Just in time for Halloween, Brent and Rob focus on the Castlevania series. Spanning about 13 games through the 8-bit and 16-bit era, Brent and Rob seem to concentrate more on the 8-bit stuff. Subsequently, none of the SNES games made this episode. It’s still good though. The boys also share stories about scary things and Halloween plans. Happy Halloween, LMH listeners! Full track listing below.
Game – Composer – Song – Company – Console – Year (North American release unless otherwise indicated)
Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest – Kenichi Matsubara – The Silence of The Daylight (Town Stage BGM) – Konami – NES – 1988
Castlevania: The Adventure – Hidehiro Funauchi, Kazuo Hanzawa (N. Hanzawa), Shigeru Fukutake – The Legend of Dracula (Staff Roll) – Konami – Game Boy – 1989
Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge – Hidehiro Funauchi – New Messiah (Crystal Castle) – Konami – Game Boy – 1991
Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest – Kenichi Matsubara – Monster Dance (Night BGM) – Konami – NES – 1988
Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse – Jun Funahashi, Yukie Morimoto, Hidenori Maezawa – Evergreen – Konami – NES – 1990
Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse – Jun Funahashi, Yukie Morimoto, Hidenori Maezawa – Riddle – Konami – NES – 1990
Castlevania: The Adventure – Hidehiro Funauchi, Kazuo Hanzawa (N. Hanzawa), Shigeru Fukutake – Battle of the Holy (Stage 1) – Konami – Game Boy – 1989
Castlevania: Bloodlines – Michiru Yamane – Calling From Heaven (Stage 6) – Konami – Genesis – 1994
Haunted Castle – Kenichi Matsubara, Masahiro Ikariko, T – Don’t Wait Until Night (Bridge Stage BGM) – Konami – arcade – 1988
Castlevania – Kinuyo Yamashita – Poison Mind (Boss Theme) – Konami – NES – 1987
Castlevania Legends – Kaoru Okada, Youichi Iwata – Boss Battle – Konami – Game Boy – 1998
Haunted Castle – Kenichi Matsubara, Masahiro Ikariko, T – Cross Your Heart (Graveyard BGM) – Konami – arcade – 1988
Kid Dracula – Akiko Itoh – Stage 8 – Konami – Game Boy – 1993
Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge – Hidehiro Funauchi – Journey to Chaos (Stage Select) – Konami – Game Boy – 1991
Castlevania – Satoe Terashima – Vampire Killer (Stage 1) – Konami – NES – 1987
Castelvenia! 😀
@Jeff You’re missing out on some great music! And as for a Final Fantasy episode, the closest thing we have so far is a Nobuo Uematsu focus (Episode 25): http://legacymusichour.blogspot.com/2011/04/legacy-music-hour-episode-25-nobuo.html
There’s also two Square episodes (#5 and #59, although 59 purposely focused on non-Final Fantasy Square games) and an RPG episode (#46), which also purposely stayed clear of Uematsu/Final Fantasy in order to cover more obscure titles.
I don’t normally listen to this podcast, but when I do it is usually episodes that are game specific (TMNT for example). I would like more of them please. Particularly interested in a Final Fantasy episode. That is all.
Normally I only get nostalgic or emotion to 8 bit songs that I used to hear as a child which was re-inforced as I got older. Something about that first Castlevania: the adventure track was beautiful.