Legacy Music Hour
Latest Episodes
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Episode 59: Square Squared
Released 09.24.12
For Episode 59, Brent and Rob revisit the focus of Episode 5, Square (and Squaresoft), the legendary company specializing in role-playing games such as Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger. Basically, it's Square part 2, or Square 2, which makes it look like...
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Episode 58: Military and War
Released 09.24.12
A-TEN-HUT! At ease, listeners. For this mission, Lieutenant Weinbach and Sergeant Switch focus on games (or parts of games) that have a significant connection to military or war content. Now drop down, grab your radio, and settle into your foxhole, pri...
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Episode 57: TurboGrafx-16
Released 09.24.12
The focus of Episode 57 is the TurboGrafx-16 (and PC Engine -AND the SuperGrafx). Brent and Rob choose only music from this marginalized console. Full track listing below.
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Episode 56: The Old West
Released 09.24.12
Howdy, pardners! Boss Brent and Switch the Kid rustle up the roughest, toughest Western music to ever stampede out of a game console. In other words, the topic of Episode 56 is music from Western themed games and levels. So get your spurs on and hold o...
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Episode 55: Fire and Lava
Released 09.24.12
In Episode 55, Brent and Rob embrace a hot topic. Not a controversial topic, just literally hot. That is, they share tracks from only fire/lava stages in video games. What a nice, toasty way to get in to the cooler, Fall season! And, for your convenie...
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Episode 54: Elevator Music 2
Released 09.24.12
Brent and Rob revisit the topic of Episode 7: Elevator Music. Elevator Music is a good thing. It's kind of jazzy. It's also kind of cheesy and synthetic, but in a good and interesting way. Some people think Elevator Music is boring. Not The Legacy Mu...
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Bonus: Brent Weinbach VGM Dance Mix Vol. 1
Released 09.24.12
The Legacy Music Hour presents Brent Weinbach's first installment of continuous dance party music comprised of only 8-bit and 16-bit era video game music. No remixes, no covers, no adaptations of non-video game music -just pure, original, dancy music fro...
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Episode 53: Scary Music
Released 09.24.12
Not to be confused with horror themed games, Episode 53 features scary and spooky sounding music, just in time for Halloween. The Legacy Music Hour dares you to listen to this episode in the dark! Full track listing below.
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Episode 52: Best Of Year In Review
Released 09.24.12
Brent and Rob countdown towards the new year of The Legacy Music Hour by sharing their TOP TEN video game music tracks from the last 51 episodes. The music selected is only stuff they discovered within the last year and that was played on the podcast, me...
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Bonus: F. Switch Dance Mix Uno
Released 09.24.12
As a gift to the listeners, Brent and Rob have decided to release full uninterrupted sets of music from the 8-bit and 16-bit era.
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Episode 51: Girls, Girls, Girls
Released 09.24.12
Female composers are the focus of Episode 51. In a few cases, men were involved with the arrangement and sound design, but as far as the actual compositions go, every single piece of music played on this episode was composed by a woman. And, a good shar...
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Episode 50: Free Play 5
Released 09.24.12
Episode 50 means another free play episode! Brent and Rob celebrate without a cake but with Nintendo collector cards. Of course, they play and talk about good video game music too. The free play episodes are meant to have no topic restrictions, but thi...
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Episode 49: Koichi Sugiyama
Released 09.24.12
For Episode 49, Brent and Rob focus on famed Dragon Quest composer Koichi Sugiyama. After a healthy and established musical career in television and pop music, Sugiyama started composing music for video games when he was already in his 50's, and even now...
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Episode 48: Keith Apicary and Nathan Barnatt
Released 09.24.12
Episode 48 is almost like two episodes in one, lengthwise and content-wise. The Legacy Music Hour welcomes retro video game expert and star of the ongoing documentary Talking Classics, Keith Apicary. Then, Brent and Rob welcome a second guest, sketch co...
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Episode 47: Taito
Released 09.24.12
Brent and Rob spend Episode 47 listening to music from legendary video game company Taito. Great music, that's all! Full track listing below.
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Episode 46: Role-Playing Games
Released 09.24.12
Finally, a Legacy Music Hour episode dedicated to RPGs, and decidely, Brent and Rob stay clear of Nobuo Uematsu and only cover one Square game in order leave room for lesser known composers and role-playing titles. Brent and Rob also talk about magic tri...
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Episode 45: Western Composers
Released 09.24.12
For Episode 45, Brent and Rob listen to music composed by Western composers only. They also come up with a new name for the show. Full track listing below.
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Bonus: Funny Music Original Recording
Released 09.24.12
The following recording is a supplement to Episode 44: Funny Music. It is the original recording that was not used due to technical difficulties. Shortly after the episode was recorded, it was realized that the guest microphones were not working properl...
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Episode 44: Funny Music
Released 09.24.12
Usually, Brent and Rob share what they think is really good music. In this episode, however, good music isn't necessarily the goal. This time, the focus is on music that sounds funny (though most of the tracks in this episode are very good nonetheless)....
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Episode 43: Ice and Snow
Released 09.24.12
Brent and Rob take a break from the summer heat to explore the music of ice and snow levels in 8-bit and 16-bit era games. Grab a cup of cocoa, put on your ski jacket, and take nice, cool listen to this episode of The Legacy Music Hour. Full track listi...
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Episode 42: Boss Music
Released 09.24.12
In Episode 42, Brent and Rob focus solely on boss music. Final bosses, regular bosses, mini-bosses -they welcome bosses from all walks of life. They also share stories about crash symbols and good deals and they talk about other stuff, as usual. Full t...
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Episode 41: Only In Japan
Released 09.24.12
Brent and Rob explore music from games only released in Japan (during the 8-bit and 16-bit era). The spirit of Milli Vanilli also makes an appearance to embrace this music from the Land of the Rising Sun. Full track listing below.
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Episode 40: Free Play 4
Released 09.24.12
Brent and Rob celebrate Episode 40 with more great tunes and another installment of Mame That Chune! Full track listing below.
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Episode 39: Side-Scrolling and Platforming
Released 09.24.12
Brent and Rob share some great tracks within the side-scroller/platformer category. They also partake in another exciting edition of VGM Karaoke! Enjoy. Try to enjoy. Full track listing below.
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Episode 38: New Age Music
Released 09.24.12
In this soothing yet provocative episode, Brent and Rob explore new age music found in video games of the 8-bit and 16-bit era.
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Episode 37: Movies
Released 09.24.12
Lights, camera, video game music! Brent and Rob take a look at some of the finest 8-bit and 16-bit era music from games based on major motion pictures.
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Episode 36: Kinuyo Yamashita
Released 09.24.12
Brent and Rob focus on famed Castlevania composer, Kinuyo Yamashita. Through an exclusive interview with Yamashita-san herself, the Legacy Music Hour reveals some very interesting information regarding the composer credits of Castlevania. Special thanks...
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Episode 35: Covers
Released 09.24.12
Brent and Rob deviate from the normal routine and present a fine selection of cover music from a variety of styles. It ends up being more of a jazzy episode...
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Episode 34: Latin Music
Released 09.24.12
Rob comes back from Brazil, which is appropriate because in this episode, Brent and Rob focus on Latin and Latin influenced music from 8-bit and 16-bit video games. Whistles, cuica drums, funky bass lines -all this and more on The Lambada Music Hour. Fu...
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Episode 33: Running and Shooting
Released 09.24.12
Music from "Run and Gun" games is the focus of Episode 33. Brent and Rob play tracks from games like Contra III, Gunstar Heroes, and Rolling Thunder 3. Rob also makes an interesting noise with his nose at the top of the show, so listen for that and enjo...
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Episode 32: Hudson Soft
Released 09.24.12
For Episode 32, Brent and Rob focus on the game developer and publisher, Hudson Soft. Sharing tracks from Hudson franchises such as Bomberman, Adventure Island, Milon, and more, Brent also springs a pop quiz on Rob at the beginning of the show. How well...
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Episode 31: Shorties
Released 09.24.12
A "shorty," as defined by The Legacy Music Hour, is a video game music piece that is around ten seconds or less in length. For Episode 31, Brent and Rob focus soley on shorties. Some of them loop, some of them end, none of them are longer than fifteen s...
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Lost Level: Fighting Games
Released 09.24.12
Episode 11: Fighting Games was originally supposed to be released on January 12, 2011, but due to technical difficulties, it was never released. There were problems with the recording device and all of the audio cut out at various times throughout the ep...
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Episode 30: Free Play 3
Released 09.24.12
Brent and Rob celebrate their 30th episode with another free play and a VGM Karaoke. Plus, they share some controversial clips from previous episodes that didn't make the final cut. Video game music never caused so much drama! Also, a bonus secret trea...
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Episode 29: Title Screen Music
Released 09.24.12
Brent and Rob focus on title screen music for Episode 29. Rob shares a story about inventing a comic book character and Brent tells a story about a lost relationship with Activision. In addition, they play another round of Mame That Chune, but controver...
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Episode 28: Sonic the Hedgehog
Released 09.24.12
Brent and Rob explore music within Sega's flagship franchise, Sonic the Hedgehog. They share some classic hits as well as some obscurities, and Brent shares some insider information on the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson. Full track listing below.
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Episode 27: Rock Music
Released 09.24.12
In Episode 27, Brent and Rob present their favorite rock tracks and share stories about mosh pitta-ing and other things. Full track listing below.
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Episode 26: Beyond 16-Bit
Released 09.24.12
In this very unusual episode, Brent and Rob look beyond the 16-bit era, and showcase music from the Playstation, Wii, Nintendo 64, and more. Full track listing below.
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Episode 25: Nobuo Uematsu
Released 09.24.12
The boys focus on video game music legend, Nobuo Uematsu, showcasing a breadth of tracks from his vast body of work during the 8-bit and 16-bit era. NOTE: The Legacy Music Hour accidentally left out King's Knight (NES), which should have been played firs...
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Episode 24: Punching and Kicking
Released 09.24.12
In this episode, Brent and Rob focus on music from beat 'em up games. They also share stories about black belts, martial arts, and Russian sweat. Full track listing below.
