Episode #422 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. Today on the show, Bryan and Bedroth are diving headfirst into the wonderfully strange and somehow endlessly entertaining catalog of Jaleco for this year’s annual studio showcase. For a lot of retro fans, Jaleco became practically inseparable from the phrase “Jaleco Junk,” thanks to a library packed with everything from solid hidden gems to absolute trainwrecks that felt tossed onto store shelves at the last possible second. But buried inside all of that chaos was music that often had no business going as hard as it did.

We’ll be highlighting a huge mix of tracks from across Jaleco’s catalog, some attached to games that people still remember fondly, others tied to titles that are memorable for completely different reasons. Whether the games themselves were masterpieces, disasters, or somewhere in between, the soundtracks frequently brought an energy and personality that stuck with us all these years. Expect plenty of nostalgia and more than a few laughs along the way this week.

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EPISODE PLAYLIST AND CREDITS

Dave's Theme from Maniac Mansion [David Warhol, George Sanger, David Hayes & Dave Govett, 1988]
Main Theme from Avenging Spirit [Studio O.K., 1991]
Down in the Sewers from Brawl Brothers [Atsuyoshi Isemura & Hajime Uchida, 1992]
Bubble Builder Shanty from Super Bubble Pop [Jeremy Taylor, 2002]
Naval Battle -Stage 4- from E.D.F.: Earth Defense Force [Tsukasa Tawada, 1991]
BGM 02 from Soldam [Takahiro Ogata, 1993]
Dolf Theme from Tuff E Nuff [Yasuhiko Takashiba & Suguru Ishida, 1993]
Naoki's Theme from Psychic 5 [Shinichi Sakamoto, 1987]
Remlia Castle from The Astyanax [Toshiko Tasaki, 1989]
Unknown Track from Bases Loaded '96: Double Header [Takahiro Ogata, 1995]
Edit Mode from Tetris Plus [Iku Mizutani, 1996]
Battle on the Holy Plane from Dragon Seeds [Kenichi Arakawa & Ryo Yamazaki, 1998]
Battle Music 2 from Lowrider [Kazuaki Miyaji, 2002]
Lovely Star from Game Tengoku: The Game Paradise! [Noritaka Ubukata feat. Miki Takahashi & Saotomo Korogi, 1995]

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