Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC presents:

EXT SRC 15 / Sega Saturn Megamix 1.5 / 05.08.24

 

Today I’m celebrating my 10th episode by revisiting one of my favorite genres of music: video game soundtracks. 14 years ago I created a mix called “Sega Saturn Megamix” which included a collection of my favorite tracks straight from my game collection (still on my Mixcloud). This new mix is going to include a few of those along with some others I didn’t include the first time.

The music from this era holds a special place in my heart. Game companies had switched over to using discs which allowed for full, CD-quality sound. Composers at the time didn’t hesitate to take advantage of it.

As a kid I noticed that if you placed the games into a normal CD player you could listen to the soundtracks (known as red book audio). While a lot of my friends were probably listening to pop, I was recording game music onto cassettes.

As the son of two jazz-loving parents I was immediately drawn to the fusion featured in games like Sega Rally Championship and Daytona USA. This period was also my introduction to electronic music, through Cold Storage’s work on Wipeout. It was that game that lead me to browse FYE’s “dance” section and pick up Roni Size & Reprazent’s “Newforms”, the first album I purchased on my own and would influence my taste in music forever.

So turn back the clock to 1994 when Sega was making terrible business decisions but great music! I hope listeners enjoy the show and bear with me while I nerd out for two hours.

 

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Playlist:

Time: May 8 - 11:04:01 am

• Hiroaki Yoshida, “Track 03”

  from Winter Heat

  Sega - 1998

Time: May 8 - 11:06:23 am

• Naofumi Hataya, “Reckless Running”

  from Sega Rally Championship

  SEGA - 1995

Time: May 8 - 11:15:00 am

• Kouichi Namiki, “Sky High”

  from Daytona USA

  SEGA - 1995

Time: May 8 - 11:15:02 am

• Tomoyuki Hamada, “Night Wind”

  from Tokyo Highway Battle

  Genki - 1996

Time: May 8 - 11:20:44 am

• David Leytze, “Beginning”

  from Fighting Vipers

  SEGA - 1995

Time: May 8 - 11:22:02 am

• Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, “Black Cat Moon (Alternate)”

  from Virtua Fighter 2

  SEGA - 1995

Time: May 8 - 11:24:50 am

• Bygone Dogs, “I Will Not Take It”

  from Cyber Speedway

  SEGA - 1995

Time: May 8 - 11:28:26 am

• Hyakutaro Tsukumo, “Legendary Wings”

  from Thunder Force V

  Technosoft - 1997

Time: May 8 - 11:30:30 am

• Kentaro Koyama, “In The Blue Sky”

  from Virtual On: Cyber Troopers

  SEGA - 1995

Time: May 8 - 11:33:13 am

• Yasuhiro Nakano, “Ellis' Theme”

  from Battle Arena Toshinden URA

  Takara - 1996

Time: May 8 - 11:34:12 am

• Kentaro Koyama, “Time (Not Used)”

  from Virtua Cop

  SEGA - 1996

Time: May 8 - 11:38:52 am

• D'SECRETS, “Jaggy Love”

  from Last Bronx

  SEGA - 1996

Time: May 8 - 11:43:34 am

• Zuntata, “Penetration”

  from Layer Section

  Taito - 1995

Time: May 8 - 11:49:45 am

• Zuntata, “VISIONNERZ”

  from Darius Gaiden

  Taito - 1994

Time: May 8 - 11:52:42 am

• Tamayo Kawauchi, “Area 2 - Aquarium”

  from Layer Section II

  Taito - 1997

Time: May 8 - 11:57:52 am

• CoLD SToRAGE, “Cold Comfort”

  from WipEout

  Psygnosis - 1995

Time: May 8 - 12:02:04 pm

• Channel X, “The Phantom Voltage”

  from Steep Slope Sliders

  Cave - 1997

Time: May 8 - 12:06:50 pm

• Ann Sinclair, “Don't Drop Me”

  from Sega Touring Car Chamionship

  SEGA - 1996

Time: May 8 - 12:08:10 pm

• Richard Jacques, “Gene Gadget, Act Two”

  from Sonic 3D Blast

  SEGA - 1996

Time: May 8 - 12:10:47 pm

• Richard Jacques, “Radical City - Living In The City”

  from Sonic R

  SEGA - 1997

Time: May 8 - 12:15:41 pm

• Tomoko Sasaki & Naofumi Hataya, “Dreams, Dreams: Dance Mix”

  from Christmas Nights

  SEGA - 1996

Time: May 8 - 12:21:03 pm

• Yoshitaka Azuma, “Flight”

  from Panzer Dragoon

  SEGA - 1995

Time: May 8 - 12:21:05 pm

• Richard Jacques, “Special Stage”

  from Sonic 3D Blast

  SEGA - 1996

Time: May 8 - 12:23:45 pm

• Naofumi Hataya, “We Are Burning Rangers (Featuring Dennis St. James)”

  from Burning Rangers

  SEGA - 1998

Time: May 8 - 12:27:26 pm

• Katsuhiko Suzuki & Norio Hanzawa, “Jazzy Sabotage”

  from Guardian Heroes

  Treasure - 1996

Time: May 8 - 12:29:29 pm

• Kenji Yamamoto, “Track 03”

  from Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu

  Bandai - 1996

Time: May 8 - 12:31:02 pm

• Justin Scharvona, “Fight Night With Flibby”

  from Croc: Legend of the Gobbos

  Fox Interactive - 1997

Time: May 8 - 12:32:02 pm

• Shun Nishigaki, “Sakura Theme”

  from Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo

  Capcom - 1996

Time: May 8 - 12:36:30 pm

• Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, “Young Knight (Theme of Lion)”

  from Virtua Fighter Kids

  SEGA - 1996

Time: May 8 - 12:38:40 pm

• Tomoko Sasaki & Naofumi Hataya, “The Mantle”

  from Nights into Dreams

  SEGA - 1996

Time: May 8 - 12:40:40 pm

• Cave, “1st Circuit Ending”

  from DoDonPachi

  Cave - 1997

Time: May 8 - 12:43:32 pm

• Naofumi Hataya, “Game Select”

  from Sonic Jam

  SEGA - 1997

Time: May 8 - 12:45:09 pm

• Shusaku Uchiyama, “Staff Roll”

  from Mega Man 8

  Capcom - 1997

Time: May 8 - 12:51:17 pm

• Yukifumi Makino, “Into The Darkness”

  from Astal

  SEGA - 1995

Time: May 8 - 12:52:44 pm

• Saori Kobayashi, “Ending Credits”

  from Panzer Dragoon Saga

  SEGA - 1998

Time: May 8 - 12:56:45 pm

• Tomoko Sasaki & Naofumi Hataya, “Dreams, Dreams”

  from Christmas Nights

  SEGA - 1996

Tedikuma    Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC    May 8th, 2024

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