors III: Kuros: Visions of Power / David Wise 1:38:23: Atlena / Equinox / Tim Follin and Geoff Follin 1:39:54: The Girl Who Stole the Stars / Radical Dreamers / Yasunori Mitsuda 1:42:58: The Oath / Final Fantasy VIII / Nobuo Uematsu 1:46:23: The Wind Never Ceases / Secret of Mana / Hiroki Kikuta 1:48:20: Faraway Dreaming Days ~ Siren's Song / Legend of Mana / Yoko Shimomura Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4

Think about what a racing video game sounds like and you'll come up with an answer pretty quickly. But what about VGM tracks that kinda-sorta-maybe sound like they're from racing games when they're not? What if you heard a piece of video game music out of context and had someone suggest it was from a racing game? Could you picture what kind of track you'd be racing around? I think so, and this episode thinks so. Track listing: 0:06: Crazy Motorcycle Chase / Final Fantasy VII / Nobuo Uematsu 5:17: Sting Chameleon / Mega Man X / Setsuo Yamamoto 7:07: Speed of Sound / Knuckles' Chaotix / Junko Shiratsu and Mariko Nanba 9:50: Inner Station / Metal Slug / Takushi Hiyamuta (a.k.a. HIYA) and JIM 14:08: Cross-Examination (Questioning ~ Allegro 2001) / Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Nintendo DS) / Composed by Masakazu Sugimori and arranged by Akemi Kimura 16:55: Look Out Below (Jane's Theme) / Fighting Vipers / David Leytze 19:20: Reach for the Top / Windjammers / Tomoyoshi Sato and Seiichi Hamada 21:19: Turbo Tunnel / Battletoads in Battlemaniacs / David Wise 23:23: Reach for the Front / Lunar: Silver Star Story / Noriyuki Iwadare 26:16: Busy Flare ~ Planet Scorch / Ristar / Tomoko Sasaki 29:09: Nitro Rider / Mega Man 10 / Manami Matsumae 31:22: Like a Wind / Revenge of Shinobi / Yuzo Koshiro 33:16: Chi! Chi! Chi! Chi! (Hon Fu's Theme) / Fatal Fury 3 / Masahiko Hataya (a.k.a. Papaya) 35:55: Mission 2: Lumber Storehouse / Double Dragon II: The Revenge (arcade) / Kazunaka Yamane 38:10: Cammy's Theme / X-Men vs. Street Fighter / Yuki Iwai and Yuko Kadota 41:27: Sea of Flames (Hellfire) / Kyūyaku Megami Tensei / Tsukasa Masuko 43:54: Pressing Pursuit ~ Cornered / Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney / Hideki Okugawa 46:24: The Inveterate Skirt Chaser's Usual Tune / Far East of Eden: Kabuki Klash / Masaaki Nishizawa, Eisaku Nambu and Kennsouke Suemura 48:12: Wheel Gator / Mega Man X2 / Yuki Iwai 51:01: Toad Rankings / Super Mario Kart / Soyo Oka 52:14: Peach Rankings / Super Mario Kart / Soyo Oka 53:36: Something Wonderful / Contra Hard Corps / Hiroshi Kobayashi, Akiropito, Kenji Miyaoka, Michiru Yamane, Akira Yamaoka and Hirofumi Taniguchi Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain: https://soundcloud.com/singingmountain On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/

This is a music only remix of my last episode, about laidback music in fighting games, in which "laidback" = relaxed, cheerful, atmospheric and in any other way unusual for the background music of a stage in a fighting game. In addition to the tracks from that original episode, I included a few more that either didn't make the cut or had been used in recent episodes. It's about an hour of music altogether. Track listing: 1:30: Floating on a Harp and Piano Fantasy for Yvonne Lerolle / Fatal Fury 3 / SNK Sound Team 4:52: Vanity Paradise / DarkStalkers 3 / Anarchy Takapon (a.k.a. Takayuki Iwai) and Masato Kouda 7:13: Morning Field / Tekken 2 / Yoshie Takayanagi and Yoshie Arakawa 10:16: Jazzy NYC (NY House Mix) / Street Fighter 3: Second Impact / Hideki Okugawa and Yuki Iwai 12:44: Banquet of Nature Part II / Samurai Shodown IV / SNK Sound Team 15:17: Swamp / Marvel vs. Capcom 2 / Tetsuya Shibata and Mitsuhiko Takano 16:30: Ice Place / King of Fighters 2000 / SNK Sound Team 19:01: The Sun Also Sets / Waku Waku 7 / Masato Araikawa 21:10: Beast Girl / Samurai Shodown II / Yasumasa Yamada 23:47: King / Tekken 3 / Nobuyoshi Sano 26:25: Moonlight / Street Fighter 3: Third Strike / Hideki Okugawa 27:56: Full Moon — Heartful / Garou: Mark of the Wolves / SNK Sound Team 30:18: Dance / Virtua FIghter 3 / Takayuki Nakamura 32:31: Moon Flower / Samurai Shodown II / SNK Sound Team 35:32: False Wings / Warzard / Anarchy Takapon 37:56: Almost Frozen / Tekken / Yoshie Arakawa 40:35: Underwater 1 / Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness / Capcom Sound Team 43:17: Kolin's Theme / Street Fighter V / Junya Nakano 47:25: Forest of Memories / Waku Waku 7 / Masato Araikawa 49:25: Morrigan's Theme / Darkstalkers / Takayuki Iwai and Hideki Okugawa 52:06: Demon (Ogre) / Samurai Shodown II / Yasuo Yamate (a.k.a. Tate Norio) 54:57: Sakura / Street Fighter Alpha 2 / Tatsuro Suzuki 56:14: Eagle's Theme / Fighting Street / Yoshihiro Sakaguchi 58:42: Requiem K626 (Lacrimosa) / Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arranged by SNK Sound Team) Follow Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Follow this podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4

Typical fighting music is exactly what you'd want as a soundtrack to two people kicking the crap out of each other, but sometimes composers throw in a random laidback track. This episode is all about these: the inexplicably peaceful or cheerful or otherwise not-super-face-poundy songs that are nonetheless in fighting games, featuring tracks from Street Fighter, King of Fighters, Samurai Shodown, Tekken and more. Track listing: 0:12: Guile's Theme / Super Street Fighter II / Yoko Shimomura 3:34: Vanity Paradise / DarkStalkers 3 / Anarchy Takapon (a.k.a. Takayuki Iwai) and Masato Kouda 7:19: Floating on a Harp and Piano Fantasy for Yvonne Lerolle / Fatal Fury 3 / SNK Sound Team 10:32: Banquet of Nature Part II / Samurai Shodown IV / SNK Sound Team 13:01: Moon Flower / Samurai Shodown II / SNK Sound Team 15:41: Almost Frozen / Tekken / Yoshie Arakawa 18:39: King / Tekken 3 / Nobuyoshi Sano 21:27: Dance / Virtua FIghter 3 / Takayuki Nakamura 24:12: Full Moon — Heartful / Garou: Mark of the Wolves / SNK Sound Team 26:19: Ice Place / King of Fighters 2000 / SNK Sound Team 29:01: Kolin's Theme / Street Fighter V / Junya Nakano 31:55: False Wings / Warzard / Anarchy Takapon 39:24: Beast Girl / Samurai Shodown II / Yasumasa Yamada 37:02: The Sun Also Sets / Waku Waku 7 / Masato Araikawa 40:01: Swamp / Marvel vs. Capcom 2 / Tetsuya Shibata and Mitsuhiko Takano 41:25: Cave / Marvel vs. Capcom 2 / Tetsuya Shibata and Mitsuhiko Takano 43:00: Clock Tower / Marvel vs. Capcom 2 / Tetsuya Shibata and Mitsuhiko Takano 44:36: Morning Field / Tekken 2 / Yoshie Takayanagi and Yoshie Arakawa 48:47: Eagle's Theme / Fighting Street / Yoshihiro Sakaguchi Follow Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Follow this podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4

Capcom gave us a generation of NES games inspired by Disney's animated series but set these games to soundtracks that were wholly original. Sure, games like DuckTales and Rescue Rangers also have 8-bit versions of the show theme songs, but the rest of the music is awesome all on its own. This episode is all about that classic Capcom platformer sound, as it was defined by greats such as Hiroshige Tonomura, Harumi Fujita, Minae Fujii, and Yasuaki Fujita. Track listing: 0:08: Moon / DuckTales / Hiroshige Tonomura 2:54: Himalayas / DuckTales / Hiroshige Tonomura 4:25: African Mines / DuckTales / Hiroshige Tonomura 7:48: Amazon / DuckTales / Hiroshige Tonomura 10:43: Transylvania (Beta) / DuckTales / Hiroshige Tonomura 13:53: Zone A / Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers / Harumi Fujita 16:48: Zone F / Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers / Harumi Fujita 19:43: Zone J / Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers / Harumi Fujita 23:55: The Sea / TaleSpin / Minae Fujii 26:51: The Clouds / TaleSpin / Minae Fujii 29:49: The Cave / TaleSpin / Minae Fujii 32:37: The Jungle / TaleSpin / Minae Fujii 36:14: Quacker Jack / Darkwing Duck / Yasuaki Fujita (a.k.a. Bun Bun) 39:11: Wolfduck / Darkwing Duck / Yasuaki Fujita 42:05: Moliarty / Darkwing Duck / Yasuaki Fujita 44:59: Bushroot / Darkwing Duck / Yasuaki Fujita 48:47: Zone B / Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2 / Minae Saito 51:41: Zone D / Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2 / Minae Saito 54:35: Zone H / Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2 / Minae Saito 58:26: Mu / DuckTales 2 / Minae Saito and Akihiro Akamatsu 61:19: Niagra Falls / DuckTales 2 / Minae Saito and Akihiro Akamatsu 64:12: Pirate Ship / DuckTales 2 / Minae Saito and Akihiro Akamatsu 71:11: Stage Select / DuckTales / Hiroshige Tonomura 71:48: Wildcat Shop / TaleSpin / Minae Fujii 73:03: The Woods / Mickey Mousecapade / Takeaki Kunimoto Follow Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Follow this podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4

I'm celebrating Valentine's Day with the video game characters I love most: bad girls. This is a collection of music associated with big bads, supervillainesses, henchwomen and general badasses who don't fit the mold of damsels in distress, with music from DarkStalkers, Shovel Knight, Sonic, Breath of Fire, Battletoads, Final Fantasy, Samurai Shodown and more. You go, girls. Track listing: 0:13: Morrigan's Theme / Darkstalkers / Takayuki Iwai and Hideki Okugawa 2:09: Medusa Battle / Kid Icarus / Hirokazu Tanaka 4:06: The Pirate Shop / Wario Land: Shake It! / Tomoya Tomita and Minako Hamano 7:25: Succession of Witches / Final Fantasy VIII / Nobuo Uematsu 11:04: Mizuki Rashojin / Samurai Shodown V Special / Kennosuke Suemura and Haruhiko Kuroiwa 14:11: Dark Queen Battle / Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (Super NES) / David Wise 16:55: Tron Bonne's Theme (The Flutter vs. The Gesellschaft) / Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds / Hideyuki Fukasawa 19:15: Rottytops! / Shantae and the Pirate's Curse / Jake Kaufman 21:47: Zeal Palace / Chrono Trigger / Yasunori Mitsuda 25:10: A Curious Happening / Secret of Mana / Hiroki Kikuta 27:45: Pirates Ahoy! / Final Fantasy V / Nobuo Uematsu 30:02: I'm a Spy / Sonic Adventure 2 / Fumie Kumatani 33:03: Barbara the Bat's Theme / Daigasso! Band Bros. / Masami Yone 36:16: Kotake and Koume / Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Koji Kondo 38:44: Deep Purple / Breath of Fire III / Yoshino Aoki and Akari Kaida 42:03: Cackletta's Theme / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Story + Bowser's Minions / Yoko Shimimura 44:32: Magic Square / Red Earth / Takayuki Iwai (a.k.a. "Anarchy Takapon") 47:33: Devilotte's Theme / Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo / Tatsuro Suzuki, Isao Ave, Yuko Kadota, Syun Nishigaki, Setsuo Yamamoto and Anarchy Takapon 51:11: Gypsy Heart / Lunar 2: Eternal Blue / Noriyuki Iwadare 55:53: Distant Traces of Beauty / Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney — Trials and Tribulations / Noriyuke Iwadare 59:33: Margarie Margarita / Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars / Yoko Shimomura 62:26: Sofia's Theme (Take 1) / Battle Arena Toshinden 2 / Makoto Mukai 65:18: Vanessa Plots / WarioWare: Touched! / Masanobu Matsunaga, Yasuhisa Baba and Masaru Tajima 66:05: Cordelia's Theme (The Place Where Evil Sleeps) / Panel de Pon (Nintendo Puzzle Collection) / Composed by Masaya Kuzume, arranged by Masanobu Matsunaga, Noritaka Misawa and Yoshito Sekigawa 67:40: The Possessor / Shovel Knight / Jake Kaufman Follow Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Follow this podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4

Hey, do you need to listen to some low-key, ambient video game music? Half a lifetime ago, your host was a college freshman sorely in need of both video games and downtime, and he made a mix to get him through his workload. Today, this playlist has been revived for your benefit, podcast listeners, and you can now enjoy a nostalgic reminder of Final Fantasy, Donkey Kong Country, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Xenogears, Secret of Mana and more. Track listing: 0:11: Hometown Domina / Legend of Mana / Yoko Shimomura 3:06: One Who Bears Fangs at God / Xenogears / Yasnunori Mitsuda 8:00: Out of Phase / Parasite Eve / Yoko Shimomura 11:48: Corridors of Time / Chrono Trigger / Yasunori Mitsuda 14:35: Aquatic Ambience / Donkey Kong Country / David Wise 17:50: Eternal Recurrence / Secret of Mana / Hiroki Kikuta 20:31: You've Come a Long Way, Ness (Coffee Break) / Earthbound / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 21:49: Black Omen / Chrono Trigger / Yasunori Mitsuda 24:24: Valley of the Fallen Star / Final Fantasy VII / Nobuo Uematsu 27:17: Dire, Dire Docks / Super Mario 64 / Koji Kondo 29:58: Bayou Boogie / Donkey Kong Country 2 / David Wise 33:25: Few Paths Forbidden / Seiken Densetsu 3 / Hiroki Kikuta 35:35: Serpent Trench / Final Fantasy VI / Nobuo Uematsu 37:35: Inside the Deku Tree / Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Koji Kondo 40:00: Moonlit City Roa (Moonlit City Lumina) / Legend of Mana / Yoko Shimomura 42:38: Sevat (The Wind Is Calling) / Xenogears / Yasunori Mitsuda 45:47: Overworld (Main Theme) / Final Fantasy IV / Nobuo Uematsu 47:56: Secret of the Forest / Chrono Trigger / Yasunori Mitsuda 52:07: The Legend / Secret of Mana / Hiroki Kikuta 55:04: Welcome to Bukki Tower (Welcome to Booster Tower) / Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars / Yoko Shimomura 56:01: Jellyfish Sea / Chrono Cross / Yasunori Mitsuda 58:53: Blue Fields / Final Fantasy VIII / Nobuo Uematsu 1:00:54: Ruined, Sparkling City / Legend of Mana / Yoko Shimomura 1:04:00: Sara's Theme (Schala's Theme) / Chrono Trigger / Yasunori Mitsuda 1:06:36: Hero's Theme / Final Fantasy Tactics / Masaharu Iwata and Hitoshi Sakimoto 1:08:24: Stickerbush Symphony / Donkey Kong Country 2 / David Wise 1:13:33: Stone Tower Temple / Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask / Koji Kondo 1:14:33: Gau / Final Fantasy VI / Nobuo Uematsu 1:16:15: Chronopolis / Chrono Cross / Yasunori Mitsuda 1:19:16: Decision Bell / Seiken Densetsu 3 / Hiroki Kikuta 1:22:04: Crystal Chasm / Donkey Kong Country 3 / Eveline Fischer 1:23:40: Brink of Time / Chrono Trigger / Yasunori Mitsuda 1:25:17: Peaceful Rest Valley / Earthbound / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 1:27:50: Mountain Path Conde Petie / Final Fantasy IX / Nobuo Uematsu 1:29:08: Gumi Village (Tenda Village) / Earthbound / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka Follow Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Follow this podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4

In this short episode, I talk about how Terra's theme is reused throughout the first half of Final Fantasy VI, and how that might trick players into thinking she's the main character and that there's not a surprising (and depressing) second half to this 1994 RPG masterpiece. This plus all due praise for Nobuo Uematsu's finale to the series' Super Nintendo era. Track listing: 0:11: Omen (Parts 1 and 2) / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VI 1:31: From That Day On... / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VI 3:28: Omen (Part 3) / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VI 5:56: Awakening / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VI 8:25: Terra / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VI 11:36: Protect the Espers! / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VI 13:07: Esper World / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VI 15:03: Dark World / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VI 16:22: Searching for Friends / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VI 19:39: The Magic House / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VI 21:24: The Floating Continent / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VI Follow Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Follow this podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4

"No, there atcually *are* some kickass saxaphones in video game music," Drew said, responding to no one. Yes, this is an unabashed appreciation of saxophones and their digital reproductions as they've been used in video games, all because I wanted to include Edea's theme from Bravely Default in an episode and ended up building other sax-tastic tracks around it. I have tracks from Mario Kart 8, ToeJam & Earl, Street Fighter 3, Undertale and Bayonetta and more. Bonus? I avoided making an "aural sax" pun. You're welcome. Track listing: 0:10 Title Theme / John Baker / ToeJam & Earl: Panic on Funkotron 3:47 Baby Bird / Revo / Bravely Default 5:38 One Night on Neo Kobe City / Konami Kukeiha Club / Snatcher 9:15 Love Is Not Enough (Ai ga tari nai ze) / composed by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, arranged by Kuzo Koshiro / Project X Zone 12:35 Big Blue / composed by Yumiko Kanki and Naoto Ishida, arranged by Kenta Nagata / Mario Kart 8 16:02 Death by Glamour / Toby Fox / Undertale 20:39 Jazzy NYC (NY House Mix) / Hideki Okugawa and Yuki Iwai / Street Fighter 3: Second Impact 24:11 Staff Credits (Stickerbush Symphony) / David Wise / Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze 29:58 Title Theme (Extended) / Lex Horton / Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 34:40 Magypsy Party / Shogo Sakai / Mother 3 37:36 The Fragrance of Dark-Colored Coffee / Noriyuke Iwadare / Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Trials and Tribulations 39:44 Underground / Riyou Kinugasa Takuya Kobayashi Hiromi Mizutani / Deadly Premonition 44:21 An Die Freude / Shoji Meguro / Catherine 47:53 Jazzy Sabotage / Katsuhiko Suzuki and Norio Hanzaw / Guardian Heroes 49:39 "Toki" Meki Saxophone / Katsuhiko Suzuki and Norio Hanzaw / Guardian Heroes 51:29 Arashi no Saxophone / Papaya / King of Fighters '95 52:15 Arashi no Saxophone 5 / Tetsuhiro Ogawa, Iku Mizutani, Toshihiko Hiraguchi, Tomonao Niiya, Makoto Suehiro and Tasuku Mizutani / King of Fighters XIII 56:07 バトル～HEROES / Kenji Ito / Imperial SaGa 57:48 Theme of Eiji / Battle Arena Toshinden 2 / Yasuhiro Nakano 60:30 Staff Roll / Mega Man 8 / Shusaku Uchiyama 65:15 Theme of Poison / Hideyuki Fukasawa / Ultra Street Fighter IV 68:06 Compression of Time / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VIII 69:25 Let's Dance, Boys / Hiroshi Yamaguchi / Bayonetta Follow Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Follow this podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4

What if you celebrated Christmas in a 16-bit ice cavern? That's the mood this episode wants to create for you. In this end-of-year installment, I'm trying to get together the best of the less holly-jolly music from ice levels. Think crystal blue. Think sparkly. Think about there being nary a jingle bell in sight. And don't worry about sliding off a ledge and plummeting to your doom. Listen to all the Singing Mountain winter music episodes: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/playlist-winter-music Track listing: 0:10 Bamboo Houses / Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Sylvian 2:32 Vanilla Dome / Koji Kondo / Super Mario World 3:58 Ice Caverns / David Wise / Battletoads 5:32 Winter Season / Tsuyoshi Tanaka / Harvest Moon 64 7:03 North Wall / Yuzo Koshiro / Actraiser 8:53 Ice Cave Chant / Eveline Fischer / Donkey Kong Country 10:55 In a Snowbound Land / David Wise / Donkey Kong Country 2 13:06 Frosty Frolics / Eveline Fischer / Donkey Kong Country 3 15:31 Ice Zone / Spencer Nilsen, Brian Coburn and András Magyari / Ecco the Dolphin for Genesis 18:42 Iceberg / Jun Ishikawa / Kirby's Dreamland 3 21:19 Search a Seal / Motoi Sakuraba and Shinji Tamura / Tales of Symphonia 24:00 The Mines of Narshe / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VI 25:45 A Bell Is Tolling / Hiroki Kikuta / Secret of Mana 28:13 Wind Scene / Yasunori Mitsuda / Chrono Trigger 29:54 Sacred Grounds / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy IX 31:56 Snowman / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka / Earthbound 33:06 Phendrana Drifts / Kenji Yamamoto and Kouichi Kyuma / Metroid Prime 36:44 Snowpeak / Toru Minegishi and Asuka Ohta / Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 38:58 Freeze Man / Yuko Takehara, Toshihiko Horiyama and Makoto Tomozawa / Mega Man VII 40:12 Absolute Chill / Shusaku Uchiyama / Mega Man 10 41:42 Frost Walrus / Toshihiko Horiyama / Mega Man X4 43:55 Taboo Storyteller / Michiko Naruke / Wild Arms 44:53 Mount Sabre / Yoko Osaka / Crystalis 45:51 Crystal Palace Crawl / Yuka Tsujiyoko and Taishi Senda / Paper Mario 47:29 Ice Mountain Zone / Yuji Naka and Hiroshi Matsumoto / Sonic Advance 48:54 Ice Cap Zone / ????? / Sonic the Hedgehog 3 49:41 Diamond Dust Zone / Jun Senoue and Tatsuyuki Maeda / Sonic 3D Blast 51:00 Valak Mountain / ACE+ / Xenoblade Chronicles 54:23 Podul / Kenji Ito / Romancing Saga 3 56:38 Fluffy Snow, Here We Go! / Tomoya Tomita and Misaki Asada / Yoshi's Wooly World 58:53 Sherbet's Theme / Masaya Kuzume / Panel de Pon for Super Famicom 60:17Another Winter / Hiroki Kikuta / Seiken Densetsu 3 Follow Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Follow this podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4

Cuphead features an old-timey aesthetic that is well-matched with a retro throwback soundtrack by Kristofer Maddigan. However, it was pointed out to me how great the game's mostly big band soundtrack would sound being played on an old scratchy record, and I decided to make that happen. Here's a seven-song sampler of the game's soundtrack, gussied up with the pops and hisses you'd hear listening to well-aged vinyl. Track listing: 1:17 Inkwell Isle 1 5:05 Threatenin' Zeppelin 8:31 Treetop Trouble 11:22 Floral Fury 15:05 Sugarland Shimmy 18:40 Pyramid Peril 24:25 Dramatic Fanatic

What does a nighttime drive through the city sound like? Here are thirty video games that attempt to answer that question. Starting with the theme to Toad's Turnpike from Mario Kart 64, this episode explores a lesser-known type of video game music: "chill metropolis" or "skyscraper nocturne" or whatever else you want to call it. Featuring titles from Sega, Nintendo, Capcom, Square and more. Track listing: 0:07: Intro / Takashi Tateishi / Mega Man 2 1:30: Crash Man / Takashi Tateishi / Mega Man 2 3:14: Toad's Turnpike / Kenta Nagata / Mario Kart 64 4:56: Big Blue / Yumiko Kanki and Naoto Ishida / F-Zero 6:56: Glittertown / Tomoya Tomita and Minako Hamano / Wario Land: Shake It! 8:29: Vanilla Lake / Soyo Oka / Super Mario Kart Beta 9:35; Pyoro Part Three / Ryoji Yoshitomi and Kyoko Miyamoto / WarioWare: Mega Microgame$ 12:42: Fetus of God / Takayuki Iwai and Masato Kouda / DarkStalkers 3: Jedah's Damnation 14:37: Moonlight / Hideki Okugawa / Street Fighter 3: Third Strike 16:01: Subway Park / Capcom Team / Final Fight 17:29: Scala / Capcom Team / Street Fighter Alpha 3 18:48: Boomer Kuwanger / Yuko Takehara / Mega Man X 21:26: Spring Yard Zone / Masato Nakamura / Sonic the Hedgehog 22:13: Star Light Zone / Masato Nakamura / Sonic the Hedgehog 23:05: Keep the Groovin' / Masato Nakamura / Streets of Rage / 26:24: Mellow Groove / John Baker / ToeJam & Earl 28:00 Planet Freon / Tomoko Sasaki / Ristar 29:23: Cylic's Stage / Hikoshi Hashimoto / Cosmic Carnage 30:34: Beyond the Galaxy / Koichi Namiki / Galaxy Force II 32:04: Wolf / Takayuki Nakamura / Virtua Fighter 36:15: Under Her Control / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VIII 37:37: Ending / Jean Baudlot and Fabrice Visserot / Flashback 39:22: Area H / Fujii Minae, Saito Minae, Akihiro Akamatsu and Sachiko Oita / Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2 40:24: Warth / Ippo Takeuchi and M. "Gaki-Chan" Nakagaki / Phantasy Star 4 42:90: Act 4, Part 2 / Keiji Yamagishi and Ryuichi Nitta / Ninja Gaiden 43:18: Ruins of Lab 16 / Yasunori Mitsuda / Chrono Trigger 44:13: Remains of the Factory / Yasunori Mitsuda / Chrono Trigger 47:44: Last Wave / Hiroshi_Kawaguchi / Outrun 49:03: Sunset Coastline / Nobuo Uematsu / Rad Racer 50:02: BGM 1 / Hikoshi Hashimoto / Racing Hero 51:13: Track 1 + Track 2 + Track 6 / Takami Asano / Chase HQ 53:26: Track 1 / Barry Leitch / Top Gear 57:19: Oppressed People / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VII 59:09: Drifting Away / Ryoji Yoshitomi and Kyoko Miyamoto / WarioWare: Mega Microgame$ /

Halloween + video game nostalgia. If your old NES was haunted, it would sound like this. This extra episode features music from Castlevania, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Megami Tensei, Splatterhouse and even some non-horror-themed games that happen to have some great, Halloween-appropriate music. Playlist: 0:07 Transylvania / Yoshihiro Sakaguchi / DuckTales 2:25: Vampire Killer / Castlevania / Kinuyo Yamashita 5:17: Title Theme / David Wise / A Nightmare on Elm Street 8:00: Stage 1 Theme / Ayako Mori / Ghosts 'n Goblins 10:51: Mourning for Rick / Anna Puruna / Splatter House: Wanpaku Graffiti 13:40: Hallway Theme / Scott Marshall / Ghoul School 15:10: Round 2, Part 1 / Takane Ohkubo and Norio Nakagata / Zombie Nation 17:57: Lobby Theme / Junko Tamiya / Sweet Home 20:45: Graveyard Theme / Yoshio Hirai / StarTropics 23:33: Forest of Elrond 1 / David Wise / Wizards & Warriors 26:27: Pray / Tsukasa Masuko / Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II 27:50: Haunted Forest / Jun Funahashi, Masae Nakashima and Satoko Minami / Tiny Toon Adventures 30:44: Graveyard Theme / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka / Mother (Earthbound Zero) 33:10: This Will Be Your Grave / Anna Puruna / Splatter House: Wanpaku Graffiti 35:58: Magician Tower / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy II 38:47: Bloody Tears / Kenichi Matsubara / Simon's Quest: Castlevania II 41:38: Labyrinth / Naoki Kodaka / Fester's Quest 44:30: World of Horror / Masaki Hashimoto / Monster Party 47:18: Stage Three Theme / David Wise / Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors 2 50:00: Monster Dance / Kenichi Matsubara and Satoe Terashima / Simon's Quest: Castlevania II 52:48: The Haunted House / Minae Fujii / Disney's TaleSpin 55:35: Eerie Area / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka / Mother (Earthbound Zero) 57:04: BGM Theme / Tim Follin / Solstice 58:56: Hell House / Anna Puruna / Splatter House: Wanpaku Graffiti 1:01:45: Rising / Konami Kukeiha Club / Castlevania III Listen to Singing Mountain's other Halloween episodes: https://singingmountainpod.com/minusworld/2018/10/18/halloween

Yes, the Mario games have often been relentlessly cheerful, but sometimes Nintendo allows the mustachioed one and his pals to tread into darker territory. And the music that accompanies these ventures into what I call "creepy Mario" is often some of the best in the game. Featured in this episode: the most Halloween-appropriate music from Luigi's Mansion, Super Mario Galaxy, Paper Mario, Super Mario RPG and more. Track listing: 0:07: Haunted House BGM / Super Mario World / Koji Kondo 2:13: Haunty Halls Galaxy (Ghost Conveyer) / Super Mario Galaxy 2 / Koji Kondo 4:35: Castle & Fortress / Yoshi's Island / Koji Kondo 7:27: Banshee Boardwalk (Hyuudoro Lake) / Mario Kart 64 / Kenta Nagata 11:03: Haunted House / Super Mario 64 / Koji Kondo 13:08: Merry-Go-Round / Super Mario 64 / Koji Kondo 15:35: Temple Theme / Super Mario Land / Hirokazu Tanaka 16:02: Underground Theme / Super Smash Bros. Brawl / composed by Hirokazu Tanaka, arranged by by Koji Hayama 18:08: Sunken Ship / Super Mario RPG / Yoko Shimomura 21:29: Ashley's Song / WarioWare: Twisted / Masanobu Matsunaga, Yasuhisa Baba, and Masaru Tajima 25:31: Haunted Woods / Diddy Kong Racing / David Wise 29:06: Dark Hallways / Luigi's Mansion / Kazumi Totaka and Shinobu Tanaka 30:44: Main Theme / Luigi's Mansion / Kazumi Totaka and Shinobu Tanaka 32:16: Melody's Melody / Luigi's Mansion / Kazumi Totaka and Shinobu Tanaka 34:01: Crescent Moon Village / Wario Land 4 / Ryoji Yoshitomi 34:29: Twilight Trail / Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door / Yoshito Hirano and Yuka Tsujiyoko 38:16: Twilight Town / Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door / Yoshito Hirano and Yuka Tsujiyoko 39:42: Creepy Steeple / Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door / Yoshito Hirano and Yuka Tsujiyoko 42:43: Waltz of the Boos / Super Mario Galaxy / Mahito Yokota 45:40: Shifty Boo Mansion (Moving Floor at the Ghost Mansion) / Super Mario 3D World / Mahito Yokota 48:00: Twisted Mansion / Mario Kart 8 / Shiho Fujii 51:07: World of Nothing / Super Paper Mario / Naoko Mitome, Chika Sekigawa and Yasuhisa Baba 54:19: Haunted Chase / Donkey Kong Country 2 / David Wise 56:42: Shadow Queen / Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door / Yoshito Hirano and Yuka Tsujiyoko 59:25: Antechamber / Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon / Chad York, Darren Radtke and Mike Peacock 59:59: Distant Piano / Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon / Chad York, Darren Radtke and Mike Peacock 1:00:46: Gloomy Manor / Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon / Chad York, Darren Radtke and Mike Peacock 1:03:20: Old Clockworks / Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon / Chad York, Darren Radtke and Mike Peacock 1:05:44: River Twygz Bed / Super Paper Mario / Naoko Mitome, Chika Sekigawa and Yasuhisa Baba 1:07:13: Graveyard / Super Mario Land 2 / Kazumi Totaka 1:09:06: End Credits / Super Mario Bros. 2 / Koji Kondo Listen to Singing Mountain's other Halloween episodes: https://singingmountainpod.com/minusworld/2018/10/18/halloween Drew on Twitter: twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singi…ain/id1252832457 On Google Play: play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/…bs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: www.singingmountainpod.com

Seiken Densetsu 3 was never officially translated and brought to the U.S., but you can still enjoy the game's soundtrack. In this episode, Drew talks about how this sequel to Secret of Mana sounds melancholy but every bit as beautiful as the original. Track listing: 0:08: Meridian Child 4:47: Witchmakers 6:14 Another Winter 8:39: Female Turbulence 9:48: Different Road 9:50: Evening Star 13:32: Lefthanded Wolf 18:44: Hope Isolation Pray 20:28: Harvest November 24:01: Innocent Water 24:02: Innocent Sea 28:31: Weird Counterpoit 31:28: Electric Talk 37:02: Few Paths Forbidden 38:45: Decision Bell 40:57: Breezin' 43:38: Religious Thunder 46:52: Long Goodbye 48:48: Angel's Fear (All tracks were composed by Hiroki Kikuta and are from Seiken Densetsu 3.)

Discussed herein: The likely (but not yet proven) connection between the original Legend of Zelda and the British rock band Deep Purple, as well as Koji Kondo's past in a cover band, those people who don't regard video game music as being as legitimate as "real" music, and Hayley Mills, for some reason. Track listing: 0:05: April / Deep Purple 2:03: Smoke on the Water / Deep Purple 3:00: Hush / Deep Purple 5:45: Dungeon Theme / Legend of Zelda / Koji Kondo 7:57: Death Mountain Dungeon Theme / Legend of Zelda / Koji Kondo 12:04: Title Theme / Shin Onigashima / Koji Kondo

The flute noise from the original Legend of Zelda has resurfaced in later games, woven into the soundtrack in sometimes hard-to-notice ways. In this episode, I'm attempting to round them up, all while celebrating Koji Kondo and the other composers who have defined this series' sound. (Note: This episode has been updated from the version I originally uploaded to include a track from Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap.) Track listing: 0:06: Title Theme / Legend of Zelda (FDS) / Koji Kondo 3:34: Overworld Theme / Zelda II: The Adventure of Link / Akito Nakatsuka 5:56: Grass Land / Super Mario Bros. 3 / Koji Kondo 8:17: Light World Dungeon / Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Koji Kondo 11:14: Title Theme / Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Koji Kondo 15:15: Forbidden Woods / Legend of Zelda; The Wind Waker / Kenta Nagata and Koji Kondo 18:58: Wind Ruins / Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap / Mitsuhiko Takano 20:49: Shrine / Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / Manaka Kataoka 26:50: Fortune Teller / Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Koji Kondo 28:35: Dark World / Switched on NES / Switched on NES: A Link tp the Past

A little something extra! Here's all the tracks from episode five (plus a few more that got cut from the final edit) mixed together into one uninterrupted longplay. Think green. Chill out. Norfest Forest / Terranigma / Miyoko Takaoka and Masanori Hikichi Secret of the Forest / Chrono Trigger / Yasunori Mitsuda Forest Interlude / Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest / David Wise ??????? Powell, the Moonlight Forest / Seiken Densetsu 3 / Hiroki Kikuta Windy Cliffs / Do-Re-Mi Fantasy / Jun Chikuma Elf Forest / Shining Force II / Motoaki Takenouchi Water Goddess Mitula / Shining Force II / Motoaki Takenouchi Still of the Night / Secret of Mana / Hiroki Kikuta Black Forest / Suikoden / Miki Higashino, Tappy Iwase, Hiroshi Tamawari, Hirofumi Taniguchi and Mayuko Kageshita Lost Woods / Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Koji Kondo Faron Woods / Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess / Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ota and Koji Kondo Beware the Forest Mushrooms / Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars / Yoko Shimomura A Wish / Secret of Mana / Hiroki Kikuta Mystical Forest / Final Fantasy VI / Nobuo Uematsu 5 a.m. (Rain) / Animal Crossing: New Leaf / Manaka Kataoka, Atsuko Asahi and Kazumi Totaka Forest of Illusion / Super Mario World / Koji Kondo 42:04: Forest of Cutting Shadows / Chrono Cross / Yasunori Mitsuda

It's hot, and I'm taking refuge from the heat with some of the most beautiful forest themes composed in video games. Among the titles featured: Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, Donkey Kong Country 2 and Shining Force. Stay cool. 0:10: Norfest Forest / Terranigma / Miyoko Takaoka and Masanori Hikichi 4:34: Secret of the Forest / Chrono Trigger / Yasunori Mitsuda 8:17: Forest Interlude / Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest / David Wise 12:22: Powell, the Moonlight Forest / Seiken Densetsu 3 / Hiroki Kikuta 15:49: Windy Cliffs / Do-Re-Mi Fantasy / Jun Chikuma 18:42: Elf Forest / Shining Force II / Motoaki Takenouchi 19:29: Water Goddess Mitula / Shining Force II / Motoaki Takenouchi 21:20: Still of the Night / Secret of Mana / Hiroki Kikuta 28:09: Lost Woofs / Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Koji Kondo 28:18: Faron Woods / Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess / Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ota and Koji Kondo 32:09: Beware the Forest Mushrooms / Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars / Yoko Shimomura 34:54: Mystical Forest / Final Fantasy VI / Nobuo Uematsu 37:47: 5 a.m. (Rain) / Animal Crossing: New Leaf / Manaka Kataoka, Atsuko Asahi and Kazumi Totaka 39:49: Forest of Illusion / Super Mario World / Koji Kondo 42:04: Forest of Cutting Shadows / Chrono Cross / Yasunori Mitsuda

It's a deep dive into the wonderfully weird music of Nintendo's Earthbound/Mother 2, but it's also a personal essay of sorts, as Drew tracks his association with a Ric Ocasek song that he didn't even know he knew. Track listing: 0:07: Battle With Kraken / Earthbound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 1:55: One Day for Sure (Threed) / Earthbound / Keiichi Suzuki 4:15: Battle With an Unsettling Opponent / Earthbound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 5:54: Onett's Arcade / Earthbound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 703: Get on the Bus / Earthbound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 9:01: Dead End Chaos Theater / Earthbound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 10:55: Boris' Cocktail / Earthbound / Hirokazu Tanaka 12:01: Moonside Swing / Earthbound / Hirokazu Tanaka 15:26: Keep on Laughin' / Ric Ocasek 17:12: Magicant / Earthbound / Hirokazu Tanaka 18:50: Crossing Over Space and Time / Earthbound / Hirokazu Tanaka 20:30: The Place / Earthbound / Hirokazu Tanaka 21:29: Deirdre / The Beach Boys 22:16: Dr. Andonuts' Lab / Earthbound / Keiichi Suzuki 25:20: Moonlit City Roa / Legend of Mana / Yoko Shimomura

The Great Giana Sisters is a Commodore 64 title best known for imitating Super Mario Bros., but the game's soundtrack is actually pretty awesome. In this episode, we look at how the Great Giana Sisters music makes for a handy entry point into the work of one of the most talented video game composers around: Chris Huelsbeck. Track listing: 0:03: Overworld / Great Giana Sisters / Chris Huelsbeck 3:33: Title Theme / Great Giana Sisters / Chris Huelsbeck 5:53: Castle Theme / Great Giana Sisters / Chris Huelsbeck 7:44: 'Dark/Cute' / Great Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams / Chris Huelsbeck 9:03: Stage One Theme / Hard 'n' Heavy / Chris Huelsbeck 10:20: Stage Two Theme / Hard 'n' Heavy / Chris Huelsbeck 11:46: Title Theme / The Baby of Can Guru / Chris Huelsbeck 14:10: Title Theme / Dulcedo Cogitationis / Chris Huelsbeck 17:36: Stage One Theme / Jim Power in Mutant Planet / Chris Huelsbeck 22:14: BGM 1 / Gem'x / Chris Huelsbeck 20:38: Title Theme (The Final Fight) / Turrican 2: The Final Fight / Chris Huelsbeck Drew on Twitter: twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain: @singingmountain On Facebook: www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singi…ain/id1252832457 On Google Play: play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/…bs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/

Music is a big part of the Mega Man games, in more ways than you might think. This episode looks at the relationship between the games' stage music and the boss waiting at the end of those stages. The goal here is Splash Woman's theme from Mega Man 9, about which Drew has some crazy, unfounded theories. Track listing: 0:06: Needle Man / Mega Man 3 / Harumi Fujita 3:51: Pharoah Man / Mega Man 4 / Minae Fujii 4:51: Shade Man / Mega Man 3 / Yuko Takehara, Toshihiko Horiyama and Makoto Tomozawa 6:18: Charge Man / Mega Man 5 / Mari Yamaguchi 7:22: Maze of Death / Mega Man 9 / Yu Shimoda 8:26: Splash Blue (Splash Woman) / Mega Man 9 / Hiroki Isogai 11:21: Hornet Dance (Horney Man) / Mega Man 9 / Hiroki Isogai 14:05: Aqua Man / Mega Man 2 / Takashi Tateishi 15:52: Aqua Vistas / Ecco the Dolphin (Sega CD) / Spencer Nilsen Drew on Twitter: twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain: @singingmountain On Facebook: www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singi…ain/id1252832457 On Google Play: play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/…bs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/

The first episodes kicks off with a track from Super Mario RPG. This selection quickly told players how this game would be a radical departure for a Super Mario game, and more than twenty years later, I still have it stuck in my head. Track listing: 0:08: Welcome to Booster Tower / Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars / Yoko Shimomura 2:15: Inside the Earthen Pipe / Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars / Yoko Shimomura 4:07: The Sword Descends / Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars / Yoko Shimomura 4:41: The Starlight's Flower / Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars / Yoko Shimomura 7:04: Singing Mountain / Chrono Trigger / Yasunori Mitsuda Drew on Twitter: twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain: @singingmountain On Facebook: www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singi…ain/id1252832457 On Google Play: play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/…bs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/