The Legacy Music Hour Video Game Music Podcast

Excellent, excellent music on this episode's company focus: Sunsoft.  Sunsoft put out video games with awesome soundtracks, games like Blaster Master, Gimmick!, and Journey to Silius.  Plus, Bucky from retrogameaudio.tumblr.com joins Brent and Rob via Skype to share some helpful and insightful information regarding NES sound design and how Sunsoft's unique approach gave them their very specific

Get your cleats on for another Sports episode as Brent and Rob revisit the topic and pitch some awesome, raunchy, and "uplifting" tracks from the 8-bit and 16-bit era.  You're definitely gonna hit an ace with this one!  Also, if you missed it the first time, check out Episode 14 for more great sports video game tunes!  NOTE: Rob's shirt says "LIFE OF AGONY," in case anyone thinks his shirt is

Music from food-based games and food-themed levels is the focus of Episode 75.  Brent shares a couple stories about his time as a pizza delivery boy in Hollywood in the late 90's and Rob reveals a more sensitive, emotional, and healthy side to himself.  Brent also eats Rob's donut.  Pizza, donuts, candy, and more on this gastronomic edition of The Legacy Music Hour.  Bon appetit!  Full track

Brent and Rob focus on 8-bit and 16-bit era video game music with an Asiatic/oriental sounding influence and in doing so, they discuss Eastern philosophy, chopsticks, and Street Fighter II.  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (North American release unless otherwise indicated) The Revenge of Shinobi - Yuzo Koshiro - China

The Cat Allergy Twins visit the genre of Jazz once again, having first explored the topic back in Episode 13.  Who are the Cat Allergy Twins, you ask?  Oh, that's just one of the many jazz-style nicknames Brent and Rob find for each other in this swinging edition of The Legacy Music Hour.  Check it out, you cool cats, and stop making these guys allergic.  Shoobie doobie wah yah yahhh!  NOTE: Rob

Brent and Rob funk things up on Episode 72 with a genre focus on 8-bit and 16-bit era funk music from video games.  These tracks are not just funky, these tracks are funk.  So turn up the volume and get down!  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (North American release unless otherwise indicated) Home Improvement: Power

For Episode 71, Brent and Rob focus solely on music from handheld consoles of the 8-bit and 16-bit era.  Exploring the Game Boy, Game Gear, and Lynx soundtrack libraries, Brent and Rob discover some really great, compelling music.  It's amazing the music you'll hear coming out of these tiny machines.  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW Game - Composer - Song - Company -

Brent and Rob close out Season 7 with another Free Play.  No category restrictions and we hear music from just about every 8-bit and 16-bit console.  Also, for Rob, this episode becomes a little bit of a David Wise focus.  See you in Season 8!  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (North American release unless otherwise

Brent and Rob return to the topic of Fighting Games, this time straying from any of the Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat games, and instead, digging deeper into some lesser known titles, particularly the Japanese releases such as Yu Yu Hakusho and Dragon Ball Z.  Video game music appreciators, get ready... FIGHT! (meaning, listen and enjoy).  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW

For Episode 68, Brent and Rob focus of the masterful work of Hitoshi Sakimoto.  Sakimoto worked extensively as both a composer and arranger/programmer, but this episode concentrates on his compositions.  Often times, Hitoshi Sakimoto collaborated with Masaharu Iwata, so this is also partially and possibly a mini focus on Masaharu Iwata.  That is, for a few of the games, because there is no track

Brent and Rob heat things up on this bonus mini edition of The Legacy Music Hour.  Just in time for Valentine's Day, they share a couple sexy tracks for all the 8-bit and 16-bit lovers out there.  And when you get down to it, nothing quite says "I love you" like a sensual video game music track.  Enjoy this bonus episode with that special someone OR alone, but either way, make sure to check back

Basically, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were a cultural phenomenon, having a huge influence on the interests of youngsters of the 8-bit and 16-bit era generation, so much so that there were many video games based on them.  Brent and Rob basically focus on these games for Episode 67.  Enjoy a couple slices of pizza while you discover the Turtle Power within this great music.  Cowabunga!  Full

Brent and Rob take their second lap on the topic of Racing Games.  This time, they make a conscious effort to not play anything from Super Mario Kart, Road Rash, and F-Zero, and instead, explore lesser known games such as Final Lap Twin, Al Unser J. Turbo Racing, and GP-1.  Buckle your seat belts, start your engines, enjoy the episode, and we'll see you at the finish line, right here, on the

They've done Fire, they've done Ice, but now, The Legacy Music Hour focuses on Water for Episode 65.  Brent and Rob select tracks from levels that take place underwater or feature water prominently.  So get your snorkel, get your goggles, dunk your face into a bucket of tap water, and take an audio dive in this episode of LMH.  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW Game -

Ninja Games is the topic of Episode 64.  Brent and Rob select tracks from games like Shinobi, Ninja Gaiden, and The Legend of Kage, and in doing so, discover a very prominent "coming of age" theme throughout.  NOTE: Brent and Rob mispronounce Kage like the English "cage," when it's actually the Japanese word for shadow, pronounced "ka-gey."  ANOTHER NOTE: There was a little bit of a technical