18 track album
Get ready! There's an all new episode of Shujin Academy VGM Club and we're checking out Barry Leitch's work on the Lotus and Top Gear games! It's the most Amiga music I've ever played on one episode, and some great SNES stuff too! Listen now or get left in the dust!
https://www.podbean.com/ea/pb-w9j5h-140c4c0
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Let’s drive off at top speed and explore the work of Barry Leitch on the Lotus and Top Gear games! Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com. BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. If you want to reach me, you can find me on Mastodon at @[email protected] or on Discord as ProfessorTom#7512. I’m also on both Tumblr and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. You can email me at [email protected]. Episodes of the show are posted on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6CIUs81aap58U1EuaaFdA. All my links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. Look for new episodes on Thursdays whenever I get them done, which is typically once or twice a month. As promised, here are some links mentioned during the show: Barry Leitch’s bandcamp can be found at https://barryleitch.bandcamp.com/. You can find his work on the Horizon Chase games there, along with his Top Gear tracks, some other SNES work, and more. I was a special guest star on last week’s episode of The VGMbassy. You can check out my conversation with VGM Prime Minister Ed all about Sega arcade games at https://thevgmbassy.com/2023/05/12/episode-91-sega-arcade-games-with-professor-tom/. Here’s the interview with Top Gear lead developer Ritchie Brannan that I mentioned on the show: https://www.memoriabit.com.br/exclusivo-programador-ritchie-brannan-fala-do-desenvolvimento-de-top-gear/ Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:05 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Storm Course (composer: Barry Leitch) 00:36 - Talk Segment 1 02:22 - Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge (Amiga) - Title Theme (composers: Shaun Southern and Andrew Morris) 04:55 - Talk Segment 1.5 06:27 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Title Screen (composer: Barry Leitch) 09:13 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Forest Course (composer: Barry Leitch) 10:01 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Night Course (composer: Barry Leitch) 10:55 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Desert Course (composer: Barry Leitch) 11:42 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Motorway Course (composer: Barry Leitch) 12:54 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Ending Theme (composer: Barry Leitch) 15:17 - I Think This is Talk Segment 3 18:08 - Top Gear (SNES) - Title (composer: Barry Leitch) 22:25 - Top Gear (SNES) - Bordeaux (composer: Barry Leitch) 26:29 - Top Gear (SNES) - Frankfurt (composer: Barry Leitch) 29:52 - Top Gear (SNES) - Ending Theme (composer: Barry Leitch) 32:04 - Talk Segment 4, I Guess [includes segment of “A Tougher Fight” from River City Ransom EX (GBA), composed by Kazuo Sawa] 35:11 - Top Gear Rally (N64) - Coastline (composer: Barry Leitch) 38:51 - Top Gear Rally (N64) - Mountain (composer: Barry Leitch) 42:40 - Top Gear Rally (N64) - Jungle (composer: Barry Leitch) 46:15 - Top Gear Rally (N64) - Strip Mine (composer: Barry Leitch) 49:04 - Outro Talk Segment, Definitely 51:19 - Horizon Chase 2 - Rocking in Rome (composer: Barry Leitch)
Bought a signed CD of the Horizon Chase 2 soundtrack by #BarryLeitch
It did come with listening instructions written on the packaging... "PLAY IT LOUDLY"... ok, i will do that😉
Just as good as the first games soundtrack... maybe even a little better👍
Not quite sure which #VideoGameMusic #soundtrack for #UtopiaCreationOfANation I prefer:
- The #Roland #MT32 version for #MSDOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUZvsb65oO8
- The #SNES version, which I've played my fair share of, and thus has quite some nostalgia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORZClHYziQk
- the #Amiga version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7RGtHOj8pM
- or the #AtariST version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elMiic5SS_Y
The latter one by #BarryLeitch certainly sounds the most unique and has strong #chiptune vibes.
Complete soundtrack from video game "Utopia: The Creation of a Nation", MS-DOS release with MT-32 sound module.Music recorded from a genuine Roland MT-32 (re...
Did you love driving games like Lotus Turbo Challenge, Top Gear (SNES), Out Run or Rush way back when?
Horizon Chase Turbo is here for Linux to get a load of modernized retro car gold!
Back to the old-school couch friendships with up to 4 player split screen play 🙂
Music by one and only Barry Leitch who worked on lots of classic titles.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/389140/Horizon_Chase_Turbo/
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#racing #retro #indie #LotusTurboChallenge #TopGear #Rush #OutRun #splitscreen #couchfriendship #Steam #BarryLeitch