This weeks guest is a person who have created a quite successful name for themselves, getting a viral hit with the "This is War" series on YouTube, he's been working both with his own projects, but also as a freelancing composer, our guest for this week is none other than Josef Falkensköld.

Josef joins in to talk about his career as Falconshield, but also within game development, these steps started all back around 2009-2010.

We talk about Josef's work, how achivements kinda tend to follow you along while also decaying at the same time, working with singers to bring amazing tracks, utilizing creators to inspire each others work and much more!

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Christofer "ChrisX" Schenström

Josef "Falconshield" Falkensköld

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New episode and this week Chris dug into his childhood character Bomberman, who is this person and why is bombing stuff so much fun?

Learn the origin of Bomberman, a bit of the main series and more on spin-off games and their music, 5 amazing hand-picked tracks are on the feed, let's go!

Music in the episode:

• Dyna blaster - Credits (Amiga version) - Eike Steffen

• Bomberman Wars - Track 14 (Saturn version) - Famishin, Takuya Nishiwaki

• Bomberman Hardball - Baseball Order - Unknown

• Bomberman Story DS - Vs. Faleena - Masayoshi Ishi (CHAMY.Ishi)

• Super Bomberman R2 - Battle Tutorial - Akihiro Teruta, Momoyo Ando, Tatsumi Adachi, Yukiko Suwa

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Christofer "ChrisX" Schenström

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This weeks guest comes from a background as a music teacher, but does have an interest in both coding and notes from an early age, playing on classics such as the Atari and strumming guitars.

Per joins in to talk about his work on the early access game "Cthulhu's Reach: Devil Reef".

We talk about Per's sources of inspiration, how important the music is to the experience, what to strive for when composing for specific situations and how important it is to find balance.

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Christofer "ChrisX" Schenström

Per "Massfire" Fransson

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This week, Chris grabs the behemoth that have over the last years, gained a huge following, the genre is Metroidvanias.

What defines a metroidvania according to the people, Chris evaluates the definition, makes one that he thinks is important part to the genre and share amazing tracks from five different games.

One of the biggest question on people's lips, is Zelda 2 a Metroidvania? Listen to this weeks episode and see what Chris thinks!

Music in the episode:

• Super Metroid - Upper Brinstar - Kenji Yamamoto
• Castlevania: Circle of the Moon - Vampire Killer (Observatory Tower) - Sotaro Tojima, Hiroshi Mitsuoka
• Hollow Knight - City of Tears - Christopher Larkin
• F.I.S.T. Forged in Shadow Torch - Kung-fu Dummy - Caisheng Bo
• Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights - Harmonious - Mili

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Christofer "ChrisX" Schenström

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This weeks guest is one of the two from the duo known as Dual Aeon, they started out in 2022 and have since then released more than 30 tracks!

Magnus joins in to talk about the lyrical work that he has done in this duo.

We talk about the perfection within imperfections, our love for Weird al, and what's the important parts when working with lyrical work, and what about Kalinka?

In connection with this episode we have THREE physical rewards, lined up for a giveaway over on Patreon.

This raffle includes, 2 packs related to Dual Aeon, the mini-disc of Doku Doku Tropical Kisu (Includes an exclusive remix!) and a glitter sticker, then the Shinjirarenai single with a foiled Dual Aeon sci-fi girls sticker.Next to that the podcast retrieved a late gift from episode #025, the Backbeat OST and two stickers, one for Hexagrooves and one for Backbeat.

To be eligible to join, make sure you are a paid Patreon backer before the 21nd of February! (available tiers are 1$, 5$ and 10$)

Music in the episode:

• Dual Aeon - To Kalinka With Love
• Dual Aeon - Doki Doki Tropical Kisu
• Dual Aeon - Shinjirarenai (Mega Drive Remix)
• Dual Aeon - Hottu Duragon
• Dual Aeon - The Warrior (World premiere!)

Voices of the episode:Christofer "ChrisX" SchenströmMagnus "Mange" Johansson

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This weeks guest is one who have about one decades of work in music under their belt, A Freelancing composer with a dream, who have worked on titles such as RUSHAWAY, The Tartarus Key, Inkbound and Whisker Squadron.

Tiago joins in to talk about a soundtrack that he is currently working on, the game Constance, a metroidvania focusing around the protagonists mental health in a world of corruption.

We have a transparent discussion of being a freelancer, how a trip and a dream shapes what then follows.

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This weeks guest is one who have more than two decades of history in music under their belt, A Freelancing composer who have made music for games such as Vigil: The Longest Night, Neverinth and the World of Tanks trailers.

Jouni joins in to talk about one of his latest released works Voidwrought, a cosmic horror metroidvania created by Chris old Level design teacher.

We also discuss about what we ended up calling "the finish anchor", the effect of working with multiple projects on the parallell and what impact it has on VGM when you come from an artist standpoint.

In connection with this episode there will also be a raffle of a total of THREE digital codes for the deluxe version of the game for Steam (Includes both the Game and the Soundtrack), to join the raffle make sure to become a Patreon backer before the 24th of January, 2025.

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This weeks guest is one who have followed many of us since childhood, David Wise, A Freelancing composer known for his work on games made by Rare, games such as Snake Rattle 'n' roll, Donkey Kong series and Battletoads to name a few.

David joins in to talk about one of his latest released works Gimmick! 2, the sequel to the amazing NES game Gimmick!

We also discuss the importance of a "gut feeling", how frequencies in music can input the feeling of the game and also why are stores a great source for boss music?

In connection with this episode there will also be a raffle of a digital code of the game for either Switch or Steam, to join the raffle become a Patreon before the 2 January, 2025.

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This weeks guest is a returning one, Daniel Lindholm, A Freelancing composer known for work in the Yakuza Series, Street Fighter V AE, Resident Evil 6 and more.

Daniel visits Chris home during his visits in Sweden, to sit down in the kitchen and talk about his three latest indie games that he have been scoring, Fallen City Brawl, Danlab's Golf and The Port of Jumanah.

We're talking about action movies, motifs, martial arts and the stealing of music.

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Guested episodes are one of the most important pillars with this podcast, and not just about having highly known composers guesting each episode, it is all about bringing in both the knowledge and understanding from all aspects, in which creates a better world for tomorrow and that's exactly what this weeks guest Jaakko Mela is all about, a young developer who is still working hard to become the best possible version of himself for the day of tomorrow.

Listen in on this weeks episode as Chris and Jaakko talk and discuss on hardships, inspirations and much more!

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