In this episode, Karl & Will explore some of very best sky-themed music in video games. Sit back, close your eyes, and enjoy a diverse collection of outstanding tracks. The guys also discuss some of the unique and signature compositional techniques composers use to evoke the feeling of the sky. Enjoy! Listen to Episode 81
Super Mario Sunshine - Koji Kondo, Shinobu Tanaka - Nintendo - Gamecube - 2002 -Sky & Sea Kirby's Dream Land - Jun Ishikawa - Nintendo - Game Boy - 1992 -Bubbley Clouds Panzer Dragoon - Yoshitaka Azuma - Sega - Saturn - 1995 -Flight Pilotwings 64 - Dan Hess - Nintendo - N64 - 1996 -Skydiving Mario Kart: Super Circuit - Kenichi Nishimaki - Nintendo - GBA - 2001 -Sky Garden Final Fantasy Legend - Nobuo Uematsu - Square - Gameboy - 1989 -Sky World Mega Man X4 - Toshihiko Horiyama - Capcom - Playstation - 1997 -Opening Stage X (Sky Lagoon) Little Nemo: The Dream Master - Junko Tamiya - Capcom - NES - 1990 -Cloud Ruins Super Mario Bros. 3 - Koji Kondo - Nintendo - NES - 1988 -In the Clouds The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword - Hajime Wakai, Shiho Fujii, Mahito Yokota, Takeshi Hama - Nintendo - Wii - 2011 -Exploring the Sky Sky Shark - Tim Follin - Firebird - NES - 1988 -Stage 1 Kirby's Return to Dreamland - Jun Ishikawa & Hirokazu Ando - Nintendo - Wii - 2011 -Sky Tower Mega Man 2 - Takashi Tateishi & Manami Matsumae - Capcom - NES - 1988 -Air Man Stage Pilotwings - Soyo Oka - Nintendo - 1990 -Rocketbelt Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Masato Nakamura - Sega - Genesis - 1992 -Sky Chase Zone Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - Kenji Yamamoto, Minako Hamano, Masaru Tajima - Nintendo - Wii - 2007 -Skytown Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Mahito Yakota - Nintendo - Wii - 2010 -Fluffy Bluff Galaxy Akumajou Special: Boku Dracula-kun - Shinji Tasaka, Satoko Minami - Konami - NES - 1990 -Hop and Step Above the Clouds Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies - Tetsukazu Nakanishi, Hiroshi Okubo & Junichi Nakatsuru - Namco - PS2 - 2001 -Megalith ~Agnus Dei Super Princess Peach - Akira Fujiwara - Nintendo - DS - 2005 -Giddy Sky 1 Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games - SEGA Sound Team - Wii - 2012 -Sky Station Galaxy