The Legacy Music Hour Video Game Music Podcast

For Episode 49, Brent and Rob focus on famed Dragon Quest composer Koichi Sugiyama.  After a healthy and established musical career in television and pop music, Sugiyama started composing music for video games when he was already in his 50's, and even now at age 80, he still composes music for the Dragon Quest franchise.  Full track listing below.  NOTE: The Japanese versions of

Episode 48 is almost like two episodes in one, lengthwise and content-wise.  The Legacy Music Hour welcomes retro video game expert and star of the ongoing documentary Talking Classics, Keith Apicary.  Then, Brent and Rob welcome a second guest, sketch comedian and actor, Nathan Barnatt.  In preparation for the recording, Keith and Nathan sent Brent and Rob a list of games to

Brent and Rob spend Episode 47 listening to music from legendary video game company Taito.  Great music, that's all!  Full track listing below.

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Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (North American release unless otherwise indicated)

Growl - Yasuhisa Watanabe - Theme of Kain - Taito - Genesis - 1991

Master of Weapon - Pinch Punch (

Finally, a Legacy Music Hour episode dedicated to RPGs, and decidedly, Brent and Rob stay clear of Nobuo Uematsu and only cover one Square game in order leave room for lesser known composers and role-playing titles.  Brent and Rob also talk about magic tricks, blowing cartridges, and give the listeners a custom audio greeting card to send to friends!  NOTE: That's a real rabbit in Rob's

For Episode 45, Brent and Rob listen to music composed by western composers only.  They also come up with a new name for the show.  Full track listing below.

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Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (North American release unless otherwise indicated)

A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia - Mark Van Hecke - Earth - Absolute

The following recording is a supplement to Episode 44: Funny Music.  It is the original recording that was not used due to technical difficulties.  Shortly after the episode was recorded, it was realized that the guest microphones were not working properly and that the two guests, Jacob Sirof and Kevin Shea, were barely audible.  A few weeks later, the episode was re-recorded and

Usually, Brent and Rob share what they think is really good music.  In this episode, however, good music isn't necessarily the goal.  This time, the focus is on music that sounds funny (though most of the tracks in this episode are very good nonetheless).  They also welcome two stand-up comedians as guest commentators, Jacob Sirof and Kevin Shea, to help flesh out the funny theme.&

Brent and Rob take a break from the summer heat to explore the music of ice and snow levels in 8-bit and 16-bit era games.  Grab a cup of cocoa, put on your ski jacket, and take nice, cool listen to this episode of The Legacy Music Hour.  Full track listing below.

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Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (North American release

In Episode 42, Brent and Rob focus solely on boss music.  Final bosses, regular bosses, mini-bosses -they welcome bosses from all walks of life.  They also share stories about crash cymbals and good deals and they talk about other stuff, as usual.  Full track listing below.

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Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (North American release

Brent and Rob explore music from games only released in Japan (during the 8-bit and 16-bit era).  The spirit of Milli Vanilli also makes an appearance to embrace this music from the Land of the Rising Sun.  Full track listing below.

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Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year

Magical Pop'n - Ichirou Ishibashi - Mystic Forest - Pack-In-Video -