[Ch 2] Nerd Noise Game Club - C2E16: “Songs with Words”

Today’s Broadcast is C2E16 for Theme Thursday, March 7th, 2024. Today’s theme is vocal music from video games, on a program we’re calling “Songs with Words”. BE SURE TO CATCH OUR SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TOWARDS THE END OF THE EPISODE!! (It’s highlighted in the show notes!)

Tracklist

Track# / Track Name / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Vocalist / Selected by

01) Shenhua (Vocal Version) - Shenmue - Dreamcast - c: Ryuji Iuichi (music) and Yumi Asada (lyrics) / a: Hayato Matsuo (orchestration) - Ioli - Hugues

a) Earcatcher - 00:00:00

b) Music - 00:00:08

c) Introduction - 00:04:12

d) Top of Show Business - 00:04:39

e) Discussion - 00:14:56

02) Connected (Yours Forever) - Tetris Effect: Connected - Multiplatform - Hydelic - Kate Brady - St. John

a) Music - 00:18:28

b) Discussion - 00:24:03

03) Melodies of Life (English Version) - Final Fantasy IX - PS1 - Nobuo Uematsu (music) and Hioyuki Ito (lyrics) / a: Shiro Hamaguchi - Emiko Shiratori - Hugues

a) Music - 00:28:34

b) Discussion - 00:34:30

04) Sky High - Daytona USA - Saturn - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (music) and David R. Leytze (lyrics) - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi - St. John

a) Music - 00:40:45

b) Discussion - 00:45:33

05) Instructor Mooselini's Rap - PaRappa the Rapper - PS1 - Izumi Amano and/or Ryu Watanabe - John Simpson III and Saundra Williams - Hugues

a) Music - 00:50:35

b) Discussion - 00:52:43

06) My Intellivision - Intellivision Lives - Multiplatform - Tom Kahelin and/or Michael Schwartz - Michael Schwartz (?) - St. John

a) Music - 00:56:50

b) Discussion - 01:01:33

07) Sea of Love - It Came from the Desert - TG16 - Kenneth Melville - Terence Kirby - Hugues

a) Music - 01:05:28

b) Discussion - 01:07:51

08) Volver a Comenzar - Little Big Planet - PS3 - Cafe Tabvca - Cafe Tabvca - St. John

[NOTE: I failed to sync this track up to the vocal portion where we do the "this part right here" thing. My apologies! - St. John]

a) Music - 01:14:01

b) Discussion - 01:22:18

09) A Crimson Rose and a Gin Tonic - Katamari Damacy  PS2 - Asuka Sakai - Ado Mizumori - Hugues

[NOTE: Same as the above track - missed the "this part right here" thing. - St. John]

a) Music - 01:25:23

b) Discussion - 01:30:01

10) Sonic Boom (Ending Version) - Sonic CD (N/A) - Sega CD - Spencer Nilsen, Mark Young, and/or Pastiche - Pastiche - St. John

a) Music - 01:33:16

b) Discussion - 01:37:02

11) Sora wo Miagete (Ending Version) - Trails in the Sky the 3rd - PSP - c: Takahiro Unisuga / a: Yukihiro Jindo - Kanako Kotera - Hugues

a) Music - 01:41:18

b) Discussion - 01:47:26

12) Always Been but Never Dreamed - Tetris Effect: Connected - Multiplatform - Hydelic - Kate Brady - St. John

[NOTE: This time I caught the "this moment right here" thing. Hooray! - St. John]

a) Music - 01:51:04

b) Discussion - 01:55:38

13) Everything's Alright - To the Moon - PC - Ken Gao and/or Laura Shigihara - Laura Shigihara - Hugues

a) Music - 02:01:12

b) Discussion - 02:04:46

c) End of Show Business - 02:14:40

d) Oddie HD Updates - 02:19:42

e) MOAR End of Show Business - 02:20:37

f) *****OUR BIG CH 2 ANNOUNCEMENT***** - 02:22:36

g) EVEN MORE End of Show Banter - 02:26:12

h) Closing Track Discussion - 02:30:35

i) Sign-Off - 02:32:12

14) Still Alive - Portal - Multiplatform - Jonathan Coulton - Ellen McClain (as GLaDOS) - St. John

a) Music - 02:32:42

b) Outtakes - 02:35:35

c) [Audio-Only] The Debut YouTube Video of Oddie HD (the complete, unabridged audio) - 02:43:51

Total Episode Runtime: 02:54:34

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https://huguesjohnson.com/

Referenced Article about “Sea of Love”: https://www.tg-16.com/Lyrics_for_It_Came_From_the_Desert.htm 

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