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Q&A: Guiding Bach, Our Wives Rock, Mending Music

By Super Marcato Bros on Apr 27, 2025 9:44 pm UTC

Episodes

In this laidback episode, Karl & Will answer some fun listener questions, play another round of their signature version of Name That Tune, and more!

Karl Brueggemann - High Flyer 2 - Saturday in Igloo Town

Will Brueggemann - Super Star Squadron 2 - Squadron, Assemble!

--Background music tracklist--

-Selections from Out Run

-Selections from Out Runners

-Selections from Super Hang-On

-Selections from Racing Hero

-Play In: Jurassic Park - Hi-Score Theme

-Play Out: Racing Hero - Name Entry

Episode 169: On Stage Now – TeraCMusic

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

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The end of April nears, which means it’s time for our special episode of “On Stage Now”. This month, we’re featuring TeraCMusic.

TeraCMusic is a musician who’s covers are mostly done in string or with vocals. She learned to play the piano and violin at a young age, though she has also added the guitar and violia. With re-imagined and re-invented arrangements, her inspiration comes from several composers, including Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Mitsuda, and Koji Kondo. She has also collaborated with other musicians online (such as Lionmight, aka String Player Gamer). She hopes to one day compose music for a video game.

Prepare to listen to her serenade with her violin and entrance you with her lovely voice.

TeraCMusic (Personal website, YT, Facebook, Instagram, X, Spotify, BC, Patreon)

Track Listing

“Boneyard – COD MW2 (electric violin cover)” – [Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2] – composed by Lorne Balfe

“Harvest Moon: Tale of Two Towns “Fall Theme” Violin Cover” – [Harvest Moon: Tale of Two Towns] – composed by Hiroshi Nakajima, Eri Yasuda, Ryou Kinugasa, Kengo Hagiwara

“Singing Cover – Tsuki NO Akari (FFIV)” – [Final Fantasy IV] – composed by Nobuo Uematsu

“Chrono Cross: Garden of the Gods ft. The String Player Gamer” – [Chrono Cross] – composed by Yasunori Mitsuda

“Fire Emblem Awakening Cover: And what if I can’t?… – TeraCMusic” – [Fire Emblem: Awakening] – composed by Hiroki Morishita, Rei Kondoh

“Final Fantasy X: To Zanarkand Cover – TeraCMusic” – [Final Fantasy X] – composed by Nobuo Uematsu

“Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Garfront Mercenaries (Night) Violin Cover | TeraCMusic” – [Xenoblade Chronicles 2] – composed by Kenji Hiramatsu

“Secret of Mana: Spirit of the Night Cover | TeraCMusic ft. Julia Henderson” – [Secret of Mana] – composed by Hiroku Kikuta

“Chrono Trigger” Schala’s Theme Cover | TeraCMusic” – [Chrono Trigger] – composed by Yasunori Mitsuda

“Final Fantasy VII: Flowers Blooming in the Church Cover” – [Final Fantasy VII] – composed by Nobuo Uematsu

“The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures – Beyond Deduction’s Logic | TeraCMusic ft. Chromatic Apparatus” – [The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures] – composed by Hiromitsu Maeba

“Animal Crossing: Steep Hill Cover | TeraCMusic ft. Moise Nieto” – [Animal Crossing] – composed by Kazumi Totaka, Shiho Fuji

Outro: “Hollow Knight – String and Piano Cover” – [Hollow Knight] – composed by Christopher Larkin

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[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E94: Jackbox Jukebox”

By Nerd Noise Radio on Apr 24, 2025 5:03 am UTC

Today’s broadcast is C1E94 for Theme Thursday, April 24th, 2025 (Switch 2 pre-order day.....take 2......we hope!). Today’s broadcast is a celebration of the music from the various mainline installments of the Jackbox Party Pack – the greatest "social lubricant" in the history of video games - and the longest run-time [quote] "ordinary" Channel 1 episode in Nerd Noise Radio history, So, buckle up for nearly 2 ½ hours of the sweet sweet sounds which have made family gatherings and other social events so survivable!

Tracklist!

Track # / Party Pack # / Track Name / Minigame / Composer(s) / Timestamp

B1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) PP04 - Lobby - Monster Seeking Monster - Andy Poland - 00:05:16

02) PP01 - Theme - You Don’t Know Jack 2015 - Andy Poland - 00:08:13

03) PP07 - Presentation 3 - Talking Points - Brian Chard - 00:10:15

04) PP04 - Final Round Reveal - Survive the Internet - Brian Chard - 00:12:37

05) PP03 - Artwork Creation - Tee K.O. - Brian Chard - 00:14:16

06) PP04 - Gameplay Music 1 - Bracketeering - Brian Chard - 00:16:32

07) PP10 - Are We Not Birds? - Dodo Re Mi - Nate Sandberg - 00:20:28

08) PP01 - Background Loop - Drawful - Andy Poland - 00:22:55

09) PP02 - Lobby - Earwax - Andy Poland - 00:24:43

10) PP02 - Draw Music A - Bidiots - Randy Sly - 00:28:22

11) PP03 - List of the Dead Songs - Trivia Murder Party - Randy Sly - 00:29:26

12) PP08 - Draw - Weapons Drawn - Elise Wattman - 00:31:19

13) PP04 - Round 1 Draw 1 - Civic Doodle - Andy Poland - 00:33:55

14) PP01 - Main Theme - Drawful - Andy Poland - 00:37:02

15) PP03 - Timer Music 2 - Fakin’ It - Andy Poland - 00:38:46

16) PP07 - Write - Talking Points - Brian Chard - 00:41:16

17) PP03 - Slogan Creation - Tee K.O. - Brian Chard - 00:43:27

18) PP04 - Final Round Twist - Survive the Internet - Brian Chard - 00:45:47

19) PP05 - Rap Loop 14 - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 00:47:48

20) PP05 - Rap Loop 15 - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 00:48:49

21) PP06 - Background 1 - Joke Boat - Andy Poland - 00:49:48

22) PP08 - Deliberation 7 - The Poll Mine - Brian Chard - 00:54:19

23) PP08 - Vote 2 - Drawful Animate - Andy Poland - 00:56:06

24) PP05 - Gameplay 6 - Zeeple Dome - Brian Chard - 00:58:11

25) PP03 - Theme - Tee K.O. - Brian Chard - 01:00:41

26) PP07 - Emergency - The Devils and the Details - Brian Chard - 01:03:53

27) PP04 - Question Music 1 - Fibbage 3 - Andy Poland - 01:04:27

28) PP05 - Write Loop 1 - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 01:05:20

29) PP10 - Serious Business Chat - Fixy Text - Kelly Shuda - 01:08:20

30) PP06 - Background 2 - Joke Boat - Andy Poland - 01:10:25

31) PP09 - Final Round - Fibbage 4 - Andy Poland - 01:12:25

32) PP04 - Final Round Write - Survive the Internet - Brian Chard - 01:15:33

33) PP02 - Choose Music B - Earwax - Andy Poland - 01:16:59

34) PP06 - Deliberation Room - Push the Button - Andy Poland - 01:18:40

35) PP05 - Rap Loop 11 - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 01:21:17

36) PP01 - Background Loop 1 - Word Spud - Andy Poland - 01:21:46

37) PP01 - Background Loop 4 - Lie Swatter - Andy Poland - 01:22:19

38) PP01 - Background Loop 5 - Lie Swatter - Andy Poland - 01:23:45

39) PP01 - Background Loop 2 - Word Spud - Andy Poland - 01:25:11

40) PP05 - Lobby - Split the Room - Brian Chard - 01:26:17

41) PP02 - Draw Music B - Bidiots - Randy Sly - 01:29:02

42) PP08 - Question Series 1 - The Wheel of Enormous Proportions - Andy Poland - 01:30:29

43) PP10 - Lobby 2 - Dodo Re Mi - Nate Sandberg - 01:34:12

44) PP05 - Final Round - Split the Room - Brian Chard - 01:36:05

45) PP03 - Round 3 Write - Quiplash 2 - Andy Poland - 01:38:17

46) PP07 - Friday - The Devils and the Details - Brian Chard - 01:42:16

47) PP05 - Draw Final - Patently Stupid - Andy Poland - 01:44:28

48) PP01 - Lobby Theme - Lie Swatter - Andy Poland - 01:46:22

49) PP02 - Bid Loop B - Bidiots - Randy Sly - 01:48:02

50) PP01 - Main Question - Fibbage XL - Andy Poland - 01:50:02

51) PP05 - Write Loop 2 - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 01:50:46

52) PP06 - Slotting 2 - Role Models - Brian Chard - 01:51:45

53) PP09 - Write 1 - Roomerang - Brian Chard - 01:54:33

54) PP04 - Chat Music 2 - Monster Seeking Monster - Andy Poland - 01:56:35

55) PP05 - Credits (feat. Simeon Norfleet Sr.) - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 01:58:05

56) PP04 - Choose Music 1 - Fibbage 3 - Andy Poland - 02:00:10

57) PP08 - Draw 2 - Drawful Animate - Andy Poland - 02:00:50

58) PP05 - Write Loop 3 - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 02:03:57

59) PP08 - Composition 3 - Job Job - Brian Chard - 02:06:50

60) PP01 - Choose Music - Drawful - Andy Poland - 02:08:22

61) PP10 - Main Question 3 - Timejinx - Elise Wattman - 02:10:26

62) PP02 - Background B - Bomb Corp - Andy Poland - 02:13:07

63) PP10 - Flirty Write 1 - Fixy Text - Kelly Shuda - 02:15:03

64) PP10 - Main Question 1 - Timejinx - Elise Wattman - 02:16:06

65) PP09 - Round 2 Scoreboard 2 - Quixort - Nate Sandberg - 02:18:54

66) PP08 - Unused Idea 2 - The Wheel of Enormous Proportions - Andy Poland - 02:19:45

67) PP09 - Appraisal Reveal - Junktopia - Elise Wattman - 02:22:14

68) PP07 - Lobby - The Devils and the Details - Brian Chard - 02:24:08

69) PP04 - Credits - Fibbage 3 - Andy Poland - 02:27:18

B1) Outro - 02:29:54

Music Block Runtime: 02:24:40 / Total Episode Runtime: 02:40:16

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The promised basic nerdy stats:

Tracks by Party Pack:

PP01 - 10

PP02 - 6

PP03 - 6

PP04 - 10

PP05 - 11

PP06 - 4

PP07 - 5

PP08 - 7

PP09 - 4

PP10 - 6

Tracks by Composer:

Andy Poland - 38

Brian Chard - 18

Randy Sly - 4

Elise Wattman - 4

Nate Sandberg - 3

Kelly Shuda - 2

Simeon Norfleet Sr (feat) - 1

JBPP Minigames NOT featured in this episode:

PP02 - Quiplash XL - Andy Poland

PP03 - Guesspionage - Brian Chard

PP05 - YDKJ: Full Stream - Andy Poland

PP06 - Trivia Murder Party 2 - Andy Poland

PP06 - Dictionarium - Brian Chard (w/ Andy Poland)

PP07 - Quiplash 3 - Andy Poland

PP07 - Blather ‘Round - Randy Sly and Andy Poland

PP09 - Nonsensory - Andy Poland

PP10 - Hypnotorious - Andy Poland

PP10 - Tee K.O. 2 - Brian Chard

(Note: I wish I’d made it a requirement on myself to feature at least one track from each minigame….alas. But hey, if that’s 10 minigames excluded, the simple math is that means that’s 40 minigames INCLUDED - why am I hearing echoes of the old “four out of five dentists recommend trident gum” commercials?)

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

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Workstation Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14 (2023) laptop with perhaps a little support from a Dell Latitude 7480 (running Fedora COSMIC Linux), a 2017-spec DIY gaming PC (running Bazzite Linux) or the Steam Deck (running Steam OS Linux). Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface!

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

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

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Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here:

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com.

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

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You can also follow us on Threads at https://www.threads.net/@nerdnoiseradio , Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nerdnoiseradio?igsh=MWF4NjBpdGVxazUxYw== , Mastodon at https://universeodon.com/@NerdNoiseRadio , and BlueSky at And we are also now on TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Vurbl, Amazon Music and Audible!

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

Thanks for listening! Join us again in May for C1E95 (Channel 1, Episode 95): Subject TBD - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

KVGM “The Last Wave” (4/20/25)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Apr 20, 2025 4:00 pm UTC

[152] Bedtime Lullabies

By Pixel Beat on Apr 19, 2025 10:00 pm UTC

About: A small collection of softer, more lullaby-style themes.

Artwork: The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

00:00 - A Song From Her Memory [Final Fantasy IX]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

01:52 - Truth and Dreams [Breath Of Fire IV]

by Yoshino Aoki >

04:24 - A Coin Of Fate [Final Fantasy VI]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

07:33 - PSYNCHIN’ IN THE CAPTAIN [AI: The Somnium Files]

by Keisuke Ito >

11:50 - Komadori Orphanage [Soul Hackers 2]

by Keiichi Okabe >

14:11 - Defend Globe (Ending) [Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky]

by Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito >

18:03 - Mabe Village [The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening]

by Ryo Nagamatsu >

21:02 - A Wish… [Secret Of Mana]

by Hiroki Kikuta >

23:42 - The King Forgotten By Time [Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City]

by Yuzo Koshiro >

25:01 - FarewellS Song [Trials Of Mana]

by Hiroki Kikuta, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Koji Yamaoka >

27:37 - Passers Buy [Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy]

by Tomohito Nishiura >

31:32 - Treasured Memories [Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask]

by Tomohito Nishiura >

33:54 - Far Off Promise [Chrono Trigger]

by Yasunori Mitsuda, Nobuo Uematsu, Noriko Matsueda >

pixelbeatpod@icloud.com >

Episode 168: Made and Built to Last (International Day for Monuments and Sites)

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

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This episode is going to be epic!

Well, in terms of sites and buildings, because we’re celebrating International Day for Monuments and Sites, also known as World Heritage Day. This day, developed by the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), is to honor and raise awareness of the heritage of natural and man-made monuments and sites. It also promoted the preservation and conservations of these important places due to their significance with local and regional heritage. Some examples of such monuments and sites include the Parthenon in Greece, the Shrines and Temples of Nikko in Japan, and the Statue of Liberty in the United States.

This week, we’re listening to tracks from video games that have recreations and inspirations of certain World Heritage Sites: learning to be an assassin during the Renaissance, liberating the island of Tsushima, and travelling west to revive the Earth. We’ve also got covers and remixes with these original tracks.

Enjoy these tracks as you ponder on the importance and importance of these monuments and sites in relation to heritage.

International Day for Monuments and Sites

I.C.O.M.O.S.

8 Places to Experience Video Game History IRL

Historic Centre of Florence

Itsukushima Shrine

Grand Canyon National Park

Track Listing

“Ezio’s Family” – [Assassin’s Creed II] – composed by Jesper Kyd

“Assassin’s Creed – Ezio’s Family (amella Remix)” – remixed by amella

“Jin Sakai” – [Ghost of Tsushima] – composed by Ilan Eshkeri, Shigueru Umebayashi

“Jin Sakai – EPIC VERSION – Ghost of Tsushima” – remixed by Bitimi Studios

“In the Flood” – [Horizon Forbidden West] – composed by Oleksa Lozowchuk, vocals by Ariana Gillis

“Horizon Forbidden West – In the Flood – Cover by Rachel Hard feat. Anna Gold” – covered by Rachel Hardy, violin by Anna Gold

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Episode 38-6 In Concert with the NJGSO!

By Rhythm and Pixels on Apr 16, 2025 9:00 am UTC

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Welcome back to the best place for great video game music! Joining us again this week we have Alyssa and Victoria from the New Jersey Gamer Symphony Orchestra! We listen to their performances and chat about the arrangements, the games, and their plans to replace the conductor’s baton with Cloud’s Buster-Sword!

Learn more about the NJGSO here! https://www.njgso.org

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

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

Episode 121 – Product Placement VGM w/ CRT Soundsystem

By XVGM Radio on Apr 16, 2025 5:00 am UTC

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Product placement and advertising in video games is a wild, wacky thing. Today on XVGM Radio, Mike and Justin are joined by fellow VGM podcast CRT Soundsystem, where Reese and Tom bring some unique tracks to the mix! The hosts chat about Redline, Fast food chicken preferences, and gamer munchies. The Americans on the podcasts (Mike, Justin and Reese) learn about the aisle of American junk food in Ireland’s grocery stores courtesy of Tom. There’s a Pop Tarts flavor discussion as well as a full on M&Ms breakdown of the characters based on the websites. Is the brown M&M really just Bayonetta? Who’s got the best taste in Pop Tarts on these shows? Is the Frosted Flakes mascot Irish in Ireland? Find out more on this super silly episode of XVGM Radio!
Huge thanks to CRT Soundsystem (Tom and Reese) for joining us! Check out their show on all podcatchers, and give ‘em a rating on Apple!
Links: Apple Podcasts, BlueSky, RSS feed
We’d love to hear what you thought about these random 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
Thanks to all of our wonderful Patrons: Cam Werme, Chris Murray, Claire Myers, Scott McElhone, Rayjkayj, Llama Adam, Kung Fu Carlito, Nick Davis, Ryan McPherson, Scott Brackett, and Brad Austin. Become a Patron, get cool rewards, and more at http://www.Patreon.com/XVGMRadio
Check out all episodes of XVGM Radio on www.youtube.com/dongled for another more visual format!
Our Twitter, Instagram, and BlueSky are great ways to interact with us! Find us on there under our handle @XVGMRadio
If you’re an Apple Podcasts listener, please consider leaving a rating and a review to let us know how we’re doing! It also helps with getting the show to show up when others are searching for VGM!

TRACK LISTING:

Intro – Pepsi Man (PS1, 1999) “Pepsi Man Theme Song” James Shimoji
1 – I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator (PC, 2019) “Put Some PEP in your Step” Hexany
2 – Yaris (X360, 2007) “Main” Robert Thomure
3 – Darkened Skye (GCN, PC – 2002) “Cathedral, Library and Bell Tower” Eugene Zukov
4 – M&M’s Kart Racing (Wii – 2007) “Sea Carrier” Lukasz Stasinski
5 – Burger King Big Bumpin’ (X360, 2006) “The Deep” Matt Black, Chris Hockey
6 – Frosties’ Football Frenzy (PC, 2002) “Menu” Alessandro Bellondi, Roberto Spanu
7 – Chester Cheetah: Wild, Wild West (SNES/GEN – 1993) “Little Shock” Unknown Composer
8 – Cool Spot (AMI – 1993) “Off da Wall, Back to the Wall” Andrew Barnabas

WaveBack Episode 184: Undertale

By WaveBack Music Podcast on Apr 16, 2025 4:00 am UTC

Show Notes

For Kris’s pick this month, he chose the indie hit Undertale.

Useful Links

• Undertale
• Toby Fox

Social Stuff

• WaveBack Discord
• Support us on Patreon
• WaveBack Facebook
• Geekade Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram
• YouTube
• Twitch
• Website

Marcato Radio 39

By Super Marcato Bros on Apr 13, 2025 11:29 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!

-Track list coming soon!-

Episode 167: Alundra

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

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Today, on April 11, is the 1997 Japanese release of Alundra, an action-adventure that is considered a spiritual successor to Landstalker. It is about an adventurer named Alundra who finds himself washed onto the shores of Torla. He is nursed back to health in the village of Inoa and finds people dealing nightmares. He learns that he can enter people’s dreams and uses this power to help the village. However, more people continue to die and those alive become more suspicious of Alundra.

For this week’s episode, we’re playing several tracks from the game, as well as some covers and remixes.

Prepare yourself, listener, for an adventure in your darkest dreams…

Alundra – 1997 Interview (shmupulations)

“So, something I often wondered: The one shared music track by Alundra and Legaia” (ResetEra)

Track Listing

All original tracks were composed by Kohei Tanaka

Intro and BGM: “Alundra”

“The Village of Inoa”

“Alundra – The Village of Inoa Remix” – remixed by DemoNova

“Requiem”

“Alundra | Music Cover of “Requiem”” – covered by Vurez

“Kline’s Dream”

“Kline’s Dream – Alundra | Cover Jazz” – covered by BlueTarou

“The Use of Meia”

“The Adventures of Alundra – The Use of Meia [DJ SuperRaveman’s Orchestra Remix 02]” – remixed by DJ SuperRaveman

“Reflecting”

“OC Remix #1421: Alundra ‘Dreamwalker’ [Reflecting] by Shnabubula” – remixed by Shnabubula

Outro: “Tears” – composed by Kohei Tanaka, lyrics of Takahiro Maeda, vocals by Aya Yamada, arranged by Masami Kishimura

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Episode 60 - Urban Turf Fight

By Shujin Academy VGM Club on Apr 10, 2025 11:01 am UTC

Take to the gritty streets of the urban jungle to seek revenge in this episode full of tough street sounds.

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.
• Drew Mackie, host of the Singing Mountain podcast, which was a major inspiration for me to do Shujin Academy VGM Club. Drew created three episodes of urban music like this, and you can hear them at the links below:
  • Drive Into the City: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/16bit-driving-music
  • Gritty City Sounds: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/gritty-city-sounds
  • Devil City: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/devil-city
  • You can also hear Drew’s current podcast Gayest Episode Ever on your podcasting service of choice or at https://www.gayestepisodeever.com/
  • Drew’s fascinating blog about video gaming can also be found at https://thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/
• RayjKayj from VGMporium for introducing me to the soundtrack for Lam-Mal on episode 93 of his show, which is sadly on indefinite hiatus. You can find that episode at https://vgmporium.wordpress.com/2023/10/05/episode-93-lam-mal/ if you want to hear it for yourself.
• Ed Wilson from The VGMbassy for Scramble Spirits, which he played on the episode of VGMbassy we did together. You can find that episode at https://pca.st/episode/44d7ee05-2ab4-44b1-9470-8b7978a4ec4d
• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.

If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. For now, you can also find me on Threads or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. 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 voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on Spotify and FGC Radio.

Speaking of Spotify, if you’re listening there, 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.

I mentioned the DefunctGames.com review of Putter Golf during the show, and you can read it for yourself at http://www.defunctgames.com/review/1366/putter-golf.

To hear a different, much nicer version of the sounds of the city, check out my long-ago episode “Welcome to Metro City” at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-e9upv-12c2d4d.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Chase H.Q. (Arcade) - New York (composer: Takami Asano)

01:08 - Talk Segment 1

04:58 - Capcom vs SNK (arcade) - Stage of Final Fight - Needle (composer: Satoshi Ise)

07:28 - Putter Golf (Genesis) - BGM 1 (composer: E. Fugu)

09:10 - Scramble Spirits (Arcade) - BGM 2 (composers: Toru Nakabayashi and Yasuhiro Kawakami)

12:13 - Moto Roader II (PC Engine) - Menu (composer: Opus)

13:06 - Final Fight (Arcade) - Metro City Subway (composers: Junko Tamiya)

15:06 - Journey to Silius (NES) - Stage Theme 03 (composer: Naoki Kodaka)

16:55 - Streets of Rage 3 (Genesis) - Dub Slash (Round 2-1) (composer: Motohiro Kawashima)

20:30 - Talk Segment 2

24:16 - Power Drift (Arcade) - Adjustment Mind (D Course) (composer: Hiroshi Kawaguchi)

26:23 - Comix Zone (Genesis) - Episode 2, Page 1-2 (composer: Howard Drossin)

28:01 - Cyber Police ESWAT (Arcade) - BGM 01 (Stages 1-4-7-10-13) (composer: Yasuhiro Kawakami)

29:40 - ATP Tour Championship Tennis (Genesis) - Bracket Results (composer: Hikoshi Hashimoto)

31:26 - Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (Genesis) - Ninja Soul (composers: Masayuki Nagao, Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama)

35:41 - Final Fight 2 (SNES) - Creeping Weeping (composers: Yasuaki Fujita, Mari Yamaguchi, Yuki Iwai, Setsuo Yamamoto, Yūko Takehara, and Tatsuya Nishimura)

37:07 - Lam-Mal (x68000) - Town B (composers: Hideaki Takashita and Ryu Takami)

37:57 - Night Striker (Arcade) - Boss 1 (composer: Masahiko Takaki)

39:09 - Talk Segment 3

44:45 - Final Fight 3 (SNES) - Law and Disorder (composer: Katsunari Kitajima)

46:15 - The Dark Spire (DS) - 1st Floor Underground (Classic) (composer: Kenichi Arakawa)

47:48 - Abadox (NES) - Stage 1, 4, 6 (composer: Kiyohiro Sada)

49:28 - Myth: History in the Making (C64) - Loading Tune (composer: Jeroen Tel)

50:30 - Black Bird: Toritachi no Tooboe (PC-98) - Striker (composer: unknown)

53:41 - Alien Syndrome (Arcade) - Unknown 03 (composer: Tohru Nakabayashi)

58:00 - Ninja Five-O (GBA) - Enemy Base (composers: Aya Tanaka and Hiroyuki Tsuboguchi)

59:57 - Mario’s Super Picross (Super Famicom) - Unused Song 2 (composer: Toshiyuki Ueno)

1:00:30 - ATP Tour Championship Tennis (Genesis) - Sound Test No. 5 (composer: Hikoshi Hashimoto)

1:01:24 - Outro Talk Segment

1:03:58 - Streets of Rage 4 (multiplatform) - Main Theme of Streets of Rage 4 (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

Episode 25-7: Fat Guy Tuba

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

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We're playing the one of the best kinds of bad game on this week's episode: games based on MOVIES!

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0:00:00 Welcome to Game That Tune!
0:09:25 Game 1
0:15:30 Game 1 Reveal
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R&P Chat 38-6 New Jersey Gamer Symphony Orchestra

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

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It’s time for another edition of R&P Chat, welcome back to the studio! Joining us today, rippin’ it like a Beyblade, are members of the New Jersey Gamer Symphony Orchestra! Alyssa Menes, musical director, and Victoria Holmes, social media director, are here to chat about their love of games, music, and performing with their orchestra!

Learn more about the NJGSO here! https://www.njgso.org

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

KVGM “The Last Wave” (4/6/25)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Apr 6, 2025 4:00 pm UTC

[151] Moments of Action - Part II

By Pixel Beat on Apr 6, 2025 10:00 am UTC

About: Every piece of music in this episode features a barrage of speed and action. They are often partnered with moments of action, or during intense cutscenes or gameplay segments.

Artwork: Final Fantasy VII

00:00 - Opening Bombing Mission (Excerpt) [Final Fantasy VII]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

02:23 - The Brink Of Death [Chrono Cross]

by Yasunori Mitsuda >

04:58 - Run Maggot, Run! [Final Fantasy XI]

by Naoshi Mizuta >

09:23 - The Toppled Throne [Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom]

by Joe Hisaishi >

10:54 - Mekacity Docks [Cyber Shadow]

by Enrique Martin >

12:37 - God In The Heaven [Sorcerian]

by Falcom Sound Team JDK >

13:58 - Battle Theme 2 [Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link]

by Akito Nakatsuka >

15:02 - Death Mountain [Golden Axe III]

by Naofumi Hataya, Tatsuyuki Maeda, Haruyo Oguro, Tomonori Sawada >

16:55 - GLACIES [The Legend Of Xanadu]

by Falcom Sound Team JDK >

18:27 - Mid Boss [The Dark Spire]

by Kenichi Arakawa >

20:30 - The Dragon’s Dream [Fire Emblem: Engage]

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

21:50 - The Great Chaos Of The Battlefield [Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes]

by Hiromu Akaba, Asami Mitake, Ayako Toyoda, Yuki Matsumura >

26:13 - The Courtroom Magician [Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney]

by Yasumasa Kitagawa >

29:40 - Brave Heart [Rogue Galaxy]

by Tomohito Nishiura >

31:20 - Sin to Win! [Neon White]

by Machine Girl >

36:02 - The Round Table [Tunic]

by Lifeformed, Janice Kwan >

38:49 - Festival Of The Hunt [Final Fantasy IX]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

42:35 - The Chase [Final Fantasy VII]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

46:04 - Fogbeasts [Xenoblade Chronicles]

by ACE >

pixelbeatpod@icloud.com >

Viper’s VGMture – S08 – Mundane March (04 April 2025)

By Viper's VGMture on Apr 4, 2025 6:00 pm UTC

Episode 166: Rats! We’re Rats! We’re the Rats! (World Rat Day)

By RE-VGM on Apr 4, 2025 7:28 am UTC

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They’re feared by elephants yet fancied by its breeders and fans. They’re scorned for carrying diseases yet appreciated for detecting them. They’re considered offensive and selfish, yet some consider them clean and sociable.

They are the rats, and today we’re celebrating World Rat Day, in honor of these fascinating creatures of science and society. For a time, rats were thought to be terrible and offensive because of religion and The Black Plague; they even had a sport of filling a pit with rats and betting on which dog can kill the rats the fastest. Fortunately, thanks to the breeders of this sport, rats became domesticated (known as fancy rats) and were collected by fans for their unique fur colors and patterns.

This week, we’re playing tracks from video games that have rats: a tournament of furry fighters, a world under attack by a once sealed demon, and a kingdom on a warpath with other kingdoms. There’s also covers and remixes of these original tracks to follow.

Have a good listen to these tracks as you ponder on the idea of adopting a fancy rat for a pet…

“Rat Movie: Mystery of the Mayan Treasure”

World Rat Day

Track Listing

“Main Theme” – [Brutal: Paws of Fury] – composed by Doug Brandon and Neil Baldwin?

“Videogame Music Remix/Brutal: Paws of Fury – Opening Theme” – remixed by luisedgarf

“Lively Town” – [Shining Force II] – composed by Motoaki Takenouchi

“Shining Force II – Lively Town (Player2 Remix)” – remixed by Player 2

“Burmecian Kingdom” – [Final Fantasy IX] – composed by Nobuo Uematsu

“TPR – Kingdom of Burmecia – A Meloncholy Tribute to Final Fantasy IX” – remixed by TPR

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Viper’s VGMture – S07 – Switching Up Expectations (02 April 2025)

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

Hip Hop Mixtape Vol. 1

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

[Episode 38] This month, barSILENCE is behind the decks for a mixtape-style episode, spinning tracks from games that showcase hip-hop’s undeniable influence on gaming history.

Hip-hop and video games are two cultural powerhouses that have inspired each other for decades. This episode celebrates that intersection of beats and bits, from classic 16-bit grooves to hip-hop artists stepping in as composers.

Whether it’s the funk-infused rhythms of Ristar, the street-art style of Marc Ecko’s Getting Up, or the raw energy and fisticuffs of Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style, hip-hop’s presence in gaming is bold, loud, and unforgettable.

Grab your controller, drop the needle, and press start on the ultimate hip-hop video game music mixtape!

Tracklisting:

00:01:00 - Intro and The Intersection of Hip Hop & Video Games

00:09:44 - Battle with the Giant Robot (Alternate) (Bebe's Kids) [Paul Wilkinson]

00:10:44 - Haunted House (Alternate) (Bebe's Kids) [Paul Wilkinson]

00:11:59 - Title Screen (Rap Jam) [Michel Winogradoff]

00:13:59 - Halftime (NBA Live 95) [Traz Damji, Brian Shaw]

00:16:02 - Title (NBA Showdown) [Traz Damji]

00:18:20 - Unknown (NBA Showdown) [Traz Damji]

00:19:37 - Formation Lap, Ready... Go!! (Ristar) [Tomoko Sasaki, Naofumi Hataya, Masafumi Ogata]

00:21:09 - Base Point (Racing Lagoon) [Noriko Matsueda, Takahito Eguchi]

00:23:56 - Work Your Body (1080° Snowboarding) [Kenta Nagata]

00:25:48 - Boxing - Results (Wii Sports) [Kazumi Totaka]

00:26:26 - Hip De Hop (Shenmue) [Yuzo Koshiro]

00:29:56 - snob (Crackin' DJ) [Hiro]

00:31:37 - Man, This Sucks (Goemon's Great Adventure) [Goemon Production Committee]

00:32:57 - Catch a Bad One (Instrumental) (Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure) [Del tha Funky Homosapien]

00:35:18 - Strange Flower (Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked) [Masafumi Takada]

00:36:43 - A Vision (Togainu no Chi: True Blood) [Elephant Music]

00:39:02 - BGM 9 (Street Hoops) [Unknown]

00:41:51 - Dark Ages 2 (Norse by Norsewest: Return of the Lost Vikings) [Glenn Stafford]

00:44:26 - Track 5 (Tony Hawk's Motion) [Unknown]

00:48:31 - Still Free Crew! (Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure Soundtrack) [RJD2 & The RZA]

00:50:05 - Interface Loop (Cel Damage) [Egg Plant Productions]

00:52:19 - See Toast Te Ya (The Sims 2 University) [Joe Neckbone (prod. by Da Riffs)]

00:55:16 - Get Up (Menu) (NBA Street Vol. 2) [Jeff Mair]

00:59:04 - Streetball 3 (NBA 2K2) [Da Beatminerz]

01:02:36 - The Educators (NBA Street) [Jason Ross]

01:08:14 - Dynanism (NBA Street) [Jason Ross]

01:10:41 - Work Flow (NBA Street 2) [Just Blaze]

01:12:31 - Act the Fool (NEO: The World Ends with You) [Takeharu Ishimoto]

01:15:12 - Beat 6 Test 1 (Afro Samurai 2: Revenge Of Kuma) [The RZA]

01:17:16 - Outro & Final Track

01:19:56 - Vengeance (Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style) [The RZA]

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

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Additional thanks for this episode go out to:

Fine Time: Dre was an absolutely mega part of helping me get the early drafts of this mixtape together. Go listen to Fine Time for a great time to say thanks!

Serious A: Parisian DJ Serious A’s stellar VGM mixes on 8Beats Radio inspired this episode. Merci! Check out her original music and her funk, house, and hip-hop DJ mixes—and spread the love!

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[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E93: TwoFer Tuesday – vol 11 (April Fool's 2025)”

By Nerd Noise Radio on Apr 1, 2025 6:00 am UTC

Today’s broadcast is C1E93 for TwoFer Tuesday, very conspicuously releasing on April 1st, 2025. Today’s "can you find the hidden gag" broadcast will be TwoFer Tuesday – vol. 11 – our final ever installment of the TwoFer Tuesday series, and though technically the second-to-last planned April Fool's episode, our last April Fool's episode to present a novel idea (since 2026's installment is slated to just be a sequel to 2020's reverse-playing "Backtracks").

Tracklist:

Game# / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Tracks / Time Stamp

A1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) Power Stone - Dreamcast - Tetsuya Shibata

1. A) Day of the Manches – 00:06:04
2. B)GunrockEnding – 00:10:36

02) The Ninja Warriors Once Again - Multiplatform - Hiroyuki Iwatsuki

1. A) Subway / Shopping Mall - 00:11:20
2. B) 3 Androids (Character Select) - 00:13:46

03) ThunderBlade - Arcade - Koichi Namiki

1. A) Type 2 - 00:15:51
2. B)ThunderBlade- 00:18:54

04) Future Dimensions - DOS (MIDI) – Mathias Ruch

1. A) Eternity – 00:22:40
2. B) Space War – 00:26:22

05) Brutal Paws of Fury - Sega CD - c: “ppdix”, Doug Brandon, Robin Heifitz and/or Neil Baldwin - a: “ppdix”

1. A) Tokyo Ghetto - 00:31:01
2. B) Jammin w Akira - 00:33:14

06) Cool World - SNES - Dean Evans, and/or Keith Tinman

1. A) Slash Club - 00:35:24
2. B) You've Been Notified - 00:37:29

07) LoZ: Echoes of Wisdom - Switch - Masato Ohashi, Manaka Kataoka, Chisaki Hosaka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, Ryotaro Yagi, and/or Azusa Kato

1. A)BalomDungeon - 00:39:04
2. B) Still World - 00:42:09

08) Blue Reflection: Second Light – Multiplatform – Hayato Asano

1. A) Non-Linear Reliance - 00:44:33
2. B) Transparent Shelter - 00:48:38

09) Minecraft - Multiplatform - Kumi Tanioka

1. A) Comforting Memories - 00:51:09
2. B)Komorebi- 00:55:29

10) Ultros - Multiplatform - Ratvader

1. A) Darker Light of Sleep - 01:00:06
2. B) Blessed be She - 01:02:35

11) The Talos Principle - Multiplatform - Damjan Mravunac

1. A) When in Rome - 01:10:28
2. B) Welcome to Heaven - 01:12:47

12) Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone - Arcade - Akira Inoue, and/or Takaro Nozaki

1. A) Shop (Japan) - 01:14:59
2. B) To the World - 01:16:29

13) Battle of Olympus - NES - Kazuo Sawa

1. A) Mountains ofPhthia- 01:17:12
2. B) Peloponnesus Forest - 01:19:26

14) Chew Man Fu - TG16 - N. Ide (aka “Joyful Ide”)

1. A) Stage 1 - 01:21:25
2. B) Unknown BGM - 01:23:17

15) The Light Corridor - DOS (OPL2) – Frederic Mentzen

1. A) Opening – 01:23:58
2. B) Title – 01:26:05

16) Sega Rally Championship - Saturn - c: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi / a: Takayuki Hijikata

1. A) Getting Muddy - 01:28:41
2. B) Desert Land - 01:33:20

17) Dark Legend (Suiko Enbu) – Saturn - c: Shogo Sakai, Taihei Sato, Hiroaki Yoshida, and/or Tatsuya Kiuchi / a: Seiichi Hamada

1. A) Theme of Lin Chong - 01:37:45
2. B) Final A - 01:40:42

B1) Outro: 01:42:50

Music Block Runtime: 01:36:48 / Total Episode Runtime: 01:57:42

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, Wii, and WiiU, composed by Tōru Minegishi, Asuka Hayazaki, and/or Kōji Kondō.

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14 (2023) laptop. Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface!

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio

Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here:

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

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

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Or you can reach us by e-mail at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com

You can also follow us on Threads at https://www.threads.net/@nerdnoiseradio , Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nerdnoiseradio?igsh=MWF4NjBpdGVxazUxYw== , Mastodon at https://universeodon.com/@NerdNoiseRadio , and BlueSky at And we are also on TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Vurbl, Amazon Music and Audible! Lastly, now introducing.....the discord channel! The magnificently named "Nerd Noise Radio – Channel D"!! Here's the link: https://discord.gg/52jRmYE6

Thanks for listening! And thanks for joining us for our fond farewell to the TwoFer Tuesday franchise – as well as, for all real intents and purposes, our April Fool's series. Join us again later this month for C1E94 (Channel 1, Episode 94): "Jackbox Jukebox" - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N! Also, enjoy tomorrow's Nintendo Direct about the Switch 2, and all the best luck in securing one of your own!

Cheers!

Rebroadcast: The Demo Scene

By Super Marcato Bros on Mar 30, 2025 9:20 pm UTC

Episodes

For this "Rebroadcast", Karl & Will share their episode originally released way back in June of 2014- "The Demo Scene (#116)!" Enjoy this blast from the past, where the guys explored this vibrant and unique VGM-adjacent scene!

Eldorado – Zardax – C64 (1990) – Origo Dreamline

-Eldorado (part 1)

Oksen – Scortia – C64 (1992) – Starion

-The Loop

Elysium: The Search for Anarchy – Jester – Amiga (1991) – Sanity

-Elysium

Wonderland X – Danko – C64 (1993) – Censor Design

-Tapeloader, Groove

Edder Copper – 4-Mat – Amiga (1991) – Aero

-Back From Blue (edit)

Bondage 2 – Mitch & Dane – C64 (1999) – Crest

-Mountain Breeze

More Than Music – Moby – Amiga (1991) – Alcatraz

-More Than Music (edit)

Edge of Disgrace – Dane – C64 (2008) – Booze Design

-Edge of Disgrace (edit)

Blue House 2 – Tip & Mantronix – Amiga (1991) – Rebels

-Swamp Vamp

That’s The Wave It Is – Ole-Marius Pettersen – C64 (1991) – Panoramic Designs

-SolarumLirum

Bacteria – Dr. Awesome – Amiga (1990) – Crusaders

-12th Warrior

Spasmolytic – Swallow – C64 (1993) – Censor Design

-Song 1

Tempest – Amiga (2000)

-Acidjazzed Evening

One-Der – Fanta – C64 (1997) – Oxyron

-Challenger

Dark Side of the Spoon – Mad Max – Atari ST (1991) – Unlimited Matricks

-Tune 4

Moby – Amiga (1993)

-Livin’ Insanity

We Are All Connected – Scarzix & Kribust – C64 (2014) – Fairlight

-Talk to the Wind, Connected

Jesper Kyd – Amiga (1990)

-Garden of Life

Digital Delight – Lars Hoff & Stein Pedersen – C64 (1990) – Panoramic Designs

-Cow Jam, Funky

Enigma – Tip & Firefox – Amiga (1991) – Phenomena

-Hyperbased

Episode 165: On Stage Now – ToxicxEternity

By RE-VGM on Mar 28, 2025 7:03 am UTC

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The end of March is near, which means that we’ve got a special episode of “On Stage Now” to feature a musician of covered or remixed video game music. For this month, our featured musician is ToxicxEternity.

ToxicxEternity has been shredding covers of VGM since 2008 on his YouTube channel. While most of them are by him alone, at times he’ll do a collaboration with another musician. He’s also part of a band called Singularity. Lately, he’s been spotted out in the wild, having performed live recently in San Diego with Lacey Johnson and FamilyJules.

Sit back and hold on tight as you hear the noise of his guitar…

ToxicxEternity (YT, Facebook, Instagram, X, Twitch, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Last.fm, Deezer, Patreon)

Track Listing

“Mad Monster Mansion – Metal Guitar Cover” – [Banjo Kazooie] – composed by Grant Kirkhope

“Wizpig – Metal Guitar Cover” – [Diddy Kong Racing] – composed by David Wise

“Pokemon RBY Trainer Battle – Metal Guitar Cover” – [Pokemon Red Blue Yellow] – composed by Junichi Masuda

“Phendrana Drifts/Edge – Metal Guitar Cover” – [Metroid Prime] – composed by Kenji Yamamto, Kouichi Kyuma

“Dark Cloud Main Theme – Metal Cover || ToxicxEternity” – [Dark Cloud] – composed by Tomohito Nishiura

“NieR: Automata – AMUSEMENT Park || Metal Cover by ToxicxEternity” – [NieR: Automata] – composed by Keigo Hoashi

“Rival School “The School Yard of Taiyo High School” METAL Cover by ToxicxEternity” – [Rival Schools: United by Fate] – composed by Setsuo Yamamoto

“Star Gladiator 2 – “Illusion of Peace” [METAL VERSION]” – [Star Gladiator 2] – composed by Takayuki Iwai, Tetsuya Shibata

“Gundam Wing Endless Duel – “Airport” [METAL COVER]” – [Gundam Wing Endless Duel] – composed by Hiroyuki Iwatsuki, Haruo Ohashi

Outro: “STORMTERROR – Genshin Impact LIVE in NYC” – [Genshin Impact] – composed by Yu-Peng Chen; performed by FamilyJules (lead guitar), ToxicxEternity (rhythm guitar), John McLaughlin (bass guitar), Zac Curylo (drums)

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The Final Refrain

By Battle Bards on Mar 27, 2025 12:00 pm UTC

It's been a very long while, but the Battle Bards haven't fully abandoned you -- at least not without a goodbye! In the grand final episode of the show, Steff, Syl, and Syp gather together one last time to share memories of the show, the reason behind the decision to end it, and a few of our favorite MMO music tracks. Enjoy -- and from the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much for listening these past 12 years. We had a blast doing it.

Episode 234 show notes

• Songs featured in this episode:
• "Hamlets of Aquilonia" from Age of Conan
• "Silus Mountain" from Aion
• "Fly into the Sky" from Blade & Soul
• "Freedom Theme" from City of Heroes
• "Hills of the Shire" from Lord of the Rings Online
• "Townston Theme" from Dungeon Runners
• "Below the Asteroids" from EVE Online
• "Main Theme" from EverQuest II
• "The Republic of Bastok" from Final Fantasy XI
• "Tidecaller" from League of Legends
• "Home Sweet Home" from RuneScape
• "Alsalvara Light" from Lime Odyssey
• "Island Village" from Lineage II
• "Silverwood" from RIFT
• "Invincible" from World of Warcraft
• "Traveling Tale" from Runes of Magic
• "A Golden Field" from WildStar
• "Lana, The Advisor" from Star Wars: The Old Republic
• "World Map 2" from The Sims Online
• "Stones" from Ultima Online
• "Seascape" from Anarchy Online
• "Townlife" from Ultima X Odyssey
• "Bamboo Forest" from Vanguard
• Outro (feat. "Elwynn Forest" from World of Warcraft)

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• This podcast is produced using copyrighted material according to Fair Use practices as stated under Section 107 of the 1976 Copyright Act.

Episode 25-6: Magneto Bandito

By Game That Tune on Mar 25, 2025 12:30 pm UTC

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We're playing cartoon games on this episode! The games are bad and the tunes are bad, but the memories...well, they hold up better than the games.

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

Join us in Discord!

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

0:00:00 Welcome to Game That Tune!
0:07:40 Game 1
0:13:21 Game 1 Reveal
0:23:39 Game 2
0:28:46 Game 2 Reveal
0:33:46 Lightning Round!
0:43:01 Game 3
0:47:04 Game 3 Reveal
0:57:11 Game 4
1:03:04 Game 4 Reveal
1:13:36 Lightning Round!!
1:21:44 Game 5
1:26:55 Game 5 Reveal
1:40:14 This Game's Winner Is...
1:49:50 Bonus Music/Outro

Astyanax – PA197

By Pixelated Audio on Mar 24, 2025 3:56 pm UTC

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Today, we’re looking back at Astyanax, an action platformer released for arcade and NES in 1989 and a game we both grew up playing. Sometimes referred to as “The Lord of King” or “The Astyanax”, the original arcade game was developed by Aicom and published by Jaleco, with the NES version developed and published by… Read More » The post Astyanax – PA197 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

Episode 21: Quick Attack: Somehow Every Slow Song From Every Shitty Game, Feat. Dave Whittaker From Insect Warfare

By The Musical Moogle on Mar 24, 2025 12:36 am UTC

On today's episode of Quick Attack: Making the Band...

Joey Slipknots (My Ωs, Your Hz) gets in a heated argument with Tim Onion (Behold... the Mariolocaust) about the relevance of minor mixolodian scales in Japanese pop music in the 90s, and the ladies from ミドリ show their love for American music by doing a cover of Barbie Girl! You don't want to miss this, folks...

(Please don't yell at Tony about how late this episode is over on Bluesky.......)

Tracklist can be found here! Check out more of The Musical Moogle here!

If you or a loved one have any questions, comments or recommendations for songs that you’d like us to listen to and possibly feature on an episode, send us an email at TheMusicalMoogle@gmail.com.

KVGM “The Last Wave” (3/23/25)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Mar 23, 2025 4:00 pm UTC

Level 162

By The Messenger Presents a VGM Journey on Mar 23, 2025 1:35 pm UTC

Track Listing

Main Menu - Wii Party - Toshiki AidaMain Menu - Fortune Street - Koichi SugiyamaWishes on the Wind (Starlight Sanctuary) - Party Project - BlueLonerWolfAngelica’s Temple - Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt - Mark MothersbaughMedieval Board - Pac-Man Fever - Jim Andron & Chris Tilton Credits (Timejinx) - The Jackbox Party Pack 10 - Elise WattmanWishes In the Dark (Starlight Sanctuary: Homestretch) - Party Project - BlueLonerWolf

Episode 164: The (Final) Countdown (National Countdown Day)

By RE-VGM on Mar 21, 2025 7:03 am UTC

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5… 4… 3… 2… 1…

Whether it’s waiting for the new year, watching the microwave clock to finish, or wondering how the game will finish, the countdown can stir excitement or build suspense.

Today we’re celebrating National Countdown Day, first established by National Day Calendar, to honor those last few numbers until the end or beginning of an event or moment. In fact, the date itself is a countdown (3/21). Everyone has at one time encountered a countdown, for the New Year, until the film starts, or for your frozen dinner to finish.

For this week’s episode, we’re playing tracks from video games that feature a countdown: two plumbers saving the Mushroom Kingdom, a bounty hunter in search of space pirates, and a operative infiltrating a nuclear base. Of course, we’ve got covers and remixes to follow each original track.

Now then, sit back and prepare to countdown to the start of this episode…

National Countdown Day

Track Listing

Intro and BMG: “The Final Countdown” – composed by Joey Tempest, performed by Europe

“Overworld Theme” – [Super Mario Bros.] – composed by Koji Kondo

“Super Mario Bros. – Overworld (Main Theme) [Remix]” – remixed by Qumu

“Escape Theme” – [Metroid] – composed by Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka

“Escape (Metroid) – GaMetal Remix” – remixed by GaMetal

“Encounter” – [Metal Gear Solid] – composed by Kazuki Muraoka

“Metal Gear Solid 1 – Encounter | METAL REMIX” – remixed by Vincent Moretto

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Episode 59 - Soundtrack Showcase Shodown

By Shujin Academy VGM Club on Mar 20, 2025 11:02 am UTC

It’s an exciting hour of competition and fabulous prizes as we check out four games with great soundtracks! Come on down!

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing excellently-themed cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.
• Josh Grisham of Nerd Informants. You can find Nerd Informants on social media and YouTube, or at https://nerdinformants.com/. Listen to Josh on the radio on Branson Missouri’s My 100.1 KOMC, and hear his podcast “It’s Hollywood Calling with Josh Grisham” on your favorite podcatcher.
• James York, the YouTuber who introduced me to the soundtracks for Energy Breaker and The Shinri Game 2. You can find his channel at https://www.youtube.com/@jamesyork.
• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.

If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. For now, you can also find me on Facebook, Threads, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. 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 voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on Spotify and FGC Radio.

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

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - The Price is Right (DS) - Come On Down (composer: Edd Kalehoff)

00:55 - Intro Talk Segment: The Shinri Game 2

04:40 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - Title Screen (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)

06:58 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - In-game BGM 3 (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)

09:28 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - In-game BGM 4 (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)

12:22 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - In-game BGM 6 (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)

15:10 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - In-game BGM 7 (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)

16:31 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - In-game BGM 10 (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)

18:39 - Talk Segment: Esper Dream 2

22:10 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Name Entry (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

22:50 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Toaru Library (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

23:29 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Books 1 & 5 - Town (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

24:37 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Item Shop (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

25:16 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Book 1 - Underwater (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

26:17 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Area Clear (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

26:56 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Book 2 - Rikki on Train (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

27:52 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Book 2 - Express Train (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

28:28 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Book 4 - Lava Area (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

29:42 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Book 5 - Mount Crystal (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

30:53 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Ending - Credits (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

33:01 - Talk Segment: Energy Breaker

36:30 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - The Flowers Have Bloomed (composer: Yasunori Shiono)

37:31 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - The Sky’s Brilliance (composer: Yasunori Shiono)

39:25 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - Scientist’s Waltz (composer: Yuusei Yamamoto)

41:05 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - The Guiding Fortuneteller (composer: Yukio Nakajima)

42:16 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - Golden-Colored Wind (composer: Yukio Nakajima)

43:40 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - Heroes’ Adventure (composer: Yukio Nakajima)

45:01 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - To the Blue Horizon (composer: Yukio Nakajima)

46:48 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - The Prayer Bells Do Not Toll (composer: Yukio Nakajima)

48:28 - Talk Segment: Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa

52:34 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - A Rattle Samba (main BGM)

54:02 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - Boss Battle

54:51 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - Sweat on the Beat (Worlds 1-2 & 6-2)

56:48 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - Underwater Stage (Worlds 2-2 & 5-3)

58:22 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - Ice Stage (World 3-3)

1:00:05 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - Final Boss

1:00:59 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - The Land of Happiness (Ending & Staff Roll)

1:02:40 - Outro Talk Segment

1:05:32 - The Price is Right (DS) - Main Theme (composer: Edd Kalehoff)

[150] Nighttime Cityscapes

By Pixel Beat on Mar 20, 2025 9:00 am UTC

About: Looking out into the nighttime city, you'll find a cityscape of lively lights and so much potential.

Artwork: Streets of Rage

00:00 - The Street of Rage [Streets of Rage]

by Yuzo Koshiro >

01:59 - The Dark City [The Revenge Of Shinobi]

by Yuzo Koshiro >

03:04 - Nocturne [FEZ]

by Disasterpeace >

05:11 - The Lounge Where We Speak Of Tomorrow [Etrian Odyssey]

by Yuzo Koshiro >

06:46 - Night Life [SimCity 3000]

by Jerry Martin >

12:04 - The Port City Bathed In Twilight [Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City]

by Yuzo Koshiro >

13:26 - Night Highway [Snowboard Kids]

by Isao Kasai, Tomohiko Satou >

17:00 - Formations [FEZ]

by Disasterpeace >

19:21 - Game Over [Snatcher]

by Akira Yamaoka >

21:36 - Streets of Rage 4 Main Theme [Streets Of Rage 4]

by Yuzo Koshiro >

25:30 - Tokyo -Twilight- [Shin Megami Tensei IV]

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

28:15 - Last Call [VA-11 HALL-A]

by Garoad >

pixelbeatpod@icloud.com >

Episode 38-5 Super Smash Bros.

By Rhythm and Pixels on Mar 19, 2025 9:00 am UTC

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We are continuing the love for all things Smash Bros. by focusing this week’s episode entirely on the series! Putting so much good music and history into just one episode is challenging, but you know we are up for it! So grab some friends, some controllers, and let’s have smashing good time!

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

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

Episode 120 – Free Picks 6: The Search for 5

By XVGM Radio on Mar 19, 2025 5:00 am UTC

Uncategorized VGM Free Picks

Free Picks…the very definition of randomness. Every 20 episodes, Mike and Justin think back to stuff they’re playing, or perhaps pick a track suggested by our Discord members (Thanks ElectricBoogaloo for this month’s pick!) What follows is an episode full of tongue twisters, caller requests from questionable callers and Justin goes all in on Destiny discussion. One COULD call this a “Squeakuel” but it’s best to call it Free Picks 6: The Search For 5!
We’d love to hear what you thought about these random 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
Thanks to all of our wonderful Patrons: Cam Werme, Chris Murray, Claire Myers, Scott McElhone, Jordan & Anson Davis, Rayjkayj, Llama Adam, Kung Fu Carlito, Nick Davis, Ryan McPherson, Scott Brackett, and Brad Austin Become a Patron, get cool rewards, and more at http://www.Patreon.com/XVGMRadio
Check out all episodes of XVGM Radio on www.youtube.com/dongled for another more visual format!
Our Twitter and Instagram are great ways to interact with us! Find us on there under our handle @XVGMRadio
If you’re an Apple Podcasts listener, please consider leaving a rating and a review to let us know how we’re doing! It also helps with getting the show to show up when others are searching for VGM!

TRACK LISTING:

Intro (J) – Kidou Senshi Z-Gundam – Hot Scramble (FC – 1986) “Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete (Main BGM – For Us To Decide)” Neil Sedaka
1 – Destiny 2: The Final Shape (PS/XB/PC – 2024) “Cusp of Finality” Rotem Moav, Skye Lewin, Michael Salvatori, Josh Mosser, Michael Sechrist
2 – Final Fantasy VII Remake (PS4 – 2020) “Barret’s Theme (Jukebox Version)” Nobuo Uematsu (Original), Yuichi Tsuchiya (Arranger)
3 – Daytona USA 2: Battle on the Edge (ARC – 1998) “Skyscraper Sequence” Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Fumio Ito, Dennis St. James (Vocals)
4 – Capcom Generation: Dai 2 Shū – Makai to Kishi (SAT/PS1 – 1998) “ARR08 (Ghoul’s Stomach)” Mari Yamaguchi (Original) Unknown Arranger
5 – Secret of Evermore (SNES – 1995) “Regal Castle” Jeremy Soule
6 – The Return of Medusa: Rings of Medusa II (AMI/AST – 1991) “Intro” Jochen Hippel
7 – Minnesota Fats – Pool Legend (GEN – 1995) “Chillin” Masaaki Iwasaki, Taihei, Seiji Momoi, Arma, Shogo Sakai
8 – Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (XBONE/PS4/PC – 2021) “Space Riders With No Name” Richard Jacques (Main Game Music,) Star-Lord (Steve Szczepkowski, Yohann Boudreault)
9 – Cyber City Oedo 808: Kemono no Zokusei (PCE – 1991) “Power Source” Keiichi Yamamoto, Atsuhiro Motoyama, Miyuki Takagi, Atsushi Yamaji
10 – Marvel SNAP (MOB/IOS/STEAM – 2022) “Build Your Team” Christopher Alan Grabar

Episode 189: An Explosive Peel-Out

By NWR's Radio Trivia: Podcast Edition on Mar 18, 2025 5:07 am UTC

WaveBack Episode 183: Earthworm Jim

By WaveBack Music Podcast on Mar 17, 2025 4:00 am UTC

Show Notes

For Matt’s pick this month, he went with Earthworm Jim, specifically the Special Edition for Sega CD. Useful Links

• Earthworm Jim
• Mark Miller

Social Stuff

• WaveBack Discord
• Support us on Patreon
• WaveBack Facebook
• Geekade Facebook
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Unfinished Business: Greatest Hits 2021

By Super Marcato Bros on Mar 16, 2025 7:59 pm UTC

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In this episode, Karl & Will finally get around to something that's been hanging for over 3 years...Greatest Hits 2021! That's right, the true final installment of the Greatest Hits series, that was never done due to the transition of the "new" era. Just like the previous installments, this is nothing but bangers. Enjoy some top-shelf VGM!

Final Fantasy XII - Hitoshi Sakimoto - The Dalmasca Estersand

Arcana - Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando - Second Armageddon

Princess Connect! Re:Dive - Hayato Matsuo - Beach Tyrant Sharkjaw

Dave Valentin - Land of the Third Eye - Astro-March

Shinobi III - Morihiko Akiyama - Idaten

Pokemon TCG2 - Ichiro Shimakura - Ronald's Theme

Protodome - Super Chipfunk - Toejammin'

Street Fighter EX2 Plus - Shinji Hosoe - White Field

Mesuneko Hishoshitsu - Yuki Nakayama (PANDA) - BGM 01

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Kenji Hiramatsu - Battle!!

The Hit Points - Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night - Dance of Pales Bluegrass Arrangement

True Golf Classics: Waialae Country Club - Yumi Kinoshita - Opening

Ori and the Blind Forest - Gareth Coker - Restoring the Light, Facing the Dark

Gran Turismo 6 - Yudai Satoh - The Power of GT

Deltarune - Toby Fox - My Castle Town

Fantasian - Nobuo Uematsu - Great Battle

Kshiraki - Summerscape - Sunshine Road

Ray's the Dead - Jake Kaufman - Party at the Graveyard

Nitro Game Injection #579: Copper (NGI 22nd Anniversary)

By Nitro Game Injection on Mar 16, 2025 12:00 pm UTC

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Corky's Heartland Values

By Select BGM on Mar 15, 2025 6:00 pm UTC

R&P Chat 38-5 Smash Bros. Live!

By Rhythm and Pixels on Mar 14, 2025 1:14 pm UTC

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This week on the show we have some very special guests! Straight from the NYC, we've got Robin and Hari from Smash Bros. Live! Not only do they organize Smash Bros. events, they perform the music live along with the action!

Discover more about Smash Bros Live! https://smashbroslive.com

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

Episode 163: As Constant As Pie (National Pi Day)

By RE-VGM on Mar 14, 2025 7:03 am UTC

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Today, we’re celebrating National Pi Day, that constant value of 3.14159265 and so forth. It is the result of the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Though it’s often used to calcuate a circle’s area or a sphere’s volume, pi is also used in geometry and physics. The Exploratorium Museum of Science, Art, and Human Perception, located in San Francisco, first celebrated National Pi Day back in 1988; it was later formally recognized by Congress in 2009.

While some try to memorize the most digits of pi, others celebrate with a piece of baked pie.

This week, we’ll be playing tracks from video games that have pie: a world of humans and orcs, a wasteland in America, and a lone warrior exploring an expansive kingdom. Of course, we also have covers and remixes to follow.

Grab a slice of your favorite flavor of pie and listen to this buffet of video game music.

National Pi Day

“Pi | Don McMillan Comedy”

“10 Yummy Pies Inspired by Video Games”

Pi Day | The Exploratorium

Track Listing

Audio clip from Don McMillan

“Legends of Azeroth” – [World of Warcraft] – composed by Jason Hayes

“World of Warcraft LEGENDS OF AZEROTH (Login Music) – Metal Cover” – covered by ToxicxEternity, from “VG Metal Covers, Vol 7”

“Main Theme” – [Fallout 4] – composed by Inon Zur

“Fallout 4 – Main Theme (EPIC metal cover)” – covered by Rocky_311

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

“The Legend of Zelda – Breath of the Wild (Remix)” – remixed by GlitchxCity

YouTube playlist

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KVGM “The Last Wave” (3/9/25)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Mar 9, 2025 4:00 pm UTC

Level 161

By The Messenger Presents a VGM Journey on Mar 9, 2025 1:03 pm UTC

Immortal C64 - Episode 112

By Immortal C64 Podcast on Mar 8, 2025 7:00 pm UTC

Episode 162: “Mr. Watson, come here.” (Alexander Graham Bell Day)

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

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“Hello?” “Moshi moshi?” “Diga?” “Wei?” “Allo?”

Today, we’re celebrating Alexander Graham Bell Day, in honor of the man who created and invented the telephone. The date, March 7th, marks the date in which the U.S. Patent Office granted the patent in 1876. It was made out of necessity regarding mother who was becoming hard of hearing. While the first telephone was a large cone, it has evolved throughout the years, from a handset with a cradle that sat on the table or stuck on a wall, to a device that fits in the palm of your hand. No longer a piece of hardware for dialing a number and carrying a conversation, it now allows its owner to use email, send and read messages, and watch videos.

We’ll be listening to tracks from video games that have and/or use a telephone or mobile device: a party of kids out to the save the world, a high school student chosen to steal hearts with the help of some confidants, and a trailblazer traveling the galaxy on the Astral Express. Of course, we’ve got covers and remixes to follow each original track.

Enjoy this tracks as you listen from your mobile devices…

Alexander Graham Bell Day

Track Listing

Intro and BGM: “867-5309/Jenny” – composed by Alex Call, Jim Keller, performed by Tommy Tutone

“Home Sweet Home” – [Earthbound] – composed by Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka

“Home Again” – remixed by Dale North

“Tension” – [Persona 5] – composed by Shoji Meguro

“Persona 5 – Tension (Super Mario 64 Remix)” – remixed by MarkusMusic

“Flow Experience” – [Honkai: Star Rail] – composed by HoYo-Mix

“Honkai: Star Rail – Flow Experience (Hamdouken Remix)” – remixed by Hamdouken

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[149] Lemon Jazz - Part II

By Pixel Beat on Mar 6, 2025 9:00 am UTC

About: Another episode dedicated to a number of Jazzy themes. There is a lot of variety in the different styles of Jazz present here.

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

by Garoad >

03:54 - Obstructive Existence [Trails In The Sky SC]

by Falcom Sound Team JDK >

06:10 - Lovely Gate 3… for Egg Quarters [Sonic Adventure 2]

by Tabitha Fair >

09:27 - Time Castle [Persona 2: Eternal Punishment]

by Toshiki Konishi >

12:19 - A Curious Happening [Secret of Mana]

by Hiroki Kikuta >

15:04 - The Scorpion Casino [Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask]

by Tomohito Nishiura >

18:03 - Lost [Catherine]

by Shoji Meguro >

19:37 - The Runaround Pt. IV [Final Fantasy VII Remake: Intermission]

by Tsuyoshi Sekito, Mitsuto Suzuki >

21:46 - Sphere Hunter - The Seagulls [Final Fantasy X-2]

by Noriko Matsueda, Takahito Eguchi >

24:26 - Struggle III [Radiata Stories]

by Noriyuki Iwadare >

26:07 - Also Sprach Brooks [Catherine]

by Shoji Meguro >

27:52 - Queen’s Blood [Final Fantasy VII Rebirth]

by Mitsuto Suzuki, Junnosuke Usui >

pixelbeatpod@icloud.com >

Viper’s VGMture – S06 – Fluctuating February (05 March 2025)

By Viper's VGMture on Mar 5, 2025 8:00 pm UTC

[RERUN!!] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E69: Mishmash Monday – vol 12” (orig. release: 11/07/22)

By Nerd Noise Radio on Mar 5, 2025 6:00 am UTC

2025 re-run bonus notes:

This episode is the third in a trilogy of music blocks (parts 1 and 2 were our January and February reruns). Long time listeners may already know what this trilogy is all about, but for those who don't and have been following the reruns, the introduction to this episode finally explains what the trilogy is all about.

So, the fun [for me] question: of the three music blocks in the trilogy, which did you like best (and why), which did you like least (and why), and do you or do you not think I made the right decision bumping "music block A" for "music block B" in C1E41? Let me know at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com, or by any social media outlet on which we exist. I will genuinely be curious to know what you think. Even to this day in 2025, I *STILL* don't know what to think, personally!

DISCLAIMER: the production value was worse in 2022 when the intro and outro were produced, and substantially worse in 2018 when the music block was produced. So if this is your first time hearing Nerd Noise Radio, please keep in mind that our production values have much improved in the time since.

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Original (2022) Show Notes

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Today’s broadcast is C1E69 for Mishmash Monday, November 7th, 2022. Today’s Episode will be "Mishmash Monday - vol. 12, the long-lost "original C1E41", a 2018 Lost Level originally intended for 2019.

Track# / Track / Game / System / Composer(s) / Timestamp

01) Earcatcher - 00:00:00

02) Intro - 00:00:12

03) Flight - Panzer Dragoon - Saturn – c: Yoshitaka Azuma a: Tomoyuki Hayashi - 00:06:33

04) New Beginning pt. 1 - LA Noire - multi - Andrew Hale and Simon Hale - 00:10:15

05) This is Your Story - Final Fantasy X - PS2 – Masashi Hamauzu, Junya Nakano, and/or Nobuo Uematsu - 00:11:18

06) Track 06 - Colony Wars - PS1 – Tim Wright aka CoLD SToRAGE - 00:13:30

07) The Flatfields - Quizzes and Dragons - Arcade – Isao Abe - 00:14:03

08) Midnight Chaser / Breakthrough - Wolf Fang - Kuhga 2001 - Arcade - Hiroaki Yoshida / Akira Taemoto - 00:15:38

09) Let’s Go on an Adventure - Landstalker - Genesis – Motoaki Takenouchi - 00:18:57

10) Track 7 - Mutant Rampage: Bodyslam - CD-I – Tony Trippi - 00:20:18

11) BGM #57 - Quiz Daisousasen Pt 2 - Neo Geo - Yoshihiko Kitamura, Yasuo Yamate, Yoko Osaka, Hiroaki Shimizu, Toshikazu Tanaka - 00:22:10

12) BGM 4 (Stage 3-2) - Shadow Dancer - Genesis - Keisuke Tsukahara - 00:25:03

13) Rendezvous Theme - Golgo 13 - NES – Michiharu Hasuya - 00:27:05

14) Areas 41-50 - Slap Fight - Arcade - Masahiro Yuge - 00:28:12

15) Unknown Track 22 - Team Innocent - PCFX – Kenji Kawai - 00:29:16

16) Fonction - N++ - multi – Broca - 00:31:52

17) Jus’ Dance (Sole Channel Mix) - GT Sport - PS4 - Mr.V - 00:38:37

18) Just Hiss - WipEout HD - PS3 – Spector - 00:46:21

19) Rhythm Shift - Ridge Racer - Arcade / PS1 – Etsuo Ishii, Yuri Misumi, Keiichi Okabe, Shinji Hosoe, Ayoko Sasoh, Nobuyoshi Sano - 00:51:02

20) Fury - Rocket League - multi – Rogue - 00:53:00

21) Alien - Galactic Pinball - Virtual Boy – Kenji Yamamoto, Masaru Tajima and/or Minako Hamano - 00:56:58

22) Dungeon / Waterfall - Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest - SNES – Yasuhiro Kawakami and/or Ruiji Sasai - 00:59:50

23) Mysterious Ghost Ship - TMNT: Hyperstone Heist - Genesis – Masahiro Ikariko, Yuichi Takamine, Kaori Kinouchi, and/or Hideto Inoue - 01:02:06

24) Mystic Woods (Forest 2) - Grounseed - PC98 (OPN vers) - Daisuke Takahashi - 01:04:32

25) Meridian (Night) - Horizon Zero Dawn - PS4 - Joris de Man, The Flight, Niels van der Leest, and/or Jonathan Williams - 01:08:05

26) Title Theme - AD&D Slayer - 3DO – Billy Wolfe - 01:11:48

27) Cobbleston, Nestled in the Hills - Octopath Traveller - SWITCH! - Yasunori Nishiki - 01:12:58

28) Sealed Temple - LoZ: Skyward Sword - Wii – Hajime Wakai, Shiho Fujii, Mahito Yakota, Takeshi Hama, Koji Kondo - 01:15:58

29) Globe at Night - Wii Forecast Channel - Wii – Kazumi Totaka - 01:19:06

30) Island of Memory - Doshin the Giant - GameCube - Tatsuhiko Asano - 01:21:38

31) The Cliff that Time Forgot - Earthbound - SNES – Hirokazu Tanaka - 01:25:40

32) Oblivious Past - Alien Soldier - Mega Drive - Kazuo Hanzawa - 01:26:56

33) Outro - 01:32:11

34) Exit Earcatcher - 01:43:21

Music Block Runtime: 01:25:40 / Total Episode Runtime: 01:43:57

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

Intro / Outro / Final Production produced using Ardour 6 / Audacity 3 in Ubuntu Studio [Linux] 22.04 09/08/2022. Music Block produced in GarageBand in macOS 10/19/2018.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The tools and techniques I used back in 2018 in producing the music block were NOT up to my current standards – including featuring less sophisticated fades, more imprecise volume level balancing, less developed track run-order sorting, and even my having used MP3s rather than WAVs in the source production, resulting in a lower-fidelity final product, and further limiting my ability to touch it up after the fact. As such, the production value of this episode will NOT be to par with our current "fresh episodes". But production values aside, the quality of the CONTENT itself, otherwise, I feel, is excellent, and well worth digging up to share with you.....I hope that you'll agree! :-)

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks for listening! Join us again in December (all dates TBD) for C2R2: Channel 2's Season 2 retrospective, as well as not one, but TWO Channel 1s: The Best of 2022, Hugues' picks and St. John's picks - Tasty VGM and Talk on "Nerd Noise Game Club", as well as Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere

By barSILENCE on Mar 4, 2025 6:01 pm UTC

[Episode 37] This month barSILENCE is taking off into the high-tech futuristic world of Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere!

Released in Japan in 1999 and internationally in 2000, this ambitious entry in Namco’s legendary flight-combat series pushed the PlayStation to its limits and had an awesome cyberpunk-infused narrative, stunning visuals, and one of the most experimental soundtracks in the series.

Composed by a powerhouse team including Tetsukazu Nakanishi, Hiroshi Okubo, Go Shiina, Koji Nakagawa, and Kanako Kakino, the music of Ace Combat 3 is a brilliant fusion of techno and electronica, mixed with an atmospheric ambiance that perfectly complements the game’s futuristic setting.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary, Namco released a fully remastered soundtrack in 2024, and we’ll be experiencing it in a techno futuristic playlist-style format.

Get ready to hack the Electrosphere and take to the skies for some serious Air Combat!

Bingo!

Tracklisting: 00:00:00 - Linkage (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Tetsukazu Nakanishi]

00:02:02 - Intro & Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere Retrospective

00:10:18 - Transparent Blue (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Tetsukazu Nakanishi]

00:13:05 - Armory (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Tetsukazu Nakanishi]

00:14:10 - Eye of The Storm (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Tetsukazu Nakanishi]

00:17:26 - The Protocol (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Hiroshi Okubo]

00:20:18 - Montage (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Tetsukazu Nakanishi]

00:23:19 - Quartz (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Go Shiina]

00:26:16 - Mind Flow (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Tetsukazu Nakanishi]

00:28:36 - Frozen Soul (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Tetsukazu Nakanishi]

00:31:37 - Miles Above (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Koji Nakagawa]

00:34:58 - Void (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Tetsukazu Nakanishi]

00:38:15 - Black Lotus (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Kanako Kakino]

00:41:08 - Camber (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Tetsukazu Nakanishi]

00:43:19 - Somnus (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Tetsukazu Nakanishi]

00:45:15 - The Execution (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Tetsukazu Nakanishi]

00:48:14 - Freefall (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Koji Nakagawa]

00:51:13 - Analogue (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Tetsukazu Nakanishi]

00:54:33 - Turbulence (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Koji Nakagawa]

00:56:43 - Code of Honor (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Hiroshi Okubo]

00:59:32 - Child's Play (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Tetsukazu Nakanishi]

01:02:20 - Shorelines (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Koji Nakagawa]

01:05:38 - Rotation (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Koji Nakagawa]

01:08:46 - Engage (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Tetsukazu Nakanishi]

01:10:23 - The Crew (2024 Remastered) (Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere) [Tetsukazu Nakanishi]

01:14:37 - Outro

01:16:35 - The Crew -Inspired by the “XEVIOUS” remix- (from ACE COMBAT 3) (Ace Combat Series Special Remix Soundtrack) [Remix: Keiki Kobayashi]

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

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Episode 25-5: Grenade in the Buttcheeks

By Game That Tune on Mar 4, 2025 2:00 pm UTC

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Rebroadcast: The Human Touch

By Super Marcato Bros on Mar 2, 2025 7:59 pm UTC

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For this "Rebroadcast", Karl & Will share their episode originally released way back in September of 2013- "The Human Touch (#76)!" Enjoy this blast from the past, where the guys explored the significance of the human element in video game music!

Assasin's Creed II - Jesper Kyd - Ubisoft - Xbox 360/PS3 - 2009 -Florence Tarantella

Gremlins 2: The New Batch - Nobuyuki Hara, Shinichi Seya, Naoki Kodaka - Sunsoft - NES - 1990 -Ventilation Shafts

Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend - Shogo Sakai, Masaaki Iwasaki & Seiji Momoi - Data East - Genesis - 1995 -Solitude

Sam & Max Hit the Road - Peter McConnell - Lucasarts - PC - 1993 -Doug the Moleman

Super Adventure Island 2 - Akihiro Akamatsu, Sachiko Oita, Shinji Nakaya - Hudson - SNES - 1995 -Fair Tina

The Terminator - Tommy Tallarico - Virgin - Sega CD - 1995 -Future Shock

Outlaws - Clint Bajakian - Lucasarts - PC - 1995 -The Last Gunfight

The Curse of Monkey Island - Michael Land - Lucasarts - PC - 1997 -Mocking the Voodoo Lady & Voodoo Jazz

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Michiru Yamane - Konami - Playstation - 1997 -Prologue

Spyro the Dragon - Stewart Copeland - Sony - Playstation - 1998 -Sunny Flight

Grim Fandango - Peter McConnell - Lucasarts - PC - 1998 -Companeros

Final Fantasy IX - Nobou Uematsu & Emiko Shiratori - Square - Playstation - 2000 -Melodies of Life

Shenmue - Osamu Murata - Sega - Dreamcast - 1999 -Nozomi's Confession

Unlimited Saga - Masashi Hamauzu - Square - PS2 - 2002 -Battle Theme 1

Voodoo Vince - Steve Kirk - Microsoft Game Studios - Xbox - 2003 -Back Stoop

World of Warcraft - David Arkenstone - Blizzard - PC - 2004 -Shady Rest

de Blob - John Guscott - THQ - Wii - 2008 -The Funky Blob

Journey - Austin Wintory - Thatgamecompany - PS3 - 2012 -Nascence

The Last of Us - Gustavo Santaolalla - Naughty Dog - PS3 - 2013 -The Last of Us

Nitro Game Injection #578: Blue Bummer

By Nitro Game Injection on Mar 2, 2025 12:00 pm UTC

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Episode 161: On Stage Now – JemyMusic

By RE-VGM on Feb 28, 2025 8:03 am UTC

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My, what a short month is February, which means it’s time for another special episode of “On Stage Now”, where we feature a cover/remix musician and their works.

This month, we’re featuring JemyMusic (real name: Jemy Hiiragi). She’s an electronic musician, keyboardist, and performer. She posts on her YouTube channel videos of her covers and remixes of video game music, along some original compositions. On another social platform, Jemy has a diary in which she posts her drawings. Jemy has contributed to a couple of remix albums (“Music from Contra” and “Contra: Operation Galuga Retro Remix”).

Prepare to be entertained and amazed by JemyMusic and her remixes and covers…

JemyMusic [Jemy Hiiragi] (Personal Website, YT, Instagram, ArtPal, BC, Feed Me Coffee!)

“Contra – Waterfall Stage” – [Contra] – composed by Konami Kukeiha Club

“Super Mario Bros 3 – Athletic Overworld” – [Super Mario Bros. 3] – composed by Koji Kondi

“Luigi’s Mansion Dark Moon – Secret Mine” – [Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon] – composed by Chad York, Darren Radtke, Mike Peacock

“Super Mario Kart – Rainbow Road” – [Super Mario Kart] – composed by Soyo Oka

“Battle Out Run” – [Battle Out Run] – composed by IPPO (Izuko Numata)

“Castle of Illusion – Water Temple” – [Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse] – composed by Tokuhiko Uwabo, Shigenori Kamiya

“Shatterhand NES – Area B” – [Shatterhand] – composed by Iku Mitzutani

“Rush’n Attack NES” – [Rush N’ Attack] – composed by Konami Kukeiha Club

“Dragon Spirit: The New Legend NES – Area 2 Volcano” – [Dragon Spirit: The New Legend] – composed by Shinji Hosoe

“Kirby’s Dream Land 3 SNES – Ripple Field” – [Kirby’s Dream Land 3] – composed by Jun Ishikawa

“Castlevania NES – Vampire Killer” – [Castlevania] – composed by Kinuyo Yamashita

Outro: “The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – Kakariko Village” – [The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past] – composed by Koji Kondo, covered by JemyMusic

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Episode 58 - Waiting for a Pixelated Dawn

By Shujin Academy VGM Club on Feb 27, 2025 12:02 pm UTC

These are hopeful songs about a better tomorrow.

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.

During the show, I mentioned the CRT Soundsystem episode about Quintet’s Heaven and Earth trilogy of Super NES games: Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, and Terranigma. You can find that episode (and all that cool music) at https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/crtsoundsystem/episodes/049---Quintets-Heaven--Earth-Games-e2m6mok/a-abekg3o.

If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. For now, you can also find me on Threads or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. 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 How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on Spotify and FGC Radio.

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 - Treasure of the Rudra (Super Famicom) - Sword of the Valiant (Night) (composer: Ryuji Sasai)

01:58 - Talk Segment 1

05:45 - Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Road to the Summit (composer: Nobuo Uematsu; arranger: Masaya Tsunemoto)

08:14 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - Lann’s Melody (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)

10:07 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - To Far Away Times (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda)

14:27 - Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete (PSX/Saturn) - Field to Tomorrow (composer: Noriyuki Iwadare)

16:33 - Street Fighter III: Second Impact (arcade) - SHARP EYES (piano melo version) : Japan-IBUKI STAGE (composers: Hideki Okugawa & Yuki Iwai)

19:45 - Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon (PS2) - Determination (composer: Shoji Meguro)

21:22 - Talk Segment 2

24:16 - Life Force (arcade) - Fly High (2nd Stage BGM) (composer: Miki Higashino)

25:55 - Soul Blazer (SNES) - Underground Castle (composer: Yukihide Takekawa)

29:04 - Final Fantasy VII (PSX) - Cid’s Theme (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

32:15 - Fire Emblem Fates (3DS) - To A Foreign Land (composer: Hiroki Morishita)

36:38 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon - Explorers of Time and Darkness (DS) - A Wish for Peace (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, and Yoshihiro Maeda)

39:44 - Talk Segment 3

42:43 - Bravely Default (3DS) - Horizon of Light and Shadow (composer: Revo)

45:30 - Shining Force 2 (Genesis) - To Arms! (composer: Motoaki Takenouchi)

48:15 - Treasure Hunter G (Super Famicom) - Surrounded by Forest 1 (composer: Mitsuhito Tanaka)

51:48 - Brain Lord (SNES) - Natural Cavern (composer: Masanao Akahori)

54:22 - Tetris Effect (multiplatform) - Always Been But Never Dreamed (composer: Hydelic; vocals: Kathleen Brady)

58:42 - Outro Talk Segment

1:01:08 - Persona 3 FES (PS2) - Brand New Days (The Answer Ending Theme) (composer: Shoji Meguro; vocals: Yumi Kawamura; lyrics: Yuichiro Tanaka)

Mini 005 - Planet Puzzle League

By CRT Sound System on Feb 23, 2025 10:00 pm UTC

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Just back with another mini episode. I'm gonna try to do one of these every 2 months this year to see how it goes. I'd love to justify doing more episodes a year and I thought that Patreon had stretch goal type things but I guess they don't anymore, but I'm not gonna pimp the Patreon too much though it's definitely a factor in how much I'm likely to do more. I'm not interested in gating episodes behind a paywall but if you like the show at least consider throwing us a couple of dollars a month and I'd be able to justify doing more episodes like this on a more regular schedule. A Reminder also that the Patreon feed does have bonus episodes for free that aren't on the main feed, I'm only siloing those off because Spotify is funny about episodes that are more music than discussion.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Masanobu Matsunaga - Title [Planet Puzzle League]

00:04:54 Talk

00:10:25 Masanobu Matsunaga - Photosynthesis (Main Menu) [Planet Puzzle League]

00:13:51 Masanobu Matsunaga - Bodkin Point (Background Theme #2) [Planet Puzzle League]

00:18:25 Masanobu Matsunaga - Physics Engine (Background Theme #3) [Planet Puzzle League]

00:24:06 Masanobu Matsunaga - Alpha Wave (Background Theme #1) [Planet Puzzle League]

00:28:27 Masanobu Matsunaga - Genetic Drift (Background Theme #6) [Planet Puzzle League]

00:32:38 Masanobu Matsunaga - Apeiron (Game Over/Vs. Results) [Planet Puzzle League]

00:35:25 Talk

00:38:21 Masanobu Matsunaga - Staff Roll [Planet Puzzle League]

KVGM “The Last Wave” (2/23/25)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Feb 23, 2025 4:00 pm UTC

Level 160

By The Messenger Presents a VGM Journey on Feb 23, 2025 1:27 pm UTC

Track Listing

Stage 1 - Sutte Hakkun - Masanori Tanaka and Akito NakatsukaSteel on Steel - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Jeremy SouleFlowing - Sonic Frontiers - Tomoya OhtaniToad’s Midway Madness - Mario Party 4 - Ichiro ShimakuraHole Overview - Pebble Beach Golf Links - Yumi KinoshitaEnd Credits - Mighty Flip Champs - Jake Kaufman

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We've Got That Bronze Key Beat

By Select BGM on Feb 22, 2025 5:00 pm UTC

Episode 20: Silent's Hills 3: Heather VS Meatclub Manny

By The Musical Moogle on Feb 22, 2025 4:58 pm UTC

Time to lube up those earholes and pour in a extra saucy, extra spicy, extra froggy helping of Musical Moogle juice, courtesy of your verseur de jus kupo THE MOOGLE BOYS. This episode is coming from the CRYPT because SOMEONE forgot to finish the episode for nearly 5 MONTHS.

But that's okay. You guys will still get meme posts from late 2024, right?

right . . ?

Regardless, get strapped to your saucy chair for another episode where the boys complain about SOMETHING.

Tracklist can be found here! Check out more of The Musical Moogle here!

If you or a loved one have any questions, comments or recommendations for songs that you’d like us to listen to and possibly feature on an episode, send us an email at TheMusicalMoogle@gmail.com.

Episode 160: The Goonies

By RE-VGM on Feb 21, 2025 8:03 am UTC

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On this date, February 21, 1986, “The Goonies” video game was released for Nintendo’s Famicom (Family Computer); it was later ported and released on the computer (PC-8801, X1, MSX), for the arcade (VS. System, Playchoice-10), and the Famicom Disk System. The game was based on the film of the same name, which was released in the United States on June 7, 1985. It follows the adventures of one member of the Goonies trying to save the rest of the game while avoiding the Fratellis.

Today, we’re celebrating the release of the game with (sadly) two original tracks and their covers and arrangements. Of course, we’ll get to hear that theme song from the movie, “The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough”

Prepare to run through the restaurant, traverse the caverns, and finally reach the pirate ship to rescue the gang!

The Goonies/Walkthrough (StrategyWiki)

Intro and BGM: “The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough” – composed by Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Broughton Lunt, and Arthur Stead, with vocals by Cyndi Lauper.

All original tracks were composed by Satoe Terashima

“Stage 1”

“The Goonies NES (JemyMusic Cover)” – covered by Jemy Music

“Stage 2”

“It’s Our Time” – arranged by Vurez

Outro: “Endcredits” – [The Goonies 20th Anniversary Edition] – composed by Jorrith Schaap, remake of the MSX version from the 2006 Retro Remakes competition

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Blades of Steel – PA196

By Pixelated Audio on Feb 20, 2025 5:11 pm UTC

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In this installment of Pixelated Audio, we’re taking a stroll through the soundtrack of Blades of Steel. Originally, Konami released this fact-action hockey game in the arcades in 1987 but it really gained popularity a year later when it was converted to the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988. However, most of us (at least your… Read More » The post Blades of Steel – PA196 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

[148] Video Game Islands

By Pixel Beat on Feb 20, 2025 8:00 am UTC

About: You can find a lot of island settings in many, many video games. Take a listen to some of these island themes, ranging from more chilled, tropical themes, to some upbeat-island tempo tracks.

Artwork: Kingdom Hearts

00:00 - Besaid [Final Fantasy X-2]

by Noriko Matsueda, Takahito Eguchi >

02:43 - Destiny Island [Kingdom Hearts]

by Yoko Shimomura >

04:28 - Windfall Island [The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker]

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

05:39 - San Grio: Island of Happiness [Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy]

by Tomohito Nishiura >

09:12 - Islet [Brandish 2: The Planet Buster]

by Falcom Sound Team JDK >

10:40 - Forbidden Forest [Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard]

by Yuzo Koshiro >

13:28 - Virga Island [Metaphor: ReFantazio]

by Shoji Meguro >

16:41 - Uninhabited Island [Skies of Arcadia]

by Yutaka Minobe, Tatsuyuki Maeda >

19:12 - A Glorious Fortress Near the Water [Suikoden]

by Miki Higashino >

21:42 - You’re In Ruins [Ragnarok Online]

by soundTeMP >

24:07 - Tu’Lia [Final Fantasy XI]

by Naoshi Mizuta >

27:58 - Damn Damn Drum [Trials of Mana 2020]

by Hiroki Kikuta, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Koji Yamaoka >

31:04 - Float Islands [Kirby’s Dream Land]

by Jun Ishikawa >

32:55 - Dragon Roost Island [The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]

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

34:31 - Holy Consult [Final Fantasy XIV]

by Nobuo Uematsu >

39:08 - Midori Eyes [Paradise Killer]

by Epoch >

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Episode 38-4 Celebrating Black History Month

By Rhythm and Pixels on Feb 19, 2025 10:00 am UTC

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This week on the show we’re showcasing black composers, black developers, and black game characters. No longer just one-dimensional characters in classic games, there are a number excellent black-owned game development studios and musicians. Tune in to learn more, and listen to some great music!

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Episode 25-4: Get the Friendship Seed

By Game That Tune on Feb 18, 2025 1:30 pm UTC

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Everyone loves to blame violent video games for all the ills that have befallen our society, so in this episode we self-censor and play strictly non-violent games!

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0:00:00 Welcome to Game That Tune!
0:06:25 Game 1
0:11:16 Game 1 Reveal
0:25:30 Game 2
0:30:06 Game 2 Reveal
0:41:04 Game 3
0:45:55 Game 3 Reveal
1:02:58 Game 4
1:08:34 Game 4 Reveal
1:17:23 Game 5
1:22:09 Game 5 Reveal
1:31:52 This Game's Winner Is...
1:38:42 Bonus Music/Outro

066 - Mario Party 1-3 w/TheMessenger

By CRT Sound System on Feb 16, 2025 10:01 pm UTC

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Yasunori Mitsuda - Opening [Mario Party]

00:03:19 Talk 01

00:17:49 Yasunori Mitsuda - Playing The Game [Mario Party]

00:19:11 Yasunori Mitsuda - Mushroom Bank Theme [Mario Party]

00:19:45 Yasunori Mitsuda - Option House Theme [Mario Party]

00:20:22 Yasunori Mitsuda - Mushroom Shop Theme [Mario Party]

00:21:03 Yasunori Mitsuda - Bowser's Theme [Mario Party]

00:22:17 Yasunori Mitsuda - Everyone's A Super Star! [Mario Party]

00:25:57 Talk 02

00:34:38 Yasunori Mitsuda - Jungle Adventure [Mario Party]

00:36:16 Yasunori Mitsuda - Engine Room [Mario Party]

00:37:31 Yasunori Mitsuda - Rainbow Castle [Mario Party]

00:39:02 Yasunori Mitsuda - Eternal Star [Mario Party]

00:41:07 Yasunori Mitsuda - Let's Go Lightly [Mario Party]

00:42:38 Yasunori Mitsuda - Saving Courage [Mario Party]

00:43:25 Talk 03

00:59:16 Hironao Yamamoto; Shohei Bando; Kazuhiko Sawaguchi - Western Land [Mario Party 2]

01:01:50 Hironao Yamamoto; Shohei Bando; Kazuhiko Sawaguchi - Space Land [Mario Party 2]

01:04:13 Hironao Yamamoto; Shohei Bando; Kazuhiko Sawaguchi - That's All of It [Mario Party 2]

01:05:24 Hironao Yamamoto; Shohei Bando; Kazuhiko Sawaguchi - The Blue Skies Yonder [Mario Party 2]

01:06:29 Hironao Yamamoto; Shohei Bando; Kazuhiko Sawaguchi - Horror Land [Mario Party 2]

01:08:25 Hironao Yamamoto; Shohei Bando; Kazuhiko Sawaguchi - Rules Land [Mario Party 2]

01:09:52 Hironao Yamamoto; Shohei Bando; Kazuhiko Sawaguchi - Mini-Game Stadium [Mario Party 2]

01:11:28 Talk 04

01:20:28 Ichiro Shimakura - Waluigi's Island [Mario Party 3]

01:22:14 Ichiro Shimakura - Good Luck! [Mario Party 3]

01:23:50 Ichiro Shimakura - On Your Toes [Mario Party 3]

01:25:10 Ichiro Shimakura - Chilly Waters [Mario Party 3]

01:26:34 Ichiro Shimakura - Fighting Spirit [Mario Party 3]

01:27:43 Ichiro Shimakura - Genie's Theme [Mario Party 3]

01:28:21 Ichiro Shimakura - Stardust Battle [Mario Party 3]

01:30:18 Ichiro Shimakura - The Adventure Begins [Mario Party 3]

01:31:45 Ichiro Shimakura - Spiny Desert [Mario Party 3]

01:33:45 Talk 05

01:47:54 Hironao Yamamoto; Shohei Bando; Kazuhiko Sawaguchi - Credits [Mario Party 2]

Hidden Gem: LovePlus

By Super Marcato Bros on Feb 16, 2025 9:45 pm UTC

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In this laidback and feel-good episode, Karl & Will spotlight on the obscure but fantastic score to the DS game LovePlus. This score was first featured in last year's Handhelds-themed Show and Tell episode. Enjoy, and Happy late Valentine's Day!

LovePlus - Yasuhiro Tamaki, Atsunori Kondo, Manami Matsumae, Hiroki Matsunaga, Shunsuke Kida, Shinya Chikamori, Tomoyo Nishimoto, Hiroshi Watanabe, Masahiro Tamaru, Kazunari Kume, Norihiko Hibino, Toshihisa Furusawa, Yasuhiro Ichihashi - Konami - DS - 2009

-Timeless Diary (Instrumental)

-Ordinary Day - Spring

-I Love You the Most in the World

-Sea- Summer

-Nene's Theme A,B,C (Your Magic)

-Dites un nom

-Blue Sky Aviation

-Amusement Park

-Les larmes

-Athletic Festival

-Ordinary Day - Autumn

-Romance

-BGM 74 - Funky

-Girls Talk

-BGM 77 - Sentimental

-Love Plus + - Nene's Theme Variation

-Love Plus + - Jazzy BGM

-Love Plus + - Hohoemi Photograph

-Love Plus + - Fun BGM

Nitro Game Injection #577: Enter the Dwelling (of Duels)

By Nitro Game Injection on Feb 16, 2025 12:00 pm UTC

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[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E92: The Arzette Soundtrack!”

By Nerd Noise Radio on Feb 15, 2025 6:00 am UTC

Today’s broadcast is C1E92 for Soundtrack Saturday, February 15th, 2025. Today’s broadcast will be the soundtrack to the game Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore, on multiple platforms (St. John played it on Steam Deck), composed by Button Masther aka Jake Silverman – an episode originally intended to release in June 2024, and then again in October 2024 before being bumped both times.

Tracklist!

All tracks from Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore on multiple platforms, composed by Button Masher (aka Jake Silverman)!

Track# / Track / Timestamp

A1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) World Map - 00:05:14

02) Tutorial - 00:07:22

03) Faramore Town - 00:09:13

04) Faramore Town [B-Side] - 00:11:32

05) Durridin Forest - 00:13:26

06) Durridin Forest [B-Side] - 00:15:17

07) Boss - 00:16:51

08) Bonus - 00:18:41

09) Cogwyn Caves - 00:20:42

10) Anju Desert - 00:22:30

11) Anju Desert [B-Side] - 00:24:19

12) Creece Canyon - 00:26:00

13) Norrin Swamp - 00:28:02

14) Norrin Swamp [B-Side] - 00:30:08

15) Chillax Peaks - 00:31:46

16) Boanjale Crypts - 00:33:34

17) Boanjale Crypts [B-Side] - 00:35:18

18) Sprigum Volcano - 00:36:54

19) Badonc Beach - 00:38:59

20) Badonc Beach [B-Side] - 00:40:59

21) Ryha River - 00:42:46

22) Ryha River [B-Side] - 00:45:03

23) Lichen Hills - 00:46:41

24) Lichen Hills [B-Side] - 00:49:13

25) Fort Findula - 00:51:03

26) Fort Findula [B-Side] - 00:53:00

27) Denny’s Castle - 00:54:42

28) Daimur’s Lair - 00:57:19

29) Final Boss - 00:59:49

30) Credits - 01:01:59

31) Victory - 01:04:06

B1) Outro - 01:06:11

Music Block Runtime: 01:00:59 / Total Episode Runtime: 01:12:02

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

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14 (2023) laptop with perhaps a little support from a Dell Latitude 7480 (also running Fedora Linux) or the Steam Deck (running Steam OS). 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!

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Thanks for listening! Join us again in March for C1E93 (Channel 1, Episode 93): Subject TBD - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Episode 159: My Waifu (Valentine’s Day)

By RE-VGM on Feb 14, 2025 8:03 am UTC

R&P Chat 38-4 Classic Oatmeal and Classic Video Games

By Rhythm and Pixels on Feb 12, 2025 10:00 am UTC

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Welcome back, it’s good to see you! Come hang with us as we chat about everything from good food, to good games! Pernell reminisces about a DDR player called Nugget, Rob describes the joy and pain of Hollow Knight, and we dip our toes into next week’s topic. All that and more in this week’s Rhythm and Pixels chat!

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Episode 119 – The Sounds of the Sharp X68000

By XVGM Radio on Feb 12, 2025 5:00 am UTC

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Released in 1987, the Sharp X68000 would lead the way for Japanese computer systems, ending its reign around 1996. Utilizing the Yamaha YM2151 sound chip would make the computer sing some of the best FM synthesis based VGM ever released. Today on XVGM Radio, we’re joined by our third host NikoTengoku to spotlight just a taste of the amazing tunes on this system. Niko falls in love with developer Exact, Mike goes on about songs sounding simple then praises the most simplistic song picked for the show, and Justin takes a call from…EVIL NIKO?! Oops, ALL BANGERS on this one! It’s all on this super fun, super rockin’ episode of XVGM Radio!
Thanks as always to co-host NikoTengoku for joining us! Check out his content here:Niko’s8BitStereo: https://www.youtube.com/@Nikos8BitStereo
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TRACK LISTING:

Intro – Magical Shot (1991) “Soul” Hideya Nagata, Masashi Harada
1 – Lightning Soldier (1994) “Wipe It Out” – PEA
2 – Geograph Seal (1994) “Stage 1” Hiroyuki Saegusa
3 – Reinforcer (1990) “BGM6” Unknown Composer
4 – Etoile Princesse (1993) “Tower of Elemia” – Hiroyuki Saegusa
5 – SiLsteeL (1995) “OVER LOAD” Findoll
6 – Illumination Laser (2014) “Violent Moon” Nobuhisa Shinoda (Credited as I.C. Kaze)
7 – Twilight (1995) “As Vrea” – Ryu Takami, Ryu Umemoto
8 – Carat (1993) “BGM 5” Hitoshi Sakimoto, Yoshio Furukawa, Waiendee
9 – Akumajou Dracula X68000 (1993) “Etude For The Killer (Stage 7)” Shin-Chan, Keizo Nakamura, Hiroshi Kobayashi

Tobal 1+2

By barSILENCE on Feb 11, 2025 1:08 pm UTC

[Episode 36] This month barSILENCE is stepping into the ring with the hard-hitting genre-blending soundtracks of Tobal No. 1 and Tobal 2!

In 1996, Squaresoft’s first PlayStation title, Tobal No. 1, was a stunning showcase of talent, featuring character designs by Akira Toriyama, and a star-studded composer lineup led by the legendary Yasunori Mitsuda.

A year later, the Japanese-exclusive Tobal 2 turned everything up to 11 with an expanded Quest Mode, a Guinness World Record-setting roster of 200 characters, as well as Takayuki Nakamura’s brilliant fusion of jazz rock and electronica that makes this soundtrack a true knockout!

Let's lace up those gloves! It’s time to fight… and jam!

Tracklisting:

00:00:00 - Tobal No. 1 (Tobal No. 1) [Yasunori Mitsuda]

00:01:06 - Intro & Tobal No. 1

00:07:34 - Shinto Shrine (Tobal No. 1) [Masashi Hamauzu]

00:10:42 - Poltano (Tobal No. 1) [Masashi Hamauzu]

00:14:01 - Cloud City (Tobal No. 1) [Kenji Ito]

00:17:15 - Urban Sight (Tobal No. 1) [Yasuhiro Kawakami]

00:20:15 - Cosmic Desert (Tobal No. 1) [Junya Nakano]

00:24:13 - Aqua and Trees (Tobal No. 1) [Yoko Shimomura]

00:27:21 - Toridon!! (Tobal No. 1) [Yasuhiro Kawakami]

00:30:40 - Your Name Is... (Tobal No. 1) [Yasunori Mitsuda]

00:32:24 - Tobal 2

00:36:41 - Checkered Career (Album Original Mix) (Tobal 2) [Takayuki Nakamura]

00:39:30 - The Origin No.5 (Tobal 2) [Takayuki Nakamura]

00:43:29 - Amethyst (Tobal 2) [Takayuki Nakamura]

00:46:56 - The Grody Boy (Tobal 2) [Takayuki Nakamura]

00:50:09 - Knock My Door (Tobal 2) [Takayuki Nakamura]

00:53:24 - In An Unguarded Moment (Tobal 2) [Takayuki Nakamura]

00:56:09 - A Miracle's Coming (Tobal 2) [Takayuki Nakamura]

00:59:05 - The Speeder (Tobal 2) [Takayuki Nakamura]

01:01:32 - Beating Hard (Tobal 2) [Takayuki Nakamura]

01:04:39 - A Crying Son (Tobal 2) [Takayuki Nakamura]

01:07:36 - Hero's Looking Glass (Tobal 2) [Takayuki Nakamura]

01:10:01 - Dropout (Tobal 2) [Takayuki Nakamura]

01:13:37 - On Your Dark Side (Tobal 2) [Takayuki Nakamura]

01:17:07 - Tobal 2: 2nd ENDING (Tobal 2) [Takayuki Nakamura]

01:19:19 - Outro

01:21:17 - Tower Block (Tobal No. 1) [Noriko Matsueda]

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

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KVGM “The Last Wave” (2/9/25)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Feb 9, 2025 4:00 pm UTC

Episode 158: Happy 3rd Podcastiversary!

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

Viper’s VGMture – S05 – Jam-Packed January (05 February 2025)

By Viper's VGMture on Feb 5, 2025 10:00 pm UTC

WaveBack 182: DuckTales Remastered

By WaveBack Music Podcast on Feb 5, 2025 5:00 am UTC

Show Notes

For Kris’s pick this month, he decided to make the first show of the new year a killer with the soundtracks of both DuckTales for NES and DuckTales Remastered.

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Episode 25-3: Fondle the Trackball

By Game That Tune on Feb 4, 2025 2:00 pm UTC

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We were gonna climb some mountains on this episode but then John went sledding in Tallahassee and got his fill so we're doing a FREEPLAY. Also Johnny went to Magfest, so be prepared to hear about that!

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0:00:00 Welcome to Game That Tune!
0:06:44 Game 1
0:12:05 Game 1 Reveal
0:24:08 Game 2
0:40:02 Game 2 Reveal
0:50:40 Game 3
0:56:19 Game 3 Reveal
1:11:16 Game 4
1:17:14 Game 4 Reveal
1:39:46 Game 5
1:47:57 Game 5 Reveal
2:04:23 This Game's Winner Is...
2:12:30 Bonus Music/Outro

[147] Rain

By Pixel Beat on Feb 4, 2025 10:00 am UTC

About: The rainy vibes of numerous video game tracks set the tone for this latest episode.

Artwork: Undertale

00:00 - Beneath The Mask -Rain Instrumental Version- [Persona 5]

by Shoji Meguro >

04:27 - Rainy Scene [VM Japan]

by Falcom Sound Team JDK >

06:22 - The Rainy Ciry Svarna [The Alliance Alive]

by Masashi Hamauzu >

07:59 - Gentle Rain [Mother 3]

by Shogo Sakai >

10:41 - Rainy Knight [Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney]

by Tomohito Nishiura >

12:13 - After The Chaos and Destruction [Wild Arms]

by Michiko Naruke >

14:20 - Detention Center ~ Elegy Of The Security Guards [Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]

by Masakazu Sugimori >

16:07 - Premonition [Undertale]

by Toby Fox >

17:02 - Tantal (Night) [Xenoblade Chronicles]

by ACE >

19:58 - Dragon Palace [Okami]

by Masami Ueda, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Rei Kondoh, Akari Groves >

22:21 - 5:00am (Rain) [Animal Crossing: New Horizons]

by Yasuaki Iwata, Yumi Takahashi, Shinobu Nagata, Sayako Doi, Masato Ohashi >

25:19 - Rain [Shenmue]

by Yuzo Koshiro >

26:20 - It’s Raining Somewhere Else [Undertale]

by Toby Fox >

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[RERUN!!] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E51: Mishmash Monday - vol 9” (40th Birthday episode - orig. released 02/03/2020)

By Nerd Noise Radio on Feb 3, 2025 5:31 pm UTC

2025 re-run bonus notes:

This rerun is releasing on the precise 5yr anniversary of its original release - in other words, this celebration of St. John's 40th birthday, featuring his wife, both his kids, both his parents, and his brother is re-releasing on St. John's 45th birthday!

Also, it is the second of a trilogy of music blocks (the first of which was last month's rerun), which, if not already clear to long-time listeners of the show will be explained in the intro to the third track of the trilogy, which will be our March 2025 rerun. So stay tuned til next month's rerun!

DISCLAIMER 1: DEAD-NAME ALERT! August is not their birth name, and this episode was recorded prior to their self-discovery, so it uses their birth/dead name. Because of this, I checked with August prior to releasing it to make sure they were okay with it. They said they were okay with it so long as I included the disclaimer - which I would've done anyway! :-D

DISCLAIMER 2: Apologies for some of the off-color jokes and references in the blooper reel. I was not as far along in my personal transformation at the point this episode was released. There are things that made this blooper that would not have today. Therefore, please consider it a piece of history rather than an accurate representation of current perspectives.

DISCLAIMER 3: the production value was much worse back in 2020. So if this is your first time hearing Nerd Noise Radio, please keep in mind that our production values have much improved in the time since.

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Original (2020) Show Notes

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Today’s broadcast is C1E51 for Mishmash Monday, February 3rd, 2020. Today’s broadcast is Mishmash Monday - vol 9. The inaugural episode of Season 40, and a special celebration of St. John's 40th birthday, guest hosted by various members of his family.

01 - Ear Catcher - 00:00:00

02 - Intro - 00:00:12

03 - Sonic CD - Sega CD - Stardust Speedway Zone (Past) - Naofumi Hataya and/or Masafumi Ogata - 00:02:10

04 - FIFA 20 - Multi - Vámano - Buscabulla - 00:04:33

05 - Prey - multi - Everything's gonna be Okay - Mick Gordon - 00:07:57

06 - Lumines II - PSP - Star Guitar - The Chemical Brothers - 00:12:37

07 - Jurassic Park - SNES - River - Jonathan Dunn - 00:18:58

08 - TMNT: TF - Genesis - Sisyphus Stage - Miki Higashino - 00:21:10

09 - Jet Set Radio - Dreamcast - Funky Radio (IN-GAME VERSION) - BB Rights - 00:25:32

10 - Dragon Sabre - Arcade - Volcano - Shinji Hosoe - 00:28:56

11 - Last Resort - Neo Geo - The Melting Point - Toshio Shimizu and/or Yasuo Yamate - 00:32:28

12 - Wolfenstein 3d - PC (Adlib) - Zero Hour - Bobby Prince - 00:35:03

13 - Zillion - Mastersystem - Computer Room – Tokuhiko Uwabo - 00:37:16

14 - Mountain King - Atari 2600 - Flame Spirit (an arrangement of "Anitra's Dance") - c: Edvard Grieg a: E. F. Dryer and/or Ed Salvo - 00:38:00

15 - P.O.W. - NES - Inside Truck – Toshikazu Tanaka and/or Kikuto Hataya - 00:39:49

16 - Spiderman - Genesis - Cavern - Mark Miller, John Karr, and/or David Javelosa - 00:41:42

17 - Teki Paki - Arcade - Quick, Junk, Sequence - Tomoaki Takenohashi - 00:44:28

18 - Vegas Stakes - SNES - The 2020 - Kimitaka and/or Manami Matsumae - 00:48:51

19 - Splatoon 2 (Octo Expansion) - SWITCH! - frisk - DedF1sh - 00:50:38

20 - Vindicators Part II - Arcade - Target Select - Brad Fuller and/or Hal Canon - 00:52:48

21 - Deneb - Atari 8-bit - Song 2 (Title) - Robert Drag - 00:53:12

22 - Tube Panic - Arcade - Attract Mode - Ichiro Takagi - 00:54:08

23 - Bosconian - X68000 - Blast Power - Yuzo Koshiro - 00:55:59

24 - Yuu Yuu Hakusho: Makyou Toitsusen - Mega Drive - Sub-Space 2 BGM - Aki Hata, Katsuhiko Suzuki - 00:58:45

25 - Hyperzone - SNES - Title Theme - Jun Ishikawa - 01:02:07

26 - Chaos Seed Feng Shui Kairouki - SFC - The Last Hermit's Cave – Yasunori Shiono, Katsuhiro Hayashi, and/or Yukio Nakajima - 01:03:15

27 - A Dinosaur's Tale - Genesis - Cecilia's Apartment (track 04)- Kim Jensen - 01:05:28

28 - Grim Fandango - PC - Neon Ledge - Peter McConnell - 01:07:17

29 - God of War - PS4 - Witch of the Woods - Bear McCreary - 01:08:18

30 - Lost Eden - CD-I - Moorkus Rex's Lair – Stephane Picq - 01:11:11

31 - Splatoon 2 (Octo Expansion) - SWITCH! - regret - DedF1sh - 01:12:57

32 - Silent Hill 2 - PS2 - Betrayal - Akira Yamaoka - 01:15:42

33 - Doom - PC - Nobody Told Me About Id (E2M8) - Bobby Prince - 01:18:24

34 - Metroid Prime 2 - Quadraxis Battle - Kenji Yamamoto - 01:21:11

35 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 - multi - Adrenaline - Jack Wall - 01:24:07

36 - Final Fantasy XIII-2 - PS3 - Paradigm Shift - Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta, and/or Mitsuto Suzuki - 01:27:27

37 - PILcaSEX - PC98 - Groove Machine - Muse - 01:31:10

38 - Castlevania II - Gameboy - Praying Hands - Hidehiro Funauchi - 01:33:09

39 - Sonic 3D Blast - Genesis - The Final Fight - Jun Senoue, Tatsuyuki Maeda, Seirou Okamoto, Masaru Setsumaru - 01:36:04

40 - F-Zero - SNES - Silence - Yukio Kaneoka - 01:37:52

41 - Metroid Prime 3 - Wii - Skytown - Kenji Yamamoto, Minako Hamano, and/or Masaru Tajima - 01:40:31

42 - Snatcher - Sega CD - Tear-Stained Eyes - Konami Kukeiha Club - 01:43:53

43 - Outro - 01:48:44

44 - Exit Earcatcher - 02:09:30

45 - Blooper Reel - 02:09:57

Music Block Runtime: 01:46:43, Total Episode Runtime: 02:45:42

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio, on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights, and Happy Birthday from Gimmick, on the Famicom, composed by Masashi Kageyama. Our outro music is Neighborhood 2 from The Sims, on the PC, composed by Jerry Martin and/or Marc Russo.

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Thanks for listening! Join us again April 1st for a very special bonus retrospective. Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Rebroadcast: Super Mario 64

By Super Marcato Bros on Feb 3, 2025 12:09 am UTC

For the second "Rebroadcast", Karl & Will share their episode originally released way back in November of 2013- "Super Mario 64 (#86)!" Enjoy this blast from the past, where the guys celebrate one of their most nostalgic scores of all time!

Super Mario 64 - Koji Kondo - Nintendo - Nintendo 64 - 1996

-Title Theme

-Opening

-Bob-omb Battlefield

-Inside the Castle Walls

-File Select

-Slider

-Stage Boss

-Dire, Dire Docks

-Lethal Lava Land

-Powerful Mario

-Cool Cool Mountain

-Haunted House

-Merry-Go-Round

-Koopa's Theme

-Hazy Maze Cave

-Metallic Mario

-Piranha Plant's Lullaby

-Koopa's Road

-Ultimate Koopa

-Ending Demo

-Staff Roll

-Throwback Galaxy (from Mario Galaxy 2)

065 - Suikoden 1&2 w/Abby Denton

By CRT Sound System on Feb 2, 2025 10:01 pm UTC

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This week we're joined by comedian, podcaster, game designer, and magical girl Abby Denton to talk about Suikoden 1 and 2, and we do so occasionally while also talking about Jared from Subway, the death of the high street, plus some fun ethnic banter about the Irish.

Join our Discord!

Links of Note:

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Blade of the Cutiepants

VGATWTOE

Existential Warfare

Linktree

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Reese's Twitter

Tom's Mastodon

Tom's Bluesky

Email: crtpodsystem [@] gmail

CRT Artwork by JuiceZombie

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Miki Higashino - Into a World of Illusion (Title BGM) [Genso Suikoden Original Game Soundtrack]

00:01:51 Block

00:19:51 Miki Higashino - Royal Palace Consultation (Gregminster Castle BGM) [Genso Suikoden Original Game Soundtrack]

00:22:28 Tappy - Beautiful Golden City (Gregminster BGM) [Genso Suikoden Original Game Soundtrack]

00:24:32 MIKI-CHANG; Tappy; Taniguchi; Mayuko Kagesita; Hiroshi Tamawari - Black Forest (Lecchnaut's Mansion BGM) [Genso Suikoden Original Game Soundtrack]

00:27:10 Miki Higashino - An Old Irish Song (Dragon Knights' Fortress) [Genso Suikoden Original Game Soundtrack]

00:30:32 Block

00:57:48 MIKI-CHANG; Tappy; Taniguchi; Mayuko Kagesita; Hiroshi Tamawari - Tiny Characters in a Huge World (Field BGM1) [Genso Suikoden Original Game Soundtrack]

00:59:35 MIKI-CHANG; Tappy; Taniguchi; Mayuko Kagesita; Hiroshi Tamawari - Confrontation with Monsters (Battle BGM) [Genso Suikoden Original Game Soundtrack]

01:01:48 MIKI-CHANG; Tappy; Taniguchi; Mayuko Kagesita; Hiroshi Tamawari - Theme of Tension ~ Impact Version (From Event 'Neclord Appears') [Genso Suikoden Original Game Soundtrack]

01:03:14 Tappy - Rock Rockland (Lenankamp / Rockland BGM) [Genso Suikoden Original Game Soundtrack]

01:04:33 MIKI-CHANG; Tappy; Taniguchi; Mayuko Kagesita; Hiroshi Tamawari - Ultimate Enemy (Boss Enemy BGM) [Genso Suikoden Original Game Soundtrack]

01:06:53 Block

01:19:05 Miki Higashino - Adventurous Journey (World Map BGM 1) [Genso Suikoden II Original Game Soundtrack Vol. 1]

01:21:38 Miki Higashino - To A More Distant Place (World Map BGM 2) [Genso Suikoden II Original Game Soundtrack Vol. 2]

01:23:59 Miki Higashino - Those That Don't Work Don't Deserve to Eat (Viktor's Fortress BGM) [Genso Suikoden II Original Game Soundtrack Vol. 1]

01:25:58 Miki Higashino - Beautiful Morning (Morning BGM) [Genso Suikoden II Original Game Soundtrack Vol. 1]

01:28:55 Block

01:40:14 Miki Higashino - Cornered (Battle BGM ~ Luca Battle) [Genso Suikoden II Original Game Soundtrack Vol. 2]

01:44:10 Miki Higashino - The Desire to Triumph (Common Battle BGM) [Genso Suikoden II Original Game Soundtrack Vol. 1]

01:46:32 Miki Higashino - A Powerful Enemy Appears (Mid Boss BGM) [Genso Suikoden II Original Game Soundtrack Vol. 1]

01:48:39 Miki Higashino - Silver Wolf (Battle BGM ~ Silver Wolf Battle) [Genso Suikoden II Original Game Soundtrack Vol. 2]

01:52:36 Miki Higashino - Labyrinth ~ PENPE2 (Dungeon BGM) [Genso Suikoden II Original Game Soundtrack Vol. 1]

01:56:27 Out

02:07:17 Miki Higashino; Ronan Browne - An Old Irish Song <featured in GENSO SUIKODEN> [Melody Of Legend ~ Chapter of Love]

Episode 157: On Stage Now – Skar

By RE-VGM on Jan 31, 2025 8:03 am UTC

Episode 57 - The Sound of the Future Year 2000

By Shujin Academy VGM Club on Jan 30, 2025 2:20 pm UTC

Tomorrow comes today with this collection of futuristic tracks! Some of them are from games set in the future, and some just sound like the future. Listen for a taste of life in the dystopian world of 2025.

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.
• Vee, The VGM Lover for finding some composer information for Tetris Kiwamemichi. You can follow him on BlueSky at thevgmlover.bsky.social.
• How Much in Bison Dollars? for the idea for the Destiny is Destiny promo. You can follow him on YouTube, TikTok, and social media platforms at HMIBisonDollars, and check out his show on FGC Radio.
• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.

If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. 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.

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 VGM podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get every single show.1

Track Listing:

00:00 - VA-11 HALL-A (multiplatform) - CALICOMP 1.1 Startup (composer: Garoad)

00:15 - Show Tagline

00:21 - Civilization III (PC) - Techno (composer: Mark Cromer)

03:48 - Talk Segment 1

08:40 - VA-11 HALL-A (multiplatform) - Welcome to VA-11 HALL-A (composer: Garoad)

11:43 - 2064: Read Only Memories (multiplatform) - Media Blues (composer: Matthew "2 Mello" Hopkins)

13:23 - Persona Q (3DS) - It’s Show Time (composer: Toshiki Konishi)

15:55 - Unlimited SaGa (PS2) - BT Ver. 3 (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)

17:41 - The World Ends With You (DS) - Psychedelic (composer: Takeharu Ishimoto)

20:03 - Tetris Kiwamemichi (PS2 / arcade) - 05 (composer: unknown)

23:09 - Talk Segment 2

25:24 - Arkanoid DS (DS) - only nearby peace (GAME Chuu BGM) (composer: Takafumi Wada)

28:20 - Rage Racer (PSX) - Lightning Luge (composers: Tetsukazu Nakanishi)

33:28 - Jet Set Radio Future (Xbox) - Funky Dealer (composer: Hideki Naganuma)

36:59 - Tempest 2000 (Jaguar) - Mind’s Eye (composers: Alastair Lindsay, Ian Howe, Julian Hodgson, and Kevin Saville)

41:52 - Talk Segment 3

45:31 - Tetris Effect (multiplatform) - Flames (composer: Hydelic)

49:36 - Streets of Rage 3 (Genesis) - Boss (composer: Motohiro Kawashima)

52:19 - Rez (Dreamcast) - Fear (composer: Adam Freeland; vocals: Cage)

57:25 - San Francisco Rush 2049 (N64) - Flier (composer: Barry Leitch)

1:01:49 - Outro Talk Segment

1:04:20 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (DS) - Defy the Legends (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, and Yoshihiro Maeda)

1:08:24 - VA-11 HALL-A (multiplatform) - CALICOMP 1.1 Shutdown (composer: Garoad)

[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E91: Mishmash Monday – vol. 16”

By Nerd Noise Radio on Jan 27, 2025 6:04 am UTC

Today’s broadcast is C1E91 for Mishmash Monday, January 27th, 2025. Today’s Broadcast will be Mishmash Monday – vol. 16 – the debut episode of season 8, and our final "regular", "ordinary", "standard:, "customary" [pick your preferred term] season.

Tracklist!

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

A1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) Next Chapter - Tetris Effect Connected – Multi - Hydelic - 00:04:05

02) Asian Shuffle - Cho Aniki: Kyuukyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyou Otoko - PS1 / Saturn - Kōji Hayama, Taku Iwasaki, Isao Mizoguchi, and/or Sanae Kasahara - 00:08:39

03) Real Life - Grounseed (OPNA) - PC98 – Ryu Umemoto - 00:10:20

04) Echo Basin - Rollerdome – Multi – ELECTRIC DRAGON - 00:12:35

05) Never 4ever - Hover - multi - Hideki Naganuma - 00:16:29

06) Birthday Cake (JSRF Edit) – Jet Set Radio Future – XBox – Cibo Matto - 00:20:42

07) Ring Man Stage - Mega Mav IV – NES – Minae Fujii and/or Yasuaki Fujita - 00:23:26

08) Boss Battle 3 - Street Fighter 2010 – NES – Junko Tamiya - 00:25:19

09) Chapter 05 - Cross Wiber – PCE – Yasuashi Kawasaki, and/or Hiroto Saitoh - 00:26:49

10) Jungle - Cyber Shinobi – Mastersystem – Keisuke Tsukahara - 00:28:22

11) City of the Future - Rocket Coaster – LaserActive – Wataru Ogura - 00:30:01

12) Jazz 2 - SimCopter - PC – Jerry Martin - 00:31:54

13) Skylight Tune – Insector X – Genesis – Cube - 00:37:22

14) Liberty – Gran Turismo 5 – PS3 - Kemmei Adachi - 00:39:35

15) Violet-eyed Beauty - Dead Or Alive Xtreme 3 Scarlet – PS4 / Switch – Makoto Hosoi, Gota Masuoka, Masayoshi Sasaki, Mari Yoshida, and/or Kosuke Mizukami - 00:43:42

16) Endscreen - Final Vendetta - multi – Futurecast and/or Utah Saints - 00:46:54

17) Track 2 - Impact Racing – PS1 / Saturn – Brian Lewis and/or Martin Schjøler - 00:49:38

18) New World (Level Unlock) - Art of Balance – Multi – Martin Schjøler - 00:52:41

19) Main Menu – Zenses Ocean – DS - Martin Schjøler - 00:53:30

20) Spatial Lullaby - Stellaris – Multi - Andreas Waldetoft - 00:56:41

21) Air Area Night - Drakkhen –SNES – Hiroyuki Masuno - 01:00:43

22) Parcul Trandafirilor (Evening) - Twilight – X68000 – Ryu Umemoto, Ryu Takami, and/or Hiroaki Sano - 01:02:37

23) Rememberance Garden – Palia – Multi – Steffen Schmidt – 01:05:19

24) Snow Field - LoZ: Echoes of Wisdom – Switch – Yoshitaka Fujita, Hajime Wakai, Masato Ohashi, Manaka Kataoka, Chisaki Hosaka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, Ryotaro Yagi, and/or Azusa Kato - 01:09:50

25) Motionless - Returnal– PS5 / PC - Bobby Krilic - 01:12:00

26) Prologue – Dordogne – Multi – Supernaive - 01:16:16

27) Track 06 - Jurassic Park – Sega CD – David Javelosa, Barry Blum, Brian Coburn, Tom Miley, and/or Spencer Nilsen - 01:17:50

28) April Village - Lovely Planet 2: April Skies – PC – Calem Bowen - 01:18:48

29) Silly Science A - Snipperclips - Switch - Calum Bowen - 01:20:46

30) Free Programming - Game Builder Garage – Switch – Kazumi Totaka - 01:26:01

31) Lively Town - Shining Force II - Genesis – Motoaki Takenouchi - 01:29:00

32) O.M.I.S.E. - Super Hydlide - Genesis – Shigeru Tomita - 01:32:27

33) Title Theme - PGA Tour 96 – Genesis – Marc Farly, Rob Hubbard, Tony Berkeley, and/or David Whittaker - 01:34:11

B1) Outro - 01:36:53

B2) OUTTAKE: Wyatt 2025 “Fly the N” recording session - 01:46:18

Music Block Runtime: 01:32:50 / Total Episode Runtime: 01:49:05

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

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14 (2023) laptop with perhaps a little support from a Dell Latitude 7480 (also running Fedora Linux) or the Steam Deck (running Steam OS). Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface!

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio

Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here:

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com.

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

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans/

We are also a member of Podcasters of Des Moines at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1782895868426870/

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

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

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

Or you can reach us by e-mail at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com

You can also follow us on X (Twitter) at https://twitter.com/NerdNoiseRadio , Threads at https://www.threads.net/@nerdnoiseradio , Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nerdnoiseradio?igsh=MWF4NjBpdGVxazUxYw== , Mastodon at https://universeodon.com/@NerdNoiseRadio , and BlueSky at And we are also now on Spotify, TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Vurbl, Amazon Music and Audible! There is technically a Discord channel, but we may or may not ever take it public!

Thanks for listening! Join us again next month for C1E92 (Channel 1, Episode 92):The Arzette Soundtrack - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

KVGM “The Last Wave” (1/26/25)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Jan 26, 2025 4:00 pm UTC

Episode 156: Sonic Forces

By RE-VGM on Jan 24, 2025 8:03 am UTC

[RERUN!!] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E41: 'Mishmash Monday, vol. 7'” (orig. released 02/04/19)

By Nerd Noise Radio on Jan 23, 2025 6:00 am UTC

2025 re-run bonus notes:

Our first re-run of our return to the practice is also the first-released [second produced] of a trilogy of music blocks. Long-time listeners of the show may already know what I'm talking about, but newer listeners and/or those who do not remember may be perplexed by what I'm talking about. Well, it will all be explained in the intro to the final of the trilogy (releasing in March). DISCLAIMER: the production value was much worse back in 2019. So if this is your first time hearing Nerd Noise Radio, please keep in mind that our production values have much improved in the time since.

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Original (2019) Show Notes

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Today’s broadcast is C1E41 for Mishmash Monday, February 4th, 2019. Today’s Episode is Mishmash Monday, vol. 7 - the inaugural episode of 2019's "Season 3".

01 - Intro - 00:00:00

02 - Fantavision (US) - PS2 - intro - Soichi Terada - 00:02:08

03 - Sonic Mania - multi - Studiopolis Zone Act 2 - Tee Lopes - 00:02:40

04 - Ernest Evans - Genesis - Stage 2 - Motoi Sakuraba - 00: 05:09

05 - Sim City Classic - PC (SC-88) - Theme - Steve Hales / Will Wright - 00:07:50

06 - Traffic Rush - iOS/Android - In Game 1 - Donut Games - 00:09:56

07 - Super Thunderblade - Genesis - High Scores - Sochio Ogawa - 00:11:02

08 - Phase 10 - iOS/Android - In-Game Music - Kenneth R. Johnson - 00:12:33

09 - Waterworld - SNES - Map - Dean Evans - 00:14:04

10 - N++ - multi - Coco Myalore -Station - 00:15:56

11 - Fez - multi - Glitch - disasterpeace - 00:19:34

12 - Viewpoint - Neo Geo - Not All There - Shizura Okamura - 00:22:58

13 - McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure - Genesis - Magical Moon - Katsuhiko Suzuki and/or Satoshi Murata - 00:25:23

14 - Rocket Knight Adventures - Genesis - Traps - Konami Kukeiha Club - 00:27:56

15 - Bio-Hazard Battle - Genesis - Stages 2 & 6 - Shigehasu Isoda - 00:31:09

16 - The Legend of Heroes: Sora No Kiseki the 3rd - PC / PSP - Overdosing Heavenly Bliss - Hayato Sonoda, Takahiro Unisuga and/or Yukihiro Jindo - 00:33:33

17 - Mario Paint - SNES - Data Robot - Hirokazu (Hip Tanaka), Ryoji Yoshitomi and/or Kazumi Totaka - 00:35:41

18 - Electrocop - Atari Lynx - In-Game - Bob Vieira and/or Alex Rudis - 00:36:52

19 - The Adventures of Rad Gravity - NES - Title - David Warhol - 00:38:29

20 - Jurassic Park - Sega CD - Track 3 - David Javelosa, Barry Blum, Brian Coburn, Tom Miley, and/or Spencer Nilsen - 00:39:30

21 - Magic Sword - SNES - Impending Danger - Manami Matsumae - 00:41:47

22 - Out of This World - 3DO - Cold Cave - Andrew Dimitroff - 00:43:27

23 - Myth - Amiga - Title Theme - Don Howard - 00:44:58

24 - GT Sport - PS4 - Process Control -Yasuhisa Inoue - 00:48:20

25 - Super Mario Odyssey - SWITCH - Tostarena: Night - Mahito Yokota, Koji Kondo, Shiho Fuji, and/or Naoto Kubo - 00:51:47

26 - LoZ: Ocarina of Time - N64/3DS - Ice Cave - Koji Kondo - 00:55:09

27 - N++ - multi - Withdrawal - Skv18 - 00:56:25

28 - Link: The Faces of Evil - CD-I - World Map Theme - Tony Trippi - 01:04:18

29 - Lovely Planet - multi - Lovely Forest - Calum Bowen - 01:07:20

30 - We Love Katamari - PS2 - Heaven's Rain - Yuu Miyake, Hiroshi Okubo, Hideki Tobeta, Akitaka Tohyama, Yuri Misumi, Katsuro Tajima, Yoshihito Yano, and/or Masashi Sugiyama - 01:09:53

31 - Intellivision Lives - multi - My Intellivision - Michael Schwartz and/or Tom Kahelin - 01:16:58

32 - Outro - 01:21:29

Music Block Runtime: 01:19:24, Total Episode Runtime: 01:32:10

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights. Composer and track info vetted by Quinn Partridge - aka "Pidge".

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

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

or here

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nerd-noise-radios-podcast/id1191400767

You can also find all of our audio episodes on Archive.org

Our YouTube Channel can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio

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

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com.

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

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans/

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

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

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

Lastly, you can also follow us on Twitter at @NerdNoiseRadio.

Thanks for listening! Join us again in March for C1E42 (Channel 1, Episode 42): The Shinobi 3 Soundtrack - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: January 2025!

By Nerd Noise Radio on Jan 23, 2025 5:16 am UTC

Today, I have two special announcements for you - actually, three (though only the first two appear in the announcement recording)! Apologies for how awkward and unscripted this recording is:

- The first is a repeat of the all-call, calling our listeners away from Spotify - redundant, but worth repeating! - The second is an all-call to the listeners to get me tracks (see the links below to relevant documents and/or episodes). More deets in the announcement recording!

- Also, a last-minute third announcement (again, not included in the announcement recording): now that Ch 2 is over, I’ve decided to resurrect the deprecated process of sharing re-runs of older episodes, like we used to do in years past. I’ll plan on doing one re-run a month, though reserve the right to do more or less than that on occasion based on circumstances. The first rerun will be a separate upload, but it is the first of a trilogy of episodes, which will make sense when you hear the intro to the final of the three, which I will plan on re-running in March. Long time listeners of the show will probably know what the February and March rerun episodes will be once they see what this month’s rerun is. :-)

Relevant links to announcement 2:

Document 1: All tracks featured in 2024 (this is the document to work from! Please be mindful of the color-coding):

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aHzjLe8qKby_AZZclctsJGoPvYmoVuDpm2bl9tTXUV4/edit?usp=sharing

Document 2: BONUS: St. John’s C1R7 selection worksheet (FYI-only! - aka “Autism in a spreadsheet!”): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q__UE95rHStobRo_iElFhYwkTK7ht_DSSJyWACF09E0/edit?usp=sharing

Episode 1: C1E40: Listener Picks - vol. 1 - originally released 12/20/2018 (this is the kind of thing I want to make one more time with *YOUR* help!: https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-podcast-%e2%80%9cc1e40-theme-thursday-listeners-picks-vol-1%e2%80%9d-a-super-sized-episode/

Episode 2: C1E60: Listener Picks - vol. 2 - originally released 12/23/2021 (all the outtake tracks from the C1E40 sessions - guest-starring Trey Johnson of NintenDomain and W.A.R.T. Radio - also, apologies one more time for the atrocious sound quality on my voice track. We had to use a very lo-fi backup copy!)

https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-c1e60-listener-pics-%e2%80%93-vol-2/

…..and that’s it! Be on the lookout for our first rerun of the trilogy which should be following right behind this upload. And get ready for C1E91 - 2025’s “Season 8”’s debut episode, releasing on Monday, January 27th! Cheers! -St. John

(p.s. I listened to the intro / outro / blooper of C1E40 and all the talkie portions of C1E60 (including the blooper) and even though the production quality is so much worse than what I’m doing today, I simply ache at just how GOOD the content itself is! These may have been the golden era of Nerd Noise Radio!

Episode 38-3 Three Course Meal with XVGM Radio!

By Rhythm and Pixels on Jan 22, 2025 10:00 am UTC

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We’re goofing off with Mike and Justin from XVGM Radio, serving up a full meal of awesome video game JAMS!

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

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

Episode 118 – Party Games Music

By XVGM Radio on Jan 22, 2025 5:00 am UTC

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Multiplayer games can create some of the most memorable times for gamers but what few people talk about is their music. Today on XVGM Radio, Mike and Justin focus on the Party Game genre (with a few examples that fit further into the multiplayer aspects.) The guys chat about the mountain that is One Piece’s anime series (and their lack of interest in it,) Smash Bros memories, their favorite muppets…and….Kermit 1v1ing their producer Janine in the alley?! This is sure to be an episode to remember! Gather all your friends and let’s chat about some party game VGM!
Big thanks to Ed Wilson for his appearance as Ryu Hayabusa for Patreon member Cam Werme’s call-in testimonial.
We’d love to hear what you thought about this episode! 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
Big thanks to Cam Werme for his Patreon Pick, and bonus thanks to all of our wonderful Patrons: Cam Werme, Chris Murray, Claire Myers, Scott McElhone, Jordan & Anson Davis, Rayjkayj, Llama Adam, Kung Fu Carlito, Nick Davis, Ryan McPherson, Marques Stewart, Scott Brackett, and Brad Austin. Become a Patron, get cool rewards, and more at http://www.Patreon.com/XVGMRadio
Check out all episodes of XVGM Radio on www.youtube.com/dongled for another more visual format!
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TRACK LISTING:

Intro – Super Smash Bros. Melee (GCN – 2001) “Final Destination” Tadashi Ikegami, Shogo Sakai, Takuto Kitsuta
1 – Ball Jacks (SMD – 1993) “2-Player VS” Yoshinori Kawamoto, H. Umino
2 – One Piece: Pirates’ Carnival (GCN/PS2 – 2005) “Stage 03” Kenjiro Hiwatari, Yuki Watanabe
3 – Jackbox Party Pack 2 (PS4/PC – 2015) “Lobby Music (From Earwax)” Andy Poland
4 – Muppets: Party Cruise (GCN/PS2 – 2003) “Stinky Cheese” Chris Tilton
5 – Pac Man V.S. (GCN – 2003) “Haunted Hall (Original Pac Man World)” Unknown Composer
6 – Game & Wario (WiiU – 2013) “Cluck-a-Pop Collection (Chick-N-Win)” Yasuhisa Baba
7 – Patreon Pick: Cam Werme – Pictionary (NES – 1990) “Drawing Game” Tim Follin
8 – Bomberman (DS – 2005) “Multiplayer Battle (BDS)” Morihiro Iwamoto
9 – Mario Party (N64 – 1998) “Yoshi’s Tropical Island” Yasunori Matsuda
10 – The Jackbox Party Pack 7 (All – 2020) “Lobby (From Champ’d Up)” Andy Poland

Sac Gamers Expo 2024 – PA195

By Pixelated Audio on Jan 21, 2025 6:38 pm UTC

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With the holiday season upon us, Gene and several other friends visited Sacramento Gamers Expo where we met some awesome game developer legends like David Crane, Garry Kitchen and Ed Annunziata. Joining Gene is Michelle (the ‘voice’ of Sue Kasper), AJ of VGMPorium (also on our Persona show) and last but not least Brian Stewart,… Read More » The post Sac Gamers Expo 2024 – PA195 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

Episode 25-2: The Touch of a Jinjo

By Game That Tune on Jan 21, 2025 2:00 pm UTC

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It's a collect-a-thon on this weeks episode! If it's a game with things to collect or even a game collection, it could be on this show!

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0:00:00 Welcome to Game That Tune!
0:05:06 Game 1
0:11:31 Game 1 Reveal
0:25:29 Game 2
0:37:40 Game 2 Reveal
0:57:08 Game 3
1:06:22 Game 3 Reveal
1:21:09 VGM Threesome!
1:23:17 Threesome Game 1 Reveal
1:27:20 Threesome Game 2
1:29:06 Threesome Game 2 Reveal
1:34:40 Threesome Game 3
1:37:18 Threesome Game 3 Reveal
1:44:09 This Game's Winner Is...
1:50:56 Bonus Music/Outro

[146] Falcom Punch - Part III

By Pixel Beat on Jan 20, 2025 9:00 pm UTC

About: You can not deny the musical strength of the games developed by Nihon Falcom. Falcom Sound Team JDK consistently produce some of the best music in video games, and here’s just a few of the songs.

00:00 - Windslash Steps [Ys VI: Ark Of Napishtim]

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03:21 - Lost In Green [Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana]

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05:26 - Secundum Abandoned Mine [Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection]

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08:08 - Jade Corridor [Trails In The Sky: The 3rd]

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10:13 - Mighty Urge [Trails of Cold Steel IV]

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12:25 - Land of the Rising Sun [Brandish 3: Spirit of Balcan]

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16:20 - Investigation [Tokyo Xanadu eX+]

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19:49 - Moment of Rest [Zwei: The Arges Adventure]

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21:37 - Narrative of Illusion [VM Japan]

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25:49 - Burning Sword [Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys]

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27:42 - Heartless Surprise Attack [Trails In The Sky: SC]

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30:00 - A Tear of Vermillion ~ Wait Eimelle [The Legend of Heroes IV: A Tear of Vermillion]

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32:24 - Stranger ~ Wandering Swordsman [Brandish 2: The Planet Buster]

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34:03 - Isolated Island Consigned to Oblivion [Ys Seven]

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37:32 - Crimson Hymn [The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails]

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39:55 - The Lost Ones [Dinosaur Resurrection]

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Marcato Classic: Kirby: Triple Deluxe

By Super Marcato Bros on Jan 20, 2025 12:13 am UTC

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In this long-overdue spotlight, Karl & Marty celebrate the incredible (and clearly over-looked) score to Kirby: Triple Deluxe! Enjoy some absolutely stellar Kirby music by the two series masters- Ando & Ishikawa!

Kirby: Triple Deluxe - Hirokazu Ando, Jun Ishikawa - Nintendo - 3DS - 2014

-Suck It All Up! Hypernova (Hypernova Ability)

-The Cave in the Sky (Cave Area)

-A Forest Hike (Forest Area) ["Yogurt Yard" from Kirby's Adventure]

-Toy Rhythm (Toy Area)

-Spring Smash Factory (Factory Area)

-Sky at Sunset (Canyon Area)

-Mysterious Trap (Gemstone Area)

-Moonlight Capital (Castle Area)

-Beautiful Prison (Tower Area)

-Hypernova All-Stars (Hypernova Boss Battle)

-Revenge of the Enemy (vs. Masked King Dedede 1)

-Shadow Strike (vs. Dark Meta Knight) [from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror]

-Fatal Blooms in Moonlight (vs. Queen Sectonia 2)

-The World to Win (vs. Queen Sectonia 3)

-One of the Miracles (Staff Roll 1)

-Kirby Fighters Deluxe!

-Coo's Forest ["Big Forest" from Kirby's Dream Land 2]

-FLOWERED (Ending)

064 - Wild ARMS 3 w/Scott

By CRT Sound System on Jan 19, 2025 10:00 pm UTC

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It's time to mount up and mosey on down to Wild ARMS 3 with Deputy Scott okay I'll stop the cowboy shite. We're talking the Western inspired Wild ARMS 3 this week and it's a game/soundtrack that I've loved for many years so as soon as Scott suggested it I had to get him back on. Michiko Naruke's tunes are inspired by a lot of classic westerns, naturally, but she brings such a heart to them that is as charming as the game itself and doesn't just stick to the standard sounds you'd expect from a western either. Yipee Ki-yay and so forth.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Michiko Naruke v. Kaori Asoh - Advanced Wind

00:01:41 Talk 01

00:25:18 Michiko Naruke - Advanced 3rd

00:26:18 Michiko Naruke - Ready! Lady Gunner!!

00:29:14 Michiko Naruke - From Dusk Till Dawn

00:32:26 Michiko Naruke - A Night of Old Tales

00:35:02 Michiko Naruke - Wild Bunch

00:37:03 Talk 02

00:52:35 Michiko Naruke - The Scenery Called Everyday

00:55:22 Michiko Naruke - Then, When You Realize the Strength to Sever These Chains

00:58:20 Michiko Naruke - From Beyond

01:01:50 Michiko Naruke - A Shadow Cast by the Fallen Tree

01:04:34 Michiko Naruke - They Who Hold the Word of God

01:06:57 Michiko Naruke - Despair When Looking Downwards, Hope When Looking Upwards

01:10:56 Talk 03

01:27:52 Michiko Naruke - Gunmetal Action

01:31:30 Michiko Naruke - A Whirlwind Blowing Against Death

01:34:40 Michiko Naruke - Their Name Is Schrodinger Family

01:37:52 Michiko Naruke - There Are No Inescapable Nightmares, This Reality Shall Not End

01:41:02 Talk 04

01:51:34 Michiko Naruke - Lost in the Darkness, Lost to the Darkness

01:54:42 Michiko Naruke - FATE BREAKER

01:57:40 Michiko Naruke - This Weight Is the Weight of Life, This Meaning Is the Meaning of Living

02:00:16 Michiko Naruke - Elegy for the Villains

02:01:15 Michiko Naruke v. Kaori Asoh - Only the Night Sky Knows [2nd Ver.]

02:02:10 Talk 05

02:09:31 Michiko Naruke v. Kaori Asoh - Wings

Episode 155: Unlicensed Fun (National Bootlegger’s Day)

By RE-VGM on Jan 17, 2025 8:03 am UTC

Episode 56 - Rando Calrissian and the Dastardly Dendy Device

By Shujin Academy VGM Club on Jan 16, 2025 12:02 pm UTC

Rando Calrissian had just docked at the megacasino on Humora Gamma, where he’d planned on relaxing with some drinks and winning a few jackpots at the rellack table. But when a mad scientist’s experimental new starship engine gets sabotaged, Rando’s thrust into a tangled grab bag of VGM tracks that may prove fatal!

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.
• The fine folks at Penny Arcade for coining the name "Rando Calrissian" in a long-ago strip. You can find them at https://www.penny-arcade.com/.

If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. 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.

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Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Tecmo World Wrestling (NES) - Insert Name Screen (composers: Keiji Yamagishi, Mayuko Okamura, Hiroshi Miyazaki, and Mitsuhito Tanaka)

00:50 - Talk Segment 1

03:45 - Arcus Odyssey (Genesis) - Act 1-2: The Shrine (composer: Motoi Sakuraba)

06:46 - 1943 Kai (PC Engine) - Antiship Battle B (Round 4-Zhang He) (composer: Harumi Fujita)

07:42 - Comix Zone (Genesis) - Episode 2, Page 1-1 (composer: Howard Drossin)

11:08 - Road Rash (Master System) - Pacific Coast (composer: Greg Michael)

14:15 - Bomberman 64: The Second Attack (N64) - Ocean Planet Aquanet 2nd Mix (composers: Yasunori Mitsuda and Yoshitaka Hirota)

16:55 - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA) - Prologue ~ Mina’s Theme (composer: Michiru Yamane)

18:59 - Talk Segment 2

22:32 - Lagoon (SNES) - Premonition (composers: "GO" Saito and Masae Sakaide)

26:44 - Pixel Puzzle Makeout League (Switch / Steam) - It's Urgent (Retro Mix) (composer: Capsule King)

29:13 - Secret of Mana (SNES) - What the Forest Taught Me (composer: Hiroki Kikuta)

30:17 - Street Fighter III: Second Impact (Arcade) - TOMBOY (african voice mix) (composers: Hideki Okugawa and Yuki Iwai)

33:29 - Rolling Thunder 2 (Arcade) - Theme from Rolling Thunder 2 (Round 1) (composer: Ayako Saso)

35:34 - Golden Axe III - Ancient Mound (Stage 2A) (composers: Naofumi Hataya, Tatsuyuki Maeda, and Haruyo Oguro)

38:19 - Talk Segment 3

42:01 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - Labyrinth of Lights (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)

46:12 - Civilization III (PC) - Stars (composer: Mark Cromer)

50:01 - San Francisco Rush 2049 (N64) - Title (composer: Barry Leitch)

54:52 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (multiplatform) - Silent Howling (8-bit) (composer: Keisuke Ito)

56:47 - Moto Roader II (TG16) - Ingame 3 (composer: Opus)

58:11 - Outro Talk Segment

1:00:14 - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Genesis) - Competition Menu (composers: Michael Jackson, Brad Buxer)

R&P Chat 38-3 New Year’s Party with XVGM Radio!

By Rhythm and Pixels on Jan 15, 2025 10:00 am UTC

rhythm and pixels World 38

Ah! Real Monsters! Fanny packs! Rare hot-chocolate flavors! Rob and Pernell celebrate the new year with conversation about games, cartoons, and just about everything else in between. Joining us on the show is Mike and Justin from the award-winning VGM podcast XVGM Radio!

KVGM “The Last Wave” (1/12/25)

By KVGM "The Last Wave" on Jan 12, 2025 4:00 pm UTC

Level 159

By The Messenger Presents a VGM Journey on Jan 12, 2025 1:27 pm UTC

It’s a Shakedown! - Shakedown Hawaii - Matt Creamer Twistee Island - Mario & Luigi: Brothership - Hideki Sakamoto Main Theme - Johnny Bazookatone - Andi McGinty and Des Tong Burrow Playful - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Jeremy Soule High Score - Magic Johnson’s Fast Break - Tim Follin Good Ending - Streets of Rage - Yuzo Koshiro Check out the Discord!!! https://discord.gg/m4e6xmtrft