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Episode 191: On Stage Now – Vincent Moretto

By RE-VGM on Sep 26, 2025 7:03 am UTC

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The air is getting colder, the days are getting shorter, and that means September is almost over. That also means it’s time for our special episode of “On Stage Now”, where we feature a VGM cover or remix musician or group with some info and then play their repertoire of works.

This month’s musician is Vincent Moretto, a guitarist and producer from France. He blends metal, cyberpunk, and video games in a way that pushes the volume to 11 and over. His videos of covers and remixes span over 10 years. Vincent has done a live performance during a gamescom event in 2016. He’s been featured in previous episodes (Ep 41, Ep 164, and Ep 186, Ep 190).

This may seem like a small summary, but his list of works speak for themselves.

Vincent Moretto (YT, IG, X, TikTok, Spotify, Apple Music, Patreon)

Track Listing

“World of Warcraft – Lich King Main Theme Cover” – [World of Warcraft] – composed by Russell Brower

“Castlevania – Vampire Killer | METAL COVER” – [Castlevania] – composed by Kinuyo Yamashita

“Diablo II – Tristam | METAL REMIX” – [Diablo II] – composed by Matt Uelmen

“Warcraft II – Human Theme #4 | METAL REMIX” – [Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness] – composed by Glenn Stafford

“Yakuza 0 – Pledge of Demon | METAL REMIX” – [Yakuza 0] – composed by Hidenori Shoji

“Ace Combat 7 – Magic Spear | METAL REMIX” – [Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown] – composed by Ryo Watanabe

“Ace Combat 7 – Anchorhead Raid | METAL REMIX” – [Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown] – composed by Yusuke Yamauchi

“Project Wingman – Showdown | METAL COVER” – [Project Wingman] – composed by Jose Pavli

“Metal Gear Rising – Collective Consciousness | Cover” – [Metal Gear Rising] – composed by Jaime Christopherson

“Metal Gear Rising – The Hot Wind Blowing | Cover” – [Metal Gear Rising] – composed by Jaime Christopherson

“Tekken 8 – My Last Stand | METAL REMIX” – [Tekken 8] – composed by Robbie Wyckoff

Outro: “Hivelord Theme but it’s Epic Metal (Helldivers 2)” – [Helldivers 2] – composed by Wilbert Roget II, covered by Vincent Moretto

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Tempest 2000

By barSILENCE on Sep 23, 2025 12:08 pm UTC

[Episode 42] This month, barSILENCE is blasting through the colorific tube-sliding action of Tempest 2000 on the Atari Jaguar!

Jeff Minter’s legendary reimagining of the 1981 classic is a hypnotic, fast-paced game built for the new millennium with vibrant colors, particle effects, and creative level designs. Add a rave-ready soundtrack packed with high-energy techno and sci-fi voice samples, and you’ve got yourself an awesome cyberpunky Y2K experience.

It’s easy to see why this is one of the Jaguar’s best games AND one of its best soundtracks!

Time to fire up the superzapper, take control of the tubes, and set a new high score. Zappo!

Tracklisting:

00:00:00 - Intro and the History of Tempest 2000

00:05:55 - Thermal Resolution (Tempest 2000) [Alastair Lindsay, Ian Howe, Kevin Saville, and Julian Hodgson]

00:09:53 - Mind’s Eye (Tempest 2000) [Alastair Lindsay, Ian Howe, Kevin Saville, and Julian Hodgson]

00:14:44 - T2K (Tempest 2000) [Alastair Lindsay, Ian Howe, Kevin Saville, and Julian Hodgson]

00:19:58 - Constructive Demolition (Tempest 2000) [Alastair Lindsay, Ian Howe, Kevin Saville, and Julian Hodgson]

00:24:01- Digital Terror (Tempest 2000) [Alastair Lindsay, Ian Howe, Kevin Saville, and Julian Hodgson]

00:28:59 - Hyper Prism (Tempest 2000) [Alastair Lindsay, Ian Howe, Kevin Saville, and Julian Hodgson]

00:32:40- Tracking Depth (Tempest 2000) [Alastair Lindsay, Ian Howe, Kevin Saville, and Julian Hodgson]

00:37:37 - Ease Yourself (Tempest 2000) [Alastair Lindsay, Ian Howe, Kevin Saville, and Julian Hodgson]

00:45:23 - Ultra Yak (Tempest 2000) [Alastair Lindsay, Ian Howe, Kevin Saville, and Julian Hodgson]

00:49:24 - Outro & Final Tracks

00:51:20 - Untitled Track 1 (Tempest 2000 - PC) [Ian Howe]

00:55:47 - Untitled Track 4 (Tempest 2000- PC) [Ian Howe]

barSILENCE is a monthly podcast crafted to celebrate and explore the best video game music in the world! You’re here because you enjoy the same thing that I do, and I am grateful for that.

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Episode 25-19: Rated M for Mario

By Game That Tune on Sep 23, 2025 12:00 pm UTC

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The boys are back with a fantastic freeplay! Did Johnny and Jessie both pick the hot game of the moment? You bet! Did John H. pick two very weird games from a major franchise? You bet! Are the tunes great? Well, that's a matter of opinion, you'll have to listen and find out!

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0:00:00 Welcome to Game That Tune!
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0:10:13 Game 1 Reveal
0:23:35 Game 2
0:28:11 Game 2 Reveal
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1:43:18 Bonus Music/Outro

KVGM “The Last Wave” (9/21/25)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Sep 21, 2025 4:00 pm UTC

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

As the world burns and turns, we continue pumping out the jams to try to raise the positivity bar a little bit more. This week, we’ve got hospital murder mysteries, mobile mahjong, visual novel creators, and of course, everyone’s favorite merchandise to scalp, Pokémon!

Playlist

The City’s Sound – Touma
(RaidersSphere4th, PC)

Dreamnights – Takahiro Ogata
(Fantastep, Sony PlayStation)

Cafeteria – Unknown
(Team Batista no Eikou: Shinjitsu o Tsumugu 4-tsu no Karte, Nintendo DS)

Let’s Create – Yamajet
(Emotion Creators, PC)

Innerspaced Out – Unknown
(NANO DIVER, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Game BGM 1 – Yasushi Asada, Ryusuke Fujioka, So Sato and Eisei Kudo
(Janryumon M: Real Mahjong, Mobile)

Let’s Stay Healthy! – Lip on Hip
(Mahou Shoujo no Taisetsu na Koto, PC)

Have a Break at the Café – Hitomi Sato
(Pokémon Sun & Moon, Nintendo 3DS)

Sprout – Jun Maeda
(Angel Beats! -1st beat-, PC)

Waiting at the end of the world – Naoya Shimokawa
(Tenshi no Inai 12-gatsu, PC)

Special Request

Theme of Princess Minerva – Hiroaki Iwatani
(Princess Minerva, PC-98)

Episode 190: Arrrrrrr! (International Talk Like A Pirate Day)

By RE-VGM on Sep 19, 2025 7:03 am UTC

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Ahoy mates! It’s time to weigh anchor and set sail as we celebrate “International Talk Like a Pirate Day”, on September 19th.

Nothing too complicated, other than tiring your wind pipes. This day was created by two friends who, in the midst of shouting words of encouragement while playing racquetball, starting talking to each other as pirates. They decided to create a special day (on one of their ex-wife’s birthday) to speak with a Western Country accent, with a few “Arr”s and “Aye”s thrown in for measure. When they mentioned this special day to a popular humor columnist, who then published it in a newspaper, suddenly people started to talk like pirates on that day. It’s now a popular day for all to celebrate.

For this week’s episode, we’ll be playing tracks from video games that have pirates: a promising lad who wishes to be a pirate, a privateer-turned-pirate who then becomes an assassin, and a former Yakuza member who decides to crew a bunch of pirates. Of course, we got covers and remixes to go along with these original tracks.

Prepare yourself and your sea legs for a journey across the seas of melody…

Pirate Glossary

Track Listing

Intro and BGM: “Pirate’s Shanty” – by Worldwide Adventurers, from their album “Adventure Stories Volume II – Pirates” (Spotify, Amazon Music, Bandcamp, Soundcloud)

“The Scumm Bar” – [The Secret of Monkey Island] – composed by Michael Z. Land

“Scumm Bar Variations Reggae Mix – Secret of Monkey Island” – remixed by Modjoz Beats

“Main Theme” – [Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag] – composed by Brian Tyler

“Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – Main Theme (Folk Cover)” – covered by Tangled Grove

“Mad Dog” – [Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii] – composed by Hanada Keitaro

“Mad Dog (Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza) // Metal Cover” – covered by Vincent Moretto

Outro: “Talk Like a Pirate Day” – by Tom Smith, from the album “And They Say I’ve Got Talent” (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Bandcamp)

[163] On The Enemy's Tail - Part II

By Pixel Beat on Sep 18, 2025 5:00 am UTC

About: Music for when you’re just moments from catching that elusive enemy!

Artwork: Sonic Adventure 2

00:00 - The Witches’ Theme ~ Chase [Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney]

by Tomohito Nishiura >

01:06 - Confrontation ~ Presto 2009 [Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth]

by Noriyuki Iwadare >

04:00 - Ice Ridge of Nolita [Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter]

by Falcom Sound Team JDK >

05:09 - Dark Swamp - Mage In The Dark Marsh [Sorcerian]

by Falcom Sound Team JDK >

06:10 - Zanzibar Breeze [Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake]

by Masahiro Ikariko, Mutsuhiko Izumi, Yuko Kurahashi, Tomoya Tomita, Kazuhiko Uehara, Yuji Takenouchi, Tsuyoshi Sekito >

09:10 - In Search Of Light [Final Fantasy V]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

10:41 - Nuclear Fusion [Trials Of Mana]

by Ryo Yamazaki >

13:52 - Miles Edgeworth Objection! 2011 [Ace Attorney Investigations 2]

by Noriyuki Iwadare >

17:03 - Only A Plank Between One and Perdition [Final Fantasy VIII]

by Nobuo Uemastu >

19:24 - Aquaduct Assault [Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]

by David Wise >

22:39 - The Last Decisive Battle [Lufia II: Rise Of The Sinistrals]

by Yasunori Shiono >

25:21 - High Treason [Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers]

by Masayoshi Soken >

28:39 - That’s The Way I Like It …for Metal Harbor [Sonic Adventure 2]

by Jun Senoue >

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[RERUN] [Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - C1E10: Mishmash Monday - vol. 1 (orig. rel. 05/22/17)

By Nerd Noise Radio on Sep 17, 2025 6:44 pm UTC

2025 Rerun Notes: In commemoration of this month release of the last-ever Mishmash Monday on Channel 1, I thought I'd rerun the first two installments of the series - both from all the way back in 2017 (Season 1 of the show). Therefore, all the obvious caveats on "absolutely atrocious production quality" and blah blah blah (especially on C1E10, the earlier of the two releases). Though this rerun is "officially" and "canonically" the first "Mishmash Monday" (free play) episode in Nerd Noise Radio history, it is really "Mishmash Monday in name only" as it wasn't truly a free play. Instead, it was designed with a very specific purpose and with each track housing a very specific meaning. Though I explain and elaborate fully in a 2019 special expanded rebroadcast of this episode we called "Chandlerfest", which I'll link to below, for now, the tl;dr is that this mixtape was actually made in commemoration for a friend who died entirely too young in Dec 2016, and whose absence we still feel regularly from here in 2025. When I got the news, I left work, went home, and turned my grief into tortured energy, and made this mixtape, with the design philosophy being to use the tracks and the particular arch of the track order to tell the story of the emotions of those of us left behind in his wake as we processed the news of his departure. With this being a 2017 episode, all the obvious caveats on "absolutely atrocious production quality" (especially episodes from the first half of 2017, which were even worse than those from the second half.) But content-wise, this early outing remains one of the most important episodes of Nerd Noise Radio....ever. Here's a link to Chandlerfest for anyone who wants to know more: https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio/nerd-noise-radio-reruns-presents-chandlerfest Otherwise, enjoy! Original 2017 show notes below! ------------------------------------------------------------------

Today’s broadcast is Episode 10 for Mishmash Monday, May 22nd, 2017 on a program we're calling "Mishmash Monday vol. 1"

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Chris Chandler.

Tracklist - Track#, Game, System, Track Name, Composer, Timestamp:

01: Intro - 00:00

02: Shinobi 3 - Genesis - Japonesque - Hirofumi Murasaki, Masayuki Nagao, Morihiko Akiyama - 01:55

03: Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - The Vile Peaks - Masashi Hamauzu - 04:13

04: Trip World - Game Boy - Stage 2-2 - “Phase Out” - 06:59

05: Ninja Warriors - SNES - City - Hiroyuki Iwatsuki - 08:43

06: Quake 2 - PC - Quad Machine - Sonic Mayhem - 10:50

07: X-Men - Arcade - Ethnic Cave and Flame - The Konami Kukeiha Club - 14:22

08: Jumping Flash 2 - PS1 - Stage 1-2 - Takeo Miratsu - 16:56

09: Fushigi no Umi no Nadia - PCE - HES 12 - Shiro Sagisu - 18:34

10: Sim City - SNES - Capital - Soyo Oka - 20:33

11: Castlevania III - NES - Riddle - Konami Kukeiha Club - 22:54

12: Ai Chou Aniki - PC Engine - Stage 4-3 - Iwasaki Taku - 23:56

13: Star Wars: SOTE - N64 - Menu - Joel McNeely - 25:33

14: Super Meat Boy - PC/360 - Forest Funk - Danny Baronowsky - 26:34

15: Metroid Prime - GameCube - Metroid Prime Battle - Kenji Yamamoto and/or Kouichi Kyuma - 29:22

16: James Bond 007 - Genesis - Space Hop - Matt Furniss - 31:58

17: Tiny Toon Adventures: BBL - SNES - Space Opera - Kazuhiko Uehara and/or Yukie Morimoto - 34:03

18: Chester Cheetah: TCTF - Genesis - To the Exit - Kaneko Sound Team - 36:46

19: Salamander - PC Engine - Crystal Forever - Konami Kukeiha Club - 39:41

20: Outro - 40:09

Music Block Runtime: 38:18, Total Episode Runtime: 46:39

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Chiptune Double Feature

By Super Marcato Bros on Sep 15, 2025 1:54 am UTC

Episodes

In this episode, Karl & Will spotlight on 2 short but awesome chiptune soundtracks released this year. Bunny Bomber Blast and Dreams of Aether. Enjoy some excellent recent chiptune VGM!

Bunny Bomber Blast - Sean Bialo - 2025

-Bunny Blaster -BGM

-Burrowing the Hatchet -BGM

-Short Fuse -BGM

-Grave Detonator -BGM

-Continue & Name Entry

-Do Not Feed the Moles -BGM

Dreams of Aether - flashygoodness - 2025

-Heart of Many Dreams

-Customization (Advance Ver.)

-Boss: Oceanic Breeze

-Friends We Made Along the Way

-Stage 2: In a Sleepy Tavern

-Boss: The King of Onsen

-See You in Another Dream

Episode 189: Steam Has Crashed!

By RE-VGM on Sep 12, 2025 7:03 am UTC

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Sometimes a video game is so popular and hyped-up that it may cause the servers to crash: too many people trying to buy and too many players online at the same time. It’s frustrating, testing a player’s patience, taxing a computer’s CPU, and straining the Internet lines. The recent release of “Hollow Knight: Silksong” is proof of this

Steam, one of the popular software distribution clients, has had its share of moments when their servers crashed. It’s not a bad thing; it just means their IT engineers and architects are working overtime.

This week, in lieu of National Video Games Day, we’ll be playing tracks from video games that crashed Steam: a multiplayer co-op game between Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists, a futuristic punk having dual personalities, and a destined monkey man seeking the relics of Sun Wukong. Following each track will be its cover or remix.

Enjoy these tracks… so long as they don’t crash the player.

“Counter Strike: Theme Song” – [Counter Strike 1.6] – composed by Zak Belica

“Counter Strike 1.6 – Main Theme REMIX” – remixed by BoullDeer

“The Rebel Path” – [Cyberpunk 2077] – composed by Marcin Przybylowicz, P.T. Adamczyk, Paul Leonard-Morgan

“The Rebel Path (Cello Version)” – composed by Marcin Przybylowicz, P.T. Adamczyk, Paul Leonard-Morgan

“Celestial Symphony” – [Black Myth: Wukong] – composed by 8082 Audio

“Black Myth: Wukong – Celestial Symphony – Metal Version” – covered by Lame Genie

Episode 65 - Revenge on the Green!

By Shujin Academy VGM Club on Sep 11, 2025 10:55 am UTC

We’re headed back to the fairway for more golf game greatness! Listen to this one and hear from professional golf legends like Jack Nicklaus, Fred Couples, and Chi-Chi Rodríguez! Or at least some video games that they got paid to endorse.

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, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on FGC Radio or at https://rss.com/podcasts/hmibisondollars/.

If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:06 - Mario Golf: Advance Tour (Game Boy Advance) - Lesson Course (composer: Motoi Sakuraba)

01:11 - Talk Segment 1

06:18 - Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf (TurboGrafx-CD) - Track 08 (composer: Advance Communication Company)

07:32 - Japan Pro Golf Tour 64 (Nintendo 64DD) - On The Green (composer: K. Shinzawa)

10:07 - Super Golf (Game Gear) - BGM 01 (composer: unknown)

11:56 - Powerful Golf (DS) - S Touroku (composer: unknown)

13:16 - PGA European Tour (SNES) - Main Theme (composers: Steve Kirk and Christian Dana Perry)

14:25 - Bandai Golf: Challenge Pebble Beach (NES) - 01 (composer: Akihito Hayashi)

15:41 - True Swing Golf (DS) - Menu 02 (composer: Katsumi Yokokawa)

17:17 - Namco Open (Super Famicom) - Namcot Course (composer: unknown)

18:50 - Valora Valley Golf (Saturn) - Tutorial (composer: Yumi Satake)

20:52 - The Irem Skins Game (SNES) - Golf Course (composers: Yasuhiro Kawakami, Hiroshi Kimura, and Taniyama)

21:56 - Talk Segment 2

26:57 - Birdie Try (Arcade) - Coconut Palm Garden (composer: Data East Sound Team)

28:45 - Pebble Beach Golf Links (PC-98) - Opening (composers: Yumi Satake and Shigekazu Kamaki)

30:42 - Jack Nicklaus Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf (NES) - Track 1 (composer: Konami Kukeiha Club)

31:40 - Nettou Golf (Dreamcast) - 03 (composers: Hiroaki Yoshida, Masaaki Iwasaki, and Shinichi Yamazaki)

33:17 - Chi Chi’s Pro Challenge (Genesis) - 02 (composer: Masahito Miyamoto)

34:02 - Dynamic Country Club (Sega CD) - Menu (composer: unknown)

35:38 - Fred Couples Golf (Game Gear) - BGM 05 (composer: unknown)

36:39 - Virtua Golf (Arcade) - 12 (composers: Tetsuya Kawauchi, Masanori Takeuchi, and Eriko Sakurai)

37:36 - Okamoto Ayako to Match Play Golf - Ko Olina Golf Club in Hawaii (Super Famicom) - Match Play

39:48 - T&E VR Golf: Pebble Beach no Hatou (3DO) - Settings (composer: ?)

42:26 - Talk Segment 3

47:29 - Golf Magazine Presents 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples (32X) - Music Test 00 (composers: Ron Saltmarsh and Andy Warr)

51:51 - Super Swing Golf (Wii) - My Room (composers: Shigekiyo Okuda, Yutaka Fujishima)

53:21 - Super Naxat Open (Super Famicom) - Desert (composer: Hisashi Matsushita)

55:26 - Masters Harukanaru Augusta 3 (Saturn) - Settei (composers: Yumi Satake and Takeshi Miura)

59:21 - PGA Tour ‘96 (SNES) - Main Theme (composers: Steve Kirk and Chris Perry)

1:00:26 - Kurohige no Golf Shiyouyo (Game Boy Advance) - BGM 07

1:02:25 - St. Andrews: Eikou to Rekishi no Old Course (Super Famicom) - Track 15 (composer: Haruhiko Kuroiwa)

1:03:55 - Outro Talk Segment

1:06:32 - Mecarobot Golf (SNES) - Cruising (composers: Michiharu Hasuya, Osamu Kasai, and Takashi Tsurutani)

Episode 125 – Cue Ball Sports VGM

By XVGM Radio on Sep 10, 2025 5:00 am UTC

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Pool, Billiards, Snooker, Carom…whatever you call them, video games have a long history involving the most laid back of all sports, Cue Ball Based Sports. But what about their music? Today on XVGM Radio, Mike and Justin highlight some wild ranges of VGM in cue ball videogames. From discussions on eating crackers in hell,a shout out to Fresh Prince “Break out Lucille” reference, and of course…lots of “ball” jokes, this episode will have you re-racking after you finish the first time!
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TRACK LISTING:

Intro – Hardcore Pool (GBA – 2004) “Saloon Table” Szymon Szuchaja
1 – Archer Mclean Presents: Pool Paradise (GCN/PS2/WIN – 2004) “Track 3” Tom Davies
2 – Minnesota Fats – Pool Legend [Side Pocket 2 – Densetsu no Hustler] (SAT – 1995) “Fool’s Gold” Shogo Sakai, Masaaki Iwasaki, Oww Furukawa
3 – Side Pocket (GEN/SNES/GG/etc – 1992) “California Lemonade” Maasaki Iwasaki, Emi Shimizu
4 – Lunar Pool (NES – 1985) “Menu” Masanori Miyamoto
5 – Parlour Games (SMS – 1987) “Five Ball” Unknown Composer
6 – Pocket Billiards: Funk the 9 Ball (GBC – 2000) “BGM #02” Unknown Composer
7 – Virtual Pool 64 (N64 – 1998) “Track 15” Rob Wallace
8 – Backstreet Billiards (PS1 – 1998) “Street” Minoru Endō, Makoto Igarashi, Hironobu Yahata
9 – Gustavo Zito: I Play 3D Billiards/World Champion Billard (WIN – 2005) “Irish55” Luigi Di Guida
10 – Pool Nation (XB360/PS3 – 2012) “Moonlight Tech” Unknown Composer

WaveBack Episode 188: The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang

By WaveBack Music Podcast on Sep 10, 2025 4:00 am UTC

Show Notes

For Kris’s pick this month, he chose the SNES cult favorite The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang. An uncommon game with some uncommonly great music!

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Episode 25-18: August Absurdity X - The Sinister Denouement

By Game That Tune on Sep 9, 2025 12:30 pm UTC

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KVGM “The Last Wave” (9/7/25)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Sep 7, 2025 4:00 pm UTC

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

As Hammock celebrates the year of his birth, the jams are more than reason to celebrate as we hit up everything from mahjong on the PSX to golfing with greatness on the arcade cabinet, plus plenty of adult smut for the smuttiest around.

Playlist

New Moon – Shinji Orito
(MOON., PC)

Bar – Masako Otsuka
(Kiniro no Corda 3, Nintendo 3DS)

Track Breeze – Kensuke Inage
(Winning Post World, Nintendo Wii)

Play On – Yui Isshiki
(Motto Shite Shite Onee-san, PC)

Medarelax – Kinuyo Yamashita
(Shingata Medarot, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)

Sunshine Everywhere – bermei.inazawa
(Christmas Tina -Tokyo Bubble Life-, PC)

Parlor (Night) – Tenpei Sato
(Logic Mahjong -Souryuu-, Sony PlayStation)

Connect Center – Arata Maruta
(Memory’s Dogma CODE:01, PC)

Green Hill – Toshinori Orikura
(Free Friends 2, PC)

Credits – Junya Nakano and Yuji Takenouchi
(Golfing Greats 2, Arcade)

Special Request

Driving with Mr. Enzo – Erina Niwa
(Bayonetta, Microsoft Xbox 360)

[162] The Drinks Are On Me

By Pixel Beat on Sep 6, 2025 4:00 am UTC

About: The drinks are on me! Bars, Pubs & Tavern themes.

Artwork: VA-11 HALL-A

00:00 - Neon District [VA-11 HALL-A]

by Garoad >

03:51 - Welcome To The Musubi’s [Scarlet Nexus]

by Hayata Takeda >

06:45 - Drink [Grindstone]

by Sam Webster >

07:59 - Café [Paper Mario: The Origami King]

by Yoshito Sekigawa, Shoh Murakami, Yoshiaki Kimura, Hiroki Morishita, Fumihiro Isobe >

11:40 - Another Round [Final Fantasy XIV]

by Masayoshi Soken >

13:45 - At The Bar [Final Fantasy Tactics]

by Hitoshi Sakimoto >

14:57 - Bar [Professor Layton and the Curious Village]

by Tomohito Nishiura >

16:39 - Barroom [Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney]

by Tomohito Nishiura >

18:01 - The Lumpy Pumpkin [The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword]

by Hajime Wakai, Shiho Fujii, Mahito Yokota, Takeshi Hama, Koji Kondo >

21:12 - The Bar “Angela” [Rogue Galaxy]

by Tomohito Nishiura >

22:09 - Roux [Catherine]

by Shoji Meguro >

23:33 - Palace Of Pleasure [Albert Odyssey]

by Naoki Kodaka >

25:46 - Out Of The Frying Pan [Final Fantasy IX]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

28:50 - K’s Tavern [Shin Megami Tensei IV]

by Ryota Kozuka >

30:56 - Little Sweet Cafe [Trials Of Mana]

by Tsuyoshi Sekito, Koji Yamaoka >

34:12 - Red Light Green Sake [Soul Hackers 2]

by Keita Inoue >

Episode 188: River City Girls

By RE-VGM on Sep 5, 2025 7:03 am UTC

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Today we are celebrating the Japanese release of River City Girls!

If you played River City Ransom on the Nintendo Entertainment System, then you’ll enjoy this beat’em up brawler as it follows two friends, Kyoko and Misako, travelling through the city find their boyfriends, Kunio and Riki. It’s a simple matter of smashing the buttons to beat down your enemies and bosses, but you can also learn some new moves that will give you an advantage. You can also eat food to increase your stats, just like in RCR. The graphics may be pixelated but the aesthetics are updated and detailed. And man, that soundtracks bangs!

We’ll be listening to several tracks from the game, along with some covers and arrangements.

Stretch your arms and legs and crack your knuckles, as you prepare to fight your way from the classroom to the office room!

Track Listing

Intro: “We’re the River City Girls (Intro)” – composed by NateWantstoBattle, vocals by Christina Vee

“Bully” – composed by Megan McDuffee

“Bully [8-bit] – River City Girls” – arranged by ardklaw

“Knock Out” – composed by Megan McDuffee

“Knock Out – River City METAL GUITAR COVER || MaximumGuitar” – covered by MaximumGuitar

“Fancy Fight” – composed by Megan McDuffee

“River City Girls OST – Fancy Fight Cover” – covered by Gregory Minakov

Outro: “River City Girls Remix | “River City Girl Swag”” – remixed by Bzaafied the Yatagarasu

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[RERUN] [Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - C1E16: Mishmash Monday - vol. 2 (orig. rel. 10/09/17)

By Nerd Noise Radio on Sep 3, 2025 6:00 am UTC

2025 Rerun Notes: In commemoration of this month release of the last-ever Mishmash Monday on Channel 1, I thought I'd rerun the first two installments of the series - both from all the way back in 2017 (Season 1 of the show). Therefore, all the obvious caveats on "absolutely atrocious production quality" and blah blah blah (especially on C1E10, the earlier of the two releases). Though today's rerun is officially, canonically the "second" Mishmash Monday, it's actually the first "for real" Mishmash Monday. The first "actual free play episode". Not that it was produced before C1E10, but released later, but that C1E10 was a "Mishmash Monday" in name only, and was definitely not a true free play. I'll explain in that episode's rerun. But for now, numbers and dates aside, this was our first actual "free play" episode in NNR history. And even though the production quality is so absolutely horrible, I still regard this episode as an excellent collection of music! Easily in our top 50% of show history, and perhaps even top 25%. So, enjoy! Original 2017 show notes below! ------------------------------------------------------------------

Today’s broadcast is Episode 16 for Mishmash Monday, October 9th, 2017 on a program we're calling "Mishmash Monday - vol. 2".

Track Number / Game / System / Track Name / Composer / Time Stamp

01: Intro 00:00

02: Ghost in the Shell - PS1 - The Vertical - Joey Beltram 01:44

03: Solstice - NES - Title Theme - Tim Follin 08:10

04: Axiom Verge - multi - Inexorable - Thomas Happ 11:04

05: Silent Hill 2 - PS2 - The Reverse Will - Akira Yamaoka 15:44

06: Wai Wai Mahjong - PC Engine - Unknown Track 4 - Uncredited 19:09

07: Adventure Island - NES - Stage 1-1 - Jun Chikuma 20:50

08: Mega Man X - SNES - Central Highway - Toshihiko Horiyama 22:14

09: Tsuri Taro - SFC - Fishing for Seema - Katsuhiro Hayashi 25:14

10: Liquid Kids - Arcade - Waltz of Water and Bubble - Kazuko Umino 28:18

11: Metroid Fusion - GBA - Nightmare Battle - Minako Hamano 30:21

12: X-Men - Genesis - Shi'ar Empire - Fletcher Beasley 32:11

13: X-Racer - Hydra Development Unit - Floor it! - c: John Wedgeworth / a: Jay Cook 36:05

14: Shovel Knight - multi - A Cool Reception - Jake Kaufman 37:47

15: Destiny - PS4/XB1 - Passage - C. Paul Johnson 40:26

16: ARMS - Switch - Main Theme - Atsuko Asahi and/or Yasuaki Iwata 43:36

17: El Viento - Genesis - High Sky - Motoi Sakuraba 46:26

18: Magical Chase - TG16 - Waltz of Meditation (part 1) - Hitoshi Sakimoto 48:48

19: Wolverine - NES - Bonus Room - Geoff Follin 51:18

20: Castlevania II - FDS - The Silence of Daylight - Kenichi Matsubara 52:17

21: Final Fantasy IX - PS1 - Esto Gaza - Nobuo Uematsu 53:21

22: Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 3DS - 10pm - Kazumi Totaka 56:47

23: Outro 59:23

Music Block Runtime: 57:43, Total Episode Runtime: 01:05:49

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Defender 2000

By barSILENCE on Sep 2, 2025 12:08 pm UTC

[Episode 41] This month, barSILENCE is blasting off into the outer space battlefields of Defender 2000 on the Atari Jaguar.

Released in 1996, Jeff Minter’s Defender 2000 put a darker, futuristic spin on the arcade classic. It also featured an awesome, breakbeat and techno-infused soundtrack by Alastair Lindsay that was perfectly crafted for the new millennium.

Grab your ship and get ready to save some humanoids to this DJ-style mix of the techno tunes of Defender 2000!

Tracklisting:

00:00:00 - Intro and the History of Defender 2000

00:06:41 - Title Screen (Defender 2000) [Alastair Lindsay]

00:11:45 - Level 1 (Defender 2000) [Alastair Lindsay]

00:18:05 - New Song (Defender 2000) [Alastair Lindsay]

00:24:54 - Level 3 (Boom Boom) (Defender 2000) [Alastair Lindsay]

00:30:22 - Level 4 (Rescue Us) (Defender 2000) [Alastair Lindsay]

00:36:53 - Level 5 (It’s a Dream) (Defender 2000) [Alastair Lindsay]

00:42:41 - New Song 2 (Annihilating Rhythm) (Defender 2000) [Alastair Lindsay]

00:50:24 - Outro & Final Tracks

00:52:32 - Bonus Level (Beethoven's 5th RMX) (Defender 2000) [Alastair Lindsay]

00:54:59 - Hiscore (Defender 2000) [Alastair Lindsay]

barSILENCE is a monthly podcast crafted to celebrate and explore the best video game music in the world! You’re here because you enjoy the same thing that I do, and I am grateful for that.

If you want to become a member of the Legion of VGM, consider subscribing to the show on Patreon! As a thank you for subscribing, you can access all 20 episodes of the exclusive Bonus Beats podcast! Click here to learn more!

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Connect with the show!

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Episode 38-10 Sitcom Theme Songs with Hammock!

By Rhythm and Pixels on Sep 2, 2025 12:41 am UTC

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This week, on a very special episode of Rhythm & Pixels, Pernell learns an important lesson on chill, vgm, and helps his friend Hammock out of a serious situation. And don’t forget to stay tuned for a laugh-filled episode of Family Matters right after! And then, the local news at 9.

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Listen to more of Hammock at KVGM The Last Wave! https://www.kvgmradio.com/

Marcato Radio: Outsourced!

By Super Marcato Bros on Aug 31, 2025 8:03 pm UTC

Episodes

It's Marcato Radio time! But not just that, a very special Marcato Radio! This time around, the (incredible) playlist was outsourced to our wonderful discord community. Karl & Will even give their thoughts about the highest rated tune. Enjoy some awesome VGM!

Dodonpachi SaiDaiOuJou - Hibi

Under Night In-Birth II - Elefee's Healing Magic

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Monoco

Rabbit & Steel - Red Darkhouse (Action)

Tuberz McGee - Legend of the Bear Punch

Donkey Kong Bananza - Zebra Bananza

Night Slave - Initial Velocity

Border Down - Girl of Power (Arrange)

Deffy - E.S.S.O. (ft. RRThiel)

Kekkaishi: Kokobourou Shuurai - Final Battle with Shirago

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Gestral Village - Gestral Merchant

Obliteracers - Snow Drift

VA-11 HALL-A - Digital Drive

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth - Corel Desert

Devil Summoner - A Narrow Escape

ASTLIBRA Revision - Lava Belt

Honkai Star Rail - The Player on the Other Side

Joshua Morse - Drift (Ridge Racer)

Impetuth - Assault from the Evil World (Boss)

133: ST3 #05 - Richard Jacques (Jet Set Radio, Headhunter, James Bond 007: Blood Stone, Mass Effect & Guardians of the Galaxy)

By The Sound Test on Aug 29, 2025 6:00 pm UTC

View the video of this conversation here!

A conversation about all things game music with composer, Richard Jacques!

Games covered:
Jet Set Radio
Jet Set Radio Future
James Bond 007: Blood Stone
Headhunter
Mass Effect
Guardians of the Galaxy

Episode 187: On Stage Now – Kirby’s Dream Band

By RE-VGM on Aug 29, 2025 7:03 am UTC

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The end of August is near, which means it’s time for our special episode of “On Stage Now”.

This month, we’re featuring Kirby’s Dream Band, a multi-member cover band from San Diego, CA. Yes, they play covers of video game music, but it’s their live performances that make them attractive. After each track, they change hats and costumes to fit the theme for their next track. It’s as if they’re all Kirby, copying the theme of the tracks on stage.

For this special episode, we’ll be playing from three of their albums: “The Pink Album”, “Pink Sells”, and “Bat Out of HAL”. Some of the tracks are medleys of tracks from a game.

Let’s get ready to watch the band transform and listen to them play the hits!

Kirby’s Dream Band (YT, FB, IG, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, BC, SC)

The Pink Album
“Whispy Woods” – [Kirby’s Dream Land] – composed by Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando
“Street Fighter II” – [Street Fighter II] – composed by Yoko Shimamura, Isao Abe
“Chrono Trigger” – [Chrono Trigger] – composed by Yasunori Mitsuda
“Revenge of the Meta Knight” – [Kirby Super Star] – composed by Jun Ishikawa

Pink Sells
“Checker Knights” – [Kirby Air Ride] – composed by Shogo Sakai, Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Abe, Tadashi Ikegami
“A Link to the Past” – [The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past] – composed by Koji Kondo, Toru Minegishi, Askua Ota
“Bowser” – [Super Mario Brothers] – composed by Koji Kondo

Bat Out of HAL
“Undertale” – [Undertale] – composed by Toby Fox
“Coo’s Castle” – [Kirby’s Dream Land 2] – composed by Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando, Tadashi Ikegami
“Space Harrier” – [Space Harrier] – composed by Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Outro: “Power Drift” – [Power Drift] – composed by Hiroshi Kawaguchi, covered by Kirby’s Dream Band

Episode 25-17: August Absurdity X - Rabbi Wolverine

By Game That Tune on Aug 26, 2025 1:00 pm UTC

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circumcised superman 64 vs elden ring phantasy star all-stars n-gage retrospective spiderhell somepig.web

As AUGUST ABSURDITY continues, the hot seat gets hotter and Johnny is put to the ultimate test! Who will punch their tickets to the finals!?

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0:00:00 Welcome to Game That Tune!
0:06:48 A Sinister Six-Pack from John H!
0:07:13 John H Game 1
0:15:12 John H Game 2
0:20:55 John H Game 3
0:33:08 John H Game 4
0:40:08 John H Game 5
0:49:55 John H Game 6
0:56:53 A Sinister Six-Pack of Requests!
0:57:13 Request 1
1:04:26 Request 2
1:16:50 Request 3
1:26:49 Request 4
1:36:37 Request 5
1:45:51 Request 6
1:54:01 A Sinister Six-Pack from Jessie!
1:54:20 Jessie Game 1
1:59:13 Jessie Game 2
2:04:41 Jessie Game 3
2:10:34 Jessie Game 4
2:17:01 Jessie Game 5
2:24:28 Jessie Game 6
2:37:29 Bonus Music/Outro

KVGM “The Last Wave” (8/24/25)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Aug 24, 2025 4:00 pm UTC

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

This week, we’re staying pretty funky with funky jams from personal computers, PlayStations, Super Family Computers, and 3-dimensional Digital Systems, as well as a very special request from the Personal Computer 1998. All that and more on the Last Wave.

Playlist

Stage B1 – Koji Ueno
(Air Traffic Controller 3, PC)

Pub – Mahyudi Sound Team
(2 Tasty, PC)

Picnic in the Park – Kotaro Nakagawa
(Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters, Nintendo 3DS)

Saipan Big Game Fishing 2 – Hikoshi Hashimoto
(Fishing Koushien, Super Famicom)

Night and Day – Ryo Takeshita
(ZWEI TRIGGER, PC)

Mizar – Shingo Yasumoto
(Zoku Mikagura Shoujo Tanteidan: Kanketsuhen, Sony PlayStation)

Night City – ABREATH Sound Team
(DA Pantsu!!, PC)

Uptown Boy – Katsuya Yoshida
(Piyo-tan: Oyashiki Sennyuu Daisakusen!, Sony PlayStation 2)

In Peace – Doors Music Entertainment
(Toki no Mori no Monogatari ~TEAR~, PC)

Ending – Cube Co., Ltd.
(The FamiRes, Sony PlayStation)

Special Request

Title Menu – Hiroaki Iwatani
(Kigen: Kagayaki no Hasha, PC-98)

[161] What Lurks In The Forest

By Pixel Beat on Aug 24, 2025 10:00 am UTC

About: We’ve played many tracks across many different games that are featured in different types of forests, usually giving off a more tranquil or meditative sound. Not this time. This time, there’s darkness in these woods and someone, or something is lurking around.

Artwork: Fable

00:00 - Lost Woods [The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild]

by Manaka Kataoka >

01:29 - Kiccigiorgi Forest [Shin Megami Tensei IV]

by Ryota Kozuka >

04:05 - Forbidden Woods [The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker]

by Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo >

06:14 - Woods Darker Than Night [Child Of Light]

by Beatrice Martin >

08:19 - Labyrinth [Ragnarok Online]

by soundTeMP >

10:38 - Ruins Of Alph/Forest [Pokémon Gold & Silver]

by Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose >

12:33 - Viridian Forest [Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu & Eevee]

by Hiroaki Tsutsumi, Kon Shirasu, Shota Kageyama >

16:05 - Bizzare Forest [MapleStory]

by Wizet >

17:38 - Darkwood [Fable]

by Russell Shaw >

20:52 - The Midnight Wood [Hyper Light Drifter]

by Disasterpeace >

24:58 - Spirit Forest [Thousand Arms]

by Atlus Sound Team >

26:01 - Skull Woods [The Legend Of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds]

by Ryo Nagamatsu >

29:17 - What Lurks In The Forest [Silent Hill 2 2024]

by Akira Yamaoka >

Episode 186: Good Deeds Done (Be An Angel Day)

By RE-VGM on Aug 22, 2025 7:03 am UTC

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Every August 22nd, “Be An Angel Day” is a day for people to do an act of kindness. It may be as simple as opening a door for someone or as great as helping carry someone’s groceries to their car. The day was created by Jayne Howard Feldman, an ordained interfaith minister, Reiki master, and the curator of Angel Heights Healing Arts Center, who claimed she was inspired by angels.

For this week’s episode, we’re playing tracks from video games where good deeds pay kindly and helpfully in return: a delinquent high school student befriending lots of people, a soldier rebuilding a base and team, and a group of people searching to solve their health crises. As always, there’s covers and remixes to follow each track.

After a listen, perhaps it may be inspired to do an act of kindness for someone…

“Be An Angel Day”

“Life Will Change” – [Persona 5] – composed by Shoji Meguro

” “Life will Change” – Persona 5 Remix (ft. @hackerling)” – remixed by Noteblock

“A Phantom Pain” – [Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain] – composed by Ludvig Forssell

“Metal Gear Solid 5 – A Phantom Pain | METAL REMIX” – remixed by Vincent Moretto

“Main Theme Part I” – [Baldur’s Gate 3] – composed by Borislav Slavov

“Baldurs Gate 3: Main Theme | EPIC Metal Version” – covered by LUOVA

“Level 168: Shovel Knight (VGM Hall of Fame)”

Episode 64 - VGM Hall of Fame 2025

By Shujin Academy VGM Club on Aug 21, 2025 11:01 am UTC

It’s the inaugural induction into the VGM Hall of Fame! Listen to hear the classic soundtracks that are getting honored!

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.
The originators of the Masters of VGM project:
- Bedroth of the BGMania and Very Good Music podcasts.
  - You can find BGMania at https://bgmania.podbean.com/, and although Very Good Music is on permanent hiatus, you should be able to find archives wherever you get your podcasts.
- Chris Steenerson of the VGJam podcast, which can be found at https://www.vgjam.com/.
- Christofer Schenström of the Gameable Audio podcast at https://gameableaudio.com/podcast
- Thanks also to all of the VGM podcasts that participated in the Masters of VGM project over the years.
The participants in the VGM Hall of Fame project (so far):
- Alex the Messenger from A VGM Journey
  - His VGM Hall of Fame induction of Shovel Knight can be found at https://pca.st/i8wxkbgt
- St John from Nerd Noise Radio
  - His VGM Hall of Fame induction of Super Metroid can be found at https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/ch-1-noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-c1e97-the-super-metroid-soundtrack-vgm-hall-of-fame/
- Martyrus from RE-VGM
  - His VGM Hall of Fame induction of Child of Light can be found at https://re-vgm.blubrry.net/2025/08/15/episode-185-vgm-hall-of-fame-child-of-light/
Heat00verride of the Bring the Pain podcast for helping me come up with the VGM Hall of Fame concept
BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.

The soundtracks I picked are well-known, and if you want to hear some other VGM podcasters weigh in on how great they are, here are some links to episodes:

Friend of the show Jameson did a deep dive into the home version of the Street Fighter III Third Strike on episode 15 of barSILENCE. You can find that at https://barsilence.com/episode/f66e8916/street-fighter-3. He’s also covered Streets of Rage 2, and you can find that episode at https://barsilence.com/episode/ac68ff87/streets-of-rage
The Super Marcato Bros have done episodes on both Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger. You can find the FF VI one at https://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2020/5/3/episode-418-final-fantasy-vi and the one on Chrono Trigger at https://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2014/01/12/episode-94-chrono-trigger.
CRT Soundsystem dug into the Streets of Rage 2 soundtrack on their 36th episode, which you can find at https://rss.com/podcasts/crtsoundsystem/1917017/

The remixers and arrangers over at OCRemix have touched several of these games over the years, and they even have full albums devoted to Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI. You can find those at https://ocremix.org/album/7/chrono-trigger-chrono-symphonic and https://ff6.ocremix.org/.

If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on FGC Radio or at https://rss.com/podcasts/hmibisondollars/.

If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:08 - Chrono Trigger Arranged Version :The Brink of Time - Chrono Trigger (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda; arranged by Hiroshi Hata and Kalta Ohtsuki)

06:17 - The First Inductee: Chrono Trigger

09:28 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - Guardia Millennial Fair (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda)

12:41 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - Robo’s Theme (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda)

14:12 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - Corridors of Time (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda)

17:13 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - Last Battle (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda)

20:55 - The Second Inductee: Street Fighter III: Third Strike

24:30 - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Arcade) - Player Select

25:01 - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Arcade) - Alex & Ken Stage -JAZZY NYC ‘99-

28:14 - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Arcade) - Makoto Stage -SPUNKY-

31:46 - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Arcade) - Dudley Stage -YOU BLOW MY MIND- (excerpt)

33:11 - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Dreamcast/PS2) - Dudley Stage -YOU BLOW MY MIND- Dreamcast Mix 2

34:26 - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Dreamcast/PS2) - Dudley Stage -YOU BLOW MY MIND- Dreamcast Mix 3

36:40 - The Third Inductee: Streets of Rage 2

39:05 - Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis) - Go Straight (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

41:45 - Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis) - Dreamer (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

44:12 - Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis) - Slow Moon (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

46:36 - Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis) - Wave 131 (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

49:50 - Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis) - Back to the Industry (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

50:59 - The Fourth Inductee: Final Fantasy VI

54:41 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - The Phantom Forest (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

58:01 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - Kids Run Through The City (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

1:00:44 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - Devil’s Lab (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

1:03:16 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - Searching for Friends (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

1:06:11 - FInal Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Fanfare (composer: Nobuo Uematsu; arranged by Reo Uratani)

1:07:25 - Closing Remarks

1:10:24 - Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Grand Finale (composer: Nobuo Uematsu; arranger Daisuke SHIIBA)

Episode 25-16: August Absurdity X - Sabretooth Plane vs Jet-Powered Tiger

By Game That Tune on Aug 19, 2025 1:00 pm UTC

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children airport thriller novel games can you juggle three small women tower defense games do not rock personal circus sabretooth tiger vs supersonic jet sabretooth jet plane vs jet-powered tiger molly shannon spider-man marvel vs snl what if...? hawkeye was frasier crane speed but spider-man professor x's wheelchair with juggernaut powers hot twinks telling their parents things

Another show in AUGUST, another ass on the hot seat, another ABSURD set of Sinister Six-Packs! Can John take the heat and score the points to punch his ticket to the finals?

Our merch store is back, now on TeePublic! Check it out and grab something absurd for you or a friend!

Join us in Discord!

Check out our Patreon page! Patreon.com/GameThatTune is the home for exclusive content! Special thanks to our ABSURD FAN tier Patreon producers: Daniel Perkey, Sam L, PhoenixTear2121, BeastPond, HCO and Spanky McMasters!

0:00:00 Welcome to Game That Tune!
0:06:40 A Sinister Six-Pack from Jessie!
0:07:05 Jessie Game 1
0:14:19 Jessie Game 2
0:20:54 Jessie Game 3
0:26:20 Jessie Game 4
0:31:40 Jessie Game 5
0:38:59 Jessie Game 6
0:48:44 A Sinister Six-Pack of Requests!
0:49:09 Request 1
0:55:33 Request 2
1:04:32 Request 3
1:11:27 Request 4
1:20:24 Request 5
1:28:09 Request 6
1:33:42 A Sinister Six-Pack from Johnny!
1:33:55 Johnny Game 1
1:40:47 Johnny Game 2
1:49:27 Johnny Game 3
1:54:00 Johnny Game 4
2:00:43 Johnny Game 5
2:08:41 Johnny Game 6
2:18:19 Bonus Music/Outro

Deep Dive: Secret of the Forest

By Super Marcato Bros on Aug 17, 2025 6:07 pm UTC

Episodes

In this third installment of the unique and contrasting "Deep Dive" series, Karl & Will zoom way in on ONE piece of video game music! They thoroughly explore one of the most gorgeous VGM tracks, Chrono Trigger’s “Secret of the Forest". Enjoy!

Chrono Trigger - Yasunori Mitsuda - Square - SNES - 1995

-Secret of the Forest

Episode 185: VGM Hall of Fame (Child of Light)

By RE-VGM on Aug 15, 2025 7:03 am UTC

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I’ve got good news and bad news.

First the bad news: there will be no Masters of VGM this year and for the foreseeable future, as there was no one able to pick up the mantle.

And now the good news: a bunch of other podcasters decided to carry on with their own event, called the VGM Hall of Fame!

Simply put, participating podcasts put forth an original soundtrack from a video game to be on the VGM Hall of Fame, the video game version of the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame. It was already started by The Messenger, host of “A VGM Journey”.

For my part, I present to you the VGM soundtrack to “Child of Light”, composed by Cœur de Pirate (Beatrice Martin).

“Child of Light” is a beautiful RPG that takes place in the land of Lemuria. Aurora wakes up and tries to find a way back to her home as she explores this new world, meets new friends, and tries to help this new world’s people against the Queen.

The soundtrack is crafted with a piano backed by an orchestra that resonates with the environment, the gameplay, and the dialogue. While there are some hints of pain and yearning, there are also moments of danger, struggle, and triumph that allow players to connect with the game beyond the typical senses.

Enjoy these tracks for a game that shows the growth and maturity of Aurora and her journey in Lemuria.

“Child of Light – Making the Music”

Track Listing
All original tracks were composed by Cœur de Pirate (Beatrice Martin)

Intro and BGM: “Aurora’s Theme”

“Pilgrims on a Long Journey”

“Child of Light & Chill – Pilgrims on a A Long Journey – Chill Video Game Music Remix – JP Soundworks” – remixed by JP Soundworks

“Dark Creatures”

“Child of Light – Battle Theme (Dark Creatures) [Piano]” – rearranged by synthicify

“Bolmus Populi”

“[Cmaj] GW2 Quartet: Bolums Populi – Child of Light” – covered by Minstrel’s Waypoint

“Leave Your Castle”

“Leave Your Castle – Child of Light (Piano and Viola Cover)” – covered by Asea’s Collabs

“Hymn of Light (Orchestral)”

“[Music box Cover] Child of Light – Hymn of Light” – covered by Musicbox cover

Outro: “[Celie cover] Off to Sleep – Child of Light RE DONE COVER” – composed by Cœur de Pirate, covered by Celie Cover

Episode 38-9 Get Crafty!

By Rhythm and Pixels on Aug 13, 2025 9:00 am UTC

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Just a few more podcast episodes, a little wood, and add some rare drops from forest enemies, and we can finally make an upgrade for our base!

Listen to more of the show! https://rhythmandpixels.com

Consider supporting the podcast! https://patreon.com/rhythmandpixels

WaveBack Episode 187: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

By WaveBack Music Podcast on Aug 13, 2025 4:00 am UTC

Show Notes

For Matt’s pick this month, he chose the NES classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It’s a game everyone had, but not everyone liked. Regardless, it’s got some great music!

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Episode 25-15: August Absurdity X - Shootin' Six Ropes

By Game That Tune on Aug 12, 2025 12:30 pm UTC

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AUGUST ABSURDITY RETURNS! Jessie is on the hot seat and we've got three sinister six-packs in store for him! John's airing grievances from previous Augusts Absurdities, Johnny is doing something so obvious that you can practically sense a twist coming, and we've got six fantastic fan requests!

Our merch store is back, now on TeePublic! Check it out and grab something absurd for you or a friend!

Join us in Discord!

Check out our Patreon page! Patreon.com/GameThatTune is the home for exclusive content! Special thanks to our ABSURD FAN tier Patreon producers: Daniel Perkey, Sam L, PhoenixTear2121, BeastPond, HCO and Spanky McMasters!

0:00:00 Welcome to Game That Tune!
0:06:49 A Sinister Six-Pack from John H.!
0:07:58 Game 1
0:12:47 Game 2
0:17:56 Game 3
0:23:48 Game 4
0:29:29 Game 5
0:36:28 Game 6
0:41:22 A Sinister Six-Pack of Requests!
0:41:41 Request 1
0:46:50 Request 2
0:52:35 Request 3
0:59:05 Request 4
1:05:38 Request 5
1:10:37 Request 6
1:19:02 A Sinister Six-Pack from Johnny!
1:19:16 Game 1
1:24:01 Game 2
1:29:45 Game 3
1:36:14 Game 4
1:40:17 Game 5
1:45:47 Game 6
2:03:08 Bonus Music/Outro

[Ch F] MAKRANA Soundtrack - feat. Matt Miller of Chronarian Games

By Nerd Noise Radio on Aug 11, 2025 2:59 am UTC

Today's "F-isode" is the soundtrack to the upcoming indie game "MAKRANA" designed, developed, and scored by Matt Miller of Des Moines-based Chronarian Games. Matt sits in with St. John at Nerd Noise Studios for a Channel 2-style in-person conversation to discuss the soundtrack and various other matters of varying degrees of relevance. ;-)

All tracks from the game MAKRANA, an upcoming game by Chronarian Games for PS5, XBSX and probably other platforms as well. All tracks composed, arranged, and performed by Matt Miller.

Tracklist

A1) "Production Disclaimer" Earcatcher (St. John on the now NNR-customary $400 Shure SM7B Mic) - 00:00:00

A2) "Episode Opener" Earcatcher (St. John on the now long-deprecated $100 AudioTechnica AT2020 Mic which was the mic St. John used on NNR from 2017-2022) - 00:00:59

01) "ZENITH" (game and track titles all capitalized for stylistic purposes by developer) a) Music - 00:01:12 b) Discussion and Top-of-Show Business (St. John and Matt sharing a single AT2020) - 00:04:50

02) "OBSERVE" a) Music - 00:29:39 b) Discussion (all voice recordings from here on out using that same single AT2020) - 00:33:27

03) "REFLECT" a) Music - 00:47:59 b) Discussion (our shortest conversation of the episode by far!) - 00:51:47

04) "QUADRANT" a) Music - 00:59:04 b) Discussion - 01:03:21

05) "DEVIATE" a) Music - 01:28:28 b) Discussion and End-of-Show Business - 01:33:51 B1) Outtakes - 02:04:08

Total Episode Runtime: 02:10:02

Matt and Chronarian Games can be found at www.chronariangames.com as well as on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, BlueSky, Mastodon, YouTube, and X.

Special Thanks to Erin Miller, Nora Miller, and Jodee Wedgeworth (aka "St. Jodee") for making this recording session / episode possible.

Produced in a mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Linux on a 2023-model Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 gaming laptop (docked in a "desktop" context) using the aforementioned mics, a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB audio interface, and in the case of the SM7B, a Cloudlifter in-line signal booster. No alcohol was involved in this recording - however, I do think sleep deprivation may have been a factor! ;-) :-D

Enjoy!!

KVGM “The Last Wave” (8/10/25)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Aug 10, 2025 4:00 pm UTC

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Welcome to August – time sure does fly when you’re jamming out! This week, we hit all the usual adult visual novel fare but also throw in some mahjong, baseball, and digital monsters for good measure, plus, of course, a little Yuji Ohno to class the establishment up.

Playlist

Reality: Light – Barbarian on the Groove
(Baldr Sky Dive1 “Lost Memory”, PC)

ARTISTIQ – ViRiX Dreamcore
(CROSSNIQ+, Nintendo Switch)

Menu – Masaharu Iwata
(Shin Mahjong, Super Famicom)

Garden of Solitude – Naotoshi Nishino
(Hidamari no Kage de, PC)

Ball Development – Yasumasa Kitagawa and Takako Yumishima
(Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2012, Sony PlayStation 3)

Shop – Kotaro Nakagawa
(Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters, Nintendo 3DS)

tek-tek – Toshiyuki Takizawa
(re-laive, PC)

On the Avenue – Shoichiro Hirata
(Tokimeki Memorial 3: Yakusoku no Ano Basho de, Sony PlayStation 2)

Normal Scene – Unknown
(Nankou Furaku Sangokuden: Shu to Toki no Doujaku, Nintendo 3DS)

Memory of Silver Jewel (Ballad Ending Version) – Yuji Ohno
(Lupin III: Lupin is Dead, Zenigata is in Love, Sony PlayStation 2)

Special Request

Hills of Jugon – Junya Nakano
(Tobal No.1, Sony PlayStation)

[160] Beautiful Themes & Beautiful Moments - Part II

By Pixel Beat on Aug 10, 2025 12:00 pm UTC

About: A collection of themes that feature beautiful themes, or originate from beautiful moments in video games. Your daily dose of serotonin.

Artwork: Final Fantasy VII Remake

00:00 - Rikku’s Theme [Final Fantasy X]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

03:31 - Among Stately Peaks [Octopath Traveller]

by Yasunori Nishiki >

07:40 - Midnight Rendezvous [Final Fantasy VII Remake]

by Mitsuto Suzuki >

11:03 - Streamside [Ragnarok Online]

by soundTeMP >

13:24 - Grassy Plain Of Illusion [Grandia XTREME]

by Noriyuki Iwadare >

16:04 - Heated Debate [13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim]

by Hitoshi Sakimoto, Mitsuhiro Kaneda, Yoshimi Kudo, Rikako Watanabe, Yukinori Kikuchi, Kazuki Higashihara, Azusa Chiba >

19:36 - Town Veiled In White [Octopath Traveller]

by Yasunori Nishiki >

22:40 - For Whom Is That Kindless [Ys X: Nordics]

by Falcom Sound Team JDK >

24:35 - Fishing Vibes [Sonic Frontiers]

by Tomoya Ohtani >

29:56 - Serenity [Lufia II: Rise Of The Sinistrals]

by Yasunori Shiono >

33:40 - A Flower Blooming In The Slums [Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII]

by Takeharu Ishimoto >

Episode 184: That Darn Cat (International Cat Day)

By RE-VGM on Aug 8, 2025 7:03 am UTC

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Today, on August 8th, we are celebrating International Cat Day. First put together by the International Fund for Animal, this day honors on the most popular pets, with an estimated 350-370 million cats owned and about 480 million that are strays or feral. There are 75 recognized breeds of cats (according to The International Cat Association), and between TICA and CFA (Cat Fanciers’ Association), the most popular breeds are the Maine Coon, the Ragdoll, and the British Shorthair.

Going through the past five decades, we’ve got tracks from video games that feature cats: a police mouse roaming a cat mansion, a big cat that prefers to fish, the first cat person you come across before getting to town, a cat with some mental issues, and a toy cat that prefers to play you to death. Of course, we’ve got covers and remixes of these tracks.

Give your cat a few head pats and scratches as you listen to these tracks…

International Cat Day

Track Listing

“Main Theme” – [Mappy] – composed by Nobuyuki Ohnogi

“Mappy (Banjo & Guitarra)” – covered by Fedeitor

“Mystic Ruins” – [Sonic Adventure] – composed by Fumie Kumantani

“Sonic Adventure Mystic Ruins Sega Genesis Remix” – remixed by Remixis SG

“Title” – [Animal Crossing] – composed by Kazumi Totaka

“Animal Crossing – Title Theme” – remixed by Retro Game Remix

“Mae’s House” – [Night in the Woods] – composed by Alex Holowka

“Mae’s House (Night in the Woods)” – remixed by Allan Näusland

“Sleep Well” – [Poppy Playtime: Chapter 3] – composed by CG5

“Sleep Well by CG5 Full Piano Cover (from Poppy Playtime Chapter 3)” – covered by NONPIANO

World Wide Web Day
History of the World Wide Web
Internet
The women who coined the expression ‘Surfing the Internet’
The Pioneers of Early ISPs

R&P Chat 38-9 Random Random Revolution

By Rhythm and Pixels on Aug 6, 2025 9:00 am UTC

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Welcome back to another fine episode of R&P Chat! Want to hang in the studio with Rob and Pernell without all that pesky music listening formatting? Well this is the show for you! We're talking about games we've been playing, board games on deck, and the shows and movies that are on our TVs!

Listen to more of the show! https://rhythmandpixels.com

Consider supporting the podcast! https://patreon.com/rhythmandpixels

Episode 124 – Mega Man Battle & Chase Soundtrack Spotlight

By XVGM Radio on Aug 6, 2025 5:00 am UTC

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What’s faster than the speed of light? Mega Man Battle & Chase’s North American release date, that’s what! Released in 1997 in Japan and 1998 in Europe, this game completely missed it’s planned North American release despite ads and previews running for it in magazines. Initially forgotten as “just another kart racer copycat,” true fans of the genre and Mega Man fanboys, were given something truly unique in sound and style! Rev up those engines while you hear the XVGM Radio boys chat about their time playing the game. Buckle up for exciting discussion about the game as well as reviewing interviews with Keiji Inafune and some of the illustration artists taken from the Mega Man Official Complete Works book! Honk the horn when…the guys get a late call from Mega Man 8 era Dr. Light?! But most of all, stay locked in to drive your way through 12 incredible tracks from this exciting soundtrack! Don’t miss racing to the finish line on this episode of XVGM Radio!
We’d love to hear what you thought about this soundtrack we’ve picked! What was your favorite track? Shoot us an email at XVGMRadio@gmail.com or join in on the discussion at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/XVGMradio
Also, we have a Discord Channel! Join us and chat about the show, share a random or obscure VGM song you love, or just chit chat with Mike and Justin about tacos! Join for free here: https://discord.gg/zWxDYfn
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TRACK LISTING:

Intro – “Over the Top – Opening Demo”
1 – “Dark the Moon – Theme of Shadowman”
2 – “Kick About – Theme of Blues/ProtoMan”
3 – “I Am World King!! Theme of Dr.Wily”
4 – “Go For It! – Theme of Forte/Bass”
5 – “Ahh, a Man’s Life – Gutsman Special Ending”
6 – “Through the Air – Theme of Quick Man”
7 – Patreon Request: Ryan Mcpherson: “Kick About (Jazz Version)”
8 – “Sunshine Girl – Theme of Roll”
9 – Secret Party – Space Course
10 – “Escape – Cavern Course”
Outro – “Wind, Carry My Words – Roll (Special Ending)” vocals by Yoshino Aoki

Episode 25-14: Two Minutes to Erectile Midnight

By Game That Tune on Aug 5, 2025 1:00 pm UTC

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soundtracks for workouts fast-paced game music best indie game music Metroid music Castlevania soundtrack Street Fighter music Tekken soundtrack Kingdom Hearts music Chrono Trigger soundtrack Earthbound music Dark Souls music Bloodborne OST GTA music Assassin's Creed soundtrack Battlefield music Call of Duty soundtrack The Witcher 3 music Star Wars game soundtracks best chiptune tracks classic Sega soundtracks nostalgic game music forgotten video game music boss fight music epic orchestral game tracks game soundtracks on vinyl game music concerts game soundtracks with vocals best battle themes in RPGs best overworld themes calm town themes in games intense chase music in games stealth game soundtracks best JRPG soundtracks most emotional game themes game music breakdowns history of chiptune best VGM composers how game music is made video game music tutorials video game music inspiration game music technology procedural music in games game soundtrack licensing music mods for video games 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wall magic boomerang ninja stars rule nintendo hard erections rewind features make hard games fun does mario paint need two vcrs or not like attack mode

We're playing difficult games so of course we're talking about boners, Mario Paint, prison animals, naked Nathan Drake, and who we would dream-nail!

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Join us in Discord!

Check out our Patreon page! Patreon.com/GameThatTune is the home for exclusive content! Special thanks to our ABSURD FAN tier Patreon producers: Daniel Perkey, Sam L, PhoenixTear2121, BeastPond, HCO and Spanky McMasters!

0:00:00 Welcome to Game That Tune!
0:07:17 VGM Threesome!
0:09:32 VGM Threesome Game 1 Reveal
0:18:02 VGM Threesome Game 2
0:20:16 VGM Threesome Game 2 Reveal
0:30:51 VGM Threesome Game 3
0:33:24 VGM Threesome Game 3 Reveal
0:42:03 Game 2
0:47:20 Game 2 Reveal
0:54:36 Game 3
0:58:17 Game 3 Reveal
1:10:36 Game 4
1:20:51 Game 4 Reveal
1:45:35 This Game's Winner Is...
1:54:24 Bonus Music/Outro

Rebroadcast: First Person Shooters

By Super Marcato Bros on Aug 3, 2025 6:15 pm UTC

Episodes

For this "Rebroadcast", Karl & Will share their episode originally released way back in June of 2014- "First Person Shooters (#117)!" Enjoy this blast from the past, where the guys presented a diverse selection of awesome music from FPS games!

Quake II – Sonic Mayhem – id Software – PC – 1997
-Quad Machine
Black – Chris Tilton, Michael Giacchino – EA – Playstation 2, Xbox – 2006
-Madhouse Mayhem
Team Fortress 2- Mike Morasky – Valve & EA – Xbox 360/PS3 – 2007
-Main Theme
James Bond 007: Nightfire – Lars Anderson – EA – Gamecube/PS2/Xbox – 2002
-Skyrail
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil- Darren Mitchell – Acclaim – N64 – 1998
-Totem 2
Outlaws – Clint Bajakian – Lucasarts – PC – 1997
-Sanctuary
Halo 2 -Martin O’Donnell, Michael Salvatori – Microsoft – Xbox – 2004
-Ghosts of Reach
Perfect Dark- Grant Kirkhope, Graeme Norgate – Rare – N64 – 2000
-Air Base X
Bioshock Infinite – Ruth Etting; Henry Creamer, Turner Layton – 2K Games – Xbox 360/PS3 – 2013
-After You’ve Gone
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe – Activision – PS3/Xbox 360 – 2009
-Endgame~Boat Ride
Metroid Prime – Kenji Yamamoto, Kouichi Kyuuma – Nintendo – Gamecube – 2002
-Menu Select
Timesplitters 2 – Graeme Norgate – Eidos -PS2/Gamecube/Xbox – 2002
-Chicago 1930s
Star Cruiser – Toshiya Yamanaka – Arsys – Genesis/PC – 1988
-To a Far Away Galaxy
Medal of Honor: Frontline – Michael Giacchino – EA – Gamecube/Xbox/PS2 – 2002
-Operation Market Garden
Resident Evil Survivor 2: Code Veronica – Makoto Iida – Capcom & Namco – Dreamcast- 2001
-Stage 4 BGM
Killzone 2 – Joris de Man – Sony – PS3 – 2009
-The Second Helghan March (Helghan Forever)
Star Wars: Battlefront II – John Williams, Jesse Harlin – Lucasarts – PS2 – 2005
-Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader Theme
Neotokyo – Ed Harrison – STUDIO RADI-8 – Steam – 2009
-Footprint
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes – Kenji Yamamoto – Nintendo – Gamecube – 2004
-U-Mos’s Account
Doom – Bobby Prince – iD – PC – 1993
-Kitchen Ace (and Taking Names)

Episode 183: Surfing the Web (World Wide Web Day)

By RE-VGM on Aug 1, 2025 7:03 am UTC

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HTTP, HTML, Gopher, Mosaic…

If you recognize these words, then we were there when the World Wide Web was just beginning. Today, on August 1st, we’re celebrating World Wide Web Day, that online place where we browse the pages, game with friends across the world, and stream our favorite videos, music, and podcasts.

Tim Berners-Lee is the father of the World Wide Web, creating and building a program based on hyperlinks, markups, and protocols. He started in 1980 with ENQUIRE, a database of people and software models while experimenting with hypertext. Later, he installed TCP/IP protocols in Unix machines, which turned CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) into the largest Internet site in Europe at the time. When the first direct UP connection between Europe and North American was established in 1988, it brought about the possibility of creating a web-like system at CERN.

We’ve got a list of tracks from video games that feature the World Wide Web in some form: a NetNavi fighting crime on the Net, a lone player searching for answers about comatose players, and a character exploring an MMORPG to fill the void of her amnesia. There’s also covers and remixes to follow.

Enjoy this tracks in celebration of the World Wide Web…

Track Listing

“Theme of Mega Man Battle Network” – [Mega Man Battle Network] – composed by Akari Kaida

“Theme of Rockman EXE – Orchestral/rock Arrangement – Megaman Battle Network” – rearranged by Tyler Gonelli

“aura1″ (Aura’s Theme)” – [.hack series] – composed by Chikayo Fukuda

“Dot Hack – Aura’s Theme Piano Cover” – covered by Azamonde

“Battle 2” – [CrossCode] – composed by Deniz Akbulut

“Battle 2 / S-Rank Battle (Crosscode) – GaMetal Remix” – remixed by GaMetal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWfMivU4sAY

Viper’s VGMture – S02E01 – Jamboree Radio (30 July 2025)

By Viper's VGMture on Jul 30, 2025 9:00 pm UTC

Viper takes a look at the new and confusingly named Super Mario Party Jamboree - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV to kick off a new summery season, but surely such a grand name can only be wielded by a worthy upgrade? Well...

Buy Super Mario Party Jamboree - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV on Nintendo Switch 2:
https://store.nintendo.co.uk/en/super-mario-party-jamboree-nintendo-switch-2-edition-jamboree-tv-70010000096826

Buy Super Mario Party Jamboree on Nintendo Switch:
https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-games/Super-Mario-Party-Jamboree-2591147.html

TRACKLISTING:
00:00:00 Super Mario Party Jamboree - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV - Main Menu - Jamboree TV
00:01:04 Super Mario Party Jamboree - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV - Main Menu - Super Mario Party Jamboree
00:02:04 Super Mario Party Jamboree - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV - Main Menu - GameShare
00:03:01 Super Mario Party Jamboree - Title
00:04:49 Welcome to Viper's VGMture
00:11:34 Super Mario Party Jamboree - Loads of Minigames
00:13:49 Super Mario Party Jamboree - Sky Battle
00:16:29 You're Listening to Viper's VGMture
00:30:42 Super Mario Party Jamboree - Goomba Lagoon 2
00:34:09 Super Mario Party Jamboree - Don't Panic
00:35:44 This is Viper's VGMture
00:50:36 Super Mario Party Jamboree - King Bowser's Keep 2
00:52:37 Super Mario Party Jamboree - Impostor Bowser's Survivathon 3
00:53:51 Thanks for Listening!
00:56:47 Super Mario Party Jamboree - Mega Wiggler's Tree Party 1

Nerd Noise Radio - Channel F: The Lucid 9 Soundtrack

By Nerd Noise Radio on Jul 30, 2025 6:00 am UTC

Today's bonus broadcast is the soundtrack to Lucid 9, created by Fallen Snow Studios, and composed by Ultra Kitsune (10 of 36 tracks), Breezee (15 of 36 tracks), Ziassan (4 of 36 tracks), Blue Wolfie (6 of 36 tracks), and Haven235 (1 of 36 tracks) - listed in order of appearance! The first game I ever played on Steam.

Track list:

A1) Intro - 00:00:00 01) Urban Disturbance (by Ultra Kitsune) - 00:05:06 02) Usual Routine (by Breezee) - 00:08:50 03) Hustle & Bustle (by Breezee) - 00:10:08 04) Peaceful Days (by Ziassan) - 00:11:35 05) Consequences of a fool (by Blue Wolfie) - 00:13:52 06) Marvelous Masa (by Blue Wolfie) - 00:15:38 07) Gover Mecher (by Blue Wolfie) - 00:16:30 08) Victory in Sight (by Blue Wolfie) - 00:18:07 09) Adult talk (by Ultra Kitsune) - 00:20:23 10) Empty Eyes (by Blue Wolfie) - 00:22:17 11) Optimist in shining armor (by Breezee) - 00:24:52 12) Stardust (by Ultra Kitsune) - 00:25:56 13) Rationality (by Haven235) - 00:28:02 14) Vision from my soul (by Ultra Kitsune) - 00:29:53 15) Unpredictable Youth (by Breezee) - 00:30:54 16) Eccentric Detective (by Breezee) - 00:33:18 17) Process of Elimination (by Blue Wolfie) - 00:35:55 18) Instinctive Suspicion (by Breezee) - 00:38:07 19) Instinctive Suspicion - music box (by Breezee) - 00:40:07 20) Instinctive Suspicion - ominous (by Breezee) - 00:42:03 21) Equanimity (by Breezee) - 00:43:58 22) Anxiety (by Breezee) - 00:48:44 23) Tasteless (by Ziassan) - 00:50:11 24) Introspection (by Ziassan) - 00:52:29 25) Melancholy (by Breezee) - 00:58:00 26) Melancholy - heavy (by Breezee) - 01:00:16 27) Hollow (by Ultra Kitsune) - 01:03:06 28) Restless (by Ultra Kitsune) - 01:05:27 29) Asphyxia (by Breezee) - 01:08:19 30) Electrifying Tension (by Breezee) - 01:10:07 31) Melancholy - emotional (by Breezee) - 01:12:59 32) Warm Feeling (by Ultra Kitsune) - 01:16:04 33) Secrets of Isamu (by Ultra Kitsune) - 01:17:49 34) Depths (by Ziassan) - 01:19:44 35) Disturbed (by Ultra Kitsune) - 01:22:09 36) Urban Disturbance - dark edit (by Ultra Kisune) - 01:25:11

Soundtrack Runtime - 01:22:47 Total Runtime - 01:27:53

You can find Fallen Snow Studios here:

https://vnchan.wordpress.com/

Background music for the introduction segment: Water Temple (Phase 1) from Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on Nintendo Switch (and Switch 2) composed by Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, and/or Tsukasa Usui

Episode 25-13: Legends of the Musou Temple

By Game That Tune on Jul 28, 2025 11:03 pm UTC

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0:00:00 Welcome to Game That Tune!
0:05:40 Game 1
0:15:05 Game 1 Reveal
0:36:22 Game 2
0:47:23 Game 2 Reveal
1:00:57 Game 3
1:07:49 Game 3 Reveal
1:19:59 Game 4
1:25:08 Game 4 Reveal
1:43:23 This Game's Winner Is...
1:52:48 Bonus Music/Outro

KVGM “The Last Wave” (7/27/25)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Jul 27, 2025 4:00 pm UTC

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

A top-tier show this week (in my humble opinion) with some real, to quote today’s youth, bangers…or bootyboppers…or thighslappers…or humdingers. Whatever you want to call a jam. Just don’t say bop. Please.

Playlist

Sex Scene BGM 1 – I’ve Sound
(Haramiko, PC)

Confession – Naotoshi Nishino
(Last Escort ~Shin’ya no Kokuchou Monogatari~, Sony PlayStation 2)

Save/Load – Kenichi Sudo
(Getter Robo Daikessen!, Sony PlayStation)

Cruzin (Stage 4) – LeoBrito
(Piczle Colors, Nintendo Switch)

After the Tears – Toshiyuki Takizawa
(re-laive, PC)

Guides – Unknown
(Joushou Mahjong Tenpai, Super Famicom)

Happy Time (Finish) – Masato Koike
(Jan Sangoku Musou, Sony PlayStation 2)

Sky City (Peaceful Sky City) – Taku Iwasaki, Seirou Okamoto, Hayato Matsuo, and Atsushi Yamaji
(Mercury: The Prime Master, Sharp X68000)

Evening – Shinichiro Nakamura and Masako Otsuka
(Geten no Hana Yume Akari, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Staff Roll – Manami Wada and Akihi Motoyama
(Beta Bloc, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Special Request

Main Theme – Luis Clemente
(Balatro, Nintendo Switch)

[159] Dance Off Bro, Me and You!

By Pixel Beat on Jul 26, 2025 10:00 am UTC

About: One on One, Fighting or Dancing? Either way, strap in!

Artwork: Streets Of Rage

00:00 - Swamp Stage [Marvel vs. Capcom 2]

by Tetsuya Shibata, Mitsuhiko Takano >

01:58 - Fighting In The Street [Streets Of Rage]

by Yuzo Koshiro >

06:09 - Duck King [Fatal Fury]

by Kazuyuki Oikawa, Kojiro Mikusa >

08:43 - Dilapidated Town [Streets Of Rage]

by Yuzo Koshiro >

12:02 - Cave Stage [Marvel vs. Capcom 2]

by Tetsuya Shibata, Mitsuhiko Takano >

13:40 - Countryside 1 [Double Dragon Neon]

by Jake Kaufman >

17:00 - City Of The Legend (Gado) [Bloody Roar]

by Takayuki Negishi >

18:42 - Cosmic Vegetation (Greenhouse) [Bloody Roar 2]

by Jin Watanabe >

21:42 - Go Straight (Alternative) [Streets Of Rage]

by Yuzo Koshiro >

24:55 - Harem Beat [Street Fighter EX3]

by Yasuhisa Watanabe >

28:31 - Lab 2 (Pick Yourself Up And Dance [Double Dragon Neon]

by Jake Kaufman >

31:42 - Jazzy NYC ’99 [Street Fighter III 3rd Strike]

by Hideki Okugawa >

33:51 - Beats In My Heart (Elena’s Theme) [Street Fighter 6]

by Yoshiya Terayama >

https://terraplayer.com/shows/a-vgm-journey

[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E97: The Super Metroid Soundtrack (VGM Hall of Fame)”

By Nerd Noise Radio on Jul 26, 2025 6:00 am UTC

Today’s broadcast is C1E97 for Soundtrack Saturday, July 26th, 2025. Today’s soundtrack is the Super Metroid soundtrack on the Super NES, composed by Kenji Yamamoto and Minako Hamano. This episode is Nerd Noise Radio's contribution to the VGM Hall of Fame ("HoF") project, created in collaboration with Alex "The Messenger" of "A VGM Journey" and Professor Tom from "Shujin Academy VGM Club" podcasts. Links to their programs will be found in the show notes! Stick around after the show for bonus content!

Tracklist:

Track# - Track - Timestamp

A1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) Title Theme - 00:05:16

02) Prologue - 00:07:28

03) Approaching the Space Colony - 00:10:01

04) Ceres Space Colony - 00:10:11

05) Ridley / Draygoon / Chozo Statue - 00:10:43

06) Approaching Planet Zebes - 00:12:52

07) Crateria (Surface Arrival) - 00:13:06

08) Crateria (Underground) - 00:14:47

09) Crateria (Space Pirates) - 00:16:25

10) Mysterious Statue Chamber - 00:19:58

11) Item Room - 00:21:48

12) Brinstar (Overgrown Area) - 00:23:23

13) Brinstar (Red Soil) - 00:27:00

14) Spore Spawn / Botwoon - 00:29:12

15) Tension - 00:31:27

16) Kraid / Crocomire / Phantoon - 00:33:17

17) Norfair (Fire of Zebes) - 00:35:07

18) Theme of Samus Aran - 00:37:22

19) Wrecked Ship (Deactivated) - 00:41:01

20) Wrecked Ship (Activated) - 00:43:11

21) Maridia (Drifting Sands) - 00:45:34

22) Maridia (Underwater) - 00:49:30

23) Norfair (Ancient Ruins) - 00:52:23

24) Golden Four Statue - 00:57:00

25) Tourian - 00:59:13

26) Mother Brain - 01:03:03

27) Escape - 01:05:21

28) Finale - 01:07:33

29) Continue - 01:10:51

B1) Outro - 01:11:41

B2) BONUS: Super Metroid Medley - performed on June 22nd 2025 by the Des Moines Gamer Symphony Orchestra (“DSMGSO”), and arranged by the DSMGSO’s very own Joseph Mullin! - 01:20:59

Music Block Runtime: 01:06:27 / Bonus Music Runtime: 00:13:15 / Total Episode Runtime: 01:33:25

Our intro and outro is Funky Radio from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by B.B. Rights

You can find Alex’s show: “A VGM Journey” here:

And you can find Professor Tom’s “Shujin Academy VGM Club” here:

https://terraplayer.com/shows/shujin-academy-vgm-club

You can find the Des Moines Gamer Symphony Orchestra here:

https://www.dsmgso.org/

https://youtube.com/@desmoinesgamersymphonyorch3631?si=hq8tUJYKOR0-ynjr

You can find Valerie’s Flute Entertainment here:

https://www.valwedgeworth.com/

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Workstation Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (2023) laptop. Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface!

You can also find all of our audio episodes on https://archive.org/details/@nerd_noise_radio as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content.

We are now a member podcast as well. You can find us there at https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio. Also, check out their outstanding collection of other podcasts and radio stations at https://terraplayer.com/! From now on, when sharing episodes of Nerd Noise Radio, I will most likely use the Terra Player link rather than the Podbean link like I have been using.

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:

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Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:

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But frankly, probably the absolute best way you can connect with us is on our new Discord Channel: "Nerd Noise Radio – Channel D", which includes various sub-channels for all sorts of different types of connection and conversation: https://discord.gg/GUWdaXUw

Thanks for listening! Join us again in August (or more likely, September) for C1E98 (Channel 1, Episode 98): Mishmash Monday – vol. 17 – our final ever Mishmash Monday on Channel 1, and our third-to-last [quote] "regular", "ordinary", "standard" episode of Channel 1, though certainly not our third-to-last all-time production of Nerd Noise Radio. Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

[RERUN] [Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - NERD NOISE CROSSOVERS: “C1E64: ThreeFer Thursday” (orig rel. 05/12/22)

By Nerd Noise Radio on Jul 25, 2025 6:42 pm UTC

2025 Rerun Notes: A very unique episode in show history, the only time we ever did a "ThreeFer". It's a bit of a long episode, and this was back when I was still using a cheaper mic and less sophisticated production techniques, but I still remain very proud of this episode from a content perspective. Original 2022 show notes below! ------------------------------------------------------------------

Today’s broadcast is C1E64 for Nerd Noise Crossovers, Thursday, 05/12/2022. Today’s Crossover is "ThreeFer Thursday" - which is, among standard format Ch 1 episodes for "just ordinary occasions", our longest episode to date. So hunker down and buckle up for what is going to be quite the musical journey! Also the Ch 1 debut of the new mic, higher quality copies of the intro/outro background music, and my new production techniques. I'm exceptionally proud of this episode, and hope you will find it exceptionally enjoyable!

Track Number / Game (Composer) / Track Names (Composers) / Time Stamp

01) Intro – 00:00:00

02) Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars – Multiplatform

A) Pursuing the Dragon (vocalvers) - Keiichi Okabe (vocal by Saki Nakai) - 00:06:16
B) Midday Town – Oliver Good – 00:08:36
C) Tears of the Black Witch – Shotaro Seo – 00:11:53

03) Twilight - X68000 - Ryu Umemoto, Ryu Takami, and/or Hiroaki Sano

A) AsVreaSa Merg La (Ending) - 00:15:28
B)Dimineate(Morning) – 00:18:03
C)BisericaNeagra (Opening) - 00:23:11

04) Final Fantasy X – PS2

A) Fantasy (aka Phantoms) – Junya Nakano – 00:26:43
B) The Travel Agency – MasashiHamauzu– 00:29:59
C) Moment of Truth – MasashiHamauzu– 00:32:53

05) DOOM Eternal - Multi - Mick Gordon

A) Icon of Sin – 00:36:22
B) Doom Eternal – 00:41:48
C) Cultist Base – 00:46:43

06) Cyberpunk 2077 - Multi

A)WushuuDolls – Marcin Przybylowicz – 00:52:14
B) Adam Smasher – Paul Leonard-Morgan – 00:54:27
C) The Rebel Path – P.T. Adamczyk – 00:57:44

07) Super Mario Sunshine – GameCube - Kōji Kondō, and/or Shinobu Tanaka

A) Delfino Airstrip – 01:01:48
B) Sirenna Beach – 01:04:02
C) Secret Stage – 01:06:19

08) Tiny Death Star - iOS/Android - c: John Williams / a: GMLeto

A) Main Theme – 01:09:20
B) Imperial Death March – 01:10:43
C) Force Theme – 01:11:52

09) Sim Copter – PC

A) Jazz 1 – Jerry Martin – 01:12:25
B) Jazz 5 – Marc Russo – 01:17:56
C) Jazz 4 – Marc Russo – 01:22:44

10) Pebble Beach Golf Links - Genesis - Yumi Satake, Shigekazu Kamaki, and/or Yusaburo Shimojyo

A) Hole Overview – 01:27:40
B) Main Menu – 01:29:43
C) Tea Break – 01:33:33

11) Art of Balance – Multi - Martin Schjøler

A) Title Theme – 01:36:04
B) World A – 01:38:04
C) Challenge – 01:40:29

12) N++ - multi

A) Confined Spaces – ASC – 01:42:39
B) Surrender – Sam KDC – 01:50:48
C) Outlaw –VolorFlex – 01:56:48

13) Trickstyle – Dreamcast / PC – Richard Beddow

A) UK Race 2 – 02:02:06
B) Japan Race 2 – 02:05:03
C) USA Race 2 – 02:07:35

14) Doshin the Giant – GameCube - Tatsuhiko Asano

A) Time – 02:10:50
B) Jungle Morning – 02:13:36
C) Yellow Giant – 02:16:34

15) Magic The Gathering Shandalar - PC – Roland J. Rizzo

A) Track 8 - 02:19:07
B) Track 10 - 02:20:50
C) Track 19 - 02:22:28

16) Reigns – iOS/Android - MAGO

A) Benevolent Deeds – 02:24:23
B) William the Great – 02:26:54
C) Dark Deeds – 02:30:38

17) Mega Man 2 – NES – Takashi Tateishi

A) Heat Man Stage – 02:33:36
B) Quick Man Stage – 02:35:21
C) Crash Man Stage – 02:37:20

18) Outro – 02:40:11

Music Block Runtime: 02:34:02 /// Total Epsiode Runtime: 02:53:08

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.

Produced using Ardour 6 / Audacity 3 in Ubuntu Studio [Linux] 22.04

You can also find all of our audio episodes on Archive.org as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content.

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:

Our episodes (and occasionally, other content, including expanded show notes) can be found on our blog here:

Nerd Noise Radio is also available on The Retro Junkies Network at www.theretrojunkies.com, and is a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom.

Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory.

You can also follow us on Twitter at @NerdNoiseRadio. And we are also now on Spotify, TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, and Vurbl.

Thanks for listening! Join us again in June (dates TBD) for both Hugues' and I's separate "Best of 2020 / 2021" Channel 1 Retrospective episodes as well as Nerd Noise Radio's contribution (via Channel 2) to the great big VGM Podcast communities common theme group project initiaitve.

Cheers!

Episode 182: On Stage Now – Smooth McGroove

By RE-VGM on Jul 25, 2025 7:03 am UTC

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July is about to end, which means it’s time for our special episode of “On Stage Now”. It’s an episode where I step back after introducing a musician of covers or remixes of video game music and play their works for all to hear. This month, we’re featuring Smooth McGroove.

A virtuosic musician of acapella, Smooth McGroove (real name Max Gleason) has been performing covers and arrangements of video game music as a one-man band. He also records and produces his music and videos all by himself, showing how passionate he is about his work. If you get a chance to watch any of his videos, you may catch a glimpse of his feline buddy Charl.

Prepare to have your ears entertained by Smooth McGroove…

Smooth McGroove (YT, FB, IG, X, TikTok, Spotify, Bandcamp, Patreon, Merch)

Track Listing

“Zelda’s Lullaby Acapella” – [The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time] – composed by Koji Kondo

“Chrono Trigger – Corridors of Time (Zeal Theme) Acapella” – [Chrono Trigger] – composed by Yasunori Mitsuda

“Punch Out!! – Fight Theme Acapella” – [Punch Out!!] – composed by Yukio Kaneoka, Akito Nakatsuka, Kenji Yamamoto

“Super Mario World – Overworld Theme Acapella” – [Super Mario World] – composed by Koji Kondo

“Gwyn, Lord of Cinder Acapella” – [Dark Souls] – composed by Motoi Sakuraba

“UNDERTALE – Bonetrousle Acapella” – [Undertale] – composed by Toby Fox

“Sonic 2 – Metropolis Zone Acapella” – [Sonic 2] – composed by Masato Makamura

“Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow – Title Theme Acapella!” – [Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow] – composed by Junichi Mitsuda

“Super Mario Kart – Battle Mode Acapella” – [Super Mario Kart] – composed by Soyo Oka

“Chrono Trigger – Schala’s Theme Acapella” – [Chrono Trigger] – composed by Yasunori Mitsuda

“Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum – Lake Theme Acapella!” – [Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum] – composed by Junichi Mitsuda

“Super Mario World – Athletic Theme Acapella!” – [Super Mario World] – composed by Koji Kondo

Outro: “Flying Battery Zone Acapella” – [Sonic & Knuckles] – composed by Howard Drossin, Jun Senoue, Milpo, SEGA Sound Team; arranged by Smooth McGroove

Rebroadcast: David Wise

By Super Marcato Bros on Jul 21, 2025 2:25 pm UTC

For this "Rebroadcast", Karl & Will share their episode originally released way back in December of 2013- "David Wise (#90)!" Enjoy this blast from the past, where the guys celebrate and interview (for the first time) the legendary David Wise!

Who Framed Roger Rabbit - LJN - NES - 1989 -Country
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest - Nintendo - Super NES - 1995 -K. Rool Returns, In a Snow-Bound Land
Donkey Kong Country - Nintendo - Super NES - 1994 -Bonus Room Blitz, The Credits Concerto
Star Fox Adventures - Nintendo - Gamecube - 2003 -Dark Ice Mines Night

Episode 181: Street Fighter IV

By RE-VGM on Jul 18, 2025 7:03 am UTC

Today we’re celebrating the arcade release of Street Fighter IV in Japan, back in July 18, 2008. The following month, August 12th, it was released in the North America regions. In 2009, it was ported to consoles in February and later July to Windows. As the first original main entry in the series since Street […]

[RERUN] C1E86: "The Celeste Soundtrack" [Masters of VGM] - orig rel. 06/15/2024 (see 2025 show note addendum!)

By Nerd Noise Radio on Jul 16, 2025 6:00 am UTC

[2025 Addendum]

Our third and final rerun which we’re releasing for July, and third and final rerun celebrating the memory of Masters of VGM (“MoVGM”), and our third and final of my bids to drum up excitement for the “VGM Hall of Fame” (“HoF”) series spearheaded by Alex “The Messenger” Messenger of “A VGM Journey” (https://terraplayer.com/shows/a-vgm-journey), Professor Tom from “Shujin Academy VGM Club” (https://terraplayer.com/shows/shujin-academy-vgm-club), and myself (as well as any other shows which have elected to join us in the time since my drafting this on July 2nd), we look, at last, to MoVGM’s final year: 2024. The Theme of 2024’s MoVGM was a focus on female and LGBTQIA+ (particularly trans) composers. And Nerd Noise Radio’s contribution for this year was a Channel 1 featuring the soundtrack to the game Celeste, composed by the fabulous trans composer Lena Raine. The pride connection goes even deeper, though, as the game was written and designed by Maddie Thorson, who is also trans, and upon whom the [also also trans] protagonist, Madelaine is also based. From a production standpoint, this is going to be pretty close to on par with a 2025 production as it is using all the same recording hardware, and most of the same production techniques, but may not quite match the current crop due to my using less sophisticated monitoring headphones resulting in a final mix which might be a tad on the “hot” side. Either way, it’s a showcase of great people making great music to a great game with a great message. So, we are quite pleased to present C1E86: “The Celeste Soundtrack” (originally released 06/15/2024). Enjoy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Show Notes: Today’s broadcast is C1E86 for Soundtrack Saturday, June 15th, 2024. Today’s episode is our contributions to the annual VGM podcast scene group project, Masters of VGM (https://www.mastersofvgm.com/). Today's broadcast is the soundtrack to the game Celeste (Mutliplatform) - composed by Lena Raine!

Tracklist: Track# / Track / Timestamp

A1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) Prologue - 00:03:52

02) First Steps - 00:04:57

03) Resurrections - 00:08:31

04) Awake - 00:18:09

05) Postcard from Celeste Mountain - 00:20:34

06) Checking In - 00:22:02

07) Spirit of Hospitality - 00:29:05

08) Scattered and Lost - 00:30:45

09) Golden - 00:36:36

10) Anxiety - 00:45:00

11) Quiet and Falling - 00:46:50

12) In the Mirror - 00:54:13

13) Madeline and Theo - 01:03:43

14) Starjump - 01:06:50

15) Reflection - 01:08:59

16) Confronting Myself - 01:14:48

17) Little Goth - 01:18:50

18) Reach for the Summit - 01:21:46

19) Exhale - 01:32:48

20) Heart of the Mountain - 01:35:08

21) My Dearest Friends- 01:41:02

B1) Outro - 01:43:10

Music Block Runtime: 01:39:23, Total Episode Runtime: 01:49:48

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.

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Thanks for listening! Join us again in June (date TBD) for C2E18 (Channel 2, Episode 18) for a TBD-titled fous on music from Unreleased Games and in July for C1E87 (Channel 1, Episode 87): TwoFer Tuesday – vol. 10 – Tasty VGM and Talk on "Nerd n Noise Game Club", as well as Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Episode 25-12: How Low Can Your G Go, Man?

By Game That Tune on Jul 15, 2025 1:00 pm UTC

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We've got weird games with weird titles that may have more than one meaning! We're coming up with many bizarre euphemisms on this weeks episode!

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0:00:00 Welcome to Game That Tune!
0:08:40 Game 1
0:18:26 VGM Threesome!
0:19:45 VGM Threesome Game 1 Reveal
0:24:46 VGM Threesome Game 2
0:26:20 VGM Threesome Game 2 Reveal
0:34:40 VGM Threesome Game 3
0:36:30 VGM Threesome Game 3 Reveal
0:43:21 Game 3
0:49:00 Game 3 Reveal
0:59:58 Game 4
1:06:59 Game 4 Reveal
1:19:44 This Game's Winner Is...
1:29:01 Bonus Music/Outro

KVGM “The Last Wave” (7/13/25)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Jul 13, 2025 4:00 pm UTC

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Lots to enjoy this week as we cruise through July – the heat is heating up just like the jams, with everything from family restaurants to soccer to very adult PC visual novels.

Playlist

Memories – Eiichiro Yanagi
(Akumade, Kore wa ~ no Monogatari, PC)

Foggy Lake – Daisuke Kikuchi
(Waga Ryuu o Miyo: Pride of the Dragon Peace, Sony PlayStation 2)

Funky Detective – Doors Music Entertainment
(EVE: New Generation X, PC)

Carnelian – Masashi Yano
(Pigeon Blood, PC)

Name Entry – Shiba
(Heat of Eleven ’98, Arcade)

The Gentle Wind Blowing – Haruya Ooi
(Kanosora, PC)

School (Evening) – Raito
(Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r], Nintendo Switch)

Welcome – Cube Co., Ltd.
(The FamiRes, Sony PlayStation)

5 p.m. After School – SNOW
(Yumemiru Koi no Musubikata, PC)

Credits – Hikoshi Hashimoto
(Ultrabox 6 Go, PC Engine CD)

Special Request

Beneath the Mask -rain- – Shoji Meguro and Lyn
(Persona 5, Sony PlayStation 3)

Episode 190: Draw!

By NWR's Radio Trivia: Podcast Edition on Jul 12, 2025 8:22 pm UTC

Long time co-host Windy joins the show to dish out some pain--I mean, pleasant music! Yes, that’s it.

Episode 180: The Iron Horse (National Motorcycle Day)

By RE-VGM on Jul 11, 2025 7:03 am UTC

The open road lays ahead of you. You look far down the lane and then mount your two-wheeled stallion. With a turn of the key, the beast between your lets roars to life. You twist the handle, coaxing its combustible instincts, and then, after kicking up the stand, you accelerate your way onto the road. […]

[158] That Sounds Familiar - Part III

By Pixel Beat on Jul 10, 2025 10:00 am UTC

About: In this episode we play pairs of songs that have a similar quality to each other. Whether it’s a small riff, or an overall similar feel or sound, these tracks are reminiscent of each other.

Artwork: Undertale & Final Fantasy XIV

00:00 - Home [Undertale]

by Toby Fox >

02:00 - The Last Stand [Final Fantasy XIV]

by Masayoshi Soken >

06:57 - Warp Gate Core [Guardian’s Crusade]

by Yasuhiro Nakano, Akihi Motoyama, Fumio Tanabe, Luna Umegaki, Mutsumi Ishimura>

08:48 - Lost in Thoughts All Alone [Fire Emblem: Fates]

by Hiroki Morishita, Renka >

13:27 - Cosmo Canyon [Final Fantasy VII]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

17:01 - Into The Crimson Sky [VM Japan]

by Falcom Sound Team JDK >

20:05 - Main Theme (Edited) [The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild]

by Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata >

21:56 - Ruins Immemorial [Octopath Traveller II]

by Yasunori Nishiki >

24:05 - Aerith’s Theme [Final Fantasy VII]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

26:28 - Timber Owls [Final Fantasy VIII]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

29:22 - Great Fairy’s Fountain [The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time]

by Koji Kondo >

30:19 - Crystal Valley [The Legend Of Xanadu II]

by Falcom Sound Team JDK >

32:02 - Suteki Da Ne (Isn’t It Wonderful?) [Final Fantasy X]

by Shiro Hamaguchi >

35:53 - Route 10 [Pokémon Black & White]

by Shota Kageyama >

38:08 - Yearning [VM Japan]

by Falcom Sound Team JDK >

41:56 - Home [The Last Of Us]

by Gustavo Santaolalla >

https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio/nerd-noise-radio-channel-1-noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-podcast-c1e30-the-big-sounds-of-the-little-guy-vol-1

Episode 38-8 Oops! All Bonus Rounds with Chris from Gameable Audio!

By Rhythm and Pixels on Jul 9, 2025 1:31 pm UTC

rhythm and pixels World 38 covers gameable audio remixes

This week we’re celebrating all things remixed and covered with Chris from the Gameable Audio podcast!

Listen to more of the show! https://rhythmandpixels.com

Consider supporting the podcast! https://patreon.com/rhythmandpixels

[RERUN] C2E13: "Songs of the Unsung" [Masters of VGM] - orig rel. 06/01/2023 (see 2025 show note addendum!)

By Nerd Noise Radio on Jul 9, 2025 6:00 am UTC

[2025 Addendum….sorry for the long-winded] Our second of three reruns which we’re releasing for July, and second of three reruns celebrating the memory of Masters of VGM (“MoVGM”), and the second of three of my bids to drum up excitement for the “VGM Hall of Fame” (“HoF”) series spearheaded by Alex “The Messenger” Messenger of “A VGM Journey” (https://terraplayer.com/shows/a-vgm-journey), Professor Tom from “Shujin Academy VGM Club” (https://terraplayer.com/shows/shujin-academy-vgm-club), and myself (as well as any other shows which have elected to join us in the time since my drafting this on July 2nd) is just one of, this time, four contributions we made to the series that year. I’ll share links to the other three below, as well as two other bonus links which are acutely relevant to two of them (as well as to C1E96, our “fresh episode” from last month). The Theme of 2023’s MoVGM was sort of the opposite of the year prior. 2022’s theme was a celebration of “big named composers”, like Yuzo Koshiro or Nobuo Uematsu, or The Follin Brothers and so on. Names that probably EVERYBODY already knows, 2023’s theme was “unsung and undersung composers”. Names that were not nearly as well-known as they should be. And so, our Channel 2 contribution followed the same format and design philosophy of our 2022, only with the opposite theme. It’s a little longer, though, because in addition to the same “four and four” as before, we added a ninth and final pair - tracks by unknown composers”. Production notes on this episode relative to the 2022 rerun: by this time, two major changes had happened: 1) I had upgraded from the $100 RODE Podmic I had been using to the current $400 Shure SM7B that I use today, and 2) I had started actively editing out “Umm”s from our conversation. I can’t guarantee that I caught every single one of them. But they’ll certainly be much less present and much less invasive. It still won't rise to the level of a 2025 production (and sounds a little worse with the SM7B’s presence boost turned on at the time, which I’ve since turned off), but it comes appreciably closer than C2E8. Links to the other 2023 Nerd Noise Radio MoVGM contributions: C1E76: “The Big Sound of the Little Guy - vol. 2” (originally released 06/01/2023 - the episode which kicked off MoVGM 2023 at large): https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio/ch-1-noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-c1e76-the-big-sound-of-the-little-guy--vol-2

Ch F: “Highlights from ‘Stray’” (originally released 06/29/2023): https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio/channel-f-highlights-fromstray-masters-of-vgm

Ch F: Composer Mini-Focus: rayjkayj (originally released 07/26/2023 - also, this might’ve been the final MoVGM 2023 episode as well, meaning, I might’ve gotten to provide both “bookends” to that year’s celebration!) https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio/channel-f-composer-minifocus-rayjkayj-masters-of-vgm

Lastly, two bonus links which relate to the above: 1) C1E30: Big Sound of the Little Guy - vol. 1 (originally released 09/14/2018 - apologies for the atrocious production quality and anemic intro, but the music collection itself is GREAT!) - not only is this obviously relevant to C1E76 above, but it’s also relevant to last month’s C1E96, which was (unofficially, but for all intents and purposes) “Big Sound of the Little Guy vol 3”:

2) C1E73: “UNKAYJ THE RAYJ” (originally released ) - guest-hosted by rayjkayj himself, the above minifocus on rayjkayj was comprised of outtakes from this original episode: https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio/ch-1-noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-c1e73-unkayj-the-rayj

…and with that, I’ll leave you with C2E13: “Songs of the Unsung” (originally released 07/06/2023) - a title which I came up with, and if we’re being honest, I’m probably WAY too proud of!). :-D Enjoy!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Show Notes:

Today’s broadcast, for Theme Thursday, July 6th, 2023 is an episode of the Masters of VGM - season 2 (www.mastersofvgm.com) and is a focus on music from unsung and undersung composers - on an episode we’re calling “Songs of the Unsung”.

Tracklist:

01) John’s 1st composer (of 4): C418 (aka Daniel Rosenfeld)

John’s Track: Dreiton - Minecraft - Multiplatform
1. Earcatcher - 00:00:00
2. Music - 00:00:07
3. Introduction - 00:08:16
4. Top of the Show pt 1 - 00:09:12
5. Discussion - 00:12:00
6. Top of the Show pt 2 - 00:14:19
Hugues’ Track: Enforcer Brittanica - Catacomb Snatch - PC
1. Music - 00:28:44
2. Discussion - 00:32:23

02) Hugues’ 1st composer: Takahiko Abe

Hugues’ Track: Templo del Sol - Asuteka II - PC88
1. Music - 00:37:18:
2. Discussion - 00:39:31
John’s Track: Machi - Susanoou Densetsu - PC Engine
1. Music - 00:46:36
2. Discussion - 00:48:24

03) John’s 2nd composer: Soichi Terada

John’s Track: Subspace 2 - Fantavision 202X - PC
1. Music - 00:56:06
2. Discussion - 00:59:27
Hugues’ Track: TV Tower - Ape Escape on the Loose - PSP
1. Music - 01:03:30
2. Discussion - 01:06:54

04) Hugues’ 2nd composer: Katsumi Tanaka

Hugues’ Track: Memories of Puyo Puyo - Puyo Puyo CD - PC Engine
1. Music - 01:11:09
2. Discussion - 01:13:25
John’s Track: Black Hole Anomalies - Space Megaforce - SNES
1. Music - 01:19:17
2. Discussion - 01:21:41

05) John’s 3rd composer: Hikoshi Hashimoto

John’s Track: Zena Lan (Heavily Armored) - Cosmic Carnage - 32X
1. Music - 01:23:57
2. Discussion - 01:25:50
Hugues’ Track: Halftime - Pat Riley Basketball - Genesis
1. Music - 01:31:15
2. Discussion - 01:31:47

06) Hugues’ 3rd composer: Toshio Murai

Hugues’ Track: Office Theme - Wall Street Kid - NES
1. Music - 01:37:29
2. Discussion - 01:39:16
John’s Track: Stage 6 - Cyber Core - PC Engine
1. Music - 01:43:31
2. Discussion - 01:45:01

07) John’s 4th composer: Joris de Man

John’s Track: Eternal Conceit - Horizon Forbidden West - PS4 / PS5
1. Music - 01:48:22
2. Discussion - 01:53:09
Hugues’ Track: Violet’s Theme - Black Belt Challenge - GBA
1. Music - 02:02:56
2. Discussion - 02:04:59

08) Hugues’ 4th composer: Yoshihiko Miyazaki

Hugues’ Track: Search Break - JB Harold Murder Club - PC88
1. Music - 02:10:56
2. Discussion - 02:12:43
John’s Track: Dream of the Murder - Manhattan Requiem - LaserActive
1. Music - 02:18:37
2. Discussion - 02:21:011

09) BONUS: “Unknown composers”!!!

John’s Track: Login Screen - N/A (System Music) - PS5
1. Music - 02:24:25
2. Discussion - 02:27:28
3. End of show discussion - 02:31:12
4. Masters of VGM shout-out - 02:34:26
5. Closing track Discussion - 02:36:13
6. Sign-off - 02:39:39
Hugues’ Track: Track 5 - Hyper Catalog - PC Engine
1. Music - 02:39:48
2. Masters of VGM earcatcher (feat. Ed Wilson of “The VGMbassy”) - 02:41:51
3. Outtakes - 02:43:48

Total episode runtime: 02:51:22

Produced using a mix of Audacity and Ardour (various versions of each), primarily in KDE Neon (Linux) on St. John’s main laptop, and secondarily on St. John’s Gaming PC “Big Rig” running Garuda KDE Dr460nized Gaming Edition (also Linux).

Retro Game Club can be found here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-game-club/id1453018680

You can also follow Retro Game Club on Facebook and Instagram @retrogameclubpodcast and on Twitter @rgcpodcast.

Hugues’ blog can be found here:

https://huguesjohnson.com/

The referenced Hugues articles can be found here:

JB Harold Article: https://www.huguesjohnson.com/guides/jb/

Ultravox Article: https://huguesjohnson.com/features/ultrabox/

X-Files DVD Article: https://huguesjohnson.com/features/xfiles-dvd/

You can find Nerd Noise Radio on Facebook and on Twitter each @NerdNoiseRadio. There are also two Facebook Groups: Nerd Noise Radio “Easy Mode” where we just have general video game and nerd fun, or for the gearheads among you, Nerd Noise Radio “Expert Mode” where we deep dive sound hardware, composer info, and music theory.

You can find the blog at www.nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. Where we sometimes share additional show notes, and inside info. You can also find Nerd Noise Radio on Archive.org, where we have remixes and super bonuses only available there (such as a music-only alternative version of today’s show).

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the Retro Junkies community, which can be found at www.theretrojunkies.com. And we are a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community on Facebook. St. John is also the admin of the Podcasters of Des Moines Facebook group, which features a number of other podcasters and great programs from the greater Des Moines area.

Thanks for listening! Join us again later this month for a Ch 1 on an unnamed soundtrack (and very likely featuring a guest), as well as another Channel F on the VGM compositions of a fellow VGM podcaster, collectively wrapping up our involvement in MoVGM 2! Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds, and Try Before You Buy on Channel F! And wherever you are….Fly the N!

Back in Town!

By Super Marcato Bros on Jul 8, 2025 12:49 pm UTC

Episodes

In this laidback episode, Karl & Will catch up, Will shares an exciting life update, and the guys play and discuss a couple of killer tracks from Mario Kart World! Enjoy!

Mario Kart World - Nintendo - Switch 2 - 2025

-Main Theme

-Please Select Player (SMB2)

Episode 179: Independence Day

By RE-VGM on Jul 4, 2025 7:03 am UTC

Today, on the Fourth of July, we are celebrating Independence Day properly… Well, on Episode 22, we celebrated the Fourth of July with video games about America in some form. This year, we’re celebrating with video games that highlight independence and freedom: a colony sailing to the New World, Allied Forces fighting against power-hungry regime, […]

Viper’s VGMture – S13 – The Meeting of Old and New (02 July 2025)

By Viper's VGMture on Jul 2, 2025 9:00 pm UTC

June 2025 marked the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, so watch the collision of new and old and the fallout our backlogs endured on tonight's episode of Viper's VGMture!

Buy Mario Kart World on Nintendo Switch 2:
https://store.nintendo.co.uk/en/mario-kart-world-70010000096802

Buy FAST Fusion on Nintendo Switch 2:
https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-2-games/Fast-Fusion-2807412.html

TRACKLISTING:
00:00:00 Mario Kart World - Athletic BGM (Super Mario Bros. 3)
00:02:51 Pokémon Scarlet & Violet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Part 1: The Teal Mask - Battle! (Pokémon in Kitakami)
00:06:20 Welcome to Viper's VGMture
00:13:21 Lara Croft Go - A Forgotten Path
00:18:56 Super Paper Mario - The Tile Pool
00:21:29 You're Listening to Viper's VGMture
00:37:31 Mario Kart World - Yoshi Story (Yoshi's Story)
00:40:57 FAST Fusion - Vanilla Haze
00:43:03 This is Viper's VGMture
01:02:53 Super Paper Mario - Brobot L-Type Battle
01:05:23 FAST Fusion - Yama Crest
01:08:05 Thanks for Listening!
01:15:10 Mario Kart World - The Mario Drawing Song (Flipnote Studio)

[RERUN] C2E8: "Our Four Favorites" [Masters of VGM] - orig rel. 06/30/2022 (see 2025 show note addendum!)

By Nerd Noise Radio on Jul 2, 2025 5:59 pm UTC

[2025 Addendum….sorry for the ultra long-winded] Normally, we only share one rerun a month at Nerd Noise Radio. But due to the confluence of a) our having missed the May rerun completely, b) our not getting a June rerun out until the very end of the month, and c) a very important thematic connection to an event currently happening in the VGM podcast scene this month, I’m releasing…..not one……not two……not four…..but THREE reruns in July! From 2022 through 2024, the greater VGM podcast community participated in a glorious group experiment called “Masters of VGM” (or “MoVGM” for short - I think I might’ve even been the one to coin the shorthand…..maybe), where a master theme was decided upon by the community, and then every participating podcast would do an episode, or a handful of episodes in keeping with the crowdsourced theme. Nerd Noise Radio participated all three years - with a Channel 2 in 2022, a Channel 1 in 2024, and in 2023, with a whopping FOUR installments where we had a Channel 1, a Channel 2, and two Channel Fs. Channel F, for the new faces in the crowd is our mechanism for betas, and bonuses, and things which just don’t fit the mold for a regular episode. Channel F is “format agnostic” and does not have any sort of regular release cadence whatsoever. So, “F-isodes” as I call them (and am probably WAY too proud of myself for that), can be just whatever, and come out just whenever. The people who devised and oversaw MoVGM have largely significantly reduced their presence in the podcast scene over the past couple years, and so had elected to not continue MoVGM into 2025. However, a handful of us, Alex “The Messenger” Messenger of “A VGM Journey” (https://terraplayer.com/shows/a-vgm-journey), Professor Tom from “Shujin Academy VGM Club” (https://terraplayer.com/shows/shujin-academy-vgm-club), and myself have decided that, while not formally reviving MoVGM, we were going to do something of our own, in that same spirit. While the name hasn’t been officially finalized as of this writing on July 2nd, and could still change, the “working title” (that will very likely become the final title), which was proposed by Professor Tom is “VGM Hall of Fame” I’ll go ahead and dub it “HoF” for short. Naturally, we’re trying to also inspire other podcasters to join us so that it is not just we three, but at the very, very least, there will be an HoF episode from all of us on the theme of “a soundtrack that belongs in a theoretical “VGM Hall of Fame” (hence the name). Nerd Noise Radio’s contribution to this will be a Channel 1 featuring the Super Metroid soundtrack (C1E97). If I have the time, and the mental energy, I might also supplement this with an F-isode on a much more obscure soundtrack that begs to enjoy greater awareness and celebration (Lucid 9, if it ends up happening). One other major difference between HoF and MoVGM is that MoVGM occurred in June (2023 was so big that it extended into July) where HoF will occur in July. We all wanted to do this in June, but we were all too deep into production of our respective June content at the time that we all agreed to just push it back to July instead. Anyway, over the river and through the woods, to the point I *FINALLY* get: in a bid to not only help draw extra attention to HoF and hopefully drum up a little excitement for it, among both listeners as well as other podcasters, especially prospective participants, as well as to simply celebrate some of the glory that was this remarkable moment in time for a community, this month, I will rerun our 2022 MoVGM contribution, our 2023 Channel 2 contribution, which was a sort of “spiritual sequel” to our 2022 outing (with links to our other 2023 contributions in that rerun’s show notes), and finally, to our 2024 offering. And naturally, we’ll start with 2022. The theme of 2022 was “which composers would you put on your ‘VGM Mount Rushmore’”? So everyone was to pick four composers. Since Ch 2 was Hugues and I, rather than picking just two, we each picked four for a grand total, of course, of eight, and then did a thing where we each picked one track from each of the eight composers (one each for our own composers, as well as one each for the other guys’ composers). With this being a 2022 production, all the usual caveats about production quality differences and deficiencies. Between a lesser mic and less fully developed production techniques, the sound quality will not be up to the standards of a 2025 episode (I also hadn’t started editing out the “umms” yet….apologies for that!). But it’s still pretty decent. Certainly decent enough that it doesn’t really feel like a barrier to enjoyment like, say, a 2018, or especially 2017 episode would be. And so, without further ado: our first of three reruns this month, the first of three to celebrate the memory of MoVGM as well as hopefully whet people’s appetites for HoF: C2E8: “Our Four Favorites” - originally released 06/30/2022.

Enjoy!

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Show Notes:

Today’s Broadcast is C2E8 for Theme Thursday, June 30th, 2022. Today’s episode will be Nerd Noise Radio’s contribution to the greater VGM podcast scene massive group project “Masters of VGM” (https://mastersofvgm.com) and like all “MoVGM” episodes from all the participating podcasts, will be a focus on our four favorite composers (with a surprise “East meets West” twist) - on a program that we’re quite simply calling “Our Four Favorites”

01) Earcatcher: 00:00:00

02) Hugues’ Composer #4: Yoko Shimomura!

Hugues’ Yoko track: Ken’s Theme - Street Fighter II - Arcade
1. Music - 00:00:03
2. Intro: 00:02:13
3. Top of Show Business: 00:04:08
4. Track (and composer) Discussion: 00:19:19
John’s Yoko Track: Kairi 1 - Kingdom Hearts - PS2
1. Music - 00:24:26
2. Discussion - 00:26:09

03) John’s Composer #4: Martin Iveson!

John’s Martin Track: Shop Theme - Jaguar XJ220 - Sega CD
1. Music - 00:33:23
2. Discussion - 00:34:48
Hugues’ Martin Track: Country Select - Jaguar XJ220 - Sega CD
1. Music - 00:38:24
2. Discussion - 00:39:44
3. BEGIN: Bad Audio for voice (backup copy - see note after track list) - 00:40:15

04) Hugues’ Composer #3: Yuzo Koshiro!

Hugues’ Yuzo Track: Daiba Freezing Town - 7th Dragon 2020 - PSP
1. Music - 00:42:38
2. Discussion - 00:45:55
John’s Yuzo Track: Undiscovered Realm (in-game symphonic vers) - Actraiser Renaissance - multiplatform
1. Music - 00:50:21
2. Discussion - 00:52:39

05) John’s Composer #3: Spencer Nilsen!

John’s Spencer Track: Cathedral and Sewers - Batman Returns - Sega CD
1. Music - 00:57:33
2. Discussion - 01:00:44
3. END: Bad Audio for voice (backup copy) - 01:06:09
Hugues’ Spencer [maybe] Track: The Vents - Ecco the Dolphin - Genesis (possibly composed by Andras Magyari and/or Brian Coburn instead - or as well)
1. Music - 01:06:25
2. Discussion - 01:08:38

06) Hugues’ Composer #2: Nobuo Uematsu!

Hugues’ Nobuo Track: The Oath - Final Fantasy VIII - PS1
1. Music - 01:14:53
2. Discussion - 01:18:09
John’s Nobuo Track: Esto Gaza - Final Fantasy IX - PS1
1. Music - 01:25:26
2. Discussion - 01:29:05

07) John’s Composer #2: Matt Furniss!

John’s Matt Track: The Red Woods - Puggsy - Genesis
1. Music - 01:34:57
2. Discussion - 01:37:59
Hugues’ Matt Track: Title - Sega Chess - Mastersystem
1. Music - 01:42:39
2. Discussion - 01:44:46

08) Hugues’ Composer [TEAM] #1: Hayato Sonoda and/or Takahiro Unisuga

[Falcom Sound Team JDK]!

Hugues’ Falcom Track: Blue Destination - Trails of Cold Steel II - Vita/PS3/PS4/PC
1. Music - 01:51:41
2. Discussion - 01:56:28
3. BEGIN: More Backup voice audio - 02:01:07
4. END: More Backup voice audio - 02:01:13
John’s Falcom Track: Crystal Valley - Zwei II - PC [EDITOR’S NOTE: I missed my chance to point out that Zwei (pronounced “TsvI”)is the German word for “two”. So this game is basically called “Two Two”. :-D - St. John]
1. Music - 02:07:38
2. Discussion - 02:10:10

09) John’s Composer [TEAM] #1: The Super Follin Bros [Tim and/or Geoff Follin]

John’s Follin Track: Gambit - Spider-Man / X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge - SNES
1. Music - 02:13:51
2. Discussion - 02:17:56
3. End of Show Business (and FINALLY titling the episode!) - 02:23:47
4. Our other Programs - 02:29:09
5. Hugues’ Follin Track Discussion - 02:31:46
6. Sign Off - 02:34:38
Hugues’ Follin Track: Parking Garage - Target Renegade - NES - 02:35:33

10) Blooper Reel (contains both high and low quality voice audio - AND OUR CENSOR SOUND!!!) - 02:38:48

11) Bonus 1: The Oath - Distant Worlds Symphonic Concert Version - 02:46:29

12) Bonus 2: Rain Angel - AtJazz (post-VGM non-VGM works by Martin Iveson) - Lab Results (album) - c 2002 - 02:51:47

Total Episode Runtime: 02:58:04

NOTE ON BACKUP [bad] AUDIO - SHORT[ISH] VERSION: when Hugues and I meet, we have our Google Meet output recording, as well as each having higher quality Audacity recordings of just our own sides of the conversation. We keep the Meet recording in case there is an emergency with the Audacity recording, but otherwise don't use it in the final episode, and I just align and combine our high quality Audacity recordings. On this episode, however, (a first for Ch 2) we lost a portion of Hugues' Audacity recording, so we did have to use our fallback a little bit. At the very bottom of the show notes, I'll include a LONG[ISH] VERSION which explains more. I did everything I could to minimize the impact of the Google Meet recording in the final episode. But it is noticeable at points. You can find Brian and Kristen Peterson's GoFundMe here: https://gofund.me/1ef0f855. Again, absolutely zero pressure to contribute, but anything you do would certainly be most appreciated! You can find our "Introduction to Nerd Noise Radio - 2022" blog here: https://nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com/2022/06/nnr-blog-st-john-introduction-to-nerd.html

The Masters of VGM Website, once again, can be found at https://mastersofvgm.com/. You can also follow MoVGM on Twitter @MastersOfVGM! Please do check out some (or preferably, ALL) of the other shows’ episodes in the series!

Retro Game Club can be found here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-game-club/id1453018680

You can also follow Retro Game Club on Facebook and Instagram @retrogameclubpodcast and on Twitter @rgcpodcast.

Hugues’ blog (and his Sega Genesis demo) can be found here:

https://huguesjohnson.com/

You can find Nerd Noise Radio on Facebook and on Twitter each @NerdNoiseRadio. There are also two Facebook Groups: Nerd Noise Radio “Easy Mode” where we just have general video game and nerd fun, or for the gearheads among you, Nerd Noise Radio “Expert Mode” where we deep dive sound hardware, composer info, and music theory.

You can find the blog at www.nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. Where we sometimes share additional show notes, and inside info. You can also find Nerd Noise Radio on Archive.org, where we have remixes and super bonuses only available there (such as a music-only alternative version of today’s show).

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the Retro Junkies community, which can be found at www.theretrojunkies.com. And we are a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community on Facebook. St. John is also the admin of the Podcasters of Des Moines Facebook group, which features a number of other podcasters and great programs from the greater Des Moines area.

Thanks for listening! Join us again in July on Channel 1 for two separate retrospective episodes: C1E65a: “The Best of 2020 / 2021 - St. John’s picks” and C1E65b: “The Best of 2020 / 2021 - Hugues’ picks”. Then join us again in August on Ch 2 for C2E9: “Just Deserts”. And wherever you are….Fly the N!

R&P Chat 38-8 Hoagies, Subs, and Other Jawns

By Rhythm and Pixels on Jul 2, 2025 1:07 pm UTC

rhythm and pixels World 38 gameable audio

Chris from Gameable Audio joins us to chat about game music, board games, and what makes a great VGM remix! We also read your emails on the air. DIdn't think we'd do that, did you?

Listen to more of the show! https://rhythmandpixels.com

Consider supporting the podcast! https://patreon.com/rhythmandpixels

WaveBack Episode 186: Super Mario Kart

By WaveBack Music Podcast on Jul 2, 2025 4:00 am UTC

Show Notes

For Kris’s pick this month, he chose the Super NES classic Super Mario Kart in celebration of the arrival of Mario Kart World.

Useful Links

Social Stuff

Mario Kart Grand Prix Tour

By barSILENCE on Jul 1, 2025 12:08 pm UTC

[Episode 40] This month, barSILENCE is powersliding through the iconic, energetic, and incredibly fun soundtracks to the console Mario Kart games.

The Mario Kart series hit the track in 1992 and has remained one of Nintendo’s most iconic and best-selling franchises. Whether it was the leap into 3D with Mario Kart 64, the two-character strategy of Double Dash!!, or Mario Kart Wii’s motion controls and online multiplayer, each entry introduced new ways to race while keeping the spirit of the series intact.

In this Grand Prix-style tour through the first four console games, we’re racing through favorites like Koopa Beach and Mario Circuit (Super Mario Kart), Toad’s Turnpike and Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 64), Peach Beach and Sherbet Land (Double Dash!!), and Coconut Mall and Daisy Circuit (Mario Kart Wii).

Get your limited edition gold N64 controllers ready, because we’re hitting the track and setting Nintendo Power contest lap records!

Let’s-a-Go! Waaahooooo!

Trackilisting: 00:00:00 - Main Theme (Super Mario Kart) [Soyo Oka]

00:00:38 - Intro and the History of Mario Kart

00:13:30 - Mario Circuit (Super Mario Kart) [Soyo Oka]

00:14:44 - Choco Island (Super Mario Kart) [Soyo Oka]

00:16:13 - Koopa Beach (Super Mario Kart) [Soyo Oka]

00:17:38 - Vanilla Lake (Super Mario Kart) [Soyo Oka]

00:18:45 - Rainbow Road (Super Mario Kart) [Soyo Oka]

00:20:36 - Battle Mode (Super Mario Kart) [Soyo Oka]

00:22:01 - Mario Kart 64 Theme (Mario Kart 64) [Kenta Nagata]

00:23:05 - 3 Raceways & Wario Stadium (Mario Kart 64) [Kenta Nagata]

00:25:52 - Koopa Troopa Beach (Mario Kart 64) [Kenta Nagata]

00:28:09 - Winning Results (Mario Kart 64) [Kenta Nagata]

00:29:58 - Kalimari Desert (Mario Kart 64) [Kenta Nagata]

00:32:30 - Battle Arenas (Mario Kart 64) [Kenta Nagata]

00:35:31 - Toad's Turnpike (Mario Kart 64) [Kenta Nagata]

00:38:28 - Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 64) [Kenta Nagata]

00:43:07 - Game Select (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!) [Kenta Nagata & Shinobu Tanaka]

00:44:47 - Peach Beach & Daisy Cruiser (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!) [Kenta Nagata & Shinobu Tanaka]

00:47:08 - Sherbet Land (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!) [Kenta Nagata & Shinobu Tanaka]

00:49:15 - Luigi Circuit, Mario Circuit, Yoshi Circuit (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!) [Kenta Nagata & Shinobu Tanaka]

00:51:59 - Staff Credits (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!) [Kenta Nagata & Shinobu Tanaka]

00:55:16 - Channel Intro (Mario Kart Channel) [Asuka Hayazaki & Ryo Nagamatsu]

00:55:24 - WiFi Menu (Mario Kart Wii) [Asuka Hayazaki & Ryo Nagamatsu]

00:57:54 - Main Menu (Mario Kart Wii) [Asuka Hayazaki & Ryo Nagamatsu]

01:00:18 - Mario Kart Channel Menu (Mario Kart Channel) [Asuka Hayazaki & Ryo Nagamatsu]

01:01:42 - Coconut Mall (Mario Kart Wii) [Asuka Hayazaki & Ryo Nagamatsu]

01:03:53 - Maple Treeway (Mario Kart Wii) [Asuka Hayazaki & Ryo Nagamatsu]

01:06:10 - Luigi Circuit/Mario Circuit (Mario Kart Wii) [Asuka Hayazaki & Ryo Nagamatsu]

01:08:17 - Daisy Circuit (Mario Kart Wii) [Asuka Hayazaki & Ryo Nagamatsu]

01:10:25 - DK Summit (Mario Kart Wii) [Asuka Hayazaki & Ryo Nagamatsu]

01:12:33 - Moonview Highway (Mario Kart Wii) [Asuka Hayazaki & Ryo Nagamatsu]

01:14:32 - Rainbow Road (Mario Kart Wii) [Asuka Hayazaki & Ryo Nagamatsu]

01:17:19 - Outro & Final Tracks

01:19:23- Select (Mario Kart on CLUB CIRCUIT) [Kenta Nagata]

01:23:42 - Battle (Mario Kart on CLUB CIRCUIT) [Kenta Nagata]

barSILENCE is a monthly podcast crafted to celebrate and explore the best video game music in the world! You’re here because you enjoy the same thing that I do, and I am grateful for that.

If you want to become a member of the Legion of VGM, consider subscribing to the show on Patreon! As a thank you for subscribing, you can access all 20 episodes of the exclusive Bonus Beats podcast! Click here to learn more!

If you want to consider a one-time donation check out the Ko-Fi!

Shout-outs to two fantastic friends of the show and members of the Legion of VGM:

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Connect with the show!

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KVGM “The Last Wave” (6/29/25)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Jun 29, 2025 4:00 pm UTC

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

I apologize in advance but some of the games featured in this week’s episode are highly inappropriate and we at the KVGM studio do not condone the immoral behavior displayed in these visual novels. But we 100% condone jamming out.

Playlist

Butler’s Job – Tomonori Arai
(Innocentrea, PC)

Dark Detective I – Seiichi Hamada
(Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Innocent Black, Sony PlayStation 2)

Data – Naofumi Hataya
(Saka Tsuku DS: Touch and Direct, Nintendo DS)

Delicate Girl – sawamurah
(Amakano 2, PC)

Time Out – Seiichi Takamoto
(J.League Pocket 2, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)

How to Spend Sunday ~ Going to the Racecourse – Youichi Yamazaki
(Winning Post EX, Sega Saturn)

Waking Morning – SNOW
(Yumemiru Koi no Musubikata, PC)

Attract – Hyung Bum Kim
(Bouncing Balls, Arcade)

Sweet Affair – TrioDesign
(Iji Care ~Noel-kun no Gohoushi Nikki~, PC)

Good Ending – Harumi Ueko
(Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2, Super Famicom)

Special Request

Welcome to Marduk Support – Hayato Sonoda
(The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II, Sony PlayStation 4)

Level 167

By The Messenger Presents a VGM Journey on Jun 29, 2025 12:28 pm UTC

Track Listing

Force Addiction - Yakuza 0 - Hidenori Shoji

Blood Red - Doom: The Dark Ages - Finishing Move

Peach Stadium - Mario Kart World - Atsuko Asashi, Maasa Miyoshi, Takuhiro Honda and Yutaro Takakuwa

Koopa Beach/Koopa Troopa Beach - Super Mario Kart - originally by Soyo Oka and Arranged by Atsuko Asashi, Maasa Miyoshi, Takuhiro Honda and Yutaro Takakuwa

Giraffe Song - To a T - Sakai Asuka

Credits - Shantae - Jake Kaufman

Check out the Discord!!! https://discord.gg/m4e6xmtrft

[157] A Sense Of Uneasiness

By Pixel Beat on Jun 28, 2025 12:00 pm UTC

About: A dark, uneasy vibe lingers, invading the mind with thoughts of despair and hopelessness. A more sinister episode lies ahead.

Artwork: The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time

00:00 - Huaina [The House In Fata Morgana]

by Mellok’n >

02:32 - Count Down [Chaos;Child]

by Takeshi Abo >

04:58 - Who… Are You? [Final Fantasy VII]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

06:19 - Fear [FEZ]

by Disasterpeace >

09:36 - The Demons From Adrian’s Pen [The Ultimate DOOM]

by Robert C. Prince, III >

12:06 - Sacrifice Part One [Trials Of Mana 2020]

by Tsuyoshi Sekito, Koji Yamaoka >

15:30 - Tower Of Darkness [3D Dot Game Heroes]

by Norihiro Hurukawa >

16:48 - Anxiety [Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse]

by Hidenori Maezawa, Yoshinori Sasaki, Jun Funahashi, Yukie Morimoto >

18:57 - Cavernous Sahdows [Golden Sun: The Lost Age]

by Motoi Sakuraba >

20:31 - Trail Of Blood [Final Fantasy VII]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

22:37 - Shadow Temple [The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time]

by Koji Kondo >

25:41 - Cultivating Madness [Final Fantasy VII: Remake]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

27:39 - Morgana’s Curse [The House In Fata Morgana]

by Takaki Moriya >

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-game-club/id1453018680

NNR Reruns! - C2E10: “Sega CD 30” (orig released 10/20/22 - with 2025 Terra Player Introduction)

By Nerd Noise Radio on Jun 27, 2025 8:08 pm UTC

2025 Addendum (original show notes below)

Today’s rerun includes a tacked on 2025 introduction directed primarily at listeners on Terra Player, and also references links to two other “made on Steam Deck” NNR episodes. See those links below: C1E71: “The Wonder Years” [Channel 1]: https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-c1e71-the-wonder-years/

C2R3: “Best of 2023” [Channel 2]: https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/ch-2-nerd-noise-game-club-c2r3-the-best-of-season-3/

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Original show notes (minus updated timestamps)

-------------------------------------------------------- Today’s Broadcast is C2E10 for Theme Thursday, October 20th, 2022. Today’s episode (our final “normal” episode of Season 2 [calendar 2022]) will be a focus on Sega CD music to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the system’s North American launch. Also, including an endearingly terrible improvised gag attempt at the very beginning! :-D

Track # / Track / Game [System, of course, will always be Sega CD, or at least Mega CD] / Composer (s) / Selected by

A1) 2025 “For The Terra Player Listeners” Addendum: 00:00:00

01) False Intro (Gag!) - 00:09:30

02) Track 03 - Robo Aleste - Katsumi Tanaka, and/or Satoshi Shimazaki - Hugues

Music - 00:11:50
Introduction - 00:06:06
Top of Show Business pt 1 - 00:15:36
Opening Track Discussion - 00:24:09
Return of the Top of Show Business pt B - 00:28:20

02) West Side Andore Cage Battle - Final Fight CD - c: Harumi Fujita, Yasuaki Fujita, Manami Matsumae, Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Yoko Shimomura, Hiromitsu Takaoka, and/or Junko Tamiya / a: T’s Music - St. John

Music - 00:31:08
Discussion - 00:34:23

03) Track 08 - Spider-Man vs The Kingpin - Spencer Nilsen and/or David Young - Hugues

Music - 00:40:36
Discussion - 00:43:52

04) Rolling Bad Guys - Lethal Enforcers - Kenichiro Fukui - St. John

Music - 00:56:33
Discussion - 01:01:37

05) Ice Berg - Popful Mail - c: Mieko Ishikawa / a: Hirofumi Matsuoka - Hugues

Music - 01:10:31
Discussion - 01:13:01

06) Wacky Workbench (past) - Sonic CD - Naofumi Hataya, and/or Masafumi Ogata - St. John

Music - 01:16:27
Discussion - 01:20:04

07) Ending - Earnest Evans - Motoi Sakuraba, and/or Hiroki Itou - Hugues

Music - 01:26:54
Discussion - 01:31:30

08) Track 7 - Keio Flying Squadron - Tsukasa Tawada - St. John

Music - 01:36:12
Discussion - 01:40:56

09) Overworld Theme - Vay - Shigeki Sako - Hugues

Music - 01:49:13
Discussion - 01:51:23

10) Ancient Temple - Wolfchild - Martin Iveson - St. John

Music - 01:53:50
Discussion - 01:59:05

11) Meribia - Lunar: The Silver Star - Noriyuki Iwadare - Hugues

Music - 02:03:42
Discussion - 02:06:14

12) The Undercaves - Ecco the Dolphin - Spencer Nilsen - St. John

Music - 02:08:45
Discussion - 02:01:56

13) Melee Island - The Secret of Monkey Island - Michael Z. Land, Barney Jones, Andy Newell, Patric Mundy - Hugues

Music - 02:16:53
Discussion - 02:19:06
End of Show Business / Our Other Shows - 02:24:06
Final Track Discussion - 02:31:41
Sign-off - 02:35:16

14) Jamie's Theme - Snatcher - The Konami Kukeiha Club - St. John

Music - 02:35:48
Blooper Reel - 02:38:15

Total Episode Runtime: 02:47:09

Retro Game Club can be found here:

You can also follow Retro Game Club on Facebook and Instagram @retrogameclubpodcast and on Twitter @rgcpodcast.

Hugues’ blog (and his Sega Genesis demo) can be found here:

https://huguesjohnson.com/

You can find Nerd Noise Radio on Facebook and on Twitter each @NerdNoiseRadio. There are also two Facebook Groups: Nerd Noise Radio “Easy Mode” where we just have general video game and nerd fun, or for the gearheads among you, Nerd Noise Radio “Expert Mode” where we deep dive sound hardware, composer info, and music theory.

You can find the blog at www.nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. Where we sometimes share additional show notes, and inside info. You can also find Nerd Noise Radio on Archive.org, where we have remixes and super bonuses only available there (such as a music-only alternative version of today’s show).

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the Retro Junkies community, which can be found at www.theretrojunkies.com. And we are a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community on Facebook. St. John is also the admin of the Podcasters of Des Moines Facebook group, which features a number of other podcasters and great programs from the greater Des Moines area.

Thanks for listening! Join us again one week from today (Thurs, Oct 27th, 2022) for C1E68: “They’re Coming to Get You, Barbara” - spooky, dissonant, and unsettling music for the occasion of the Halloween season”. Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds! And wherever you are….Fly the N! --------------------------------------------------------

2025 Addendum 2: C1E68 was an incredible episode! One of the most sophisticated[ly sorted] mixtapes I’ve ever made! Here’s the link if you’re curious! https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/channel-1-noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-c1e68-they-re-coming-to-get-you-barbara/ --------------------------------------------------------

Viper’s VGMture – S12 – Living in a Materia World (27 June 2025)

By Viper's VGMture on Jun 27, 2025 6:00 pm UTC

We talk Chapters 3+4 of DELTARUNE on tonight's Viper's VGMture! Now that the dust has had time to settle, let's gather our thoughts on the recent additions to the saga while listening to the fantastic OST (if this episode survives on your favourite podcasting service).

Buy DELTARUNE on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1671210/DELTARUNE/

Buy DELTARUNE Chapters 3+4 OST on Bandcamp:
https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/album/deltarune-chapters-3-4-ost

TRACKLISTING:
00:00:00 DELTARUNE Chapter 4 - From Now On (Battle 2)
00:01:53 DELTARUNE Chapter 4 - Castle Funk
00:04:50 Welcome to Viper's VGMture
00:14:03 DELTARUNE Chapter 3 - Big City Board
00:15:25 DELTARUNE Chapter 4 - AIRWAVES
00:17:24 You're Listening to Viper's VGMture
00:30:17 DELTARUNE Chapter 4 - A DARK ZONE
00:32:34 DELTARUNE Chapter 3 - TV WORLD
00:34:43 This is Viper's VGMture
00:40:41 DELTARUNE Chapter 4 - Hammer of Justice
00:42:54 DELTARUNE Chapter 3 - It’s TV Time!
00:45:47 DELTARUNE Chapter 3 - Black Knife
00:47:44 Thanks for Listening!
00:51:52 DELTARUNE Chapter 4 - The Second Sanctuary

Episode 178: On Stage Now – Rachel Hardy

By RE-VGM on Jun 27, 2025 7:03 am UTC

June went by fast, with today as the last Friday of the month. That means it’s time for our special episode of “On Stage Now”, and this month’s musician is Rachel Hardy. Rachel Hardy has lived and breathed music since high school, when she started posting videos of her covers of music from video games […]

Episode 63 - Rose-Colored Pixels 4: Rainbows in Happyland

By Shujin Academy VGM Club on Jun 26, 2025 11:02 am UTC

It’s a stupendous smiley stack of happy songs, coming to make you feel good and take all your worries away!

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.
Show sponsor the Shadaloo Department of Treasury and their excellent audio drama How Much in Bison Dollars?, where hosts Melody Sinclair and Department of Treasury Senior Executive Vice Senior President Red McCano keep you informed about exchange rates and other current world events as they relate to the glorious nation of Shadaloo, and also they play music from fighting games. Find them on social media platforms and YouTube using the name @hmibisondollars, and listen in on your favorite podcatcher by searching for “How Much in Bison Dollars”.
BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.

I closed out the last music block with an amazing song from Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout, and if you want to hear more from this series, you can check out the episodes of Super Marcato Bros doing a deeper dive into these games. There’s a full episode devoted to Atelier Ryza at https://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2019/10/6/episode-389-atelier-ryza and an episode looking at some other games in the series at https://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2017/5/28/episode-269-the-atelier-series.

If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on FGC Radio or at https://rss.com/podcasts/hmibisondollars/.

If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Guilty Gear XX (Arcade/PS2) - Blue Water, Blue Sky ~May’s Theme~ (composer: Daisuke Ishiwatari)

03:01 - Talk Segment 1

06:54 - Aerobiz (SNES) - Pacific (composer: Taku Iwasaki; credit from Wikipedia)

08:31 - Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All (DS) - Maya Fey ~ Turnabout Sisters’ Theme 2002 (composer: Akemi Kimura)

10:22 - 3D OutRun (3DS) - Cruising Line (composer: Manabu Namiki)

16:14 - Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III (TG16) - Main BGM (composer: Noriyuki Iwadare)

17:52 - Super Golf (Game Gear) - BGM #06 (composer: unknown)

19:29 - Black Bird: Toritachi no Tooboe (PC-98) - Eimi Restored (composer: unknown)

21:06 - Talk Segment 2

26:15 - Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow (Game Boy) - Victory (VS Gym Leader) (composer: Junichi Masuda)

28:10 - Persona Q (3DS) - Corn Dog (composer: Atsushi Kitajoh)

31:08 - River City Ransom - Menu (composer: Kazuo Sawa)

33:29 - Windjammers (Neo Geo) - You Got a Power (Concrete Court) (composers: Seiichi Hamada, Tomoyoshi Sato)

35:12 - Zoda’s Revenge: StarTropics II (NES) - Coralcola Village (composers: Takashi Kumegawa and Yoshio Hirai)

36:50 - Side Pocket (Genesis) - Fight It Out (composers: Emi Shimizu and Masaaki Iwasaki)

37:49 - ESPN Final Round Golf 2002 (Game Boy Advance) - BGM #16 (composer: Hiroyuki Nakayama)

41:11 - Talk Segment 3

46:39 - Persona 5 (PS4) - New Beginning (composer: Shoji Meguro)

49:41 - Breath of Fire III (PS1) - Country Living (composer: Akari Kaida)

53:11 - Dragon Quest II (Super Famicom) - Busy City Streets (composer: Koichi Sugiyama)

56:08 - Super Mario RPG (SNES) - Let’s Get Fluffy! (aka “Let’s Do the Fluff Fluff” or “Let’s Do the Fooka-Fooka”) (composer: Yoko Shimomura)

59:02 - Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Pokemon Center (Day) (composer: Junichi Masuda)

59:49 - Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout (PS4/Switch/PC) - Bashfully Across the Ledge (composer: Kazuki Yanagawa)

1:01:38 - Outro Talk Segment

1:04:15 - Final Fight 3 (SNES) - Sunny Skies (composer: Katsunari Kitajima)

[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E96: Full Steam Ahead”

By Nerd Noise Radio on Jun 26, 2025 6:00 am UTC

Today’s broadcast is C1E96 for Theme Thursday, June 26th, 2025 (happy 27th "dating" anniversary to my dear wife, St. Jodee). Today’s theme is a collection of music from games in my own personal Steam Library – planned, curated, produced, and distributed entirely on/from the Steam Deck (SteamOS desktop mode)! A collection dominated by music from indie games from the 2010's and 2020's and peppered with music from bigger-named games from the 1990's and 2000's and contains not one, but TWO chill zones, which collectively account for almost half of the mixtape runtime! Special thanks to Professor Tom from Shujin Acadamy VGM Club podcast for helping me settle on episode title. Other candidate titles I'd been considering included "Gimme Steam" (which was the working title), "Steam Punk", and "All Hands on Deck". Lastly, this is our debut episode on Terra Player!

SKIP STRAIGHT TO THE MUSIC TIMESTAMP: 00:07:22

Tracklist:

Track# - Track - Game (System is always presumed to be PC for this episode) - Composer(s) - Timestamp

A1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) Main Theme - Mr. Run and Jump - Fat Bard and/or Andrew P. Masson - 00:07:22

02) Blackout City - Bit Trip Runner - Petrified Productions - 00:09:24

03) Solace Tomorrow - ExZodiac - Ben Hickling - 00:12:44

04) Starry Sky - Toree 3D - Nash Music Library - 00:15:51

05) Southisland 2 - Fantavision 202 X - Soichi Terada - 00:18:07

06) Shame (aka “The Shameful Last Minute”) - EDGE - Romain Gauthier - 00:21:16

07) Syreen Theme - Star Control III - Andrew M. Frazier - 00:24:23

08) Analog Control Loop - Formula Retro Racing - John Williams - 00:27:14

09) UFO 50 - UFO 50 - Eirik Suhrke - 00:29:17

10) Hinterwald Dungeon Explore - Dungeons of Hinterberg - David Zahradnicek, and/or Markus Zahradnicek - 00:32:01

11) Control - Cloundpunk - Harry Critchley - 00:35:18

12) Blast Pit 1 - Black Mesa - Joel Nielsen - 00:37:29

13) The Nomai - The Outer Wilds - Andrew Prahlow - 00:39:14

14) Dream Town - Fallout 2 - Mark Morgan - 00:43:01

15) Earth - Lords of Magic - Keith Zizza - 00:46:12

16) grip - qomp - Britt Brady - 00:50:14

17) Returning the Flavour - Olli Olli World - Potatohead People - 00:52:45

18) Portabellahead - Crypt of the Necrodancer - Danny Baronowsky - 00:55:43

19) Delirious Acting - Pseudoregalia - potatoTero - 00:58:29

20) Relentless - Gunborg - Cato Hoeben - 01:00:27

21) Kurodabushi - Koi Koi Japan Hanafuda - Unknown - 01:03:21

22) Security Bridge - System Shock Classic - Greg LoPiccolo and/or Tim Ries - 01:04:50

23) Battle - Caveblazers - Paul Zimmerman - 01:08:02

24) Salt and Sepulcher - The Mummy Demastered - monomer - 01:09:55

25) Main Theme - Blade Assault - Planetboom and/or Creative Factory - 01:12:10

26) Main Theme - Fury Unleashed - Adam Skorupa and/or Krzysztof Wierzynkiewicz - 01:15:08

27) Witness Prevention Program - Killing Floor - Zynthetic - 01:17:21

28) The Audience Chamber - Elder Scrolls Arena - Eric Heberling - 01:20:08

29) Trademeet - Baldur’s Gate II - Michael Hoenig - 01:21:46

30) Wayward Dreamers - Dreams of Aether - flashy goodness - 01:22:39

31) Save Room - Gato Roboto - Britt Brady - 01:25:30

32) Equanimity - Lucid9 - Breezee - 01:27:14

33) Pillar Gardens - In Other Waters - Amos Roddy - 01:31:40

34) Completely Safe - Deliver Us Mars - Sander Van Zanten - 01:36:02

35) Karst Pass - Even the Ocean - Melos Han-Tani - 01:39:34

36) Title Screen - Cubot - Kevin MacLeod - 01:44:33

37) Splash of Color - Flower - Vincent Diamante - 01:49:45

38) Beast Road - Touhou Mystia’s Izakaya - Hannari and/or Can Shi - 01:58:56

39) Pra Me Lembrar Amanha - Before I Forget - Dave Tucker - 02:02:31

40) Candy Store Crush - Donut Dodo - Sean Bialo - 02:05:04

41) Toastopia - Pikuniku - Calem Bowen - 02:07:22

42) April Mountains - Lovely Planet 2: April Skies - Calem Bowen - 02:10:17

43) Clouds - Nidhogg - Daedalus - 02:12:47

44) Home - Retrowave - Resonance - 02:15:20

45) Battle Theme - Void Invaders - kingdaro - 02:18:43

B1) Outro - 02:21:58

Music Block Runtime: 02:14:43 / Total Episode Runtime: 02:34:01

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in SteamOS desktop mode on the Steam Deck! Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface!

If you aren't already a listener of Shujin Acadamy VGM Club, please go show the good professor some love, and tell him St. John sent ya! You can find Shujin Acadamy on Terra Player, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Facebook, Mastodon, Podbean, or on your podcatcher of choice. Here's a link to his show on Terra Player and on Podbean:

https://terraplayer.com/shows/shujin-academy-vgm-club

https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/

Speaking of Terra Player, we are now a member podcast as well. You can find us there at https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio. Also, check out their outstanding collection of other podcasts and radio stations at https://terraplayer.com/! From now on, when sharing episodes of Nerd Noise Radio, I will most likely use the Terra Player link rather than the Podbean link like I have been using.

You can also find all of our audio episodes on https://archive.org/details/@nerd_noise_radio as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content.

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:

Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here:

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at

We are also a member of Podcasters of Des Moines at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1782895868426870/

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom.

Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory.

Or you can reach us by e-mail at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com

You can also follow us on Threads at https://www.threads.net/@nerdnoiseradio , Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nerdnoiseradio?igsh=MWF4NjBpdGVxazUxYw== , Mastodon at https://universeodon.com/@NerdNoiseRadio , and BlueSky at And we are also now on TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Vurbl, Amazon Music and Audible!

But frankly, probably the absolute best way you can connect with us is on our new Discord Channel: "Nerd Noise Radio – Channel D", which includes various sub-channels for all sorts of different types of connection and conversation: https://discord.gg/GUWdaXUw

Thanks for listening! Join us again in July for C1E97 (Channel 1, Episode 97): the Super Metroid soundtrack, part of a collaboration with Shujin Academy VGM Club, The Messenger Presents: A VGM Journey, and any other shows which wish to join us in lieu of an official Masters of VGM event this year - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Episode 123 – Prison City w/ composer Matt Creamer

By XVGM Radio on Jun 25, 2025 5:00 am UTC

Composer Interviews VGM MattCreamer NorrinRadd PrisonCity

Matt Creamer, aka Radd Daddy, aka Norrin Radd, RETURNS to XVGM Radio to talk about his amazing soundtrack for Retroware’s Prison City game. We’ve chat with Matt previously about many of his soundtracks, even had him on one of our live shows before! A true friend to the podcast, Matt isn’t afraid to get into the nitty gritty details about how he carefully crafts his soundtracks. A self proclaimed “puzzle solver” when it comes to music creation, Matt Creamer delves into the new way he composes classic NES style soundtracks, and the XVGM boys grill him on his influences this time around (Groove and industrial metal?! The Batman and Goonies NES OSTs?!) and so much more! Join Matt, Justin and Mike for a long but utterly satisfying chat about Prison City on the latest episode of XVGM Radio!
Thanks as always to Matt Creamer for joining us on XVGM Radio! Check out his links here:
https://raddlandstudios.com/
https://x.com/raddland
https://raddlandstudios.bandcamp.com/
We’d love to hear what you thought about these two soundtracks we’ve picked! What was your favorite track? Shoot us an email at XVGMRadio@gmail.com or join in on the discussion at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/XVGMradio
Also, we have a Discord Channel! Join us and chat about the show, share a random or obscure VGM song you love, or just chit chat with Mike and Justin about tacos! Join for free here: https://discord.gg/zWxDYfn
Thanks to all of our wonderful Patrons: Cam Werme, Chris Murray, Claire Myers, Scott McElhone, Rayjkayj, Llama Adam, Kung Fu Carlito, Nick Davis, Ryan McPherson, Scott Brackett, and Brad Austin. Become a Patron, get cool rewards, and more at http://www.Patreon.com/XVGMRadio
Check out all episodes of XVGM Radio on www.youtube.com/dongled for another more visual format!
Our Twitter, Instagram, and BlueSky are great ways to interact with us! Find us on there under our handle @XVGMRadio
If you’re an Apple Podcasts listener, please consider leaving a rating and a review to let us know how we’re doing! It also helps with getting the show to show up when others are searching for VGM!

TRACK LISTING:

Intro – “Grim Conversation”
1 – “Preserve – Infiltrator”
2 – “Cold Storage – Ice for Veins”
3 – “Rooftops – Rooftop Prowler”
4 – “Boss Theme 04 – Spirit of Detroit!”
5 – “Factory – Flip the Switch”
6 – “DCP Headquarters – A Hero’s Welcome”
7 – “Power Plant – Raw Power”
8 – “Stadium – Game Day”
9 – “Outer DCP – Storming the Gates”
10 – “Boss Theme 01 – Combatants”
Outro – “Dolphin Power”

Episode 25-11: Quantum Leap Jones

By Game That Tune on Jun 24, 2025 12:00 pm UTC

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This week's episode is about fun and games but it's also a lot of hard work, because we're playing games with jobs! We're talking real jobs, not fake video game jobs like mercenary or hero of time, we want to play a 9 to 5!

Our merch store is back, now on TeePublic! Check it out and grab something absurd for you or a friend!

Join us in Discord!

Check out our Patreon page! Patreon.com/GameThatTune is the home for exclusive content! Special thanks to our ABSURD FAN tier Patreon producers: Daniel Perkey, Sam L, PhoenixTear2121, BeastPond, HCO and Spanky McMasters!

0:00:00 Welcome to Game That Tune!
0:06:24 Game 1
0:13:15 Game 1 Reveal
0:28:01 Game 2
0:33:54 Game 2 Reveal
0:44:14 Game 3
0:53:59 Game 3 Reveal
1:09:00 Game 4
1:16:32 Game 4 Reveal
1:42:02 This Game's Winner Is...
1:51:41 Bonus Music/Outro

Rebroadcast: Star Fox

By Super Marcato Bros on Jun 23, 2025 11:49 pm UTC

Episodes

For this "Rebroadcast", Karl & Will share their episode originally released way back in November of 2014- "Star Fox (#137)!" Enjoy this blast from the past, where the guys explored the music of this legendary series!

Star Fox – Hajime Hirasawa – Nintendo – Super NES – 1993

-Corneria

-Fortuna

-Space Armada

-Venom Base (Level 1 & 3)

-Game Clear Demonstration

-Main Theme

Star Fox 2 – Yumiko Kanki & Kozue Ishikawa – Nintendo – Super NES – Unreleased

-Eladard

-Meteor

-Surprise Attack

-Staff Roll

Star Fox 64 – Koji Kondo & Hajime Wakai – Nintendo – Nintendo 64 – 1997

-Opening

-Corneria

-Fichina and Sector Z

-Starwolf’s Theme

-Boss A

-Mission Accomplished

Star Fox Adventures – Dave Wise – Nintendo – Gamecube – 2002

-Thorntail Hollow (Night)

Star Fox Assault – Yoshie Arakawa & Yoshinori Kawamoto – Nintendo – Gamecube – 2005

-Katina

-Sargasso Space Hideout

-Sauria

-Briefing 1

Star Fox Command – Hajime Wakai – Nintendo – DS – 2006

-Fox’s Assault

132: ST3 #04 - Gerard Marino Interview (God of War)

By The Sound Test on Jun 22, 2025 4:05 pm UTC

A retrospective look at the music of God of War, throughout its original Greek mythology games, with composer Gerard Marino!

"The End Begins (To Rock)" by Virtual Video Game Orchestra
https://vvgo.bandcamp.com/album/project-3-the-end-begins-to-rock

Laced Records GoW Anniversary Vinyl:
https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/god-of-war

The Sound Test on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/GcKsvLgB6tk

Episode 177: Happy Father’s Day

By RE-VGM on Jun 20, 2025 7:42 am UTC

This past Sunday was Father’s Day, celebrated on the third Sunday of the June. Similar to Mother’s Day, this day honors fathers and dads of all families and relations. Sure, they work hard to earn a living and at times offers words of advice or humor, but they may feel dutiful to protect their family […]

KVGM “The Last Wave” (6/15/25)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Jun 15, 2025 4:00 pm UTC

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

We’re pretty Nintendo heavy this week as we explore reading, writing, e-pets, softcore love, bass fishing, fashion and pocket soccer. Plus lots of other great tunes, to help you start summer the right way.

Playlist

BGM 6 – Naotoshi Nishino
(Abunai Kankei, PC)

Wake Up (Title BGM) – Teruo Taniguchi
(New Eitango Target 1900 DS, Nintendo DS)

Menu – Ryuji Iuchi
(One Two Smash: Tanoshii Tennis, Sony PlayStation)

June and July (Areas 6 & 7) – Misako Sekiguchi
(MUTSU to Nohohon, Nintendo GameCube)

JB Pro Shop – Eurhythm
(JB: The Super Bass, Super Famicom)

Signpost – Osamu Abukawa
(9-nine- Kokonotsu Kokonoka Kokonoiro, Nintendo Switch)

BGM 6 – Katsuya Yoshida
(Soshite Bokura wa,…and He Said, Sony PlayStation 2)

Dressing Up – Solid Tune
(Poupee Girl DS 2: Elegant Mint + Sweet Pink Style, Nintendo DS)

BGM 15 – Atsuyoshi Isemura
(On Air, PC)

Credits – Seiichi Takamoto
(J.League Pocket 2, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)

Special Request

Defeat – Katsuhiro Hayashi
(Galaxy Force II, FM Towns)

Level 166: Game & Watch Gallery 4

By The Messenger Presents a VGM Journey on Jun 15, 2025 12:35 pm UTC

Composed by Riyou Kinugasa and Kengo Hagiwara

Track Listing:

Title Screen

Rain Shower

Boxing

Mario’s Cement Factory

Donkey Kong 3

Fire Attack

Credits

Check out the Discord!!! https://discord.gg/m4e6xmtrft

[156] The Winter Collection - Part II

By Pixel Beat on Jun 15, 2025 10:00 am UTC

About: We did a seasonal set of episodes in the past, but found we had such an abundance of fantastic winter tunes! Time to showcase some more winter themed tracks, as we have so many fantastic snowy tunes to share.

Artwork: Xenoblade Chronicles

00:00 - Buried In Snow [Final Fantasy VII]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

03:07 - A Freezing Breath [Scarlet Nexus]

by Hayata Takeda >

07:36 - The Winterlands [Octopath Traveller II]

by Yasunori Nishiki >

11:08 - The Winter Breeze [I Am Setsuna]

by Tomoki Miyoshi >

12:47 - Snowden Town [Undertale]

by Toby Fox >

14:03 - Frozen Factory - Zone 1 [Sonic Lost World]

by Tomoya Ohtanoi, Takahito Eguchi, Naofumi Hataya, Jun Senoue >

17:34 - Shiveria Town [Super Mario Odyssey]

by Shiho Fujii >

20:16 - Another Winter [Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game]

by Anamanaguchi >

22:47 - Island (Snowflake Mountain) [Diddy Kong Racing]

by David Wise, Graeme Norgate >

23:30 - Snowy Mountain…for Icecap [Sonic Adventure]

by Jun Senoue >

25:28 - Kamui of the Northern Lands [Okami]

by Masami Ueda, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Rei Kondoh, Akari Groves >

29:30 - In A Snow-Bound Land [Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest]

by David Wise >

32:33 - Snowy Mt. Valak - Night [Xenoblade Chronicles]

by ACE+ >

35:39 - Snowflakes [Persona 4: Golden]

by Shoji Meguro >

39:01 - Yuki Floating Down From The Sky [World’s End Club]

by Jun Fukuda >

42:47 - Winter (Nocturne Of Ice) [Stardew Valley]

by ConcernedApe >

Episode 176: Friday the 13th – Summertime Superstitions

By RE-VGM on Jun 13, 2025 7:06 am UTC

One of my favorite days of the week, Friday the 13th, which means it’s time for something superstitious and mythical. Previous episodes have discussed fear (#15), death and dying (#51), video game superstitions (#92), RNG or randomness (#136), and Christmas (#149). For this Friday the 13th (the only one happening in 2025, in fact), we’re […]

Revisited: Shovel Knight

By Super Marcato Bros on Jun 8, 2025 7:09 pm UTC

It’s another “Revisited” episode! After 11 years, Karl & Will decide to revisit the original score to Shovel Knight by Jake Kaufman! This is one of the best VGM soundtracks of all time, and a true marcato classic. Enjoy!

Shovel Knight – Jake Kaufman – Yacht Club Games – Wii U/3DS – 2014

-Main Theme

-One Fateful Knight

-Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)

-The Rival (Black Knight – First Battle)

-In the Halls of the Usurper (Pridemoor Keep)

-High Above the Land (The Flying Machine)

-An Underlying Problem (The Lost City)

-No Weapons Here (Village)

-Watch Me Dance!

-A Thousand Leagues Below (Iron Whale) [Manami Matsumae]

-Of Devious Machinations (Clockwork Tower)

-The Schemer (Tinker Knight Battle)

-Waltz of the Troupple King

-Courage Under Fire – Armorer Village

-Fighting with All of Our Might

-Flowers of Antimony (The Explodatorium) [Manami Matsumae]

-La Danse Macabre (Lich Yard)

-The Fateful Return (Tower Approach)

-The Betrayer (Enchantress Final Form)

-A Return to Order (Ending)

Viper’s VGMture – S11 – Switchbusters (06 June 2025)

By Viper's VGMture on Jun 6, 2025 6:00 pm UTC

With the Switch 2 finally upon us, it's time for our launch special here on the VGMture. Join Viper for a whistle-stop tour and a little bit of Switch 2 mythbusting!

Buy a Nintendo Switch 2:
https://store.nintendo.co.uk/en/nintendo-switch-2

Buy Mario Kart World on Nintendo Switch 2:
https://store.nintendo.co.uk/en/mario-kart-world-70010000096802

Buy DELTARUNE on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1671210/DELTARUNE/

Buy DELTARUNE Chapters 3+4 OST on Bandcamp:
https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/album/deltarune-chapters-3-4-ost

TRACKLISTING:
00:00:00 Mario Kart World - Gusty Garden Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy)
00:03:30 DELTARUNE Chapter 3 - Ruder Buster
00:05:13 Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour (Nintendo Switch 2 no Himitsu-ten) - Title Screen
00:06:31 Welcome to Viper's VGMture
00:13:35 Nintendo Switch 2 - System Setup
00:17:03 DELTARUNE Chapter 3 - Welcome to the Green Room
00:18:34 Mario Kart World - Space Junk Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy)
00:21:53 You're Listening to Viper's VGMture
00:47:31 Bomb Rush Cyberfunk - Condensed Milk
00:50:01 Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Levincia
00:52:53 Bayonetta 3 - GH()ST
00:58:52 This is Viper's VGMture
01:11:49 DELTARUNE Chapter 3 - Raise Up Your Bat
01:13:59 RIDGE RACER - Ridge Racer (POWER REMIX)
01:20:36 RIDGE RACER - Rare Hero (Sanodigy Mix)
01:25:28 Thanks for Listening!
01:28:41 Mario Kart World - Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 64)

Episode 175: The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

By RE-VGM on Jun 6, 2025 7:03 am UTC

On June 6, 1993, “The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening” was released on Japan for Nintendo’s Game Boy. It would later be released in the North America and European regions on August 6th and December 1st respectively, and then the following year worldwide. It was initially developed as an attempt to port “A Link to […]

Episode 62 - A Proper Puzzle Pile

By Shujin Academy VGM Club on Jun 5, 2025 11:02 am UTC

We’re matching colors, bursting bubbles, and clearing blocks with this playlist of songs from all kinds of puzzle games!

There are several links and notes for this episode:

I started off my first music block with a song from the original arcade release of Blockout, and if you’re interested in playing it, you can play it on a web browser at https://blockout.nu/. (Note that it works fine with a computer keyboard, but it may be nigh impossible to play on a phone or tablet.)
If you liked the Planet Puzzle League song, the episode of CRT Soundsystem featuring a deep dive into the its music can be found at https://rss.com/podcasts/crtsoundsystem/1917986/.
While talking about Cu-On-Pa, I mentioned that it was a port of Endorfun, a Windows PC game. I would have liked to feature it, but that game’s soundtrack doesn’t neatly break down into individual songs. However, if you want to experience it, you can find a remastered version of the soundtrack on YouTube at https://youtu.be/6k_hYPfPpEQ and you can hear the arranged soundtrack at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngnpsZf24VI. If you liked the CD-i Tetris soundtrack, you may enjoy these.
If you’re interested in going down the rabbit hole for the Adventures of Lolo / Eggerland games, the Wikipedia article is a decent starting point; you can find it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Lolo, and you can search around and try to figure out the multiple variations of the series between its entries for the MSX, the Famicom, the NES, and the Game Boy.
Fellow VGM podcast barSILENCE did a whole episode about Tetris that I mentioned while talking about Tetris Kiwamemichi, and you can find that excellent 73 minutes of game music at https://barsilence.com/episode/e6308ce1/tetris-affects
If you liked the CD-i Tetris song from Jim Andron, you can find a high-quality version of the whole soundtrack on his Soundcloud page at https://soundcloud.com/user-391016128/sets/phillips-cdi

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, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on FGC Radio or at https://rss.com/podcasts/hmibisondollars/.

If you're listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:06 - Klax (Amiga) - Intro and Attract Screen (composer: Matt Furniss)

03:11 - Talk Segment 1

08:54 - Blockout (Arcade) - Round Select, Next Round (composer: unknown)

09:48 - Planet Puzzle League (DS) - B3 Cub3d (composer: Masanobu Matsunaga)

12:40 - Cu-On-Pa (Super Famicom) - Colloseum (composer: Ken Kojima)

14:00 - Mario’s Super Picross (Super Famicom) - Wario BGM 1 (composer: Toshiyuki Ueno)

17:33 - Puzzle Bobble 2 / Bust-A-Move 2 Arcade Edition (PSX) - Background 2 (composer: Norihiro Furukawa)

19:11 - Adventures of Lolo (NES) - In-Game (composer: Hideki Kanazashi; programmer: Hiroaki Suga)

20:08 - HuniePop (PC) - Farmers’ Market (composer: Jonathan Wandag)

22:15 - Talk Segment 2

25:51 - Puyo Puyo (FM Towns) - Sticker of Puyo Puyo (composers: Haruo Tajima and Masami Yitsuse)

28:34 - Zoop (Genesis) - Uptown Meeting (composers: Mark Davis and Bob Scumaci)

31:31 - Dr. Mario (NES) - Chill (composer: Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka)

33:38 - Columns (Genesis) - Clotho (composer: Tokuhiko Uwabo)

37:54 - Lemmings (Genesis) - Stage Theme 4 / One Way or Another (composers: Tim Wright, Brian Johnston, and Hirohiko Takayama)

40:29 - Talk Segment 3

46:59 - Tetris Kiwamemichi (PS2 / Arcade) - 06 (composer: unknown)

49:36 - Super Tetris 2 + BomBliss (Super Famicom) - Tetris B-Type (composers: Mitsuhiko Takano, K4, and Dhal‑chan)

50:23 - Tetris (Nintendo version) (NES) - Music 3 (composer: Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka)

53:23 - Tetris (Sega Arcade YM2610B version) - Tetremix (composer: Yasuhiro Kawakami)

56:05 - Super Tetris 3 (Super Famicom) - Magicaliss Select (composer: Shigemitsu Goto)

57:12 - Tetris (CD-i) - Foster’s Freeze (Level 5) (composer: Jim Andron)

59:41 - Outro Talk Segment

1:02:29 - Tetris Effect (multiplatform) - 1989 Pt. 2 (composers: Hydelic and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)

Viper’s VGMture – S10 – May-hem (04 June 2025)

By Viper's VGMture on Jun 4, 2025 9:00 pm UTC

On the night before Switch 2, join Viper and co. for your monthly recap of our backlog bustin' adventures!

TRACKLISTING:
00:00:00 CTGP Deluxe - DS Rainbow Road
00:04:45 Super Mario RPG [2023] - Battling Strongish Monsters
00:06:23 Welcome to Viper's VGMture
00:14:05 Tomb Raider: Anniversary - Croft Manor - Main Theme
00:20:07 Metroid: Zero Mission - Norfair
00:24:04 Super Mario RPG [2023] - Beware of Forest Mushrooms
00:28:08 You're Listening to Viper's VGMture
00:36:58 Super Mario RPG [2023] - The Factory
00:40:00 Undertale - Here We Are
00:42:05 This is Viper's VGMture
00:48:15 Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes - Airship Stage
00:50:27 Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost - Ecstatic Dreamers
00:54:45 CTGP Deluxe - GCN Mushroom Bridge / Mushroom City
00:57:16 Thanks for Listening!
01:01:17 Undertale - Hopes and Dreams

Episode 25-10: Clint'n Exotica

By Game That Tune on Jun 3, 2025 12:30 pm UTC

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Wine, cigarettes, art hats, mimes, royale with cheese, giving a rimjob to the Eiffel Tower. This is the level of Francophilia you will find in this episode.

Our merch store is back, now on TeePublic! Check it out and grab something absurd for you or a friend!

Join us in Discord!

Check out our Patreon page! Patreon.com/GameThatTune is the home for exclusive content! Special thanks to our ABSURD FAN tier Patreon producers: Daniel Perkey, Sam L, PhoenixTear2121, BeastPond, HCO and Spanky McMasters!

0:00:00 Welcome to Game That Tune!
0:09:31 Game 1
0:14:41 Game 1 Reveal
0:31:17 Game 2
0:41:20 Game 2 Reveal
1:02:06 Game 3
1:05:56 Game 3 Reveal
1:18:48 Game 4
1:25:31 Game 4 Reveal
1:38:52 This Game's Winner Is...
1:49:30 Bonus Music/Outro

KVGM “The Last Wave” (6/1/25)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Jun 1, 2025 4:00 pm UTC

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

June is here, the summer interns are back (unfortunately), and the jams keep coming! We’re all over the place on this week’s episode, from the bouncy GBA to fishing on the SNES to mahjong on the PS1 and of course…Hentai Prison. Yikes.

Playlist

Two People from the Bottom – C MUSIC Professional Library
(Sayaka, FM Towns)

Fulfillment – Satoshi Nakamura
(Hentai Prison, PC)

Tournament Open – Eurhythm and Kenichi Fujii
(TNN Bass Tournament of Champions, Super Nintendo)

In the Parlor – Hiroyasu Hoshi
(Shisenfuu Gekikara Mahjong, Sony PlayStation)

Summer Nights – Kyoko Ide
(Magical Witch Academy ~Boku to Sensei no Magical Lesson~, PC)

No scrap, No life – Takuma Nishimura
(Cyanotype Daydream: The Girl Who Dreamed the World, Nintendo Switch)

BGM 5 – Katsuya Yoshida
(Soshite Bokura wa,…and He Said, Sony PlayStation 2)

BGM 14 – Yumi Satake
(Angel Collection 2: Pichimo ni Narou, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)

Sweet Pain – Takumaru
(Sabae no Ou Scenario II, PC)

Ending – Toshihiko Sahashi
(Katekyou Hitman Reborn! DS: Fate of Heat ~ Honoo no Sadame, Nintendo DS)

Special Request

Winter (Nocturne Of Ice) – ConcernedApe
(Stardew Valley, PC)

Level 165: Game & Watch Gallery 3

By The Messenger Presents a VGM Journey on Jun 1, 2025 12:30 pm UTC

Composed by Noriko Nishizaka

Track Listing

Title Screen

Egg

Greenhouse

Turtle Bridge

Mario Bros

Donkey Kong Jr Level 1, 2, and 3

Check out the discord!!! https://discord.gg/m4e6xmtrft

LIVE: VGMCon 2025 in ~Space~ – PA199

By Pixelated Audio on May 30, 2025 10:45 am UTC

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Pixelated Audio is back from another VGMCon in Minnesota, this time about space! Joining Gene once again from last year are Pernell from Rhythm and Pixels and Carlos from Heroes Three! We did a similar panel last year; we take a broad theme and make it educational, and then use it as an excuse to… Read More » The post LIVE: VGMCon 2025 in ~Space~ – PA199 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

Episode 174: On Stage Now – LucasGitanoFamily

By RE-VGM on May 30, 2025 7:03 am UTC

May ends within two days of this post, and that means it’s time for “On Stage Now”, our special monthly episode in which a cover or remix musician is featured. This month’s musician is LucasGitanoFamily, a Frenchman who’s been learning to play rumba gitana since six years old and influenced by the Gypsy Kings. He […]

STAGE 83: Games of 2024

By RETRO VGM REVIVAL HOUR on May 29, 2025 8:03 pm UTC

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Game – Composer – Title⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

⭐1.) Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown – Gareth Coker & Mentrix – “General Uvishka, The Forest Queen & The Storm Master”
⭐2.) Another Code: Recollection – Satoshi Okubo, Rei Kondoh & Haruno Ito – “Another Code: Recollection, Stopped by Sadness & To the place I call home (w/ vocals by Jolianne Salvado)”
⭐3.) Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth – Keitarou Hanada, Hidenori Shoji, Hiroaki Watanabe and Yasuyuki Matsuzaki (Hyd Lunch) – “Knavish, Daymare & Like A Butterfly-Full Spec Edition (w/ vocals by Hana Takeda)”
⭐4.) Tekken 8 – Akitaka Tohyama (AJURIKA) & Rio Hamamoto – “Neo City (Normal), STORM RISING (Climax) & Volcanic Bomb (Climax)”
⭐5.) Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League – Rupert Cross & Nick Arundel – “Invasion Situation, Flash Mobbed & This Is Super Bad”
⭐6.) Helldivers 2 – Wilbert Roget II & Ross Tregenza – “Welcome to the Fight, March of the Helldivers & A Cup of Liber-tea (Helldivers 2 Main Theme)”
⭐7.) Ultros – Oscar Rydelius (Ratvader) – “Slake Moth, Vainglory & Rage of the Chalice”
⭐8.) Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore – Jake Silverman – “Durridin Forest, Sprigum Volcano & Final Boss”
⭐9.) Skull and Bones – Tom Holkenborg – “An Untold Story (Main Theme), Outgunned & Schaduw's Vengeance”
⭐10.) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – Nobuo Uematsu, Shotaro Shima, Ryo Furukawa & Keiki Kobayashi – “The War Hero Sephiroth, The Turks' Latest and Greatest: Elena & Custom Valkyrie”
⭐11.) Contra: Operation Galuga – Yuko Komiyama – “Time to Introduce Ourselves, Thanks for the Ride & Earth Marine Corps' Finest”
⭐12.) Alone in the Dark – Árni Bergur Zoëga – “Unravelling Trap, Welcome to Derceto & Derceto Burning”
⭐13.) Dragon's Dogma 2 – Hana Kimura, Satoshi Hori & Masahiro Ohki – “Battle Theme:Vermund, Medusa's Theme & A Formidable Foe”
⭐14.) Rise of the Rōnin – Inon Zur – “Separation Battle, Heavy Battle & Battle Western Forces I”
⭐15.) SaGa: Emerald Beyond – Kenji Ito – “A Quick Warm-Up, Land of Fallen Heroes & A Fierce Engagement”
⭐16.) Stellar Blade – Oliver Good, Keita Inoue, ko.yo & Shinyeop Choi (seibin) – “Star Descent (w/ vocals by Miyo Takashiro), Abaddon & Laser Trap”
⭐17.) Crow Country – Tommy Robin (Ockeroid) – “Beyond Forgiveness, Haunted Hilltop & Staring Into the Flames ”
⭐18.) Mullet MadJack – Fernando Pepe & Mateus Polati – “Laser Disco Inferno, Glitch in the System & Toxic Behavior”
⭐19.) Senua's Saga: Hellblade II – David García Díaz – “When It All Went to Hell (feat. STFUR), Sjávarrisi (feat. Kai Uwe Faust) & The Heart of Darkness (feat. STFUR)”
⭐20.) Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game – John Massari, Mark Rutherford & The Dickies – “The Darkest Karnival, Klownpcalypse & Killer Klowns from Outer Space”
⭐21.) Black Myth: Wukong – Wang Xinghe, Li Jiaqi & Zhai Jinyan – “Merits In Vain, Idol/ Obstacle & Loyalty Amid Fire and Frost”
⭐22.) Star Wars Outlaws – Kazuma Jinnouchi & Wilbert Roget II – “Death Mark/Welcome to Toshara, The Empire vs The Outlaw & Battle of the Revelator”
⭐23.) Astro Bot – Kenneth C M Young & Greg Edmonson – “Follow Me (Into the Storm), Tricorn Escalade & Drake's BOTune”
⭐24.) Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 – Nima Fakhrara & Steve Molitz – “Onslaught, Dust in Armour & The Scourge”
⭐25.) Silent Hill 2 (2024) – Akira Yamaoka – “Captivity II, Sombre Nexus & Brutal Lament”
⭐26.) Metaphor: ReFantazio – Shoji Meguro – “Traversing the Wastes (w/ vocals by Keisuke Honryo), Castle of Dread (w/ vocals by Maiko Katagiri) & Formidable Foe”
⭐27.) RetroRealms: Ash vs Evil Dead & Halloween – Megan McDuffee – “Evil Ash, Phelp’s Garage & Cemetary”
⭐28.) Metal Slug Tactics – Tee Lopes – “Trailblazers II, Urban Ops & Last Stand”
⭐29.) Slitterhead – Akira Yamaoka – “Blood Snow (w/ vocals by Liang XiangNing), Alleyway Assault & Master of Labyrinth”
⭐30.) Marvel Rivals – Masahiro Aoki – “Path to Rivals (Login Theme), No One Rivals Doom & The Golden Realm”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
MoonSpider: @MoonSpiderHugs
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/moonspider

[155] I Could Grow Old Here - Part IV

By Pixel Beat on May 29, 2025 2:00 am UTC

About: When it’s all said and done, you’ll need somewhere peaceful to hunker down. This third instalment features a batch of homely themes that showcase the serenity within these carefree towns and villages.

Artwork: The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

00:00 - Farm Boy [Final Fantasy VII]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

02:47 - Water Symphony [Tales Of Symphonia]

by Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura, Takeshi Arai >

05:09 - A Quiet Place [Professor Layton & The Unwound Future]

by Tomohito Nishiura >

07:03 - Hateno Village [The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild]

by Yasuaki Iwata >

10:51 - Sea Breeze Town [The Legend Of Xanadu II]

by Falcom Sound Team JDK >

12:48 - Too Full Of Love [Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter]

by Falcom Sound Team JDK >

14:18 - Fountain Of Love [Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished]

by Falcom Sound Team JDK >

15:19 - Aboda Village [The Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks]

by Toru Minegishi, Manaka Tominaga, Asuka Ohta, Koji Kondo >

18:07 - Selbina [Final Fantasy XI]

by Naoshi Mizuta >

20:23 - Rim Elm [Legend Of Legaia]

by Michiru Oshima >

22:35 - Theme Of Geffen [Ragnarok Online]

by soundTeMP >

25:35 - Gazing Over The Great Plain [Octopath Traveller]

by Yasunori Nishiki >

28:49 - Lurelin Village [The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild]

by Yasuaki Iwata >

32:35 - Ku, Land of the Scarlet Sunset [Octopath Traveller II]

by Yasunori Nishiki >