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Thank you for calling this to my attention!! I have been a fan of Uematsu and his music since I played the games!

[Tower of Heaven - Original Soundtrack]

For the love of God, you have to listen to this!! Amazing chiptune soundtrack for a very nostalgic, gameboy-esque platformer:

http://music.flashygoodness.com/

Also, play the game here:

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/544332

[OCR02048 - Animal Crossing "purdieoldays"]

It's in the write up

Thanks for clearing me up. I realize now that I had just skimmed the first paragraph.

[Karate Kid (2010) Impressions]

I heard that the KARATE kid was learning KUNG FU.. is this a fact?

If so, that's pretty horrible..

And also: Mr.Miyagi is one of a kind, Jackie Chan stands no chance in taking his place. LOL!

Also, how is the music in the movie? The first 2 movies had this magical aura when you enter Miyagi's 'realm' so to speak, like you are carried off into a focused world with excellent pan flute music composed by Bill Conti. The main theme the first movie opens with is also great, don't tell me this new movie has rap music and modern bland string for emotional effect? lol

In its original meaning, kung fu can refer to any skill. Gōngfu (功夫) is a compound of two words, combining 功 (gōng) meaning "achievement" or "merit", and 夫 (fū) which translates into "man", so that a literal rendering would be "human achievement". Its connotation is that of an accomplishment arrived at by great effort. According to Shaolin Monk Shi Yan Ming, Gongfu also means “from early morning to late evening, sharpen your blade".[3]

Hypothetically, any unarmed combat system could accurately be called "karate" since the Japanese phrase literally means "empty hand."

[OCR02048 - Animal Crossing "purdieoldays"]

Loved this track even though I never played the game! Where did the vocal sound byte of the samba explanation come from?

[Vanguard Bandits / Viewpoint]

Vanguard Bandits (Epica Stella) has a great soundtrack including a couple of rockin', epic vocal tracks used in the title screen for this mech-bashing rpg strategy game.

http://shrines.rpgclassics.com/psx/vanguard/downloads.shtml

http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/epicastella/index.html

Have at it!