"Death Circus" from Air Buster / Aero Blaster on the SEGA Genesis (1991)
Composer: Tatsuya Watanabe
Album: Air Buster
Label: Scitron / Pony Canyon
Publisher: Sharp Image Electronics / Namco
Developer: Kaneko
Well, it had to happen eventually, and today is the day that we debut music from the SEGA Genesis system, the console that both Dr. Potts and I viewed as The Enemy during the Console Wars. Over the last couple of years I've been feeling that I should listen to this whole catalogue of music that I had no knowledge of, so today we are showcasing music from the 1991 Kaneko game, Air Buster.
Having no context for this song (aside from watching YouTube Longplays), all I can go off of is how happy and victorious this songs comes across, not at all like what you might think of a Death Circus to sound like. To me, this sounds like something straight out of an 80s teen flick. Maybe a group of scrappy kids trying to escape from some out of control cops while riding their bikes a mall, maybe through a lumber yard or crossing the line of a BMX race? And this upbeat tune is not just for the Genesis port, but is also on the original arcade cabinet as well, although the arrangement is different and a lot more bass/drum heavy, obscuring a lot of the melody; but then again arcades were never the best places to listen to video game music.
So I hope that you have at least somewhat enjoyed our first foray into music on a SEGA console and I can tell you that it will not be out last. Now that the door is open, there will be more inclusions from SEGA.
~JWfW/JDub/Cooking Crack/Jaconian
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