113: Christmas Eve in an Ice Cavern

Yes, it’s the annual Singing Mountain episode about chilly winter music. The big difference is that this year I’m actually allowing a few tracks that have sleigh bells jingling. Don’t worry — they’re still moody, but this is a less melancholy collection of ice level VGM than I’ve put together in recent years.

And if this isn’t enough for you, an “all music, no talk” supermix of all the 16-bit winter VGM I’ve featured so far will be going up later today on the Singing Mountain Patreon feed.

Listen to previous winter VGM episodes:

Yes, it's the annual Singing Mountain episode about chilly winter music. The big difference is that this year I'm actually allowing a few tracks that have sleigh bells jingling. Don't worry - they're still moody, but this is a less melancholy collection of ice level VGM than I've put together in recent years.

Track listing:

0:07 Snow and Icy Place / Eternal Filena (Super Famicom) / Hideaki Kumagai

2:04 Indoors / 3x3 Eyes: Jūma Hōkan (Super Famicom) / Unknown Composer

4:35 Diamonds on Home Planet / Dyna Brothers 2 (Mega Drive) / Masami Yitsuse 

7:47 Snowy Mountain / Traverse: Starlight and Prairie (Super Famicom) / Daisuke Tamura

11:25 Snow and the Stars / Devil Hunter Yohko: The Seven Bells (Mega Drive) / Keiichi Yamamoto 

13:57 BGM 11 / Benkei Gaiden (Turbografx-16) / Masashi Kageyama

16:43 Glacier / Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Mega Drive) / Aki Hata

19:43 Freezing Ice Plains / DoReMi Fantasy (Super Famicom) / Jun Chikuma

22:02 Crystal Mountain / Mickey to Donald Magical Adventure 3 (Super Famicom) / Unknown Composer 

24:27 Options / Batman Returns (Sega Genesis) / Paul Gadbois 

26:56 Manor of Frozen Monsters / Far East of Eden (Super Famicom) / Toshiyuki Sasagawa, Kohei Tanaka and Aya Tanaka 

28:40 Freesia Castle / Crusader of Centy (Sega Genesis) / Motokazu Shinoda 

31:58 Neverland Tundra / Hook (Super NES) / Matt Furniss 

33:54 Ice Caverns / Demon’s Crest (Super NES) / Toshihiko Horiyama

36:00 Hero in Ice / Elfaria II (Super Famicom) / Yukihide Takekawa

38:11 Snow Sled / Silva Saga II: The Legend of Light and Darkness (Super Famicom) / Katsuhisa Ishida, Masanao Akahori and Jun Enoki 

40:22 Tigne / Princess Minerva (Super Famicom) / Hiroaki Iwatani

42:20 Iceberg Ocean / Kirby’s Dream Course (Super NES) / Hirokazu Ando

44:39 Freezekill Village / Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom) / Motoi Sakuraba

47:35 Crystal So Long / Aretha II: Ariel’s Mysterious Journey / CHACKey, Futoshi Shimodaira, Hiroe Kazuyasu 

50:36 Lake / Hamelin no Violin Hiki (Super Famicom) / Yoshiyuki Mori

54:17 Ice World / Jelly Boy (Super NES) / Steve Collett and Nick Stroud

56:35 Arctic Caverns / Battletoads (Sega Genesis) / David Wise

58:32 A Wish / Secret of Mana (Super NES) / Hiroki Kikuta

61:17 Another Winter / Seiken Densetsu 3 (Super Famicom) / Hiroki Kikuta 

64:58 Ice Lake / Romancing Saga 3 (Super Famicom) / Kenji Ito

67:43 Winter / Harvest Moon (Super NES) / Tsuyoshi Tanaka

70:05: In a Snowbound Land / Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest (Super NES) / David Wise

 
 
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Drew Mackie