Retro VGM Revival Show - Playing Tribute to Satoru Iwata

  


We here at the Retro VGM Revival Show and The Nostalgia road trip Youtube are saddened to hear of the passing of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata.

Greatly admired by gamers and peers, Iwata steered Nintendo through some of its brightest days, as both a producer, executive producer, techincal advisor, or supervisor of many of my childhood memories.

And this is why this episode of the Retro VGM Revival Show is to give tribute of the amazing works that mister Satoru Iwata took part in, and that will be remembered in our hearts forever.



========= GAME - COMPOSER - TITLE - COMPANY ===========

* Rollerball - Hideki Kanazashi & Hiroaki Suga - “Skyscraper” - 1984 - HAL Laboratory - NES

* Balloon Fight - Hirokazu Tanaka - “Balloon Trip / Bonus Round" - August 1986 - Nintendo - NES

* Adventures of LoLo - Hideki Kanazashi - “Floor Theme" - 20 April 1989 - HAL Laboratory - NES

* Air Fortress - Hideki Kanazashi - “Title Screen / Prologue“ - 1989 - HAL Laboratory - NES

* NES Open Tournament Golf - Shinobu Amayake & Akito Nakatsuka - “UK Course“ - September 29, 1991 - Nintendo - NES

* New Ghostbusters II - Jun Ishikawa - “Round 1: Court House” - 1991 - HAL Laboratory - NES

*Kirby's Adventure - Hirokazu Ando & Jun Ishikawa - “High Hills" - May 1, 1993 - HAL Laboratory/Nintendo - NES

* Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards - Jun Ishikawa & Hirokazu Ando - “Rock Star“ - June 26, 2000 - HAL Laboratory/Nintendo - N64

* Animal Crossing - Kazumi Totaka, Kenta Nagata, Toru Minegishi & Shinobu Tanaka - “Steep Hill “ - September 15, 2002 - Nintendo - Game Cube

* EarthBound (known as Mother 2 in Japan) - Keiichi Suzuki & Hirokazu Tanaka - "Bus Ride, Journey Home & Smiles and Tears” - June 5, 1995 - HAL Laboratory & APE/Nintendo - SNES


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Final Track :
Catherine Warwick - Earthbound - "Pollyanna (I Believe In You)"

Retro VGM Revival Show - STAGE 1: Launch Games

    

The launch of a console is something behold. Having that feeling of joy as you tear open a fresh new box and inside it an entertainment system that would completely change how you would spend your weekend. Being introduced to new exciting worlds and characters that would just be with you with just a simple push of a button. This is why that this Inaugural episode of the Retro VGM Revival hour, I thought it would be a great idea share my top 10 (in no particular order) video game Music tracks from Launch title games.


========= GAME - COMPOSER - TITLE - COMPANY ===========


NES
Donkey Kong - Yukio Kaneoka - Title BGM - Nintendo
Super Mario Bros. - Koji Kondo - Overworld Theme - Nintendo

GENESIS
Altered Beast - Tohru Nakabayashi - level theme 1 - Sega
Golden Axe - Tohru Nakabayashi, Y. "Dolphin” Takada - wilderness - Sega

SNES
Super Mario World - Koji Kondo - Overworld Theme - Nintendo
F-Zero - Yumiko Kanki , Naoto Ishida - mute city - Nintendo

GAME BOY
Super Mario Land - Hirokazu Tanaka - Ending (Rocket Ship Ride) - Nintendo

NEO GEO POCKET COLOR
King of Fighters R-2 - Unknown - Esaka (BGM 18) - SNK

SEGA DREAMCAST
Sonic Adventure - Jun Senoue, Kenichi Tokoi, Fumie Kumatani, Masaru Setsumaru - Welcome To Station Square - Sega

SEGA SATURN
Panzer Dragoon - Yoshitaka Azuma - Flight - Sega



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Kevin Smith: @ThatKevinSmith

For inspiring me to take a chance on something Ive always wanted to do And just taking a chance in general

STAGE 20: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

GOTTA GO FAST!
Ever since stepping into the battle against injustice, Sonic has been the champion of peace and is renowned the world over for saving it countless times. During his many adventures, Sonic has traveled from the ends of the world to the far reaches of space and time, while facing countless trials that have tested him to the fullest, earning him many titles, allies and the scorns of several foes. Well-known for his legendary cocky attitude, easy-going demeanor and somewhat short temper, yet strong sense of justice, compassion, heart of gold and love for freedom and adventure, Sonic uses his abilities to protect the innocent from his world and those beyond from the forces of evil, especially his arch-nemesis Dr. Eggman (originally Introduced as Dr. Robotnick) , who constantly seeks world domination.
Although at this moment, the name has brought many frowns and feelings of false hope to his followers as of late, this podcast is to remember the good music that this franchise has brought to us through the years and remember how amazing this franchise really is. This is why this STAGE is devoted to all the amazing music from the SONIC THE HEDGEHOG games

Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System

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1.) Sonic the Hedgehog - Masato Nakamura - "Green Hill Zone & Scrap Brain Zone" - June 23, 1991 - Sonic Team/SEGA - Sega Genesis

2.) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Masato Nakamura - "Emerald Hill Zone, Aquatic Ruin Zone & Chemical Plant Zone” - November 21, 1992 - Sonic Team/SEGA - Sega Genesis

3.) Sonic the Hedgehog CD - Naofumi Hataya, Masafumi Ogata, Spencer Nilsen, David Young & Mark "Sterling" Crew - "You Can Do Anything(opening theme) w/ Title Theme, Palmtree Panic (Bad Future) mix & Final Fever” -September 23, 1993 - Sonic Team/SEGA - Sega CD(Mega CD)

4.) Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Sonic & Knuckles - Brad Buxer, Cirocco Jones, Geoff Grace, Sachio Ogawa, Tatsuyuki Maeda, Tomonori Sawada, Jun Senoue, Miyoko Takaoka, Masanori Hikichi, Howard Drossin & Michael Jackson - "Special Stage, Icecap Zone 2 & Credits” - (sonic 3)February 2, 1994/(sonic & Knuckles)October 18, 1994 - Sonic Team/SEGA - Sega Genesis

5.) Sonic 3D Blast - Jun Senoue & Tatsuyuki Maeda "Diamond Dust Zone 1 & Gene Gadget Zone 2” - November 1, 1996 - Traveller's Tales & Sonic Team/SEGA - Sega Genesis

6.) Sonic Adventure - Jun Senoue, Fumie Kumatani, Kenichi Tokoi & Masaru Setsumaru - “Invincible ...no Fear, Twinkle Cart & Pleasure Castle" - September 9, 1999 - Sonic Team/SEGA - Sega Dreamcast

7.) Sonic Adventure 2 - Jun Senoue, Fumie Kumatani, Kenichi Tokoi & Tomoya Ohtani - “Escape From The City, This Way Out & Live and Learn” - June 18, 2001 - Sonic Team/SEGA - Sega Dreamcast

8.) Sonic Heroes - Jun Senoue, Naofumi Hataya, Yutaka Minobe, Tomoya Ohtani, Keiichi Sugiyama, Hideaki Kobayashi, Mariko Nanba, Teruhiko Nakagawa & Fumie Kumatani - "Robot Carnival-Robot Storm(Boss theme), Rail Canyon(7th Stage) & We Can(Theme of Team Sonic)" - January 5, 2004 - Sonic Team/SEGA - Nintendo GameCube, PS2 Xbox & Windows PC

9.) Sonic the Hedgehog - Yuzo Koshiro - “Sky Base Zone" - December 28, 1991 - Ancient/SEGA - Sega Game Gear

10.) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Naofumi Hataya, Masafumi Ogata & Tomonori Sawada - “Green Hills Zone & Underground Zone" - November 17, 1992 - Aspect/SEGA - Sega Game Gear

11.) Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure - Maitaro (under the supervision of Takushi “Hiya!” Hiyamuta) - “Neo South Island Zone Act 2 & Gigantic Angel Zone Boss, ” - December 20, 1999 - SNK/SEGA - Neo Geo Pocket Color

12.) Sonic Advance - Tatsuyuki Maeda & Yutaka Minobe - “Egg Rocket Zone & Emerald Hill Zone" - February 3, 2002 - Sonic Team & Dimps/SEGA - GBA

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STAGE 19: WRESTLING GAMES

It's WrestleMania season, and for many wrestling fans this is the pinnacle of a years worth of storylines, subplots, feuds and rivalries . Their desire to see their favorite superstars compete against each other in whats considered the Super Bowl of wrestling is the greatest experience to behold.
Wrestling video games are built for our imagination. To take your favorite wrestler and put him down a path that you won’t see on TV, or to make your own pro wrestler and have him chase the for Championship.
So Today we are going to look at some of the best video games to ever be made about Pro Wrestling by listening to their amazing Music.

Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System

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*WWF WRESTLEMANIA - David Wise - "Girls in Cars (Ted Dibiase)" - 1989 - RARE/Acclaim - NES

*Tecmo World Wrestling - Keiji Yamagishi, Mayuko Okamura, Hiroshi Miyazaki & Mitsuhito Tanaka - "1st Match - Akari Dragon" - 1990 - Tecmo - NES

*Wrestle War - Anupon - "BGM 2” - June 28, 1991(japan & Europe Only) - SEGA - Sega MegaDrive(Genesis)

*Super Fire Pro Wrestling X - Chiyomaru Shikura - “Opening Theme” -March 29, 1996(japan Only) - Human Entertainment - Super Famicon(SNES)

*WWF Wrestlemania Challenge - David Wise - “Player 2” - November 1990 - RARE/LJN - NES

*Thunder Pro Wrestling Retsuden - Takeshi Saito & Garheu "Match BGM 10” - March 27, 1992(japan Only) - Human Entertainment - Sega MegaDrive(Genesis)

*WWF Royal Rumble - Paul Webb, Dean Morrell & Kingsley Thurber - “Tournament Victory" - September 15, 1993 - Sculptured Software/Flying Edge - Sega Genesis

*Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel - Akihiko Mori - “Strawberry, Star Light” - December 12, 1990(Japan Only) - Copya System Ltd/Asmik Corporation - Sega MegaDrive(genesis)

*Virtual Pro Wrestling 64 - Kouji Niikura - "Fight for the Championship" - December 19, 1997(Japan Only) - Asmik Ace Entertainment & AKI Corporation/Asmik Ace Entertainment - Nintendo 64

*WCW vs. nWo Revenge - Kouji Niikura & Yukie Sugawara - “Starrcade" - October 26 1998 - Asmik Ace Entertainment & AKI Corporation/THQ - Nintendo 64

*WCW Wrestling(World Championship Wrestling) - Kenji Yoshida - “Match Theme" - March 1990 - Nichibutsu/FCI Incorporated - NES

*WWF Super WrestleMania - Mark Miller & Dean Morrell - “Title Screen” - February 12, 1992 - Sculptured Software/Flying Edge - Sega Genesis

*Pro Wrestling - Masamichi Yamazaki - “Match Theme" - March 1987 - NINTENDO - NES

*Shin Nippon Pro Wrestling: Chou Senshi in Tokyo Dome - Yusuke Takahama - “Theme of Shinya Hashimoto” - September 14, 1993 - Varie - Super Famicom(SNES)

*Fire Pro Wrestling Returns - Atsuhiro Motoyama - “Kick & Submit" - November 13, 2007 - Spike/Agetect - PS2

*Saturday Night Slam Masters - Masaki Izutani & Syun Nishigaki - “Tokyo" - July 13, 1993 - CAPCOM - SNES

*Zen-Nippon Pro Wrestling 2: 3-4 Budoukan -
Iku Mizutani, Kinuyo Yamashita, Hiroyuki Iwatsuki, & Haruo Ohashi - “Staff Roll“ - April 7, 1995 - Natsume/NCS - Super Famicom(SNES)

*WWF Wrestlemania Challenge - David Wise - “Andre the Giant” - November 1990 - RARE/LJN - NES

*WWF Wrestlemania: Steel Cage Challenge - Paul Webb - “Jake Roberts (Snake Bite)” - April 21, 1995 - Sculptured Software/LJN - NES

*WWF Royal Rumble - Paul Webb, Dean Morrell & Kingsley Thurber - “Crush’s Theme" - June 8, 1993 - Sculptured Software/LJN - SNES

*WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game - Mike Stock & Pete Waterman - “WrestleMania” (character select screen)- October 18, 1995 - Sculptured Software/Acclaim Entertainment - Playstation

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STAGE 18 - FIGHTING GAMES

If you were an avid arcade player and had access to coins at any time in the early to late 90s, whether it was at your local convenience store, video store or Family Restaurant, chances are you’ll have spent all of your time and quarters (or tokens depending on the place) on a video arcade. More Importantly on a fighting game ... hammering buttons, frantically waggling a joystick to execute a devastating final blow to beat your opponent and pumping your parents pocket change into Street Fighter 2 , Killer Instinct or Mortal kombat.
The arcades have all but died out now, but the love for these time consuming franchises has never died, So put away those quarters and enjoy these amazing beats from the greatest console fighting games in this special STAGE of the Retro VGM Revival Hour!

RETRO VGM REVIVAL HOUR: STAGE 18 - FIGHTING GAMES

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Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System

*Killer Instinc - Robin Beanland & Graeme Norgate - “The Instinct(Main Theme)" - August 30, 1995 - RARE/NINTENDO - SNES

*Tatsunoko vs. Capcom - Akihiko Narita & Misao Senbongi - “The Flutter VS The Gesellschaft (Rock Volnutt/Megaman Legends)” - December 11, 2008 - Eighting/CAPCOM - Nintendo Wii

*Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Takahiro Nishi, Shogo Sakai, Masaaki Iwasaki, Yutaka Iraha, Keigo Ozaki & Kentaro Ishizaka - "The Underworld(Kid Icarus theme)” - March 9, 2008 - Game Arts/NINTENDO - Nintendo WII

*Arcana Heart - Motoharu Yoshihira - “Save A Future” - April 11, 2008 - Examu/ATLUS - Playstation 2

*Marvel VS Capcom - Yuko Takehara & Masato Kouda - “Theme of Strider Hiryu” - September 30, 1999 - CAPCOM - Sega Dreamcast

*Darkstalkers 2 (Night Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge) - Takayuki Iwai, Akari Kaida & Hideki Okugawa - “Lord Raptor Stage" - February 22, 1996 - CAPCOM - Sega Saturn

*King of Fighters 95 - Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan - “Club M (Aozora ni Flute)" - March 28, 1996 - SNK - Sega Saturn

*Mortal Kombat 3 - Mark Ganus - “Rooftop" - October 1995 - Sculptured Software/Midway Games - SNES

*Soul Calibur 5 - Andrew Aversa, Hiroki Kikuta, Jesper Kyd, Tomoki Miyoshi, Junichi Nakatsuru, Cris Velasco & Inon Zur - “ Wings of Sorrow (Pyrrha's Theme)” - January 31, 2012 - Project Soul/Namco Bandai Games - PS3/Xbox 360

*Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters - Kazuhiko Uehara, Hideto Inoue & Harumi Ueko - “Sewer" - December 3, 1993 - KONAMI - NES

*World Heroes - Hiroaki Shimizu, Hideki Yamamoto, Yuka Kurosawa & N. Taro - “Kaze To Honoo To(Fuuma Theme)" - September 1993 - ADK/Sunsoft - SNES

*Street Fighter 2 - Yoko Shimomura & Isao Abe - “Balrog Stage Theme" - July 15, 1992 - CAPCOM - SNES

*Doomsday Warrior - Junta - "Fatty Bomber (P-Lumb theme)" - March 1993 - Laser Soft/Renovation Products - SNES

*JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle - Chikayo Fukuda “Stone Ocean” - April 29, 2014 - CyberConnect2/Namco Bandai Games - PS3

*Clay Fighter - Mitchell Stein & Brian Luzietti - “Funhouse” - November 1993 - Visual Concepts/Interplay Entertainment - SNES

*Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden - Shinji Amagishi - “Battle Theme 4” - April 1994 (japan & Europe Only) - TOSE/BANDAI - Sega Genesis

*Super Street Fighter 2 - Isao Abe & Syun Nishigaki - “ Guile's Theme - June 25, 1994 - CAPCOM - SNES

*WeaponLord - Brian Schmidt - "Circle of Horns” - 1995 - Visual Concepts/Namco - Sega Genesis

*Skullgirls - Vincent Diamante, Blaine McGurty & Michiru Yamane - "Anti-Skullgirl Lab 8 Stage (Valentine's Theme) - April 10, 2012 - Reverge Labs/Autumn Games - Playstation Network/Xbox Live

*Guilty Gear XX - Daisuke Ishiwatari & Koichi Seiyama - "Awe Of She (Dizzy's Theme)" - May 23, 2002 - Arc System Works/Sammy Studios - PS2

*Street Fighter 4 - Exile - "The Next Door (Indestructible)” - February 17, 2009 - CAPCOM - Playstation 3/Xbox 360

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STAGE 17 - SUNSOFT

SUNSOFT began developing original games and technology for the home console market in the latter half of the 1980s , with emphasis mostly on the NES which many would say was the golden era for the company. The games they released for the Nintendo Entertainment system were widely considered widely entertaining in both gameplay, graphics and more importantly MUSIC.
Sunsoft developed video games with awesome soundtracks, games like Blaster Master, Gimmick!, and Journey to Silius. And with those few mentions listed, It was no surprise that I would dedicate this entire STAGE of the Retro VGM Revival hour to one of my favorite game companies growing up: SUNSOFT. So get ready to go into a time warp of amazing and legendary SUNSOFT game music.

RETRO VGM REVIVAL HOUR: STAGE 17 - SUNSOFT

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Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System

*Blaster Master - Naoki Kodaka - "Area 1: Forest" - November 1988 - Sunsoft - NES

*Journey to Silius - Naoki Kodaka - "Stage 2: Underground Concourse" - October 1, 1987 - Tokai Engineering/Sunsoft - NES

*Batman - Naoki Kodaka - "Stage 2: Axis Chemical Factory” - February 13, 1990 - Sunsoft - NES

*Mr. Gimmick - Masashi Kageyama - “Happy Birthday (Stage 1)” - May 19, 1993 - Sunsoft - NES

*Super Spy Hunter - Naoki Kodaka - “Stages 1 & 4: Aquapolis / Collapsible Canyon” - February 1992 - Sunsoft - NES

*Freedom Force - Naoki Kodaka - "Stage 3: Airplane Interior” - April 1988 - Sunsoft/Sun Corporation of America - NES

*Hebereke(Ufouria: The Saga) - Naoki Kodaka - “Slippery Slope” - September 20, 1991(Japan/Europe) - Sunsoft - NES

*Fantasy Zone - Naohisa Morota - "Round 1: Opa-Opa!" - July 20, 1987 - Sunsoft - Famicom

*Spy Hunter - Naoki Kodaka - “Peter Gunn Theme" - September 1987 - Sunsoft - NES

*Albert Odyssey - Naoki Kodaka - "The Road Walked by Heroes" - March 5, 1993 - Sunsoft - Super Famicon(SNES)

*The Death and Return of Superman - Glenn Stafford & Michael Morhaim - “ The last Son of Krypton” - August 1994 - Blizzard Entertainment & Sunsoft/Sunsoft - SNES

*The Wing of Madoola(Madoola no Tsubasa) - Naoki Kodaka - “Tower City" - December 18, 1986 - SunSoft - Famicon(NES)

*Gremlins 2: The New Batch - Naoki Kodaka - “Stage 3: Clamp Centre” - October 1990 - SunSoft - NES

*Batman: Return of the Joker - Naoki Kodaka - “Stage 3: Ice Valley ~ Excavation Mine" - December 20, 1991 - SunSoft - NES

*Super Fantasy Zone - Naoki Kodaka - “ya da ne" - January 14, 1992(Japan) - SunSoft/SEGA - Genesis

*Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors - Masato Araikawa and Takayuki Sasaki - “Power of Fire (ROLF Stage)” - April 21, 1995 - Sunsoft - Neo-Geo CD

*Batman - Naoki Kodaka - “Flugelheim Museum (stage3)" - July 19, 1990 - Sunsoft - Sega Genesis

*Journey to Silius - Naoki Kodaka - “Stage 4: Inside the Terrorist's Spaceship” - October 1, 1987 - Tokai Engineering/Sunsoft - NES

*Superman - Kenji Yamasaki - “Round 1” - 1992 - Sunsoft - Genesis

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