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Donkey (Red Dead Redemption 2)

Performance: Ultraglide Live at VGM Con!

By Super Marcato Bros on May 10, 2026 7:11 pm UTC

Episodes

In this very special episode, Karl presents the entire Ultraglide set professionally recorded live from VGM Con 2026! Enjoy!

Ultraglide - Live at VGM Con - 2026 - Available on Youtube and Bandcamp

-Moonlight Canyon (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)

-Lava Reef Zone (Sonic & Knuckles)

-Magma Man (Mega Man 9)

-Strange Sunset (Street Fighter EX)

-Moon Factory Zone (Sonicesque: Flashfield)

-KK Cruisin' (Animal Crossing)

-Shy But Deadly (Yoshi's Woolly World)

-Quick Flight (Atelier Firis)

-Loose Grip (Structured Improvisation)

-Big Bean Vine (Kirby's Epic Yarn)

-The Overwatching Tree (Etrian Odyssey 3)

-Whoa I'm in Space Cuba (Mighty Switch Force)

Episode 224: Donkey, Old and Gray (World Donkey Day)

By RE-VGM on May 8, 2026 7:03 am UTC

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Today’s episode is going to… the donkey?!

Actually, today is World Donkey Day, in honor of that beast of burden and perceived to be one of the most stubborn animals. It was created by Dr. Abdul Raziq Kakar who was studying desert animals. He wondered why there was no celebration of this animal, known for their resilience and their ability to bear lots of weight while moving nimbly across various terrain. In addition, they can graze on overgrown vegetation, great for combating wild fires.

For this week’s episode, we’re playing tracks from video games that feature donkeys: A Old Western gang member trying to retire peacefully, an Egyptian warrior out for revenge, and an open world of survival. With each original track, there’s also a cover or remix that follows.

Settle in and have a ride on a burro…

“World Donkey Day”

Donkey (Assassin’s Creed fandom)

Donkey (Minecraft Wiki)

Track Listing

“Cruel World” – [Red Dead Redemption II] – composed by Willie Nelson

“Cruel Cruel World (Cateek Cover) || Red Dead Redemption 2” – covered by Cateek

“Main Theme” – [Assassin’s Creed Origins] – composed by Sarah Schachner

“Donkey Riding” – [Assassin’s Creed Rogue] – composed by Sean Dagher, Nils Brown, Clayton Kennedy, David Tinervia, David Cossage; from the album “Assassin’s Creed Rogue Game Soundtrack: Sea Shanty Edition”

“Assassin’s Creed Origin Main Theme Rock Version Cover” – covered by Bader Nana

“Aria Math” – [Minecraft] – composed by C418

“C418 – Aria Math | Orchestral Minecraft Remix” – remixed by Technotech

https://ko-fi.com/barsilencevgm

Buck Bumble

By barSILENCE on May 7, 2026 12:08 pm UTC

[Episode 46] This month, barSILENCE is buzzing as we bump to the bass of the soundtrack to Buck Bumble on the Nintendo 64!

The now-infamous main theme has taken on a life of its own, reaching a meme-like status that has followed the game ever since its 1998 release.

Backed by the technical pedigree of Argonaut Software, composer Justin Scharvona channeled the London Speed Garage scene so authentically that Buck Bumble could truly stand as a legitimate entry in the genre. Not just the soundtrack to a game about a cyber bee.

Are you ready?

Because RIGHT ABOUT NOW it's time to rock with the biggity Buck Bumble!

Tracklisting:

00:00:00 - Buck Bumble Intro (Buck Bumble) [Justin Scharvona]

00:00:47 - Buck Bumble Main Theme (Buck Bumble) [Justin Scharvona]

00:03:10 - Intro - Buck Bumble Origins

00:09:28 - Main Menu (FX Fighter) [Justin Scharvona]

00:12:07 - Robotic Fighter (Cyben 30) (FX Fighter) [Justin Scharvona]

00:16:34 - Amazonian Women (Kiko) (FX Fighter) [Justin Scharvona]

00:24:06 - Shock Strike (Buck Bumble) [Justin Scharvona]

00:25:28 - Buck Bumble Mission Screen (Buck Bumble) [Justin Scharvona]

00:26:33 - Radar Run (Buck Bumble) [Justin Scharvona]

00:29:13 - Short Fuse (Buck Bumble) [Justin Scharvona]

00:31:56 - Outpost (Buck Bumble) [Justin Scharvona]

00:33:39 - Mucus Storage (Buck Bumble) [Justin Scharvona]

00:35:46 - Depot Attack (Buck Bumble) [Justin Scharvona]

00:36:46 - Buck Bumble Queen (Buck Bumble) [Justin Scharvona]

00:38:54 - Buck Bumble Big Boss (Buck Bumble) [Justin Scharvona]

00:39:54 - Outro

00:42:23 - Title Track (Buck Bumble) [Justin Scharvona / Alec Falconer]

00:47:24 - Mucus Storage (Buck Bumble) [Justin Scharvona / Alec Falconer]

00:51:20 - Shock Strike (Buck Bumble) [Justin Scharvona / Alec Falconer]

00:57:45 - Short Fuse (Buck Bumble) [Justin Scharvona / Alec Falconer]

barSILENCE is a podcast that is created 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:

Shujin Academy VGM Club: The creatively themed episodes of this video game music podcast are the brainchild of the venerable Professor Tom. Please listen to and follow this excellent VGM Podcast!

Super Ghost: This fantastic video game variety podcast, hosted by Aaron, is a show on a mission to discuss every video game topic ever! Give it a listen and follow for weekly episodes!

Chillscape: This chilled-out video game music podcast that is also hosted by Aaron!

Connect with the show!

Patreon - /barSILENCE

Ko-Fi - @barsilencevgm

BlueSky - @barsilencevgm.bsky.social

Instagram - @barSILENCE

Threads - @barSILENCE

More ways to listen:

Listen on the website - barsilence.com

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Episode 296: Demented Love Story

By Legacy Music Hour on May 6, 2026 7:38 am UTC

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Rob has some major tech issues, but through the power of editing, you probably won't notice it too much (but you still will hear some weird moments because of it). Brent plays music supervisor on an imagined independent romantic comedy-drama film. And Gabe reveals the Legacy Music Player, a video game music player application which is available for Macintosh at

Episode 133 – Dragon Quest I, II and III with Ryan and Cam

By XVGM Radio on May 6, 2026 5:00 am UTC

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Dragon Quest has had 11 mainline games, tons of spinoffs and ports galore. It’s a franchise known for ushering in the foundation of the Japanese Role Playing Game, or the JRPG. Originating on the Famicom in the mid 1980s, the game saw not one but FOUR games release on Nintendo’s first console. In this episode, we’ve decided to focus on the first three, known as the Erdrick Trilogy. With good friends and patrons of the show on board, Ryan and Cam, we were in good hands as Mike and Justin know very little. Now we’re blessed by two pros joining us to share their knowledge and music choices in this classic trilogy of games. Covering not just the NES originals but other ports as well, the XVGM Radio guys get down with the charming classical wonder of Koichi Sugiyama’s Dragon Quest (or Warrior if your nasty!) soundtracks. JRPG fans do NOT wanna miss this episode of XVGM Radio! We swear, it’ll be a GOOd time!
We’d love to hear what you thought about this game series and the tracks 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
Check out Ryan’s podcast, The RPG Years!
You can find Cam & Cam’s Camicom album on Bandcamp
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
Special thanks to Cam and Ryan for joining us on this episode. And as always, thanks to all of our wonderful Patrons: Scott McElhone, Ryan McPherson, Cam Werme, Rayjkayj, Reptile, Chris Murray, Claire Myers, Brad Austin, Nick Davis, Red Hua, & Kitty Sparks. 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 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!

All music composed by Koichi Sugiyama

TRACK LISTING:

Intro – Dragon Quest III HD 2D Remake (SWI – 2024) “Overture”
1- Dragon Warrior II (NES – 1987) “Joyous Song”
2 – Dragon Quest III: …And Into The Legend (SFC – 1996) “Heavenly Flight”
3 – Dragon Warrior I & II (GBC – 2000) “Ladutorm Castle”
4 – Dragon Warrior (NES – 1989) “Overworld”
5 – Dragon Quest III: …And Into The Legend (SFC – 1996) “Battle Theme”
6 – Dragon Quest II HD/2D Remake: Luminaries of the Legendary Line – “Endless World aka (A Lonely Youth/Travelling with Friends)”
7 – Dragon Quest III HD 2D Remake (SWI – 2024) “Castle (Night)”
8 – Dragon Quest II (MSX – 1988) “My Road My Journey”

KVGM “The Last Wave” (5/3/26)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on May 3, 2026 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.

Live from Edinburgh, Scotland this week, where the weather is…Scottish. Please enjoy the following jams from the PlayStations and the Nintendos and of course, the personal computers.

Playlist

Orion – Daisuke Nagao
(KissBell, PC)

Library – Hidehiro Kawai
(Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational, Sony PlayStation Vita)

Results – Dan Hess
(Pilotwings 64, Nintendo 64)

Tutorial – Masaru Tajima and Shinji Ushiroda
(ThruSpace, Nintendo Wii)

Downtown – PURE SOUND
(Bounty Hunter Sarah: Holy Mountain No Teio, Sega Dreamcast)

The Fine Weather Index is 200 – Sound AMS
(Chikyuu no Heiwa o Mamoru tame!!, PC)

Together… – SoundTeMP
(Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity, PC)

Akihabara – Kenichi Sudo
(Silent Möbius: Genei no Datenshi, Sony PlayStation)

Bookmark Themes – Naotoshi Nishino
(Sakurairo no Tegami, PC)

Staff Roll – Masahiko Hagio
(Staff Roll to GT Straight Victory: Hoshino Kazuyoshi e no Chousen, Sony PlayStation)

Special Request

Game Menu – Unknown
(Sega Ages Memorial Selection Vol. 2, Sega Saturn)

Episode 223: I’ve Got Gamer Flu (Phone in Sick Day)

By RE-VGM on May 1, 2026 7:03 am UTC

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Be honest, you’ve done it at least. You called your boss and HR and stated that you’re unable to come into work because you’re sick. Perhaps you are sick with a flu or a cold, or you have to stay home to take care of a family member that is sick. However, you called in sick because you’re playing hooky: Your favorite sports team won the national series and is having a parade; there’s fresh snow in the mountains two hours away; there’s an anime convention going on.

For gamers, they call in sick because a new game is launching at midnight at your favorite retail store. They wait in line, queued up for the store’s opening. Some may have stopped by the grocery or convenient store with snacks and drinks. Some are wearing clothes of their favorite game. There may even be someone playing an OST by a game from the series.

This week, we’re celebrating “Phone in Sick Day”, originally created as a movement against the workplace culture: long hours, stress, and corporate pressure. For this episode, we’re playing tracks from video games which had people and gamers call in sick: an all-out war between humanity and two alien entities, a mission to rescue a friend that brings a soldier out of retirement, and a warrior caught in a war between demigods. We also have covers and remixes to follow.

Fire up the console or computer tower, grab the blanket from the bed, and place those drinks and snacks nearby, after making sure you called in sick…

Phone in Sick Day

“Gamers Get Their Hands on Halo 2”

“Records sales – then ‘Halo flu'”

“‘Call of Duty: Black Ops II’ perfects perfection”

“Could ‘Call of Duty’ mean absences from work?”

“Take The Day Off to Play Elden Ring, Says Japanese Game Studio”

Track Listing

“This is the Hour” – [Hal0 3] – composed by Marty O’Donnell

“Halo 3 – This is the Hour – Orchestral Metal Cover” – covered by TreyJ

“Theme from Call of Duty Black Ops II” – [Call of Duty: Black Ops II] – composed by Trent Renzor

“Black Ops 2 Theme: Epic Metal Remix” – remixed by B4ts2L8guy

“Malenia: Blade of Miquella” – [Elden Ring] – composed by Yuka Kitamura

“Malenia (Emotional Strings Version)” – remixed by TheophanyRemix

Discord invite

[179] Yet Another Brief Respite

By Pixel Beat on Apr 30, 2026 11:00 pm UTC

About: Pull up a chair and take a break, you’ve been through enough for today. We feel you. Take a third hit of brief respite with us here and enjoy what you hear.

Artwork: Final Fantasy XI

00:00 - Mog House [Final Fantasy XI]

by Naoshi Mizuta >

03:21 - Fishing Pond [The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]

by Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo >

05:41 - Echoes of a Zephyr [Final Fantasy XI]

by Naoshi Mizuta >

08:41 - Calm Moment [Dark Chronicle]

by Tomohito Nishiura >

10:00 - Peaceful Days [Grandia Online]

by Noriyuki Iwadare >

13:04 - An Ordinary Day [Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]

by Yasuhisa Baba >

15:56 - Amid The Silence [Suikoden II]

by Miki Higashino >

18:51 - Camping In Solm [Fire Emblem: Engage]

by Yasuhisa Baba, Kazuki Komai, Hiroki Morishita, Takeru Kanazaki, Daichi Aoki, Daichi Ishihara, Joya Shiori >

20:49 - The OSF -Be Prepared- [Scarlet Nexus]

by Hayata Takeda >

22:56 - The Forgotten [Fire Emblem: Three Houses]

by Takeru Kanazaki >

25:34 - In The Shadows ~ The Witches’ Prelude [Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney]

by Yasumasa Kitagawa >

28:34 - Dear To The Heart [Final Fantasy VII]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

30:41 - Roses and Wine [Final Fantasy VIII]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

32:58 - Feeling At Ease [13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim]

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

36:22 - Mog Resort [Final Fantasy XI]

by Naoshi Mizuta >

41:07 - A Moment Of Respite [Triangle Strategy]

by Akira Senju >

42:46 - A Warm Place [Soul Hackers 2]

by Oliver Good >

45:04 - Flowers On The Battlefield [Final Fantasy XI]

by Naoshi Mizuta >

http://dmcityview.com/CityviewApril2020/html5/index.html?page=1&noflash (page 50)

LMH Mixtape #292: Orchestral Music

By Legacy Music Hour on Apr 29, 2026 7:01 am UTC

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Surprisingly, until this point, The Legacy Music Hour had never done an episode focused on orchestral music. They'd done some RPG episodes, and that could almost count, but not really. Whether quiet and peaceful or loud and bombastic, orchestral music can really help set the tone for an emotional scene or an all out brawl. We've got woodwind, string, brass and percussion

[RERUNS] Ch. F - "Backtracks - THE OTHER 50!" (orig rel 04/28/2020)

By Nerd Noise Radio on Apr 29, 2026 6:00 am UTC

2026 Show Notes Addendum:

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Original Show Notes (modified to show track names on 04/20/2026):

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You are tuned to Nerd Noise Radio – Channel F. Today’s “F-isode” is significant not only for being only the second F-isode we’ve had in over a year, when they used to be quite a bit more common, but is also significant for being the first ever production of Nerd Noise Radio of any type to be produced entirely on Linux. Historically, the show has been produced on Mac. With a small backlog of previously-produced, but not-yet-released music blocks that were, of course, produced on the Mac still in reserve for future episodes, it will be some time yet before the Mac presence fades from the show completely. But it is my hope to do the lion’s share of future all-new production on Linux moving forward. So, the shift will be a glide, rather than a snap. But that shift starts...here.

Longtime listeners of the show will know full well what a Channel F F-isode is, but a pair of really beautiful things happened early this month which will have brought new attention to the show, from faces as near and dear as my fellow Des Moinesers (and surrounding communities), to as far-flung as Linux fans all the world over. For an explanation of what Channel F is, and how it relates to Nerd Noise Radio as a whole for the newcomers, as well as the details of who and what the new faces are, and how all that came about, see below. Also, for a descripton of how this F-isode relates to our April Fool’s episode, “Backtracks”, see the blog....or just sit, back, relax, and enjoy, as you listen to.....”The OTHER 50”! Timestamps provided, but track details withheld for now in case anyone wanted to play the guessing game on the tracks. A follow-up blog post on April 30th will provide the entire track list information for both Backtracks and for today’s outing. So, be on the lookout for that. In the meantime, enjoy!

Tracklist (ALL TRACKS ARE PLAYED IN REVERSE - except Intro)! Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Timestamp

A1) Intro – 00:00:00

01) Options - Daffy Duck in Hollywood - Genesis - Matt Furniss – 00:12:13

02) September 2015 - N/A (system menu music - eShop) - 3DS / WiiU - Kazumi Totaka – 00:16:33

03) The Mall - Skate or Die 2 - NES - Rob Hubbard – 00:19:44

04) Evil Dante - Cratermaze - TG16 - Jun Chikuma, Keita Hoshi, Toshiaki Takimoto, Masaru Takahashi, and/or Takayuki Iwabuchi – 00:21:21

05) Character Select - Cosmic Carnage - 32X - Hikoshi Hashimoto – 00:23:01

06) Ethnic Cave and Flame - X-Men - Arcade - Konami Kukeiha Club – 00:25:06

07) Jazz 3 - Sim Copter - PC - Jerry Martin – 00:27:36

08) Reckless Running - Sega Rally Championship - Saturn - Naofumi Hataya – 00:32:38

09) Collision Chaos Zone (Present) - Sonic CD (NA) - Sega CD / Windows 95 - Spencer Nilsen, David Young, Mark Crew, and/or Pastiche – 00:36:45

10) Main Menu - Sonic Mania - Multiplatform - Tee Lopes – 00:40:02

11) Opening 1 - Hisou Kihei X-Serd - PC Engine - Koji Hayama – 00:41:10

12) Brinstar Red Soil - Super Metroid - SNES - Kenji Yamamoto and/or Minako Hamano – 00:42:56

13) Stage 3-3 - Ai Chou Aniki - PC Engine - Iwasaki Taku – 00:46:40

14) Options - Bram Stoker's Dracula - Genesis - Matt Furniss – 00:50:00

15) The Vile Peaks - Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 / XB360 - Masashi Hamauzu – 00:51:26

16) Twilight Palace (Outside) - LoZ: Twilight Princess - GameCube / Wii / WiiU - Toru Minegishi and/or Asuka Ohta – 00:54:49

17) Outside Ref, The Pyramid of Ice - Dungeon Explorer 2 - PC Engine - Masaaki Inoue and/or Akihiro Honma – 00:58:00

18) After the Battle - LoZ: Twilight Princess - GameCube / Wii / WiiU - Toru Minegishi and/or Asuka Ohta – 01:00:05

19) The Vertical - Ghost in the Shell - PS1 - Joey Beltram – 01:02:23

20) Spin on the Bridge - Streets of Rage 2 - Genesis - Yuzo Koshiro and/or Motohiro Kawashima – 01:08:44

21) Cycle 1 - Streets of Rage 3 - Genesis - Motohiro Kawashima and/or Yuzo Koshiro – 01:13:03

22) Track 11 - Illusion Blaze - PC (AdLib) - D.A.C. – 01:16:12

23) Naruto (Light Armor) - Cosmic Carnage - 32X - Hikoshi Hashimoto – 01:18:45

24) Bases 1 & 2 - Contra - NES - c: Kazuki Muaoka / a: Hidenori Maezawa and/or Kiyohiro Sada – 01:20:31

25) Imperial Death March - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - NES - c: John Williams / a: Paul Webb – 01:22:05

26) Fly Like a Butterfly - Jet Set Radio Future - XBox - Hideki Naganuma – 01:22:43

27) At Doom's Gate - DOOM - PC (Midi) - Bobby Prince – 01:25:59

28) Alone in Love - Jewel Master - Genesis - Motoaki Takenouchi – 01:29:13

29) Naja - Cosmic Carnage - 32X - Hikoshi Hashimoto – 01:31:26

30) Swamp - Samurai Ghost - TG16 - Gappy, Miyoshi Okuyama, and/or Hiroyon – 01:33:36

31) Segadore Genesid 64 - N/A (non-VGM - original chiptune) - N/A (Genesis sound hardware - attempting to replicate C64 sound hardware) - Mr. Sonic699 – 01:34:43

32) Stage Theme 4 - Shinobi - Arcade - Yasuhiro Kawakami – 01:36:48

33) Title Theme - Double Dragon - NES - Kazunaka Yamane – 01:38:24

34) Field 3 - JJ & Jeff - TG16 - Takeaki Kunimoto – 01:40:05

35) Zena Lan (Light Armor) - Cosmic Carnage - 32X - Hikoshi Hashimoto – 01:42:07

36) Bearhattan Transfur - Fist of Awesome - Multiplatform - Brendan Ratliff – 01:44:22

37) Map - Wolfchild - Genesis - Matt Furniss – 01:47:47

38) Tyr (Heavily Armored) - Cosmic Carnage - 32X - Hikoshi Hashimoto – 01:49:03

39) Level 1 - Chip Chan Kick - PCFX - Yoshio Furakawa, Masahara Iwata and/or Hitoshi Sakamoto – 01:50:46

40) Stage Theme 1 - Spider-Man vs. The Sinister Six - NES - David Whittaker – 01:55:13

41) S.O.R. Super Mix (Stage Vers.) - Streets of Rage 2 - Genesis - Yuzo Koshiro and/or Motohiro Kawashima – 01:58:37

42) Stickerbush Symphony - Donkey Kong Country 2 - SNES - David Wise – 02:04:06

43) Level 3 - Tetris - CD-i - Jim Andron – 02:06:22

44) Unknown City - Doxa - PS4 (Unreleased) - Daniel Capo – 02:08:51

45) Main - N/A (Non-VGM - non-VGM computer program music) - PC (Microsoft Interactive Sampler) - Unknown – 02:10:06

46) Althena's Shrine - Lunar: The Silver Star - Sega CD - Noriyuki Iwadare, Hiroshi Fujioka, and/or Isao Mizoguchi – 02:11:09

47) Zora's Domain (Day) - LoZ: Breath of the Wild - WiiU / Switch / Switch 2 - c: Kōji Kondō / a: Yasuaki Iwata – 02:12:12

48) Martinis for Two - The Sims - PC - Jerry Martin and/or Marc Russo – 02:15:24

49) Ending - Super Castlevania IV - SNES - Masanori Adachi and/or Taro Kudo – 02:21:46

50) Ending - N/A (Non-VGM) - N/A (fan-made covers of Metroid OST played on a battery of analog synths) - c: Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka / a: Luminist – 02:25:58

[There is no Outro]

Total Episode Runtime: 02:28:13

About the new faces: Jeff Pitts of Des Moines Cityview Magazine did a mini-vignette on four local podcasters, and reached out to me to be one of them. The mini-article appears in the April Issue of the magazine which can be viewed online (Link below). In addition to that, Jason Evangelho, a tech-writer for Forbes Magazine who focuses on Linux very generously boosted my tweets about my first production in Linux, which went on to become the most liked and retweeted tweet in my history on the platform. I make it a point to look at “the numbers” as little as possible, so I don’t know how many (if any) of the new faces stuck around. But certainly a number of them at least had a peek. If you are a new face, either brought to the show through the Cityview article, or through Jason’s buff of my tweet, get a hold of me to let me know you’re here!

Presuming we did have at least a few stick around, I should give an explanation of what Channel F is, relative to Channel 1, and Archive Super Bonuses, so you know how this show works. I will do so at length on the blogspot version of this episode, where the blog format is more accommodating of lengthiness. But I will give you a brief overview here:

Channel 1: This is “the show proper”. These are “the actual episodes”. On average, 10 fresh episodes a year (with reruns to fill in the blanks). Other than extraordinary circumstances, they follow a standard “enhanced mixtape” format: a short, semi-standard intro, and standard housekeeping outro bookending a winding, twisting journey through sound. We have had quite the spate of non-standard “Channel 1” Episodes of late though, so for the newcomers, I wanted to stress what “normal” looks like. We don’t anticipate having anything else non-standard for several months moving forward.

Channel F: This is my side-outlet for bonuses, betas, extras. It can be virtually anything. And additional mixtape music block (like today), but has been all sorts of things. We even had one that was an exposition on a certain episode’s outro. Anything that doesn’t fit in Channel 1, but that I still want to have full attention (podcast feed, blog, social media, Archive.org, etc) becomes a Channel F “F-isode”.

Super Bonuses: These are for the times where I have something that I felt was worth producing, and felt was worth putting out there, but did not want to clog up the podcast feed, or the blog, or social media with. Generally, it takes the form of remixes and twists on existing content. Since they only come out on Archive, and not anywhere else, and since they’re not really advertised, this creates a nice “underground” quality to them. I usually drop hints inside Episodes and F-isodes if there are any Super Bonuses planned. But beyond that, a person just needs to know to be on the lookout. They will release even less consistently than F-isodes, but will also tend to be in bursts around certain episodes that are rich for alternate twists on their content.

See the blogspot version of this episode if you’d like to know more about these. Link below. Meanwhile, our next all-new episode is planned for August, though I do have some really great reruns lined up for the months between. Even those will still constitute much more of a “return to normalcy” for the show than what our past several months of fresh content offers, so a great chance to “get to know us” I hope you will enjoy! We also have a secondary podcast feed which is dedicated entirely to reruns, which will feature reruns different than the ones on the main feed, if you wish to explore even more Nerd Noise Radio history. It can be found on your podcatcher of choice by the name “Nerd Noise Radio Reruns”.

Cheers!

Link to the Cityview Article:

You can find previous articles by Jeff by searching www.dmcityview.com or as compiled on Muck Rack:

https://muckrack.com/jeff-pitts/articles

Link to Jason Evangelho’s Forbes articles (@killyourfm on Twitter)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/#18ee68a0d36f

Link to Blogspot version of today’s “F-isode” (for the long version the Channels descriptions, etc.)

https://nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com/2020/04/channel-f-backtracks-other-50.html

Episode 26-7: Poképlanet of the Apes

By Game That Tune on Apr 28, 2026 12:00 pm UTC

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We're loading up our pockets with useful items and awesome VGM tunes for an episode all about INVENTORY MANAGEMENT!

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0:00:00 Welcome to Game That Tune!
0:04:03 Game 1
0:12:52 Game 1 Reveal
0:28:40 Game 2
0:34:49 Game 2 Reveal
0:55:49 Game 3
1:03:19 Game 3 Reveal
1:22:25 Game 4
1:27:20 Game 4 Reveal
1:35:14 This Game's Winner Is...
1:46:19 Bonus Music/Outro

Kirby OG Duo!

By Super Marcato Bros on Apr 26, 2026 11:06 pm UTC

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In this DELIGHTFUL episode, Karl & Will spotlight on the first 2 scores in the beloved Kirby series! This is Dream Land and Adventure! Enjoy this celebration of some of the most iconic VGM, back to where it all started.

Kirby's Dream Land - Jun Ishikawa - 1992

-Title

-Green Greens

-Bubbly Clouds

-Float Islands

-Ending

-Castle Lololo

-Mt. DeDeDe

-Spicy Food, Minty Leaf

Kirby's Adventure - Hirokazu Ando - 1993

-Rainbow Resort

-Green Fields

-High Hills

-Forest Trail

-Tower to the Sky

-Cloud Tops

-Starry Sky

-Fountain of Dreams

Episode 192: Wah Too Much TNP

By NWR's Radio Trivia: Podcast Edition on Apr 24, 2026 11:06 pm UTC

A Special Mini Episode with the Talk Nintendo Podcast crew for their 500th Episode extravaganza—now with more Wah! (You've been warned.)

STAGE 85: Games of 2025

By RETRO VGM REVIVAL HOUR on Apr 24, 2026 3:38 pm UTC

⭐⭐⭐ Game – Title ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐1.) Dynasty Warriors: Origins – “IGNITION: DW ORIGINS MIX (Final Battle against the Yellow Turbans), FLAME AND RAPIDITY: DW ORIGINS MIX (Battle of Sanjiangkou) & THEME OF THE HERO (Event - Hero)” ⭐2.) Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector – “Fading Glint, Disentangle & Suncatchers” ⭐3.) Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – “Trouble at Mill, Lacrimosa (vocals by the Warhorse Studio Orchestra & Choir) & Word of Honour” ⭐4.) Rift of the NecroDancer – “Twombtorial, Progenitor & Amalgamaniac” ⭐5.) Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii – “Hunting Chaos, Tyrant of the Ocean & The Goro Pirates Theme (vocals by: Hidenari Ugaki/Goro Majima)” ⭐6.) Monster Hunter Wilds – “Invented Incisors, Jin Dahaad/The Lord of Ice (Judgment) & Arkveld/Ashen Blade Unleashed (Chase)” ⭐7.) Split Fiction – “Time To Die, Toxic Shift & Final Showdown” ⭐8.) Assassin's Creed Shadows – “Steel and Shadows, Momochi Sandayu & Chasing Demons” ⭐9.) Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution! – “Learnin' Town, Labyrinth Boss & Final Challenge” ⭐10.) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – “Lumière (Lumière à l’Aube) , The Reacher (Orphelin) & World Map (Our Painted Hatred)” ⭐11.) Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves – “Neue Welle (Kain R. Heinlein theme), Reminiscence (Hotaru Futaba theme) & Choose Yourself! (Player Select theme)” ⭐12.) Doom: The Dark Ages – “Unchained Predator, Atlan Battleground & Blood Red” ⭐13.) Elden Ring Nightreign – “Gladius/Beast of Night, Fulghor/Champion of Nightglow & Great Enemy” ⭐14.) Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army – “Obstacle to Overcome, Go Raidou! & Boss Battle” ⭐15.) Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – “We Should Not Have Connected, Good Old Fashioned Boss Fight & One Last Fight Pt.1” ⭐16.) Donkey Kong Bananza – “Canyon Layer, K. Rool (King of Rot Battle) & Banandium Root Tower (Gangplank Galleon)” ⭐17.) Dear me, I was… – “Beneath Familiar Skies, Twilight & Strange Journey (W/ vocals by ITSUKA)” ⭐18.) Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound – “Bravery: On the Clutches, Unbreakable Determination & Sea of Blood” ⭐19.) Space Adventure Cobra: The Awakening – “Funky Nachi, Entwined Souls & Psycho Dynamo” ⭐20.) Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater – “METAL GEAR SOLIDΔSNAKE EATER Suite (Pt.1), Survival Overture, Takin' On The Shagohod & SNAKE EATER Δ (W/ vocals by Cynthia Harrell)” ⭐21.) Hollow Knight: Silksong – “Enter Pharloom, The Choir & Bell Beast” ⭐22.) Silent Hill ƒ – “Wandering in the Sorrow of Days Gone By / Mayoi Uta, Mayoi Uta & TSUKIYONOINERIME” ⭐23.) Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds – “Market Street , Radical Highway & Steampunk City” ⭐24.) Ghost of Yōtei – “The Yōtei Six, Wrath of the Ghost & Shogun of the North” ⭐25.) Vampire: The Masquerade-Bloodlines 2 – “Is It All Worth It, Construction/Destruction & Still Got a Pulse” ⭐26.) Marvel's Deadpool VR – “The Horror of Sound, Johnny Loves Mom's Guns & Tell Me Once Again Why It Had to End” ⭐27.) Marvel Cosmic Invasion – “Genosha (Heavy Metal), Fort Galactus (Free the Eater Of Worlds) & Nova Cruiser (Train for Battle) ⭐28.) Octopath Traveler 0 – “Battle 0, Decisive Battle 0 & Those Summoned from Nil ” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ MoonSpider: @MoonSpiderHugs LinkTree: linktr.ee/moonspider

Episode 222: On Stage Now – Gamer Flutist

By RE-VGM on Apr 24, 2026 7:03 am UTC

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April ends in six days, which means it’s time for out special episode of “On Stage Now”, and this month’s musician is Gamer Flutist.

Gamer Flutist, who also goes by Marianne, is a professional flutist of several instruments (flute, piccolo, and alto flute) who has been playing since the age of 10. A majority of her covers are JRPGs from such series as Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. In addition to her multi-track solos, she has also collaborated with other musicians. Her YouTube channel spans five years back, and I must say there plenty to listen.

Sit back and enjoy the melodious tones by Gamer Flutist…

Gamer Flutist (YT, IG, X)

Track Listing

“[FF10 to Zanarkland] flute quartetto arrange” – [Final Fantasy X] – composed by Nobuo Uematsu

“[PVZ2 Lost City Ultimate Battle] Flute ensemble arrange” – [Plants Vs Zombies 2] – composed by Peter McConnell

“[Seiken Densetsu LOM Sanctuary of Mana] Flute ensemble arrange” – [Legend of Mana (Seiken Densetsu)] – composed by Yoko Shimomura

“[Zelda Ocarina of Time Title Theme] Flute ensemble arrange”- [The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time] – composed by Koji Kondo

“[Zelda BotW Main Theme]” – [The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild] – composed by Manaka Kataoka

“[Chrono Cross The Dream that Time Dreams] flute ensemble arrange” – [Chrono Cross] – composed by Yasunori Mitsuda

“[Dragon Quest 2 – Town]” – [Dragon Quest II] – composed by Koichi Sugiyama

“[NieR Replicant – Song of the Ancients]” – [NieR Replicant] – composed by Keiichi Okabe – arranged by TECHNOuchi

“[NieR Replicant – Kaine/Salvation]” – [NieR Replicant] – composed by Kakaru Ishihama

“[MOTHER – Mother Earth]” – [MOTHER] – composed by Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka – arranged and guitar by STUDIO KENT

“[Final Fantasy VI – Tina (Terra’s Theme)]” – [Final Fantasy VI] – composed by Nobuo Uematsu

“[Dragon Quest V – Melody of Love] – [Dragon Quest V] – composed by Koichi Sugiyama

Outro: “Folk Dance” – [Dragon Quest VI] – composed by Koichi Sugiyama, from the piano collection of “Dragon Quest Official Best Album” – covered by Gamer Fluist

Discord Channel

https://www.buzzsprout.com/77944/

Episode 39-7 Puppets with ModalModule

By Rhythm and Pixels on Apr 22, 2026 9:00 am UTC

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The R&P crew are back at it again with another weird topic and great video game music! This time it’s all about puppets! Characters who are puppets, and characters who control other characters. This is a common theme in many games, and you just know Rob had a hard time not picking exclusively from Muppets games. So you get one, and it’s probably the best oneIt was very close!

Play Decline’s Drops on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1500180/Declines_Drops/

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LMH Mixtape #291: Beyond 16-Bit 11

By Legacy Music Hour on Apr 22, 2026 7:02 am UTC

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It's time again for another Beyond 16-Bit episode, where the boizz get to play some video game music that normally wouldn't be LMH legal. This covers a wide range of generations, including a track from a game (Mina the Hollower) that at the time of this mixtape's release has yet to even be released! Two tracks were played from the arcade game Bunny Bomber Blast! which are sure to get

[RERUNS] C1E52 - "Backtracks" (orig rel 04/01/2020)

By Nerd Noise Radio on Apr 22, 2026 6:00 am UTC

2026 Show Notes Addendum:

To round out our second (and final) visit to the realm of backwards VGM (and very closely related non-VGM) on Nerd Noise Radio, let's replay the 2020 original series, which was also a two-parter, but instead of being two "equal billing" parts, it was a one part "episode proper" and then a supplemental Ch F "F-isode" bonus. In addition to being one of my all-time favorite projects to work on in show history, the series also marked an important turning point in show history as the first installment was our last ever NNR broadcast on the main feed to be produced in GarageBand on MacOS (except for the deliberate call-back that was C1E75 in 2023), and the F-isode was my first ever production in Audacity and Ardour in Linux (then Ubuntu Studio (KDE), now, Fedora (GNOME)). Original Show Notes below are largely faithful to the original with one MASSIVE exception: the tracklist is now populated with all the relevant track info, where it was originally withheld to keep the mystery and mystique alive. Lastly: in case anyone is wondering what on earth is happening in the outro: I figured since it would be backwards, and nobody would ever hear it forward unless they either took the initiative to reverse the file themselves, or else find the [quote] "UNBACKED" version on Archive.org, they'd never know what on earth was being said, I decided to forego the standard outro script, and just go nuts. I read a chocolate chip cookie recipe I found online on the spot, and included snippets from every previous episode blooper reel in show history to that point as well as various other sound clips, such as slow-mo vids of my kids, and fresh snippets provided by my brother-in-law Brian Peterson. Anyway, that's what's happening in the outro. I wanted it to be as preposterous and baffling and chaotic as possible!

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Original Show Notes (modified to show track names on 04/20/2026):

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Today’s broadcast is C1E52 for Wayback Wednesday, April 1st, 2020. It’s April 1st, dear listeners, and we haven’t had a retrospective in AGES! In such dark, uncertain days as we face today, it’s extra important to have a look back at brighter, clearer, saner days as a reminder that as the wheel of time continues to churn, we will inexorably find our way back.

So, sit back and relax as we travel back through 2hrs 25min, and 56 sec of Nerd Noise History and Nostalgia on a program we’re calling “Backtracks”.

It is certain to be an experience unlike any other!

Tracklist (ALL TRACKS ARE PLAYED IN REVERSE - except Intro)! Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Timestamp

A1) Intro – 00:00:00

01) Lifelight (English Language Version) - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Switch - Hideki Sakamoto – 00:02:39

02) What About the Future - Jet Set Radio Future - XBox - Richard Jacques – 00:06:25

03) USA Race 4 - Trickstyle - Dreamcast / PC - Richard Beddow – 00:10:32

04) Mirage - Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - Kemmei Adachi – 00:13:41

05) Colour (AtJazz Remix) - N/A (Non VGM) - N/A (Om Lounge 6 [album) - c: Soulstice / a: AtJazz (aka VGM Composer Martin Iveson) – 00:17:21

06) Ai Suru Hito Yo - N/A (Non-VGM) - N/A (Ai Ga Nakucha Ne [album] - Akiko Yano (featuring VGM composer, and YMO Alum: Riyuichi Sakamoto) – 00:23:51

07) Challenge - Chu Chu Rocket - Dreamcast - Tomoya Ohtani – 00:28:12

08) Area 1 - Blaster Master - NES - Naoki Kodaka – 00:31:09

09) Zena Lan (Heavily Armored) - Cosmic Carnage - 32X - Hikoshi Hashimoto – 00:33:07

10) Stage 4 - Chip Chan Kick - PCFX - Yoshio Furukawa, Masahara Iwata and/or Hitoshi Sakamoto – 00:35:22

11) Rikuo - Night Warriors: Darkstalker's Revenge - Multiplatform - Takayuki Iwai, AkariaKaida, and/or Hideki Okugawa – 00:37:41

12) DA Garden - Sonic CD (JP / EU) - Mega CD - Minoru Kanari and/or Makoto Oshitani – 00:39:16

13) Title Theme - Super Mario World - SNES - Kōji Kondō – 00:43:26

14) In-Game Theme - Ranquest - Hydra Development Kit - c: John Wedgeworth (yes....as in St. John of Nerd Noise Radio) / a: Jay Cook (of Avalon Dreams) – 00:45:10

15) Aitos - Actraiser - SNES - Yuzo Koshiro – 00:47:32

16) Cold Cave - Out of this World - 3DO - Andrew Dimitroff – 00:49:57

17) Stage 4-3 - Bram Stoker's Dracula - Genesis - Matt Furniss – 00:51:31

18) Coldman - N/A (VGM Karaoke - originally Mega Man and Bass) - N/A (originally GBA) - Original: Toshihiko Horiyama, Naoshi Mizuta, and/or Akira Kaida / Karaoke written and performed by Deirdre Porter (then "Fischer") (aka the great "Pieness 64") – 00:54:28

19) Yug - Cosmic Carnage - 32X - Hikoshi Hashimoto – 00:56:56

20) Solitary - Shinobi 3 - Genesis - Masayuki Nagao, Hirofumi Muasaki, and/or Morihiko Akiyama – 00:58:29

21) Forest Funk - Super Meat Boy - Multiplatform - Danny Baranowsky – 01:00:09

22) Titan's Ream - DOOM (2016) - Multiplatform - Mick Gordon – 01:02:50

23) The Reverse Will - Silent Hill 2 - PS2 - Akira Yamaoka – 01:11:56

24) Title Theme - Solstice - NES - Tim Follin – 01:14:55

25) Seven O'Clock - Crackin' DJ Pt. 2 - Arcade - c: Hiroshi Kawaguchi / a: Misuharu Fukuyama – 01:17:52

26) Citizens of Luala - N/A (Non-VGM - original chiptune) - N/A (TG16 Sound Hardware) - Strobe (from Battle of the Bits) – 01:19:42

27) In-Game Theme - Youkai Douchuuki - Arcade - Hiroyuki Kawada – 01:22:55

28) Fourth Cause - Psychosis - TG16 - Atsuhiro Moyoyama – 01:25:58

29) Gong Shun Sheng - Dark Legend - Muliplatform - Seiichi Hamada – 01:28:59

30) Stage 5-2 - Bram Stoker's Dracula - Genesis - Matt Furniss – 01:31:23

31) Norfair - N/A (Non-VGM) - N/A (fan-made covers of Metroid OST played on a battery of analog synths) - c: Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka / a: Luminist – 01:33:54

32) Sodden Hollow - Binding of Isaac - Multiplatform - Matthias Bossi and/or Jon Evans – 01:35:22

33) Bloodpool - Actraiser - SNES - Yuzo Koshiro – 01:39:08

34) Unit - N/A (Non-VGM) - N/A (Logic [album] - J-Pop inspirations of VGM) - Logic System – 01:40:29

35) Daisuke - Hotline Miami - Multiplatform - El Huervo (aka Shelby Cinca) – 01:44:56

36) Bulberry Hill - Zool 2 - Amiga - Neil Biggin – 01:47:58

37) King of Speed - Daytona USA - Saturn - Music and Vocal: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi / Lyrics: David Leytze – 01:50:53

38) Trance Parlient in Blue - Night Striker - Mega CD - c: Maasahiko Takai / a: Shuichiro Nakazawa – 01:55:14

39) Cylic (Heavily Armored) - Cosmic Carnage - 32X - Hikoshi Hashimoto – 01:58:32

40) Process Control - Gran Turismo Sport - PS4 - Yasuhisa Inoue – 02:00:27

41) Disrupted Planets (Map 2) - Bomberman '93 - TG16 - Jun Chikuma and/or Keita Hoshi – 02:04:40

42) Mysterious Island - Landstalker - Genesis - Motoaki Takenouchi – 02:06:11

43) Waltz of Water and Bubble - Liquid Kids - Arcade - Kazuko Umino – 02:08:38

44) Old Man's Prayer - Ogre Battle - SNES - Masaharu Iwata, Hiroshi Sakimoto, and/or Hayato Matsuo – 02:10:25

45) The Serpent Trench - Final Fantasy VI - SNES - Nobuo Uematsu – 02:11:44

46) Menu 2 - Shenmue - Dreamcast - Ryuiji Iuichi, Yuzo Koshiro, Takenobu Mitsuoshi, Osamu Murata, and/or Takeshi Yanagawa – 02:13:41

47) ESPIRIT.WAV - Data Wing - iOS / Android - ESPRIT 空想 – 02:15:16

48) The Blazing Sands - Final Fantasy X - PS2 - Masashi Hamauzu – 02:18:26

49) Inside Vah Naboris (1 Terminal) - LoZ: Breath of the Wild - WiiU / Switch / Switch 2 - Manaka Kataoka Yasuaki Iwata, and/or Hajime Wakai – 02:21:38

50) What Can You Do? - Gran Turismo Sport - PS4 - Lenny Ibizarre – 02:23:48

B1) Outro – 02:28:39

Music Block Runtime: 02:25:56, Total Episode Runtime: 02:54:06

Our Intro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights. Our Outro Music is Malo Mart from Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess on GameCube and Wii, composed by Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ota, and/or Koji Kondo

The "Nerd Noise Radio - RERUNS!" channel can be found here:

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The Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe used in the outro is “Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies” from the Sally’s Baking Addiction blog. You can find the recipe here: https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/chewy-chocolate-chip-cookies/

Thanks for listening! Join us again in July or August for Episode TBD - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

KVGM “The Last Wave” (4/19/26)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Apr 19, 2026 4:00 pm UTC

This week, we’re livin’ life, lovin’ life on all the consoles, including a stunning return to the Family Computer 64 Double D, as well as some original Family Computer baseball action, some English guides on the DS, a little motorcycle racing on PS2, and of course, some puzzle action on the PC and PS1.

Playlist

In the Mahjong Club – Masafumi Ogata
(Sho-Ki, PC)

Beginning Premonitions – Kenichi Okuma
(Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3, Sony PlayStation 2)

Title – Alexander Lazutin
(3D Aqua Slider, PC)

Other Match Results – Atsushi Fujio
(Ganbare Pennant Race!, Famicom)

Gallery – Tatsuya Maeda
(RS II: Racing Spirits, Sony PlayStation 2)

Stroke Play – Kenichiro Shinzawa
(Japan Pro Golf Tour 64, Nintendo 64 DD)

Micro 2 Step – Unknown
(Simple DS Series Vol. 19: Yareba Dekiru!: The Micro Step Gijutsu de Oboeru Eitango, Nintendo DS)

On the Green – Phil Wood
(John Daly’s ProStroke Golf, Sony PlayStation 3)

Out of Qualification – Masanao Akahori
(Final Stretch, Super Nintendo)

Ending – Unknown
(SuperLite 1500 Series: Oekaki Puzzle, Sony PlayStation)

Special Request

Main Menu – Unknown
(Virtual Kyoutei ’98, Sony PlayStation)

[178] Desert Wanderer

By Pixel Beat on Apr 19, 2026 11:00 am UTC

About: Bristling burning sands set the stage in a wide variety of games across the past decades. The music is often enchanting, rhythmic and usually primly memorable. Here are a few!

Artwork: Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth

00:00 - Gerudo Valley [The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]

by Koji Kondo >

02:56 - Titania [Star Fox]

by Hajime Hirasawa >

05:14 - Dreaming Of The Top (Desert) [Vantage Master]

by Atsushi Shirakawa, Masaru Nakajima, Satoshi Arai, Hayato Sonoda, Kaname Ohara >

08:15 - Dazil, City of Burning Sands [Xenogears]

by Yasunori Mitsuda >

11:35 - Barren Desert [Brain Lord]

by Masanao Akahori >

13:51 - Crossing The Desert [Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War]

by Yuka Tsujiyoko >

15:34 - Gathello, The Desert Village [3D Dot Game Heroes]

by Shinji Hosoe >

17:56 - The Sandy Town [Rogue Galaxy]

by Tomohito Nishiura >

19:21 - Desert Flower [Tales of Symphonia]

by Motoi Sakuraba >

23:17 - Desert [Brandish 3: Spirit of Balcan]

by Falcom Sound Team JDK >

24:56 - Corel Desert [Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth]

by Shotaro Shima, Nobuo Uematsu >

27:45 - Harvest November [Trials of Mana]

by Ryo Yamazaki >

32:09 - Durcheinander [SaGa Frontier II]

by Masashi Hamauzu >

34:01 - Dannagh Desert (Night) [Xenoblade Chronicles 3]

by ACE, Yasunori Mitsuda >

38:45 - Going Through The Desert [Persona 5]

by Shoji Meguro >

40:04 - Da’at Konan [Shin Megami Tensei V]

by Ryota Kozuka, Toshiki Konishi, Kenichi Tsuchiya, Tsukasa Masuko, Shoji Meguro >

44:09 - Rabao [Final Fantasy XI: Rise of the Zilart]

by Naoshi Mizuta >

48:33 - Desert [Ragnarok Online]

by soundTeMP >

International Bay Appreciation Day

April 2026 Special Announcement

By Nerd Noise Radio on Apr 17, 2026 5:54 pm UTC

Discussion of what remains on the roadmap for the remainder of the life of Nerd Noise Radio, the "what's definite", the "what's possible", and a proposed middle ground, if I don't have enough time for the maximum, but more than enough time for the minimum.

This special announcement is intended to give listeners a heads up for what the end of NNR might look like, so that it's not a jarring, sudden, potentially traumatic event for them, as the sudden closure of certain other shows in history had been to me.

Background Music: Repose - from Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment: Nintendo Switch 2 - Keiichi Okabe, Ryuichi Takada, Kuniyuki Takahashi, Oliver Good, Keita Inoue, and/or Taichi Joraku

Episode 221: Crazy for Bats! (International Bat Appreciation Day)

By RE-VGM on Apr 17, 2026 7:03 am UTC

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When someone mentions bats, it goes one of two ways: they are feared and looked at with disgust, or they are admired and thought to be cute. Most people see bats as as nuisance, believed to be blood hungry and spread diseases. Some even think that they morph into vampires. However, those that know appreciate these creatures of the night for their contribution.

Today on April 17th, we are celebrating International Bat Appreciation Day, a day to appreciate bats and see that they help humans. Bats navigate their environment by echolocation, listening to the echoes of their sounds. As insectivores, they consume lots and lots of insects, including those that carry diseases. Bats are help pollinate plants, similar to butterflies and bees. There are some states that have a state bat, recognizing their existence and contribution.

For this week’s episode, we’re playing tracks from video games that have bats: a batty circus star rescuing his girlfriend, an mysterious person who can morph into a bat during a fight, and a reporter for a planet in danger from a robotic army. There’s also covers and remixes to follow these tracks.

Time to enjoy these tracks and learn a thing or two about these creatures of the night…

Aero the Acro-Bat

Bloody Roar 2 – Jenny Burtory

Freedom Planet 2 – Maria Notte

Track Listing

“Title” – [Aero the Acro-Bat] – composed by Rick Fox (Fox Productions)

“TDR Nightcore Original – Aero the Acro Bat Remix” – remixed by TDR Nightcore

“Want Some More?” – [Bloody Roar 2] – composed by Takayuki Negishi

“Bloody Roar 2 Jenny Theme Cover” – covered by Yunior Rodriguez

“Dragon Valley” – [Freedom Planet 2] – composed by Leilani Wilson

“Freedom Planet/Freedom Planet 2 – Dragon Valley [Synthwave Remix by Kusero]” – remixed by Kusero

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Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf (Mobygames)

Episode 70 - Cool Glasses, Cool Glasses 3: Coolest Glasses, Coolest Glasses

By Shujin Academy VGM Club on Apr 16, 2026 11:00 am UTC

There are sunglasses. They are cool sunglasses. So cool that you’ll need them while you vibe through these seventeen cool songs.

If you liked this episode, there are a few other recent VGM podcast episodes you may want to check out.

Fellow VGM podcast Pixel Beat just did an episode featuring songs with a cool vibe, and you can hear it at https://pixelbeatpod.buzzsprout.com/1797351/episodes/18961132-177-more-vibin
If you liked the track from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All, there’s a recent CRT Soundsystem episode where they did a deep dive into the Phoenix Wright DS trilogy, and you can hear it at https://rss.com/podcasts/crtsoundsystem/2630834/ or on the CRT Soundsystem Patreon.

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.
All of you awesome listeners who’ve helped the show get to 10000 downloads

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 find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers.

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 - Persona 3 Dancing in Moonlight (PS4) - Colorful Lights (composer: Ryota Kozuka)

02:00 - Talk Segment 1

04:54 - Final Fantasy XIII (multiplatform) - Can’t Catch a Break (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)

10:09 - Racing Lagoon (PSX) - C1-WARRIORS (composers: Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi)

11:55 - Bomberman Hero (N64) - redial (composer: Jun Chikuma)

13:43 - Lam-Mal (X68000) - Town A (composers: Hideaki Takashita and Ryu Takami)

17:38 - Viewpoint (Neo Geo) - BE YOUR AGE! (AREA 3) (composer: Megumi Matsuura)

20:03 - Talk Segment 2

22:51 - R4 / Ridge Racer Type 4 - LUCID RHYTHMS (composer: Tetsukazu Nakanishi)

26:15 - Mega Man 8 (Saturn) - Aqua Man Stage (aka Underwater Stage) (composer: Shusaku Uchiyama)

28:10 - Tekken 3 (Arcade) - King (composer: Nobuyoshi Sano)

30:38 - Alpine Racer (Arcade) - Extreme Slope (composer: Takayuki Ishikawa)

34:25 - Ultra Street Fighter IV (multiplatform) - Theme of Ibuki - Twilight (SSFIV Arrange) (composers: Hideki Okugawa; arranger: Hideyuki Fukasawa)

38:13 - Talk Segment 3

43:12 - Persona 5 Royal (multiplatform) - Phantom (composer: Shoji Meguro)

45:25 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All (DS?) - Shelly de Killer ~ The Whim of a Murderous Gentleman (composer: Akemi Kimura)

46:54 - Shin Megami Tensei - Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army (PS2) - The Lazy Detective Agency (composer: Shoji Meguro)

50:07 - The Outfoxies (Arcade) - City of Bule (composer: Masahiro Fukuzawa)

55:06 - Miami Chase (Amiga) - New York (composer: Jimmy Fredriksson)

58:36 - Outro Talk Segment

1:01:10 - Golf Magazine Presents 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples (32X) - Music Test 01 (composers: Ron Saltmarsh and Andy Warr)

R&P Chat 39-7 Decline’s Drops, Monikers and Mega Man with ModalModule!

By Rhythm and Pixels on Apr 15, 2026 5:15 pm UTC

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Why do we love Mega Man games so much? How do we get our online aliases? And do we keep them forever? These are the big questions we're asking with our very special guest: The composer for the new indie game Decline's Drops, ModalModule! Mr. Module talks about his history with gaming, the internet, and then gives some Saturn game recommendations to Rob!

Play Decline’s Drops on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1500180/Declines_Drops/

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LMH Mixtape #290: Peace

By Legacy Music Hour on Apr 15, 2026 7:13 am UTC

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The last metroid is in captivity, the galaxy is at peace. And that was the unofficial theme of Episode 290: peace. So let's put an end to these console wars! Speaking of peaceful, check out the relaxing "Waiting For A Bite/Setting Fish Free (Bassa Mode)" from Super Black Bass 3. Don't worry though, we've got some energetic jams as well, such as "The Theme of "THE COBRAS" (

Episode 26-6: Dusty Tomato

By Game That Tune on Apr 14, 2026 1:00 pm UTC

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Marcato Radio: Guests of VGM Con 2026

By Super Marcato Bros on Apr 13, 2026 6:11 pm UTC

Episodes

Enjoy this special timely Marcato Radio featuring awesome music from just some of the guests that will be at VGM Con 2026 this year!

Nico64 - Yoshi Star Galaxy (MKW)

Instrumentmaniac - Kokiri Forest

Randy Derricott - Welcome Horizons (C's House Remix)

Los Veros - Hyrule Castle

Windfall - Meadow Breeze

Geekswag - ??

Do a Barell Roll - Bless the Mines

Laurentheflute - Meridian Child

DiscoCactus - Fear the Old Funk

Elite 4 Jazz Band - Corridors of Time

dannyBstyle Band - The Battle of Lil' Slugger

Ultraglide - Moonlight Canyon

Theology - Fond Memories

Dom P's Game Night - MKW Main Theme

Lacey Johnson - Torvus Bog

Episode 220: Fore! (Golfer’s Day)

By RE-VGM on Apr 10, 2026 7:03 am UTC

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Let’s tee up with our bag of clubs and balls and celebrate Golfer’s Day, on April 10th.

Golfer’s Day simply celebrates the sport of golf, with its roots going back to Scotland during the late Middle Ages. It was initially an aristocratic activity but a royal charter established in 1552 allowed townspeople in St. Andrews to play in the links. This day also happens to be date that the Professional Golfer’s Association (PGA) was established back in 1916; that means this year the PGA is celebrating its 110 anniversary.

For this week’s episode, we’re going to play tracks from golf video games: one of the first golf video games endorsed by a professional golfer, a game was exclusive to the company brand, and an online golf game with a funny name. We’re also playing covers and remixes with these original tracks.

Whether it’s the front 9 or the back 9, enjoy these tracks as you make your way to the 19th hole.

Golfer’s Day

Neo Turf Masters

PangYa!

Track Listing

“Japan Course” – [Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf] – composed by Lee Aran (Aran Lee Shige) [Sound maker]

“Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf – ‘Japan’ EWI Cover ft. InstantTrain” – covered by Soundole

“Baden National Golf Course – Germany” – [Neo Turf Masters] – composed by Takushi Hiyamuta

“Neo Turf Masters – Germany Course (Felix O.’s Jazz House Rework)” – remixed by Felix O.

“Daydream” – [Pangya!] – composed by Justy (Hyunjun Kim)

“Justy – Daydream [from PangyYa! OST] (USW Remix, Intro Edit)” – remixed by Undine Soundworks

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The Morning Rush – Ep 8 with Rob

By Rhythm and Pixels on Apr 8, 2026 9:00 am UTC

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It's April, and here at Rhythm & Pixels HQ that can only mean one thing: vampire hunting season has begun! Don't forget to where your high-vis gear and necklace of garlic! Keeping you company on your drive home is your favorite host, Radical Rob! We're trying out names this month, do you like it? Maybe not this one, we'll try harder! Let's RUSH!

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LMH Mixtape #289: Best Of Year In Review 14

By Legacy Music Hour on Apr 8, 2026 7:01 am UTC

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As the boizz close the books on another podcast year, they count down their top ten tracks while Gabe counts down his top five. It's tenner time on this episode!Download and listen NOWPartial track listing and original episode:https://www.legacymusichour.com/2025/10/episode-289-best-of-year-in-review-14.html

KVGM “The Last Wave” (4/5/26)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Apr 5, 2026 4:00 pm UTC

Spring has officially sprung and with it, we have plenty of jams to celebrate from the Switch and Wii and Family Computer 64, to the PlayStations 1 and 2, the PC and the PC-1998, and even a brand new console to the show, the Playdate!

Playlist

Shallow Lights – Nash Music Library
(Fading Afternoon, Nintendo Switch)

Fight Night with Flibby Boss Battle – Justin Scharvona
(Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, Sony PlayStation)

Results – Masaru Tajima and Shinji Ushiroda
(ThruSpace, Nintendo Wii)

Slow Beat Jam – BR◎THER-NA●
(Low Devil!, PC)

Gameplay BGM – Ippei Okada
(Ide Yosuke no Mahjong Juku, Nintendo 64)

recesses – Takeshi Abo
(Subete ga F ni Naru ~The Perfect Insider~, Sony PlayStation)

Rheen X – g3ntlebreeze
(Vaygren: Lustful Temptation, PC)

Wasteland – Masami Kobayashi
(Lua, PC-98)

The World Inside – Nekono Comet
(True Tears, Sony PlayStation 2)

Tournament End – Katsumi Yokokawa
(Harukanaru Augusta, PC)

Special Request

Express Connection …for Main Menu – Hunter Bridges
(Zero Zero: Perfect Stop, Playdate)

Immortal C64 - Episode 113

By Immortal C64 Podcast on Apr 4, 2026 10:00 pm UTC

Immortal C64 Episode 113 - THE RETURN.

Track Listing :

Track Number / Start Time / Artist / Track Name / Track Length

01 .. 0:00:34 - Thomas Bendt - In Pass - 2:57
02 .. 0:03:37 - Krzysztof Krawczyk - Impresja - 2:11
03 .. 0:05:44 - Marcin Olkowski - Lame 3 - 2:34
04 .. 0:08:12 - Jens-Christian Huus - Sharks Game Tune 1 - 4:47
05 .. 0:12:59 - Stefan Konorkowski - Comeback - 4:57
06 .. 0:17:59 - Benny Hardin - Beloved - 3:44
07 .. 0:21:36 - Thomas Danko - Clusteroid - 1:56
08 .. 0:23:35 - Jeroen Breebaart - A Sa-Demo - 1:52
09 .. 0:25:29 - Jan D Arent Harries - Equilibrium - 2:24
10 .. 0:28:00 - Emil Gelldin - Moondance - 5:27
11 .. 0:33:26 - Torben Hansen - Oh Baby - 3:03
12 .. 0:36:27 - Dominik Szrama - Unicorn - 2:59
13 .. 0:39:21 - M De Rooij - Intro Music II v2 - 1:55
14 .. 0:41:21 - Dwayne Bakewell - Chronic Music 3 - 4:36
15 .. 0:46:05 - Jens-Christian Huus - Sharks Game Tune 2 - 4:49
16 .. 0:50:57 - Andre Schroder - Coma Light VII Part 3 - 4:47
17 .. 0:55:43 - Jimmy Neilsen - Anzion Collection Tune 3 - 2:18
18 .. 0:58:06 - Cris - When I Grow Up - 2:24
19 .. 1:00:34 - Stefan Hartwig - FPS Demosong 5 - 2:19
20 .. 1:02:53 - Lennart Koorman - Commerical Music 1 - 2:00
21 .. 1:04:56 - Peter Nagy-Miklas - The Fender of the Crown - 2:03
22 .. 1:07:03 - Tomasz Nidecki - Head Like a Hole - 4:14
23 .. 1:11:22 - M Nillon-Vanderburgh - Tron Music - 2:55
24 .. 1:14:20 - Nata - Me Against the Rock - 2:49
25 .. 1:17:07 - Krzysztof Malczewski - Boon - 2:17
26 .. 1:19:18 - Thomas Mogensen - Grillette - 6:08

Thanks for listening :)

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[177] More Vibin'

By Pixel Beat on Apr 4, 2026 10:00 am UTC

About: A collection of tracks that are set to give you some good vibes, and put you in a chilled mood.

Artwork: Soul Hackers 2

00:00 - Glimpse of Fear [Trauma Team]

by Ryouta Koduka >

02:26 - Loving Nostalgia [AI: The Somnium Files -nirvanA Initiative-]

by Keisuke Ito >

04:41 - Star Shape [Shadow Hearts]

by Yoshitaka Hirota >

07:10 - Commu Theme 3 [Persona 3: Dancing Moonlight]

by Ryouta Kozuka >

09:38 - Studio City of Zeiss [Trails In The Sky]

by Falcom Sound Team JDK >

12:10 - The Faint Light of Hope (Defeat) [Vantage Master]

by Atsushi Shirakawa, Masaru Nakajima, Satoshi Arai, Hayato Sonoda, Kaname Ohara >

14:33 - Straight To The Sea [Promise Mascot Agency]

by Ryo Koike >

18:48 - Urban Lazy Groove Goes On [TalesWeaver]

by ESTi >

20:26 - BAOFU [Persona 2: Eternal Punishement]

by Toshiko Tasaki, Kenichi Tsuchiya, Masaki Kurokawa, Shoji Meguro >

21:59 - Human Sustenance [Soul Hackers 2]

by Keiichi Okabe >

23:27 - First Triangle [Policenauts]

by Kukeiha Club >

24:32 - DG ~ Sine [Unlimited SaGa]

by Masashi Hamauzu >

28:26 - Clarification [Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward]

by Shinji Hosoe >

32:51 - Quest -tension- [Shin Megami Tensei V]

by Ryota Kozuka, Toshiki Konishi, Kenichi Tsuchiya, Tsukasa Masuko, Shoji Meguro >

35:06 - Picard [Guardian’s Crusade]

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

37:43 - Blue Coral [TalesWeaver]

by Nauts >

“Touching Stories Behind the Excitement in Gaming World”

Episode 219: The Joy of Gaming (National Inspiring Joy Day)

By RE-VGM on Apr 3, 2026 7:03 am UTC

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Marie Kondo is famous for one question when cleaning out one’s items: Does this spark joy in my life?

Video games may not be the first thing that sparks joy for most people, but they are beloved for those that play them, either to completion to until they are no longer viable. It was a certain cutscene or dialogue that touched our minds and hearts, a character that was personally relatable, or a story which became ingrained in memory. It was also the people encountered online that encouraged, cheered, and lifted you up in your low moment. These are what sparked the joy in gaming.

This week, we’re celebrating National Inspiring Joy Day by talking about some stories of joy and playing some tracks for certain video games: a Elder Tauran residing in Thunder Bluff, a CS2 gamer who was lifted after being wrongfully kicked out of a match, and a shire to a brother who passed away. There’s also covers to follow each of these tracks.

As you listen to these tracks, think about the games you’ve and sparked joy…

National Inspiring Joy Day (National Today, National Day Archives)

Ezra Chatteron (WoWpedia)

Bear – In Memory of Taylor (Nexus Mod)

“The internet redeems itself by rallying around bullied deaf and blind ‘Counter-Strike’ player”

“The Remarkable Life of Iblin” is an Ode to Connection and Gaming

Track Listing

Intro: “Joy To the World” – composed by Hoyt Axton, performed by Three Dog Night

“The Tauren” – [World of Warcraft] – composed by David Arkenstone

“World of Warcraft – Mulgore Planins (Tauren Theme)” – covered by Dryante

“Main Theme” – [Counter-strike 2] – composed by Mike Morasky

“COUNTER-STRIKE2 – MAIN THEME (GUITAR COVER)” – covered by iBodom

“Far Horizons” – [The Elder Scrolls V: Skryim] – composed by Jeremy Soule

“Far Horizons (on Saxphone) ft. Lucas King” – covered by That Saxy Nerd

Outro: “Kyou mo Uraraka Que Sera Sera!” – [Umamusume: Pretty Derby] – composed by Yugo Sasakura, lyrics by Erica Masaki, performed by Yukina Shuto (CV for Haru Urara)

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The Morning Rush – Ep 7 with Pernell

By Rhythm and Pixels on Apr 1, 2026 9:00 am UTC

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Buckle your seatbelt and check your rearview mirror, because it's time to drive baby! You may be thinking about a nice leisurely drive to work this morning, but we promise that will not be the case after listening to Pernell's MORNING RUSH! Speed cameras, who cares! We've got the Falcom Soundteam keeping you safe as you Tokyo-Drift your way to great day!

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Episode 295: Famicom

By Legacy Music Hour on Apr 1, 2026 8:28 am UTC

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This episode is a console focus, namely on the Famicom. And with that, it's all Japanese-exclusive game releases. Let's see what variety of music the Famicom can produce -and you can bet that variety becomes more pronounced when certain games have special sound chips involved. Aside from the tunes, Brent helps Rob practice acting like an alien for an upcoming audition.

“kcartkcaB tsaL ehT” : pt - 2 .lov skcartkcaB [F .hC]

By Nerd Noise Radio on Apr 1, 2026 6:00 am UTC

Part 2 of a 2 part series.

Okay, pt 1 turned out to be a backwards episode after all, didn’t it (who could’ve predicted?!) But that doesn’t mean that pt 2 has to be that too, right? Maybe pt 2 will be about VGM which uses the fibonacci sequence to reinforce fourier operations in Fortnite. Or maybe a sob story about how a chip shortage on the YM2612 is resulting in poachers hunting and killing Sega Genesis…es… to harvest their YM2612 chips for boutique jewelry. Or heck, maybe it’s just the Excitebike soundtrack. I guess you’ll just have to find out, won’t you?

Tracklist (all tracks are playing in reverse)

Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - From “best-of-year-in-review” episode# (year(s)) - Timestamp

A1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) Trouble Town Tunnels - Lovely Planet Remix - PC - Satsuma Audio - C1R6a (2023) - 00:02:50

02) Main Theme - Mr. Run and Jump - Multiplatform - Fat Bard and/or Andrew P. Masson - C1R8 (2025) - 00:04:56

03) Green Hill Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog - Masato Nakamura - C1R7 (2024) - 00:06:58

04) The Power of GT - Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - Yudai Saitoh - C1R7 (2024) - 00:08:38

05) Ending - Spider-Man / X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge - SNES - Tim and/or Geoff Follin - C1R8 (2025) - 00:12:41

06) Evil Bug Judgment Squad - N/A (Battle of the Bits Community Original Chiptune) - N/A (Wildchip) - Diagamblic - C1E55b (2019) - 00:13:57

07) Dice Dance Days - Gunstar Heroes - Genesis - Norio Hanzawa - C1R7 (2024) - 00:16:50

08) The Entrance to Hell - Snatcher - PC Engine - The Konami Kukeiha Club - C1E55b (2019) - 00:19:00

09) Level 1 - Bloody Wolf - TG16 - Azusa Hara, Hiroaki Yoshida, Tatsuta Kiuchi, Hitomi Komatsu, Shuuji Segawa, Shogo Sakai, Takafumi Miura, Yuji Suzuki, and/or Yusuke Takahama - C1E55b (2019) - 00:20:48

10) Main Theme - Youkai Douchuuki - PC Engine - Hiroyuki Kawada - C1E55b (2019) - 00:22:47

11) Velvet Fog - N/A (Battle of the Bits Community Original Chiptune) - Genesis - Warlord - C1E55b (2019) - 00:25:30

12) Gambit - Spider-Man / X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge - SNES - Tim and/or Geoff Follin - C1E70a (2022) - 00:26:48

13) Neo Kobe Steel Factory - Contra III: The Alien Wars - SNES - Miki Higashino, Masanori Adachi, Tappi Iwase, and/or Aki Hata - C1E70a (2022) - 00:30:50

14) The Demons from Adrian’s Pen - DOOM - PC - Bobby Prince - C1R7 (2024) - 00:34:34

15) Metroid Prime Battle - Metroid Prime - GameCube - Kenji Yamamoto and/or Kouichi Kyuma - C1E70a (2022) - 00:37:10

16) Hurry! - Final Fantasy X - PS2 - Masashi Hamauzu - C1E70a (2022) - 00:39:55

17) Cabin - Friday the 13th - NES - Hirohiko Takayama - C1E70a (2022) - 00:42:22

18) Marseille City - Kuusou Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy - PC Engine - Kouhei Tanaka, and/or Kazuhio Sawada - C1E55b (2019) - 00:43:54

19) Sirena Beach - Super Mario Sunshine - GameCube - Kōji Kondō, and/or Shinobu Tanaka - C1E70a (2022) - 00:46:17

20) Dry Desert Sky - Two Dots - iOS / Android - Upright T-Rex - C1E70a (2022) - 00:48:33

21) Ghost Valley - N/A (Super Mario Kart Album / originally Super Mario Kart) - N/A (originally SNES) - c: Soya Oka / a: [VGM Cover Band] “The OneUps” - C1E70a (2022) - 00:50:29

22) Nocturne - 3D Museum - LaserActive - Goh Hotoda - C1E70a (2022) - 00:53:40

23) This is your Story - Final Fantasy X - PS2 - Masashi Hamauzu - C1E70a (2022) - 00:55:52

24) White Summit Probe Naberius - Phantasy Star Online 2 - Multiplatform - Hideaki Kobayashi, Mitsuharu Fukuyama, Kenichi Tokoi, Tadashi Kinukawa, and/or Chihiro Aoki - C1R7 (2024) - 00:58:00

25) Anxious Heart - Final Fantasy VII - PS1 - Nobuo Uematsu - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 01:05:24

26) Everything’s Going to be Okay - Prey - Multiplatform - Mick Gordon - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 01:09:18

27) Home - n++ - Multiplatform - Marcel Dettman - C1R7 (2024) - 01:11:53

28) Surrender - n++ - Multiplatform - Sam KDC - C1E70a (2022) - 01:16:58

29) Moth and Cortisone - 3D Museum - LaserActive - Tasuaki Shimizu - C1E70a (2022) - 01:22:52

30) All About the Girl - Gran Turismo Sport - PS4 - Lenny Ibizarre - C1E55b (2019) - 01:27:08

31) Shower Curtain - n++ - Multiplatform - Planet Boelex - C1E55b (2019) - 01:31:08

32) Love and Peace - Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - Kemmei Adachi - C1R7 (2024) - 01:37:39

33) Swampy’s Course 1 - Where’s my Water - iOS / Android - Unknown - C1R6a (2023) - 01:41:53

34) Velocity Regression - Stray - Multiplatform - Yann Van der Cruyssen - C1R6a (2023) - 01:44:05

35) Industrius - Jazz Jackrabbit - PC - Robert A. Allen and/or Joshua Jensen - C1R6a (2023) - 01:46:26

36) Rusty Ruin Zone: Act 2 - Sonic 3D Blast - Saturn - Richard Jacques - C1R6a (2023) - 01:50:11

37) Starshell - Futuri no Fantavision - PS2 - Soichi Terada - C1R7 (2024) - 01:53:33

38) Splash Down - Ristar - Genesis - Tomoko Sasaki - C1R8 (2025) - 01:55:26

39) Busy Flare - Ristar - Genesis - Tomoko Sasaki - C1R6a (2023) - 01:58:12

40) Starmine - Fantavision (JP) - PS2 - Soichi Terada - C1R7 (2024) - 02:00:48

41) Flirty Write 1 [Fixy Text] - Jackbox Party Pack 10 - Multiplatform - Kelly Shuda - C1R8 (2025) - 02:04:55

42) Fascination Io Stage - Zero Divide - PS1 / PC - Hideyuki Shimono, and/or Akihito Okawa - C1R8 (2025) - 02:05:55

43) Mission 5 - Shadow Squadron - 32X - Teruhiko Nakagawa and/or Masaru Setsumaru - C1E55b (2019) - 02:08:58

44) Knight’s Guild - Wizards and Warriors 3 - NES - David Wise - C1E55b (2019) - 02:10:38

45) Results Theme (aka Record of Samus) - Metroid Prime - GameCube - c: Hirakazu (“Hip”) Tanaka / a: Kenji Yamamoto - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:12:23

46) Track 7 - Keio Flying Squadron - Sega CD - Tsukasa Tawada - C1E70a (2022) - 02:15:19

47) Intro - Fantavision (NA) - PS2 - Soichi Terada - C1E55b (2019) - 02:19:43

48) Vote 2 [Drawful Animate] - Jackbox Party Pack 8 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - C1R8 (2025) - 02:20:13

49) Sudden Beautiful Lie - Danganronpa V3 - PC / PS4 / Vita - Masafumi Takada - C1R7 (2024) - 02:22:17

50) Tear-Stained Eyes - Snatcher - Sega CD / PC Engine - Konami Kukeiha Club - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:26:10

B1) Outro - 02:31:00

Mixtape Runtime: 02:28:18 / Total Episode Runtime: 02:43:33

And with that, we hope you have enjoyed Nerd Noise Radio’s final foray into the April Fool’s series. Special outro music is First time Setup from the Switch 2 - composed by Kazumi Totaka (and might I add, one of the biggest teases in the history of video games for Switch 2 adopters like myself who still missed the music-filled Wii and WiiU system suites and were given a little jolt of false hope by it for the new system).

Here is a link to a document which contains details (and links) on every previous NNR April Fools outing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K2I0F04kBy4vEAKLAfY3QrIEHVvr9uOIuTJBepoI39c/edit?usp=sharing

As well as this link to the spreadsheet I used to plan out these two episodes (apologies for the partially corrupted data. I’m not even sure how that happened). :-D

NOTE: I had intended to pull from not just “St. John” episodes, but from every best-of episode 2019-2025, but ran into my 100 before even getting to the non-St. John episodes. I’ll include reversed copies of each mixtape (both used and unused) on this spreadsheet as SUPER BONUSES over on Archive as well as “Backtracks UNBACKED” and “Backtracks - Back-to-Front”. So you can hear everything I heard in the process of putting this together.

Intro and outro recorded on Shure SM7B dynamic microphone running through a Cloudlifter Preamp through the Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB audio interface into a mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Linux.

Pt 1 released simultaneously to Pt 2.

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By Nerd Noise Radio on Apr 1, 2026 6:00 am UTC

Part 1 of a 2 part series. What’s better for a brisk, sunny 1st of April than taking a great big look back at music we featured in the respective “best-of-year-in-review” St. John’s Picks episodes from 2019-2025? Definitely not another backwards episode. Nope. No sir. Uhuh. Just six years esion tseb eht fo. [editor: who did that?!]

Tracklist (all tracks are playing in reverse)

Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - From “best-of-year-in-review” episode# (year(s)) - Timestamp

A1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) Funky Radio [In-Game version] - Jet Grind Radio - Dreamcast - B.B. Rights - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 00:02:10

02) Thin Holidays - Rage In Peace - Multiplatform - Peonies - C1R6a (2023) - 00:05:32

03) Sky High - Daytona USA - Saturn - Tanobu Mitsuyoshi and David Leytze - C1E55b (2019) - 00:08:14

04) Signs of Love - Persona IV - PS2 - Shoji Meguro - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 00:12:47

05) Suitcase - Stray - Multiplatform - Yann Van der Cruyssen - C1R6a (2023) - 00:15:40

06) The Beginning - Vampire Survivors - Multiplatform - William Davies, elrond504, PlayOnLoop, Daniela Zandara, Filippo Vicarelli, and/or Lorenzo Floro - C1R6a (2023) - 00:17:46

07) Bonus - Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore - Multiplatform - Button Masher (aka Jake Silverman) - C1R8 (2025) - 00:20:20

08) Results Parade - Check Mii Out Channel - Wii - Kazumi Totaka C1E65a (2020/2021) - 00:22:16

09) Mission 2 - Double Dragon 2 - PC Engine - Hiroyuki Togo - C1E55b (2019) - 00:24:21

10) Club Tigre - Final Vendetta - Multiplatform - C1R7 (2024) - 00:27:23

11) USA Race 2 - Trickstyle - Dreamcast / PC - Richard Beddow - C1E70a (2022) - 00:30:44

12) Gettin’ Freaky - Friday Night Funkin / aka Music Battle - iOS / Android - Kawaii Sprite - C1R8 (2025) - 00:33:54

13) Lobby [Monster Seeking Monster] - Jackbox Party Pack 4 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - C1R8 (2025) - 00:36:40

14) Menu - Fast Fusion - Switch 2 - Bjulin and/or Francisco Cerda - C1R8 (2025) - 00:39:33

15) Endscreen - Final Vendetta - Multiplatform - Futurecast and/or Utah Saints - C1R8 (2025) - 00:42:57

16) Toad’s Turnpike - Mario Kart 64 - N64 - Kenta Nagata, Taroh Bandoh, and/or Yoji Inagaki - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 00:45:39

17) Jus’ Dance (Sole Channel Mix) - Gran Turismo Sport - PS4 - Mr. V - C1E70a (2022) - 00:48:29

18) Eccentric Detective - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - C1R8 (2025) - 00:55:57

19) Disrupted Planets (Map 2) - Super Bomberman 3 - SNES - c: Jun Chikuma / a: Keita Hoshi - C1R6a (2023) - 00:58:45

20) Fonction - n++ - Multiplatform - Broca - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 01:04:41

21) [SLOW*] Fonction - n++ - Multiplatform - Broca - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 01:11:33 (*= Slowed version from C1E57: “Slow Jams” - April Fool’s 2021 episode of slowed down VGM).

22) Stage 2-2 - Ai Chou Aniki - PC Engine - Iwasaki Taku - C1E55b (2019) - 01:21:25

23) Non-Linear Reliance - Blue Reflection: Second Light - Multiplatform - Hayato Asano - C1R8 (2025) - 01:24:12

24) Earth - Lords of Magic - PC - Keith Zizza - C1R8 (2025) - 01:28:15

25) Electrifying Tension - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - C1R8 (2025) - 01:32:19

26) Voices of Urdak - DOOM Eternal - Multiplatform - Mick Gordon - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 01:34:57

27) The Icon of Sin - DOOM Eternal - Multiplatform - Mick Gordon - C1E70a (2022) - 01:41:04

28) Mission 6 - Double Dragon 2 - PC Engine - Hiroyuki Togo - C1E55b (2019) - 01:46:27

29) Snif City - Paper Mario: The Origami King - Switch - Shoh Marakami, Yoshiaki Kimura, Hiroki Moishita, and/or Fumihiro Isobe - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 01:49:07

30) Stage 1-3 - Ai Chou Aniki - PC Engine - Iwasaki Taku - C1E55b (2019) - 01:52:03

31) Attack the Barbarian - Streets of Rage - Genesis - Yuzu Koshiro - C1R7 (2024) - 01:55:33

32) Firestarter (Instrumental) - WipEout XL - PS1 - The Prodigy - C1R6a (2023) - 01:58:30

33) Jurassic Dope - Contra: The Hard Corps - Genesis - Hiroshi Kobayashi, Akira Sōji, Kenji Miyaoka, Michiru Yamane, Akira Yamaoka, and/or Hirofumi Taniguchi - C1R6a (2023) - 02:03:07

34) Kraft und Licht - n++ - Multiplatform - Len Faki - C1R7 (2024) - 02:06:13

35) Norfair - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Switch - c: Hirokazu ("Hip") Tanaka / a: Yuzo Koshiro - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:12:56

36) Freak You Out - Vay - Sega CD - Shigeki Sako - C1E70a (2022) - 02:15:27

37) Balom Dungeon - Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom - Switch / Switch 2 - Masato Ohashi, Manaka Kataoka, Chisaki Hosaka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, Ryotaro Yagi, and/or Azusa Kato - C1R8 (2025) - 02:17:24

38) Forest of Elrond - Wizards and Warriors - NES - David Wise - C1R7 (2024) - 02:20:27

39) Got Well Soon - Life is Strange - Multiplatform - Breton - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:22:28

40) Zebra Bananza - Donkey Kong Bananza - Switch 2 - Daisuke Matsuoka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, and/or Tsukasa Usui - C1R8 (2025) - 02:27:09

41) PerfecT Shape - to a T - PC / XBSX - c: Sakai Asuka and/or Keita Takahashi / v: Sam Bird - C1R8 (2025) - 02:29:22

42) Star Guitar - Lumines II - PSP - The Chemical Bros. - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:30:53

43) Quiet - Edge - Multiplatform - Richard Malot - C1R6 (2023) - 02:37:02

44) Prime #5 - Echochrome - PSP / PS3 - Hideki Sakamoto - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:39:32

45) Kara Kara Bazaar - LoZ: Breath of the Wild - WiiU / Switch - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, and/or Yasuaki Iwata - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:42:45

46) I Came I Saw - N/A (Battle of the Bits Community Original Chiptune) - SNES - KungFuFurby - C1E55b (2019) - 02:44:43

47) Heleosphere (Menu Music) - N/A (System Music) - A500 Mini - Chris Smith - C1R6a (2023) - 02:50:11

48) Taste of Blood - Portal - Multiplatform - Kelly Baily and/or Mike Morasky - C1R7 (2024) - 02:53:50

49) Kris VR - Burn Cycle - CD-i - Simon Boswell - C1E6a (2023) - 02:56:48

50) Dreiton - Minecraft - Multiplatform - C148 - C1R6a (2023) - 03:01:06

B1) Outro - 03:08:50

Mixtape Runtime: 03:06:51 / Total Episode Runtime: 03:21:24 Our now customary April Fool’s episode outro music is Malo Mart, from LoZ: Twilight Princess on GameCube, Wii, and WiiU (and maybe eventually, Switch 2) composed by Tōru Minegishi, Asuka Hayazaki, and/or Kōji Kondō. Special thanks to St. Jodee, St. August, and St. Wyatt for joining me in the outro. Intro was recorded on Shure SM7B dynamic microphone running through a Cloudlifter Preamp for superior sound quality. Outro was recorded on AudioTechnica AT2020 condenser microphone for better ability to pick up sounds further away from the mic (important when capturing four different people standing or sitting varying distances away from it). All were recorded using the Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB audio interface into a mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Linux Pt 2 releases simultaneously to Pt 1.

Bonus Episode 05 - The Tree of Wisdom

By Shujin Academy VGM Club on Apr 1, 2026 5:01 am UTC

In the Bible, chapter 4 verse 1 of the Apostle Paul’s second letter to the Croatians, says “Yea, the Tree of Wisdom doth produce fruit that creates sweet tones, and unto them ye shall listen and be enlightened.” And to celebrate April 1st, which is called Wisdom Tree Day after this Bible verse and definitely not celebrated as any other kind of holiday, we’ll be listening to songs from Wisdom Tree, a developer that specialized in Christian games.

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

Red McCano, host of the How Much in Bison Dollars? podcast, for letting me borrow Pastor Rick Swindoll and his informed opinions about martial arts. You can learn more about the How Much in Bison Dollars program by searching for “How Much in Bison Dollars” on your podcatcher of choice or on Patreon, and you can find Shadaloo Department of Treasury Senior Executive Vice Senior President McCano on most social media platforms as @hmibisondollars.
Pastor Thomas, for his enlightening sermon.

To hear some of the actual theological underpinnings of Pastor Thomas’s teaching, here are some helpful links for you.

On martial arts: https://youtube.com/shorts/iEcmxFb4pfc
On Pokemon: https://youtu.be/aHPWJ1NPhhQ
Pastor Thomas’s views on Katamari Damacy are informed by Phil Phillips’s book “Turmoil in the Toybox”, which can be found in used bookstores online.
Pastor Thomas's views on Neo Turf Masters are informed by the 16th hole on the Australian course, the 15th hole on the German course, holes 16 and 17 on the Japanese course, the second hole on the American course, and every single hole on the Scotland course.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:08 - Sunday Funday: The Ride (NES) - Main Theme (composers: Vance Kozik and Roger Deforest)

00:53 - Talk Segment 1

07:08 - Bible Adventures (NES) - Noah's Ark, Baby Moses, and David and Goliath (composer: Vance Kozik)

08:03 - Talk Segment 2

13:10 - King of Kings: The Early Years (NES) - The Wise Men (arrangement of “We Three Kings” , composed by John Henry Hopkins Jr.; arranger unknown)

13:58 - Talk Segment 3

19:37 - Spiritual Warfare (Genesis) - Overworld Theme (composers: Roger Deforest and Vance Kozik)

21:25 - Talk Segment 4

29:16 - Exodus: Journey to the Promised Land (Genesis) - Stage Theme (arrangement of “Father Abraham”, composed by Pierre Kartner; arranger unknown)

30:01 - Talk Segment 5

36:34 - Super 3D Noah's Ark (SNES) - Menu (composer: Vance Kozik)

37:25 - Outro Talk Segment

41:36 - Tee Off (Dreamcast) - Let’s Get Golfing! (composer: Makoto Asai; lyrics: Cathy; vocals: Hitomi Ono)

Episode 132 – Basketball VGM Hall of Fame

By XVGM Radio on Apr 1, 2026 5:00 am UTC

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March Madness is alive and well and what better way to celebrate than with a spotlight on some of the best game music that has adorned the courts of basketball game’s most celebrated titles! From Mike’s nostalgic stories about Charlotte Hornets and Chicago Bulls fashion of the 90s, playing on the basketball courts and…going to restaurants just to play NBA Jam?! Niko joins Mike as the quarterly co-host this round, and we get to hear stories from Niko about his time in San Antonio routin’ for the Spurs as a youngin’! Funk, Jazz, Hip-Hop and more are featured here so expect lots of bass and urban flows comin’ atcha! It’s enough groovin’ VGM to make you say…DAMMMMMMMM, JI!
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TRACK LISTING:

Intro – Jordan vs Bird: One on One (C64 – 1988) “Title Screen” Rob Hubbard
1 – Coach K College Basketball (GEN – 1995) “Menu Theme 2” Jeff van Dyck
2 – NBA Jam Tournament Edition (SNES/GEN – 1995) “End of Game” Rick Fox
3 – Jammit (3DO – 1994) – “LOVEPUMP” Dwight Stone, Dominique Widiez, Terry Barnum
4 – NBA Showdown ‘94 (GEN – 1994) “NBA Finals World Champion” David Whittaker(Arranger,) Traz Damji
5 – NBA Live ‘98 (PS1/SAT/PC – 1997) – “Fresh Trip” Traz Damji
6 – NBA Live 2K3 (GCN/XBOX/PS2 – 2002) “Streetball Theme” Matt Hales, Scorpio Sound, HSP, DaBeatminerz
7 – Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (DS – 2006) – “Sherbert Land” Masayoshi Soken
8 – NBA In The Zone (GBC – 1999) “BGM 08” Unknown Composer (Possibly Hirotaka Kurita)
9- NBA Live ‘95 (DOS – 1995) – “Pause” Traz Damji
10 – NBA Street (PS2/GCN – 2001) “The Chase” Ron Coté, Bart W. Gurr, Lori Wilson, Traz Damji, Marc Jorgenson, Robert Elliott

Episode 26-5: Regional Stereotype Donuts

By Game That Tune on Mar 31, 2026 12:00 pm UTC

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0:00:00 Welcome to Game That Tune!
0:05:15 Game 1
0:09:47 Game 1 Reveal
0:23:37 A VGM Threesome from Jessie!
0:33:43 Jessie Game 2
0:43:01 Jessie Game 3
0:54:45 Game 3
1:00:16 Game 3 Reveal
1:11:11 A VGM Threesome from John H! 1:21:14 John H Game 2
1:33:13 John H Game 3
1:47:59 This Game's Winner Is...
1:55:26 Bonus Music/Outro

Rebroadcast: Final Levels

By Super Marcato Bros on Mar 30, 2026 4:34 pm UTC

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For this "Rebroadcast", Karl & Will share their episode originally released way back in January of 2015- "Final Levels (#148)!" Enjoy this blast from the past, featuring mostly old-school tracks, but a few killer modern tracks as well!

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 – Masato Nakamura – Sega – Genesis – 1992

-Death Egg Zone

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Jun Funahashi – Konami – NES – 1989

-Final Stage

Mario Kart: Super Circuit – Kenichi Nishimaki – Nintendo – GBA – 2001

-Rainbow Road

Alisia Dragoon – Nobuyuki Aoshima & Mamoru Ishimoda – Sega – Genesis – 1992

-Stage 8

Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers – Harumi Fujita – Capcom – NES – 1990

-Stage J

Goldeneye 007 – Grant Kirkhope – Rare – N64 – 1997

-Cradle

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 – SEGA Sound Team – Sega – Genesis – 1994

-Launch Base Zone Act 2

Touhou 7: Perfect Cherry Blossom – Jun’ya Ota – Team Shanghai Alice – PC – 2003

-Ultimate Truth (Final Stage)

Falsion – Shinya Sakamoto, Shigehiro Takenouchi – Konami – FDS – 1987

-Level 6 BGM

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia – Michiru Yamane & Yasuhiro Ichihashi – Konami – DS – 2008

-The Colossus

Outrunners – Takayuki Nakamura – Sega – Arcade – 1993

-Final Stage

God of War II – Gerard Marino – Sony – PS2 – 2007

-The Loom Chamber

Air Zonk – Unknown – Hudson – TurboGrafx 16 – 1992

-Stage 5-3

Mega Man 6 – Yuko Takehara -Capcom – NES – 1994

-Dr. Wily’s Stage

Star Fox Assault – Yoshinori Kawamoto – Nintendo – Gamecube – 2005

-Aparoid Tunnel

Sonic 3D Blast – Jun Senoue – Sega – Genesis – 1996

-Panic Puppet Zone

Gargoyle’s Quest – Yoko Shimomura – Capcom – Game Boy – 1990

-Breager’s Castle

Super Mario Galaxy 2 – Mahito Yakota – Nintendo – Wii – 2010

-Bowser’s Galaxy Generator

Mega Man 7 – Yuko Takehara, Toshihiko Horiyama – Capcom – Super NES – 1995

-Dr. Wily 4

Gradius II – Hidenori Maezawa & Yukie Morimoto – Konami – NES – 1988

-Stage 8: Something Ghostly

Gimmick! – Masashi Kageyama – Sunsoft – Famicom – 1992

-Sophia (Take 2) [Stage 7]

Episode 218: On Stage Now – Vetrom

By RE-VGM on Mar 27, 2026 7:03 am UTC

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March is almost over, but it will roar like a lion with this month’s featured remixer for On Stage Now: Vetrom.

Vetrom, according to their pages, is “just a person that loves music…” and “Love music!” That passion definitely shows in their YT channel, showcasing over 10 years of cover remixes of music from video games, TV, movies and mainstream music; there’s also some original compositions sprinkled among the list. Vetrom has been featured in several episodes in the past: #27, with a remix cover of Fire Emblem: Three Houses theme; #72, doing a remix cover of “Doomsbane (Path of Yaksha)” from Genshin Impact, #95, a remix cover of “Give Me!” from Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE; #201, a remix of “60% Fantasy – Passion” from Zenless Zone Zero.

Prepare to listen to Vetrom’s passon for music with these remix covers…

Vetrom (YT, X, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, BC, SC, Patreon)

Track Listing

“Heartache – Instrumental Mix Cover” – [Undertale] – composed by Toby Fox

“Underground Trial – Remix Cove” – [Danganronpa] – composed by Masafumi Takada

“Kass’ Final Song – Instrumental Mix Cover” – [The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild] – composed by Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata

“Hate – Instrumental Mix” – [Undertale] – composed by Toby Fox

“Battle! Marnie – Remix Cover” – [Pokémon Sword and Shield] – composed by Minako Adachi

“Battle Galar Champion Cup (Elite Four)” – [Pokémon Sword and Shield] – composed by Junichi Masuda, Go Ichnose, Minako Adachi

“Eula: Flickering Candlelight (Dance of Aphros) – Remix Cover”- [Genshin Impact] – composed by Yu-Peng Cheng

“Battle! Sada & Turo – Remix Cover” – [Pokémon Scarlet and Violet] – composed by Toby Fox, Minako Adachi, Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose, Hiromitsu Maebe, Teruo Taniguchi, Hitomi Sato

“Furina: All the World’s a Stage (feat. BlueBow) – Remix Cover” – [Genshin Impact] – composed by HOYO-MiX

“The Golden Touch (Aventurine Trailer) – Remix Cover” – [Honkai: Star Rail] – composed by HOYO-MiX

Outro: “RE Discussion HEAT UP – Remix Cover” – [Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair] – composed by Masafumi Takada

Astrology Day (Days of the Year)

Episode 39-6 Luck o’ the Gamers

By Rhythm and Pixels on Mar 25, 2026 9:00 am UTC

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It’s a little late, but we’re celebrating St. Patrick’s day sort-of with an episode based on luck! That means every word Pernell says is determined from a dice roll! We speak sandwich tomorrow La-Mulana skittles! But really we’re digging into games where luck, or what sometimes feels like luck, plays a huge part of the gameplay. But Rob got lazy and looked at casino games. We hope you enjoy the jams!

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LMH Mixtape #288: Castle Areas 2

By Legacy Music Hour on Mar 25, 2026 7:07 am UTC

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Castles are a common setting in video games and this was the second time the Legacy Music Hour took on this topic, including all of the variety that comes with it. A certain style may come to mind when you think of "castle" music, and there is certainly some of that in this mixtape, but castle themes can range from grand and regal to creepy or gloomy and even directions you might not expect

KVGM “The Last Wave” (3/22/26)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Mar 22, 2026 4:00 pm UTC

Pretty good variety of tracks today from all sorts of consoles, composers, years, genres, regions, reviews, vibes. It’s all here for you to decide how to feel. I ain’t tellin’ ya!

Playlist

Beach Master – Alan McDermott
(Master Rallye, Sony PlayStation 2)

Hill – Nobuyoshi Sano
(Dirt Dash, Arcade)

Hotel Inside – ESTi
(TalesWeaver, PC)

Victory – Unknown
(Gaitame Baibai Trainer: Kabutore FX, Nintendo DS)

Good Evening Coach – Yasushi Asada
(Dolphin Wave, Mobile)

Main Theme – Hiroyuki Mizuno
(Ano, Subarashii o Mou Ichido, Sharp X68000)

Good Morning – Unknown
(Yuki Zuri, PC)

Val Ship – Hiroyuki Yanada
(Last Bible III, Super Famicom)

Obsession (Party Formation BGM) – Takayuki Aihara
(Sledge Blow, PC)

Staff Roll – Tetsuo Ishikawa and Yoshifumi Iio
(Kingdom of Paradise, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Special Request

The Strut – Shogo Sakai
(Side Pocket 2, Sega Saturn)

Episode 217: The Signs in the Sky (Astrology Day)

By RE-VGM on Mar 20, 2026 7:03 am UTC

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The stars are a sight to behold on a clear, dark night. The constellations they form have their own backstory, and somehow, they seem to have some involvement with people’s lives. As such, astrologists and readers of fate have interpreted these stars in relation to a person and their personality.

Today, we’re celebrating Astrology Day, on March 20th, dedicated to showing the positive aspect of astrology and stir an interest in the stars and planets. This day coincides with the start of the spring equinox, the start of the astrological year when the Sun enters Aries, the first sign of the Zodiac. It’s also a time for reflection and renew, refreshment and beginnings.

For this week’s episode, we’re playing tracks from video games that feature or use astrology in some form: a war between two factions as seen by a certain individual, a Holy Queen attempting to bring the Golden Age, and a traveler’s companion who reads the stars. We also have covers, remixes and arrangements along with these original tracks.

Sit back, look up, and admire the shiny stars and ponder how they may affected your life…

Final Fantasy Tactics: Zodiac Signs and Compatibility

Final Fantasy Tactics Zodiac Compatibility

Virgo Versus the Zodiac (TV tropes)

Genshin Impact: Mona (Fandom)

Final Fantasy Tactics Soundtrack Remastered+

Track Listing

“Formation Screen” – [Final Fantasy Tactics] – composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto

“Final Fantasy Tactics Formation Theme – Metal Remix” – remixed by ToxicxEternity

“The Fire Moth” – [Virgo Versus the Zodiac] – composed by Elektrobear

“The Fire Moth – Virgo Versus The Zodiac | Piano” – covered by Pixel Partitas

“Surge of Prophecies” – [Genshin Impact] – composed by Yu-Peng Chen

“Genshin Impact OST – Surge of Prophecies Mona’s Theme – Piano Arrangement” – arranged by MrLint

[176] Home Of The Machines

By Pixel Beat on Mar 19, 2026 11:00 am UTC

About: Mechanical and industrial themes from areas or locations that a machine could easily call home!

Artwork: Streets of Rage

00:00 - Factory [Dark Cloud]

by Tomohito Nishiura >

01:29 - Tunnel Vision [Battle Garegga]

by Manabu Namiki >

05:41 - Conveyer Smasher [Donkey Kong Country Retuns]

by Minako Hamano, Masaru Tajima, Shinji Ushiroda, Daisuke Matsuoka,

Kenji Yamamoto, David Wise, Evaline >

08:23 - Factory [El Viento]

by Motoi Sakuraba >

10:44 - The Research Facility [Professor Layton and the Unwound Future]

by Tomohito Nishiura >

12:32 - Robot Factory v1 [Cyber Shadow]

by Enrique Martin >

15:40 - Stealthy Steps [Streets Of Rage]

by Yuzo Koshiro >

17:53 - Mako Reactor [Final Fantasy VII]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

21:04 - The Factory Floor [Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom]

by Joe Hisaishi >

22:40 - Silence and Motion [Final Fantasy VIII]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

28:24 - Remains Of The Factory [Chrono Trigger]

by Yasunori Mitsuda >

31:29 - Mechonis Field [Xenoblade Chronicles]

by ACE+ >

37:48 - Pascal [NieR Automata]

by Keichii Okabe >

“20 St. Patrick’s Day Traditions That Will Bring You Luck – Or Just a Whole Lot of Fun”

R&P Chat 39-6 Our 5 Year Gaming Plan

By Rhythm and Pixels on Mar 18, 2026 1:58 pm UTC

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Over here, we saved a seat for you! Right here, between Rob and Pernell. We hope you don't mind we're chatting through the previews! We get a little nostalgic for the kid-adventures and antics we had growing up in the 90s, and Pernell puts together a list of games he wants to finish over the next 5 years. Got any ideas for him? Rob has been watching a lot of movies lately, so we talk a whole bunch about Wes Anderson for some reason. Listener has entered the chat, we'll see YOU at the movies!

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LMH Mixtape #287: Buttz

By Legacy Music Hour on Mar 18, 2026 8:38 am UTC

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Episode 287 was a free play featuring a great assortment of third and fourth generation video game music. "State of Mind" from Hany on the Road is a really fun PC Engine track that sounds very motivational. "Title" from Mega Anser is a short but mysterious and intriguing track that will leave you wanting to hear more. "Hustle Maruyama" from Dynamite Headdy has an absolutely

Episode 26-4: Lean Mean 32X Grilling Machine

By Game That Tune on Mar 17, 2026 12:00 pm UTC

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Sega made some great systems, they also made some absurd systems, so of course we love them forever and celebrate them thoroughly on this episode!

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0:00:00 Welcome to Game That Tune!
0:07:22 Game 1
0:11:14 Game 1 Reveal
0:23:32 Game 2
0:29:19 Game 2 Reveal
0:48:36 Ten The Hard Way!
0:49:32 John H Game 1
0:50:57 John H Game 2
0:53:14 John H Game 3
0:55:33 John H Game 4
0:58:19 John H Game 5
1:00:57 John H Game 6
1:03:28 John H Game 7
1:05:19 John H Game 8
1:08:49 John H Game 9
1:13:08 John H Game 10
1:19:35 VGM Threesome!
1:29:33 VGM Threesome Game 2
1:35:26 VGM Threesome Game 3
1:47:35 This Game's Winner Is...
1:55:20 Bonus Music/Outro

Marcato Classic: Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind

By Super Marcato Bros on Mar 16, 2026 4:09 pm UTC

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In this ROCKING episode, Karl & Will spotlight on the underrated, outstanding score to Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind, composed by the very talented Sean Bialo! As a bonus, they also share a couple awesome Sean tracks from an upcoming game Denshattack! as well. Enjoy!

Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind - Sean Bialo - Digital Eclipse - 2024

-Main Menu

-Side Scrolling Stage 1

-Combat Training Tutorial

-Brawler Boss Battle

-Side Scrolling Stage 2

-Angel Grove Juice Bar Theme

-Dinozord Scroll Stage

-Side Scrolling Stage 3

-Arcade Space Game

-Battle Bike Stage

-Megazord Battle

-Side Scrolling Stage 4

-Arcade Nanopilot Game

-Vs. Robo Rita ~ Final Boss (Play Out)

Denshattack! - Sean Bialo - Summer 2026

-Beppu Ramen Express

-Tune My Ride

Episode 216: Friday the 13th – Unlucky St. Patrick

By RE-VGM on Mar 13, 2026 7:03 am UTC

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Well, look here. It’s another Friday the 13th, the second one for 2026, in fact.

That means we’ll be looking into some mysterious and superstitious things, and for this week’s episode, it’ll be related to St. Patrick’s Day.

Normally, St. Patrick’s Day is all about luck and the Irish. People wear green, ornate themselves with a four-leaf clover, and hopefully find an Irish woman to kiss for luck. It’s a day to honor a 5th-century Christian missionary who was traveled to Ireland for evangelism. Oh, and of course, it’s a time to see some rivers and beers turn green.

However, we’re going to look at some unlucky things that could happen, in or out of St. Patrick’s Day. We’ve got some video game tracks to help us segue into this discussion (a lone girl who can summon creatures, a weapon of holy power, and a woman with extraterrestrial powers), along with covers to follow.

Time to get lucky and hopefully avoid some unfortunate circumstances…

St. Patrick’s Day

“The Luck of the Irish”

“Rydia’s Theme” – [Final Fantasy IV] – composed by Nobuo Uematsu

“Final Fantasy IV – Rydia’s Theme Cello and Piano” – covered by Israfelcello

“Stalker” / “Stage 04” – [Castlevania] – composed by Konami Kukeiha Club

“Castlevania – Stalker” – covered by Nestalgica

“Welcome to Fyrestone” – [Borderlands] – composed by Jesper Kyd

“Manhack – Welcome to Fyrestone (Borderlands Metal Cover)” – covered by Manhack

Bonus Episode 04 - Arise, Effect, Infinite

By Shujin Academy VGM Club on Mar 12, 2026 11:01 am UTC

The fine folks at Enhance reached out to me and asked if I’d show off some of the soundtrack for Lumines Arise, along with their other games like Tetris Effect and Rez Infinite. And I said yes, because all three of those soundtracks are great, so that’s what this special bonus episode is all about.

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:
CJ from Enhance for approaching me and asking if I’d do an episode about Lumines Arise. You can follow Enhance on BlueSky at enhance-experience.com, on Twitter as @enhance_exp, and visit their website at https://enhance-experience.com/
BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.

Independently of this episode, I found Lumines Arise via games writer Pete Davison’s blog MoeGamer. You can find his excellent article about it at https://moegamer.net/2025/11/14/lumines-arise-the-art-of-sincerity-and-creating-meaning-without-explicit-narrative/ and you can visit the whole website at https://moegamer.net

If you want to know more about Hydelic, you can find his website at http://www.noborumutoh.com and you visit his Bandcamp page at https://hydelic.bandcamp.com, where you can download all three of the soundtracks featured on this episode.

To hear more from Luma, who contributed to some of the Lumines Arise vocal tracks, you can visit her YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/c/LumaMusicOfficial/about.

To hear more from Kymara, who also contributed to a Lumines Arise vocal track, you can find her YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/@KymaraJapNgie. Her official website is https://kymaramusic.com and she can also be found on Spotify.

Mechi Pieretti was the vocalist on one of the Tetris Effect songs, and you can find her YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/@MechiPieretti and she’s also on Spotify.

Kat McDowell’s guitar also shows up on one of today’s featured tracks from Tetris Effect, and you can find her website at https://www.kat-mcdowell.com and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/katmcdowell.

Mayu Wakisaka contributed to one of the Rez Infinite tracks, and you can find her work on Spotify and Apple Music, and also on her YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/user/mayutantanutan.

The show opened and closed with tracks featuring Krysta Youngs, and you can find more of her music on her website at https://www.krystayoungs.com, on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/krystayoungs, on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/krystayoungsmusic, and also on Spotify and Apple Music.

Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:08 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Arise (composers: Krista Youngs and Hydelic; performed by Krista Youngs and Hydelic)
02:52 - Talk Segment 1
06:19 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - In Black and White (composer: Takako Ishida)
08:43 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Reboot (composer: Hydelic)
12:46 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - The List (composer: Hydelic)
15:37 - Talk Segment 2
16:29 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Bloom Pulse (composer: Takako Ishida)
20:44 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Swarm Within (composer: Takako Ishida)
24:45 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Snow Murmur (composer: Takako Ishida)
29:23 - Talk Segment 3
30:45 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Sky Falls Down (composers: Hydelic and Luma)
34:13 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Two Lost Stars (composers: Hydelic and Luma)
38:09 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Wash Away (composers: Hydelic and Kymara)
41:33 - Talk Segment 4
43:16 - Tetris Effect (multiplatform) - Next Chapter (composer: Hydelic)
47:54 - Tetris Effect (multiplatform) - World of Colors [In-Game Mix] (composer: Hydelic; vocals: Mechi Pieretti; guitar: Kat McDowell)
51:22 - Talk Segment 5
52:56 - Rez Infinite (PlayStation 5 / Steam) - Deeplights (composers: Hydelic and Takako Ishida)
54:07 - Rez Infinite (PlayStation 5 / Steam) - Awakening (composers: Hydelic and Takako Ishida)
58:36 - Rez Infinite (PlayStation 5 / Steam) - Singularity X (Ending Edit) (composers: Hydelic and Mayu Wakisaka)
1:00:58 - Outro Talk Segment
1:03:00 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Only Human [In-Game Mix] (composers: Hydelic and Krysta Youngs)

LMH Mixtape #286: Interesting Music

By Legacy Music Hour on Mar 11, 2026 7:01 am UTC

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This episodes's topic was an interesting one. While open to interpretation, the general idea is simply tracks that are... well, interesting, whatever that means. Maybe it means music for a more open-minded ear or maybe it just means pieces that do something cool or unusual and that stand out in a weird way. "Paper Route" from Paperboy 2 lays down some distinctly Seinfeld-esque

WaveBack Episode 193: Donkey Kong Country 2 - Diddy’s Kong Quest

By WaveBack Music Podcast on Mar 11, 2026 4:00 am UTC

Show Notes

Matt and Kris board the nefarious pirate ship of Kaptain K Rool to listen to the spectacular tunes of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest!

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KVGM “The Last Wave” (3/8/26)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Mar 8, 2026 4:00 pm UTC

March is here, and with it, more jams, leaning fairly heavy into the personal computer but that’s okay because we know where jams are born and a lot of them are born on the PC. Plus some Nintendo DS, 3DS, PlayStations. All the coolest stuff!

Playlist

In Celebration of 2006 Korea Grand Award Game of Year – S.F.A
(Granado Espada, PC)

BGM 7 – USK Soundware
(Poison Needle, PC-98)

Silk and Shadows – g3ntlebreeze
(ButtKnight, PC)

Sounds on the Move – Yasuko Yamada, Yasuyuki Suzuki and Yoshiyuki Ishii
(Choro-Q Works, Sony PlayStation 2)

Setting Sun – Hiroto Saito
(Usotsuki to Inugamitsuki, PC)

Passion – Yuki Oike
(Gran Turismo 5, Sony PlayStation 2)

Everyday Life – SASH
(Injoku no Kajitsu, PC)

Kaiwa 1 – Unknown
(Gaitame Baibai Trainer: Kabutore FX, Nintendo DS)

Together – blue
(3 Days Marriage: Hikarugenji no Koibito, PC)

Credits – Masayuki Nagao
(Zoo Resort 3D, Nintendo 3DS)

Special Request

Room For 4 – Pedro Silva
(OMORI, Nintendo Switch)

[175] Super Smashed Arrangements Vol. 5

By Pixel Beat on Mar 7, 2026 8:00 am UTC

About: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is truly a ‘one-in-a-lifetime’ game that combines the legacies of so many video game properties into one, for lack of a better word, ultimate package. It’s almost unbelievable how many video game series’ are represented, especially through the games music, which includes a whopping 1018 songs! All of this episodes tracks are new arrangements, made specifically for the Smash Bros. series, and are all featured in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

00:00 - Temple Theme

by Shogo Sakai >

02:49 - Meeting Theme Series Medley

by Yuka Tsujiyoko >

07:04 - Air Man Stage

by Noriyuki Iwadare >

10:58 - Beneath The Mask

by ACE >

14:29 - Mii Plaza

by Yasunori Mitsuda >

17:05 - PAC-MAN Club Mix

by Hirokazu Tanaka >

19:18 - Ground Theme

by Hirokazu Ando >

22:07 - Treasure Trove Cove

by Yoko Shimomura >

25:26 - Mission Mode - Pikmin 3

by Taku Inoue >

28:16 - Electroplankton

by Noriyuki Iwadare >

30:59 - Pedal Glider

by Asuka Ito >

34:45 - Stickerbush Symphony

by Michiko Naruke >

38:29 - Cosmo Canyon

by Yoko Shimomura >

42:14 - We’re The Robots (Dr. Wily Stage 2)

by Yu Shomoda >

46:08 - Bloody Tears / Monster Dance

by Michiko Naruke >

49:42 - Ryu Stage

by Yoko Shimomura >

53:47 - Fire Emblem: Three Houses Main Theme

by Akihiro Honda >

57:13 - Xenoblade Chronicles Medley

by ACE >

01:01:31 - Mega Man 2 Medley

by Rio Hamamoto >

Final Fantasy X-2: Dresspheres

Episode 215: That Video Game Drip (National Dress Day)

By RE-VGM on Mar 6, 2026 8:03 am UTC

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Today, on March 6th, we are celebrating National Dress Day. It was founded by fashion and dress designer of formal wear Ashley Lauren, she wanted to “draw attention to the beauty of dresses, reliving and celebrating the memories that happen while wearing them.” One can wear their favorite dress that day or attempt the 100-Day Dress Challenge (wear the same dress for 100 days). This is also a great excuse to buy a dress to add to your collection.

I’m sure you’re wondering what do dresses have to do with with video games. Sure, they function as armor that can be equipped, but dresses can be a function of game mechanics.

For this week’s episode, we’re featuring video games that use dresses as a game mechanic by playing their original tracks: a trio of treasure hunters exploring the world of Spira, a hero from Hyrule utilizing their fashion sense, and a group of adventures that are dressed for success. We’ve also got covers and remixes along with these original tracks.

Pick your best threads and strut them on the catwalk like the gamer you are…

National Dress Day

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes: Outfits

Trials of Mana: Costumes

Track Listing

“Real Emotion (FFX-2)” – [Final Fantasy X-2] – composed by Kazuhiro Hara, arranged by h-wonder, lyrics by Kenn Kato, performed by Jade from Sweetbox

“REAL EMOTION Final Fantasy X-2 Cover” – covered by Lacey Johnson

“Woodlans” – [The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes] – composed by Ryo Magamatsu

“Tri Force Heroes: Woodlands Orchestral Arrangement” – remixed by The Nobel Demon

“Where Angel Fear to Tread” – [Trails of Mana (remake of Seiken Densetsu 3)] – composed by Hiroki Kikuta

“Seiken Densestsu 3 – Where Angels Fear to Tread (Synthwave mix)” – remixed by Flashburn

8-Bit Big Band (Wikipedia)

Episode 294: Talking Hands

By Legacy Music Hour on Mar 4, 2026 8:36 am UTC

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Lots of trailing pieces from last month (that is, familiar game titles) in this installment of the Legacy Music Hour, even though it is a free play. For starters, Rob, Brent, and Gabe debate whether or not a track is Asiatic sounding (again, that's not the topic this episode). They talk about meter and melody and the like. And anyway, they also talk about other stuff and play

Episode 26-3: GoldenLies

By Game That Tune on Mar 3, 2026 1:00 pm UTC

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We're playing spy games on this episode! We've got espionage, infiltration, abduction, explosion, instigation, etc.! We've also got tiny pathetic dicks, wacky walks, dry cereal, and supersonic jets full of farts! Choose to accept this mission!

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0:00:00 Welcome to Game That Tune!
0:07:53 Game 1
0:12:40 Game 1 Reveal
0:25:22 VGM Threesome!
0:33:37 VGM Threesome Song 2
0:41:13 VGM Threesome Song 3
0:52:15 Game 3
0:57:34 Game 3 Reveal
1:11:01 Game 4
1:32:55 This Game's Winner Is...
1:41:59 Bonus Music/Outro

Rebroadcast: Game Boy Advance

By Super Marcato Bros on Mar 2, 2026 2:20 am UTC

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For this "Rebroadcast", Karl & Will share their episode originally released way back in November of 2014- "Game Boy Advance (#136)!" Enjoy this blast from the past, where the guys spotlit on some of the best music for this very nostalgic handheld system!

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga – Yoko Shimomura – Nintendo – GBA – 2003

-Battle

F-Zero: Maximum Velocity -Masaru Tajima, Mitsuteru Furukawa, Naoto Ishida – Nintendo – GBA – 2001

-Title Screen

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon – Sotaro Tojima, Hiroshi Mitsuoka – Konami – GBA – 2001

-Awake

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap – Mitsuhiko Takano – Nintendo – GBA – 2004

-Hyrule Town

Riviera: The Promised Land – Minako Adachi – Atlus – GBA – 2004

-Fierce Clash!

Sonic Advance 2 – Tatsuyuki Maeda, Yutaka Minobe & Teruhiko Nakagawa – Sega – GBA – 2003

-Leaf Forest Act 1

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire – Go Ichinose, Morikazu Aoki, Junichi Masuda & Hiroko Takano – Nintendo – GBA – 2002

-Sootopolis City

Donkey Kong Country 3 – David Wise – Nintendo – GBA – 2005

-Bonus Time

Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django – Norihiko Hibino, Shuichi Kobori & Masashi Watanabe – Konami – GBA – 2004

-Dark Valley

Fire Emblem: The Sword of Flame – Yuka Tsujiyoko – Nintendo – GBA – 2003

-Opening ~ History Unveiled

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror – Jun Ishikawa & Atuyoshi Isemura – Nintendo – GBA – 2004

-Area 9 ~ Candy Constellation

Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation – Naofumi Tsuruyama, Takuya Hanaoka, Wataru Yumura & Kayoko Matsushima – Atlus – GBA – 2002

-Time to Come

DK: King of Swing – Takashi Kouga – Nintendo – GBA – 2005

-Bonus Stage

Golden Sun – Motoi Sakuraba – Nintendo – GBA – 2001

-Tolbi Bound Ship

Mother 3 – Shogo Sakai – Nintendo – GBA – 2006

-Monkey’s Delivery Service

Kuru Kuru Kururin – Atsuhiro Motoyama – Nintendo – 2001

-Cake Land

Mario Kart: Super Circuit – Kenichi Nishimaki, Masanobu Matsunaga & Minako Hamano – Nintendo – GBA – 2001

-Cheep-Cheep Island

Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2 – Minako Adachi, Kohei Matsuoka, Kiyohiro Sada – Atlus – GBA – 2004

-Mono Shift

Wario Land 4 – Ryoji Yoshitomi – Nintendo – GBA – 2001

-Palm Tree Paradise

Metroid Fusion – Minako Hamano, Akira Fujiwara – Nintendo – GBA – 2002

-Environmental Tension & Restricted Lab Break in

Sword of Mana – Kenji Ito – Nintendo – GBA – 2003

-Endless Battlefield

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories – Yoko Shimomura – Square – GBA – 2004

-To Our Surprise

Episode 214: On Stage Now – 8-Bit Big Band

By RE-VGM on Feb 27, 2026 8:03 am UTC

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Time for our monthly special episode of “On Stage Now”, where we feature a musician or group of musicians and play their works of video game music.

For February, we’re featuring 8-Bit Big Band, a jazz orchestra founded by Charlie Rosen in 2017. Composed of between 25 to as much as 65, this group plays arrangements of video game music. Earlier, they won their 2nd Grammy award for “Best Arrangement, Instrumental, or A Cappella” for their track “Super Mario Praise Break”. It’s an arrangement of instrumentals from Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Mario World. Their 1st Grammy was from 2022 for “Best Arrangement, Instrumental, and Vocals” for “Meta Knight’s Revenge”.

Let’s give it up for 8-Bit Big Band!

8-Bit Big Band (Personal Website, YT, IG, X, Spotify, Patreon)

Track Listing

“Athletic Theme from Yoshi’s Island – Big Band Swing Version” – [Yoshi’s Island] – composed by Koji Kondo

“Still Alive – Frank Sinatra Big Band Swing Version” – [Portal] – composed by Johnathon Coulton

“Tetris Theme – Contempory Big Band/Classical Fusion Version” – [Tetris] – composed by Nikolay Nekrasov and Alexander N. Chernyavsky, arranged by Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka

“Geruda Valley – Orchestral Jazz Big Band Version” – [The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time] – composed by Koji Kondo

“Jump Up Super Star! – Full Big Band/Strings cover ft. Grace Kelly” – [Super Mario Odyssey] – composed by Naoto Kubo

“Snake Eater – Big Band Version ft. Tiffany Mann” – [Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater] – composed by Norihiko Hibino

“You Wouldn’t Know – Portal Big Band Version ft. Benny Benack III” – [Portal] – composed by Johnathon Coulton

“Beneath the Mask from Persona 5 – Full Big Band Version ft. Aisha Jackson” – [Persona 5] – composed by Shoji Meguro

“No More What Ifs from Persona 5: Royal – Full Big Band Version ft. Martina DaSilva” – [Persona 5: Royal] – composed by Shoji Meguro

Outro: “Megalovania – Extra HEAVY Big Band version” – [Undertale] – composed by Toby Fox

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Episode 39-5 It’s Good To Be Black

By Rhythm and Pixels on Feb 25, 2026 10:00 am UTC

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What’s good! We’re celebrating Black History Month on Rhythm and Pixels by showcasing some of our favorite examples of black representation in games! This one’s special because we’ve got music ranging from the Atari age all the way up to the current(ish) retro era! We chat about our favorite Pokemon gym leader music, fighting game characters, and who Pernell’s first video game crush is!

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LMH Mixtape #285: Sega Versus Nintendo

By Legacy Music Hour on Feb 25, 2026 8:04 am UTC

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Much like a SNES logo in the Sega font, the tracks for this episode were 50% Sega, 50% Nintendo, and 100% bonk. Starting off with a killer track from Totally Rad, from the good folks at Jaleco (haa-lee-co)! "Industen" is a fully orchestrated and epic piece from Actraiser 2 by none other than the famous Yuzo Koshiro. "Mexico" from Saturday Night Slam Masters has a classic old

[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1R8: The Best of 2025”

By Nerd Noise Radio on Feb 25, 2026 6:00 am UTC

Today’s broadcast is C1R8 for Wayback Wednesday, February 25th, 2026. Today’s episode will be our "best of year-in-review" for calendar 2025, covering C1E91-C1E100 and a number of important Ch F "F-isodes". As Season 8 (calender 2025) was the final regular season of Ch 1, that also makes this our final "best of year-in-review" episode.

Tracklist

Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Originally Selected By / Originally from Episode(s) / Timestamp

A1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) Earth - Lords of Magic - PC - Keith Zizza - St. John - C1E96 - 00:04:34

02) Balom Dungeon - LoZ: Echoes of Wisdom - Switch - Masato Ohashi, Manaka Kataoka, Chisaki Hosaka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, Ryotaro Yagi, and/or Azusa Kato - St. John - C1E93 - 00:08:41

03) Ending - Spider-Man / X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge - SNES - Tim and/or Geoff Follin - St. John - C1E100 - 00:11:45

04) PerfecT Shape - to a T - Multiplatform - c: Sakai Asuka and/or Keita Takahashi / v: Sam Bird - St. John - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 00:13:03

05) Fascination Io Stage - Zero Divide - PS1/PC - Hideyuki Shimono, and/or Akihito Okawa - Electric Boogaloo - C1E99 - 00:14:34

06) Bonus - Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore - Multiplatform - Button Masher (aka Jake Silverman) - St. John - C1E92 - 00:17:39

07) Eccentric Detective - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - St. John - Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 00:19:28

08) Rap Loop 15 [from Mad Verse City] - Jackbox Party Pack 5 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - St. John - C1E94 - 00:22:16

09) Endscreen - Final Vendetta - Multiplatform - Futurecast and/or Utah Saints - St. John - C1E91 - 00:23:10

10) Gettin’ Freaky - Friday Night Funkin (aka Music Battle) - iOS / Android - Kawai Sprite - St. John - Ch. F (“One for Wyatt”) - 00:25:53

11) Menu - Fast Fusion - Switch 2 - Bjulin and/or Francisco Cerda - St. John - C1E98 - 00:28:33

12) Shame (aka “The Shameful Last Minute”) - Edge - Multiplatform - Romain Gauthier - St. John - C1E96 - 00:31:59

13) O.M.I.S.E. - Super Hydlide - Genesis - Shigeru Tomita - St. John - C1E91 - 00:35:01

14) Main Theme - Mr. Run and Jump - Multiplatform - Fat Bard and/or Andrew P. Masson - St. John - C1E96 - 00:36:49

15) Zebra Bananza - Donkey Kong Bananza - Switch 2 - Daisuke Matsuoka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, and/or Tsukasa Usui - Trey Johnson - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 00:38:50

16) Horizons Unbound - Sea of Stars - Multiplatform - Eric W. Brown - Jeshua Lack - C1E99 - 00:40:56

17) Ending - Gunstar Heroes - Genesis - Norio Hanzawa - St. John - C1E100 - 00:44:05

18) Promoted Attack - Shining Force II - Genesis - Motoaki Takenouchi - St. John - C1E95 - 00:47:39

19) Level 1 [from Velgress] - UFO 50 - Multiplatform - Eirik Suhrke - Trey Johnson - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 00:48:50

20) Aqueduct - Lagrange Point - Famicom (VRC7) - Akio Dobashi, Noriyuki Takahashi, Aki Hata, Makoto Kawamoto, Kenji Nakamura, and/or Tadashi Sawashita - St. John - C1E98 - 00:50:40

21) Norrin Swamp [B-Side] - Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore - Multiplatform - Button Masher (aka Jake Silverman) - St. John - C1E92 - 00:52:47

22) Fire Temple Phase 2 - LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, Tsukasa Usui, Maasa Miyoshi, and/or Masato Ohashi - St. John - C1E98 - 00:54:51

23) Whimsical Waypoint - Two Dots - iOS / Android - Upright T-Rex - St. John - C1E98 - 00:58:16

24) Hollow - Lucid 9 - PC - Ultra Kitsune - St. John - Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 01:00:21

25) Lobby [from Split the Room] - Jackbox Party Pack 5 - Multiplatform - Brian Chard - St. John - C1E94 - 01:03:56

26) Maridia (Drifting Sands) - Super Metroid - SNES - Kenji Yamamoto and/or Minako Hamano - St. John - C1E97 - 01:06:40

27) Electrifying Tension - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - St. John - Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 01:10:35

28) Attacking Vah Rudania - LoZ: Breath of the Wild - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, and/or Yasuaki Iwata - St. John - C1E98 - 01:13:22

29) Non-Linear Reliance - Blue Reflection: Second Light - Multiplatform - Hayato Asano - St. John - C1E93 - 01:15:52

30) Hinterwald Dungeon Explore - Dungeons of Hinterberg - Multiplatform - David Zahradnicek, and/or Markus Zahradnicek - St. John - C1E96 - 01:19:57

31) Title - Cyber Shadow - Multiplatform - Enrique Martin - Justin Regan - C1E99 - 01:23:14

32) Gerudo Town Night - LoZ: Breath of the Wild / Tears of the Kingdom - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, and/or Yasuaki Iwata - St. John - C1E98 - 01:26:05

33) Komorebi - Minecraft - Multiplatform - Kumi Tanioka - St. John - C1E93 - 01:29:19

34) North Point Mall - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - PS2 / PC - Lex Horton - St. John (originally submitted for Hearts of Space “Game Scores 2” candidacy by Hugues) - C1E98 - 01:33:46

35) Credits [from Fibbage 3] - Jackbox Party Pack 4 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - St. John - C1E94 - 01:38:06

36) Lobby [from Monster Seeking Monster] - Jackbox Party Pack 4 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - St. John - C1E94 - 01:40:39

37) Delirious Acting - Pseudoregalia - PC - potatoTero - St. John - C1E96 - 01:43:36

38) Type 2 - ThunderBlade - Arcade - Koichi Namiki - St. John - C1E93 - 01:45:33

39) Ending Theme - X-Men - Arcade - Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano , and/or Ayako Nishigaki - St. John - C1E100 - 01:48:36

40) Flirty Write 1 [from Fixy Text] - Jackbox Party Pack 10 - Multiplatform - Kelly Shuda - St. John - C1E94 - 01:50:56

41) Splash Down - Ristar - Genesis - Tomoko Sasaki - St. John - C1E98 - 01:51:59

42) Vote 2 [from Drawful Animate] - Jackbox Party Pack 8 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - St. John - C1E94 - 01:54:44

43) Lively Town - Shining Force II - Genesis - Motoaki Takenouchi - St. John - C1E91 - 01:56:47

44) Royal Capital of Grancel - Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC - Multiplatform - Wataru Ishibashi - Trey Johnson - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 02:00:12

45) Buy Mode 1 - The Sims - PC - Jerry Martin and/or Marc Russo - St. John - C1E95 - 02:03:24

46) Shop (Japan) - Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone - Arcade - Akira Inoue and/or Takaro Nozaki - St. John - C1E93 - 02:06:03

47) Equanimity - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - St. John - C1E96 / Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 02:07:32

48) Water Temple 1 - LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom - Switch / Switch 2 - Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, and/or Tsukasa Usui - St. John - Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 02:12:04

49) Into the Darkness - Astal - Saturn - Tatsuyuki Maeda, and/or Tatsuya Kōzaki - Electric Boogaloo - C1E99 - 02:14:22

50) ZENITH - MAKRANA (pre-release) - Multiplatform - Matt Miller - Matt Miller - Ch. F (“MAKRANA Soundtrack”) - 02:17:36

B1) Outro - 02:20:53

Music Block Runtime: 02:16:28 / Total Episode Runtime: 02:37:51

Our customary Channel 1 intro and outro music, which did not appear today is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio, on the Sega Dreamcast - composed by BB Rights. Our special year-in-review intro and outro music are, respectively, Results Theme from Metroid Prime on the GameCube, composed by Kenji Yamamoto, and Results Parade, from the Check Mii Out Channel on the Wii, composed by Kazumi Totaka.

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Workstation Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14 (2023) gaming 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! LINK TO SPREADSHEETS: 1) List of every single track featured in calendar 2025 (which, despite the 2026 release date, includes this episode). 560 total tracks, 508 unique tracks. Also includes details on the offer to produce a "Best of 2025 – Listener Picks" F-isode given sufficient listener will and engagement: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nXPBlCjKp2q0HKjmRG3JUPjLTfLpoRX24Wk2Os938hg/edit?usp=sharing

2) Spreadsheet showing St. John's journey trying to narrow said 508 tracks down to the just 50 track limit of this episode. Also contains info about a few Archive-exclusise SUPER BONUS episodes, which, combined, contain all 265 tracks in St. John's original "grab everything [from the 508] that sounds good" list. To see the details on the potential SUPER BONUSES, continue scrolling right beyond where it looks like the spreadsheet ends: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12l6fdL71EV_ZdRmq-CK_JLvNPXM5b4J66kcvmlAQleA/edit?usp=sharing

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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 sometime in the next few months for C1F1 (Channel 1, Finale 1): "The Diamond Episode - pt 1: "popular picks" (my best attempt at emulating a "Listener Picks" episode) focusing on Episodes 51-100, its sister episode, C1F2: "The Diamond Episode – pt 2: Personal Picks" (an unabashedly "St. John's picks" outing on the same subject), and a pair of relevant reruns from 2019 on the history of episodes 1-50 in a nearly identical format, where, between the four episodes, the entire history of Nerd Noise Radio – Channel 1 will be covered! Lastly, be on the lookout (and keep your guard up) for a probable F-isode....suspiciously releasing on April 1st - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Episode 131 – The Music of Shinji Hosoe

By XVGM Radio on Feb 25, 2026 5:00 am UTC

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Many video game music composers try their best to fit into different musical genres but few do it as well as composers like Shinji Hosoe. On today’s episode of XVGM Radio, Mike and Ed discuss several of Hosoe’s game soundtracks, highlighting a wide variety of musical tracks. From techno and jungle to power metal and back to chiptunes, you can truly appreciate his chameleon-like nature to fit his music with a different style. It’ll make you say “I WONNDAAAAAAA” why you maybe haven’t explored his catalog before! Hear Mike and Ed give each other the internal shaft on this exciting episode of XVGM Radio!

We’d love to hear what you thought about this game and the tracks 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
Special thanks to X X for their Patreon pick, and as always, thanks to all of our wonderful Patrons: Scott McElhone, Ryan McPherson, Cam Werme, Rayjkayj, Reptile, Chris Murray, Claire Myers, Brad Austin, Nick Davis, Red Hua, & Kitty Sparks. Become a Patron, get cool rewards, and more at http://www.Patreon.com/XVGMRadio
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TRACK LISTING:

(All Tracks composed by Shinji Hosoe, with exception to “Mountain” & “Alien Snider” – see updates below. We learned of the error after-the-fact and apologize for the misinformation)

Intro – Fighting Layer (ARC – 1998) “Allen Snider” (composed by Takayuki Aihara)
1 – Mega Man Network Transmission (GCN – 2003) “Densan Area”
2 – Rave Racer (ARC – 1995) “Wrong Love”
3 – Dragon Spirit (TG16 – 1989) “Hyouga”
4 – Ibara (ARC/PS2 – 2005) “Rose Garden (Stage 6)”
5 – Patreon Request: Ryan Mcpherson – Ibara (ARC/PS2 – 2005) “Showtime”
6 – Giga Wrecker/ Giga Wrecker Alt. (PC – 2017) “Empress of Nymphs”
7 – Dirt Dash (ARC – 1995) “Mountain” (composed by Hiroto Sasaki)
8 – Prismatic Solid (XB360 – 2010) “Internal Shaft”
9 – Tetris: The Grand Master (ARC – 1998) “Hardening Drops (Instant Death Mix)
Outro – Tekken 8 (PS5/PC/XBox – 2024) “Dive Into the Arcade”

KVGM “The Last Wave” (2/22/26)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Feb 22, 2026 4:00 pm UTC

As the vibration of the universe continues rising, and chaotic energies swirl about, we take a step back to relax and chill out to some great music from mahjong and fashion simulation to a composer who needs no introduction and some Super Family ska fun. All that and so much more…

Playlist

Bunny Girl Version – MUSE
(Custom Mate 2, PC-98)

BGM 9 – MASA
(Crayon Tulip ~Chidori to Koruri no Yuuwaku Jugyou, PC)

Urban Lazy Groove Goes On – ESTi
(TalesWeaver, PC)

Extra Options – Hiroshi Tanabe
(GANTZ: The Game, Sony PlayStation 2)

Chill Theme 1 – Asuka Ito, Toshiyuki Sudo, and Daisuke Shiiba
(Style Savvy: Trendsetters, Nintendo 3DS)

Optimism – Takashi Okamoto
(Dragon Shadow Spell, Sony PlayStation 2)

Slow Your Scroll – Naotoshi Nishino
(Sorceress Empire ~Teiritsu Mahouin~, PC)

Gameplay BGM – Unknown
(Mahjong Saikyou Musashi, FM Towns)

Gafi Service – Hiroyuki Yanada
(Last Bible III, Super Famicom)

Ending – Keita Haga and Daisuke Nagata
(Fate/Extra, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Special Request

Roulette – Joe Down Studio
(Virtual Casino, Sega Saturn)

Episode 213: Giddy-up!!! (The Year of the Horse)

By RE-VGM on Feb 20, 2026 8:03 am UTC

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It’s time for the Lunar New Year, which starts around the second new moon of the Chinese calendar. This year it is the year of the horse, according to the 12-year cycle of the Chinese Zodiac sign. The animal is known for its confidence, decisiveness, and to be agreeable and responsible; however, they hate being reined in by others, are easily swayed, and can be impatient.

On this week’s episode, we’ll be talking about some famous horses from video games throughout the decades (1990s to 2020s): a young foal that later becomes a full grown mare for Hyrule’s hero, a faithful mare despite the giants of the land, the name for any horse ridden by a monster hunter, and a spectral stallion that chooses a Tarnished. Along with the original tracks from these games, there’s also covers and remixes to follow.

Saddle up and hold tight to the reins as we race through the decades of video game horses…

Year of the Horse: Fortune, Personality, Horoscope (2026)

Agro (Team Ico Wiki | Fandom)

Roach (Witcher Wiki | Fandom)

Torrent (Elden Ring | Fandom)

Track Listing

“Lon Lon Ranch” – [The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time] – composed by Koji Kondo

“Lon Lon Ranch” – re-arranged by Ryuichi Katsumata; from the album “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Hyrule Symphony

“Swift Horse” – [Shadow of Colossus] – composed by Kow Otani

“Swift Horse (Piano Cover)” – covered by CrazyGroupTrio

“Cloak and Dagger” – [The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt] – composed by Percival Schuttenbach

“Cloak and Dagger – tin whistle, violin, ocarina and lyre cover” – covered by Firamiel

“Elden Ring” – [Elden Ring] – composed by Tsukasa Saitoh

“ELDEN RING – Main Theme (Metal Cover)” – covered by RichaadEB

Outro: ” Yume wo Kakeru! / Run for Our Dream!” – [Umamusume: Pretty Derby] – composed and arranged by Kenta Kigashiohji, lyrics by Mike Sugiyama; vocals by Kaori Maeda, Hikaru Tono, Masumi Tazawa, and Miharu Hanai

Discord invite

[174] A Bit Of Love

By Pixel Beat on Feb 18, 2026 11:00 pm UTC

About: An episode dedicated to the lovers out there. These are all themes of love!

Artwork: Final Fantasy VIII

00:00 - Theme of Love [Final Fantasy IV]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

02:24 - Affectionate Moment [Radiant Historia]

by Yoko Shimomura >

05:33 - My Mind [Final Fantasy VIII]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

08:43 - Romance Theme [The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword]

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

11:01 - Serenity [Lufia II: Rise Of The Sinistrals]

by Yasunori Shiono >

14:48 - Someday This Love [The Legend Of Xanadu II]

by Falcom Sound Team JDK >

15:52 - Link & Marin At The Beach [The Legend Of Zelda: Link’s Awakening 2019]

by Ryo Nagamatsu >

18:44 - Susano & Kushi’s Love Theme [Game]

by Rei Kondo, Masami Ueda, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, and Akari Groves >

20:21 - My Love [Policenauts]

by Kukeiha Club >

22:33 - Sweet [Persona 5]

by Shoji Meguro >

24:40 - The One [13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim]

by Yukinori Kikuchi >

27:32 - Love Theme of Growlanser [Growlanser]

by Noriyuki Iwadare >

31:59 - Words Drowned By Fireworks [Final Fantasy VII]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

34:47 - The Girl Who Stole The Stars [Chrono Cross]

by Yasunori Mitsuda >

38:26 - Romance At A Windy Isle [Grandia II]

by Noriyuki Iwadare >

“He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: 10 Valentine’s Day Superstitions You Never Knew”

R&P Chat 39-5 Now Playing!

By Rhythm and Pixels on Feb 18, 2026 3:28 pm UTC

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Rob and Pernell have entered the chat! Welcome back to the place where two friends catch up a little bit and talk about games, music, and life. It’s the Rhythm & Pixels Chat! This year marks our 10th year of the show, and we are celebrating all year long! This week we’re talking about our favorite guests and friends we’ve made along the way. We also analyze our nostalgia for retro games, retro game music, and our history with MAGFest. Thanks for coming out, let’s chat!

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

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

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LMH Mixtape #284: Nice Distractions

By Legacy Music Hour on Feb 18, 2026 1:27 pm UTC

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Sometimes the best thing to help you get through the day is a nice distraction, and an LMH mixtape can be just the thing. Allow yourself to be distracted by the wonderful arpeggios and multiple layers of the truly grand track "Ending" from Magical Chase. "Name Entry" from Suzuka 8 Hours is a smooth track with a great melody, and "Red Owl" from Last Bible III is a totally bonk jam.&

Catching Up: Winter 2026

By Super Marcato Bros on Feb 17, 2026 1:21 pm UTC

Episodes

In this laidback and conversational episode, Karl & Will catch up and talk about what's been going on lately, share and discuss a couple great VGM tracks, and answer a handful of listener questions. Enjoy!

Play In: LagMage and Arda - Summer Chip XV - Welcome to Star City

Nintendo Switch Sports - Takuhiro Honda - Chambara

God Eater - Go Shiina - Flame Dance

Play Out: Tales of Legendia - Go Shiina - A Cheerful Bandit

Episode 212: Friday the 13th – “Lovely” Customs and Curses

By RE-VGM on Feb 13, 2026 8:03 am UTC

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Love is a wonderful thing… until it stinks. One moment, you’re flying on cloud nine, and the next moment your heart shatters into a thousand pieces.

Today, for our first Friday the 13th episode of the year, we’re going to look into a few myths and superstitions about love related to animals. They could be harbingers of your future love, depending on what you see on Valentine’s Day or how many you’re able to count before shaking the hand of your spouse-to-be. We’ve also tracks from video games of animals in parallel to the animals: a drunk squirrel trying to get home, the mystical practice of bird watching, and a race to the finish line with horses. Following each original track is a cover or remix.

Get yourself prepared for what love has to offer, be it good or bad…

“15 Crazy Love Superstitions From Around the World”

“11 Odd, Old-Timey Valentine’s Day Traditions”

Track Listing

Intro and BGM: “Love is Hurtin’ Thing”, composed by Ben Raleigh and David J. Luff; performed by Lou Rawls

“Rock Solid” – [Conker’s Bad Fur Day] – composed by Robin Beanland

“Rock Solid – CONKER’S BAD FUR DAY REMIX” – remixed by Eddie Soria

“Main Theme” – [Angry Birds] – composed by Ari Pulkkinen

“Angry Birds Theme [Noteblock Remix]” – remixed by Noteblock

“Hashire, Umamumsume!” – [Umamusume: Pretty Derby] – composed by Kenkichi Ikeda and Nobuo Maeda; vocals by Azumi Waki, Marika Kohno, Machino, Hitomi Ueda, Naomi Ohzora, Yui Watanabe, Yukiyo Fujii, Satomi Aeksaka

“HASHIRE UMA MUSUME//Eurobeat Remix – Umamusume” – remixed by Imojust

Episode 69 - Chilly McFreeze VII: Steven James Anderson

By Shujin Academy VGM Club on Feb 12, 2026 12:00 pm UTC

For the 69th episode, we’ll be hearing a nice set of calm tracks, adding another entry to my ongoing Chilly McFreeze series.

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. (Mention new episode about Kaze no NOTAM)
All the fine, hardworking people who’ve ripped these tracks out of various video games.
BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.

If you like these Chilly McFreeze episodes that I keep doing, you should check out Chillscape, an entire podcast devoted to chill VGM, hosted by Aaron of the Superghost podcast. You can find the website for it at chillscape.xyz and it’s available on most podcatchers that aren’t Spotify, because Spotify is evil and they hate video game music.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:06 - Picross e7 (3DS) - Mega Picross (composer: unknown)

02:19 - Talk Segment 1

05:12 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - Newly-Settled Town (composer: Yukio Nakajima)

07:42 - Star Ocean (Super Famicom) - Ambition (composer: Motoi Sakuraba)

10:55 - Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand (Super Famicom) - Shopping (composers: Naoki Kaneda, Satoshi Arai, and Atsushi Shirakawa)

12:58 - Bahamut Lagoon (Super Famicom) - Aqui-Land Mahaaru (composer: Noriko Matsueda)

15:22 - Cu-On-Pa (Super Famicom) - Lonely Factory (composer: Ken Kojima)

20:22 - Talk Segment 2

23:19 - Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked (PS2?) - So that the forms of heavenly maidens linger before me yet more (composer: Masafumi Takada)

25:30 - Coffee Talk (multiplatform) - Silent Rains (composer: Andrew Jeremy)

29:23 - Persona 5 Tactica (multiplatform) - Beneath the Mask -Tactica- (composer: Shoji Meguro; arranger: Toshiki Konishi)

23:25 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform) - Dusk (composer: Garoad)

37:35 - Breath of Fire 3 (PS1) - Windy City (composers: Akari Kaida, Yoshino Aoki)

39:52 - Talk Segment 3

43:51 - Fantasian (multiplatform) - Frozen Tundra (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

48:37 - Chrono Cross (PS1) - Leaving the Body (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda)

50:44 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (DS) - Time Gear (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, Yoshihiro Maeda)

52:41 - Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii/3DS/Switch) - Reminiscence (composer: Manami Kiyota)

56:09 - Thunder Force III (Genesis) - Present (Staff Roll) (composer: Toshiharu Yamanishi)

59:16 - Outro Talk Segment

1:02:05 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - Now is the Winter (cover of “The Mines of Narshe”; composer: Final Fantasy VI; arranger: Mustin)

Viper’s VGMture – S17 – All Arise (11 February 2026)

By Viper's VGMture on Feb 11, 2026 10:00 pm UTC

Lumines Arise takes to the stage on tonight's special episode of Viper's VGMture as we peer into the game, the series before it and the inspirations it took on along the way.

Thanks to Enhance Games for providing the game and soundtrack keys.

Buy Lumines Arise on PS5 and Steam:
https://www.playstation.com/games/lumines-arise/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2370000/Lumines_Arise/

Buy Lumines Arise (Original Soundtrack) on Bandcamp:
https://hydelic.bandcamp.com/album/lumines-arise-original-soundtrack

TRACKLISTING:
00:00:00 Lumines Arise - Arise (feat. Krysta Youngs)
00:02:38 Lumines Arise - Two Lost Stars (feat. Luma)
00:06:33 Welcome to Viper's VGMture
00:21:23 Lumines Arise - Tender Bloom
00:23:59 Lumines Arise - Only Human [In-Game Mix] (feat. Krysta Youngs)
00:27:12 You're Listening to Viper's VGMture
00:44:59 Lumines Arise - In Black and White
00:47:21 Lumines Arise - The List
00:50:07 This is Viper's VGMture
01:03:02 Lumines Arise - 1999
01:07:52 Lumines Arise - Bass Cycles
01:11:37 Lumines Arise - Dreamland
01:15:50 Thanks for Listening!
01:24:08 Lumines Arise - Wash Away (feat. Kymara)

The Morning Rush – Ep 6 with Rob!

By Rhythm and Pixels on Feb 11, 2026 10:00 am UTC

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Playback access to this podcast is restricted to cars with blast processing under the hood. You dig? This week Rob is pumping out the Genesis and Mega Drive JAMS that you may or may not have heard about. You have a fever,and this doctor’s prescription is some of the greatest music composed on an FM synthesizer piped directly to your ears!

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

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

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LMH Mixtape #283: Happy Beginnings

By Legacy Music Hour on Feb 11, 2026 8:01 am UTC

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Happy Beginnings means (among other things) that this mixtape begins with an absolute banger. Divine Bloodlines (Stage 1 BGM) from Dracula X on the SNES is a very faithful rendition of the original CD version, with sampled electric guitar and some killer bass guitar. Castle Theme from Valkyrie no Densetsu has a very regal sound, with some great sampled choir voices.This mixtape isn't

Episode 26-2: Brazilian Master System Butt Lift

By Game That Tune on Feb 10, 2026 1:00 pm UTC

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KVGM “The Last Wave” (2/8/26)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Feb 8, 2026 4:00 pm UTC

This week, we’re a little all over the place in energy levels, with morning vibes, afternoon delights, and evening bliss, plus a little reminiscing, hipster bashing, and the Destiny Draw System.

Playlist

Your Profile~Leaf – Naoya Shimokawa and bermei.inazawa
(To Heart, PC)

Fresh Prince – ARA
(Pri-Pia ~Prince Pia♥Carrot~, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Puzzle Editor – BA.M, Einosuke Nagao, Tsuyosi Matsushima, TAISHOW, and SUPERKENTA
(Super Nazo Puyo: Rulue no Roux, Super Famicom)

AM – Takumu Kotohira
(NUKITASHI, PC)

Event 4 – Sota Fujimori
(Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Tag Force 4, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Monochrome – Satoshi Okubo
(Hotel Dusk: Room 215, Nintendo DS)

Jiandia Park Lobby – ASTRO MAN
(La Tale, PC)

NO PAIN,NO GAIN. – Shigenobu Okawa
(Tayutama 2 -After Stories-, Sony PlayStation 4)

Headlights on the Shore – Barry “Epoch” Topping
(Paradise Killer, Nintendo Switch)

Credits – Kazuhiko Uehara
(Jikkyou World Soccer 3, Nintendo 64)

Special Request

In the Night – Motoharu Yoshihira
(RAhXEPhON: Sokyu Gensokyoku, Sony PlayStation 2)

Episode 211: Happy 4th Anniversary!

By RE-VGM on Feb 6, 2026 8:03 am UTC

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This week, we are celebrating our four years of RE-VGM, showcasing covers and remixes of video game music and putting a spotlight on musicians who arrange, cover, and remix them. It was on February 2nd, back in 2022, that the first episode was released; it was on one particular track from “Kingdom Hearts” titled “Dearly Beloved” and three separate covers and remixes. From there the format slightly changed to a themed celebration with three original tracks and three inspired tracks. Later, “On Stage Now” was added to feature a musician or band and their works of covered or remixed VGM.

For this episode, I take a look behind the numbers for this past year’s episode and play inspired from the top 3 episodes, according to the number of listens on the day of their releases: a video game about roller skating and tagging, three games displaying generosity, and a musician who takes his music to 11.

Enjoy all of these tracks in celebration of RE-VGM’s four years podcasting and showcasing original VGM and their covers and remixes. Oh, and be sure to take a giant balloon of your favorite color on the way…

Track Listing

Episode 195: Jet Grind Radio
“Let Mom Sleep (No Sleep Remix)” – composed and remixed by Hideki Nagunuma
“Everybody Jump Around [Arranged] – Richard Jacques – Jet Set Radio” – composed by Richard Jacques, arranged by Nightmare Burger
“Sweet Soul Brother (B.B.Rights Mix)” – composed and remixed by Richard Jacques

The Generosity of Gamers
“Dehya Theme Music EXTENDED – Fiery Lioness | Genshin Impact” – [Genshin Impact] – composed by HOYO-MiX, remixed by tnbee
“Helldivers II Main Theme – A Cup of Liber-tea – Epic Orchestral Cover” – [Helldivers II] – composed by Wilbert Roget II, covered by Karu
“Winning the Soul” – [Umamusume: Pretty Derby] – composed by Makoto Miyazaki, covered by The Recovery System

Episode 191: Vincent Moretto
“Castlevania – Vampire Killer | METAL COVER” – [Castlevania] – composed by Kinuyo Yamashita
“Yakuza 0 -Pledge of Demon | METAL REMIX” – [Yakuza 0] – composed by Hidenori Shoji
“Ace Combat 7 – Anchorhead Raid | METAL REMIX” – [Ace Combat 7] – composed by Yusuke Yamauchi

[173] Nighttime Breeze, Night Two

By Pixel Beat on Feb 5, 2026 10:00 am UTC

About: Some of my favourite Video Game Music comes from solitary nighttime moments or locations. Following on from the last Nighttime Breeze episode, we have another episode here featuring more easy-going Nighttime themes.

Artwork: Xenoblade Chronicles 3

00:00 - Colony 9 ~ Night [Xenoblade Chronicles]

by ACE+ >

03:24 - Zanarkand Ruins [Final Fantasy X-2]

by Noriko Matsueda, Takahito Eguchi >

05:47 - Lake Harami [Okami]

by Masami Ueda, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Rei Kondo, Akari Groves >

08:37 - Crimson Sunset [Final Fantasy XIV]

by Masayoshi Soken >

12:16 - The Hidden Grove [Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney]

by Tomohito Nishiura >

13:52 - Toto’haha (Night) [Octopath Traveller II]

by Yasunori Nishiki >

17:40 - Anxiety [Final Fantasy VII]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

20:06 - Memories of the School [Persona 3]

by Shoji Meguro >

21:52 - Auresco, Royal Capital (Night) [Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country]

by Manami Kiyota >

25:01 - Aoba Park [Persoan 2: Eternal Punishment]

by T.KURA >

26:38 - Night Fall [Metal Gear 2 - Solid Snake]

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

28:19 - Hope Isolation Pray [Trials Of Mana]

by Ryo Yamakazi >

31:51 - Still Nights [Loop8 Summer Of Gods]

by Noriyuki Iwadare >

34:55 - Dance Of The Moonlight Jellies [Stardew Valley]

by ConcernedAple >

36:39 - Waltz Of The Birds [TalesWeaver]

by ESTi >

38:07 - Tostarena Night 8bit Version [Super Mario Odyssey]

by Naoto Kubo >

40:14 - Mignight Rendezvous [Final Fantasy VII Remake]

by Mitsuto Suzuki >

43:36 - Aurora Shelf (Night) [Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed]

by ACE+ >

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Viper’s VGMture – S16 – January 2026 Playlog (04 February 2026)

By Viper's VGMture on Feb 4, 2026 10:00 pm UTC

2026 gets off to a slow and steady start as we look back at our Play Logs from January! TRACKLISTING: 00:00:00 Sleeping Dogs - Kiara 00:03:53 River City Girls (Nekketsu Koha Kunio-kun Gaiden River City Girls) - Boss: Noize 00:07:29 Welcome to Viper's VGMture 00:14:50 Once Upon A Katamari (Once Upon A Katamari Damacy) - Kokon-Tozai Katamari-Doucyu 00:18:06 Rise Of The Triad - Goin Down the Fast Way 00:20:34 You're Listening to Viper's VGMture 00:34:33 Hazelnut Hex - Stage 1 ~ Theme of Hazelnut Hex 00:38:20 Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer (Fit Boxing 3 -Your Personal Trainer-) - Fighting Warrior's Anthem 00:41:29 This is Viper's VGMture 00:52:00 River City Girls (Nekketsu Koha Kunio-kun Gaiden River City Girls) - Mami <3 Hasebe (feat. Chipzel) 00:55:13 Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer (Fit Boxing 3 -Your Personal Trainer-) - Moonlight Sonic Session 00:58:20 Thanks for Listening! 01:01:44 Once Upon A Katamari (Once Upon A Katamari Damacy) - Diver

The Morning Rush – Ep 5 with Pernell!

By Rhythm and Pixels on Feb 4, 2026 10:00 am UTC

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Still out there driving on those treacherous icy roads? Plowing through the snow to get to hoagiefest? Pernell has got the video game music to heat up your morning drive! Turn up the jams, get your hands on 10 and 2, and let’s RUSH!

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Episode 293: Asiatic Music 3

By Legacy Music Hour on Feb 4, 2026 8:01 am UTC

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Not since 2013 has the Legacy Music Hour done a focus on music with an Asiatic influence, but as they've been doing more themed episodes lately, here it is once again. Some pretty standard picks here from games like Shinobi and Legend of the Mystical Ninja, but maybe a couple lesser known titles as well, all employing some kind of Far East element, even if sometimes subtly. Brent and

Kaze No NOTAM

By barSILENCE on Feb 3, 2026 1:08 pm UTC

[Episode 45] This month, barSILENCE takes to the skies with the chilled-out and grooving soundtrack to Kaze No NOTAM on the PlayStation.

This game's uniquely dégagé experience lets you hot air balloon at your own pace, drifting wherever the wind takes you. As you float through these low-poly worlds, it’s backed by an excellent vaporwave-adjacent soundtrack that’s more about vibes than momentum, and absolutely worth experiencing.

It's time to catch a breeze. And when it’s over, there is only one thing left to ask:

Did you luxuriate in the wind?

Tracklisting:

00:00:00 - Departure (Kaze no NOTAM) [Yasuyuki Suzuki]

00:06:02 - Intro & Kaze No NOTAM

00:13:26 - Tranquility (Kaze no NOTAM) [Ryuji Nishida]

00:19:09 - Phantom (Kaze no NOTAM) [Ryuji Nishida]

00:23:29 - Discovery (Kaze no NOTAM) [Ryuji Nishida]

00:27:30 - Dry Wind (Kaze no NOTAM) [Ryuji Nishida]

00:31:12 - Solitude (Kaze no NOTAM) [Ryuji Nishida]

00:37:47 - Turning Point (Kaze no NOTAM) [Ryuji Nishida]

00:42:18 - Nature (Kaze no NOTAM) [Ryuji Nishida]

00:48:01 - Long For (Kaze no NOTAM) [Ryuji Nishida]

00:53:19 - Menu (Kaze no NOTAM) [Yasuyuki Suzuki]

00:55:54 - Task Failed (Kaze no NOTAM) [Ryuji Nishida]

00:58:22 - Out of Fuel (Kaze no NOTAM) [Ryuji Nishida]

01:00:45 - Customize (Kaze no NOTAM) [Ryuji Nishida]

01:04:20 - Outro

01:06:19 - End Roll (Kaze no NOTAM) [Ryuji Nishida]

barSILENCE is a podcast that is created 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 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:

Shujin Academy VGM Club: The creatively themed episodes of this video game music podcast are the brainchild of the venerable Professor Tom. Please listen to and follow this excellent VGM Podcast!

Super Ghost: This fantastic video game variety podcast, hosted by Aaron, is a show on a mission to discuss every video game topic ever! Give it a listen and follow for weekly episodes!

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Marcato Radio 42

By Super Marcato Bros on Feb 2, 2026 4:12 pm UTC

Episodes

It's time for another installment of Marcato Radio! Once again, it's another non-stop collection of outstanding video game music. Some tracks you've heard before, and some you have not! Enjoy!

Ganbare Goemon 4 - Kazuhiko Uehara - Ice Moon Fortress

Atelier Sophie 2 - Kazuki Yanagawa - Dream Drops

Spirou - Alberto Gonzalez - Title Screen

Bahamut Lagoon - Noriko Matsueda - Ending

Assassin's Creed 3 - Lorne Balfe - Welcome to Boston

ricora - memories of blue

Nights of Azure - Hayato Asano - How can I help you (Shopping)

Dragon Knight 4 (X68) - Tsuyoshi Fukutomi - Take The Offensive

Arc Rise Fantasia - Yasunori Mitsuda - Meridian 2nd Hikoutei Squad

Fascination - Frederic Motte - Sea of Love

Contact - Masafumi Takada - BGM 4

Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Yuki Shimooka - The Beast Pack's Final Stand

Jakerson - Summer Chip XV - Melancholic Feel

Advanced Variable Geo - Unknown - BGM 7

Animal Crossing: Wild World - Kazumi Totaka - KK Jazz (Aircheck)

Adventures of Pip - Jake Kaufman - Caves (Main)

Alien 3 - Matt Furniss - Ending Theme

Akiba's Trip 1&2 - Toshiko Tasaki - Jikeidan

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (TG16) - Goji Tsuno - BGM 3

Episode 210: Doin’ the Dinosaur (National Draw a Dinosaur Day)

By RE-VGM on Jan 30, 2026 2:43 pm UTC

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Admit it. There are times you get bored in the middle of a class or meeting, and suddenly, your hand starts doodling something: a UFO taking up a cow, an attempt to draw the Cool S, or stick figures having an impromtu fight. That happened to Todd Page while he was in an anthropology class. He got bored and started to doodle dinosaurs. Later, he encouraged others to doodle dinosaurs and then decided to declare it a holiday. Thus was born “National Draw a Dinosaur Day”, on January 30th.

On this week’s episode, we’ll be playing tracks from video games that have dinosaurs in them: a post-apocalyptic time of classic cars and prehistoric creatures, a mighty warrior searching for pieces of a great weapon, and an agent trying to arrest a suspect in a lab riddled with ancient creatures. We’ve also got covers and remixes with each track.

Prepare to get prehistoric and maybe ‘do the Dinosaur’…

Track Listing

Intro and BGM: “Dinosaur Song”, composed by Johnny and June Cash, performed by Johnny Cash, from his album “The Johnny Cash Children’s Album”

“Shooting Blindly – Brawl (STAGE 4-2, 5-2)” – [Cadillacs and Dinosaurs] – composed by Isao Abe, Syun Nishigaki

“Cadillacs and Dinosaurs OST In the Garage [Synthwave remix]” – remixed by Sanctum Audio Productions

“Lost Jungle” – [Turok: Dinosaur Hunter] – composed by Darren Mitchell

“Turok: Dinosaur Hunter – Jungle (remix)” – remixed by DJ Mykah

“Set You at Ease” – [Dino Crisis] – composed by Sayaka Fujitia

“Dino Crisis Remake – Save Room Theme/Set You at Ease [Synth Cover]” – covered by Mono Memory

“National Draw a Dinosaur Day”

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (video game)

Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (video game)

Dino Crisis (video game)

Episode 39-4 Our Year In Games for 2025

By Rhythm and Pixels on Jan 28, 2026 10:00 am UTC

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Kick back with Rob and Pernell as we look back at all the great games of 2025! We listen to music from our favorites, and the games we wanted to play but didn’t get to. Okay let’s be real, Rob didn’t get to any of them because he was too busy with a full year attempting to 100% Balatro. We’re celebrating not just a full year of the show, but TEN years of the podcast! Every month we’re bringing something special to the show, and this week is guaranteed to make you smile! We hope you like it!

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LMH Mixtape #282: Super Famicom

By Legacy Music Hour on Jan 28, 2026 8:08 am UTC

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Japanese exclusive Super Famicom games was the focus here. Much of the best VGM from the third and fourth generation never made it out of Japan. Luckily for you though, the LMH boizz are here to share some of these incredibly smooth, jazzy, and just plain bonk tracks with you. Energetic and memorable tracks like "Ending" from Drift King Shutokou Battle '94: Tsuchiya Keiichi &

[RE-RUN] C2E16: "Songs with Words" (orig rel. 03/07/2024)

By Nerd Noise Radio on Jan 28, 2026 6:00 am UTC

2026 Show Notes Addendum: Our last [for now] Ch 2 rerun (our last Ch 2 rerun specifically shared with incoming NintenDomain listeners in mind in the wake of the recent Ch F "Channel Trey" one-off) This was the first episode of the last season of Ch 2 - the one where we announced to the listeners that Ch 2 would be shutting down, as well as the episode where I revealed my then very recently discovered African and Jewish ancestry. This episode also has the distinction of being my personal favorite episode in Ch 2 history with perhaps the lone exception of the 5 1/2hr long "C2F: 'Finally our Final Finale'" series retrospective. You can also hear our very last non-retrospective Ch 2, C2E20: "....all good things...." if you look back to the NNR Dec 2025 podcast feed. And with that.....NintenDomain fans now have had a great look at the seeds to what went on to make "Channel Trey", while long-time NNR fans get a look back on a handful of really great moments in Ch 2 (and "quasi-channel 2") history. Enjoy this last [for now] installment! :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------Original 2024 Show Notes------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Today’s Broadcast is C2E16 for Theme Thursday, March 7th, 2024. Today’s theme is vocal music from video games, on a program we’re calling “Songs with Words”. BE SURE TO CATCH OUR SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TOWARDS THE END OF THE EPISODE!! (It’s highlighted in the show notes!)

Tracklist

Track# / Track Name / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Vocalist / Selected by

01) Shenhua (Vocal Version) - Shenmue - Dreamcast - c: Ryuji Iuichi (music) and Yumi Asada (lyrics) / a: Hayato Matsuo (orchestration) - Ioli - Hugues

a) Earcatcher - 00:00:00 b) Music - 00:00:08 c) Introduction - 00:04:12 d) Top of Show Business - 00:04:39 e) Discussion - 00:14:56

02) Connected (Yours Forever) - Tetris Effect: Connected - Multiplatform - Hydelic - Kate Brady - St. John

a) Music - 00:18:28 b) Discussion - 00:24:03

03) Melodies of Life (English Version) - Final Fantasy IX - PS1 - Nobuo Uematsu (music) and Hioyuki Ito (lyrics) / a: Shiro Hamaguchi - Emiko Shiratori - Hugues

a) Music - 00:28:34 b) Discussion - 00:34:30

04) Sky High - Daytona USA - Saturn - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (music) and David R. Leytze (lyrics) - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi - St. John

a) Music - 00:40:45 b) Discussion - 00:45:33

05) Instructor Mooselini's Rap - PaRappa the Rapper - PS1 - Izumi Amano and/or Ryu Watanabe - John Simpson III and Saundra Williams - Hugues

a) Music - 00:50:35 b) Discussion - 00:52:43

06) My Intellivision - Intellivision Lives - Multiplatform - Tom Kahelin and/or Michael Schwartz - Michael Schwartz (?) - St. John

a) Music - 00:56:50 b) Discussion - 01:01:33

07) Sea of Love - It Came from the Desert - TG16 - Kenneth Melville - Terence Kirby - Hugues

a) Music - 01:05:28 b) Discussion - 01:07:51

08) Volver a Comenzar - Little Big Planet - PS3 - Cafe Tabvca - Cafe Tabvca - St. John

[NOTE: I failed to sync this track up to the vocal portion where we do the "this part right here" thing. My apologies! - St. John]

a) Music - 01:14:01 b) Discussion - 01:22:18

09) A Crimson Rose and a Gin Tonic - Katamari Damacy PS2 - Asuka Sakai - Ado Mizumori - Hugues

[NOTE: Same as the above track - missed the "this part right here" thing. - St. John]

a) Music - 01:25:23 b) Discussion - 01:30:01

10) Sonic Boom (Ending Version) - Sonic CD (N/A) - Sega CD - Spencer Nilsen, Mark Young, and/or Pastiche - Pastiche - St. John

a) Music - 01:33:16 b) Discussion - 01:37:02

11) Sora wo Miagete (Ending Version) - Trails in the Sky the 3rd - PSP - c: Takahiro Unisuga / a: Yukihiro Jindo - Kanako Kotera - Hugues

a) Music - 01:41:18 b) Discussion - 01:47:26

12) Always Been but Never Dreamed - Tetris Effect: Connected - Multiplatform - Hydelic - Kate Brady - St. John

[NOTE: This time I caught the "this moment right here" thing. Hooray! - St. John]

a) Music - 01:51:04 b) Discussion - 01:55:38

13) Everything's Alright - To the Moon - PC - Ken Gao and/or Laura Shigihara - Laura Shigihara - Hugues

a) Music - 02:01:12 b) Discussion - 02:04:46 c) End of Show Business - 02:14:40 d) Oddie HD Updates - 02:19:42 e) MOAR End of Show Business - 02:20:37 f) *****OUR BIG CH 2 ANNOUNCEMENT***** - 02:22:36 g) EVEN MORE End of Show Banter - 02:26:12 h) Closing Track Discussion - 02:30:35 i) Sign-Off - 02:32:12

14) Still Alive - Portal - Multiplatform - Jonathan Coulton - Ellen McClain (as GLaDOS) - St. John

a) Music - 02:32:42 b) Outtakes - 02:35:35 c) [Audio-Only] The Debut YouTube Video of Oddie HD (the complete, unabridged audio) - 02:43:51

Total Episode Runtime: 02:54:34

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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/

Referenced Article about “Sea of Love”: https://www.tg-16.com/Lyrics_for_It_Came_From_the_Desert.htm

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 C1E82: “Run and/or Gun”! Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds. And wherever you are - Fly the N!

KVGM “The Last Wave” (1/25/26)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Jan 25, 2026 4:00 pm UTC

This week, we’re all about DEEP LOVE…what is deep love? How deep can it go? Maybe you find it in classic schmups…maybe you can find it in a customizable robot game? What about on the soccer field? I mean, we know we can find plenty of it in adult visual novels…let’s be real.

Playlist

Speed – Naoki Maeda and Konami Kukeiha Club
(Salamander 2, Arcade)

The Twilight House – Naotoshi Nishino
(Twilight Dual, PC)

Revenge of the Three Siblings – Shinji Hosoe
(Custom Robo V2, Nintendo 64)

Focus – Takumu Kotohira
(NUKITASHI, PC)

Blue Knight Blues – Shinichiro Sato and Satoshi Miyashita
(Armored Trooper Votoms: Blue Knight Berserga, Sony PlayStation)

Nope on a Rope – Unknown
(Nope Nope Nurses, PC)

Main Menu – Kazuhiko Uehara
(Jikkyou World Soccer 3, Nintendo 64)

Deep Love – Peak A Soul+
(Yuusha to Maou to, Majo no Café, PC)

Goodnight – Artistic Concepts
(DISCIPLINE -The Record of a Crusade, PC)

Ending – Hiroshi Kimura and AIAI
(R-Type Leo, Arcade)

Special Request

Katalina’s Theme – Kenji Ito
(Romancing SaGa 3, Super Famicom)

[172] Funk Around, Find Out

By Pixel Beat on Jan 24, 2026 11:00 am UTC

About: This one is all about funky music of all sorts, from mostly classic games of a bygone era where video game music was filled to the brim with ultra funky music.

Artwork: ToeJam and Earl

00:00 - Orange Garage [TalesWeaver]

by ESTi >

01:40 - The Machina Faction [Final Fantasy X-2]

by Noriko Matsueda, Takahito Eguchi >

03:24 - The Last Soul [Streets Of Rage]

by Yuzo Koshiro >

06:29 - Make Me Dance [The Revenge of Shinobi]

by Yuzo Koshiro >

8:26 - Mellow Groove [ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkatron]

by John Baker >

10:10 - Title [Treasure Master]

by Tim Follin >

13:02 - Fortuna [Star Fox]

by Hajime Hirasawa >

14:56 - Yukino Theme [Persona 2: Innocent Sin]

by Toshiko Tasaki, Kenichi Tsuchiya, Masaki Kurokawa >

16:29 - Easy Breezy [Scarlet Nexus]

by Hayata Takeda >

20:10 - Lurking In Darkness [Final Fantasy VII]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

22:41 - Battle Theme [Guardian’s Crusade]

by Tamsoft Sound Team >

25:07 - Stage 5 - Temple [El Viento]

by Motoi Sakuraba >

27:45 - Spring Yard Zone [Sonic The Hedgehog]

by Masato Nakamura >

29:53 - Action [Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor]

by Takami Asano >

33:12 - Good Doctor [Trauma Team]

by Ryota Koduka >

35:43 - Gambler Of Highway [Ragnarok Online]

by soundTeMP >

Episode 209: On Stage Now – Nestalgica

By RE-VGM on Jan 23, 2026 8:03 am UTC

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It’s time for a special episode of “On Stage Now”, and our first musician to start off 2026 is Nestalgica.

Hailing from Sweden, he’s a one-man band that covers all music from Nintendo. The proof is in the 17 years of videos from his YouTube channel that showcase his talent. There are a few tracks in which he collaborates with other musicians.

And honestly, that’s all I’ve got on him, but don’t let that dissuade you from listening a collection of his works on this episode, so put on your headphones and prepare to rock the world of video game music!

Nestalgica (YT, FB, IG, X, Twitch, Spotify, Apple Music, BC, Deezer, Last.fm, Patreon)

Track Listing
All tracks performed by Nestalgica are covers of the original VGM

“Mega Man 2 Medley” – [Mega Man 2] – composed by Takashi Tateishi, Manami Matsumae

“Batman: Return of the Joker cover (Game Boy)” – [Batman: Return of Joker] – composed by Manami Matsumae

“Bubble Bobble Them” – [Bubble Bobble] – composed by Zuntata

“Fester’s Quest – Boss Battle” – [Fester’s Quest] – composed by by Nobuyuki Hara, Naoki Kodaka

“Nintendo World Cup – Match 1-3”- [Nintendo World Cup] – composed by Kauo Sawa

“Metal Slug 3 – Desert theme” – [Metal Slug 3] – composed by Playmore Sound Team

“Splatoon – Splattack! (Main theme)” – [Splatoon] – composed by Toru Minegishi, Shiho Fujii

“Mystic Quest – Battle Theme [METAL COVER]” – [Mystic Quest] – composed by Ryuji Sasai

“Mega Man 2 – Metal Man Theme [METAL COVER]” – [Mega Man 2] – composed by Takashi Tateishi

“Castlevania – Heart of Fire” – [Castlevania] – composed by Kinuyo Tamashita

“Snake’s Revenge – Jungle Infiltration” – [Metal Gear – Snake’s Revenge] – composed by Tsutomo Ogura

“Batman: The Video Game (NES) – Stage 1 Theme (Streets of Desolation)” – [Batman: The Video Game] – composed by Naoki Kodaka

“ENEMY BASE – Contral (Feat. Stefan Norlin)” – [Contra] – composed by Kazuki Muraoka

“STARMAN THEME/WING CAP THEME” – [Super Mario Bros.] – composed by Koji Kondo

“ULTRAKILL – Altars of Apostacy (incl. “Hall of Sacreligious Remains”)” – [Ultrakill] – composed by Arai “Hakita” Patala

“BLADES OF STEEL – Menu Theme/Game Start” – [Blades of Steel] – composed by Shinya Sakamoto, Kazuki Muraoka, Atsushi Fujio, Kiyohiro Sada

Outro: “Ballad of the Wind Fish | Rock Cover (Link’s Awakening)” – [The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening] – composed by Kazumi Totaka, Minako Hamano, Kozue Ishikawa – covered by Nestalgica