Singing Mountain, A VGM Podcast

A hero's journey can be lonely. Think about what it was like to start a new game, see your tiny sprite on the map screen for the first time and then wonder about what all you might be doing in this new adventure. This episode is all about music that captures that feeling: being a little excited, being a little lost, and feeling all the freedom of setting off on your own. Track listing: 0:16: Eternal Wind / Final Fantasy III (Famicom) / Nobuo Uematsu 4:50: Wanderer / Live a Live / Yoko Shimomura 8:32: Walking in Peace / Bounty Sword / Kohei Tanaka and Akihiko Mori 12:40: Rise From Your Grave / Altered Beast (Genesis) / Tohru Nakabayashi 19:06: Unknown Land / Dragon Quest (NES) / Koichi Sugiyama 19:30: Unknown Land / Dragon Quest (Super Famicom) / Koichi Sugiyama 21:22: Distant Journey / Dragon Quest II (NES) / Koichi Sugiyama 22:12: Distant Journey / Dragon Quest II (Super Famicom) / Koichi Sugiyama 23:21: Alefgard Overworld / Dragon Quest III (NES) / Koichi Sugiyama 24:10: Alefgard Overworld / Dragon Quest III (Super Famicom) / Koichi Sugiyama 28:24: Beyond the Wilderness / Radiant Historia (Nintendo DS) / Yoko Shimomura 32:48: The Earth / Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals / Yasunori Shiono 36:04: Exotic Country Road / Pocky & Rocky 2 / Hiroyuki Iwatsuki, Kinuyo Yamashita, Haruo Ohashi and Asuka Yamao 40:22: Night Shift / Treasure of the Rudras / Ryuji Sasai 43:00: Ravaged Village / Golden Axe 2 (Genesis) / Naofumi Hataya 45:28: Field: The Barren Lands / Wild Arms 2 / Michiko Naruke 49:09: Unknown Lands / Final Fantasy V / Nobuo Uematsu 51:22: A New World / Final Fantasy V / Nobuo Uematsu 53:18: My Home, Sweet Home / Final Fantasy V / Nobuo Uematsu 56:29: Overworld / Terranigma / Miyoko Takaoka and Masanori Hikichi 60:41: Walking the Ground / Final Fantasy: Four Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 63:14: Walking the Ground (Night) / Final Fantasy: Four Heroes of Light / Naoshi Mizuta 65:08: That's the Beginning of the Adventure / Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City / Yuzo Koshiro 68:33: World Map / Shining Force / Masahiko Yoshimura 74:47: Windy Day / Metal Slug 5 / Toshikazu Tanaka Drew on Twitter: twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singi…ain/id1252832457 On Google Play: play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/…bs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/singingmountain Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/

This is an experiment in which I'm trying to tell a story using video game music. I'm not sure if the story will translate, but even if it doesn't, you're going to hear some awesome, spacey tracks. If you're wondering what the story is, the title is a hint. Track listing: 0:08: Title Theme / Phantasy Star / Tokuhiko Uwabo 1:30: Dr. Andonuts' Lab / Earthbound / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 2:51: Title Theme / Zelda II: The Adventure of Link for Famicom Disk System / Akito Nakatsuka 4:34: Shooting Star Summit / Paper Mario / Yuka Tsujiyoko and Taishi Senda 6:13: To the Sea of Stars / Wild Arms / Michiko Naruke 8:08: Title Theme / Star Cruiser / Toshiya Yamanaka 11:16: Magic Rocks / Terranigma / Miyoko Takaoka and Masanori Hikichi 13:21: Popstar / Kirby's Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa 14:11: Shooting Stars / Thunder Force IV / Toshiharu Yamanishi, Takeshi Yoshida and Tomomi Ootani 15:16: Hidden Palace Zone (Lava Reef Zone, Act 2) / Sonic & Knuckles / A whole lot of people 19:03: Steel Thy Shovel / Shovel Knight / Jake Kaufman 20:28: The Gaia Stones / Terranigma / Miyoko Takaoka and Masanori Hikichi 22:24: Inside the UFO / Secret of the Stars / Chinatsu Okayasu 23:18: Premonition / Lagoon / Hideki Suzuki 27:18: Tower of the Shadow of Death / Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished (PC88) / Yuzo Koshiro 29:20: Horrible Shadow / Romancing Saga / Kenji Ito 32:08: Maze of Death / Mega Man 9 / Yu Shimoda 36:03: Subterranean Canal (Waterways Beneath the Shrine) / Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished – The Final Chapter (PC88) / Mieko Ishikawa 38:33: Final Level / Mighty Switch Force! / Jake Kaufman 41:03: Black Blood / Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium / Izuho Numata and Masaki Nakagaki 43:55: J-E-N-O-V-A / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VII / Nobuo Uematsu 46:15: Atlas / Ogre Battle / Masaharu Iwata 47:09: Starfield / Life Force / Miki Higashino 48:49: Captain of the Shooting Stars! / Live A Live / Yoko Shimomura 50:34: The End of Battle / Gunstar Heroes / Norio Hanzawa 55:52: One Fateful Night / Earthbound / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 57:37:Title Theme / Cybernoid II / Jeroen Tel Drew on Twitter: twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain: @singingmountain On Facebook: www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singi…ain/id1252832457 On Google Play: play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/…bs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/

The third Donkey Kong Country title is the black sheep of the series for a few reasons, but I'm here to sing its praises. It's especially unique in that it got two different soundtracks: one by Eveline Fischer for its debut on the Super Nintendo and a second by David Wise for its re-release on the Game Boy Advance. A lot of fans of Wise's work may not have ever heard this "lost" Donkey Kong Country soundtrack, and in this episode I look at the best of both. Long live Dixie Kong! Track listing: 0:18: Forest Frenzy / Donkey Kong Country / Eveline FIscher 3:49: Northern Hemisphere / Donkey Kong Country / Eveline Fischer 6:45: Voices of the Temple / Donkey Kong Country / Eveline Fischer 8:52: Stilt Village / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 11:49: Stilt Village / Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES) / Eveline Fischer 12:49: Treetop Tumble / Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES) / Eveline Fischer 15:26: Cascade Capers / Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES) / Eveline Fischer 18:13: Cascade Capers / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 23:14: Frosty Frolics / Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES) / Eveline Fischer 26:57: Frosty Frolics / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 28:07: Mill Fever / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 33:35: Water World / Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES) / Eveline Fischer 36:27:Water World / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 42:00: Enchanted Riverbank / Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES) / Eveline Fischer 43:36: Enchanted Riverbank / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 44:44: Enchanted Riverbank (Underwater) / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 48:28: Jangle Bells / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 53:02: Crystal Chasm / Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES) / Eveline Fischer 54:45: Cavern Caprice / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David WIse 60:50: Rockface Rumble / Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES) / Eveline Fischer 62:42: Rockface Rumble / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 67:02: Jungle Jitters / Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES) / Eveline Fischer 69:47: Jungle Jitters / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 74:44: Funky's Game / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) / David Wise 76:43: Candy's Love Song / Donkey Kong Country / Eveline Fischer 78:35: Ice Cave Chant / Donkey Kong Country / Eveline Fischer Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain: https://soundcloud.com/singingmountain On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/

This is a celebration of the less famous songs from Mario games and Marioverse games. These are not the familiar, nostalgic tracks that get redone again and again. No, these are the catchy, weird and otherwise notable tracks from Mario, Donkey Kong, Yoshi and Wario games that haven't made their way into the go-to Nintendo songbook. Trigger warning: I will make you listen to a Virtual Boy song. Track listing: 0:12: Let's Play "Geno" / Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars / Composed by Koji Kondo, arranged by Yoko Shimomura 2:05: Title Screen / Wrecking Crew / Hirokazu Tanaka 3:51: Ending Theme / Super Mario Land / Hirokazu Tanaka 5:55: Roshambo Temple Win / Paper Mario: Color Splash / Takeru Kanazaki, Shigemitsu Goto and Fumihiro Isobe 7:59: Riverside Park / Mario Kart: Super Circuit / Kenichi Nishimaki, Masanobu Matsunaga and Minako Hamano 10:14: Star Maze / Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins / Kazumi Totaka 16:14: Spiky Stroll / Yoshi's Wooly World / Tomoya Tomita, Misaki Asada and Kazumi Totaka 20:00: Monsoon Jungle / Wario Land 4 / Ryoji Yoshitomi 23:51: Credits / Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest / David Wise 28:08: Jade Jungle / Paper Mario / Yuka Tsujiyoko and Taishi Senda 30:33: Jungle Adventure / Mario Party / Yasunori Mitsuda 33:17: Aquatic Ambience / Donkey Kong Land / David Wise and Graeme Norgate 36:29: Octopus / Game & Watch Gallery 4 / Riyou Kinugasa and Kengo Hagiwara 40:44: Spooky Attic / Mario vs Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis / Lawrence Schwedler 45:26: Fury Volcano / Super Princess Peach / Akira Fujiwara 48:00: Pipes (Level 1) / Mario Clash / Ryoji Yoshitomi 51:36: Stilt Village / Donkey Kong Country 3 for Game Boy Advance / David Wise 54:42: Mill Fever / Donkey Kong Country 3 for Game Boy Advance / David Wise 60:41: Enchanted Riverbank (Underwater) / Donkey Kong Country 3 for Game Boy Advance / David Wise 65:16: Yo-Yo-Yoshi (Jelly Pipe) / Yoshi's Story / Kazumi Totaka 68:31: Jimmy T's Dance Club Rub / WarioWare: Touched! / Masanobu Matsunaga and Yasuhisa Baba 72:08: Blizzard on the Star Express / Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker / Naoto Kubo and Mahito Yokota 75:02: Save & Load / Mario Paint / Hirokazu Tanaka, Ryoji Yoshitomi and Kazumi Totaka 78:18: Steam Gardens / Super Mario Odyssey / Koji Kondo Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain: https://soundcloud.com/singingmountain On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/

The Streets of Rage series had one of the best soundtracks ever, and that music helped define the early '90s era of muscled vigilantes walking city streets and punching bad guys. This episode celebrates Yuzo Koshiro's incredible compositions for those games while also looking at other titles that get at a similar sound: a city at night, glowing with neon, riddled with crime and in great need of a face-punching. Track listing: 0:07: Title Theme / Streets of Rage / Yuzo Koshiro 1:39: In the Bar II / Streets of Rage 2 / Yuzo Koshiro 4:50: Go Straight II / Streets of Rage 2 / Yuzo Koshiro 7:26: Moon Beach / Streets of Rage / Yuzo Koshiro 10:03: Beat Ambience / Streets of Rage 3 / Yuzo Koshiro 14:15: Title Screen / Double Dragon II: The Revenge (Genesis) / Kazunaka Yamane 16:04: Blue Moon Factory (Oh Oh Big Mix) / Art of Fighting 2 / Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan 18:17: Industrial Area / Final Fight / Yasuaki Fujita 22:13: Daddy Mulk / NInja Warriors / Hisayoshi Ogura 26:52: Urban Noise / Parasite Eve / Yoko Shimomura 28:30: BGM 2 / Shinobi (arcade) / Yasuhiro Kawakami 30:53: Planet 8 / Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight / Junko Tamiya 33:42: Final Area / Shatterhand / Iku Mizutani and Hiroyuki Iwatsuki 35:37: Act 2, Part 2 / Ninja Gaiden / Keiji Yamagishi and Ryuichi Nitta 40:11: Stage 4 / Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force / Keishi Yonao 44:37: Battle in the Dense Forest / Contra (arcade) / Kazuki Muraoka 46:49: The Wild Desire / Two Crude Dudes / Azusa Hara 50:52: U.S.A. / Double Dragon III: The Rosetta Stone (Genesis) / Akira Inoue and Takaro Nozaki 52:23: For Metro City / Final Fight 3 / Katsunari Kitajima 56:11: Dilapidated Town / Streets of Rage / Yuzo Koshiro 59:34: Character Select / Streets of Rage / Yuzo Koshiro 62:03: Slow Moon / Street of Rage 2 / Yuzo Koshiro Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain: https://soundcloud.com/singingmountain On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/

If you're like me, you encountered the Commodore 64 as a classroom edutainment tool only. But if you did, you missed out on a whole library of "real" video games and some of the most epic and most intense video game music you'll ever come across. Thanks to an episode of PixelTunes Radio, I had reason to jump neck-deep into C64 music, and this episode collects the brightest gems I found in this treasure hunt, including tracks by Rob Hubbard, Jeroen Tel, Tim Follin and more. Track listing: 0:15: Loading Theme / Great Giana Sisters / Chris Huelsbeck 3:53: Central Park / Last Ninja 2: Back With a Vengeance / Matt Gray 9:33: Central Park Loading Theme / Last Ninja 2: Back With a Vengeance / Matt Gray 12:06: Title Theme / Comic Bakery / Martin Galway 17:50: Title Theme / RoboCop / Jonathan Dunn 21:07: Title Theme / Druid II: Enlightenment / David M. Hanlon 24:25: Title Theme / Light Force / Rob Hubbard 31:54: Wilderness / Golden Axe / Jeroen Tel 36:38: Title Theme / The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo / Neil Brennan 41:06: Stage One / Ghouls 'n Ghosts / Tim Follin 44:28: Acid Antics / Creatures 2: Torture Trouble / Steve Rowlands 49:35: Title Theme / Auf Wiedersehen Monty / Rob Hubbard and Ben Daglish 57:08: Magical Sound Shower / OutRun / Composed by Hiroshi Kawaguchi, arranged by Jason C. Brooke 60:44: Title Theme / Commando / Rob Hubbard 65:45: Title Theme / Hawkeye / Jeroen Tel 72:58: The Wilderness / The Last Ninja / Ben Daglish and Anthony Lees 76:59: Character Select / Gauntlet 3 / Tim Follin 79:05: Moon Balade / ??????? / Danjel Nyberg Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain: https://soundcloud.com/singingmountain On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ And here is the PixelTunes Radio episode that inspired me to make this episode; https://pixeltunesradio.com/2018/03/28/episode-108-isometric-jamz/

I want you live in the 16-bit fantasy world you used to dream about, but giving you the soundtrack for that world is the best I can do at the moment. This is a mix of music that I can only call "medievalish" -- dreamy, melancholy, wistful, adventurous and hopeful, and all of the tracks plucked from the best fantasies that video games have offered so far. Get lost, but in the good way. 0:13: The Place I'll Return to Someday / Final Fantasy IX / Nobuo Uematsu 3:55: Cavern 1 / Shining Wisdom / Motoaki Takenouchi 5:08: In the Memory / Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished (for MSX) / Mieko Ishikawa 7:14: Nostalgic Song / Legend of Mana / Yoko Shimomura 10:33: The Quest for Rudra's Mines / Treasure of the Rudras / Ryuji Sasai 13:41: Birth of People / Actraiser / Yuzo Koshiro 15:49: Heading West to Escape My Past / Treasure Hunter G / Mitsuhito Tanaka a.k.a. John Pee 17:35: Fortune Teller / Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen / Masaharu Iwata a.k.a. Rezon 18:36: Foresta / Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest / Yasuhiro Kawakami 20:41: Green Green Woodlands / Etrian Odyssey / Yuzo Koshiro 25:09: Castle at Night / Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (for Nintendo DS) / Koichi Sugiyama 27:32: Lost Kingdom / Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand / Falcon Sound Team JDK 31:45: The Great Warrior / Final Fantasy VII / Nobuo Uematsu 34:58: Evergreen / Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse / Konami Kukeiha Club 37:00: Ancient Dolphin / Seiken Densetsu 3 / Hiroki Kikuta 40:51: White the Heart / Star Ocean: The Second Story / Motoi Sakuraba 42:26: Garden of the Gods / Chrono Cross / Yasunori Mitsuda 44:55: Lost in the Forest / Romancing Saga 2 / Kenji Ito 47:50: Crooked Ladder / Breath of Fire II / Yuko Takehara 50:17: Opera House / Golden Sun: Dark Dawn / Motoi Sakuraba 53:05: Deku Nut Palace / Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask / Koji Kondo 55:20: Icefire Mountain Cave / Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II / David Wise 58:09: Castle / Sword of Vermilion / Hiroshi Kawaguchi and Yasuhiro Takagi 59:30: Ship of Regret and Sleep / Xenogears / Yasunori Mitsuda 1:02:00: Dorga and Unne's Pavilion / Final Fantasy III (for Nintendo DS) / Nobuo Uematsu 1:03:30: The Garden Where the Celestite Lies / Radiant Historia / Yoko Shimomura 1:06:20: A Cygnet / Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together / Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata 1:08:10: Fate in Haze / Final Fantasy V / Nobuo Uematsu 1:10:24: Misty Lake / Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand / Falcon Sound Team JDK 1:13:17: Shopkeeper / Secret of Evermore / Jeremy Soule 1:14:29: Princess Rescued / Wizards & Warriors / David Wise 1:15:19: Mysterious Tower / Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King / Koichi Sugiyama 1:18:36: Tanglebloom Forest / Golden Sun: Dark Dawn / Motoi Sakuraba 1:21:04: Hero's Theme / Final Fantasy Tactics / Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata 1:22:09: Ancient Zodiac / Bounty Sword / Kohei Tanaka and Akihiko Mori 1:24:55: Stirring the Forest / Final Fantasy IX / Nobuo Uematsu 1:27:11: Between Two Worlds (Night) / Treasure of the Rudras / Ryuji Sasai 1:29:16: Theme of Lovers / Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand / Falcon Sound Team JDK 1:32:08: The Venerable Forest / Star Ocean: The Second Story / Motoi Sakuraba 1:34:42: Ancient Castle / Final Fantasy II (for PlayStation Portable) / Nobuo Uematsu 1:37:15: Rescued Princess / Wizards & Warriors III: Kuros: Visions of Power / David Wise 1:38:23: Atlena / Equinox / Tim Follin and Geoff Follin 1:39:54: The Girl Who Stole the Stars / Radical Dreamers / Yasunori Mitsuda 1:42:58: The Oath / Final Fantasy VIII / Nobuo Uematsu 1:46:23: The Wind Never Ceases / Secret of Mana / Hiroki Kikuta 1:48:20: Faraway Dreaming Days ~ Siren's Song / Legend of Mana / Yoko Shimomura Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4

Think about what a racing video game sounds like and you'll come up with an answer pretty quickly. But what about VGM tracks that kinda-sorta-maybe sound like they're from racing games when they're not? What if you heard a piece of video game music out of context and had someone suggest it was from a racing game? Could you picture what kind of track you'd be racing around? I think so, and this episode thinks so. Track listing: 0:06: Crazy Motorcycle Chase / Final Fantasy VII / Nobuo Uematsu 5:17: Sting Chameleon / Mega Man X / Setsuo Yamamoto 7:07: Speed of Sound / Knuckles' Chaotix / Junko Shiratsu and Mariko Nanba 9:50: Inner Station / Metal Slug / Takushi Hiyamuta (a.k.a. HIYA) and JIM 14:08: Cross-Examination (Questioning ~ Allegro 2001) / Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Nintendo DS) / Composed by Masakazu Sugimori and arranged by Akemi Kimura 16:55: Look Out Below (Jane's Theme) / Fighting Vipers / David Leytze 19:20: Reach for the Top / Windjammers / Tomoyoshi Sato and Seiichi Hamada 21:19: Turbo Tunnel / Battletoads in Battlemaniacs / David Wise 23:23: Reach for the Front / Lunar: Silver Star Story / Noriyuki Iwadare 26:16: Busy Flare ~ Planet Scorch / Ristar / Tomoko Sasaki 29:09: Nitro Rider / Mega Man 10 / Manami Matsumae 31:22: Like a Wind / Revenge of Shinobi / Yuzo Koshiro 33:16: Chi! Chi! Chi! Chi! (Hon Fu's Theme) / Fatal Fury 3 / Masahiko Hataya (a.k.a. Papaya) 35:55: Mission 2: Lumber Storehouse / Double Dragon II: The Revenge (arcade) / Kazunaka Yamane 38:10: Cammy's Theme / X-Men vs. Street Fighter / Yuki Iwai and Yuko Kadota 41:27: Sea of Flames (Hellfire) / Kyūyaku Megami Tensei / Tsukasa Masuko 43:54: Pressing Pursuit ~ Cornered / Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney / Hideki Okugawa 46:24: The Inveterate Skirt Chaser's Usual Tune / Far East of Eden: Kabuki Klash / Masaaki Nishizawa, Eisaku Nambu and Kennsouke Suemura 48:12: Wheel Gator / Mega Man X2 / Yuki Iwai 51:01: Toad Rankings / Super Mario Kart / Soyo Oka 52:14: Peach Rankings / Super Mario Kart / Soyo Oka 53:36: Something Wonderful / Contra Hard Corps / Hiroshi Kobayashi, Akiropito, Kenji Miyaoka, Michiru Yamane, Akira Yamaoka and Hirofumi Taniguchi Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain: https://soundcloud.com/singingmountain On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/

This is a music only remix of my last episode, about laidback music in fighting games, in which "laidback" = relaxed, cheerful, atmospheric and in any other way unusual for the background music of a stage in a fighting game. In addition to the tracks from that original episode, I included a few more that either didn't make the cut or had been used in recent episodes. It's about an hour of music altogether. Track listing: 1:30: Floating on a Harp and Piano Fantasy for Yvonne Lerolle / Fatal Fury 3 / SNK Sound Team 4:52: Vanity Paradise / DarkStalkers 3 / Anarchy Takapon (a.k.a. Takayuki Iwai) and Masato Kouda 7:13: Morning Field / Tekken 2 / Yoshie Takayanagi and Yoshie Arakawa 10:16: Jazzy NYC (NY House Mix) / Street Fighter 3: Second Impact / Hideki Okugawa and Yuki Iwai 12:44: Banquet of Nature Part II / Samurai Shodown IV / SNK Sound Team 15:17: Swamp / Marvel vs. Capcom 2 / Tetsuya Shibata and Mitsuhiko Takano 16:30: Ice Place / King of Fighters 2000 / SNK Sound Team 19:01: The Sun Also Sets / Waku Waku 7 / Masato Araikawa 21:10: Beast Girl / Samurai Shodown II / Yasumasa Yamada 23:47: King / Tekken 3 / Nobuyoshi Sano 26:25: Moonlight / Street Fighter 3: Third Strike / Hideki Okugawa 27:56: Full Moon — Heartful / Garou: Mark of the Wolves / SNK Sound Team 30:18: Dance / Virtua FIghter 3 / Takayuki Nakamura 32:31: Moon Flower / Samurai Shodown II / SNK Sound Team 35:32: False Wings / Warzard / Anarchy Takapon 37:56: Almost Frozen / Tekken / Yoshie Arakawa 40:35: Underwater 1 / Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness / Capcom Sound Team 43:17: Kolin's Theme / Street Fighter V / Junya Nakano 47:25: Forest of Memories / Waku Waku 7 / Masato Araikawa 49:25: Morrigan's Theme / Darkstalkers / Takayuki Iwai and Hideki Okugawa 52:06: Demon (Ogre) / Samurai Shodown II / Yasuo Yamate (a.k.a. Tate Norio) 54:57: Sakura / Street Fighter Alpha 2 / Tatsuro Suzuki 56:14: Eagle's Theme / Fighting Street / Yoshihiro Sakaguchi 58:42: Requiem K626 (Lacrimosa) / Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arranged by SNK Sound Team) Follow Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Follow this podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4

Typical fighting music is exactly what you'd want as a soundtrack to two people kicking the crap out of each other, but sometimes composers throw in a random laidback track. This episode is all about these: the inexplicably peaceful or cheerful or otherwise not-super-face-poundy songs that are nonetheless in fighting games, featuring tracks from Street Fighter, King of Fighters, Samurai Shodown, Tekken and more. Track listing: 0:12: Guile's Theme / Super Street Fighter II / Yoko Shimomura 3:34: Vanity Paradise / DarkStalkers 3 / Anarchy Takapon (a.k.a. Takayuki Iwai) and Masato Kouda 7:19: Floating on a Harp and Piano Fantasy for Yvonne Lerolle / Fatal Fury 3 / SNK Sound Team 10:32: Banquet of Nature Part II / Samurai Shodown IV / SNK Sound Team 13:01: Moon Flower / Samurai Shodown II / SNK Sound Team 15:41: Almost Frozen / Tekken / Yoshie Arakawa 18:39: King / Tekken 3 / Nobuyoshi Sano 21:27: Dance / Virtua FIghter 3 / Takayuki Nakamura 24:12: Full Moon — Heartful / Garou: Mark of the Wolves / SNK Sound Team 26:19: Ice Place / King of Fighters 2000 / SNK Sound Team 29:01: Kolin's Theme / Street Fighter V / Junya Nakano 31:55: False Wings / Warzard / Anarchy Takapon 39:24: Beast Girl / Samurai Shodown II / Yasumasa Yamada 37:02: The Sun Also Sets / Waku Waku 7 / Masato Araikawa 40:01: Swamp / Marvel vs. Capcom 2 / Tetsuya Shibata and Mitsuhiko Takano 41:25: Cave / Marvel vs. Capcom 2 / Tetsuya Shibata and Mitsuhiko Takano 43:00: Clock Tower / Marvel vs. Capcom 2 / Tetsuya Shibata and Mitsuhiko Takano 44:36: Morning Field / Tekken 2 / Yoshie Takayanagi and Yoshie Arakawa 48:47: Eagle's Theme / Fighting Street / Yoshihiro Sakaguchi Follow Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Follow this podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4