Happy New Year, all! Brian returns from one of our earlier episodes to talk about Dragon Spirit, a classic Namco game and the first soundtrack by VGM legend Shinji Hosoe. We talk a couple of different versions and then have a surprise track added in mid-recording.

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00:00:00 Shinji Hosoe - The Paleozoic Era (Area 1) [Dragon Spirit TG16]

00:02:30 Talk 01

00:13:40 Shinji Hosoe - Area 1 [Shinji Hosoe WORKS VOL.1 ~DRAGON SPIRIT~]

00:18:38 Shinji Hosoe - Area 3 [Shinji Hosoe WORKS VOL.1 ~DRAGON SPIRIT~]

00:20:59 Shinji Hosoe - Area 4 [Shinji Hosoe WORKS VOL.1 ~DRAGON SPIRIT~]

00:24:11 Shinji Hosoe - Area 6 [Shinji Hosoe WORKS VOL.1 ~DRAGON SPIRIT~]

00:27:48 Shinji Hosoe - Area 7 [Shinji Hosoe WORKS VOL.1 ~DRAGON SPIRIT~]

00:29:27 Talk 02

00:43:17 Shinji Hosoe - Area 8 [Shinji Hosoe WORKS VOL.1 ~DRAGON SPIRIT~]

00:45:53 Shinji Hosoe - Area 9-3 [Shinji Hosoe WORKS VOL.1 ~DRAGON SPIRIT~]

00:46:52 Shinji Hosoe - Boss A [Shinji Hosoe WORKS VOL.1 ~DRAGON SPIRIT~]

00:47:38 Shinji Hosoe - Boss B [Shinji Hosoe WORKS VOL.1 ~DRAGON SPIRIT~]

00:48:32 Shinji Hosoe - Boss C [Shinji Hosoe WORKS VOL.1 ~DRAGON SPIRIT~]

00:49:43 Shinji Hosoe - Boss D [Shinji Hosoe WORKS VOL.1 ~DRAGON SPIRIT~]

00:51:10 Shinji Hosoe - Last Boss [Shinji Hosoe WORKS VOL.1 ~DRAGON SPIRIT~]

00:52:18 Talk 03

01:03:37 Shinji Hosoe - Volcano (Area 2) [Dragon Spirit TG16]

01:06:13 Shinji Hosoe - Jungle (Area 3) [Dragon Spirit TG16]

01:07:25 Shinji Hosoe - Grave Yard (Area 4) [Dragon Spirit TG16]

01:09:51 Shinji Hosoe - Glacier Land (Area 6) [Dragon Spirit TG16]

01:11:46 Shinji Hosoe - Dark Castle 1 (Area 7) [Dragon Spirit TG16]

01:13:06 Shinji Hosoe - Boss C [Dragon Spirit TG16]

01:13:40 Shinji Hosoe - Boss D [Dragon Spirit TG16]

01:14:24 Shinji Hosoe - Zawell [Dragon Spirit TG16]

01:15:20 Talk 04

01:24:29 Shinji Hosoe; Masakatsu Maekawa - Start ~ Area 0 [Game Sound Museum ~Namcot Edition~ S4 Dragon Spirit]

01:26:10 Shinji Hosoe; Masakatsu Maekawa - Area 2 [Game Sound Museum ~Namcot Edition~ S4 Dragon Spirit]

01:27:04 Shinji Hosoe; Masakatsu Maekawa - Area 3 [Game Sound Museum ~Namcot Edition~ S4 Dragon Spirit]

01:27:52 Shinji Hosoe; Masakatsu Maekawa - Area 4 [Game Sound Museum ~Namcot Edition~ S4 Dragon Spirit]

01:29:02 Shinji Hosoe; Masakatsu Maekawa - Area 5 [Game Sound Museum ~Namcot Edition~ S4 Dragon Spirit]

01:29:45 Shinji Hosoe; Masakatsu Maekawa - Area 6 [Game Sound Museum ~Namcot Edition~ S4 Dragon Spirit]

01:30:36 Shinji Hosoe; Masakatsu Maekawa - Boss [Game Sound Museum ~Namcot Edition~ S4 Dragon Spirit]

01:31:05 Shinji Hosoe; Masakatsu Maekawa - Zawell [Game Sound Museum ~Namcot Edition~ S4 Dragon Spirit]

01:31:44 Shinji Hosoe; Maki Kirioka - Area 1 - Dragon Spirit [Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]

01:36:55 Talk 04

01:47:44 Shinji Hosoe; Ryo Yonemitsu - GLACIER LAND [Shinji Hosoe WORKS VOL.1 ~DRAGON SPIRIT~]