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Old Feb 2, 2020, 07:17 AM
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Shigeru "Tommy" Tomita had been busy composing T&E SOFT games soundtracks such as DAIVA, PSY-O-BLADE, LAYDOCK and HYDLIDE.

So it was fitting for him to compose the first T&E SOFT golf game, "Harukanaru Augusta" released in 1989 for PC-98. This soundtrack included what I refer to as the "New 3D Golf Simulation Theme" as its Menu music. I think it is safe to assume that the Theme is a Shigeru Tomita composition.

A year later (1990) the game arrived on FM Towns with a CD-Audio soundtrack featuring an arranged version of the Theme, perhaps also by Tomita.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Oe45pPubOM

One year on, 1991, and versions arrive on the very same day for Sharp X68000 (Kazunori Hasegawa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep5wh5JywNw

and Super Famicom (Kazunori Hasegawa, Shigeru Tomita)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0bzyVOnBBY

Two different arrangements of the Theme popped up in other Super Famicom golf games.

From 1991, Waialae no Kiseki (Yumi Satake)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBwI2gDO5dg

and from 1992, Pebble Beach no Hatou (Yumi Satake)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0bzyVOnBBY

And finally in 1993 the theme was missing from a version of the Harukanaru Augusta game for Mega Drive (Yumi Satake, Hiroshi Morita, Shigekazu Kamaki, Yusaburo Shimojyo).

I think it's interesting to hear the original and subsequent versions of the theme arranged for different hardware.

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New 3D Golf Simulation: Harukanaru Augusta
遥かなるオーガスタ

1989, PC-98
1990, FM Towns
1991, X68000
1991, SFC
1993, MD

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References
https://www.mobygames.com/game/harukanaru-augusta
https://vgmdb.net/forums/showpost.ph...5&postcount=22

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