It’s a whole bunch of laid-back VGM to help you relax and focus. Don’t worry if you haven’t listened to the first three episodes in the Chilly McFreeze series; you’ll still be able to follow the plot here. Because there is no plot; it’s all relaxing, calm VGM. 

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. 

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On the show, I mentioned fellow VGM podcast KVGM The Last Wave, and you can find it at https://www.kvgmradio.com/ or on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBGs1_2EV2ySmEb6NgbMU7Q. 

Also during the show, I mentioned an episode of the Super Marcato Bros. podcast that was all about Yoko Kanno’s game music work. You can find it at http://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2017/12/10/episode-297-yoko-kanno. 

Also also during the show, I mentioned the episode of VGMporium about the Genesis version of Super Hydlide contrasted against its original release for the PC-98. You can find it at https://vgmporium.wordpress.com/2022/11/17/episode-45-hydlide-2-for-1/. 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Secret of Evermore - Menu (composer: Jeremy Soule)

01:15 - Talk Segment 1

04:15 - Albert Odyssey (Super Famicom) - Lovely Faeries (composer: Naoki Kodaka)

05:49 - Shining Force (Genesis) - Simone’s Theme (composer: Masahiko Yoshimura)

07:05 - SaGa Frontier (PlayStation) - Sunset Town (composer: Kenji Ito)

09:11 - Final Fantasy VI (Super NES) - The Mines of Narshe (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

12:00 - Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP (Genesis) - The Heat Waves (composer: Tokuhiko Uwabo)

14:14 - Metal Max Returns (Super Famicom) - Pastoral Nomads (composer: Satoshi Kadokura)

15:12 - New 3D Golf Simulation: Waialae no Kiseki (Mega Drive) - Menu (composer: Yumi Kinoshita, Shigekazu Kamaki, Yusaburo Shimojyo, Shunsuke Minomiya, Hiroshi Morita, and Akira Tamada)

16:38 - Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (Genesis) - Set Me Free (composer: Masaaki Iwasaki, Taihei Sato, Seiji Momoi, and Shogo Sakai)

20:54 - Talk Segment 2

22:26 - Final Fantasy VI (Super NES) - Kids Run Through the City (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

25:17 - Romancing SaGa (Super Famicom) - Sailing the Ocean (composer: Kenji Ito)

26:59 - Live A Live (Super Famicom) - Select-A-Live (composer: Yoko Shimomura)

28:58 - Mario Paint (Super NES) - Monkey Song (composer: Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka)

31:56 - The Flintstones (Super NES) - Unused Song 2 (composers: Keith Tinman and Jonathan Dunn)

38:19 - Aerobiz (Super NES) - Asia) (composer: Koei Sound Team)

39:54 - Talk Segment 3 (includes segment from “Town” from Shining Force (Genesis), composed by Masahiko Yoshimura)

42:43 - Seiken Densetsu 3 (aka Trials of Mana) (Super Famicom) - Little Sweet Cafe (composer: Hiroki Kikuta)

45:46 - Uncharted Waters: New Horizons (Super NES) - Mast in the Mist (composer: Yoko Kanno)

47:38 - Pokemon Black and White (DS) - Game Sync (composer: Shota Kageyama)

48:53 - Waterworld (Super NES) - Shop (composer: Dean Evans)

51:07 - Aerobiz Supersonic (Super NES) - Managing Scenario 3 (composer: Koei Sound Team)

52:06 - Side Pocket (Genesis) - Play’n It Cool! (composer: Emi Shimizu)

55:08 - Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation) - Shut in by Snow (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

59:59 - Show Outro

1:01:54 - Super Hydlide - OMISE (composer: Shigeru Tomita)