Amusement Sparks

Over the Garden Wall gets the Amusement Sparks treatment! Shout out to Justine and Larisa from Starship Therapise for all the design work and excellent conversation. Check out their podcast and book coming out in May! Preorder here :) 

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Music used in this episode:

9:37 Adelaide Parade--The Blasting Company

23:39 Old North Wind--The Blasting Company 

29:55 Potatoes & Molasses--The Blasting Company 

31:30 Ms Langtree’s Lament--The Blasting Company

42:05 Like Ships--The Blasting Company

54:32 Prelude--The Blasting Company

59:31  Into the Unknown (Intro)--Evetty

1:04:56 Black Train--The Blasting Company

Maddie Copp (@othatsraspberry) joins to design an Ace Attorney Theme Park! The Law has never been so fun!!

Music in this episode:

12:03 Time For a Great Turnabout--Capcom Sound Team (From The Great Ace Attorney: The Adventure of Ryūnosuke Naruhodō) 

15:35 Reasoning Battle: Behind the Scenes (Partners Story)--Yasumasa Kitagawa (From The Great Ace Attorney 2: The Resolve of Ryūnosuke Naruhodō) 

25:14 Adventure’s Prelude--Capcom Sound Team (From The Great Ace Attorney: The Adventure of Ryūnosuke Naruhodō) 

36:19 Investigation ~ Opening 2004--Noriyuki Iwadare (From Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations) 

38:12 Pursuit ~ Last Promotion Version (Bonus Track)--Noriyuki Iwadare (From Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies)

42:27 Ending Suite [The Adventure's End]--Yasumasa Kitagawa (From The Great Ace Attorney: The Adventure of Ryūnosuke Naruhodō)

46:33 We Won the Case! Our Victory--Toshihiko Horiyama (From Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney)

54:50 Great Pursuit ~ The Resolve Of Naruhodō Ryūnosuke--Yasumasa Kitagawa (From The Great Ace Attorney 2: The Resolve of Ryūnosuke Naruhodō)

 

 

The one and only Alan Denton joins for a quaint and quirky journey through the Wes Anderson oeuvre as we weave together a dream theme park!

 

Music in this episode:

4:09 Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard--Paul Simon (From The Royal Tenenbaums)

15:40 The Way I Feel Inside--The Zombies (From The Life Aquatic)

31:26 Hardest Geometry Problem in the World--Mark Mothersbaugh (From Rushmore)

37:55 These Days--Nico (from The Royal Tenenbaums) 

50:35 Staralfur--Sigur Ros (From The Life Aquatic) 

1:01:18 Simple Symphony, Op.4: “Playful Pizzicato”--Benjamin Britten (From Moonrise Kingdom)

1:09:30 Mr. Moustafa--Alexandre Desplat (From The Grand Budapest Hotel)

1:13:17 Second Crash-Landing + Bath House + Beach Attack--Alexandre Desplat (From Isle of Dogs)

1:23:26 Where do you go to my lovely--Peter Sarstedt (From The Darjeeling Limited)

Kihp from Kamen Ride With Me joins to design our Tokusatsu Theme Park! Tokusatsu is a Japanese term for special effects--this tree of genres includes basically anything with a lot of special effects, from Godzilla to Power Rangers and far beyond. This episode is ideal for fans of kaiju, action figures, and giant robots.

 

Music:

9:52 Destroy All Monsters--Akira Ikufube

19:46 Zordon Awakes--Brian Tyler

35:23 Susume! Gorenger--Isao Sasaki, Mitsuko Horie

45:08 Go Go Power Rangers--Ron Wasserman

50:43 Godzilla, Anguirus vs. Defense Squad--Akira Ikufube

1:03:52 Kamen Rider Build Opening: Be The One--PANDORA feat. Beverly

1:11:08 Mothra's Song--FalKKonE

1:28:45 Over "Quartzer"--Shuta Sueyoshi, ISSA

Andrew got the chance to meet Ernie Gygax (Creative Supervisor of GiantLands) to discuss his lifelong connection with "old school" RPGs. Ernie is a delight and has TONS of great stories about Dungeons & Dragons and how it's evolved over the decades. Enjoy!

4 years ago today was the debut of our first episode This special episode is a little update on the show and a reflection on the show so far!

We've also recently hit our 50 guest milestone!

Ben and Sarah from the Scream Scene podcast join the show! Together, we imagine an immersive Horror Theme Park. This is an all ages show, but in this episode, we definitely reference movies that are not for all ages. Happy Halloween!

 

Check out the Scream Scene Patreon if you like their show!

 

Music featured in this Halloween episode:

0:00 Amusement Sparks Original Theme. Andrew Spohn.

9:43 Creepshow. Prologue/Main Title. John Harrison

26:23 Halloween. Laurie's Theme. John Carpenter

33:05 Psycho. Prelude. Bernard Herrmann.

41:56 A Nightmare on Elm Street. Main Title. Charles Bernstein.

46:45 Friday the 13th. Overlay of Evil/Main Title. Harry Manfredini.

50:08 It Follows. Detroit. Disasterpeace.

51:39 The Haunting of Hill House. Main Titles. The Newton Brothers.

1:02:28 and 1:05:06 Hellraiser. Resurrection. Christopher Young.

1:06:59 Color out of Space. The Gardners. Colin Stetson.

1:13:27 The Exorcist. Tubular Bells. Mike Oldfield.

1:27:49 Sinister. Main Theme. Christopher Young.

1:29:45 Amusement Sparks Original Theme. Andrew Spohn.

Zack Sokol joins to design a Universal Monsters Theme Park!

 

Here are the songs featured on today's episode:

9:24 Toccata and Fugue in D Minor -- Johann Sebastian Bach

16:15 Imhotep -- Jerry Goldsmith

17:42 Swan Theme -- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

33:10 Vampire Hunters -- Wojciech Kilar

46:15  Bela’s Funeral -- Hans J. Salter & Frank Skinner

55:30 Two Hours to Live -- Hans J. Salter & Frank Skinner

1:03:17 The Creature from the Black Lagoon -- Hans J. Salter

1:07:07 Bloody Tears -- Konami Kukeiha Club

1:08:26 First Transformation -- Danny Elfman

1:14:17 Son of Frankenstein Main Title -- Frank Skinner

1:21:11 The Shape of Water -- Alexandre Desplat

1:27:05 Monster Mash -- Bobby “Boris” Pickett

 

Check out the Of Gods and Monsters Podcast (Explicit) on your favorite podcast app!

Jonathan Anslow from Geeks Like Us joins to celebrate one of the most iconic decades! 

 

Featured Music:

10:10 Eurythmics--Sweet Dreams 

12:33 Simple Minds--Don’t You Forget About Me 

14:50 Bon Jovi--Livin’ On A Prayer 

35:00 Audio Two--Top Billin’

39:15 Whitney Houston--I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)  

40:55 Survivor--Eye of the Tiger 

47:15 Cyndi Lauper--Time After Time

51:05 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five--The Message

Annie Lennox--Walking on Broken Glass 

1:04:32 Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes--(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life

The amazing and long-running time travel series gets the Amusement Sparks treatment!

Gavin Verhey, Senior Designer of Magic: The Gathering, brings his passion and love for theme parks into this fantastic episode!