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This year for Christmas let's jump in to our hot red Ferarri and listen to some Outrun tunes. Roar joins us again to chat about some of the most iconic arcade racing jams out there, slip on your cozy jammies and have a mince pie and let's race!

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00:00:00 HIRO - Splash Wave [1986 Arcade]

00:05:51 Talk 01

00:21:47 HIRO - Magical Sound Shower [1986 Arcade]

00:27:17 HIRO - Passing Breeze [1986 Arcade]

00:33:00 HIRO - Who Are You [Turbo Out Run]

00:37:52 Talk 02

00:56:40 HIRO - Splash Wave (1993) [OutRunners]

01:00:07 HIRO - Last Wave (1993) [OutRunners]

01:04:00 Takayuki Nakamura - Blow Your Cool [OutRunners]

01:07:52 Talk 03

01:21:57 HIRO - Passing Breeze [Outrun 2]

01:27:33 HIRO - Splash Wave [Outrun 2]

01:33:15 Fumio Ito - Shiny World [Outrun 2]

01:39:27 Talk 04

01:55:19 HIRO - Passing Breeze [H.] (arrange version) [OutRun2006 Coast 2 Coast]

02:00:50 Yasuhiro Takagi - Rush a Difficulty (2006 arrange version) [OutRun2006 Coast 2 Coast]

02:06:49 Talk 05

02:16:36 HIRO; Richard Jacques - Magical Sound Shower (Euro remix) [OutRun 2]

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We're back to normal from Megami Tensei month with another bit of a grab bag episode of Sunsoft soundtracks. Boin, who previously joined us for a mini-episode on Journey to Silius returns to talk about a little bit of Blaster Master, a lot of GIMMICK and a little more about City Hunter for the PC Engine. Sunsoft are almost as well regarded for their soundtracks as for their games, if not more so, so we have a good chat about the general sound for these games and especially the influence of Jazz Fusion and City Pop on the latter two soundtracks.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Naoki Kodaka - Area 1 [Blaster Master]

00:02:33 Talk 01

00:15:48 Naoki Kodaka - Area 2 [Blaster Master]

00:16:58 Naoki Kodaka - Area 3 [Blaster Master]

00:19:32 Naoki Kodaka - Area 4 [Blaster Master]

00:20:51 Naoki Kodaka - Area 5 [Blaster Master]

00:22:20 Naoki Kodaka - Area 7 [Blaster Master]

00:24:02 Naoki Kodaka - Keihou ~ Boss 1 [Blaster Master]

00:24:47 Naoki Kodaka - Boss 2 [Blaster Master]

00:25:24 Talk 02

00:49:07 Masashi Kageyama - GOOD MORNING [Mr. GIMMICK]

00:50:23 Masashi Kageyama - HAPPY BIRTHDAY [Mr. GIMMICK]

00:52:38 Masashi Kageyama - JUST FRIENDS [Mr. GIMMICK]

00:54:36 Masashi Kageyama - APORIA [Mr. GIMMICK]

00:56:27 Masashi Kageyama - NO LIMITS [Mr. GIMMICK]

00:57:18 Masashi Kageyama - SLOW ILLUSION [Mr. GIMMICK]

00:59:26 Talk 03

01:08:32 Masashi Kageyama - PARADIGM [Mr. GIMMICK]

01:10:00 Masashi Kageyama - LION HEART [Mr. GIMMICK]

01:12:14 Masashi Kageyama - CADBURY [Mr. GIMMICK]

01:14:22 Masashi Kageyama - IDENTITY BELIEVER [Mr. GIMMICK]

01:15:44 Masashi Kageyama - LONG TOMORROW [Mr. GIMMICK]

01:17:03 Masashi Kageyama - EVIDENCE OF MY LIFE [Mr. GIMMICK]

01:17:35 Talk 04

01:37:39 Masashi Kageyama - Opening 2 [City Hunter PCE]

01:38:56 Masashi Kageyama - Mission: Gone With the Beauty [City Hunter PCE]

01:41:57 Masashi Kageyama - Mission: Explosion! Ryo and Saeko Escaped [City Hunter PCE]

01:43:23 Masashi Kageyama - Mission: Escape from Hell [City Hunter PCE]

01:45:13 Masashi Kageyama - Boss [City Hunter PCE]

01:46:12 Masashi Kageyama - Ending 2 [City Hunter PCE]

01:48:22 Talk 05

02:02:19 Masashi Kageyama - STRANGE MEMORIES OF DEATH [Mr. GIMMICK]

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Our month of Megami Tensei closes with a great little pair of Shoji Meguro soundtracks for the Devil Summoner sub-series. These were both on the PS2 so have a very similar sound to what was in Persona 3 and especially the Digital Devil Saga games which we previously did an episode on way back in episode 4. Thanks to Aden for being able to join us to talk about these games and their very good soundtracks.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Shoji Meguro - Theme of Raidou Kuzunoha 2008 [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon Original Soundtrack]

00:01:30 Talk 01

00:14:30 Shoji Meguro - The Lazy Detective Agency [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army Complete Music Works]

00:17:34 Shoji Meguro - A Strange World [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army Complete Music Works]

00:20:08 Shoji Meguro - Gold King House [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army Complete Music Works]

00:22:48 Shoji Meguro - Tokyo Metropolis [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army Complete Music Works]

00:25:40 Shoji Meguro - Overcoming the Sadness [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army Complete Music Works]

00:29:17 Talk 02

00:42:22 Shoji Meguro - Go! Raidou [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army Complete Music Works]

00:44:53 Shoji Meguro - Formidable Foe [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army Complete Music Works]

00:48:10 Shoji Meguro - The Fated Showdown [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army Complete Music Works]

00:51:17 Shoji Meguro - An Old Foe [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army Complete Music Works]

00:55:10 Shoji Meguro - Shock! The Final Battle [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army Complete Music Works]

00:58:04 Talk 03

01:14:54 Shoji Meguro - Everyday Detective Agency [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon Original Soundtrack]

01:15:57 Shoji Meguro - The Family of Tsukigata [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon Original Soundtrack]

01:19:03 Shoji Meguro - Determination [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon Original Soundtrack]

01:20:35 Shoji Meguro - Tsukudo-Cho 2008 [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon Original Soundtrack]

01:22:42 Talk 04

01:37:12 Shoji Meguro - New Battle [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon Original Soundtrack]

01:39:49 Shoji Meguro - Decisive Battle [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon Original Soundtrack]

01:42:21 Shoji Meguro - Battle -Raidou- 2008 [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon Original Soundtrack]

01:44:43 Shoji Meguro - Demon Battle [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon Original Soundtrack]

01:46:55 Shoji Meguro - The Final Decisive Battle [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon Original Soundtrack]

01:49:24 Talk 05

01:57:49 Shoji Meguro - Ending Theme [Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army Complete Music Works]

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Third episode in our Megami Tensei month is a lesser known SNES duo of Strategy RPGs called Majin Tensei. The music by Hidehito Aoki is stunning and really pushes the SNES to its limits, there's hints of techno-industrial and early Synthwave throughout that give both games a real grimy aesthetic. Definitely worth checking out. Thanks to Teeps for joining us on short notice!

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Tracklist:

00:00:00 Hidehito Aoki - A.D. 1995 Story

00:03:49 Talk 01

00:17:24 Hidehito Aoki - SCENE OF CARNAGE

00:20:20 Hidehito Aoki - CHAOTIC LAW

00:23:01 Hidehito Aoki - THE WRATH OF GOD

00:25:00 Hidehito Aoki - DEVIL DANCE

00:27:10 Hidehito Aoki - BICARBONATE OF FACE

00:28:26 Hidehito Aoki - JUDEX

00:31:30 Talk 02

00:48:54 Hidehito Aoki - OMEGA

00:52:52 Hidehito Aoki - FLAME UP FRAGMENT

00:55:35 Hidehito Aoki - IMMORTALLY SHOP RAG

00:58:45 Yoshiyuki Ito - THE WRATH OF GOD (Arrange Version)

01:04:41 Talk 03

01:23:26 Hidehito Aoki - CHAOTIC LAW

01:26:15 Hidehito Aoki - DEVIL DANCE

01:30:00 Hidehito Aoki - SCENE OF CARNAGE

01:32:49 Talk 04

01:43:27 Hidehito Aoki - Outtalk

01:45:05 Hidehito Aoki - Theme of Endless

01:48:41 Hidehito Aoki - Parting. EXE

01:50:50 Hidehito Aoki - Sourpuss

01:52:58 Hidehito Aoki - Eurythmic Battle

01:54:25 Talk 05

02:03:04 Hidehito Aoki - PALLID TEARS

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Back for week 2 of Megami Tensei month and it's finally time for me to talk about Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE. It's one of my favourite RPGs on the Wii U/Switch and a real highlight in the series for me which is in no small part due to the music being exceptionally good even for a series that has notably great music as-is. Even though I don't really enjoy Fire Emblem, but the Fire Emblem stuff is more or less a bonus anyway, so I asked Nate from the 13 Sentinels episode to come back and provide some of the context for Fire Emblem that I am obviously missing. We also talk about Vagina Bones for a while because it's probably this game's biggest cultural legacy outside of the incredible JPop soundtrack.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Kazuaki Yamashita; Yoshino Nanjo - Reincarnation

00:03:51 Talk 01

00:15:00 Yoshiaki Fujisawa - Shibuya

00:17:45 Yoshiaki Fujisawa - Audition

00:19:54 Yoshiaki Fujisawa - Show Business!!!

00:22:08 Yoshiaki Fujisawa - Illusory Daitama

00:24:23 Yoshiaki Fujisawa - Illusory Shibuya

00:26:45 Talk 02

00:55:46 Kazuaki Yamashita; Inori Minase - Feel

00:59:51 Kazuaki Yamashita; Yoshimasa Hosoya - Black Rain

01:04:00 Cube Juice; Sumire Morohoshi - Beastie Game

01:07:15 Chikara Gonohe; Emotional KEY - Between You and Me

01:10:55 Talk 03

01:20:42 Yuichi Nakase; Yoshimasa Hosoya - Under the moon

01:24:44 Yoshino Nanjo; Inori Minase - She is...

01:28:43 KOH; Inori Minase; Ayane Sakura - Dream Catcher

01:32:59 Talk 04

01:39:26 Yoshiaki Fujisawa - SESSION !!!

01:41:48 Yoshiaki Fujisawa - Very Intimidating!

01:45:18 Yoshiaki Fujisawa - Through Destiny!

01:50:00 Talk 05

01:57:01 Hiroshi Yoshida; Yoshino Nanjo - The Labyrinth

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We're going weekly for the month of November to talk about a bunch of Megaten soundtracks that I think deserve a bit more attention. Professor Tom of Shujin Academy VGM Club joins us to kick things off with some chat about Persona Q2, a Persona 5 Spinoff for the 3DS based on the Etrian Odyssey series. Enter the labyrinth with us and listen to some nice new tracks as well as great arrangements of tunes from Persona 3, 4 and 5.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Atsushi Kitajoh; Yumi Kawamura; Shihoko Hirata; Lyn; Lotus Juice - ROAD LESS TAKEN

00:04:14 Talk 01

00:23:53 Atsushi Kitajoh - Welcome to Kamo City

00:26:43 Atsushi Kitajoh - Jungle Quest

00:29:15 Atsushi Kitajoh - Theme of A.I.G.I.S

00:30:41 Atsushi Kitajoh - Synchronized City

00:33:23 Atsushi Kitajoh - Robot Lab

00:36:56 Talk 02

00:46:24 Atsushi Kitajoh; Lyn - Invitation to Freedom

00:49:50 Atsushi Kitajoh; Shihoko Hirata - Remember, We Got Your Back

00:53:12 Atsushi Kitajoh; Yumi Kawamura; Lotus Juice - Wait and See

00:56:34 Talk 03

01:09:01 Atsushi Kitajoh - Popcorn

01:11:40 Atsushi Kitajoh - Puzzling

01:14:03 Atsushi Kitajoh - Friendly Talk

01:15:53 Atsushi Kitajoh - Funny Friends

01:17:57 Atsushi Kitajoh - Coffee Break

01:21:00 Talk 04

01:32:34 Shoji Meguro; Yumi Kawamura - Paulownia Mall -inside the cinema-

01:34:00 Shoji Meguro - Like a dream come true -inside the cinema-

01:36:55 Shoji Meguro - Corner of memories -inside the cinema-

01:40:38 Shoji Meguro - New Beginning -inside the cinema-

01:43:40 Shoji Meguro - Life Will Change Inst ver. -inside the cinema-

01:48:04 Talk 05

01:56:59 Atsushi Kitajoh; Lyn - Cinematic Tale -Solo-

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Just me and Reese for this one and it's one we've been trying to get to for a while. Sayonara Wild Hearts is an album as an endless runner rail shooter rhythm game and as such it really should be played to get the full experience, but the music is excellent and we had a great chat about the game and how it weaves music and narrative.

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Tracklist:

00:00:00 Daniel Olsén; Jonathan Eng; Linnea Olsson - Sayonara Wild Heart

00:01:30 Talk 01

00:16:39 Daniel Olsén - Doki Doki Rush

00:17:57 Daniel Olsén - Fighting Hearts

00:18:54 Daniel Olsén; Linnea Olsson - Forest Ghost

00:20:13 Daniel Olsén; Linnea Olsson - Forest Dub

00:20:53 Daniel Olsén - Laser Love

00:21:53 Daniel Olsén - Hearts & Swords

00:22:53 Talk 02

00:42:21 Daniel Olsén - Parallel Universes

00:43:46 Daniel Olsén - Night Drift

00:45:11 Daniel Olsén - Reverie

00:47:00 Daniel Olsén - Transonic Gravity

00:48:21 Daniel Olsén - Hate Skulls

00:49:33 Daniel Olsén; Jonathan Eng; Linnea Olsson - A Place I Don’t Know

00:51:34 Talk 03

01:09:55 Daniel Olsén; Jonathan Eng; Linnea Olsson - Begin Again

01:14:26 Daniel Olsén; Jonathan Eng; Linnea Olsson - Dead of Night

01:17:05 Daniel Olsén; Jonathan Eng; Linnea Olsson - Mine

01:19:07 Daniel Olsén; Jonathan Eng; Linnea Olsson - Inside

01:22:33 Talk 04

01:31:10 Daniel Olsén - Heartbreak I

01:32:20 Daniel Olsén - Heartbreak II

01:33:22 Daniel Olsén - Heartbreak III

01:34:49 Daniel Olsén - Heartbreak IV

01:35:54 Daniel Olsén - Heartbreak V

01:37:46 Daniel Olsén; Jonathan Eng; Linnea Olsson - Wild Hearts Never Die

01:39:23 Talk 05

01:46:39 Daniel Olsén; Jonathan Eng; Linnea Olsson - The World We Knew

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Returning Champion Conqy joins us to talk about Mirror's Edge. Itself a fairly interesting game with some neat gameplay, however the main event here is the soundtrack by the Psytrance/Psybient artist Solar Fields whose synth heavy score provides the perfect backdrop for futuristic parkour and kicking guys off helicopters.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Solar Fields - Introduction

00:05:34 Talk 1

00:20:35 Solar Fields - Edge & Flight

00:27:23 Solar Fields - Heat

00:34:21 Talk 2

00:46:00 Solar Fields - Ropeburn

00:53:06 Solar Fields - New Eden

01:00:47 Solar Fields - Pirandello Kruger

01:07:56 Talk 3

01:28:32 Solar Fields - Boat

01:35:54 Solar Fields - Kate

01:42:59 Solar Fields - Shard

01:50:16 Talk 4

02:07:19 Lisa Miskovsky - Still Alive

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This week we are joined by Kole Ross of Duckfeed.tv to talk about one of my all time favourites: Chrono Cross. The sequel to Chrono Trigger is often unjustly maligned however the soundtrack is one of Yasunori Mitsuda's finest works so whatever your feelings on the game may be, I hope you enjoy the music with us!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Yasunori Mitsuda - CHRONO CROSS ~Time's Scar~

00:02:23 Talk 1

00:14:17 Yasunori Mitsuda - Arni Village Home

00:17:32 Yasunori Mitsuda - Termina Another

00:20:08 Yasunori Mitsuda - Galdov Home

00:24:00 Yasunori Mitsuda - Galdov Another

00:27:22 Talk 2

00:47:57 Yasunori Mitsuda - The Plains of Time Home World

00:51:17 Yasunori Mitsuda - At the Shore of Dreams Another World

00:53:31 Yasunori Mitsuda - Chronomantique

00:56:40 Yasunori Mitsuda - Gale

00:58:40 Talk 3

01:14:24 Yasunori Mitsuda - Brink of Death

01:16:55 Yasunori Mitsuda - Optimism

01:19:06 Yasunori Mitsuda - Predicament

01:21:45 Yasunori Mitsuda - Isle of the Dead

01:24:50 Yasunori Mitsuda - Chronopolis

01:28:57 Talk 4

01:45:37 Yasunori Mitsuda; Aisling McGlynn - A Vow of Wind and Dreams

01:48:31 Yasunori Mitsuda; Aisling McGlynn - Dreams of the Past, Memories of My Soul

01:51:37 Yasunori Mitsuda - Termina (Another World)

01:54:59 Talk 5

02:05:21 Yasunori Mitsuda; Noriko Mitose - RADICAL DREAMERS ~The Jewel Which Cannot Be Stolen~

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This week we return to Hell with Treyt in tow to talk about DOOM 2016's incredible djent-electronic masterpiece by Mick Gordon. This soundtrack barely needs an introduction but needless to say it's one we've wanted to do for a while. Rip and Tear!

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Tracklist:

00:00:00 Mick Gordon - Rip & Tear

00:04:17 Talk 01

00:21:00 Mick Gordon - Damnation

00:27:32 Mick Gordon - Mastermind

00:34:09 Talk 02

00:46:32 Mick Gordon; Bobby Prince - At Doom's Gate

00:47:38 Mick Gordon; Bobby Prince - Transistor Fist

00:53:36 Mick Gordon; Bobby Prince - Authorization; Olivia Pierce

00:55:51 Mick Gordon; Bobby Prince - Bfg Division

01:04:18 Talk 03

01:20:42 Mick Gordon - Biowaves

01:22:54 Mick Gordon - Incantation

01:26:23 Mick Gordon - Flesh & Metal

01:33:25 Talk 04

01:44:10 Mick Gordon - Hellwalker

01:49:14 Mick Gordon - Cyberdemon

01:55:32 Talk 05

02:03:45 Mick Gordon - Harbinger