Description

Let’s drive off at top speed and explore the work of Barry Leitch on the Lotus and Top Gear games!

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com. 
• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. 

If you want to reach me, you can find me on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee or on Discord as ProfessorTom#7512. I’m also on both Tumblr and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. Episodes of the show are posted on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6CIUs81aap58U1EuaaFdA. All my links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. Look for new episodes on Thursdays whenever I get them done, which is typically once or twice a month.

As promised, here are some links mentioned during the show:

• Barry Leitch’s bandcamp can be found at https://barryleitch.bandcamp.com/. You can find his work on the Horizon Chase games there, along with his Top Gear tracks, some other SNES work, and more. 
• I was a special guest star on last week’s episode of The VGMbassy. You can check out my conversation with VGM Prime Minister Ed all about Sega arcade games at https://thevgmbassy.com/2023/05/12/episode-91-sega-arcade-games-with-professor-tom/. 
• Here’s the interview with Top Gear lead developer Ritchie Brannan that I mentioned on the show: https://www.memoriabit.com.br/exclusivo-programador-ritchie-brannan-fala-do-desenvolvimento-de-top-gear/ 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Storm Course (composer: Barry Leitch)

00:36 - Talk Segment 1

02:22 - Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge (Amiga) - Title Theme (composers: Shaun Southern and Andrew Morris)

04:55 - Talk Segment 1.5

06:27 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Title Screen (composer: Barry Leitch)

09:13 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Forest Course (composer: Barry Leitch)

10:01 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Night Course (composer: Barry Leitch)

10:55 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Desert Course (composer: Barry Leitch)

11:42 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Motorway Course (composer: Barry Leitch)

12:54 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Ending Theme (composer: Barry Leitch)

15:17 - I Think This is Talk Segment 3

18:08 - Top Gear (SNES) - Title (composer: Barry Leitch)

22:25 - Top Gear (SNES) - Bordeaux (composer: Barry Leitch)

26:29 - Top Gear (SNES) - Frankfurt (composer: Barry Leitch)

29:52 - Top Gear (SNES) - Ending Theme (composer: Barry Leitch)

32:04 - Talk Segment 4, I Guess [includes segment of “A Tougher Fight” from River City Ransom EX (GBA), composed by Kazuo Sawa]

35:11 - Top Gear Rally (N64) - Coastline (composer: Barry Leitch)

38:51 - Top Gear Rally (N64) - Mountain (composer: Barry Leitch)

42:40 - Top Gear Rally (N64) - Jungle (composer: Barry Leitch)

46:15 - Top Gear Rally (N64) - Strip Mine (composer: Barry Leitch)

49:04 - Outro Talk Segment, Definitely

51:19 - Horizon Chase 2 - Rocking in Rome (composer: Barry Leitch)