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 www.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 and recognizable sound. Listen and learn! Full track listing below.
Game – Composer – Song – Company – Console – Year (North American release unless otherwise indicated)
Gimmick! – Masashi Kageyama – Good Morning (Introduction) – Authentic Entertainment/Sunsoft – Famicom – 1992
Super Spy Hunter – Naoki Kodaka, Nobuyuki Hara, Shinichi Seya – Staff Roll – Sunsoft – NES – 1992
Journey to Silius – Naoki Kodaka, Nobuyuki Hara, Shinichi Seya – Stage 3 – Sunsoft – NES – 1990
Batman – Naoki Kodaka, Nobuyuki Hara – Stage 3 – Sunsoft – NES – 1989
Blaster Master – Naoki Kodaka – Level 6 – Sunsoft – NES – 1988
Tel-Tel Mahjong – unknown – BGM 4 – Chat Noir/Sunsoft – Mega Drive – 1990
Fester’s Quest – Naoki Kodaka, Nobuyuki Hara – Outside – Sunsoft – NES – 1989
Super Fantasy Zone – Naoki Kodaka – Staff Roll – Sunsoft – Mega Drive – 1992
Pescatore – unknown – Unknown 1 – Tierheit/Sunsoft – Famicom – 1991 (unreleased)
Freedom Force – Naoki Kodaka – Stage 2: Terminal Walkway – Sunsoft – NES – 1988
Trip World – Tsutomu Ishida, Masayuki Iwata, Atsushi Mihiro, Phase Out – Credits – Sunsoft – Game Boy (Japan) – 1992
Benkei Gaiden – unknown – unknown – Sunsoft – PC Engine – 1989
Hebereke – Naoki Kodaka, Nobuyuki Hara, Shinichi Seya – Hebe’s Adventure – Sunsoft – Famicom – 1991
Tel-Tel Stadium – Shinichi Seya – Sound Test 0B – Sunsoft – Mega Drive – 1990
Batman: Return of the Joker – Naoki Kodaka, Nobuyuki Hara, Shinichi Seya – Ending – Sunsoft – NES – 1991
It’s great it to hear Bucky was brought in for this episode.
Journey to Silius soundtrack gave me a boner. Best. EVER.