Friday, July 25, 2014

STAGE 5: ARCADE GAMES



Get those pockets full of quarters ready, because we are about to play some Arcade games and listen to some amazing tracks. Arcade Games is the subject that STAGE 5 is all about , so you better pop in that token and press start, because this is something you do not want to miss!


 RETRO VGM REVIVAL HOUR: STAGE 5 - ARCADE GAMES


Track List:
Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company


*Sunset Riders Music (Arcade) - Motoaki Furukawa - "Shoot out at the Sunset Ranch (Stage 1)" - April 09, 1991 - KONAMI

*Super Battletoads - David Wise - "Stage 1" - 1994 - RARE /EA

*Alien Syndrome - tohru nakabayashi - "Killer Instinct (Bosstheme)" - 1987 - SEGA

*ESWAT - Yasuhiro Kawakami - "Stage Theme 3” - 1989 - SEGA

*ROBOCOP - Hiroaki Yoshida, Hitomi Komatsu & Hiroyuki - "Stage 7" - 1988 - DATA EAST

*Alien VS Predator - Hideki Okugawa - "Round 4-2, 2-2" - May 20, 1994 - CAPCOM

*Captain Commando - Masaki Izutani & Shun Nishigaki - "STAGE 8 (Enemy's Space Ship)” - November 1991 - CAPCOM

*Toki - Yukihiko Kitahara - "Lake Neptune” (stage 2) - TAD corporation /FABTEK - 1989

*PANG! 3 (buster Buddies) - Isao Abe - "Stage 50 (final stage)” - 1995 - CAPCOM

*Cadillacs And Dinosaurs - Isao Abe, Syun Nishigaki & Kiyo - "In The Garage” - April 1993 - CAPCOM

*Lethal Enforcers -Kenichiro Fukui - "Rolling Badguys" (Stage BGM I) - October 14, 1992 - KONAMI

*Saturday Night Slam Masters - Setsuo Yamamoto - “London” - July 13, 1993 - CAPCOM

*Metal Slug - Takushi Hiyamuta - "Inner Station” - Nazca Corporation /SNK - 1996

*Super Street Fighter II Turbo - Isao Abe, Syun Nishigaki & Yuki Iwai - "Ryu Theme” - February 23, 1994 - CAPCOM

*Street Fighter 2 - Yoko Shimomura & Isao Abe - "Ken's Theme” - February 6, 1991 - CAPCOM

*Fatal Fury Special - Seisuke Ito - "Flame Dragon God" (Mai Shiranui Theme) - September 16, 1993 - SNK

*Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Mutsuhiko Izumi, Miki Higashino & Kôzô Nakamura - "1st Stage” - 1989 - KONAMI

*Shadow Dancer - Keisuke Tsukahara - "Stage 2-1" - November 1989 - SEGA

*WWF WrestleFest - Yoshihiro Kameoka - “Character Selection Theme” - June 1991 - Technōs




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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

STAGE 4: MEGA MAN


Video game music based on The much beloved MEGA MAN games is what this very special Stage 4 is all about, so make sure you have plenty of "E" tanks handy and have your Mega Buster fully charged up. This episode might just blow you away in its sheer epicness of all things Mega Man

 RETRO VGM REVIVAL HOUR: STAGE 4 - MEGA MAN


Track List:
game - composer - title - year

*Mega Man - Manami Matsumae - "Fire Man” , "Cut Man" - December 17, 1987
*Mega Man 2 - Takashi Tateishi, Manami Matsumae - “introduction and Title Theme” , "Bubble Man” , "Dr. Wily's Castle" - December 24, 1988
*Mega Man 3 - Yasuaki Fujita, Harumi Fujita - “Introduction” , "Spark Man” - September 28, 1990
* Mega Man 4 - Minae Fujii - "Drill Man” - December 6, 1991
* Mega Man 5 - Mari Yamaguchi - "ProtoMan's Fortress Stage"
- December 4, 1992
* Mega Man 6 - Yuko Takehara - "Tomahawk Man” - jap. October 5, 1993/us. March 15, 1994
* Mega Man 7 - Yuko Takehara, Toshihiko Horiyama, Makoto Tomozawa - “Shade Man” - jap. March 24, 1995/us.September 1995 - SNES
* Mega Man 8 - Shusaku Uchiyama - “Stage Selection” - January 1997 - PS/SATURN
* Mega Man 9 - - Yū Shimoda, Ryō Kawakami, Hiroki Isogai, Ippo Yamada - Inti Creates/CAPCOM - "Galaxy Fantasy (Galaxy Man)” - September 22, 2008
* Mega Man 10 - Ippo Yamada, Manami Matsumae, Yasuaki Fujita (bun bun), Akari Kaida, Ryo Kawakami, Hiroki Isogai, Yu Shimoda, Minae Fujii, Mari Yamaguchi, Yuko Takehara, Makoto Tomozawa, and Shusaku Uchiyama - "Nitro Rider (Nitro Man)" - March 1, 2010

  
* Mega Man X - Setsuo Yamamoto, Makoto Tomozawa, Yuki Iwai, Yuko Takehara, Toshihiko Horiyama - “Spark Mandrill” - December 17, 1993
* Mega Man X2 - Yuki Iwai - “Flame Stag” - December 16, 1994
* Mega Man X3 - Kinuyo Yamashita - “Toxic Seahorse” - December 1, 1995
* Mega Man X4 - Toshihiko Horiyama - “Storm Owl" - August 1, 1997
* Mega Man X5 - Naoto Tanaka, Naoya Kamisaka, and Takuya Miyawaki - “Duff McWhalen" - jap.November 30, 2000/us.january 31, 2001
* Mega Man X6 - Naoto Tanaka - “Blaze Heatnix" - jap.November 29, 2001/us.December 4, 2001
* Mega Man X7 - Yuko Komiyama, Shinya Okada, Seiko Kobuchi, Naoto Tanaka, Makoto Asai, Teruo Konishi, Shuichi Mizuhata, Noriyuki Iwadare, Takuya Miyawaki - "Vanishing Gungaroo" - jap.July 17, 2003/us.October 14, 2003
* Mega Man X8 - Yuko Komiyama, Naoto Tanaka, and Shinya Okada - "Burn Rooster" - December 7, 2004


* Mega Man & Bass(Rockman & Forte) - Akari Kaida, Naoshi Mizuta, and "Kirikiri-chan" - "Final Boss” - SUPER FAMICON jap.April 24, 1998 - GBA us.March 11, 2003
* Mega Man Network Transmission - Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Saso, and Yousuke Yasui - “Shadowman" - jap.March 6, 2003/us.June 17, 2003 - GameCube -
*Mega Man Battle Network 2 - Yoshino Aoki - "VS. Gospel (Final Battle)” , "Virus Busting (Battle Theme)" - jap.December 14, 2001/us.June 12, 2002 - GBA
* Mega Man ZX - Ippo Yamada, Masaki Suzuki and Ryo Kawakami - "Last Area(Snake Eyes)" - Jap. July 6, 2006/us.September 12, 2006



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Saturday, July 12, 2014

STAGE 3: DISNEY


Video games based on Disney characters, movies and television shows are what Stage 3 is all about, so dust off that old pair of Mickey ears, sit back ,and listen to the sounds of your favorite Disney favorites in an 8bit,16bit and 32bit state of mind. This episode is never short on magic, adventure and PIXXIE DUUUUUUUUST :)



RETRO VGM REVIVAL HOUR: STAGE 3 - DISNEY

Track List:
game- composer-title-company

*Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse - Shigenori Kamiya - "deeper into the dark forest (door 3)" - SEGA
*mickey mousecapade - Kunimoto Takeaki - "Stage 5 (The Castle)” - NES/Famicon - Capcom
*Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse - Andy Blythe & Marten Joustra, Matt Furniss (all versions) - “Captain Pete” - Sega
*QuackShot: Starring Donald Duck - Shigenori Kamiya - “MEXICO“ - Disney interactive studios/Sega
*World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck - Haruyo Oguro & Tomoko Sasaki - “Magicians Domain“ - Sega
*The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck - Unknown composer - “Andes Mountains” - Sega - -
*Little mermaid - Yasuaki Fujita - "Stage 4 - Undersea Volcano" - CAPCOM
*Aladdin - Don Griffin & Tommy Tallarico - “One step Ahead” - Virgin Interactive/SEGA
*Adventures in the Magic kingdom - Yoko Shimomura - "Pirates Of The Caribbean" stage - CAPCOM
*Ducktales - "The Moon” - Hiroshige Tonomura with sound programmer Yoshihiro Sakaguchi - CAPCOM
*Darkwing duck - Yasuaki Fujita - "Bushroot's Forest” - CAPCOM
*Chip n' Dale - Harumi Fujita - "Zone J” - CAPCOM
*TALESPIN - David Delia & Paul Gadbois - "The Jungle, The Lost city" - Interactive designs/SEGA
*Bonkers - Dave Delia, Paul Gadbois, Mike Larkin, Dwight Stone, Jeffrey Glenn Tveraas - “opening theme” - CAPCOM/SEGA
*Gargoyles - Michael Giacchino - “02” - Buena Vista Interactive/ Disney interactive studios
*Goof Troop - Yuki Iwai (a.k.a YUKI SATOMURA) - "to the south" - CAPCOM
*Ducktales 2 - Minae Fujii - “Bermuda” - CAPCOM
*Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers 2 - Minae Fujii - “area H” - CAPCOM
*Ducktales - Hiroshige Tonomura with sound programmer Yoshihiro Sakaguchi - “Transylvania” - CAPCOM
*kingdom Hearts - Yoko Shimomura - "welcome to wonderland” - SQUARE


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Friday, July 4, 2014

STAGE 2: MOVIES


Video games based on movies is the topic of Stage 2 , so grab some popcorn and your snacks of choice and just sit back and listen to the sounds of your favorite movies in an 8bit and 16bit state of mind. This episode is rated A , for AWESOME.


RETRO VGM REVIVAL HOUR: STAGE 2 - MOVIES


Full track listing:
Game - Composer - Title - Company

*Batman: The Video Game - Naoki Kodaka, Nobuyuki Hara - “stages 1 & 5: gotham city/cathedral" - Sunsoft
*Alien 3 - Jeroen Tel - “title Theme" - LJN
*Batman Returns - Jun Funahashi, Harumi Uekō and Kazuhiko Uehara (music adapted
from Danny Elfman's score for the film)- “Ambush in Gotham Plaza" - Konami
*Star Wars - Marshall Parker - “Spaceport" - JVC digital Studios
*Jurassic Park - Jonathan Dunn - “Level 1: Triceratops Stampede" - OCEAN
*RoboCop 3 -Jeroen Tel - “Title Theme" - OCEAN
*New Ghostbusters II - Jun Ishikawa (Nintento Cover of “FLIP City” originally Performed by Glenn Frey for the Movie)- “Stage 2: Subway” - HAL Laboratory
*Gremlins 2: The New Batch - Naoki Kodaka, Nobuyuki Hara, Shinichi Seya - “Stage 1: the office" - SUNSOFT
*Super Back to the Future II - "Round 2-1" - Hitoshi Sakimoto -Toshiba EMI
*Friday the 13th - Hirohiko Takayama - “character select/ Room Theme" - LJN
*A Nightmare on Elm Street - David Wise - “Town of Elm Street" - LJN developed by RARE
*Willow -Harumi Fujita - “Ending Theme” - Capcom
*The Goonies II - Satoe Terashima (Nes version of the movie theme by Cyndi Lauper )- “Good Enough - Main Theme” - KONAMI
*Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game - Anamanaguchi - "Rock Club" - UBISOFT
*Beetlejuice - David Wise - “Level 3: Maitlands' House ~ The Attic" - LJN
*Stargate -Andy Brock and Steve Collett - "Intro theme” -Acclaim
*Platoon - Naoki Kodaka - “Combat Zone” -Sunsoft



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Thursday, July 3, 2014

STAGE 1 : Launch Titles

Welcome to the first inaugural edition of the Retro VGM Revival Hour . This is a video game music show where me as well as guests will share and talking about video game music from the 8-bit ,16-bit 32bit, and current video game music Eras. From the obscure to the well known. Both Respecting and honoring The music that many gamers have grown up on and those who have just discovered the Incredible world of Video game music. Each episode will focus on a specific  theme.......Today's theme: Launch Titles

RETRO VGM REVIVAL HOUR: STAGE 1 - LAUNCH TITLES

Game - Composer - Title - Company 
*Donkey Kong - Yukio Kaneoka - Title BGM - Nintendo 
*Donkey Kong Jr. - Yukio Kaneoka - Level 1 BGM - Nintendo 
*Super Mario Bros. - Koji Kondo - Overworld Theme - Nintendo 
*Hang On - Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Mr. Ishii - Main Theme - Sega 
*Altered Beast - Tohru Nakabayashi - level theme 1 - Sega 
*Golden Axe - Tohru Nakabayashi, Y. "Dolphin” Takada - wilderness - Sega 
*Super Mario World - Koji Kondo - Overworld Theme - Nintendo 
*Final Fight - Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Yoko Shimomura, Kumi Yamaga, Yasuaki Fujita (Bun Bun) - Mad Gear Gang (prologue) - Capcom 
*F-Zero - Yumiko Kanki , Naoto Ishida - mute city - Nintendo 
*Panzer Dragoon - Yoshitaka Azuma - Flight - Sega 
*Pilotwings 64 - Dan Hess - Cannon - Nintendo 
*Super Mario 64 - Koji Kondo - Main Theme - Nintendo 
*Wario Land II - Kozue Ishikawa - escape from the woods - nintendo 
*King of Fighters R-2 - Unknown - Esaka (BGM 18) - SNK 
*Castlevania: Circle of the Moon - Sotaro Tojima, Hiroshi Mitsuoka - requiem - Konami 
*Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt (Demo) -Lawrence Schwedler, James Phillipsen - staff roll - Nintendo 
*Sonic Adventure - Jun Senoue, Kenichi Tokoi, Fumie Kumatani, Masaru Setsumaru - Welcome To Station Square - Sega 
*Luigi's Mansion - Kazumi Totaka, Shinobu Tanaka - Professor E. Gadd's Lab - Nintendo 
*Super Mario Land - Hirokazu Tanaka - Ending (Rocket Ship Ride) - Nintendo 
 *Night Trap - Dana Plato - Night Trap Theme (Sunny BlueSkyes) - Sega

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