Michael and Janet in Video Game Land

The first Singing Mountain of 2019 is also the first in a new series looking at the interactions between mainstream pop music and video game music. Though this episode focuses on Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson, consider it an overview of the many ways VGM and pop can play off each other. I’m also stoked to say that in addition to the Jacksons, I got to mention Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Carly Simon, Biz Markie, Phil Collins, Sia and The Beatles, and I never thought I’d get to do all that in one episode of this show. It’s super weird, and I couldn’t be happier to be deep-diving into all manner of pop culture obscurities. Cover art designed by Jude Buffum, pixel artist extraordinaire: https://judebuffum.com/ View all show notes and cited sources here: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/56-michael-jackson-janet-jackson-vgm Track listing: 0:12: Title Theme / The Race Against Time / Written by Peter Gabriel, arranged by David Whittaker 2:24: Games Without Frontiers / Peter Gabriel 6:12: Ice Cap Zone / Sonic the Hedgehog 3 / Unknown composer 7:15: Who Is It? / Michael Jackson 7:58: Smooth Criminal / Michael Jackson 10:41: Carnival Night Zone / Sonic the Hedgehog 3 / Unknown composer (but probably Brad Buxer) 10:58: Jam / Michael Jackson 11:13: Staff Role / Sonic the Hedgehog 3 / Unknown composer 11:46: Stranger in Moscow / Michael Jackson 12:38: Hard Times / The Jetzons 16:11: Ending Theme / Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker / Written by Michael Jackson, composed by Tohru Nakabayashi 20:03: Together Again / Janet Jackson 21:30: Bridge Zone / Sonic the Hedgehog / Yuzo Koshiro 25:29: Moonlight City Roa / Legend of Mana / Yoko Shimomura 26:50: China Love / Janet Jackson 31:30: Bayou Boogie / Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest / David Wise 32:34: In the Air Tonight / Phil Collins 35:51: Game Over / Lil’ Flip 40:04: Stage Two / Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker / Written by Michael Jackson, composed by Tohru Nakabayashi David Russell, pop music encyclopedia, on Twitter: https://twitter.com/17days Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com