Welcome To the Retro VGM Revival Hour. This is a video game music show where me as well as guests will share and talk about video game music of 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.
Friday, September 18, 2015
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Sunday, September 6, 2015
RETRO VGM REVIVAL HOUR - STAGE 21: Yoko Shimomura
Often described as "the most famous female video game music composer in the world", With over 45 different games to her Resume, Yoko Shimomura has become one of the most well known and highly respected Video Game Composers The industry has ever known. From 1988 up to present day, her music has spanned countless generations and continues to influence new generations of fellow video game composers. Whether it was working for high profile companies like Capcom or Square Enix, Yoko Shimomura's music has spanned decades, with each new composition becoming instant classics. This is why I thought it was finally time to honor the works of this amazing video game music composer In this STAGE of the retro video game revival hour.
Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System
1.)
Gargoyle's Quest: Ghosts 'n Goblins - Yoko Shimomura & Harumi
Fujita - "Hell Field (Overworld Theme)" - July 1990 - CAPCOM - Gameboy
2.) Adventures In The Magic Kingdom - Yoko Shimomura - “Autopia” - June 1990 - CAPCOM - NES
3.) Nemo - Yoko Shimomura (credited as ShimoPii) - "Nightmare Castle (Stage 6)
” - December 1990 - CAPCOM - Arcade
” - December 1990 - CAPCOM - Arcade
4.) Street Fighter II: The World Warrior - Yoko Shimomura & Isao Abe - “Ken’s Theme” - August 1991 - CAPCOM - Arcade
5.) The King of Dragons - Yoko Shimomura - "The Orc Village” - April 1994 - CAPCOM - SNES
6.) Varth: Operation Thunderstorm - Yoko Shimomura & Masaki Izutani - "STAGE 27” - July 1992 - CAPCOM - Arcade
7.) Live A Live - Yoko Shimomura - "Go! Go! Buriki Daioh!" - September 2, 1994(Japan Only) - Square - Super Famicom
8.) Super Mario RPG - Yoko Shimomura - "and my name's Booster(Bukki)” - May 13, 1996 - Square/Nintendo - SNES
9.) Parasite Eve - Yoko Shimomura - “Theme of Aya” - September 9, 1998 - Square(Squaresoft) - Sony PlayStation
10.) Legend of Mana - Yoko Shimomura - "Pain the Universe” - June 6, 2000 - Square(Squaresoft) - Sony PlayStation
11.) Kingdom Hearts - Yoko Shimomura - “Having a wild time" - September 16, 2002 - Square(Squaresoft) - PS2
12.) Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga - Yoko Shimomura - “Rookie and Popple” - November 17, 2003 - AlphaDream/Nintendo - GBA
13.)
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories - Yoko Shimomura - "The Force in You"
- December 7, 2004 - Jupiter Corporation/Square Enix - GBA
14.)
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time - Yoko Shimomura - "Serious Trouble”
- November 28, 2005 - AlphaDream/Nintendo - Nintendo DS
15.) Kingdom Hearts II - Yoko Shimomura - “Spooks of Halloween Town" - March 28, 2006 - Square Enix - PS2
16.)
Heroes of Mana - Yoko Shimomura - “Time for the March to Ruin(Dark
Goddess final Battle Theme)" - August 14, 2007 - Square Enix &
Brownie Brown/Square Enix - Nintendo DS
17.)Luminous Arc 2 - Yoko
Shimomura - “Cherry blossoms falling in the snow” -November 18, 2008 -
Imageepoch Inc./Atlus -Nintendo DS
18.) Mario & Luigi:
Bowser's Inside Story - Yoko Shimomura - "Final Battle” - September 14,
2009 - AlphaDream/Nintendo - Nintendo DS
19.) Radiant Historia - Yoko Shimomura - "An Earnest Desire of Grey" - February 22, 2011 - Atlus - Nintendo DS
20.)
Xenoblade Chronicles - Yoko Shimomura - “Engage the Enemy(Confrontation
with the Enemy)” - April 6, 2012 - Monolith Software/Nintendo -
Nintendo Wii
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015
BONUS STAGE 2
It's that time again here at the Retro VGM Revival hour, where you,
the fellow listener, have entered another BONUS STAGE. No theme, or
subject, just a selection of random tracks of the past and present as a
reward for showing much love and respect to the art of Video Game Music.
So as you sit back and surround yourself with your beverage of choice,
just Listen to these amazing tracks to get you excited to take on
whatever lies a head.
Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System
1.)
Ninja Gaiden - Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta & Ichiro Nakagawa -
"Unbreakable Determination [Stage 4-2]" - March 1989 - TECMO - NES
2.)
Yuu Yuu Hakusho: Makyou Touitsusen - Kazuo Hanzawa, Katsuhiko Suzuki
& Satoshi Murata - “Sub-Space 2” - September 30, 1994 -
Treasure/SEGA - Sega Genesis(Mega Drive)
3.) Kid Icarus: Uprising -
Motoi Sakuraba, Yuzo Koshiro, Masafumi Takada, Noriyuki Iwadare,
Yasunori Mitsuda, and Takahiro Nishi - "Reset Bomb Forest” - March 23,
2012 - Project Sora/Nintendo - 3DS
4.) Retro City Rampage -
Leonard J. Paul, Matthew Creamer & Jake Kaufman - “Not Mega…” -
October 9, 2012 - Vblank Entertainment - XBLA, PSN, Nintendo Wii, 3DS,
Windows PC, PS Vita & Mac OSX
5.) Ys: Oath in Felghana -
Falcom Sound Team jdk (Mieko Ishikawa, Masaaki Kawai, Yukihiro Jindo)-
"Valestein Castle” - November 2, 2010 - Nihon Falcom Corporation - PSP
& Windows PC
6.) Bravely Default - Revo - "Conflict's Chime” - February 7, 2014 - Silicon Studio & Square Enix/NINTENDO - 3DS
7.)
Street Fighter IV - Hideyuki Fukasawa - "Theme of Sakura" - February
17, 2009 - Dimps Corporation & CAPCOM/CAPCOM - Arcade, Xbox 360,
PS3, PS4, Windows PC, 3DS, iOS
8.) Mighty No. 9 - Manami Matsumae,
Ippo Yamada & Takashi Tateishi - "Main Theme” - September 15, 2015 -
Comcept & Inti Creates/Deep Silver - Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, PSN,
PS Vita, WiiU, 3DS & XBL
9.) The Legend of Heroes: Sen no
Kiseki - Falcom Sound Team jdk - "Don't Be Defeated by a Friend!” -
September 26, 2013 (japan Only) - Nihon Falcom - PS3 & Vita
10.)
Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World: The Game - Anamanaguchi - "Gideon Wrath,
Part I” -August 2010 - Ubisoft Montreal/ Ubisoft & Universal studios
- XBLA & PSN
11.) Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You
Steal Our Garbage?!! - Jake Kaufman - “Boss: Ice King" - November 20,
2012 - WayForward Technologies/Bandai Namco Games & D3 Publisher -
3DS
12.) Cthulhu Saves the World - Gordon McNeil - “Conflict
(Battle Theme)” - December 30, 2010 - Zeboyd Games - Xbox 360 (XBLA
Indie Games) & Windows PC
13.) Donkey Kong Country: Tropical
Freeze - Daisuke Matsuoka, Minako Hamano, Shinji Ushiroda, Riyu Tamura
& David Wise - "Homecoming Hijinx" - February 21, 2014 - Retro
Studios & Monster Games/NINTENDO - Nintendo WiiU
14.) Street
Fighter X Mega Man - Luke Esquivel - "Boss Battle Theme ("Volcanic Rim"
theme from Street Fighter IV)” - December 17, 2012 - Seow Zong
Hui/CAPCOM - Windows PC
15.) Shovel Knight - Jake Kaufman &
Manami Matsumae - “Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)" - June 26,
2014 - Yacht Club Games - Windows PC, Mac OSX, Linux, PSN, 3DS, Wii U,
PS Vita & XBLA
16.) Rayman Legends - Christophe Héral &
Billy Martin - “Mariachi Madness" - September 3, 2013 - Ubisoft - Wii U,
Windows PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 & Vita
17.) Mario &
Luigi: Dream Team -Yoko Shimomura - “Never Let Up! (Boss Theme)” -
August 11, 2013 - AlphaDream & Good-Feel/NINTENDO - 3DS
18.) Last Ninja 2 - Matt Gray - "Central Park” - 1988 - System 3 & Beam Software/Activision - Commodore 64
19.)Mega
Man 10 - Manami Matsumae - “Desert Commando (Commando Man Stage)" -
March 1, 2010 - Inti Creates & CAPCOM/CAPCOM - XBox 360, PS3 &
Wii
20.) Dragon Ball Z: Budokai - Kenji Yamamoto - “Challengers” - December 3, 2002 - Dimps Corporation/Bandai - GameCube & PS2
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