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Famicom BGM
Today I picked up a soundtrack of Famicom (Japanese edition of Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)) games from 1983-86, called "Famicom 20th Anniversary Original Sound Tracks Vol.1".
It was playing at Tower Records, and I just couldn't resist buying it. It's probably only in Japan that you'll hear Super Mario Bros being played on a whole floor of a large music store!
The soundtrack includes background music from Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong/Jr./3, Devil World, Clu Clu Land, Balloon Fight, Ice Climber, Wrecking Crew, The Legend of Zelda, nazo no murasame jō, Metroid, and Kid Icarus. All of which I played a lot in the 80's, except nazo no murasame jō which was a Japan-only release.
My favorite BGM, or at least what I was most glad to hear again, is the one from Wrecking Crew, Kid Icarus, Clu Clu Land (seeing the title in katakana for the first time made all the sense, "kurukuru" is an onomatopoeia for "spinning"), and Zelda.
Also, I picked up HASEBE Novko's [mini-]album "Pandaman" (2000).
HASEBE Novko was a front member of Modern Choki Chokies, and she wrote several of their songs, including the hits "jitensha ni notte," and "tentai kansoku". Her music is probably what I've heard that sounds closest to Modern Choki Chokies' sound.
"Pandaman" also features ex-Moda-choki ISODA Osamu.
Posted on January 7, 2004 at 00:03 | Tweet
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