Avast, ye scurvy sea dogs! This episode be all about game music for pirates, be they pirate heroes or pirate villains or even just pirate ships! 

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If you liked this episode, and want to hear my take on VGM featuring ninjas (who are, after all, natural archenemies of pirates), you can check out episode 4 of my show. It’s an early episode, so it’s a little rough, but it’s got some fun songs. Listen at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-9gsc7-118d91e 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:06 - Sea of Thieves - The Sea of Thieves (Main Theme) (composer: Robin Beanland)

02:29 - Intro Talk Segment

04:03 - Pirate Ship Higemaru - Lesson Start (composers: Ayako Mori and Tamayo Kawamoto)

04:08 - Pirate Ship Higemaru - Lesson Stage BGM (composers: Ayako Mori and Tamayo Kawamoto)

04:27 - Pirate Ship Higemaru - Deck BGM (composers: Ayako Mori and Tamayo Kawamoto)

05:16 - Pirate Ship Higemaru - Hi-Point Deck BGM (composers: Ayako Mori and Tamayo Kawamoto)

05:59 - Pirate Ship Higemaru - Game Over (composers: Ayako Mori and Tamayo Kawamoto)

06:06 - Pirate Ship Higemaru - Name Entry (composers: Ayako Mori and Tamayo Kawamoto)

07:02 - Talk Segment

07:39 - Skull and Crossbones (Arcade) - Pirate Ship (composers Hal Canon, Don Diekneite, Brad Fuller, and Byron Sheppard)

10:16 - Skull and Crossbones (Arcade) - Spanish Castle Exterior (composers: Hal Canon, Don Diekneite, Brad Fuller, and Byron Sheppard)

12:28 - Talk Segment

13:19 - Garou: Mark of the Wolves - Bad Girl? (composers: Akihiro Uchida, Masato Horiuchi, and Yasuhiro Naka)

14:47 - Talk Segment

15:41 - Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy - I Like the Forest (Forest Planet Theme 1) (composers: Akihiro Uchida, Masahiko Hataya, and Toshio Shimizu)

18:26 - Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy - Do Do DRAGON (Dragon Boss - Last Boss Captain Klapton) (composers: Akihiro Uchida, Masahiko Hataya, and Toshio Shimizu)

21:51 - Talk Segment

22:35 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (SNES) - Skull & Crossbones (composers: Kazuhiko Uehara and Harumi Ueko)

25:01 - Talk Segment

25:30 - Donkey Kong Country - Gang-Plank Galleon (composer: David Wise) 

28:37 - Talk Segment

29:11 - Final Fantasy V (Super Famicom) - Pirates Ahoy! (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

31:17 - Talk Segment

32:46 - Mega Man and Bass (Super Famicom) - Pirate Man (composers: Toshihiko Horiyama, Naoshi Mizuta, and Akari Kaida)

34:59 - Talk Segment

35:35 - Mega Man Legends - The Flutter VS The Gesellschaft (composer: Makoto Tomozawa)

39:31 - Talk Segment

40:25 - Skies of Arcadia - Blue Pirates’ Theme (composer: Yukata Minobe)

43:28 - Skies of Arcadia - Bombardment (composer: Tatsuyuki Maeda)

46:20 - Talk Segment

46:46 - Streets of Rage II - Ready Funk (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

48:27 - Talk Segment

48:56 - Puzzle Pirates - Main Theme (composers: Batisy and Mikei)

51:00 - Talk Segment

52:50 - The Curse of Monkey Island - A Pirate I Was Meant to Be (composer: Michael Land)