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Soundtracks you might not have realised were by Hiro
Post Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 4:56 pm
Some time back I was going through old Sega interviews and realised that Hiro actually worked on a bunch of 8-bit Sega games, including a few I had not realised were by him before!

http://backup.segakore.fr/hitmaker/game/SOUND/SITE/member01.html
First up, in his old Hitmaker profile were a list of titles he worked on, with these titles that were of note:
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"Lode Runner" (Ending BGM)
"Pit Pot" (BGM set)
"Magic House" (BGM set)

This is slightly confusing since the original Lode Runner for SG-1000 doesn't have any music and there's no such game as "Magic House", but after some digging I think he was referring to Championship Lode Runner and Ghost House.

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/v/hara/ga_core/ga_core2_1.html
Here, in this interview with Game Music Core, Hiro is quizzed about his earliest works (machine-assisted translation warning):
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Hara: By consumer songs, I assume you mean SG-1000 or Mark III, but have you also written songs with PSG sound sources?
Hiro: Yeah, I have. A few.
Hara: Do you remember any of them?
Hiro: Well, what's the one where you dig holes and bury enemy characters?
Hara: Heiankyo Alien?
Hiro: No, no.
Hara: That's another company (laughs).
Hiro: There are stairs... oh, I did the Ending of Lode Runner. Also, there's a port, Pi-, Pi- something...
Hara: Pitfall II?
Hiro: Yeah, Pitfall. But I don't think that's all. I've also done a few more, like Dragon... Dragon something...
Hara: Is it Dragon Wang?
Hiro: I think it's Dragon Wang. The one with the screen that has a guy in a two-story building. I even helped with a part of this.

Basically, he mentions doing the Lode Runner ending music again, along with the music to Pitfall II and Dragon Wang.

Anyway, I've updated all of these games with the composer information. These are pretty old sources that I've seen referenced elsewhere so this isn't exactly new info, but I guess it's easy to miss some of these since they aren't easy to search out in English.

Links to existing pack threads (or page for those that don't already have one):

Championship Lode Runner (v1.02):
https://www.smspower.org/forums/12369-VGMPackChampionshipLodeRunner

Pit Pot (v1.01):
https://www.smspower.org/Music/FushigiNoOshiroPitPot-SMS

Ghost House (v1.11):
https://www.smspower.org/Music/GhostHouse-SMS

Pitfall II (v1.01):
https://www.smspower.org/forums/post122162

Dragon Wang (v1.02):
https://www.smspower.org/forums/15745-VGMPackDragonWangSG
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