As many of you may know, I come from a video game music background, and I'm especially fond of classic role-playing game soundtracks. One of my favorite composers and chief musical influences is Hitoshi Sakimoto, who contributed the orchestral scores to such classic RPGs as "Final Fantasy Tactics" and "Ogre Battle".

One of Mr. Sakimoto's lesser-known games, which was only released in Japan, is called "Hourai Gakuen no Bouken" (roughly translated as "Hourai High School Adventures"). Although I don't speak a lot of Japanese and I've never played that game, I absolutely adore its soundtrack, especially the piece "Opening and Ending". On a whim, I decided to use it as the opening and ending (natch) of my fiftieth mashup, "Eightiestown", and overlay it with excerpts from various pop and rock hits of the 1980s.

Because Eightiestown's looping finale is one of my favorite parts of the 26-minute-long mashup, I figured I would release it as a stand-alone file. How many of its source songs do you recognize?

Here's a full list of the songs I used here:

Hitoshi Sakimoto - Opening and Ending (from "Hourai High School Adventures")
Bone Symphony - One Foot in Front of the Other (from "Revenge of the Nerds")
Betty Boo - Where Are You Baby (from "Career Opportunities")
Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight
The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another

Worldbuilder Mashups

Eightiestown Finale (Bone Symphony, Betty Boo, Richard Marx, Lionel Richie, and More!)

Inspired by that Axis of Awesome sketch

Sources:
Neil Cicierega - Space Monkey Mafia
Green Day - 21 Guns
Coldplay - The Scientist
Iyaz - Replay
Weezer - Pork and Beans
Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved
Lady Gaga - Poker Face
Linkin Park - Numb
Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris - We Found Love
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)
Avril Lavigne - Complicated
Sia ft. Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills
The Offspring - Self Esteem
The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
Blink-182 - What's My Age Again
The Lonely Island ft. Akon - I Just Had Sex
Bon Jovi - It's My Life
MGMT - Kids
a-ha - Take On Me
Green Day - When I Come Around
theneedledrop - Machine Gun Kelly - Mainstream Sellout ALBUM REVIEW

also if anyone's wondering, yes a handful of these songs use vi IV I V

4 Chord Mafia

The Twist?...She's Gorgeous (Music From The Netflix Special)

Look At Me

listen on your $14,000 hifi system for the ultimate experience

Peg by Steely Dan but it never starts

From the Exerxes EP
Vocals by Marthe Borge-Lunde Pfirrmann
℗ & © Drum Island Records 2015 

Klaus Lunde feat. Phoenix - The First Ray Of Light

Mashup Visualizer Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWu4VyjEkY0

Artists:

DMX
Devo
Fergie
Alien Ant Farm
Linkin Park
Gotye
Journey
Gorillaz
Bustah Rhymes
Zach Hemsey
Electric Light Orchestra
Billy Joel
Michael Jackson
Kelis
Miley Cyrus
Grandmaster Flash

Doo Doo Doo

This game was a rather rare game for people to notice, and the track is a "hidden" track within the game, as usual, I arranged this via mobile, I hope those of you who enjoy video game music as much as I do, enjoy this one as much as I enjoyed making it! :D

Puzzlemaster

Tetrisphere - Sappy (Legend Remaster)

Another track I arranged on my mobile, I was always a fan of this game, too bad there aren't more like it anymore, anyways, this is one of my experimental bass tracks, hopefully you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it, have a nice day! :D

Soul Legends

Chrono Trigger - Magical Kingdom of Zeal (Megadrive Revolution Remaster)

Another beautiful track arrangement by me via mobile, this one is from a hot RPG on Gameboy Advance, I love this game, and I found out a certain Twitch streamer I am a fan of does as well, so I uploaded this one for him, if you get a chance and love video games, especially Mario, check him out, his name is JuzCook. I hope you enjoy the track :D

The Golden Age

Golden Sun - Battle (Megadrive Remaster)

I have always loved the Final Fantasy series, I know quite a few who feel the same, but this game had such an amazing track list, and I just had to throw this one in here, I arranged it via mobile as always, and I did some very dedicated cleanup with Audacity to make it have an unusually crisp sound, I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it :D

Neo Olde Tunes

Final Fantasy VIII - Force Your Way (RetroBits Remaster)

This is track with a new experimental touch I call equalizer burn added to it, it was arranged by me via mobile, and cleaned on PC for crisp sound, I have learned a lot over the years, and sadly not every track makes it here due to the limitations of free use, but I shall make sure some of my best ones find their way here, as always, I hope you enjoy the track as much as I enjoyed making them! :D

Hot Sauce

Romancing Saga 3 - The Battle (Superior Power Remaster)

I'm an amateur composer, arranger, and music producer from the USA. I specialize in mashups and retro video game soundtracks.

If you can't wait for Neil Cicierega's next "Mouth" album, give my mashups a try and hopefully you'll like them almost as much as you like his.

Eightiestown Finale (Bone Symphony, Betty Boo, Richard Marx, Lionel Richie, and More!)

DJ Worldbuilder

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