07 December 2010

Episode 6: Flying and Shooting

In Episode 6, the hosts explore music in the flying-shooter category.  They present classic tracks from Technosoft, Konami, Hudson Soft and more.  Full track listing below.



Key: Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year*

*The year specified is the year the version that we played was released.  For example, as some music from the same game may vary between Japanese and North American versions, generally, we play the North American version, which may or may not have been released the same year it was released in Japan.

Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar - Toshiharu Yamanishi - Metal Squad (Stage 8) - Technosoft - Genesis - 1992

Life Force - Miki Higashino, Hidenori Maezawa (arr.), Shinya Sakamoto (arr.), Satoe Terashima (arr.), Atsushi Fujio (arr.) - Burn The Wind (Stage 4) - Konami - NES - 1988

Top Gun - Kiyohiro Sada (“Charly” Sada), Kazuki Muraoka (“Jah!” Kazuki), Kouji Murata (“Lazy” Koji) - Missle Select - Konami - NES - 1987

The Guardian Legend - Masatomo Miyamoto (Miyamo), Takeshi Santo (Shant) - Area 21 - Compile/Broderbund - NES - 1989

Blazing Lazers - Masatomo Miyamoto (Miyamo), J.T.S, Masanobu Tsukamoto (Mats), Sydon Inoue (Sydon), Ozono, Keiji Takeuchi (Takeuchi) - Area 4 - Compile/Hudson Soft - TurboGrafx-16 - 1989

Legendary Wings - Tamayo Kawamoto, Manami Matsumae (arr.), Yoshihiro Sakaguchi (arr.) - Area 2 - Capcom - NES - 1988

Thunder Force III - Toshiharu Yamanishi - A War Without the End (Ending) - Technosoft - Genesis - 1990

Pop'n TwinBee - Kazuhiko Uehara, Masahiro Ikariko, Tomoya Tomita, Nobuyuki Akena, Saiko Miki, Masae Nakashima, Harumi Ueko, Yukie Morimoto, Michiru Yamane - Village Sky - Konami - Super Famicom - 1993

Herzog Zwei - Naosuke Arai, Tomomi Ohtani - Sleight of Hand - Technosoft - Genesis - 1990

Air Fortress - Hideki Kanazashi (Escaper Kanagushi) - Inside the Fortress - HAL Laboratory - NES - 1987

Blazing Lazers - Masatomo Miyamoto (Miyamo), J.T.S, Masanobu Tsukamoto (Mats), Sydon Inoue (Sydon), Ozono, Keiji Takeuchi (Takeuchi) - Final Boss - Compile/Hudson Soft - TurboGrafx-16 - 1989

Star Fox - Hajime Hirasawa - Main Theme (End Credits) - Nintendo - SNES - 1993

Darius Plus - Hisayoshi Ogura - Enter Your Initials - Taito - PC Engine - 1990

1943: The Battle of Midway - Kumi Yamaga (Jungle Kumi) - In-Game BGM 1 (Air Battle) - Capcom - arcade - 1987

Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar - Takeshi Yoshida - Stranger (Stage 5 Boss) - Technosoft - Genesis - 1992

Starship Hector - Takeaki Kunimoto - History 1 - Hudson Soft - NES - 1990

Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar - Takeshi Yoshida - Evil Destroyer (Stage 1 Boss) - Technosoft - Genesis - 1992

Life Force - Miki Higashino, Hidenori Maezawa (arr.), Shinya Sakamoto (arr.), Satoe Terashima (arr.), Atsushi Fujio (arr.) - Destroy Them All (Stage 6) - Konami - NES - 1988

Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar - Toshiharu Yamanishi - The Sky Line (Stage 3A) - Technosoft - Genesis - 1992

Gradius - Miki Higashino, Hidenori Maezawa (arr.) - Free Flyer (Stage 4) - Konami - NES - 1986

Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar - Toshiharu Yamanishi - Love Dream (Maniac Ending) - Technosoft - Genesis - 1992

Silver Surfer - Tim Follin - BGM II - Software Creations - NES - 1990

Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar - Toshiharu Yamanishi - Fighting Back (Stage 1A) - Technosoft - Genesis - 1992

7 comments:

  1. Three thoughts on this episode:

    1) No Axelay? I'll forgive this, if you come back to shmups at a later time.

    2) I don't think there's been any game soundtrack as metal as Lightening Force. You have inspired me to go play it.

    3) The Star Fox ending theme was amazing; it's truly orchestral, perhaps more than any song I can think of in the 16-bit era. While it was playing, I could really picture a conductor directing the different instruments, with the flutes piping up when they need to, etc. A great, great piece.

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  2. @Andrew Hi, yeah, Star Fox sounds like a real movie score. Also, if you like that orchestral sound, check out the music to Actraiser. Alexay we play on Episode 23...

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  3. Just found out about this podcast yesterday via an old IGN thread. Even though I enjoy covers and remixes, it's great how you stay with the originals.


    Thoughts on the episode:
    I'm one of those frustrated by the carrier landing sequences in Top Gun. You reminded me how much I really like the missile select theme.

    Surprised you didn't play R-Type 3: The Third Lightning (SNES) level 1 song.

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  4. Track listing seems to be missing some tracks between Thunderforce III and Air Fortress...I'd love to know their names!

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    1. Yes, the track listing is a bit out of order. Sorry about that, this will be corrected eventually in the post, but in the meantime, here is the correct track listing:

      Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar - Toshiharu Yamanishi - Metal Squad (Stage 8) - Technosoft - Genesis - 1992

      Life Force - Miki Higashino, Hidenori Maezawa (arr.), Shinya Sakamoto (arr.), Satoe Terashima (arr.), Atsushi Fujio (arr.) - Organic Life Forms (Stage 4) - Konami - NES - 1988

      Top Gun - Kyouhei Sada - Missle Select - Konami - NES - 1987

      The Guardian Legend - Masatomo Miyamoto (Miyamo Shant) - Area 21 - Compile/Broderbund - NES - 1989

      Blazing Lazers - Masatomo Miyamoto - Area 4 - Compile/Hudson Soft - TurboGrafx-16 - 1989

      Legendary Wings - Tamayo Kawamoto, Manami Matsumae (arr.), Yoshihiro Sakaguchi (arr.) - Area 2 - Capcom - NES - 1988

      Thunder Force III - Toshiharu Yamanishi - A War Without the End (Ending) - Technosoft - Genesis - 1990

      Pop'n TwinBee - Kazuhiko Uehara, Masahiro Ikariko, Tomoya Tomita, Nobuyuki Akena, Saiko Miki, Masae Nakashima, Harumi Ueko, Yukie Morimoto, Michiru Yamane - Village Sky - Konami - Super Famicom - 1993

      Herzog Zwei - Naosuke Arai, Tomomi Ohtani - Sleight of Hand - Technosoft - Genesis - 1990

      Air Fortress - Hideki Kanazashi (Escaper Kanagushi) - Inside the Fortress - HAL Laboratory - NES - 1987

      Blazing Lazers - Masatomo Miyamoto - Final Boss - Compile/Hudson Soft - TurboGrafx-16 - 1989

      Star Fox - Hajime Hirasawa - Main Theme (End Credits) - Nintendo - SNES -1993

      Darius Plus - Hisayoshi Ogura - Enter Your Initials - Taito - PC Engine - 1990

      1943: The Battle of Midway - Kumi Yamaga (Jungle Kumi) - In-Game BGM 1 (Air Battle) - Capcom - arcade - 1987

      Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar - Takeshi Yoshida - Stranger (Stage 5 Boss) - Technosoft - Genesis - 1992

      Starship Hector - Takeaki Kunimoto - History 1 - Hudson Soft - NES - 1990

      Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar - Takeshi Yoshida - Evil Destroyer (Stage 1 Boss) - Technosoft - Genesis - 1992

      Life Force - Miki Higashino, Hidenori Maezawa (arr.), Shinya Sakamoto (arr.), Satoe Terashima (arr.), Atsushi Fujio (arr.) - Stars and LIght (Stage 6) - Konami - NES - 1988

      Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar - Toshiharu Yamanishi - The Sky Line (Stage 3A) - Technosoft - Genesis - 1992

      Gradius - Miki Higashino, Hidenori Maezawa (arr.) - Level 4 - Konami - NES - 1986

      Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar - Toshiharu Yamanishi - Love Dream (Maniac Ending) - Technosoft - Genesis - 1992

      Silver Surfer - Tim Follin, Geoff Follin - BGM II - Software Creations - NES -1990

      Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar - Toshiharu Yamanishi - Fighting Back (Stage 1A) - Technosoft - Genesis - 1992

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  5. Lightening Force , particularly Sky Line is just amazing. Also it was from here on i discovered Tim and Jeff and my love for that Commodore 64 sound the european composers do so well

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  6. Uhm, such a really nice episode here! Thanks! Especially respect for the Life Force - it was a one of my favorite flying games before I got the Mega Drive 2 and ... oh my god- SUB-TERRANIA with it`s great graphic and Music by Jasper Kyd!! Sad, I never plyed the Thunder Force series at those times, anyway I love this game today =) The Music in it just fantastic and absolutely wonderful!

    Cheers from Russia!
    Vladimir

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