95: Sunset Drive

What does a sunset sound like? This episode may well fail to answer that question, but what you might get anyway is the third installment in the (so far) trilogy of Singing Mountain episodes about driving music but drawn entirely from non-racing, non-driving games. This one follows the narrative from bustling freeways to that perfect moment of sunset to early evening in the city.

What does a sunset sound like? This episode may well fail to answer that question, but what you might get anyway is the third installment in the (so far) trilogy of Singing Mountain episodes about driving music but drawn entirely from non-racing, non-driving games. This one follows the narrative from bustling freeways to that perfect moment of sunset to early evening in the city. Track listing: 0:10: Silent Gravity / Bloody Roar (Arcade) / Atsuhiro Motoyama and Kenichi Koyano 2:08: Sunset Bridge / Persona 5 / Shoji Meguro 5:05: Grope After the Truth / Tobal 2 / Takayuki Nakamura 8:35: Wormland / Super Turrican II / Chris Huelsbeck 11:18: Seeking the Holy Sword / Sword of Mana / Kenji Ito 13:09: Cursed City / Golden Axe III / Naofumi Hataya and Tatsuyuki Maeda 15:00: City / Sonic Blast Man II / Naoto Yagashita 19:00: Thundercloud / U.N. Squadron / Manami Matsumae 25:19: BGM 4 / Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf / Tokuhiko Uwabo 28:39: Staff Roll / Super Final Match Tennis / Takamitsu Kajikawa 31:23: Beach Sunset / Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel (Super NES) / Rick Fox 34:10: Credits Theme / Fatal Fury 2 (PC Engine) / SNK Sound Team 35:58: Sound Test No. 10 / ATP Tour Championship Tennis / Hikoshi Hashimoto 38:05: Your Sunset / Tekken Tag Team Tournament 2 / Taku Inoe 42:10: Isolation / Zero Divide 2 / Hideyuki Shimono and Akihito Ohkawa 46:05: Midnight Greenhouse (Bonatic Base) / Knuckles’ Chaotix / Junko Shiratsu and Mariko Nanba 48:52: Heavy Hitters / Final Fight 3 / Katsunari Kitajima 51:09: Imbalanced Kiss / Yu Yu Hakusho: Makyou Touitsusen / Hiro Takahashi 54:19: Heliport / Double Dragon II: The Revenge (Arcade) / Kazunaka Yamane 57:04: End Credits / Sega Bass Fishing / Sachio Ogawa 58:49: Mirthless / King of Fighters ’97 / SNK Sound Team 60:28: European Stars / European Club Soccer / Matt Furniss Afternoon Drive: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/afternoon-drive-vgm-mixtape Moonlight Drive: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/moonlight-drive Race to Your Death! Or Don’t!: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/race-to-your-death 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:

0:10: Silent Gravity / Bloody Roar (Arcade) / Atsuhiro Motoyama and Kenichi Koyano
2:08: Sunset Bridge / Persona 5 / Shoji Meguro
5:05: Grope After the Truth / Tobal 2 / Takayuki Nakamura
8:35: Wormland / Super Turrican II / Chris Huelsbeck
11:18: Seeking the Holy Sword / Sword of Mana / Kenji Ito
13:09: Cursed City / Golden Axe III / Naofumi Hataya and Tatsuyuki Maeda
15:00: City / Sonic Blast Man II / Naoto Yagashita
19:00: Thundercloud / U.N. Squadron / Manami Matsumae
25:19: BGM 4 / Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf / Tokuhiko Uwabo
28:39: Staff Roll / Super Final Match Tennis / Takamitsu Kajikawa
31:23: Beach Sunset / Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel (Super NES) / Rick Fox
34:10: Credits Theme / Fatal Fury 2 (PC Engine) / SNK Sound Team
35:58: Sound Test No. 10 / ATP Tour Championship Tennis / Hikoshi Hashimoto
38:05: Your Sunset / Tekken Tag Team Tournament 2 / Taku Inoe
42:10: Isolation / Zero Divide 2 / Hideyuki Shimono and Akihito Ohkawa
46:05: Midnight Greenhouse (Bonatic Base) / Knuckles’ Chaotix / Junko Shiratsu and Mariko Nanba
48:52: Heavy Hitters / Final Fight 3 / Katsunari Kitajima
51:09: Imbalanced Kiss / Yu Yu Hakusho: Makyou Touitsusen / Hiro Takahashi
54:19: Heliport / Double Dragon II: The Revenge (Arcade) / Kazunaka Yamane
57:04: End Credits / Sega Bass Fishing / Sachio Ogawa
58:49: Mirthless / King of Fighters ’97 / SNK Sound Team
60:28: European Stars / European Club Soccer / Matt Furniss

 

You’re driving, but it doesn’t have to be a race. Track listing: 0:11: Grand Bridge / Yoshi’s Safari / Yoshiki Nishimura, Miyuki Uemura and Yasushi Tokunaga 1:29: Grass Land / Yoshi’s Safari / Yoshiki Nishimura, Miyuki Uemura and Yasushi Tokunaga 2:31: Pipe Island / Yoshi’s Safari / Yoshiki Nishimura, Miyuki Uemura and Yasushi Tokunaga 3:10: Crescent Island / Yoshi’s Safari / Yoshiki Nishimura, Miyuki Uemura and Yasushi Tokunaga 4:33: Amazon / Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix / Isao Abe, Yuki Iwai and Setsuo Yamamoto 7:29: Marina Madness / Knuckles’ Chaotix / Junko Shiratsu and Mariko Nanba 10:16: Column Dive / Columns III / Morihiko Akiyama 12:18: Sea / U.N. Squadron / Manami Matsumae 14:50: Title Theme / Double Dragon II: The Revenge / Kazunaka Yamane 17:35: Tengu Man / Mega Man & Bass / Toshihiko Horiyama, Naoshi Mizuta and Akari Kaida 20:14: Battle 8 / Arc the Lad / Masahiro Andoh and Hirotaka Izumi 22:47: Wall Tune / Cool Spot (Genesis) / Tommy Tallarico 25:38: BGM 4 / Shinobi / Yasuhiro Kawakami 27:11: Twinbee to the Rescue! / Pop'n Twinbee: Rainbow Bell Adventures / Kenichi Matsubara, Yukie Morimoto and Saiko Miki 29:33: Sandinista / Contra (Arcade) / Kazuki Muraoka 31:18: Kasnan Fortress / Ys IV: Mask of the Sun / CUBE (Yoshiaki Kubotera, Masanori Hikichi, Miyoko Kobayashi, Naoki Ito, Tomohiro Endo and/or Hiroo Tengenji) 34:51: Fire World (Flare’s Theme) / Panel de Pon / Masaya Kuzume 40:11: Mojo Ramble / Art of Fighting 3 / SNK Sound Team 42:27: Napalm Man / Mega Man 5 / Mari Yamaguchi 45:22: Wheat Field / Double Dragon II: The Revenge / Kazunaka Yamane 48:07: Unused Theme / U.N. Squadron / Manami Matsumae 51:19: Shoot! / Windjammers / Tomoyoshi Sato and Seiichi Hamada 54:20: Dolphin Park / Wave Race 64 / Kazumi Totaka 56:54: Beach / Plok / Tim and Geoff Follin 62:18: Spirit Mountain / Yoshi’s Safari / Yoshiki Nishimura, Miyuki Uemura and Yasushi Tokunaga 63:09: Floating Castle / Yoshi’s Safari / Yoshiki Nishimura, Miyuki Uemura and Yasushi Tokunaga 64:46: Magical Sound Shower / Out Run / Hiroshi Kawaguchi Moonlight Drive: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/moonlight-drive https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/race-to-your-death Race to Your Death! Or Don't!: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/race-to-your-death 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

What does a nighttime drive through the city sound like? Here are thirty video games that attempt to answer that question. Starting with the theme to Toad's Turnpike from Mario Kart 64, this episode explores a lesser-known type of video game music: "chill metropolis" or "skyscraper nocturne" or whatever else you want to call it. Featuring titles from Sega, Nintendo, Capcom, Square and more. Track listing: 0:07: Intro / Takashi Tateishi / Mega Man 2 1:30: Crash Man / Takashi Tateishi / Mega Man 2 3:14: Toad's Turnpike / Kenta Nagata / Mario Kart 64 4:56: Big Blue / Yumiko Kanki and Naoto Ishida / F-Zero 6:56: Glittertown / Tomoya Tomita and Minako Hamano / Wario Land: Shake It! 8:29: Vanilla Lake / Soyo Oka / Super Mario Kart Beta 9:35; Pyoro Part Three / Ryoji Yoshitomi and Kyoko Miyamoto / WarioWare: Mega Microgame$ 12:42: Fetus of God / Takayuki Iwai and Masato Kouda / DarkStalkers 3: Jedah's Damnation 14:37: Moonlight / Hideki Okugawa / Street Fighter 3: Third Strike 16:01: Subway Park / Capcom Team / Final Fight 17:29: Scala / Capcom Team / Street Fighter Alpha 3 18:48: Boomer Kuwanger / Yuko Takehara / Mega Man X 21:26: Spring Yard Zone / Masato Nakamura / Sonic the Hedgehog 22:13: Star Light Zone / Masato Nakamura / Sonic the Hedgehog 23:05: Keep the Groovin' / Masato Nakamura / Streets of Rage / 26:24: Mellow Groove / John Baker / ToeJam & Earl 28:00 Planet Freon / Tomoko Sasaki / Ristar 29:23: Cylic’s Stage / Hikoshi Hashimoto / Cosmic Carnage 30:34: Beyond the Galaxy / Koichi Namiki / Galaxy Force II 32:04: Wolf / Takayuki Nakamura / Virtua Fighter 36:15: Under Her Control / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VIII 37:37: Ending / Jean Baudlot and Fabrice Visserot / Flashback 39:22: Area H / Fujii Minae, Saito Minae, Akihiro Akamatsu and Sachiko Oita / Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2 40:24: Warth / Ippo Takeuchi and M. "Gaki-Chan" Nakagaki / Phantasy Star 4 42:90: Act 4, Part 2 / Keiji Yamagishi and Ryuichi Nitta / Ninja Gaiden 43:18: Ruins of Lab 16 / Yasunori Mitsuda / Chrono Trigger 44:13: Remains of the Factory / Yasunori Mitsuda / Chrono Trigger 47:44: Last Wave / Hiroshi_Kawaguchi / Outrun 49:03: Sunset Coastline / Nobuo Uematsu / Rad Racer 50:02: BGM 1 / Hikoshi Hashimoto / Racing Hero 51:13: Track 1 + Track 2 + Track 6 / Takami Asano / Chase HQ 53:26: Track 1 / Barry Leitch / Top Gear 57:19: Oppressed People / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy VII 59:09: Drifting Away / Ryoji Yoshitomi and Kyoko Miyamoto / WarioWare: Mega Microgame$ /

 
sunset-pixel-art.png
Drew Mackie