76: Lagoon in 30 Minutes

An early Super NES title, Lagoon is a Zelda-ish adventure that is today most remembered for its soundtrack. But here’s the thing: That music was initially composed for the game’s first incarnation on the Sharp X68000, which is both maybe the best version of its music and also a version you probably haven’t heard before. Happy discotastic Friday.

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An early Super NES title, Lagoon is a Zelda-ish adventure that is today most remembered for its soundtrack. But here’s the thing: That music was initially composed for the game’s first incarnation on the Sharp X68000, which is both maybe the best version of its music and also a version you probably haven’t heard before. Happy discotastic Friday. Track listing: 0:13: Moonchild / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 2:34: Keep the Faith / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 3:22: Voice of the Spirits / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 4:31: Premonition / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 8:07: Castle Mark Philips / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 10:00: Senegul / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 11:22: Voloh / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 12:59: Run to the Hills / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 14:39: Castle Siegfried / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 17:02: Valley / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 19:40: Reach for the Sky / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 21:53: Unusable 1 / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 25:20: Desert Plains / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 26:18: Prince of Darkness / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 29:15: Master of Water / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 31:09: Shop / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 31:59: Game Over / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team 33:05: Tales from the Peaceful World / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team If you liked this episode, then here: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/29-italo-disco-video-games 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/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

Track listing:

0:13: Moonchild / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team
2:34: Keep the Faith / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team
3:22: Voice of the Spirits / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team
4:31: Premonition / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team
8:07: Castle Mark Philips / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team
10:00: Senegul / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team
11:22: Voloh / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team
12:59: Run to the Hills / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team
14:39: Castle Siegfried / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team
17:02: Valley / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team
19:40: Reach for the Sky / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team
21:53: Unusable 1 / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team
25:20: Desert Plains / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team
26:18: Prince of Darkness / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team
29:15: Master of Water / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team
31:09: Shop / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team
31:59: Game Over / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team
33:05: Tales from the Peaceful World / Lagoon / Zoom Sound Team

Dance-y. Synth-y. This is what nostalgia sounds like. Anyone who grew up in the 1980s knows that there’s a great deal of that era’s music echoed in video games. This episode looks at one style of ’80s music in particular — italo disco — and how it overlaps with video game music. And no worries if you’ve never heard of italo disco, I’ll explain it. And if you don’t care? Well, I made it easy to skip my explanation and just get to the goods. Track listing: 0:19: Disco Train / Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest / David Wise 4:10: Jimmy T’s Big Tipper / WareWare: Twisted! / Kenichi Nishimaki, Masanobu Matsunaga and Yasuhisa Baba 7:17: Polaris / Cyber People 8:35: I Wanna Fly Away / Blue Russell 10:03: Love Spy / Mike Mareen 11:21: Track 1 / Top Gear / Barry Leitch 16:23: Basement Melodies / Haunted Castle / Kenichi Matsubara and Masahiro Ikariko 19:38: Master of Water / Lagoon / Hideki Suzuki 23:29: Unbreakable Determination / Ninja Gaiden / Keiji Yamagishi and Ryuichi Nitta 25:44: Duke / Battle Arena Toshinden / Yasuhiro Nakano 29:47: Special Levels / Batman (Genesis) / Naoki Kodaka 33:29: Trade / Romancing Saga 3 / Kenji Ito 36:42: Dynamite Plant ~ Try Again (Bean’s Theme) / Sonic the Fighters / Maki Morrow and Takenobu Mitsuyoshi 40:44: BGM 1 / Shinobi (Arcade) / Yasuhiro Kawakami 41:53: Long Distance / The Revenge of Shinobi / Yuzo Koshiro 43:32: Idaten / Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master / Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama and Masayuki Nagao 46:35: Love Will Never Die / Twinkle Star Sprites / Takao Oshima 50:02: Gorgonzola Goblins / Pocky & Rocky / Hiroyuki Iwatsuki 53:00: Under / Phantasy Star II / Tokuhiko Uwabo 55:31: DIsco / Shin Megami Tensei II / Tsukasa Masuko 58:34: Altered Beast / Altered Beast (Arcade) / Tohru Nakabayashi 62:45: Levels 5 & 6 / Dance Aerobics / Unknown Composer 65:23: Theme of Adol / Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished / Yuzo Koshiro 68:18: Morrigan / Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo / Takayuki Iwai (a.k.a. Anarchy Takapon) 70:05: 604800sec / Breath of Fire 3 / Yoshino Aoki and Akari Kaida 72:20: Wario Dance Company (Wii Dance) / WarioWare: Smooth Moves / Naoko Mitome, Masanobu Matsunaga and Yasuhisa Baba 74:40: Sentimental Solder / Valis II (PC-88) / Masahiro Kajihara Drew on Twitter: twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: www.facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singi…ain/id1252832457 On Google Play: play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/…bs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/