Sep 25, 2019
Lifelong gamers might like to reminisce about video game consoles past, but just by the numbers, system that got the most play back in the ’90s was the Game Boy. It outsold every console in its day, which means that a lot of players would have played famous video game franchises on the Game Boy before they played it on a standard system. This episode is all about those versions of famous series, and how the composers tasked with translating iconic VGM themes often worked wonders with the Game Boy’s more limited sound technology. Track listing: 0:31: Overworld / Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening / Composed by Koji Kondo, arranged by Minako Hamano and Kozue Ishikawa 1:46: The Prince’s Adventure / The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls / Kazumi Totaka 3:06: Title Theme / Final Fantasy Legend III / Ryuji Sasai and Chihiro Fujioka 4:18: C-Type / Tetris (Game Boy) / Hirokazu Ando 5:42: Darkness / The Castlevania Adventure / Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima 7:01: Bloody Tears / Castlevania: Legends / Composed by Kenichi Matsubaba, arranged by Kaoru Okada and Youichi Iwata 10:52: Ryu’s Theme / Street Fighter II (Game Boy) / Yoko Shimomura 12:26: Guile’s Theme / Street Fighter II (Game Boy) / Yoko Shimomura 14:41: Chun-Li’s Theme / Street Fighter II (Game Boy) / Yoko Shimomura 17:19: Stage 2 (Waterfall) / Operation C / Composed by Kazuki Muraoka, arranged by Hidehiro Funauchi 19:17: Winter / Harvest Moon GB / Composed by Tsuyoshi Tanaka, arranged by Yōjirō Okino 25:18: Banquet of Nature (Nakoruru’s Theme) / Samurai Shodown (Game Boy) / Masahiko Hataya and Yasuo Yamate 28:13: Comma-Shaped Jewels (Kyoshiro’s Theme) / Samurai Shodown (Game Boy) / Masahiko Hataya and Yasuo Yamate 31:14: A Foreign Girl (Charlotte’s Theme) / Samurai Shodown (Game Boy) / Masahiko Hataya and Yasuo Yamate 34:41: Area 1 (Bionic Commando Theme) / Composed by Harumi Fujita, arranged by Kouji Murata 38:06: Dark Queen Battle / Battletoads (Game Boy) / David Wise 41:14: Napalm Man / Mega Man IV / Composed by Mari Yamaguchi, arranged by Kouji Murata 44:09: Toad Man / Mega Man IV / Composed by Minae Fujii, arranged by Kouji Murata 47:05: Dust Man / Mega Man III / Composed by Minae Fujii, arranged by Kouji Murata 50:41: Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast) / Donkey Kong Land II / Composed by David Wise, arranged by Grant Kirkhope 55:02: Duke’s Theme / Battle Arena Toshinden (Game Boy) / Yasuhiro Nakano 57:57: Ellis’s Theme / Battle Arena Toshinden (Game Boy) / Yasuhiro Nakano 60:52: Kayin’s Theme / Battle Arena Toshinden (Game Boy) / Yasuhiro Nakano 63:51: Blue Mary’s Blues / Nettou Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special / SNK Sound Team 65:19: Bermuda / DuckTales 2 / Yoshihiru Sakaguchi 66:54: Ending Theme / Kirby’s Dream Land / Masahiro Sakurai and Jun Ishikawa 68:29: Main Theme / Bubble Bobble (Game Boy) / Tadashi Kimijima VGMpire’s five-part Street Fighter series: http://www.vgmpire.com/2019/09/16/vgmpire-151-street-fighter-saga-vol-1/ The episode all about Harvest Moon’s winter themes: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/54-harvest-moon-winter-music The Samurai Shodown episode: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/samurai-shodown-vgm The episode about the Donkey Kong Land games: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/34-big-ape-mountain Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe