Episode #9: Game Music History ~1986~

A look at some of the best game music from 1986. As with the previous episode, I tried to put the tracks in roughly chronological order.

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Playlist:

01 “Loading Screen” – Rambo: First Blood Part II (1986, Commodore 64) by Martin Galway

02 “Ending” – Chimera (1986, Commodore 64) by Rob Hubbard

03 “Title BGM” – The Legend of Zelda (1986, Famicom Disk System) by Koji Kondo

04 “Loading Tune” – Comic Bakery (1986, Commodore 64) by Martin Galway

05 “Opa-Opa!” – Fantasy Zone (1986, Arcade) by Hiroshi Kawaguchi

06 “Title Screen” – Ark Pandora (1986, Commodore 64) by Ben Daglish, Anthony Crowther

07 “Title Theme” – Dragon Quest (1986, NES) by Kouichi Sugiyama

08 “In-Game BGM” – Ghosts’n Goblins (1986, Commodore 64) by Mark Cooksey

09 “Main Theme” – Alpha (1986, PC-8801) by Nobuo Uematsu

10 “Main Theme” – Formula 1 Simulator (1986, Commodore 64) by Rob Hubbard

11 “Starfield” – Salamander (1986, Arcade) by Miki Higashino

12 “Title BGM” – Metroid (1986, Famicom Disk System) by Hirokazu Tanaka

13 “Start Demo ~ Main Theme” – Bubble Bobble (1986, Arcade) by Tadashi Kimijima

14 “Passing Breeze” – OutRun (1986, Arcade) by Hiroshi Kawaguchi

15 “Wicked Child” – Castlevania (1986, Famicom Disk System) by Kinuyo Yamashita

16 “Skyscraper” – Dangar – Ufo Robo (1986, Arcade) by Kenji Yoshida

17 “The Cave” – Fist II: The Legend Continues (1986, Commodore 64) by Neil Brennan

18 “Opening Gate of Romancia” – Dragon Slayer Jr: Romancia (1986, PC-8801) by Yuzo Koshiro

19 “Main BGM 1” – Jackal (1986, Arcade) by Konami Kukeiha Club

20 “Main Theme” – Street Surfer (1986, Commodore 64) by David Whittaker

21 “Miho’s Theme” – Asteka 2: Templo del Sol (1986, PC-8801) by Takahito Abe

22 “Cruel Killers” – Victory Road (1986, Arcade) by Toshikazu Tanaka

23 “Beat and Beat” – Last Mission (1986, Arcade) by Yukihiko Kitahara, Michiya Hirasawa, Azusa Hara

24 “Main Theme” – Panther (1986, Commodore 64) by David Whittaker

25 “BGM 1” – Zanac (1986, Famicom Disk System) by Masatomo Miyamoto

26 “A Calm Tone of Voice” – Xanadu Scenario II (1986, Sharp X1 TurboZ) by Takahito Abe

27 “Title Screen” – Hypa-Ball (1986, Commodore 64) by Keith Tinman

28 “Zone Attack!” – Final Zone (1986, Sharp X1 TurboZ) by Nobuhito Koise

29 “The Legend of Silpheed” – Silpheed (1986, PC-8801) by Masakuni Mitsuhashi

30 “Starglider (Title Screen)” – Starglider (1986, Atari ST) by Dave Lowe

31 “Title Screen” – West Bank (1986, Commodore 64) by Fred Gray

32 “Underworld” – Kid Icarus (1986, Famicom Disk System) by Hirokazu Tanaka

33 “Main Theme” – The Pawn (1986, Amiga) by John Molloy

34 “Golden Games Intro” – Operation Hongkong (1986, Commodore 64) by Holger Gehrmann

35 “Miss BLUE” – Valis: The Fantasm Soldier (1986, PC-8801) by Shinobu Ogawa

36 “Title Screen (Part 2)” – Agent X in the Brain Drain Caper (1986, ZX Spectrum) by Tim Follin