Other Sega Video Game Music
My previous post briefly examined aspects related to video game music technology and soundtracks as they pertained to Sega video game consoles. While I did focus primarily on the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, music from that franchise that draws inspiration from Iberia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, and the lasting impact that Sonic has had on Sega, recall that I also said that Sega has a legacy spanning several decades. I will use the time in this current post to briefly list and examine VGM tracks besides Sonic the Hedgehog. Sega had several mascots in the 1980s long before Sonic appeared: most notably Alex Kidd, a boy with large hands who used the power of “Rock, Paper, Scissors” and a living spaceship named Opa-Opa as the lead character in the Fantasy Zone series. Sega also created arcade games in the 1980s, many of which incorporated motion controls to enhance their interactivity and eventually received official home ports on the Sega Master System and other subsequent consoles.
The tracks presented in the following list entitled Iberian, Latin American, and Caribbean Elements in VGM, Part 2b: Sega Games (Other) derive from many interactive media formats from the late-1980s to the 2020s. Like the music featured in the Sonic the Hedgehog playlist, the musical tracks listed below draw inspiration from many Spanish, Portuguese, Latin American, and Caribbean regions: primarily by applying genres like salsa (as in the Clockwork Knight games for the Sega Saturn), bossa nova (Shenmue for the Sega Dreamcast), and Latin jazz (OutRun for arcade and home consoles). The playlist also shares similarities with the Sonic the Hedgehog playlist in that many of the tracks that I have compiled musically reinforce the geography of a specific level or stage: specifically, those involving islands or aquatic sections. This also holds true for some license games published by Sega, which I encountered through QuackShot and The Lucky Dime Caper starring Donald Duck via The Walt Disney Company, as well as games based on characters from the McDonald’s fast food restaurant chain via titles like McDonald’s Treasure Land Adventure. Other instances involve games that unabashedly displays Hispanophone and Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) music by licensing real songs, albeit through a culturally confused and borderline homogeneous interactive lens. The Samba de Amigo series emphasizes this through its rhythm game structure, maracas controller peripheral, the overall visual presence of Amigo the monkey (who often wears a sombrero) the selection of tracks from both Europe and Latin America.
The tracks presented in the following list entitled Iberian, Latin American, and Caribbean Elements in VGM, Part 2b: Sega Games (Other) derive from many interactive media formats from the late-1980s to the 2020s. Like the music featured in the Sonic the Hedgehog playlist, the musical tracks listed below draw inspiration from many Spanish, Portuguese, Latin American, and Caribbean regions: primarily by applying genres like salsa (as in the Clockwork Knight games for the Sega Saturn), bossa nova (Shenmue for the Sega Dreamcast), and Latin jazz (OutRun for arcade and home consoles). The playlist also shares similarities with the Sonic the Hedgehog playlist in that many of the tracks that I have compiled musically reinforce the geography of a specific level or stage: specifically, those involving islands or aquatic sections. This also holds true for some license games published by Sega, which I encountered through QuackShot and The Lucky Dime Caper starring Donald Duck via The Walt Disney Company, as well as games based on characters from the McDonald’s fast food restaurant chain via titles like McDonald’s Treasure Land Adventure. Other instances involve games that unabashedly displays Hispanophone and Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) music by licensing real songs, albeit through a culturally confused and borderline homogeneous interactive lens. The Samba de Amigo series emphasizes this through its rhythm game structure, maracas controller peripheral, the overall visual presence of Amigo the monkey (who often wears a sombrero) the selection of tracks from both Europe and Latin America.
OutRun (1986)
Music by Hiroshi Kawaguchi
“Magical Sound Shower
“Passing Breeze”
Fantasy Zone (1986)
Music by Hiroshi Kawaguchi
“Opa-Opa! (Round One)”
“Hot Snow (Round Five)”
Aztec Adventure/Nazca ’88: The Road to the Golden Paradise (1987)
Music by Chikako Kamatani
Aztec Adventure/Nazca ’88: The Road to the Golden Paradise (Full Soundtrack, FM Version)
Dynamite Düx (1988)
Music by Hiroshi Kawaguchi
“Jungle”
“Achacha”
Alex Kidd in The Enchanted Castle (1989)
Music by Chickako Kamatani
“Desert Theme”
Wonder Boy in Monster World (1991, 1992)
Music by Shinichi Sakamoto
“Islands”
QuackShot (1991)
Music by Shigenori Kamiya
“Mexico”
The Lucky Dime Caper starring Donald Duck (1991)
Music by (NA)
“Peru”
Super Fantasy Zone (1992)
Music by Naoki Kodaka
“Shop”
“Mango”
Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude! (1992)
Music by Paul Gadbois
“Intro & Aztec Temple”
Grenada
“Curacao
McDonald’s Treasure Land Adventure (1993)
Music by Katsuhiko Suzuki
“Stage 3: Magical Sea”
Ronald in the Magical World (1993)
“Magical Castle (Stage 4)”
Clockwork Knight (1994, 1995)
Music by Hirofumi Murasaki
“Title Screeen”
“Bob’s Tango”
“Iron Arms”
Clockwork Knight 2 (1995, 1996)
Music by Hirofumi Murasaki
“Salsa de Pepperouchau (Intro Mix)”
Ristar (1995)
Music by Tomoko Sasaki
“PLANET FLORA – Rd. 1-1 Theme – Shooting Ristar”
Sega Water Ski (1997, 1998)
Music by Tetsuya Kawauchi
“Advertising BGM B”
“Expert Course”
“Name Entry”
Shenmue (1999)
Music by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Yuzo Koshiro, Ryuji Iuichi, and Osamu Murata
“Boz Nov”
Space Channel 5 (1999, 2000)
Music by Naofumi Hataya and Kenichi Tokoi
“Mexican Flyer Remix”
“Pala Paya… Lounge Music”
Super Monkey Ball (2001)
Music by Hidenori Shoji
“Monkey Bowling Menu”
Super Monkey Ball 2 (2002)
Music by Hidenori Shoji, Haruyoshi Tomita, and Ryuji Iuchi
“Monkey Golf 2”
Sega Soccer Slam (2002)
Music by Michael Beckett, Robert Buckley, Daniel Fung
“Latino Tune”
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (2003)
Music by Mariko Nanba and Tomoya Ohtani
“Passionate & Silent Sea”
“Bossa Nova of Briny Air”
3D Fantasy Zone II W (2015)
Music by Manabu Namiki
“Endless Love (Link Loop Land)”
Samba de Amigo: Party Central (2023)
Music by Kenichi Tokoi, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Iona Takashima, and
Etsuko Shimada, Various Artists[1]
“VAMOS A CARNAVAL”
[1] The Samba de Amigo music and rhythm games originated in 2000 for the Sega Dreamcast video game console. The soundtracks feature myriad remixed versions of songs by real musicians and groups: many from within the Iberian, Latin American, and Caribbean regions.
Music by Hiroshi Kawaguchi
“Magical Sound Shower
“Passing Breeze”
Fantasy Zone (1986)
Music by Hiroshi Kawaguchi
“Opa-Opa! (Round One)”
“Hot Snow (Round Five)”
Aztec Adventure/Nazca ’88: The Road to the Golden Paradise (1987)
Music by Chikako Kamatani
Aztec Adventure/Nazca ’88: The Road to the Golden Paradise (Full Soundtrack, FM Version)
Dynamite Düx (1988)
Music by Hiroshi Kawaguchi
“Jungle”
“Achacha”
Alex Kidd in The Enchanted Castle (1989)
Music by Chickako Kamatani
“Desert Theme”
Wonder Boy in Monster World (1991, 1992)
Music by Shinichi Sakamoto
“Islands”
QuackShot (1991)
Music by Shigenori Kamiya
“Mexico”
The Lucky Dime Caper starring Donald Duck (1991)
Music by (NA)
“Peru”
Super Fantasy Zone (1992)
Music by Naoki Kodaka
“Shop”
“Mango”
Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude! (1992)
Music by Paul Gadbois
“Intro & Aztec Temple”
Grenada
“Curacao
McDonald’s Treasure Land Adventure (1993)
Music by Katsuhiko Suzuki
“Stage 3: Magical Sea”
Ronald in the Magical World (1993)
“Magical Castle (Stage 4)”
Clockwork Knight (1994, 1995)
Music by Hirofumi Murasaki
“Title Screeen”
“Bob’s Tango”
“Iron Arms”
Clockwork Knight 2 (1995, 1996)
Music by Hirofumi Murasaki
“Salsa de Pepperouchau (Intro Mix)”
Ristar (1995)
Music by Tomoko Sasaki
“PLANET FLORA – Rd. 1-1 Theme – Shooting Ristar”
Sega Water Ski (1997, 1998)
Music by Tetsuya Kawauchi
“Advertising BGM B”
“Expert Course”
“Name Entry”
Shenmue (1999)
Music by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Yuzo Koshiro, Ryuji Iuichi, and Osamu Murata
“Boz Nov”
Space Channel 5 (1999, 2000)
Music by Naofumi Hataya and Kenichi Tokoi
“Mexican Flyer Remix”
“Pala Paya… Lounge Music”
Super Monkey Ball (2001)
Music by Hidenori Shoji
“Monkey Bowling Menu”
Super Monkey Ball 2 (2002)
Music by Hidenori Shoji, Haruyoshi Tomita, and Ryuji Iuchi
“Monkey Golf 2”
Sega Soccer Slam (2002)
Music by Michael Beckett, Robert Buckley, Daniel Fung
“Latino Tune”
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (2003)
Music by Mariko Nanba and Tomoya Ohtani
“Passionate & Silent Sea”
“Bossa Nova of Briny Air”
3D Fantasy Zone II W (2015)
Music by Manabu Namiki
“Endless Love (Link Loop Land)”
Samba de Amigo: Party Central (2023)
Music by Kenichi Tokoi, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Iona Takashima, and
Etsuko Shimada, Various Artists[1]
“VAMOS A CARNAVAL”
[1] The Samba de Amigo music and rhythm games originated in 2000 for the Sega Dreamcast video game console. The soundtracks feature myriad remixed versions of songs by real musicians and groups: many from within the Iberian, Latin American, and Caribbean regions.
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