40. Volunteers Music Guide

What follows is a list of all the music that appeared in the standard version of Robotech episode 40: "Volunteers." Bold text denotes that this is the first appearance of that piece of music.

Robotech Theme
Boobytrap
Private Time Theme (a2)
The SDF-1
Earth Government Debriefing
The Point of No Return
Musica's Theme
Intrigue
The SDF-1
The Point of No Return
Desolation
Eyecatch
(Alien Alert) Resolve
Battlestations
Alien Attack
Cliffhangers (a)
The 15th Squadron
Red Alert
The Point of No Return
Alien Attack
Robotech Theme
The SDF-1
Victory
Robotech Theme (next episode preview)
Robotech End Title

39. Southern Cross Music Guide

What follows is a list of all the music that appeared in the standard version of Robotech episode 39: "Southern Cross." Bold text denotes that this is the first appearance of that piece of music.

Robotech Theme
Boobytrap
Private Time Theme (a2)
The SDF-1
Cliffhangers (a)
Victory
Ineptitude
Battlestations
Cliffhangers (b)
The 15th Squadron
The Point of No Return
Alien Attack
Intruder
Eyecatch
Alien Attack
Intrigue (sped up)
Roy Fokker's Theme
The 15th Squadron
Alien Attack
Robotech Theme
Desolation
Private Time Theme (b)
Victory
The SDF-1
Victory
Robotech Theme (next epiosde preview)
Robotech End Title

38. False Start Music Guide

What follows is a list of all the music that appeared in the standard version of Robotech episode 38: "False Start." Bold text denotes that this is the first appearance of that piece of music.

ADDITIONAL NOTES: In this episode the Second Generation gets kicked-off properly with the expected heavy usage of "The 15th Squadron," as well as with the very surprising unexpected usage of a different piano version of "It's You."  Released on the It's You 25th Anniversary EP Preview, this version is known as "It's You (Piano Accompaniement)," and as you would expect by the title it's mostly the back-up harmonies intended to support the main melody. The only catch is there are two versions on the CD, "Take 1" and "Take 2," and they sound so similar I can't tell with 100% certainty which one is used! My best guess is Take 2, which sounds a little stronger than Take 1 and seems to match the closest. This is the second piece of background music used in the series that was released exclusively on the It's You EP (the first one being "It's You (Instrumental Version)" in episode #8, "Sweet Sixteen").

Robotech Theme
It's You (Piano Version)
Imbeciles
The 15th Squadron
The SDF-1
Cliffhangers (a)
Confrontation
The 15th Squadron
Reflections
(Alien Attack) Resolve
Private Time Theme (a2)
Battlestations
Zentraedi Theme (speeded up)
Eyecatch
Intrigue
Victory
(Alien Attack) Resolve
Battlestations
Red Alert
The Point of No Return
Alien Attack
The SDF-1
The 15th Squadron
Alien Attack
(Red Alert) Resolve
It's You (Piano Accompaniment, Take... 2?) [Only available on the It's You EP]
Musica's Theme
Robotech Theme (next episode preview)
Robotech End Title

37. Dana's Story Music Guide

What follows is a list of all the music that appeared in the standard version of Robotech episode 37: "Dana's Story." Bold text denotes that this is the first appearance of that piece of music.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:This episode once again has a voice yelling "Red alert!" as the "Red Alert" music starts.

I strongly debated whether or not I should include Dana's attempt to sing to cheer Bowie up as unreleased music, but decided to leave it as dialogue since she's just throwing together a bunch of random words instead of singing an established song.

This episode may also hold the record for using the Robotech Theme as background music the most times. (Three, not including the usual opening, closing, next episode preview and eycatch.)

Robotech Theme
Robotech Theme
Earth Government at Work (a)
We Will Win
Private Time Theme (a2)
Boobytrap
Intruder
The SDF-1
Alien Attack
Red Alert
Robotech Theme
The 15th Squadron
Eyecatch
The 15th Squadron
Robotech Theme
Escalations (a)
Khyron's Theme
Confrontation
Shocked (b)
(Alien Attack) Resolve
Broken Heart
Victory
Red Alert
The Robotech Masters
Suspense
Red Alert
Alien Attack
Robotech Theme (next episode preview)
Robotech End Title

36. To the Stars Music Guide

What follows is a list of all the music that appeared in the standard version of Robotech episode 36: "To the Stars." Bold text denotes that this is the first appearance of that piece of music.

Robotech Theme
Private Time Theme (b)
Robotech Love Theme II
Khyron's Theme
Showdown
The Cosmic Harp (c2)
Cliffhangers (c)
Earth Government Debriefing
Broken Heart
A New Dawn
Khyron's Theme
Robotech Love Theme I
A New Dawn
Red Alert
Eyecatch
Red Alert
The 15th Squadron
Battlestations
Alien Attack
Roy Fokker's Theme
Robotech Theme
Zentraedi Theme
Red Alert
Catastrophe
Desolation
Love Triangle (To Be in Love Instrumental Version)
To Be in Love
Robotech Theme (next episode preview)
Robotech End Title

35. Season's Greetings Music Guide

What follows is a list of all the music that appeared in the standard version of Robotech episode 35: "Season's Greetings." Bold text denotes that this is the first appearance of that piece of music.

ADDITIONAL NOTES: A couple of unreleased tracks this time, and it's actually a good thing that they're unreleased because otherwise it would mess up that Macross Saga/Robotech Masters overlap flow I was talking about yesterday.

The first is one of the most heartbreaking scenes in Robotech, where a despondent, oblivious Lisa drunkenly sings "My Time to Be a Star" to herself while the bar she's in plays the instrumental version of "Lifeline" in the background. This is arguably a piece of dialogue.

The second is when the citizens rally together and start singing "Silent Night" after Khyron's attack... also arguably a piece of dialogue. But if we do count both of these as music, then that would make this the 100th piece of new music used!

Robotech Theme
Khyron's Theme
Khyron's Theme
Private Time Theme (a2)
Imbeciles
Robotech Love Theme I
Cliffhangers (b)
Minmei's Theme
Escalations (f2)
Escalations (b)
Cliffhangers (a)
Reflections
Lifeline (Instrumental) (with a sad, drunk Lisa singing This Is My Time to Be a Star-unreleased)
The Cosmic Harp (c2)
Minmei's Theme
Cliffhangers (c)
Intrigue
Catastrophe
Red Alert
Alien Attack
Battlestations
Zentraedi Theme
Intruder
Desolation
Silent Night - unreleased
Reconstruction Blues
A New Dawn
It's You (Piano Version)
Robotech Theme (next episode preview)
Robotech End Title

34. Private Time Music Guide

What follows is a list of all the music that appeared in the standard version of Robotech episode 34: "Private Time." Bold text denotes that this is the first appearance of that piece of music.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:  A lot of new music this time, although it's almost all things I associated with the later generations. "Hard Times" (in addition to being named after a New Generation episode) makes me think of traveling scenes with Cyclones or Hovertanks. And Rick & Minmei's restaurant outing features a piano player, so we get to hear the piano versions of both "The Way to Love" and "It's You," two tracks I always associate with Bowie Grant.

In fact a lot of the music in this episode seems to have a second generation lean to it, as "The Cosmic Harp (c2)" is also used again. The story itself even takes place in Monument City, which is the main setting for the Army of the Southern Cross in Robotech Masters. With only three episodes of The Macross Saga left, it seems this episode was setting the tone up for what was to come not just by using story references but musically as well, making the transition work on multiple levels.

And in that sense, listening through these tracks in "Perfect Memory" order still works fine. Even though they were first used in Macross Saga, they were introduced after the last Minmei song but before Masters' definitive piece "Flower of Life." So they'll still fall into the proper sequence for the overall Perfect Memory listing.

But the biggest surprise for me in this episode was the use of "The Way to Love (Instrumental Version)," which is still unreleased on any soundtrack!

Robotech Theme
Broken Heart
Private Time Theme (a1)
The Way to Love (Instrumental) - unreleased
Minmei's Theme
The Way to Love (Piano Version)
(Red Alert) Resolve
The Way to Love (Piano Version) (continued)
It's You (Piano Version)
Across the Universe
It's You (Piano Version)
(Alien Attack) Resolve
It's you (Piano Version) (continued)
Cliffhangers (a)
Reflections
(Red Alert) Resolve
Escalations (c)
The Point of No Return
Confrontation
Eyecatch
Hard Times
Showdown
Red Alert
The Cosmic Harp (c2)
Battlestations
Zentraedi Theme
Roy Fokker's Theme
Robotech Theme
Robotech Love Theme I
Rick Hunter's Theme
Private Time Theme (a1)
A New Dawn
Miss Macross (My Time to Be a Star Instrumental)
Escalations (c) (Slowed down)
Minmei's Theme
A New Dawn
Robotech Theme (next episode preview)
Robotech End Title