The Legacy Music Hour Video Game Music Podcast

Episode 11: Fighting Games was originally supposed to be released on January 12, 2011, but due to technical difficulties, it was never released.  There were problems with the recording device and all of the audio cut out at various times throughout the episode.  Episode 11 then became known as "The Lost Level."  See here:

Episode 11 Original Posting (with photo)

However, as part

Brent and Rob celebrate their 30th episode with another free play and a VGM Karaoke.  Plus, they share some controversial clips from previous episodes that didn't make the final cut.  Video game music never caused so much drama!  Also, a bonus secret treat is revealed at the end of the episode.  Full track listing below.

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Brent and Rob focus on title screen music for Episode 29.  Rob shares a story about inventing a comic book character and Brent tells a story about a lost relationship with Activision.  In addition, they play another round of Mame That Chune, but controversy arises with Rob's selection.  Full track listing below.

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Brent and Rob explore music within Sega's flagship franchise, Sonic the Hedgehog.  They share some classic hits as well as some obscurities, and Brent shares some insider information on the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson.  Full track listing below.

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In Episode 27, Brent and Rob present their favorite rock tracks and share stories about mosh pitta-ing and other things.  Full track listing below.

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Metal Gear - Kazuki Muraoka - Jungle - Konami/Ultra Games - NES - 1988

Lightening Force: Quest for the

In this very unusual episode, Brent and Rob look beyond the 16-bit era, and showcase music from the Playstation, Wii, Nintendo 64, and more.  Full track listing below.

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Metal Gear Solid - Takanari Ishiyama, Gigi Meroni, Kazuki Muraoka, Lee Jeon Myung, Hiroyuki Togo -

The boys focus on video game music legend, Nobuo Uematsu, showcasing a breadth of tracks from his vast body of work during the 8-bit and 16-bit era.  NOTE: The Legacy Music Hour accidentally left out King's Knight (NES), which should have been played first before 3-D WorldRunner.  Full track listing below.

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In this episode, Brent and Rob focus on music from beat 'em up games.  They also share stories about black belts, martial arts, and Russian sweat.  Full track listing below.

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Bad Dudes - Azusa Hara, Hiroaki Yoshida, Shogo Sakai (arr.), Takafumi Miura (arr.),

Episode 23 is a focus on the wonderful music from Konami (and Ultra Games).  Brent and Rob share their favorite tracks from titles such as Contra, Sunset Riders, Metal Gear and more!  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW   Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (the version we played was released) Contra - Kazuki Muraoka, Hidenori Maezawa (arr.) -

Classical music is the focus of Episode 22 and Brent and Rob deliver a wide variety of video game music ranging from Baroque-sounding to 20th Century-sounding.  Black tie not required, but welcome.  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW   Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (the version we played was released) Actraiser - Yuzo Koshiro - Birth of