A look at some of the best game music from 1986. As with the previous episode, I tried to put the tracks in roughly chronological order.
Download Episode #9: Game Music History ~1986~ (132 MB, mp3) here
01 “Loading Screen” – Rambo: First Blood Part II (1986, Commodore 64) by Martin Galway
02 “Ending” – Chimera (1986, Commodore 64) by Rob Hubbard
03 “Title BGM” – The Legend of Zelda (1986, Famicom Disk System) by Koji Kondo
04 “Loading Tune” – Comic Bakery (1986, Commodore 64) by Martin Galway
05 “Opa-Opa!” – Fantasy Zone (1986, Arcade) by Hiroshi Kawaguchi
06 “Title Screen” – Ark Pandora (1986, Commodore 64) by Ben Daglish, Anthony Crowther
07 “Title Theme” – Dragon Quest (1986, NES) by Kouichi Sugiyama
08 “In-Game BGM” – Ghosts’n Goblins (1986, Commodore 64) by Mark Cooksey
09 “Main Theme” – Alpha (1986, PC-8801) by Nobuo Uematsu
10 “Main Theme” – Formula 1 Simulator (1986, Commodore 64) by Rob Hubbard
11 “Starfield” – Salamander (1986, Arcade) by Miki Higashino
12 “Title BGM” – Metroid (1986, Famicom Disk System) by Hirokazu Tanaka
13 “Start Demo ~ Main Theme” – Bubble Bobble (1986, Arcade) by Tadashi Kimijima
14 “Passing Breeze” – OutRun (1986, Arcade) by Hiroshi Kawaguchi
15 “Wicked Child” – Castlevania (1986, Famicom Disk System) by Kinuyo Yamashita
16 “Skyscraper” – Dangar – Ufo Robo (1986, Arcade) by Kenji Yoshida
17 “The Cave” – Fist II: The Legend Continues (1986, Commodore 64) by Neil Brennan
18 “Opening Gate of Romancia” – Dragon Slayer Jr: Romancia (1986, PC-8801) by Yuzo Koshiro
19 “Main BGM 1” – Jackal (1986, Arcade) by Konami Kukeiha Club
20 “Main Theme” – Street Surfer (1986, Commodore 64) by David Whittaker
21 “Miho’s Theme” – Asteka 2: Templo del Sol (1986, PC-8801) by Takahito Abe
22 “Cruel Killers” – Victory Road (1986, Arcade) by Toshikazu Tanaka
23 “Beat and Beat” – Last Mission (1986, Arcade) by Yukihiko Kitahara, Michiya Hirasawa, Azusa Hara
24 “Main Theme” – Panther (1986, Commodore 64) by David Whittaker
25 “BGM 1” – Zanac (1986, Famicom Disk System) by Masatomo Miyamoto
26 “A Calm Tone of Voice” – Xanadu Scenario II (1986, Sharp X1 TurboZ) by Takahito Abe
27 “Title Screen” – Hypa-Ball (1986, Commodore 64) by Keith Tinman
28 “Zone Attack!” – Final Zone (1986, Sharp X1 TurboZ) by Nobuhito Koise
29 “The Legend of Silpheed” – Silpheed (1986, PC-8801) by Masakuni Mitsuhashi
30 “Starglider (Title Screen)” – Starglider (1986, Atari ST) by Dave Lowe
31 “Title Screen” – West Bank (1986, Commodore 64) by Fred Gray
32 “Underworld” – Kid Icarus (1986, Famicom Disk System) by Hirokazu Tanaka
33 “Main Theme” – The Pawn (1986, Amiga) by John Molloy
34 “Golden Games Intro” – Operation Hongkong (1986, Commodore 64) by Holger Gehrmann
35 “Miss BLUE” – Valis: The Fantasm Soldier (1986, PC-8801) by Shinobu Ogawa
36 “Title Screen (Part 2)” – Agent X in the Brain Drain Caper (1986, ZX Spectrum) by Tim Follin
