Singing Mountain

I know I said in the previous episode that there would not be another Singing Mountain winter VGM episode. I lied. This episode — a two-hour, ”all music, no talk” collection of 16-bit winter VGM — originally went live December 21, 2020 on the Singing Mountain Patreon. It has not been available since I took down the Patreon page, but now it's posted for the public to enjoy. Now *this* is the finale installment of the winter VGM series.  As a thank you for everyone who has continued to support Singing Mountain in 2020, despite its lengthy hiatus, here is a special holiday gift: a two-hour "all music, no talk" megamix of every 16-bit example of winter VGM that I've ever played on the show. Track listing: 0:00 Vanilla Dome / Super Mario World (Super NES) / Koji Kondo 0:29 Arctic Caverns / Battletoads (Sega Genesis) / David Wise 2:26 Winters White / Earthbound (Super NES) / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 4:46 Ice Cap Zone / Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Sega Genesis) / It's complicated 8:03 North Wall / Actraiser (Super NES) / Yuzo Koshiro 11:12 Ice Zone / Ecco the Dolphin (Sega Genesis) / Spencer Nilsen, Brian Coburn and András Magyari 14:05 Freesia Castle / Crusader of Centy (Sega Genesis) / Motokazu Shinoda 17:23 Ice Cave Chant / Donkey Kong Country (Super NES) 20:42 Neverland Tundra / Hook (Super NES) / Matt Furniss 22:36 Diamonds on Home Planet / Dyna Brothers 2 (Mega Drive) / Masami Yitsuse 25:48 Freeze Man / Mega Man VII (Super NES) / Yuko Takehara, Toshihiko Horiyama and Makoto Tomozawa 28:08 Ice Lake / Romancing Saga 3 (Super Famicom) / Kenji Ito 29:50 Glacier / Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Mega Drive) / Aki Hata 32:07 Snow Valley / The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (Super NES) / Mari Yamaguchi 34:02 Snow and the Stars / Devil Hunter Yohko: The Seven Bells (Mega Drive) / Keiichi Yamamoto 36:34 Heart of Icegrave / Monster World IV (Mega Drive) / Jin Watanabe 39:30 Hero in Ice / Elfaria II (Super Famicom) / Yukihide Takekawa 40:56 Ice Forest / Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (Super NES) / Mari Yamaguchi 43:40 Snow Sled / Silva Saga II: The Legend of Light and Darkness (Super Famicom) / Katsuhisa Ishida, Masanao Akahori and Jun Enoki 45:40 Iceberg / Kirby's Dreamland 3 (Super NES) / Jun Ishikawa 48:27 Tigne / Princess Minerva (Super Famicom) / Hiroaki Iwatani 50:25 The Mines of Narshe / Final Fantasy VI (Super NES) / Nobuo Uematsu 53:11 Snow and Icy Place / Eternal Filena (Super Famicom) / Hideaki Kumagai 54:51 Manor of Frozen Monsters / Far East of Eden (Super Famicom) / Toshiyuki Sasagawa, Kohei Tanaka and Aya Tanaka 57:36 Snowy Mountain / Traverse: Starlight and Prairie (Super Famicom) / Daisuke Tamura 1:01:16 Podul / Romancing Saga 3 (Super Famicom) / Kenji Ito 1:03:39 Ice Caverns / Demon's Crest (Super NES) / Toshihiko Horiyama 1:05:44 Freezekill Village / Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba 1:08:41 Ice Cave / Lagoon (Super Famicom) / Hideki Suzuki 1:10:28 A Wish / Secret of Mana (Super NES) / Hiroki Kikuta 1:13:06 Ice Mine / Arcana (Super NES) / Jun Ishikawa and Hirokazu Ando 1:16:01 Hiya-Hiya Island / Super Adventure Island 2 (Super NES) / Akihiro Akamatsu, Sachiko Oita and Shinji Nakaya 1:19:44 Crystal Mountain / Mickey to Donald Magical Adventure 3 (Super Famicom) / Unknown Composer 1:22:40 Indoors / 3x3 Eyes: Jūma Hōkan (Super Famicom) / Unknown Composer 1:25:05 Frosty Frolics / Donkey Kong Country 3 (Super NES) / Eveline Fischer 1:27:25 Snowt / Monstania (Super Famicom) / Noriyuki Iwadare 1:29:22 Ice World / Jelly Boy (Super NES) / Steve Collett and Nick Stroud 1:30:47 Song of Tundra / Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Super NES) / Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata 1:33:44 Options / Batman Returns (Sega Genesis) / Paul Gadbois 1:36:13 Another Winter / Seiken Densetsu 3 (Super Famicom) / Hiroki Kikuta 1:39:56 Freezing Ice Plains / DoReMi Fantasy (Super Famicom) / Jun Chikuma 1:42:03 Frost Walrus / Mega Man X4 (Super NES) / Toshihiko Horiyama 1:45:21 Crystal So Long / Aretha II: Ariel's Mysterious Journey / CHACKey, Futoshi Shimodaira, Hiroe Kazuyasu 1:47:24 Northern Hemispheres / Donkey Kong Country (Super NES) / David Wise 1:49:49 Iceberg Ocean / Kirby's Dream Course (Super NES) / Hirokazu Ando 1:51:24 A Bell Is Tolling / Secret of Mana (Super NES) / Hiroki Kikuta 1:59:09 Land of Frozen Forest / Albert Odyssey 2: Sign of the Devil (Super Famicom) / Naoki Kodaka 1:56:33 Sherbet's Theme (Ice World) / Panel de Pon (Super Famicom) / Masaya Kuzume 1:59:23 Wind Scene / Chrono Trigger (Super NES) / Yasunori Mitsuda 2:02:23 Winter / Harvest Moon (Super NES) / Tsuyoshi Tanaka 2:03:40 Lake / Hamelin no Violin Hiki (Super Famicom) / Yoshiyuki Mori 2:06:11 In a Snowbound Land / Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (Super NES) / David Wise

Given that Christmas is upon us, you might be expecting a 2021 edition of Singing Mountain's ice music episode. Unfortunately, it turns out I used all the tracks I collected in last year's winter episode and so I decided to lean in a different direction. This is the third in a different series I've been calling Save Point — all atmospheric, calming music that to me makes me think of a safe place to be, in video games but also IRL, because this one is inspired by taking a shower on a cold winter day. Save Point, previously: The first one Save Point: Sixteen Bits Ice level music, previously: Christmas Eve in an Ice Cavern All I Want for Christmas in a Frost Dragon Diamond Dust Another Winter Slip Off a Ledge and Die in a Hole Track listing: 3:03 Field Theme I / Last Bible III (Super Famicom) / Hiroyuki Yanada  5:36 The Farthest Reaches / The 7th Saga (Super NES) / Norihiko Yamanuki  Silver Age of Peace / Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon: Another Story (Super Famicom) / Takanori Arisawa  8:15 Staff Roll / Panel de Pon (Super Famicom) / Masaya Kuzume  13:20 Silver Peace (Tokyo) / Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon: Another Story (Super Famicom) Takanori Arisawa 15:45 Salmon's House / Princess Minerva (Super Famicom) / Hiroaki Iwatani  17:15 Magical Land of Shelldorado / Dai Kaiju Monogatari (Super Famicom) / Haruyoshi Rokudo  19:23 Morning of Departure / Ys III: Wanderers From Ys (Sega Genesis) / Noriyuki Iwadare 24:43 Nizetti / Valis III (Genesis) / Jun Hasebe, Hisao Inoue and Shingo Murakami  27:48 Land of Stillness / Albert Odyssey 2 (Super Famicom) / Naoki Kodaka  30:46 Shop / Waterworld (Super NES) / Dean Evans  32:18 Ohly / Blue Almanac (Sega Genesis) / Noriyuki Iwadare and Masaru Suzuki  34:45 Biting Cold / Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba  37:41 Higan's Sadness / Tengai Makyou Zero (Super Famicom) / Toshiyuki Sasagawa and Kōhei Tanaka 39:17 Ruins / Brandish (Super NES) / Falcom Sound Team JDK  44:53 Star Night Festival / Harvest Moon / Tsuyoshi Tanaka  47:55 Lucina / Popful Mail (Super Famicom) / Falcom Sound Team J.D.K.  51:14 Map / Arcus Odyssey (Sega Genesis) / Motoi Sakuraba  53:37 Creatures of the Silent Sea / Treasures of the Rudra (Super Famicom) / Ryuji Sasi  55:44 The Abysmal Depths of the Ocean / Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (Super NES) / Yasunori Shiono 57:41 An Offering to the Holy King Gort / Albert Odyssey (Super Famicom) / Naoki Kodaka  59:48 Sentimental Twilight / Ys III: Wanderers From Ys (Sega Genesis) / Noriyuki Iwadare  61:24 Ending / Phalanx (Super NES) / S. Yamaguchi  63:35 Staff Roll / Hyper Iria (Super Famicom) / Kiyotaka Sato, Shintaro Hirakawa and Nobuhiro Makino  66:57 Staff Roll / Biker Mice From Mars (Super NES) / Keroppi Inoue and Nobuyuki Akena   69:52 Voltage Algorism / Pulseman (Sega Genesis) / Junichi Masuda  73:27 BGM 3 / Mario Paint (Super NES) / Hirokazu Tanaka, Ryoji Yoshitomi and Kazumi Totaka Follow: Singing Mountain on Twitter • Drew on Twitter • Facebook • Facebook Group •  Instagram Listen: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Google Play • Google Podcasts  Yes, we do have a website! This is a TableCakes podcast.

Here it is: my last effort at celebrating the spooky season with VGM. I don't have much to say other than that that this is a mix of new stuff and stuff I've played on previous episodes. I couldn't think of a better way to say goodbye to Halloween episodes. Previous Halloween episodes: My 16-Bit Horror Movie The Dark Side of Nintendo 16 Bits From Beyond the Grave Street Fighter But With Vampires and Werewolves 16 Bits of Terror Cursed Spinach (a Game Boy Halloween) An 8-Bit Halloween, Part 2: The Sequel Legend of the Haunted Arcade A 8-Bit Halloween The Vengeful Ghost of Super Mario Track listing: 2:15 BGM 1 / Tsukikomori (Super Famicom) / Horiguchi Takashi  3:24 Stage 5 / Alisia Dragoon (Sega Genesis) / Fumihito Kasatani, Nobuyuki Aoshima, Mamoru Ishimoda, Yoko Sonoda and Mariko Sato 5:31 Chainsaw Hedge Maze Mayhem / Zombies Ate My Neighbors / Joe McDermott  8:34 Prologue / Super Castlevania IV / Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo  10:37 Underground / Addams Family Values (Sega Genesis) / Keith Tinman 13:11 Crazy Woods / Ghost Sweeper Mikami: Joreishi wa Nice Body / Inuyo Yamashita and Hiroyuki Iwatsuki 15:29 Circus (Act 2) / Aero the AcroBat (Sega Genesis) / Rick Fox  17:16 Reasoning 2 / Famicom Tantei Club Part 2: The Girl Who Stands Behind (Super Famicom) / Kenji Yamamoto 19:55 Level 2 / Decap Attack (Sega Genesis) / Fumito Tamayama 22:15 Haunted House / Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose / Kazuhiko Uehara and Yukie Morimoto  23:55 Strains of Insanity / Chrono Trigger / Yasunori Mitsuda  25:31 Mysterious Happening / Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon: Another Story (Super Famicom) / Takanori Arisawa  27:39 Depths of the Forest / Marvelous / Yuichi Ozaki  29:21 Jakyou 2 / Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei / Tsukasa Masuko and Hitoshi Sakimoto  32:32 Old Mansion / Gokinjo Boukentai (Super Famicom) / Akihiko Mori  35:52 The Nightmare Is Finally Over / Clock Tower (Super Famicom) / Kōji Niikura  38:48 Prairie / Devilish: The Next Possession / Hitoshi Sakimoto  41:28 Nightmare Castle / Arcus Odyssey (Sega Genesis) / Motoi Sakuraba  44:45 Witch's Theme / Shining Force II / Motoaki Takenouchi  46:22 Haunted House / Pocky & Rocky (Super NES) / Hiroyuki Iwatsuki  49:20 Underwater / Mighty Max (Sega Genesis) / Matt Furniss  54:48 Terror of the Glacier / Elemental Master / Toshiharu Yamanishi  56:40 Mountain Petrified / Addams Family Values (Super NES) / Keith Tinman  60:40 Restless Spirits / Laplace no Ma (Super Famicom) / Akiko Kosaka  62:02 In the Darkness / Mystic Ark (Super Famicom) / Akihiko Mori  65:10 The Enchanted Forest / Demon's Crest / Toshihiko Horiyama  67:20 The Nightbreed / Treasure of the Rudras / Ryuji Sasai  70:28 Outside / Addams Family Values (Sega Genesis) / Keith Tinman 72:46 Level 4 / Decap Attack (Sega Genesis) / Fumito Tamayama  75:47 Evil Cross Battle / Splatterhouse (Turbografx-16) / Katsuro Tajima and Yoshinori Kawamoto  78:43 Glittering Night Sky / Do Re Mi Fantasy / Jun Chikuma  80:11 LaPlace Castle / LaPlace No Ma / Akiko Kosaka  81:43 Shrine for the Worship of Chaos / Arcana (Super NES) / Jun Ishikawa and Hirokazu Ando  83:38 Threed, Zombie Central / Earthbound / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka  85:51 Misty Menace / Donkey Kong Country / David Wise  88:14 Fog of Phantom / Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together / Hitoshi and Sakimoto Masaharu  90:19 Night Gallery / Treasure of the Rudras / Ryuji Sasai  91:58 Strange Forest / Shin Onigashima Zenpen / Koji Kondo  94:02 Sunken Ship / Super Mario RPG / Yoko Shimomura  97:00 Fillmore / Actraiser / Yuzo Koshiro 99:58 Dancing Calcobrena / Final Fantasy IV / Nobuo Uematsu  100:27 Haunted Graveyard / Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts / Mari Yamaguchi  103:00 The Demon King Odio / Live A Live / Yoko Shimomura  105:28 Ceremony / Secret of Mana / Hiroki Kikuta  108:42 Phantom Train / Final Fantasy VI / Nobuo Uematsu Follow: Singing Mountain on Twitter • Drew on Twitter • Facebook • Facebook Group •  Instagram Listen: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Google Play • Google Podcasts  Yes, we do have a website! This is a TableCakes podcast.

Some of you bemoaned the loss of the Singing Mountain Patreon because it also meant the loss of the ”all music, no talk” versions of episodes that I sometimes posted there. Never fear: the files have been recovered, and I will be posting them on the main feed. First up, the ”all music, no talk” version of episode 105, “The End... as a Beginning.” Track listing: 0:00 Donkey Kong Rescued (Credits Roll) / Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong-Quest (Super NES) / David Wise 2:57 Credit Roll / Space Harrier II (Genesis) / Tokuhiko Uwabo and Matt Furniss 7:12 End Title / Tenshi no Uta: Shiroki Tsubasa no Inori (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba and Shinji Tamura 9:12 Ending Theme / Shadow Blasters (Genesis) / Kim Songdong 11:17 Ending (Next Time) / Shockman (TurboGrafx-16) / K. Hayama 16:51 Finale / Wild Guns (Super NES) / Hiroyuki Iwatsuki and Haruo Ohashi 23:15 Staff Roll / Cyber Knight (PC Engine) / Unknown Composer 26:03 Ending / Dino Land (Genesis) / Ichiro Hada 31:43 After the War (Ending) / Final Zone (Genesis) / Motoi Sakuraba and Masaaki Uno 37:07 BGM 3 / True Golf Classics: Pebble Beach Golf Links (Genesis) / Yumi Kinoshita 43:10 Returned Soldier's Rest / Super Star Soldier (TurboGrafx-16) / Dr. Nakahashi and Mr. Hoshi 48:38 Ending / Mighty Max (Genesis) / Krisalis (a.k.a. Matt Furniss) 52:02 Ending (Next Time) / Shockman (TurboGrafx-16) / K. Hayama 53:47 Ending / Magical Chase (TurboGrafx-16) Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata 55:39 Sunset of Puyo Puyo / Puyo Puyo (Mega Drive) / Masanobu Tsukamoto, Akiyoshi Nagao, Toshiaki Sakoda and Masaaki Harada 59:16 Setting Out (Staff Roll) / Elemental Master (Genesis) / Toshiharu Yamanishi Follow: Singing Mountain on Twitter • Drew on Twitter • Facebook • Facebook Group •  Instagram Listen: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Google Play • Google Podcasts  Yes, we do have a website! This is a TableCakes podcast.

You're still driving. It still doesn't have to be a race. Listed to KVGM, “The Last Wave,” a podcast full of low-key, chilled VGM that you'll like if you like this episode.  Also listen to my previous driving music episodes: Afternoon Drive 1, Moonlight Drive, Sunset Drive, Drive Into the City  Track listing: 0:07 On the Rainy Street / Dyna Brothers 2 (Mega Drive) / Masami Yitsuse 7:05 Menu / Pebble Beach Golf Links (Super Nintendo) / Yumi Kinoshita 10:30 Coast / First Queen (Super Famicom) / Masaki Sasaki and Hiroshi Ootake 12:52 Shark Ship / Last Bible III (Super Famicom) / Hiroyuki Yanada 15:28 BGM 5 / Power League 5 (Turbografx-16) / Unknown Composer 17:55 Stage 4: Aquese / Zero Wing (Sega Genesis) / Masahiro Yuge, Tatsuya Uemura and Toshiaki Tomizawa 21:29 Club Mediterrania / European League Soccer (Sega Genesis) / Matt Furniss 24:07 Karudo / Darius Twin (Super Nintendo) / Kazuyuki Ōnui and Norihiro Furukawa 26:20 Jigsaw Fields / Kirby Dream Course (Super Nintendo) / Hirokazu Ando 29:12 BGM 17 / Super Black Bass 3 (Super NES) / Michiya Hirasawa, Tukushi Sasaki, Akihiko Mori 32:23 Forest / Bomberman B-Daman (Super Famicom) / Kenyuu Nukita 38:25 Overworld / Crusader of Centy (Sega Genesis) / Motokazu Shinoda and Noriyuki Iwadare 40:38 Air Battle 3 / 1943 Kai (PC Engine) / Manami Matsumae, Takashi Tateishi, Junko Tamiya, Hiroshige Tonomura, Tamayo Kawamoto and Harumi Fujita 42:41 Password / Arcus Odyssey (Sega Genesis) / Motoi Sakuraba 45:16 Wild Life / Pop'n Twin Bee (Super Famicom) / Kazuhiko Uehara, Masahiro Ikariko, Hideto Inoue, Tomoya Tomita, Nobuyuki Akena, Masae Nakashima, Saiko Miki and Michiru Yamane  47:44 Credits / Magic Knight Rayearth (Super Famicom) / Daisuke Tamura 54:04 Hilltop Zone / Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Genesis) / Masato Nakamura 55:52 Staff Roll / Drift King Shutokou Battle '94 (Super Famicom) / Tsuchiya Keiichi and Bandou Masaaki (KVGM)   58:37 Popful Mail World / Popful Mail (Super Famicom) / Falcom Sound Team J.D.K. 62:08 Ripple's Theme / Magical Chase (PC Engine) / Hitoshi Sakimoto 64:24 Running Pleasure / Outrun 2019 (Mega Drive) / Shigeki Sako 70:45 Grand Bridge / Yoshi's Safari (Super NES) / Yoshiki Nishimura, Miyuki Uemura and Yasushi Tokunaga 72:51 Sound Test No. 10 / ATP Tour Championship Tennis (Sega Genesis) / Hikoshi Hashimoto 74:58 Wall Tune / Cool Spot (Sega Genesis) / Tommy Tallarico 77:49 Imbalanced Kiss / Yu Yu Hakusho: Makyou Touitsusen / Hiro Takahashi 80:25 Tengu Man / Mega Man & Bass (Super Famicom) / Toshihiko Horiyama, Naoshi Mizuta and Akari Kaida 85:58 Fire World (Flare's Theme) / Panel de Pon / Masaya Kuzume 90:00 Staff Roll / Super Final Match Tennis (Super Famicom) / Takamitsu Kajikawa 92:57 Magical Sound Shower / Out Run (Sega Genesis) / Hiroshi Kawaguchi 98:17 Far Far Away, Take Me / Dyna Brothers 2 (Mega Drive) / Masami Yitsuse Follow: Singing Mountain on Twitter • Drew on Twitter • Facebook • Facebook Group •  Instagram Listen: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Google Play • Google Podcasts  Yes, we do have a website! This is a TableCakes podcast.

The good news: Singing Mountain is back. The bad news: It's only coming back for a few more episodes before ending. Due to reasons I explain in the episode, I've decided to end this podcast. However, before I do that, I'll be clearing out the odds and ends that are remaining in the shambles of the planning doc I've been making episodes from all this time. First up: a grab bag episode. Track listing: 0:19 Caverns / Risky Woods (Amiga) / José Antonio Martin Tello 6:06 Until the End of the Earth / Elemental Master (Sega Genesis) / Toshiharu Yamanishi  10:11 End of the Modern Century / Dyna Brothers 2 (Mega Drive) / Masami Yitsuse  13:58 Pints and Punks / Final Fight 3 (Super NES) / Katsunari Kitajima  15:52 My Dear D / Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (Sega Genesis) / Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama and Masayuki Nagao  20:29 Brave of Puyo Puyo / Puyo Puyo (Mega Drive) / Masanobu Tsukamoto, Akiyoshi Nagao, Toshiaki Sakoda and Masaaki Harada  23:40 The Sky / Hyper Iria (Super Famicom) / Kiyotaka Sato, Shintaro Hirakawa and Nobuhiro Makino  25:03 Bar / El Viento (Sega Genesis) / Motoi Sakuraba  27:54 City / McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure  (Sega Genesis) / Katsuhiko Suzuki  32:37 Woods Area / Kid Chameleon (Sega Genesis) / Mark Miller 34:30 Alcaino Ruins / Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (Sega Genesis) / Noriyuki Iwadare 36:25 Darwin, Treasure Hunter / Arcana (Super NES) / Jun Ishikawa and Hirokazu Ando 37:51 House of Particular Interest / Akazukin Cha Cha (Super Famicom) / Kazuya Suyama 44:13 Suspense & Illusion / Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon: Another Story (Super Famicom) Takanori Arisawa  46:17 King Drool III (The Size of Things to Come) / Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure (Turbografx-16) / Taro Hara and Kunio Komatsu  48:32 Barlizer / Princess Minerva (Super Famicom) / Hiroaki Iwatani 50:33 Pascal's Theme / Shin Megami Tensei (Super Famicom) / Tsukasa Masuko 55:03 Mountains / Risky Woods (Amiga) / José Antonio Martin Tello Follow: Singing Mountain on Twitter • Drew on Twitter • Facebook • Facebook Group •  Instagram Listen: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Google Play • Google Podcasts  Yes, we do have a website! This is a TableCakes podcast.

This is an experiment. What you have here is ninety minutes of 16-bit forest music, drawn from all four forest episodes of Singing Mountain, only slowed down, pitched down, muted and muffled in various ways and played over the sound of some royalty-free rain noise I found on YouTube. I initially made this for Patreon, and a few people noted how much they liked it, so I thought I'd put it on the main feed in case any of you needed some extra tranquility in your life. This is a slightly different mix tham what went on Patreon initially. Do what you will with it.   Track listing: 0:11 Elven Town ~ Water Goddess Mitula / Shining Force II (Sega Genesis) / Motoaki Takenouchi 7:19 Secret of the Forest / Chrono Trigger (Super NES) / Yasunori Mitsua 12:24 The Phantom Forest / Final Fantasy VII (Super Nintendo) / Nobuo Uematsu 15:52 Forest Interlude / Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (Super NES) / David Wise 19:05 Treant Forest / Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba  22:22 Silent Forest of Doubt / Arcana (Super NES) / Jun Ishikawa and Hirokazu Ando Temple 25:22 Forest of Spirits / Chou Mahou Tairiku Wozz (Magical Land of Wozz) (Super Famicom) / Tomoyuki Hamada, Takeshi Sato and Seiichi Tokunaga 28:58 Forest of Mythrandir / Stone Protectors (Super NES) / Steve Duckworth  34:05 Great Forest of Moore / Final Fantasy V (Super Famicom) / Nobuo Uematsu 37:18 The Maze-Like Forest / Traverse: Starlight and Prairie (Super Famicom) / Daisuke Tamura 41:16 Quiet Forest Trail / King Arthur and the Knights of Justice (Super NES) / Robert Ridihalgh 43:52 Forest / Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba  47:02 Haunted Forest / Down the World: Mervil's Ambition (Super Famicom) / Jeff Pfeifer and Rob Pfeifer 49:34 Beautiful Forest / Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest (Super NES) / Ryuji Sasai  52:05 Underworld Forest / Last Bible III (Super Famicom) / Hiroyuki Yanada 55:02 Temple Forest / Dark Law: Meaning of Death (Super Famicom) / Yusuke Takahama 58:00 Phantom Forest / Kishin Korinden Oni (Super Famicom) / Yoko Watanabe 61:55 Unicorn Forest / Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba 65:10 Surrounded by Forest / Treasure Hunter G (Super Famicom) / John Pee  69:00 Powell, the Moonlight Forest / Seiken Densetsu 3 (Super Famicom) / Hiroki Kikuta 73:46 Misty Forest / Breath of Fire (Super NES) / Yasuaki Fujita, Mari Yamaguchi, Minae Fuji, Yoko Shimomura and Tatsuya Nishimura 76:31: Lost in the Forest / Romancing Saga 3 (Super Famicom) / Kenji ito 79:29 Fields of Gothica / Secret of Evermore (Super Nintendo) / Jeremy Soule  80:48 Ymir Forest / Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba 84:05 Still of the Night / Secret of Mana (Super NES) / Hiroki Kikuta 87:02 Windy Cliffs / Do-Re-Mi Fantasy (Super Famicom) / Jun Chikuma Follow: Singing Mountain on Twitter • Drew on Twitter • Facebook • Facebook Group •  Instagram Listen: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Google Play • Google Podcasts  Support this podcast on Patreon! Yes, we do have a website! This is a TableCakes podcast.

I'm going back to my roots, and no, that is not a pun about trees. I decided to revisit the “relaxing forest music” theme that I first did back in the fifth episode of this show.  If you're into it, there's also an ”all music, no talk' version of this episode on Patreon, with some rain effects tossed in. You tell me if it works or not. Track listing: 0:13 Great Forest of Moore / Final Fantasy V (Super Famicom) / Nobuo Uematsu 3:05 Forest Stage / Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Super NES) / Jeroen Tel, Nick Stroud and Alan Menken 5:45 The Maze-Like Forest / Traverse: Starlight and Prairie (Super Famicom) / Daisuke Tamura 9:27 Forest / Hyper Iria (Super Famicom) / Kiyotaka Sato, Shintaro Hirakawa and Nobuhiro Makino 12:06 Forest of Spirits / Chou Mahou Tairiku Wozz (Magical Land of Wozz) (Super Famicom) / Tomoyuki Hamada, Takeshi Sato and Seiichi Tokunaga 15:22 Underworld Forest / Last Bible III (Super Famicom) / Hiroyuki Yanada 18:00 Ruin in the Jungle / Hourai Gakuen no Bouken (Super Famicom) / Hitoshi Sakimoto 19:38 Beautiful Forest / Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest (Super NES) / Ryuji Sasai  21:55 Quiet Forest Trail / King Arthur and the Knights of Justice (Super NES) / Robert Ridihalgh 24:08 Fairy's Forest / Dual Orb (Super Famicom) / Lucky-7 25:40 Phantom Forest / Kishin Korinden Oni (Super Famicom) / Yoko Watanabe 29:20 Forest / Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba  32:20 Treant Forest / Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba  35:18 Ymir Forest / Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba  38:14 Unicorn Forest / Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba 41:05 Rain Forest / Jelly Boy (Super NES) / Steve Collet and Nick Stroud  42:45 Silent Forest of Doubt / Arcana (Super NES) / Jun Ishikawa and Hirokazu Ando Temple 45:31 Forest / Dark Law: Meaning of Death (Super Famicom) / Yusuke Takahama 48:16 Lumberjack Forest / Ardy Lightfoot (Super NES) / Katsuhiro Hatano and Akiko Hashimoto 49:54 Haunted Forest / Down the World: Mervil's Ambition (Super Famicom) / Jeff Pfeifer and Rob Pfeifer 52:11 Mutant Forest / Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3-D (Sega Genesis) / Chris Huelsbeck 54:39 Forest of Mythrandir / Stone Protectors (Super NES) / Steve Duckworth  56:32 Elven Forest / Shining Force II (Sega Genesis) / Motoaki Takenouchi 58:10 The Phantom Forest / Final Fantasy VII (Super Nintendo) / Nobuo Uematsu 61:21 Forest Interlude / Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest / David Wise 64:18 Secret of the Forest / Chrono Trigger (Super NES) / Yasunori Mitsua  69:54 Still of the Night / Secret of Mana / Hiroki Kikuta Follow: Singing Mountain on Twitter • Drew on Twitter • Facebook • Facebook Group •  Instagram Listen: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Google Play • Google Podcasts  Support this podcast on Patreon! Yes, we do have a website! This is a TableCakes podcast.

Yes, it's the annual Singing Mountain episode about chilly winter music. The big difference is that this year I'm actually allowing a few tracks that have sleigh bells jingling. Don't worry — they're still moody, but this is a less melancholy collection of ice level VGM than I've put together in recent years. And if this isn't enough for you, an “all music, no talk” supermix of all the 16-bit winter VGM I've featured so far will be going up later today on the Singing Mountain Patreon feed. Listen to previous winter VGM episodes: Episode 12: Diamond Dust  Episode 53: Another Winter Episode 54: A Harvest Moon Winter Episode 55: Slip Off a Ledge and Die in a Hole Episode 103: All I Want for Christmas in a Frost Dragon Track listing:  0:07 Snow and Icy Place / Eternal Filena (Super Famicom) / Hideaki Kumagai 2:04 Indoors / 3x3 Eyes: Jūma Hōkan (Super Famicom) / Unknown Composer 4:35 Diamonds on Home Planet / Dyna Brothers 2 (Mega Drive) / Masami Yitsuse  7:47 Snowy Mountain / Traverse: Starlight and Prairie (Super Famicom) / Daisuke Tamura 11:25 Snow and the Stars / Devil Hunter Yohko: The Seven Bells (Mega Drive) / Keiichi Yamamoto  13:57 BGM 11 / Benkei Gaiden (Turbografx-16) / Masashi Kageyama 16:43 Glacier / Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Mega Drive) / Aki Hata 19:43 Freezing Ice Plains / DoReMi Fantasy (Super Famicom) / Jun Chikuma 22:02 Crystal Mountain / Mickey to Donald Magical Adventure 3 (Super Famicom) / Unknown Composer  24:27 Options / Batman Returns (Sega Genesis) / Paul Gadbois  26:56 Manor of Frozen Monsters / Far East of Eden (Super Famicom) / Toshiyuki Sasagawa, Kohei Tanaka and Aya Tanaka  28:40 Freesia Castle / Crusader of Centy (Sega Genesis) / Motokazu Shinoda  31:58 Neverland Tundra / Hook (Super NES) / Matt Furniss  33:54 Ice Caverns / Demon's Crest (Super NES) / Toshihiko Horiyama 36:00 Hero in Ice / Elfaria II (Super Famicom) / Yukihide Takekawa 38:11 Snow Sled / Silva Saga II: The Legend of Light and Darkness (Super Famicom) / Katsuhisa Ishida, Masanao Akahori and Jun Enoki  40:22 Tigne / Princess Minerva (Super Famicom) / Hiroaki Iwatani 42:20 Iceberg Ocean / Kirby's Dream Course (Super NES) / Hirokazu Ando 44:39 Freezekill Village / Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba 47:35 Crystal So Long / Aretha II: Ariel's Mysterious Journey / CHACKey, Futoshi Shimodaira, Hiroe Kazuyasu  50:36 Lake / Hamelin no Violin Hiki (Super Famicom) / Yoshiyuki Mori 54:17 Ice World / Jelly Boy (Super NES) / Steve Collett and Nick Stroud 56:35 Arctic Caverns / Battletoads (Sega Genesis) / David Wise 58:32 A Wish / Secret of Mana (Super NES) / Hiroki Kikuta 61:17 Another Winter / Seiken Densetsu 3 (Super Famicom) / Hiroki Kikuta  64:58 Ice Lake / Romancing Saga 3 (Super Famicom) / Kenji Ito 67:43 Winter / Harvest Moon (Super NES) / Tsuyoshi Tanaka 70:05: In a Snowbound Land / Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (Super NES) / David Wise Follow: Singing Mountain on Twitter • Drew on Twitter • Facebook • Facebook Group •  Instagram Listen: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Google Play • Google Podcasts  Support this podcast on Patreon! Yes, we do have a website! This is a TableCakes podcast.

A sequel of sorts to the “Lonesome Journeys” episode I did way back when, this episode is all about “sad travel music” — the kind of stuff you might associate with an RPG overworld, where the world is big and open and mysterious and you have to venture forth anyway. It's a little somber, it's a little hopeful, and it seems perfect for a late autumn day.  And if you haven't yet, also give a listen to my episode “The Overworld Mixtape,” which is nothing but RPG overworld themes — no talking! Track listing: 0:09 Character Selection / Golden Axe II (Sega Genesis) / Naofumi Hataya 1:52 Harvest November / Seiken Densetsu 3 (Super Famicom) / Hiroki Kikuta 6:49 The Journey / Arcana (Super Nintendo) / Jun Ishikawa and Hirokazu Ando 9:11 Sword of Vermillion / Last City (Sega Genesis) / Yasunori Shiono  11:46 Tower / Brandish (Super Nintendo) / Falcom Sound Team 15:57 Bipartite Planet Sharil Daril / Blue Almanac (Sega Genesis) / Noriyuki Iwadare and Masaru Suzuki  17:32 Just Like the Mountain, He Will Not Move / Treasure Hunter G (Super Famicom) / John Pee 20:36 Walking in Peace / Bounty Sword (Super Famicom) / Kohei Tanaka and Akihiko Mori 21:41 Planet 1 / Cyber Knight (PC Engine) / Unknown Composer  23:17 Ending Theme / Cadash (Turbografx-16) / Toshiko Tasaki 25:38  Field 1 / Double Dungeons (Turbografx-16) / Unknown Composer 27:27 Map Theme / Benkei Gaiden (Turbografx-16) / Masashi Kageyama  30:15 King of Berserker / Bahamut Senki (Sega Genesis) / Keisuke Tsukahara 32:39 Exotic Country Road / Pocky & Rocky 2 (Super NES) / Hiroyuki Iwatsuki, Kinuyo Yamashita, Haruo Ohashi and Asuka Yamao 35:09 Field 1 / Tenshi no Uta: Shiroki Tsubasa no Inori (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba and Shinji Tamura  38:29 Early Operation / Dyna Brothers 2 (Mega Drive) / Masami Yitsuse 40:33 Mountain Road / Hamelin no Violin Hiki (Super Famicom) / Yoshiyuki Mori 42:50 Track 6 / Monster Maker III (Super Famicom) / Unknown Composer 45:24 Opening Theme / 3x3 Eyes: Jūma Hōkan (Super Famicom) / Unknown Composer 47:26 Overworld / Terranigma / Miyoko Takaoka and Masanori Hikichi 48:54 Between Two Worlds / Treasure of the Rudras (Super Famicom) / Ryuji Sasai  51:40 Long Valley / Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura and  Ryota Furuya  54:37 Breath of the Earth / Tactics Ogre (Super Famicom) / Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata 58:07 Final Battle / Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals (Super NES) / Yasunori Shiono  60:37 Road Walked By Heroes / Albert Odyssey (Super Famicom) / Naoki Kodaka 63:11 Underworld / Final Fantasy IV (Super NES) / Nobuo Uematsu 64:45 Ruins / Golden Axe II (Sega Genesis) / Naofumi Hataya Follow: Singing Mountain on Twitter • Drew on Twitter Facebook Facebook Group Instagram Listen: Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Play Google Podcasts  Support this podcast on Patreon! Yes, we do have a website!This is a TableCakes podcast.

The episode I intended to put out this week isn't done yet, but I decided to toss you guys an episode that was previously a Patreon-exclusive. Last year, around the time Singing Mountain hit one hundred episodes, I did a bonus that was just all the VGM tracks I'd encountered just through doing research for this podcast. You know, as opposed to hearing them while actually playing video games, like normal people.  Also, if you're seeing this episode, that means Singing Mountain has successfully transferred over from SoundCloud, which sucks, to Libsyn, which does not. Yay! Track listing: 0:56: Gorgonzola Goblins / Pocky & Rocky / Hiroyuki Iwatsuki 3:12: Volcanic Zone (Exploration) / Popful Mail / Atsushi Shirakawa and Mieko Ishikawa 6:33: Track 1 / Top Gear / Barry Leitch 9:30: The Birds Fly in the Sky, the Fish Swim in the Rivers / Live a Live / Yoko Shimomura  11:25: Queen Serenity / Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon / Takanori Arisawa 15:18: Sentimental Soldier / Valis II (PC-88) / Masahiro Kajihara 18:21: Midnight Dancer / Thunder Zone / Gamadelic 20:35: Ice Caverns / David Wise / Battletoads 20:42: Sherbet Land / Mario Hoops 3 on 3 / Masayoshi Soken 25:57: Heart of Icegrave / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 28:53: Devilotte's Theme / Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo / Tatsuro Suzuki, Isao Ave, Yuko Kadota, Syun Nishigaki, Setsuo Yamamoto and Anarchy Takapon 31:31: Master of Water / Lagoon / Hideki Suzuki 34:28: Central Park / Last Ninja 2: Back With a Vengeance / Matt Gray 40:04: Koopa Beach / Mario Sports Mix / Masayoshi Soken  43:01: Burning Heart / Battle Mania Daiginjou / Junichi Masuda  45:17: Amazon / Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix / Isao Abe, Yuki Iwai and Setsuo Yamamoto 48:25: Ice Place / King of Fighters 2000 / SNK Sound Team 52:57: Migratory Birds ~ Wandering Bird ~ Scoundrels / Wild Arms 3 / Michiko Naruke 58:05: Theme of Poison / Hideyuki Fukasawa / Ultra Street Fighter IV 61:57: Love Will Never Die / Twinkle Star Sprites / Takao Oshima 67:09: Happy Birthday / Gimmick! / Masashi Kageyama 69:21: Credits Theme / SonSon II / Manami Matsumae Follow: Singing Mountain on Twitter • Drew on Twitter Facebook Facebook Group Instagram Listen: Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Play Google Podcasts  Support this podcast on Patreon! Yes, we do have a website!This is a TableCakes podcast.

This year, I tried to pick tracks that sound like they could be from a horror movie — and not just any horror movie, but a solid B horror flick, watched on VHS, with a synthy score that’s way better that it should be given the quality of the movie. BTW, if you dig this, then check out VGM101’s 16-bit horror episode from this week: https://prolefeed101.com/vgm-101-episode-43-16-bit-horror/ And its Splatterhouse episode from the week before: https://prolefeed101.com/vgm-101-episode-42-splatterhouse/ Also have a listen to all my previous Halloween episodes: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/playlist-halloween Support Singing Mountain on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/singingmountain Track listing: 0:17 Ruined CIty / King of Demons (Super Famicom) / Hiroshi Iizuka and Tomohiro Endo 3:28 Caves / Go! Go! Ackman (Super Famicom) / Kajima Shitamachi 5:53 Reasoning 2 / Famicom Tantei Club Part 2: The Girl Who Stands Behind (Super Famicom) / Kenji Yamamoto 8:49 Sleepless Night / Anubis of the Moon’s Surface (Super Famicom) / Hiroshi Iizuka 11:15 Ancient Ruins / Romancing Saga 2 (Super Famicom) / Kenji Ito 13:29 BGM 8 / Tsukikomori (Super Famicom) / Horiguchi Takashi 16:11 Troubled Town / Ranma 1/2: Akanekodan no Hihou (Super Famicom) / Toshio Okamoto 17:16 Evil Cross Battle / Splatterhouse (Turbografx-16) / Katsuro Tajima and Yoshinori Kawamoto 20:13 Level 3 / Stormlord (Sega Genesis) / Jeroen Tel 26:31 Museum 3 / Aero the Acro-Bat (Sega Genesis) / Rick Fox 28:29 Never Ending Rain / Addams Family Values (Sega Genesis) / Keith Tinman 32:43 Sadness / Last Bible III (Super Famicom) / Hiroyuki Yanada 35:08 Treasure in a Hollow Tree / Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen (Super Famicom) / Unknown Composer 38:03 Deep Sea Ruins / Magic Knight Rayearth (Super Famicom) / Daisuke Tamura 40:54 Shrine for the Worship of Chaos / Arcana (Super NES) / Jun Ishikawa and Hirokazu Ando 42:37 Dark Cave / Tenshi no Uta: Shiroki Tsubasa no Inori (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba and Shinji Tamura 46:04 Bad Omen 2 / Famicom Tantei Club Part 2: The Girl Who Stands Behind (Super Famicom) / Kenji Yamamoto 48:10 Different Dimension / Laplace no Ma (Super Famicom) / Akiko Kosaka 49:36 Thick Fog / Pocky & Rocky (Super NES) / Hiroyuki Iwatsuki 51:33 Lava / Hamelin no Violin Hiki (Super Famicom) / Yoshiyuki Mori 53:19 Haunted Mansion / Mystic Ark (Super Famicom) / Akihiko Mori 56:12 Theme of Satan / Puyo Puyo (Sega Genesis) / Masanobu Tsukamoto, Akiyoshi Nagao, Toshiaki Sakoda and Masaaki Harada 58:58 Unknown Song / Dracula (Super NES) / Matt Furniss Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com

It’s a Halloween miracle! As Singing Mountain preps to transfer over to a new hosting site, some of the Patreon-only bonuses from back in the pre-16 bit days are getting folded into the main feed mix. Since this was in the process anyway, I decided that listeners might enjoy this all-music, no-talk Halloween episode. It’s all creepy Nintendo music! Track listing: 0:10: Joke’s End / Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions / Yoko Shimomura 2:01: Haunted Enigmansion / Paper Mario: Sticker Star / Masanobu Matsunaga, Saki Kurata, Shoh Murakami, Yoshito Sakigawa, Yasuhisa Baba, Hiroki Morishita, Masanori Adachi, Kiyoshi Hazemoto, Tomoko Sano, Kosei Muraki, Hiroaki Hanaoka, Yasumasa Yamada and Koji Kondo 5:34: It’s Chimera Research / Mother 3 / Shogo Sakai 7:20: Ripple Star Catacombs / Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards / Jun Ishikawa and Hirokazu Ando 8:48: Palace of Twilight / Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess / Toru Minegishi and Asuka Ohta 12:20: Bad Manor / Wario Land: Shake It! / / Tomoya Tomita and Minako Hamano 17:02: Hypno K.K. (Aircheck) / Animal Crossing: New Leaf / Manaka Kataoka, Atsuko Asahi and Kazumi Totaka 20:21: Ghoulish Galleon / Mario Sports Mix / Masayoshi Soken and Kumi Tanioka 23:17: Valhalla / Metroid Prime 3: Corruption / Kenji Yamamoto, Minako Hamano and Masaru Tajima 26:00: Misty Menace / Donkey Kong Country / David Wise 28:22: Dark Manor / Kirby’s Epic Yarn / Tomoya Tomita 30:17: Thieves’ Hideout / Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds / Ryo Nagamatsu 32:20: Spooky Ambiance / StarFox Adventures / David Wise and Ben Cullum 34:51: Shriek Mansion 2 / Super Princess Peach / Akira Fujiwara 36:16: Depths of the Forest / Marvelous / Yuichi Ozaki 37:56: Bionis’ Interior / Xenoblade Chronicles / ACE+ 41:05: Shadow Temple / Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Koji Kondo 44:04: Horror Land / Mario Party 2 / Hironao Yamamoto, Shohei Bando and Kazuhiko Sawaguchi 45:52: Ghostly Encounter / Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door / Yoshito Hirano, Yuka Tsujiyoko and Saki Haruyama 48:04: Horror / Yoshi’s Crafted World / Kazufumi Umeda 50:57: Lost Woods / Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks / Toru Minegishi, Manaka Tominaga, Asuka Ota and Koji Kondo 51:56: Boo Lake / Mario Kart: Super Circuit / Kenichi Nishimaki, Masanobu Matsunaga and Minako Hamano 53:49: Strange Forest / Shin Onigashima Zenpen / Koji Kondo 55:27: Happy Happy Is Blue / Earthbound / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 58:20: Snake Princess / Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem / Steve Henefin 62:42: Hel’s Theme / Fire Emblem Heroes / Hiroki Morishita 66:22: Kappa Cove / A Kappa’s Trail / Unknown Composer Support Singing Mountain on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/singingmountain Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com

The sun has gone down and the moon has come up, and it’s not a good time to be in the city. This is part three of a three-part series that began with a drive into the city and led to a fight through the city. Now you’re in a neon metropolis at night and you’re on your way to the big boss fight. Drive Into the City: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/16bit-driving-music Gritty City Sounds: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/gritty-city-sounds Also have a listen to the spotlight on Masahi Kagayama’s soundtrack to the later NES game Gimmick!: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/gimmick-sunsoft-vgm Support Singing Mountain on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/singingmountain Track listing: 0:17: Enemy Fighting Worker / Out Live (PC Engine) / Masashi Kagayama 4:01: Could That Person Be Our Child? / Art of Fighting (Sega Genesis) / Masahiko Hataya, Toshio Shimizu and Yasumasa Yamada 5:47: Neo Tokyo / Pulseman (Mega Drive) / Junichi Masuda 7:49: BGM E / Atomic Robo-Kid (Sega Genesis) / Mecano Associates 10:23: Stage 5 / Gunstar Heroes (Sega Genesis) / Norio Hanzawa 11:40: Another World 1 (Fifth Day) / Burning Force (Sega Genesis) / Yoshinori Kawamoto 14:17: BGM 4 / Barunba (PC Engine) / Makiko Itou and Hiroshi Nishikawa 15:43: Inner Darkside / Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master / Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama and Masayuki Nagao 18:34: Tokyo / Saturday Night Slam Masters (Sega Genesis) / Masaki Izutani and Setsuo Yamamoto 22:17: Factory / Ranger X (Sega Genesis) / Yoshinobu Hiraiwa 25:05: Overworld 3 / Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura and Ryota Furuya 28:02: Empire State Building / El Viento (Sega Genesis) / Motoi Sakuraba 29:21: Final Battle / El Viento (Sega Genesis) / Motoi Sakuraba 32:08: Boomer Kuwanger / Mega Man X (Super NES) / Yuko Takehara 34:45: Mission 2 / Terminator 2: The Arcade Game (Sega Genesis) / Allister Brimble 36:42: Technology / Pulseman (Mega Drive) / Junichi Masuda 39:41: Round 1-2 / Gynoug (Sega Genesis) / Noriyuki Iwadare 42:24: Fisherman of the Seven Seas (Jeffrey’s Theme) / Virtua Fighter 2 (Sega Genesis) / Composed by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Takayuki Nakamura and Akiko Hashimoto, arranged by Shogo Sakai 44:37: Dilapidated Zone / Super Star Soldier (TurboGrafx-16) / Dr. Nakahashi and Mr. Hoshi 46:17: Dark City / Tenshi no Uta: Shiroki Tsubasa no Inori (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba and Shinji Tamura 49:08: Mars / Dangerous Seed (Mega Drive) / Yoshinori Nagumo 50:49: Track 2 / Bubblegum Crash: Knight Sabers 2034 (PC Engine) / Makiko Itoh 53:35: Devil Dance / Majin Tensei (Super Famicom) / Hidehito Aoki 55:36: Title Theme / Devil’s Crash (Turbografx-16) / Toshiaki Sakoda 61:36: Leave Time for Love / Secret of Mana (Super NES) / Hiroki Kikuta 63:21: Devil’s Lab / Final Fantasy VI (Super NES) / Nobuo Uetmatsu Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com

Back in the 16-bit era, urban streets were littered with no-good punks who would attack in wave after wave, leaving a group of musclebound heroes no choice but to keep on punching — and hope there is a whole roast chicken hidden in a garbage can somewhere. This episode is a celebration of those gritty city environments, the music heard in them and the music from other genres of game that nonetheless get at this same vibe. And if you want to check out my other podcast — my new music podcast, which is why this one was off last week, do so here: https://deepcutssuperficialwounds.libsyn.com/ Track listing: 0:18: Shinobi Walk / Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Mater / Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama and Masayuki Nagao 3:29: Introduction / Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel (Sega Genesis) / Rick Fox 6:12: Level 5 / Bloody Wolf (TurboGrafx-16) / Azusa Hara, Hiroaki Yoshida. Tatsuya Kiuchi, Hitomi Komatsu, Shuji Segawa 7:44: The Streets / Predator 2 (Sega Genesis) / Matt Furniss 9:37: Theme of Struggle / Benkei Gaiden: Suna no Shou (Super Famicom) / Masashi Kageyama 11:01: Things Are Looking Up / Rival Turf (Super NES) / Yasuhiko Takashiba and Atsuyoshi Isemura 13:54: Army’s Song / Final Zone (Sega Genesis) / Motoi Sakuraba and Masaaki Uno 15:43: Akira / Virtua Fighter 2 (Sega Genesis) / Composed by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Takayuki Nakamura and Akiko Hashimoto, arranged by Shogo Sakai 18:48: Enemy Reinforcements / Langrisser II (Sega Genesis) / Noriyuki Iwadare and Isao Mizoguchi 21:02: BGM 12 / Bubblegum Crash: Knight Sabers 2034 (PC Engine) / Makiko Itoh 21:49: Sea Boss / Dinoland / Dino Land (Genesis) / Ichiro Hada 25:54: Pirate Island / Dragon Slayer (Super NES) / Falcom Sound Team JDK 27:22: Downtown / Famicom Tantei Club Part 2: The Girl Who Stands Behind / Kenji Yamamoto 33:09: Stage Clear / Brandish (Super NES) / Falcom Sound Team JDK 36:13: Credits / Golden Axe II (Sega Genesis) / Naofumi Hataya 38:50: Lunatic Dance / Getsumen no Anubis (Super Famicom) / Noboru Iwata, Hiroshi Fujioka, Hiroshi Iizuka, Yoshiaki Kubotera, Hiroaki Shibata and Kaori Ohshima 40:14: Water Lily / Crusader of Centy (Sega Genesis) / Motokazu Shinoda 42:28: Dungeon 3 / Princess Minerva (Super Famicom) / Hiroaki Iwatani 43:45: Blue Moon Factory / Art of Fighting (Sega Genesis) / Masahiko Hataya, Toshio Shimizu and Yasumasa Yamada 45:34: Character Select / Final Fight (Super NES) / Manani Matsumae and Yoko Shimomoura 46:15: Bay Area / Final Fight (Super NES) / Manani Matsumae and Yoko Shimomoura 48:17: Bust Up the Railway / Final FIght 2 (Super NES) / Yasuaki Fujita (a.k.a. Bun Bun), Mari Yamaguchi, Yuki Satomura, Setsuo Yamamoto, Yuko Kadota, and Tatsuya Nishimura 51:24: For Metro City / Final Fight 3 (Super NES) / Katsunari Kitajima 55:22: Capital Theme / Sim City (Super NES) / Soyo Oka 58:15: Dilapidated Town / Streets of Rage (Sega Genesis) / Yuzo Koshiro Support Singing Mountain on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/singingmountain Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com

In the grand tradition of Singing Mountain episodes that make driving music of VGM that’s not from driving games, here’s a new one: the soundtrack for a drive into the city that starts out laidback but gets a little tense as you get toward the big city. This is actually a part one to a part two that you’ll get next that’s all gritty city music — basically what you here when you finally arrive at those scary skyscrapers on the horizon. Listen to my previous driving music episodes: Sunset Drive https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/sunset-drive-vgm Afternoon Drive https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/afternoon-drive-vgm-mixtape Moonlight Drive https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/moonlight-drive Also listen to the all-Valis III episode, because no one else did: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/valis-3-vgm Track listing: 0:08: BGM 9 / Super Black Bass 3 (Super Famicom) / Tsukushi Sasaki and Michiya Hirasawa 2:06: BGM B / Tommy Lasorda Baseball (Sega Genesis) / Unknown Composer 3:58: Title Theme / Cosmic Fantasy 2 (TurboGrafx-16) / Hisao Inoue and Junta 8:29: Flight of the Birds / Last Bible III (Super Famicom) / Hiroyuki Yanada 10:18: Alien Ship / McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure (Sega Genesis) / Katsuhiko Suzuki and Aki Hata 14:19: Far Far Away, Take Me / Dyna Brothers 2 (Mega Drive) / Masami Yitsuse 17:44: Woods Area / Kid Chameleon (Sega Genesis) / Mark Miller 20:12: Industrial District / Columns III (Sega Genesis) / Morihiko Akiyama 21:40: Seaside Front / Aero Blasters (TurboGrafx-16) / Tatsuya Watanabe and Tsutomu Ookuma 24:14: Pirate Man / Rockman & Forte (Super Famicom) / Akari Kaida 27:10: Kakumen Boss no Theme / Valis III (Sega Genesis) / Jun Hasabe 28:52: F1 Triumph / Super Momotarou Dentetsu DX (Super Famicom) / Kazuyuki Sekiguchi 30:00: Menu / True Golf Classics: Pebble Beach Golf Links (Genesis) / Yumi Kinoshita 33:03: Twinbee to the Rescue / Pop'n Twinbee: Rainbow Bell Adventures (Super NES) / Ken-ichi Matsubara, Yukie Morimoto and Saiko Miki 34:41: Sky Sphere / Neutopia (TurboGrafx-16) / Keita Hoshi 36:27: Grass Land / Burning Force (Sega Genesis) / Yoshinori Kawamoto 38:27: Crystal Road / Super Star Soldier (TurboGrafx-16) / Dr. Nakahashi and Mr. Hosh 39:49: BGM 5 / Barunba (PC Engine) / Makiko Itou and Hiroshi Nishikawa 41:45: The World’s Cavern / Treasure Hunter G (Super Famicom) / John Pee 43:14: Character Selection / Arcus Odyssey (Sega Genesis) / Motoi Sakuraba 44:52: Underground Traps / Go! Go! Ackman (Super Famicom) / Kajima Shitamachi Support Singing Mountain on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/singingmountain Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com

Singing Mountain is back. I said it would be back and I meant it. And to contrast this new run of the show from what I left you all on months ago, I decided to put out something a little more hopeful. Do you know that particular kind of video game ending where you see your character cruising toward the horizon, bad guys vanquished in their wake, and there’s maybe a sunset or something, and the music sounds like the end of an 80s movie? Yeah, this episode is all about that. Track listing: 0:09: Sunset of Puyo Puyo / Puyo Puyo (Mega Drive) / Masanobu Tsukamoto, Akiyoshi Nagao, Toshiaki Sakoda and Masaaki Harada 5:24: Credit Roll / Space Harrier II (Genesis) / Tokuhiko Uwabo and Matt Furniss 7:52: Setting Out (Staff Roll) / Elemental Master (Genesis) / Toshiharu Yamanishi 11:44: Ending / Dino Land (Genesis) / Ichiro Hada 16:55: Several Years After / Dyna Bros 2 (Mega Drive) / Masami Yitsuse 20:16: Sun Rise Purple / Battle Mania: Daiginjō (Mega Drive) / Shigenori Masuko, Yoko Suzuki and Fumito Tamayama 23:45: End Title / Tenshi no Uta: Shiroki Tsubasa no Inori (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba and Shinji Tamura 27:01: Credit Roll / Dungeon Explorer (TurboGrafx-16) / Tsukasa Masuko 30:02: Ending (Next Time) / Shockman (TurboGrafx-16) / K. Hayama 32:20: Staff Roll / Cyber Knight (PC Engine) / Unknown Composer 36:12: Ending / Magical Chase (TurboGrafx-16) Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata 39:13: Return to Mother / Axelay (Super NES) / Taei Kudo 41:53: After the War (Ending) / Final Zone (Genesis) / Motoi Sakuraba and Masaaki Uno 46:03: BGM 3 / True Golf Classics: Pebble Beach Golf Links (Genesis) / Yumi Kinoshita 48:50: Ending / Mighty Max (Genesis) / Krisalis (a.k.a. Matt Furniss) 52:12: Returned Soldier’s Rest / Super Star Soldier (TurboGrafx-16) / Dr. Nakahashi and Mr. Hoshi 54:44: Ending Theme / Shadow Blasters (Genesis) / Kim Songdong 56:32: Donkey Kong Rescued (Credits Roll) / Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong-Quest (Super NES) / David Wise 58:39: Finale / Wild Guns (Super NES) / Hiroyuki Iwatsuki and Haruo Ohashi Support Singing Mountain on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/singingmountain Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com

A disclaimer: This episode won’t be for everyone. It’s been an odd few weeks, and for some reason I’ve been finding comfort in sad stuff rather than just trying to flood my brain with relentlessly happy things. As a result of this special mix of factors, the episode you’re getting from me is all about sad music — specifically sad music from 16-bit RPGs. While Singing Mountain is not yet back, when it returns it will be with a slightly different format that in this episode. I hope this is something we can both look forward to. Special thanks to Sampson, host of VGM101, who accepted my invitation to talk about sad non-RPG music, just for a little variety: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vgm101/id1473369972 And while we’re at it, the most recent episode of his show actually has a little guest appearance by me: https://prolefeed101.com/vgm-101-episode-29-street-fighting-fighting-street/ Track listing: 0:15: At the Bottom of the Night / Chrono Trigger / Yasunori Mitsuda 3:01: Voice of Awakening / Energy Breaker / Yukio Nakajima, Yasunori Shiono and Yuusei Yamamoto 4:31: Sad Freedom / Treasure Hunter G / John Pee 8:35: Jojo (Yoyo) / Bahamut Lagoon / Noriko Matsueda 10:30: Reminiscence / Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together / Hitoshi Sakimoto 12:33: Legend / Seiken Densetsu 3 / Hiroki Kikuta 16:18: Game Over / Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei / Tsukasa Masuko and Hitoshi Sakimoto 18:29: Sigh and Tear / Sorcerian (Mega Drive) / Mieko Ishikawa 21:00: Dying World / Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom / Izuho Numata 21:53: Game Over / Dragon Slayer II: The Legend of Heroes / Mieko Ishikawa and Atsushi Shirakawa 24:12: Last Moments / Shining Force II: The Ancient Seal / Motoaki Takenouchi 27:22: Ruins / Surging Aura / Kamo 28:50: Barlizer / Princess Minerva / Hiroaki Iwatani 30:26: Makai / Shin Megami Tensei II / Tsukasa Masuko 32:35: Parting / Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals / Yasunori Shiono 34:39: Begging One’s Life / Brandish II: The Planet Buster / Falcom Sound Team J.D.K. 36:42: Silence / Chaos Seed / Yasunori Shiono, Katsuhiro Hayashi and Yukio Nakajima 39:44: Emeraude’s Theme / Magic Knight Rayearth (Super NES) / Unknown Composer 41:44: In the Darkness / Mystic Ark / Akihiko Mori 44:44: Dark Night / Crusader of Centy / Motokazu Shinoda 47:23: A Premonition =Styx= / Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (Genesis) 49:16: An Old Sad Dance / King Colossus / Kenichiro Isoda 52:40: Reminicenses / Traysia / Minoru Yuasa 53:50: Underground Ruined Town / Dragon Slayer II: The Legend of Heroes / Mieko Ishikawa and Atsushi Shirakawa 55:58: Misty Lake / Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand / Naoki Kaneda 58:54: Ruins / Blue Almanac / Noriyuki Iwadare and Masaru Suzuki 61:07: Ebon Keep / Secret of Evermore / Jeremy Soule 63:39: Offering to King Gort / Albert Odyssey / Naoki Kodaka 66:08: Intro / Devilish / Hitoshi Sakimoto 69:09: Aquatic Ambiance / Donkey Kong Country / David Wise 72:27: Niena’s Melody / Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand / Naoki Kaneda 74:09: Sad Song / Farland Story II / Masakata Kitaura, Atsuyoshi Isemura, Rikei Hirashima, Music Worx 77:36: Field / Sansara Naga 2 / Kenji Kawai 80:09: Farewell, My Friends / Bounty Sword / Kohei Tanaka and Akihiko Mori 82:52: Wind that Whips the World / Energy Breaker / Yukio Nakajima, Yasunori Shiono and Yuusei Yamamoto 86:42: Pathos / Elfaria / Shigeaki Saegusa 88:27: Aroma of Stew / Energy Breaker / Yukio Nakajima, Yasunori Shiono and Yuusei Yamamoto 91:15: Sacrifices / ActRaiser / Yuzo Koshiro 92:31: Phantom and a Rose / Secret of Mana / Hiroki Kikuta 94:52: Crime of the Heart / Treasure of the Rudras / Ryuji Sasai 98:01: My Home, Sweet Home / Final Fantasy V / Nobuo Uematsu Support Singing Mountain on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/singingmountain Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie

Welcome to this year’s installment of my “Christmas Eve in an ice cavern” series. Do you think winter music could do with fewer jingle bells and more cool, clear chimes that call to mind a lonely, cold night? Then you’re in luck! Also listen to the other ice and snow VGM episodes! Diamond Dust: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/diamond-dust-ice-music Another Winter: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/53-another-winter Slip Off a Ledge and Die in a Hole: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/55-ice-stage-vgm-3 A Harvest Moon Winter: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/54-harvest-moon-winter-music Track listing: 0:07: The Wind Can Be Still (Winter) / Stardew Valley / Eric Barone (a.k.a. ConcernedApe) 6:06: Ice Cave / Lagoon / Hideki Suzuki 7:46: Wep’keer / Okami / Masami Ueda 13:08: Snow Labyrinth / Brave Fencer Musashi / Koji Matsuoka and Tetsuya Nomura 17:01: Ice Mine / Arcana / Jun Ishikawa and Hirokazu Ando 19:47: Frozen Hillside / Kirby’s Air Ride / Hirokazu Ando, Shogo Sakai, Tadashi Ikegami and Jun Ishikawa 23:15: Land of Frozen Forest / Albert Odyssey 2: Sign of the Devil / Naoki Kodaka 26:22: Omen (Awakening Segment) / Final Fantasy VI / Nobuo Uematsu 29:34: Iceberg (Exploration) / Popful Mail: Magical Fantasy Adventure / Atsushi Shirakawa and Mieko Ishikawa 32:39: Ice Forest / Super Ghouls ’N Ghosts / Mari Yamaguchi 35:51: Ice Ruins / A Link Between Worlds / Ryo Nagamatsu 40:26: Christmas on Dobuita Street / Shenmue / Ryuji Iuchi 43:53: Snow Island / Moryo Senki MADARA / Atsushi Fujio and Katsuhiro Suzuki 46:06: Snow Island 3 / Croco: Legend of the Gobbos / Justin Scharvona, Karin Griffin and Martin Gwynn Jones 48:43: Frosty Fruits ~ In a Snowbound Land / Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze / David Wise and Kenji Yamamoto 53:44: White Land / Nintendo Land / Composed by Yumiko Kanki and Naoto Ishida, arranged by Ryo Nagamatsu 57:05: Song of Tundra / Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together / Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata 60:23: Hiya-Hiya Island / Super Adventure Island 2 / Akihiro Akamatsu, Sachiko Oita and Shinji Nakaya 64:59: Land of Immortality / Bravely Default: Flying Fairy / REVO 69:31: Ice Cavern / Battletoads (Genesis) / David Wise 71:33: Buried in Snow / Final Fantasy VII 74:20: In a Snowbound Land / Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest / David Wise Support Singing Mountain on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/singingmountain Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

This is just a quick post to inform you that Singing Mounatin is going on hiatus for the rest of November — and beyond that too, despite some episodes in December. But no worries — I’ll be back. And if you miss my stupid voice in the meantime, listen to my other podcast, Gayest Episode Ever: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gayest-episode-ever/id1357463744 Website: https://www.gayestepisodeever.com/ Track listing: 0:13: Title Theme / Shin Onigashima / Koji Kondo 3:54: First Chapter: Road Through the Mountain / Shin Onigashima / Koji Kondo 5:49: Staff Roll / Shin Onigashima / Koji Kondo 8:13: Title Theme / Yuyuki / Soyo Oka Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod Facebook page: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod Facebook group: https://facebook.com/groups/singingmountain On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

Nintendo may have a reputation as being family-friendly, but even its sunniest franchises have their dark moments. The second Halloween episode of 2019 looks at some of Nintendo’s more sinister musical moments. Listen to all of Singing Mountain’s Halloween episodes: https://singingmountainpod.com/minusworld/2018/10/18/halloween BTW, Singing Mountain now has a Patreon, and patrons can access to an hourlong bonus episode featuring even more spooky Nintendo music: https://www.patreon.com/singingmountain Ashley Halloween BGM for Nintendo 3DS posted by Supper Mario Broth: https://www.suppermariobroth.com/post/188372895610/background-music-for-the-ashleys-halloween The VGM Podcast Fans group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans Track listing: 0:12: Planet Zebes ~ Arrival on Crateria / Super Metroid / Kenji Yamamoto and Minako Hamano 2:36: Suspicions / Hotel Dusk: Room 215 / Satoshi Okubo 3:48: Shriek Mansion 1 / Super Princess Peach / Akira Fujiwara 5:19: Dungeon Theme / Kid Icarus / Hirokazu Tanaka 5:52: At the Seafloor Palace / Kid Icarus: Uprising / Motoi Sakuraba 9:03: Submerged Castle / Pikmin 2 / Hajime Wakai 11:47: Paranormal Accomodations / Paper Mario: Color Splash / Takeru Kanazaki, Shigemitsu Goto and Fumihiro Isobe 15:57: Lair of the Smooch Spiders / Yoshi’s Wooly World / Tomoya Tomita, Misaki Asada and Kazumi Totaka 19:31: Strange Forest / Shin Onigashima / Koji Kondo 22:29: K.K. Dirge (Aircheck) / Animal Crossing: Let’s Go to the City / Kazumi Totaka, Kenta Nagata, Toru Minegishi and Shinobu Tanaka 25:25: Abandoned Memories / Chibi-Robo! / Hirofumi Taniguchi 27:35: Bonneton / Super Mario Odyssey / Shiho Fujii 30:45: Snow Mountain / Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask / Koji Kondo 32:24: Marsh Land / Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask / Koji Kondo 34:03: Great Bay Beach / Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask / Koji Kondo 36:19: Forest of Wandering / Fire Emblem: Shadows of Valentia / Takeru Kanazaki, Yasuhisa Baba, Takafumi Wada and Sho Murakami 39:55: Creepy Castle / Donkey Kong 64 / Grant Kirkhope 47:14: Fortress / Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters / Unknown Composer 50:11: Old Chateau / Pokemon Diamond and Pearl / Go Ichinose, Junichi Masuda, Hitomi Sato and Morikazu Aoki 56:19: Transylvania / Zoda’s Revenge: Startropics II / Yoshio Hirai and Takashi Kumegawa 59:04: Gritty Maison de Whoops / Tomato Adventure / Yoko Sakai 60:58: Evershade Valley / Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon / Chad York, Darren Radtke and Mike Peacock 63:56: Halloween Fantasy (Ashley Halloween Theme) / Nintendo 3DS / Unknown Composer 65:57: Ghost House (Super Mario Bros. 3) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker / Koji Kondo, Naoto Kubo and Asuka Hayazaki 68:05: Castle Bleck / Super Paper Mario / Naoko Mitome, Chika Sekigawa and Yasuhisa Baba Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod Facebook page: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod Facebook group: https://facebook.com/groups/singingmountain On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

Because horror always begets sequels, I’m giving your a follow-up to last year’s creepy 16-bit music episode. It’s all Hallloween-appropriate VGM from the Super Nintendo, Super Famicom, Sega Genesis and Mega Drive. Boo. Listen to all of Singing Mountain’s Halloween episodes: https://singingmountainpod.com/minusworld/2018/10/18/halloween BTW, Singing Mountain now has a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/singingmountain Track listing: 0:09: Omen / Final Fantasy VI / Nobuo Uematsu 0:55: Maridia Rocky Underwater Area / Super Metroid / Kenji Yamamoto and Minako Hamano 2:52: October Fields / Pocky & Rocky 2 / Hiroyuki Iwatsuki, Kinuyo Yamashita, Haruo Ohashi and Asuka Yamao 4:44: Strains of Insanity / Chrono Trigger / Yasunori Mitsuda 6:19: Cursed Towers / Demon’s Crest / Toshihiko Horiyama 9:08: Kerosene / Clock Tower / Kōji Niikura 10:47: Medieval World / Ghoul Patrol / Eric Swanson and David Warhol 12:48: Prairie / Devilish: The Next Possession / Hitoshi Sakimoto 16:56: Level 5 / Decap Attack / Fumito Tamayama 18:31: Glittering Night Sky / Do Re Mi Fantasy / Jun Chikuma 19:56: Transylvania / QuackShot Starring Donald Duck / Shigenori Kamiya 20:51: Creepy Forest / Plok / Tim Follin 24:25: Ending Theme / Nosferatu / Masanao Akahori 27:34: Where Am I? / The Immortal / Rob Hubbard 30:01: Final Case: Deep Hole / Ghostbusters (Genesis) / Kazuhiko Nagai 32:00: Creepy Creatures / Addams Family (Genesis) / Jonathan Dunn 34:34: Ocean of Origin / E.V.O. — The Search for Eden / Koichi Sugiyama 37:28: Terror of the Glacier / Elemental Master / Toshiharu Yamanishi 39:18: Wispy / King Arthur’s World / Martin Simpson and Justin Scharvona 41:53: The Demon’s From Adrian’s Pen / Doom / Robert Prince 45:30: Reminiscence / Yuu Yuu Hakusho / Yoshinori Kawamoto and Kouji Nakagawa 46:16: Jakyou 2 / Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei / Tsukasa Masuko and Hitoshi Sakimoto 48:53: Itchy Dream Castle / Ghost Sweeper Mikami: Joreishi wa Nice Body / Inuyo Yamashita and Hiroyuki Iwatsuki 50:21: Night Gallery / Treasure of the Rudras / Ryuji Sasai 51:58: LaPlace Castle / LaPlace No Ma / Akiko Kosaka 54:56: Witch’s Theme / Shining Force II / Motoaki Takenouchi 56:02: Base of the Baobab / Marvelous / Yuichi Ozaki 57:58: Suspicion / Phantasy Star IV / Izuho Numata and Masaki Nakagaki 59:33: Dancing Calcobrena / Final Fantasy IV / Nobuo Uematsu 62:09: Chainsaw Hedge Maze Mayhem / Zombies Ate My Neighbors / Joe McDermott 64:12: Icebox / The Addams Family: Pugsley’s Scavenger Hunt / Jonathan Dunn 67:14: Stage Four / Alien 3 (Genesis) / Andrew Rodger 70:26: Stage 1-1 / Splatterhouse 2 / Eiko Kaneda 72:06: Cavern / Front Mission: Gun Hazard / Yasunori Mitsuda 73:26: Misty Menace / Donkey Kong Country / David Wise 75:14: Haunted Graveyard / Super Ghouls ’n Ghosts / Mari Yamaguchi 76:33: Shade Man (Alternate) / Mega Man VII / Composed by Ayako Mori, arranged by Toshihiko Horiyama Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

Against all odds, this podcast persisted and endured, and now we’re at the one-hundredth episode. The best idea I had to celebrate this milestone was sharing all the lesser-known VGM tracks I came to love since I began Singing Mountain — the VGM gems that I would have never unearthed if I hadn’t been doing research for this show. Enjoy. Please! Partake in the brand new Singing Mountain Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/singingmountain Track listing: 0:13: Baby Bird / Bravely Default / Revo 3:00: Hole Overview / Pebble Beach Golf Links / Shigekazu Kamaki 5:12: Ending Theme / Panorama Cotton / Kenichi Hirata 7:20: Essential Vitamins (Blue Blue Moon) / Yuzo Koshiro / Super Adventure Island 12:39: Like the Wind / Elemental Master / Toshiharu Yamanishi 17:25: Field Theme / Mysterious Castle Murasame / Koji Kondo 21:25: Sunset Town / Sonic the Fighters / Maki Morrow and Takenobu Mitsuyoshi 26:03: Theme of Adol / Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished (PC88) / Yuzo Koshiro 29:39: Cascade Capers / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 33:18: Blue Resort / Bomberman 64 / Akifumi Tada 39:30: Night Shift / Treasure of the Rudras / Ryuji Sasai 42:02: Levels 5 & 6 / Dance Aerobics / Unknown Composer 44:50: Title Screen / Clown-o-Mania / Roman Werner 49:41: Warth (Rune’s Theme) / Ippo Takeuchi and M. "Gaki-Chan" Nakagaki / Phantasy Star IV 52:58: The Sun Also Sets / Waku Waku 7 / Masato Araikawa 58:00: Title Theme / Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition / David Wise 60:57: Beyond the Colosseum / Demon’s Crest / Toshihiko Horiyama 65:07: Like Sisters / Twinkle Star Sprites / Takao Oshima 68:59: Eagle's Theme / Fighting Street / Yoshihiro Sakaguchi 72:50: Daddy Mulk / NInja Warriors / Hisayoshi Ogura 77:41: Death by Glamour / Undertale / Toby Fox 82:45: The Hunt / River City Girls / Megan McDuffee Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

We’re ninety-nine episodes in, and I’m taking the moment to share some tracks I haven’t yet featured on the show. Some got nixed from the final cuts of previous episodes, and others haven’t even gotten that far. Either way, I thought you might enjoy an eclectic mix of VGM you maybe haven’t yet heard or haven’t yet heard enough. Take a survey and tell me about your hopes and dreams: https://singingmountainpod.com/survey Do you regularly eat food? You may enjoy Singing Mountain’s sister podcast, Smart Mouth: http://www.smartmouthpodcast.com/ There is even an episode featuring me: http://www.smartmouthpodcast.com/home/2019/6/11/episode-134-tv-dinners-with-drew-mackie Listen to VGM 101, a podcast that does not suck: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vgm-101/id1473369972 Track listing: 1:17: Overworld Theme / Super Mario Bros. 2 / Koji Kondo 2:46: Quina’s Theme / Final Fantasy IX / Nobuo Uematsu 4:30: Departure / Lufia & the Fortress of Doom / Yasunori Shiono 7:26: Scala (Rose’s Theme) / Street Fighter Alpha 3 / Yuki Iwai 10:40: Tessie! / EarthBound / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 15:34: Matoya’s Cave / Final Fantasy / Nobuo Uematsu 16:45: Matoya’s Cave (SFC Version) / Final Fantasy V 5+1 / Nobuo Uematsu 19:37: Episode 02, Page 2-1 / Comix Zone / Howard Drossin 23:16: Another World (Mysterious Planet) / The Smurfs’ Nightmare / Alberto Gonzales 28:47: Yuki Gassen / Columns III / Morihiko Akiyama 31:18: Battle of Eight Generals / Moryo Senki Madara / Atsushi Fujio and Katsuhiro Suzuki 35:03: Shop 2 / Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei / Tsukasa Masuko and Hitoshi Sakimoto 38:04: Jewel World (Ruby’s Theme) / Panel de Pon / Masaya Kuzume 41:19: Old Map / Golden Axe / You Takada 42:48: Cherry Tree Bridge / Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard / Yuzo Koshiro 48:37: Title Theme / Journey to Silius / Naoki Kodaka 52:02: Infinity Mijinion / Mega Man X6 / Naoto Tanaka 56:06: Walking the Snowy Mountains / Final Fantasy V / Nobuo Uematsu 60:17: Side Crawler’s Dance / Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap / Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap / Composed by Shinichi Sakamoto, arranged by Michael Geyre 62:42: Side Crawler’s Dance / Wonder Boy III / Shinichi Sakamoto 65:49: Meyna’s Theme / Legazy of the WIzard / Yuzo Koshiro 67:34: Winter Wonderland / Pocky & Rocky 2 / Hiroyuki Iwatsuki 69:53: Milk Bar / Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask / Koji Kondo 73:18: Top Man / Mega Man 3 / Yasuaki Fujita (a.k.a. Bun Bun) Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

Lifelong gamers might like to reminisce about video game consoles past, but just by the numbers, system that got the most play back in the ’90s was the Game Boy. It outsold every console in its day, which means that a lot of players would have played famous video game franchises on the Game Boy before they played it on a standard system. This episode is all about those versions of famous series, and how the composers tasked with translating iconic VGM themes often worked wonders with the Game Boy’s more limited sound technology. Track listing: 0:31: Overworld / Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening / Composed by Koji Kondo, arranged by Minako Hamano and Kozue Ishikawa 1:46: The Prince’s Adventure / The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls / Kazumi Totaka 3:06: Title Theme / Final Fantasy Legend III / Ryuji Sasai and Chihiro Fujioka 4:18: C-Type / Tetris (Game Boy) / Hirokazu Ando 5:42: Darkness / The Castlevania Adventure / Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima 7:01: Bloody Tears / Castlevania: Legends / Composed by Kenichi Matsubaba, arranged by Kaoru Okada and Youichi Iwata 10:52: Ryu’s Theme / Street Fighter II (Game Boy) / Yoko Shimomura 12:26: Guile’s Theme / Street Fighter II (Game Boy) / Yoko Shimomura 14:41: Chun-Li’s Theme / Street Fighter II (Game Boy) / Yoko Shimomura 17:19: Stage 2 (Waterfall) / Operation C / Composed by Kazuki Muraoka, arranged by Hidehiro Funauchi 19:17: Winter / Harvest Moon GB / Composed by Tsuyoshi Tanaka, arranged by Yōjirō Okino 25:18: Banquet of Nature (Nakoruru’s Theme) / Samurai Shodown (Game Boy) / Masahiko Hataya and Yasuo Yamate 28:13: Comma-Shaped Jewels (Kyoshiro’s Theme) / Samurai Shodown (Game Boy) / Masahiko Hataya and Yasuo Yamate 31:14: A Foreign Girl (Charlotte’s Theme) / Samurai Shodown (Game Boy) / Masahiko Hataya and Yasuo Yamate 34:41: Area 1 (Bionic Commando Theme) / Composed by Harumi Fujita, arranged by Kouji Murata 38:06: Dark Queen Battle / Battletoads (Game Boy) / David Wise 41:14: Napalm Man / Mega Man IV / Composed by Mari Yamaguchi, arranged by Kouji Murata 44:09: Toad Man / Mega Man IV / Composed by Minae Fujii, arranged by Kouji Murata 47:05: Dust Man / Mega Man III / Composed by Minae Fujii, arranged by Kouji Murata 50:41: Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast) / Donkey Kong Land II / Composed by David Wise, arranged by Grant Kirkhope 55:02: Duke’s Theme / Battle Arena Toshinden (Game Boy) / Yasuhiro Nakano 57:57: Ellis’s Theme / Battle Arena Toshinden (Game Boy) / Yasuhiro Nakano 60:52: Kayin’s Theme / Battle Arena Toshinden (Game Boy) / Yasuhiro Nakano 63:51: Blue Mary’s Blues / Nettou Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special / SNK Sound Team 65:19: Bermuda / DuckTales 2 / Yoshihiru Sakaguchi 66:54: Ending Theme / Kirby’s Dream Land / Masahiro Sakurai and Jun Ishikawa 68:29: Main Theme / Bubble Bobble (Game Boy) / Tadashi Kimijima VGMpire’s five-part Street Fighter series: http://www.vgmpire.com/2019/09/16/vgmpire-151-street-fighter-saga-vol-1/ The episode all about Harvest Moon’s winter themes: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/54-harvest-moon-winter-music The Samurai Shodown episode: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/samurai-shodown-vgm The episode about the Donkey Kong Land games: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/34-big-ape-mountain Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

If I made the things you know to suddenly seem different, would that be good? Think about that while you listen to this episode of celebrated 16 bit-era VGM made to sound weird, dark and maybe a little drunk. I promise this will not become a habit. Track listing: 0:10: Revenge of the Kraken / Singing Mountain 4:58: I Want You / Gary Low 6:12: Feel It All Around / Washed Out 7:03: Casual Friday at Booster Tower / Singing Mountain 9:15: Disco Train / Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest / David Wise 10:00: Disco Death Train / Singing Mountain 15:51: Village / Shining Wisdom / Motoaki Takanuchi 16:46: Medicated Village / Singing Mountain 20:42: Schala / Chrono Trigger / Yasunori Mitsuda 21:40: Schala Is Sad Forever / Singing Mountain 26:41: Sky Chase Zone / Sonic the Hedgehog 2 / Masato Nakamura 27:38: Sky Chase Zone at Sunset / Singing Mountain 31:33: The Little Sprite / Secret of Mana / Hiroki Kikuta 32:22: This Must Be the Sprite / Singing Mountain 35:54: The Underground / Yoshi’s Island / Koji Kondo 36:35: The Cave of Chomps Rock / Singing Mountain 39:40: Drunk Fortune Teller / Singing Mountain 43:08: Idaten / Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master / Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama and Masayuki Nagao 43:43: Horse Tranquilizers / Singing Mountain 47:10: Silent Zone / Phantasy Star II / Tokuhiko Uwabo 47:53: It Is Readily Apparent That This Zone Isn’t Silent / Singing Mountain 49:40: Water World (Critical) / Panel de Pon / Masaya Kuzume 50:29: The Water Fairy Gets Sad Sometimes / Singing Mountain 52:56: Spacewalk / Thunderforce IV / Toshiharu Yamanishi, Takeshi Yoshida and Tomomi Ootani 53:34: Spacewalk at Sunset / Singing Mountain 59:38: King Dedede’s Theme / Kirby Super Star / Jun Ishikawa 60:02: King Dedede Is Drunk / Singing Mountain 64:14: Fighting in the Streets / Streets of Rage / Yuzo Koshiro 64:43: Cruising in the Streets / Singing Mountain 68:49: Bedtime in SimCity / Singing Mountain 70:51: Splash Wave But You Drive Into the Ocean / Singing Mountain Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/singingmountain The episode about italo disco in video games: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/29-italo-disco-video-games Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

Released in 2009 for the Nintendo DS, Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light is the game that ultimately ended up leading to Bravely Default in 2012. And while Bravely Default improved upon the core mechanics in almost every way, there’s a certain charm to 4 Heroes of Light — and that includes a soundtrack by Naoshi Mizuta. The music mixes the best of what the Nintendo DS could do at the time along with a nifty, chipune-y throwback style. And that makes all the sense in the world, because this game is in many ways a throwback to the early days of the Square RPG. Track listing: 0:16: The Four Heroes of Light / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 2:29: Royal Palace Melody / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 5:02: Magic Kingdom Gula / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 8:07: The Legendary Whale / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 10:33: Horne, the Home of the Wind / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 12:10 Horne, the Home of the Wind (Night) / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 14:25: Walking the Ground / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 17:04: Walking the Ground / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 19:25: Battle WIth Demons / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 21:48: The Witch’s Mansion / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 25:00: Trading City Vulpes (Urbeth) / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 26:26: Trading City Vulpes (Night) / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 28:32: Closed-Off Invidia / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 33:47: Riding the Dragon / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 37:32: Elva, the Forbidden Land (Arbol) / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 41:05: Heavenly Supervia (Spelvia) / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 43:15: Heavenly Supervia (Night)) / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 46:15: The Demon King’s Servants / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 48:35: The Demon King’s Heartbeat / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 51:41: The Final Battle / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 53:43: Liberte, the Capital of Art (Night) / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 56:27: The End of the Journey / Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

What does a sunset sound like? This episode may well fail to answer that question, but what you might get anyway is the third installment in the (so far) trilogy of Singing Mountain episodes about driving music but drawn entirely from non-racing, non-driving games. This one follows the narrative from bustling freeways to that perfect moment of sunset to early evening in the city. Track listing: 0:10: Silent Gravity / Bloody Roar (Arcade) / Atsuhiro Motoyama and Kenichi Koyano 2:08: Sunset Bridge / Persona 5 / Shoji Meguro 5:05: Grope After the Truth / Tobal 2 / Takayuki Nakamura 8:35: Wormland / Super Turrican II / Chris Huelsbeck 11:18: Seeking the Holy Sword / Sword of Mana / Kenji Ito 13:09: Cursed City / Golden Axe III / Naofumi Hataya and Tatsuyuki Maeda 15:00: City / Sonic Blast Man II / Naoto Yagashita 19:00: Thundercloud / U.N. Squadron / Manami Matsumae 25:19: BGM 4 / Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf / Tokuhiko Uwabo 28:39: Staff Roll / Super Final Match Tennis / Takamitsu Kajikawa 31:23: Beach Sunset / Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel (Super NES) / Rick Fox 34:10: Credits Theme / Fatal Fury 2 (PC Engine) / SNK Sound Team 35:58: Sound Test No. 10 / ATP Tour Championship Tennis / Hikoshi Hashimoto 38:05: Your Sunset / Tekken Tag Team Tournament 2 / Taku Inoe 42:10: Isolation / Zero Divide 2 / Hideyuki Shimono and Akihito Ohkawa 46:05: Midnight Greenhouse (Bonatic Base) / Knuckles’ Chaotix / Junko Shiratsu and Mariko Nanba 48:52: Heavy Hitters / Final Fight 3 / Katsunari Kitajima 51:09: Imbalanced Kiss / Yu Yu Hakusho: Makyou Touitsusen / Hiro Takahashi 54:19: Heliport / Double Dragon II: The Revenge (Arcade) / Kazunaka Yamane 57:04: End Credits / Sega Bass Fishing / Sachio Ogawa 58:49: Mirthless / King of Fighters ’97 / SNK Sound Team 60:28: European Stars / European Club Soccer / Matt Furniss Afternoon Drive: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/afternoon-drive-vgm-mixtape Moonlight Drive: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/moonlight-drive Race to Your Death! Or Don’t!: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/race-to-your-death Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

Hey, who likes trains? Because I do, and this episode is all about how different VGM composers interpret the sound of the train into actual music. Track listing: 0:25: Charge Man Theme / Mega Man 5 / Mari Yamaguchi 2:05: Train Ride / Animal Crossing (Gamecube) / Kazumi Totaka, Kenta Nagata, Toru Minegishi and Shinobu Tanaka 3:34: Excess Express at Night / Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door / Yoshito Hirano, Yuka Tsujiyoko and Saki Haruyama 4:45: Railroad Wrath / Cuphead / Kristofer Maddigan 9:36: The Long Train (Act II, Part I) / Nina Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos / Ryuichi Nitta and Mayuko Okamura 12:51: Living on the Deck / Metal Slug X / Takushi Hiyamuta and Yoshihiko Wada 17:46: Flash Train / Street Fighter EX 2 / Takayuki Aihara, Shinji Hosoe and Ayako Saso 22:05: Bullet Bill Express / Super Mario 3D World / Mahito Yokota, Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo and Yasuaki Iwata 25:45: Molentary Express / Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box / Tomohito Nishiura 30:38: Metro City Subway / Final Fight (Arcade) / Manami Matsumae, Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Yasuaki Fujita, Hiromitsu Takaoka, Yoko Shimomura, Junko Tamiya, Harumi Fujita 33:28: Bury My Shell at Wounded Knee / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time / Mutsuhiko Izumi and Kozo Nakamura 36:08: Wreck Train / Wario Land: Shake It! / Tomoya Tomita and Minako Hamano 40:25: Armored Train / Wild Guns Reloaded / Hiroyuki Iwatsuki‎ and Haruo Ohashi 44:44: Overworld Adventure / Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks / Toru Minegishi, Manaka Tominaga, Asuka Ota and Koji Kondo 48:55: The Mission / Final Fantasy VIII / Nobuo Uematsu 51:31: Get on the Train (Necro’s Theme) / Street Fighter III / Hideki Okugawa and Yuki Iwai 54:09: Phantom Train / Final Fantasy VI / Nobuo Uematsu Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

Three hours of classic RPG town music. Enjoy. Track listing: 2:13: Town / Final Fantasy (PSP) / Nobuo Uematsu 3:59: Village / Dragon Quest III (Super NES) / Koichi Sugiyama 5:35: Birth of the People / ActRaiser / Yuzo Koshiro 7:45: One Day for Sure (Threed) / Earthbound / Keiichi Suzuki 10:57: A Curious Tale / Secret of Mana / Hiroki Kikuta 13:25: Village / Shining Wisdom / Motoaki Takenouchi 18:14: Home Arni / Chrono Cross / Yasunori Mitsuda 21:28: The Mines of Narshe / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VI 24:12: Ebon Keep Town / Secret of Evermore / Jeremy Soule 26:19: Village / Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals / Yasunori Shiono 29:15: My Home, Sweet Home / Final Fantasy V / Nobuo Uematsu 31:50: Undella Town (Autumn, Winter and Spring) / Pokemon Black & White / Hitomi Sato 34:09: Town / Sword of Vermillion / Hiroshi Kawaguchi 35:37: Evening Star / Seiken Densetsu 3 / Hiroki Kikuta 39:06: MerIbia / Lunar: The Silver Star / Noriyuke Iwadare 42:10: Under Her Control / Final Fantasy VIII / Nobuo Uematsu / 45:31: Thousand Wings / Breath of Fire V / Hitoshi Sakimoto 48:17: Podul / Romancing Saga 3 / Kenji Ito 50:39: The City on the Deep Blue Sea / Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City / Yuzo Koshiro 55:00: Hometown Domina / Legend of Mana / Yoko Shimomura 57:38: Foresta / Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest / Yasuhiro Kawakami 59:57: Summers, Eternal Tourist Trap / Earthbound / Hiroshi Kanazu 1:01:55: Troian Beauty / Final Fantasy IV (NIntendo DS) / Nobuo Uennatsu 1:05:21: Dezoris Town / Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium / Izuho Numata and Masaki Nakagaki 1:07:11: Besaid / Final Fantasy X / Masashi Hamauzu 1:10:30: Witchmakers / Seiken Densetsu 3 / Hiroki Kikuta 1:13:11: Dasil, City of Burning Sands / Xenogears / Yasunori Mitsuda 1:16:32: Town / Dragon Quest XI / Koicihi Sugiyama 1:21:12: Closed-Off Invidia / Final Fantasy: The Four Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 1:25:41: Village of Luc / Grandia / Noriyuke Iwadare 1:30:11: Hometown / Terranigma / Miyoko Takaoka and Masanori Hikichi 1:33:30: Harvest November / Seiken Densetsu 3 / Hiroki Kikuta 1:37:51: Town / Emerald Dragon / Yasuhiko Fukuda 1:41:34: Vane / Lunar: The Silver Star / Noriyuke Iwadare 1:44:05: Mechanical Kingdom / Radiant Historia / Yoko Shimomura 1:47:05: Lefthanded Wolf / Seiken Densetsu 3 / Hiroki Kikuta 1:50:03: Village of Elw / Wild Arms / Michiko Naruke 1:51:30: Ivor Tower Town / Secret of Evermore / Jeremy Soule 1:54:41: Come to Our Town / Dragon Quest IX / Koichi Sugiyama 1:58:38: The Village of Inoa / Alundra / Kohei Tanaka 2:00:54: Yewbell ~ Balmy Breeze / Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits / Koji Sakurai, Takayuki Hattori, Yuko Fukushima, Masahiro Andoh and Takashi Harada 2:02:52: Horn, the Home of the Wind / Final Fantasy: The Four Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 2:04:28: My Village Is Number One / Xenogears / Yasunori Mitsuda 2:06:23: Saith / Lunar: The Silver Star / Noriyuke Iwadare 2:08:42: Another Arni / Chrono Chross / Yasunori Mitsuda 2:12:09: Female Turbulence / Seiken Densetsu 3 / Hiroki Kikuta 2:16:23: Happy Town? / Mother 3 / Shogo Sakai 2:18:53: Desert Flower (Treit, the Desert Oasis) / Tales of Symphonia / Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura and Takeshi Arai 2:22:42: Shevat ~The Wind is Calling / Xenogears / Yasunori Mitsuda 2:26:12: Atelier City Zeiss / Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC / Hayato Sonoda, Wataru Ishibashi and Takahide Murayama 2:28:41: Town / Shining Force II / Motoaki Takenouchi 2:32:01: Little Sweet Cafe / Seiken Densetsu 3 / Hiroki Kikuta 2:35:13: Fisherman’s Horizon / Final Fantasy VIII / Nobuo Uematsu 2:38:44: Boy Meets Girl / Earthbound / Keiichi Suzuki 2:40:56: Vale / Golden Sun / Motoi Sakuraba 2:44:01: Trade City / Breath of Fire / Yoko Shimomura 2:46:09: Heavenly Village / Dragon Quest VII (3DS) / Koichi Sugiyama 2:48:52: Kids Run Through the City / Final Fantasy VI / Nobuo Uematsu 2:51:30: Night Shift / Treasure of the Rudras / Ryuji Sasai 2:52:44: Moonlit City Roa / Legend of Mana / Yoko Shimomura

This is not a definitive list of the best-ever RPG town themes. This is the first in what will be a regular feature on Singing Mountain in which I look at various town themes and talk about what I think the composers were trying to tell us about the fictional cities these songs are attached to. It’ll be good, I swear. Track listing: 0:09: Village / Shining Wisdom / Motoaki Takenouchi 3:04: Village / Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals / Yasunori Shiono 6:20: Hometown / Terranigma / Miyoko Takaoka and Masanori Hikichi 10:16: Village of Luc / Grandia / Noriyuke Iwadare 15:39: Another Arni / Chrono Chross / Yasunori Mitsuda 19:44: The Village of Inoa / Alundra / Kohei Tanaka 22:36: Thousand Wings / Breath of Fire V / Hitoshi Sakimoto 26:18: Village of Elw / Wild Arms / Michiko Naruke 28:48: Town / Sword of Vermillion / Hiroshi Kawaguchi 30:55: Fisherman’s Horizon / Final Fantasy VIII / Nobuo Uematsu 35:07: Saith / Lunar: The Silver Star / Noriyuke Iwadare 38:16: Town / Shining Force II / Motoaki Takenouchi 42:23: Dezoris Town / Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium / Izuho Numata and Masaki Nakagaki 45:01: Shevat ~ The Wind is Calling / Xenogears / Yasunori Mitsuda 49:11: Town / Emerald Dragon / Yasuhiko Fukuda 53:19: The City on the Deep Blue Sea / Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City / Yuzo Koshiro 58:15: Happy Town? / Mother 3 / Shogo Sakai 61:22: Mechanical Kingdom / Radiant Historia / Yoko Shimomura 65:00: Atelier City Zeiss / Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC / Hayato Sonoda, Wataru Ishibashi and Takahide Murayama 68:05: Going Shopping in Ripple Town / Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars / Yoko Shimomura 72:08: My Home, Sweet Home / Final Fantasy V / Nobuo Uematsu Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

Do video game composers speak a language that video game players understand? I’d like to think so, and maybe there’s some small proof in the way they score forest scenes. In this episodes, I talk about four different styles of forest VGM that might be particular to this genre of music but also happen to be pretty sweet to listen to. Track listing: 0:13: Lost Forest / Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box / Tomohito Nishiura 2:59: Boggly Woods / Thousand Year Door / Yoshito Hirano and Yuka Tsujiyoko 5:01: Great Forest of Moore / Final Fantasy V / Nobuo Uematsu 6:51: Wood Man / Mega Man II / Takashi Tateishi 8:24: Kolima Forest / Golden Sun / Motoi Sakuraba 9:34: Agata Forest / Okami / Masami Ueda 13:01: Forest of Confusion / Monstania / Noriyuke Iwadare 16:34: Cerulean Woodlands / Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan / Yuzo Koshiro 23:03: To Sunshine Forest / Mother 3 / Shogo Sakai 26:13: Silent Forest of Doubt / Arcana / Jun Ishikawa and Hirokazu Ando 28:03: The Forested Temple / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VII 32:55: Forest of the Treant / Tales of Phantasia / Motoi Sakuraba 35:51: Lost in the Forest / Romancing Saga 3 / Kenji Ito 37:22: Surrounded by Forest / Treasure Hunter G / John Pee 40:50: Passing Through the Forest / Threads of Fate / Junya Nakano 46:36: Dark Forest / Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse / Mari Yamaguchi 48:28: Enchanted Forest / Pocky & Rocky / Hiroyuki Iwatsuki 50:04: Scarlet Forest / Deltarune / Toby Fox 52:07: Forest of Monsters / Super Castlevania IV / Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo 56:55: Silence of the Forest / Bravely Default / REVO 61:01: Fangle Forest / Trine / Ari Pulkkinen 65:15: Cedar Forest (Falling Green) / Breath of Fire III / Yoshino Aoki and Akari Kaida 68:57: Forbidden Forest / Etrian Odysse II: Heroes of Lagard / Yuzo Koshiro 74:24: Whisker Woods / Boot Hill Heroes / Jake Kaufman 78:19: Woodlands / Octopath Traveler / Yasunori Nashiki 86:11: Windy Cliffs / Do-Re-Mi Fantasy / Jun Chikuma Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

An hour of relaxing video game music — a pixelated hideout from the world. For this go-around, all tracks are taken from the Super NES and Sega Genesis. The original Save Point episode: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/40-save-point More of the episodes where I shut up and just play music: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/playlist-chill-vgm Track listing: 0:19: Beginning / Monster World III: Wonder Boy in Monster World / Shinichi Sakamoto 2:24: Water Goddess / Shining Force II / Motoaki Takenouchi 4:03: Seven Wise People / Pocky & Rocky 2 / Hiroyuki Iwatsuki, Kinuyo Yamashita, Haruo Ohashi and Asuka Yamao 5:40: The Legend / Arcana / Jun Ishikawa and Hirokazu Ando 8:04: Overworld / Equinox / Tim Follin and Geoff Follin 12:34: Star Night Festival / Harvest Moon / Tsuyoshi Tanaka 13:45: Calm Time / Star Ocean / Motoi Sakuraba 16:43: Into the Dream / Soul Blazer / Yukihide Takekawa 19:07: Lux Tizer / The 7th Saga / Norihiko Yamanuki 21:35: Dungeon and Waterfall / Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest / Ryuji Sasai and Yasuhiro Kawakami 23:47: Elle’s Theme / Terranigma / Miyoko Takaoka Masanori Hikichi 26:05: Friendship / Bahamut Lagoon / Noriko Matsueda 28:47: The Quieting World / Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals / Yasunori Shiono 30:48: Submerged / Super Turrican II / Chris Huelsbeck 33:16: Earth Area (Night) / Drakkhen / Hiroyuki Masuno 36:42: Remains / Front Mission: Gun Hazard / Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Mitsuda, Junya Nakano and Masashi Hamauzu 38:32: Master of the Flying Ship / Far East of Eden Zero / Toshiyuki Sasagawa, Kohei Tanaka and Aya Tanaka 40:20: Voice of Awakening / Energy Breaker / Yukio Nakajima 42:33: Reinoll, Generous Hermit / Arcana / Jun Ishikawa Hirokazu Ando 45:09: Jiji’s Theme / Sword of Vermillion / Hiroshi Kawaguchi 45:57: Sakura / Shinobi III: Return of the Master Ninja / Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama and Masayuki Nagao 48:43: Walk on a Rainbow / Panel de Pon / Masaya Kuzume 54:01: Ending / Phalanx / S. Yamaguchi 58:18: Ending / Panorama Cotton / Kenichi Hirata 59:45: Good Night, See You Soon / Sim City (Super NES) / Soyo Oka 62:41: Game Over (The Water Fairy) / Lufia & The Fortress of Doom / Yasunori Shiono Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

In a departure from the typical Singing Mountain episode, this one isn’t focused on video game music. There still is VGM, it’s just that the episode is more of a deep dive into a very niche subject: the popularity of Twin Peaks in Japan and its subsequent impact on two major Nintendo franchises. Don’t worry if you’ve never heard of David Lynch. I will explain it all out for you. See links to all articles mentioned here: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/twin-peaks-nintendo Track listing: 0:12: Falling (Twin Peaks Theme) / Composed by Angelo Badalamenti, performed by SomethingHolden 3:10: Falling (Twin Peaks Theme) / Angelo Badalamenti 7:54: The Bookhouse Boys / Angelo Badalamenti 10:16: Mysterious Forest / Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening / Minako Hamano 11:40: House by the Bay / Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening / Minako Hamano 12:32: Link and Marin Talk / Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening / Minako Hamano 14:19: Onett Night 1 / Earthbound / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 15:36: Giygas Intro / Earthbound / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 16:26: Peaceful Rest Valley / Earthbound / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 18:51: Dance of the Dream Man / Angelo Badalamenti 20:46: Beachcombing / Mother 3 / Shogo Sakai 21:46: Sorrowful Tazmily / Mother 3 / Shogo Sakai 22:42: Audrey’s Dance / Angelo Badalamenti 23:55: Laura Palmer’s Theme / Angelo Badalamenti 26:15: Nightlife in Twin Peaks / Angelo Badalamenti 27:31: Hard Rain / Mother 3 / Shogo Sakai 29:34: Falling (Twin Peaks Theme) / Composed by Angelo Badalamenti, performed by Nantco Bakker Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

Every version of the stage themes in Super Mario Maker 2 has both a regular, in-stage version and then a sort of remix you here when you’re in edit mode, building the stage. They’re cool, and they make for good thinky music. This episode is all them. Get to work! Listen to the other episode about Super Mario Maker 2: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/super-mario-maker-2-retro-vgm Track listing: 0:18: Sky (Super Mario Bros.) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker 2 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 3:03: Forest (Super Mario 3D World) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker 2 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 5:37: Desert (Super Mario Bros.) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker 2 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 7:48: Underground (New Super Mario Bros.) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker 2 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 9:58: Snow (Super Mario World) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker 2 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 12:16: Forest (Super Mario Bros. 3) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker 2 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 13:56: Underground (Super Mario World) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker 2 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 16:23: Underwater (Super Mario 3D World) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker 2 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 18:27: Snow (Super Mario Bros.) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker 2 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 20:13: Desert (New Super Mario Bros.) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker 2 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 22:14: Forest (Super Mario Bros.) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker 2 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 24:24: Snow (Super Mario Bros. 3) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker 2 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 26:33: Sky (Super Mario 3D World) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker 2 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 29:06: Desert (Super Mario World) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker 2 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 31:16: Snow (Super Mario 3D World) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker 2 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 32:59: Desert (Super Mario Bros. 3) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker 2 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 34:56: Forest (Super Mario World) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker 2 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 36:55: Underwater (Super Mario Bros. 3) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker 2 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 39:09: Underground (Super Mario Bros. 3) [EDIT] / Super Mario Maker 2 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi Check out my Mario Maker 2 stages and tell me if they suck? Codes: XVW-WTW-6GF J6B-B3M-6HF MKH-N65-BVG Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

One of the not-so-obvious functions of the Mario Maker games is as history archive for the Super Mario series. The newly released Super Mario Maker 2 boasts a whole lot of music, much of which looks to the past for inspiration. This episode looks how the composers used music to bring Mario’s history into the present. Track listing: 0:10: Underwater (Super Mario 3D World) / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 1:52: Course World (Version Two) / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 2:06: Special World / Super Mario World / Koji Kondo 2:29: Endless Challenge (Easy) / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 2:43: Endless Challenge (Hard) / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 2:59: Story Mode 1 / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 3:28: Inside Peach’s Castle / Super Mario 64 / Koji Kondo 5:45: Sky (Super Mario Bros.) / Super Mario Maker 2 / Koji Kondo 7:21: Name Registration / Vs. Super Mario Bros. / Koji Kondo 8:03: Snow (Super Mario Bros.) / Super Mario Maker 2 / Koji Kondo 10:18: Forest (Super Mario Bros.) / Super Mario Maker 2 / Koji Kondo 12:28: Desert (Super Mario Bros.) / Super Mario Maker 2 / Koji Kondo 14:18: Desert (Super Mario Bros.) Edit / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 15:32: Underwater Night (Super Mario Bros.) / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 16:38: Snow (Super Mario Bros. 3) / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 19:30: Oceanside / Super Mario Bros. 3 / Koji Kondo 20:21: Ground Theme / Super Mario Bros. 3 / Koji Kondo 21:25: Desert (Super Mario Bros. 3) Edit / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 21:53: Forest (Super Mario Bros. 3) Edit / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 23:09: Forest (Super Mario World) / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 25:11: Snow (Super Mario World) / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 27:22: Snow Mountain / Super Mario 64 / Koji Kondo 27:59: Desert (Super Mario World) / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 31:20: Yamamura’s Dojo / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 32:51: Course World (Network Play) / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 34:07: Underground (Night) / Super Mario Bros. / Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi 34:52: Ground Theme (Super Mario Land) / Super Mario Maker 2 / Composed by Hirokazu Tanaka, arranged by Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi and Sayako Doi Check out my Mario Maker 2 stages and tell me if they suck? Codes: XVW-WTW-6GF J6B-B3M-6HF MKH-N65-BVG Drew on Twittxer: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

Video games allow American gamers to see depictions of America that don’t always line up with how they might see themselves. But how do VGM composers shorthand the U.S.A.? I listened to some of the more notable examples of themes for American characters in games around the Street Fighter II era to see what version of America they’re trying to communicate to us. Track listing: 0:09: Charlie’s Theme / Street Fighter Alpha 2 / Setsuo Yamamoto, Syun Nishigaki and Tatsuro Suzuki 2:04: Jazzy NYC ’99 / Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike / Hideki Okugawa 5:01: Plight (Guile’s Theme) / Street Fighter Alpha 3 / Takayuki Iwai, Yuki Iwai, Isao Abe, Hideki Okugawa and Tetsuya Shibata 6:08: Violent Emotion (Guile’s Theme) / Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition / Composed by Yoko Shimomura, arranged by Isao Abe and Syun Nishigaki 8:31: Travelers / T-Square 9:24: Q’s Theme / Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike / Hideki Okugawa 11:28: Battle Harbor (Ken’s Theme) / Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition / Composed by Yoko Shimomura, arranged by Isao Abe and Syun Nishigaki 15:02: Mighty Wings / Cheap Trick 15:28: Stripes (Cody’s Theme) / Street Fighter Alpha 2 / Setsuo Yamamoto, Syun Nishigaki and Tatsuro Suzuki 16:45: Balrog’s Theme / Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition / Composed by Yoko Shimomura, arranged by Isao Abe and Syun Nishigaki 19:29: Kiss Me (Blue Mary’s Theme) / Fatal Fury 3 / SNK Sound Team 20:40: Slum No. 5 / King of Fighters ’94 / Masahiko Hataya 22:48: Kurikinton (Terry’s Theme) / Fatal Fury 2 / Masahiko Hataya, Toshio Shimizu and Yoshihiko Kitamura 25:53: Long Horned Beetle / King of Fighters ’96 / Masahiko Hataya 27:52: Hurry Up! (Ray’s Theme) / Fighter’s History / Gamedelic 31:32: Sarah’s Theme / Virtua Fighter / Takayuki Nakamura 33:44: Haggar’s Theme / Saturday Night Slam Masters / Masaki Izutani and Setsuo Yamamoto 35:52: Gunloc’s Theme / Saturday Night Slam Masters / Masaki Izutani and Setsuo Yamamoto 39:29: Wilderness Policeman (Kevin’s Theme) / Garou: Mark of the Wolves / SNK Sound Team 41:14: Poison’s Theme / Ultra Street Fighter IV / Hideyuki Fukasawa 42:14: Joe’s Theme / Fighting Street / Yoshihiro Sakaguchi If you like this episode, you might like a series I’m doing on the connections between VGM and pop music: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/playlist-vgm-pop-music-singing-mountain Drew on Twittxer: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

Released late in Nintendo’s 8-bit run — and even then, only in Japan and Scandinavia — the Sunsoft platforming game known either as Gimmick! or Mr. Gimmick has one of the best soundtracks of that era. In fact you might be surprised just how beautiful Masashi Kageyama could make the system sound, even when most eyes (and ears) were focused on the brand new Super Famicom. Track listing: 0:07: Good Morning / Gimmick! / Masahi Kageyama 2:23: No Limits / Gimmick! / Masahi Kageyama 4:47: Happy Birthday / Gimmick! / Masahi Kageyama 6:41: Good Weather / Gimmick! / Masahi Kageyama 8:38: Slow Illusion / Gimmick! / Masahi Kageyama 10:30: Paradox / Gimmick! / Masahi Kageyama 11:06: Paradigm / Gimmick! / Masahi Kageyama 12:24: Lion Heart / Gimmick! / Masahi Kageyama 14:38: Innocent / Gimmick! / Masahi Kageyama 15:19: Cadbury / Gimmick! / Masahi Kageyama 17:03: Strange Memories of Death / Gimmick! / Masahi Kageyama 19:21: Just Friends / Gimmick! / Masahi Kageyama 21:09: Aporia / Gimmick! / Masahi Kageyama 22:54: Identity Believer / Gimmick! / Masahi Kageyama 24:09: Untitled (Final Boss) / Gimmick! / Masahi Kageyama 24:35: Siesta / Gimmick! / Masahi Kageyama 25:19: Good Night (Take Two) / Gimmick! / Masahi Kageyama 28:53: Sophia (Take Two) / Gimmick! / Masahi Kageyama Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

It’s the sound of summer.... specifically for people who’d rather not put on sunscreen or deal with beach traffic. Everything in this episode reads as summery to me, and I will try my best to justify my picks. Listen to last year’s summer episode: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/28-summer-vgm-mix Track listing: 0:09: Flashback / Akumajou Densetsu / Hidenori Maezawa, Jun Funahashi and Yukie Morimoto 1:35: Noki Bay / Super Mario Sunshine / Shinobu Tanaka 3:20: The Dim Light of Dusk / Star Ocean: The Second Story / Motoi Sakuraba 5:29: Summer / Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals / Yasunori Shiono 7:33: The City Liked by the Wind / Breath of Fire III / Yoshino Aoki and Akari Kaida 10:29: Hole Overview / Pebble Beach Golf Links / Shigekazu Kamaki 13:14: Neris’s Theme (Sea World) / Panel de Pon / Masaya Kasume 15:54: Undella Town (Spring, Autumn and Winter) / Pokemon Black & White / Junichi Masuda 19:39: Happy Birthday! (Stage One) / Gimmick! / Masashi Kageyama 22:20: Breezy / Final Fantasy VIII / Nobuo Uematsu 25:43: Sky Chase Zone / Sonic the Hedgehog 2 / Masato Nakamura 28:17: Call at a Port / Terranigma / Miyoko Kobayashi 31:36: Overworld Theme / Crusader of Centy / Motokazu Shinoda 35:20: Flying Power Disc (Beach Court) / WIndjammers / Tomoyoshi Sato and Seiichi Hamada 37:46: Village / Shining Wisdom / Motoaki Takenouchi 40:32: Country Living / Breath of Fire III / Yoshino Aoki and Akari Kaida 44:41: Into the Thick of It / Secret of Mana / Hiroki Kikuta 46:53: Dezolis Field 2 / Phantasy Star IV / Izuho Numata and Masaki Nakagaki 52:09: High Scores / Yoshi’s Safari / Yoshiki Nishimura, Miyuki Uemura and Yasushi Tokunaga 54:59: Proto Man’s Theme / Mega Man 3 / Yasuaki Fujita (a.k.a. Bun Bun) 57:56: What You’re Looking for Is a Calm Beach / Wild Arms / Michiko Naruke 59:37: Chateau Chanterelle / Paper Mario: Color Splash / Takeru Kanazaki, Shigemitsu Goto and Fumihiro Isobe Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

So there is the Wonder Boy series, the Adventure Island series and finally the Monster World series, which are all related but separate. But in 1994, Sega released Monster Hunter IV for the Mega Drive, and while it didn’t make it out of Japan for a very long time, it did sport a catchy soundtrack that you wouldn’t expect from an action platformer. Happy Friday! The Retronauts episode explaining Wonder Boy, Adventure Island and Monster World: https://retronauts.com/article/188/retronauts-episode-72-wonder-boy-vs-adventure-island Track listing: 0:09: Heart of Icegrave / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 3:05: Lamp de Godjarre / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 4:45: Overture / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 5:28: Tales from Monster World / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 6:29: Arabesque Court in a Dream / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 8:40: Over the Clouds / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 10:28: Stream Sanctuary / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 12:07: Labyrinth on the Sky / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 14:10: Long Distance / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 16:29: Volcanic Cave / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 18:28: Try the Trial / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 20:01: Kingdom of Rapadagna / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 22:40: Kool Dude / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 25:12: Malevolent Deity / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 28:09: Cathedral / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 29:19: Finale (Part One) / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 30:42: Finale (Part Two) / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 31:19: Finale (Part Three) / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

Did you know that Japan got a spiritual sequel to Mario Paint in 1999? An entire suite of programs released under the name Mario Artist, it was released for the 64DD peripheral, which never made it to the U.S., and it features a lot of the calm, creativity-inspiring music heard in Mario Paint. This episode is all about that. Whee. Listen to the Super Mario B-sides episode that inspired this one: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/minus-world-super-mario-b-sides Track listing: 0:13: Title Theme / Mario Artist: Paint Studio / Kazumi Totaka, Chris Jojo, Martin Goodall and Suddi Raval 1:31: Space Base / Mario Artist: Talent Studio / Kazumi Totaka, Kenta Nagata and Toru Minegishi 2:00: Po Pi Pa Pi / Mario Artist: Talent Studio / Kazumi Totaka, Kenta Nagata and Toru Minegishi 3:20: Drawing Track 1 (Jellyfish) / Mario Artist: Paint Studio / Kazumi Totaka, Chris Jojo, Martin Goodall and Suddi Raval 9:08: Drawing Track 4 (Hot Air Balloons) / Mario Artist: Paint Studio / Kazumi Totaka, Chris Jojo, Martin Goodall and Suddi Raval 11:57: Ocean Floor 1 / Mario Artist: Paint Studio / Kazumi Totaka, Chris Jojo, Martin Goodall and Suddi Raval 15:46: The Triassic Era 1 / Mario Artist: Paint Studio / Kazumi Totaka, Chris Jojo, Martin Goodall and Suddi Raval 19:33: Digital Diamonds / Mario Artist: Polygon Studio / Kazumi Totaka 24:10: Cyberspace / Mario Artist: Polygon Studio / Kazumi Totaka 28:25: The Triassic Era 2 / Mario Artist: Paint Studio / Kazumi Totaka, Chris Jojo, Martin Goodall and Suddi Raval 30:37: Ocean Floor 2 / Mario Artist: Paint Studio / Kazumi Totaka, Chris Jojo, Martin Goodall and Suddi Raval 35:07: Saving, Loading and Inventory Boxes / Mario Artist: Polygon Studio / Kazumi Totaka 36:11: Texture Editor / Mario Artist: Paint Studio / Kazumi Totaka, Chris Jojo, Martin Goodall and Suddi Raval 37:31: Drawing Track 2 (Cats) / Mario Artist: Paint Studio / Kazumi Totaka, Chris Jojo, Martin Goodall and Suddi Raval Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

Because console video games hit mainstream around the same time that America was watching a lot of B-grade action movies, there’s a more-than-occasional similarity between the way ’80s video games sound and the way those movies sound. It’s a good thing, and this episode is all about VGM that sounds like those movies. Track listing: 0:16: Title Theme / Final Fight (Amiga) / Jolyon Meyers (a.k.a. The Judge) 6:12: Pints and Punks / Final Fight 3 / Katsunari Kitajima 8:16: Fight to Survive / Stan Bush 9:58 Dare / Stan Bush 11:26: She’s Got the Power / Stan Bush 12:32: Robot Factory / Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies / Noriyuki Iwadare 14:39: Motherless Children / Ninja Warriors / Hisayoshi Ogura 20:02: Like the Wind / Like the Wind / Elemental Master / Toshiharu Yamanishi 22:09: Forest Fortress / U.N. Squadron / Manami Matsumae 26:01: Volcanic Zone (Exploration) / Popful Mail / Atsushi Shirakawa and Mieko Ishikawa 28:56: Stage 1A / Thunder Force II / Tomomi Ootani 33:19: Joe’s Theme / Fighting Street / Yoshihiro Sakaguchi 35:26: Devilish Influence / Ninja Gaiden / Keiji Yamagishi and Ryuichi Nitta 36:33: Deep Friendship / Thunder Zone / Gamadelic 38:51: Staff Roll / Phantasy Star IV / Izuho Numata and Masaki Nakagaki 42:48: Whirlwind / Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master / Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama and Masayuki Nagao 46:21: Stage One Theme / Rambo (NES) / Tohru Hasebe and Minki Motoyama 49:14: Knight (Neinhalt’sTheme) / Samurai Shodown II / SNK Sound Team 51:49: A Battle WIth Destiny / Trouble Outsiders / Shiori Ueno 54:55: Pleasure of Tension / Snatcher / Konami Kukeiha Club 56:46: Jungle Juncture / Super Contra (NES) / Composed by Kazuki Muraoka and Motoaki Furukawa, arranged by Hidenori Maezawa 59:00: Japan / Aero Fighters / Naoki Itamura 61:05: Midnight Dancer / Thunder Zone / Gamadelic 63:33: Iron Lips' Theme / Toukon Club / Iku Mizutani 65:22: Kinryuu-Kan (Stage 1) / Tiger Road (Arcade) / Harumi Fujita and Tamayo Kawamoto 66:40: Jangle Bells / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 70:33: You Became the Bad Guy! / Streets of Rage / Yuzo Koshiro 73:32: Martha Splatterhead / Combatribes / Kazunaka Yamane 74:55: Return of Fox Hounder / Metal Gear (MSX2) / Iku Mizutani Shigehiro Takenouchi Motoaki Furukawa 76;33: Staff Roll / Street Smart /Toshikazu Tanaka Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

It’s not a rerun; it’s a special edition. This is redo of the fourth episode I ever did on this podcast. I thought that original was good. but being relatively ignorant about podcast-making back in the day, there are a few things, content-wise and production-wise, that I always wanted to change about the original version. Now I’ve done it: For your enjoyment and entertainment, a better-sounding and deeper-diving episode about the use of pop music in EarthBound, all tied together with a personal story about the persistence of memory. Weird! All installments of the VGM+POP series: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/playlist-vgm-pop-music-singing-mountain A video guide to EarthBound’s hpop music inspirations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_oc9Ypcb2Q All 173 samples used in EarthBound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYojhTpOuvQ The Retronauts episode about EarthBound: https://retronauts.com/article/181/retronauts-episode-69-earthbound Twin Peaks, David Lynch and Link’s Awakening: https://www.backofthecerealbox.com/2010/02/david-lynch-meets-legend-of-zelda.html Track listing: 0:08: Battle With Kraken / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 2:31: Your Name, Please / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 4:03: One Day for Sure (Threed, Free at Last) / EarthBound / Keiichi Suzuki 5:08: Battle With an Unsettling Opponent / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 6:51: Onett's Arcade / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 7:32: Get on the Bus (City Bus Ride) / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 9:23: Dead End Chaos Theater / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 11:18: Alien Invasion 1 / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 13:01: Boris' Cocktail / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka 14:44: Moonside Swing / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka 16:00: Keep on Laughin' / Ric Ocasek 18:15: Magicant / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka 20:02: Crossing Over Space and Time (The Cliff That Time Forgot) / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka 20:57: The Place (The Cave of the Past) / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka 22:15: Deirdre / The Beach Boys 22:58: Battle Against a Weird Opponent / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 23:53: Mother / Plastic Ono Band 24:37: Megaton Walk / EarthBound / Keiichi Suzuki 25:17: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) / The Beatles 26:13: Eight Melodies / EarthBound / Keiichi Suzuki 26:52: Give Peace a Chance / Plastic Ono Band 27:46: The Skyrunner / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 28:15: Won’t Get Fooled Again / The Who 28:53: Dr. Andonuts' Lab / EarthBound / Keiichi Suzuki 30:01: Peaceful Rest Valley / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 31:13: Apple Kid’s Theme / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 32:30: Hospital (Call the Doctor) / EarthBound / Keiichi Suzuki Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

Samurai Shodown has a lot to offer… just not that one missing W. SNK’s fighter had samurai and non-samurai alike swinging weapons in one-on-one combat, and though it once appeared to be a moribund franchise, it’s actually being revived later this year with a brand-new entry later this year. This means more fighting game action but also more amazing music that draws on traditional Japanese compositions. This episode offers an overview of music from the series’ six main installments. Track listing: 0:16: Song of Men (Sun) / Samurai Shodown / Yasuo Yamate 3:11: Fifteen Warriors / Samurai Shodown II / SNK Sound Team 3:53: The Old Temple / Samurai Shodown VI / Kennosuke Suemura and Mitsuo Miyamoto 4:36: Portrait / Samurai Shodown II / SNK Sound Team 7:10: Way of a Man / Samurai Shodown II / SNK Soundteam / Yasumasa Yamada 10:43: Comma Shaped Jewels / Samurai Shodown / Masahiko Hataya 13:16: Oni / Samurai Shodown II / Yasuo Yamate 17:06: Tuna Incarnation / Samurai Shodown V / Kennosuke Suemura and Haruhiko Kuroiwa 20:14: Evil Ways / Samurai Shodown II / SNK Sound Tean 23:20: Water Incarnation (Nizuno Incarnation) / Samurai Shodown IV / SNK Sound Team 26:12: Ceremony (Cloud Kill Rock) / Samurai Shodown V / Kennosuke Suemura and Haruhiko Kuroiwa 29:47: Successively Foreign Girl / Samurai Shodown IV / SNK Sound Team 33:26: Oni Song Revision / Samurai Shodown IV / SNK Sound Team 37:33: Bamboo Thicket / Samurai Shodown / SNK Soundteam 40:41: Hesitation Mist / Samurai Shodown II / Yasumasa Yamada 44:31: River / Samurai Shodown III / SNK Sound Team 49:19: Dinner on a Moonlit Night / Samurai Shodown V / SNK Sound Team 53:02: Nature Breath / Samurai Shodown III / SNK Sound Team 57:55: Destinies of Lamentation (Lament of the River Styx) / Samurai Shodown III / SNK Sound 61:30: Team Original Underground Spring (Yumeji’s Dream) Samurai Shodown V / Kennosuke Suemura and Haruhiko Kuroiwa 64:29: Brutal Woman / Samurai Shodown II / Yasumasa Yamada 67:13: The Two Guardians (Old Temple Stage 2) / Samurai Shodown VI / SNK Sound Team 68:32: Smell the Breeze (Bloody Rain) / Samurai Shodown III / SNK Sound Team 71:09: Evening Crane / Samurai Shown VI / Composed by Kennosuke Suemura and Mitsuo Miyamoto, vocals by Maho Kayuri The weird history behind Gottfried “Götz” von Berlichingen, the real-life Neinhalt Seiger: https://www.backofthecerealbox.com/2011/07/ass-licking-iron-fisting-history-lesson_18.html Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

An early Super NES title, Lagoon is a Zelda-ish adventure that is today most remembered for its soundtrack. But here’s the thing: That music was initially composed for the game’s first incarnation on the Sharp X68000, which is both maybe the best version of its music and also a version you probably haven’t heard before. Happy discotastic Friday. Track listing: 0:13: Moonchild / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 2:34: Keep the Faith / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 3:22: Voice of the Spirits / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 4:31: Premonition / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 8:07: Castle Mark Philips / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 10:00: Senegul / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 11:22: Voloh / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 12:59: Run to the Hills / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 14:39: Castle Siegfried / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 17:02: Valley / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 19:40: Reach for the Sky / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 21:53: Unusable 1 / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 25:20: Desert Plains / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 26:18: Prince of Darkness / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 29:15: Master of Water / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 31:09: Shop / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 31:59: Game Over / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 33:05: Tales from the Peaceful World / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team If you liked this episode, then here: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/29-italo-disco-video-games Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

Back before mainstream pop started sampling video game music willy-nilly, The Pixies went a step further and wholesale covered a VGM composition: the theme from NARC, a 1988 arcade game. This says as much about The Pixies as it does Brian Schmidt’s great soundtrack for this game, and in the scope of Singing Mountain’s series looking into the intersection of VGM and mainstream pop music, it’s an outlier in that the latter isn’t screwing over the former. This episode’s show notes: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/winners-dont-use-drugs-podcast Listen to all VGM+POP episodes: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/playlist-vgm-pop-music-singing-mountain Track listing: 0:07: Krak Street (Main Theme) / NARC / Brian L. Schmidt 2:09: The Bridge / NARC / Brian L. Schmidt 4:12: The Junkyard / NARC / Brian L. Schmidt 6:04 The Pipeline / NARC / Brian L. Schmidt 8:53: Sunset Strip / NARC / Brian L. Schmidt 9:41: Where Is My Mind? / The Pixies 10:08: Velouria / The Pixies 11:01: Sunset Strip / NARC / Brian L. Schmidt 11:38: Theme From NARC / The Pixies 13:23: Skyhich’s Nursery / NARC / Brian L. Schmidt 16:32: The Nursery / NARC / Brian L. Schmidt 17:30: The Inner Sanctum / NARC / Brian L. Schmidt 20:10: Title Theme / Black Knight 2000 / Brian Schmidt, Dan Forden and Steve Ritchie Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

Not every desert sounds the same. The sitar and tabla are Indian instruments that, in video game music, are almost always used to signify the desert. Not every composer buys into this trend, however, and this episode focuses on desert themes that suggest a different kind of adventure. Track listing: 0:14: Tostarena Ruins / Super Mario Odyssey / Naoto Kubo 3:42: Lethal Lava Land / Super Mario 64 / Koji Kondo 4:07: Through the Desert / Castle Crashers / Matthew Harwood 4:31: Drums of Dalia / Golden Sun: The Lost Age / Motoi Sakuraba 4:53: Kingdom of Nasrad / Skies of Arcadia / Yutaka Minobe and Tatsuyuki Maeda 5:15: Gritzy Desert / Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time / Yoko Shimomura 5:34: Addashi Desert / Okage: Shadow King / Jun-Ichi Doi, Takamitsu Kajikawa, Yoshikazu Kawatani, Toda Kazuhide and Toshiaki Murata 5:55: Dasil, City of Burning Sands / Xenogears / Yasunori Mitsuda 6:16: Desert Ruins (Zone 1) / Sonic: Lost World / Tomoya Ohtani and Takahito Eguchi 6:37: Slipsand Galaxy / Super Mario Galaxy 2 / Mahito Yokota 7:46: The Burning Sands / Final Fantasy X / Masahi Hamazu 9:30: Dhalsim’s Theme / Street Fighter IV / Composed by Yoko Shimomura, arranged by Hideyuki Fukasawa 9:55: Desert Hill / Super Mario Bros. 3 / Koji Kondo 10:17: Sandopolis / Sonic the Hedgehog 3 / Various Composers 10:47: Desert Palace / Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds / Ryo Nagamatsu 11:59: The Sunlands / Octopath Traveler / Yasunori Nishiki 15:31: The Withered Forest / Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl / Yuzo Koshiro 20:36: Kalamari Desert / Mario Kart 64 / Kenta Nagata 23:40: Desert Zone / Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap / Composed by Shinichi Sakamoto, arranged by Michael Geyre 29:36: Yucca Desert / Mother / Hirokazu Tanaka 30:29: Super Dry Dance (Dry Dunes Desert) / Earthbound / Hirokazu Tanaka 33:14: Secret of the Arid Sands / Secret of Mana / Hiroki Kikuta 35:19: Harvest November / Seiken Densetsu 3 / Hiroki Kikuta 40:43: The Rosy Setting Sun (El Sol Rosado Del Sol) / Sunset Riders / Motoaki Furukawa 43:06: Advanced Wind (Whistle Version) / Wild Arms 3 / Michiko Naruke 46:06: Teehee Valley / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions / Yoko Shimomura 48:18: Desert Flower (Treit, the Desert Oasis) / Tales of Symphonia / Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura and Takeshi Arai 52:57: Gerudo Valley / Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Koji Kondo 55:43: Gerudo Town (Night) / Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / Yasuaki Iwata 59:49: Oblivia Field (Night) / Xenoblade Chronicles X / Hiroyuki Sawano 63:07: Marmalade Valley / Paper Mario: Color Splash / Takeru Kanazaki, Shigemitsu Goto, and Fumihiro Isobe 66:29: Scorching Dunes (Sunburn Island) / Shantae and the Pirate's Curse / Jake Kaufman 70:58: Sky Sands / Kirby’s Air RIde / Shogo Sakai, Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando and Tadashi Ikegami 73:34: Sand Ocean / F-Zero / Yumiko Kanki and Naoto Ishida 74:50: The Sandy Badlands / Final Fantasy VII / Nobuo Uematsu 75:59: Land of Sand and Time / Bravely Default / REVO Along similar lines, listen to the episode about the phony pan-Asian motif in video game music: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/37-chai-kingdom-asian-cliche Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

A big hit in Japan during the PlayStation’s early days, the Arc the Lad series hasn’t endured quite as well as other JPRGs. However, the soundtrack to the first three games — masterminded by Masahiro Andoh — has a style all its own. In fact, these games’ battle themes sound nothing like most other battle themes you’ll here in any era RPG. Yep, that’s what this episode is about: 30 minutes of battle music that doesn’t sound anything like battle music. Track listing: 0:11: Arc / Arc the Lad / Masahiro Andoh 0:52: Save and Loud / Arc the Lad / Masahiro Andoh 2:54: Seirya / Arc the Lad / Masahiro Andoh 4:54: Battle 1 / Arc the Lad / Masahiro Andoh 7:14: Battle 2 / Arc the Lad / Masahiro Andoh 9:41: Battle 7 / Arc the Lad / Masahiro Andoh 12:03: Battle 8 / Arc the Lad / Masahiro Andoh 14:37: Battle 1 / Arc the Lad II / Masahiro Andoh 16:43 Battle 7 / Arc the Lad II / Masahiro Andoh 18:58: Battle 8 / Arc the Lad II / Masahiro Andoh 21:00: Battle 1 / Arc the Lad III / Masahiro Andoh 24:09: Battle 2 / Arc the Lad III / Masahiro Andoh 27:09: Battle 3 / Arc the Lad III / Masahiro Andoh 30:11: Battle 7 / Arc the Lad III / Masahiro Andoh 33:18: Last Battle / Arc the Lad II / Masahiro Andoh 34:28: Battle 9 / Arc the Lad / Masahiro Andoh 35:51: Congara / Arc the Lad / Masahiro Andoh 36:51: Separation / Arc the Lad / Masahiro Andoh 37:58: Cheryl’s Theme / Arc the Lad III / Masahiro Andoh Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

This is the sound of low-key, 16-bit JRPG, before Enix got all involved. This is for when it’s time to check into the village inn. Track listing: 0:12: Epitaph / Final Fantasy VI / Nobuo Uematsu 2:28: Select a Live / Live a Live / Yoko Shimomura 4:52: Melody of Lute / Final Fantasy IV / Nobuo Uematsu 5:40: Underwater City / Treasure of the Rudras / Ryuji Sasai 8:19: Innocent Water / Seiken Densetsu 3 / Hiroki Kikuta 11:54: Summer Day / Radical Dreamers / Yasunori Mitsuda 14:45: Katrina’s Theme / Romancing Saga III / Kenji Ito 16:26: Ebon Keep Castle / Secret of Evermore / Jeremy Soule 19:12: Green Continent Campbell / Noriko Matsueda 21:58: Surrounded by Forest / Treasure Hunter G / Hitoshi Sakimoto 25:27: Beautiful Forest / Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest / Ryuji Sasai 27:41: A Curious Tale / Secret of Mana / Hiroki Kikuta 30:10: As I Feel, You Feel / Final Fantasy V / Nobuo Uematsu 32:37: Mermaid Legend / Romancing Saga II / Kenji Ito 34:06: Forever Rachel / Final Fantasy VI / Nobuo Uematsu 36:50: Fire Eyes / Secret of Evermore / Jeremy Soule 38:55: Shrine of Light / Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest / Ryuji Sasai 40:30: Waiting for the Moon / Treasure of the Rudras / Ryuji Sasai 42:05: The Girl Who Stole the Stars / Radical Dreamers / Yasunori Mitsuda 45:16: Decision Bell / Seiken Densetsu 3 / Hiroki Kikuta 49:03: Desert Daphira / Bahamut Lagoon / Noriko Matsueda 50:51: Holy King Temple / Romancing Saga 3 / Ryuji Sasai 52:46: Ivor Tower / Secret of Evermore / Jeremy Soule 55:39: Take the Gold and Run! (Night) / Treasure of the Rudras / Ryuji Sasai 57:12: Lenna’s Theme / Final Fantasy V / Nobuo Uematsu 59:35: Corridors of Time / Chrono Trigger / Yasunori Mitsuda 62:29: Innocent Sea / Seiken Densetsu 3 / Hiroki Kikuta 65:16: Land of Dwarves / Final Fantasy IV / Nobuo Uematsu 67:32: The Serpent Trench / Final Fantasy VI / Nobuo Uematsu 71:07: The Long Goodbye / Seiken Densetsu / Hiroki Kikuta Listen to the Naptime With Nintendo episode: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/nintendo-naptime All the “more music, less talk” episodes: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/playlist-chill-vgm All the Square-Enix episodes: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/playlist-squaresoft Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

Who likes pipe organs? This episode offers up some of the best pipe organ (or pipe organ-like) music in the history of video games. In almost every instance, this instrument is used to signify the sacred, the profane or some horrible combination of the two. Is it a cliche? Sure. But it’s one this podcaster can be okay with. Listen to the saxophone-specific episode of Singing Mountain: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/best-saxophones-video-games Track listing: 0:15: Ultimecia’s Castle / Final Fantasy VIII / Nobuo Uematsu 2:34: Manoria Cathedral / Chrono Trigger / Yasunori Mitsuda 3:42: Door of Journey / Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals / Yasunori Shiono 4:56: Title Theme / Gauntlet II / Hal Canon, Brad Fuller and Earl Vickers 5:23: Nature / Front Mission / Yoko Shimomura and Noriko Matsueda 7:11: Divine King Tower / Kenji Ito / Romancing Saga 3 9:08: St. Eva Grand Church (God of Decadence) / Breath of Fire II / Yuko Takehara 11:34: Shrine of the Master / Soul Blazer / Yukihide Takekawa and Kazz Tomaya 14:40: Armageddon / Live a Live / Yoko Shimomura 17:06: Golbez, Clad in Darkness / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy IV 21:18: Ganon’s Tower / Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Koji Kondo 24:02: Cackletta’s Theme / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions / Yoko Shimomura 25:43: Ultimate Koopa / Super Mario 64 / Koji Kondo 28:30: Drawcia Sorceress / Kirby: Canvas Curse / Jun Ishikawa and Tadashi Ikegami 29:59: The Place Where Evil Sleeps (Cordelia’s Theme) / Panel de Pon Harmony / Masaya Kuzume 33:53: Beyond the Colosseum / Demon’s Crest / Toshihiko Horiyama 36:09: Wandy’s Castle / Pac-Man All-Stars / Unknown Composer 37:48: Portal to Open Grounds / Radical Dreamers / Yasunori Mitsuda 40:19: Reincarnation / Shin Megami Tensei IV / Ryota Kozuka, Kenichi Tsuchiya and Toshiki Konishi 45:59: Simon’s Theme / Castlevania IV / Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo 49:27: After Confession / Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow / Masahiko Kimura and Michiru Yamane 52:00: The Gears Go Awry / Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin / Michiru Yamane and Yuzo Koshiro 53:55: A Toccata into Blood-Soaked Darkness / Castlevania: Curse of Darkness / Michiru Yamane and Yuka Watanabe 59:28: Healed by a Hymn / Dragon Quest VIII (PS2) / Koichi Sugiyama 61:41: Hey You, What Time Is It? / Treasure Hunter G / Hitoshi Sakamoto 62:59: Shrine / Shining in the Darkness / Masahiko Yoshimura 64:17: The Saint / Dragon Quest VI / Koichi Sugiyama 66:01: Please, God / Breath of Fire 2 / Breath of Fire II / Yuko Takehara 67:06: Pray for the People’s Joy / Yasunori Mitsuda / Xenogears 69:22 Safety in the Sanctuary / Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Koji Kondo 70:50: Safety in the Sanctuary / Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds / Ryo Nagamatsu Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

What could the 1990 dance hit “Groove Is in the Heart” possibly have to do with video games? It’s kind of a weird story, involving the Sega series Space Channel 5 and — in the context of this episode — diversions into Herbie Hancock and the Edgar Winter Group. The fifth installment of my series on VGM and mainstream pop looks at how Sega imposed a major game over on the cult pulp icon Lady Miss Kier. Listen to all VGM+POP episodes: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/playlist-vgm-pop-music-singing-mountain An excellent, comprehensive article about the Miss Kier-Space Channel 5 lawsuit: http://www.sega-16.com/2018/04/sega-firsts-ulala-goes-to-court/ Track listing: 0:18: Groove Is in the Heart / Edwin van Santen 3:26: Groove Is in the Heart / Deee-Lite 5:56: Bring Down the Birds / Herbie Hancock 6:37: Blank TV (Ulala Support Chant) / Space Channel 5 / Naofumi Hataya and Kenichi Tokoi 8:04: Mexican Flyer / Ken Woodman and His Picadilly Brass 10:40: Pala Paya (Lounge Music) / Space Channel 5 / Naofumi Hataya and Kenichi Tokoi 13:17: Pussycat Meow / Deee-Lite 13:52: Ulala’s Dance 100 / Space Channel 5: Part Two / Naofumi Hataya, Kenichi Tokoi and Tomoya Ohtani 14:13: Mororian’s Base (Strange Path) / Space Channel 5 / Naofumi Hataya and Kenichi Tokoi 15:38: Spaceship Trapped in the Galaxy / Space Channel 5 / Naofumi Hataya and Kenichi Tokoi 16:25: Mororina the Elegant Crowd / Space Channel 5 / Naofumi Hataya and Kenichi Tokoi 19:23: Coco Tapioca, the Huge Dancer / Space Channel 5 / Naofumi Hataya and Kenichi Tokoi 23:03: Evila: Attack of the Perfect Reporter / Space Channel 5 / Naofumi Hataya and Kenichi Tokoi Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe