KVGM "The Last Wave"

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Hammock’s back in the saddle again after a much needed vacation abroad. Thanks again to Norm aka NormallyRetro for filling in at the KVGM studio and bringing the jammage. But we’re back to business as usual with golf music, detective music, Soichi Terada and Soshi Hosoi, and of course, a little jam from Dr. Usui, PhD.

Playlist

Ruins – Makoto Asai, Yuichiro Honda, Kenichi Ohkuma, and Masaki Tanimoto

Neutral Walk – PANDA, Ether_ELE, Yoshihito Hata, and Dr. Usui

Wandering Around #1 – Haruki Yamada

Beatrice – Soshi Hosoi

Cool Wind – Kikuko Hataya

Sex-SaidA – M.U.T.S. Music Studio

TILL DAWN – Soichi Terada

Lively Feeling – Eriko Tsukayama

Hitomi no Oku, Yureru “Sazanami” – tiko-μ, Kyohei Nishizaka, and Miyaji

Game Over – Seiichi Hamada

Special Request

Gameplay BGM – Naoyuki Sato

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

While Hammock is still in Scotland, he made a phone call to friend of the show Norm aka Normally Retro to reprise his role as special guest host. You can check out Norm’s incredibly hilarious video series, A Question of Character, but Norm knows his way around the smooth jams, so enjoy!

Playlist

Your Selection – Sabakuma Yuki and Tomo Chan

Station – Takeshi Abo

Spirit – Masahiro Andoh

The Queen of Speed (Arranged) – Takenobu Mitsoyoshi

Tekbossa – Hiroaki Takahashi and Takafumi Inamori

Team Select – Unknown

Nineball Game – Naofumi Hataya and Hiroshi Kubota

Big Shadows – Cincinnati Shogo, Buffalo Koremasa, and Oww Furukawa

Wind Commander (Arranged) – Hideki Kanazashi and Masao Himura

Race Heat – Normally Retro

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Live from Edinburgh, Scotland this week, where the weather is…Scottish. Please enjoy the following jams from the PlayStations and the Nintendos and of course, the personal computers.

Playlist

Orion – Daisuke Nagao

Library – Hidehiro Kawai

Results – Dan Hess

Tutorial – Masaru Tajima and Shinji Ushiroda

Downtown – PURE SOUND

The Fine Weather Index is 200 – Sound AMS

Together… – SoundTeMP

Akihabara – Kenichi Sudo

Shiori’s Theme – Naotoshi Nishino

Staff Roll – Masahiko Hagio

Special Request

Game Menu – Unknown

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

This week, we’re livin’ life, lovin’ life on all the consoles, including a stunning return to the Family Computer 64 Double D, as well as some original Family Computer baseball action, some English guides on the DS, a little motorcycle racing on PS2, and of course, some puzzle action on the PC and PS1.

Playlist

In the Mahjong Club – Masafumi Ogata

Beginning Premonitions – Kenichi Okuma

Title – Alexander Lazutin

Other Match Results – Atsushi Fujio

Gallery – Tatsuya Maeda

Stroke Play – Kenichiro Shinzawa

Micro 2 Step – Unknown

On the Green – Phil Wood

Out of Qualification – Masanao Akahori

Ending – Unknown

Special Request

Main Menu – Unknown

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Spring has officially sprung and with it, we have plenty of jams to celebrate from the Switch and Wii and Family Computer 64, to the PlayStations 1 and 2, the PC and the PC-1998, and even a brand new console to the show, the Playdate!

Playlist

Shallow Lights – Nash Music Library

Fight Night with Flibby Boss Battle – Justin Scharvona

Results – Masaru Tajima and Shinji Ushiroda

Slow Beat Jam – BR◎THER-NA●

Gameplay BGM – Ippei Okada

recesses – Takeshi Abo

Rheen X – g3ntlebreeze

Wasteland – Masami Kobayashi

The World Inside – Nekono Comet

Tournament End – Katsumi Yokokawa

Special Request

Express Connection …for Main Menu – Hunter Bridges

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Pretty good variety of tracks today from all sorts of consoles, composers, years, genres, regions, reviews, vibes. It’s all here for you to decide how to feel. I ain’t tellin’ ya!

Playlist

Beach Master – Alan McDermott

Hill – Nobuyoshi Sano

Hotel Inside – ESTi

Victory – Unknown

Good Evening Coach – Yasushi Asada

Main Theme – Hiroyuki Mizuno

Good Morning – Unknown

Val Ship – Hiroyuki Yanada

Obsession (Party Formation BGM) – Takayuki Aihara

Staff Roll – Tetsuo Ishikawa and Yoshifumi Iio

Special Request

The Strut – Cincinnati Shogo, Buffalo Koremasa, Oww Furukawa

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

March is here, and with it, more jams, leaning fairly heavy into the personal computer but that’s okay because we know where jams are born and a lot of them are born on the PC. Plus some Nintendo DS, 3DS, PlayStations. All the coolest stuff!

Playlist

In Celebration of 2006 Korea Grand Award Game of Year – S.F.A

BGM 7 – USK Soundware

Silk and Shadows – g3ntlebreeze

Sounds on the Move – Yasuko Yamada, Yasuyuki Suzuki and Yoshiyuki Ishii

Setting Sun – Hiroto Saito

Passion – Yuki Oike

Everyday Life – SASH

Kaiwa 1 – Unknown

Together – blue

Credits – Masayuki Nagao

Special Request

Room For 4 – Pedro Silva

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

As the vibration of the universe continues rising, and chaotic energies swirl about, we take a step back to relax and chill out to some great music from mahjong and fashion simulation to a composer who needs no introduction and some Super Family ska fun. All that and so much more…

Playlist

Bunny Girl Version – MUSE

Illumination Rose – MASA

Urban Lazy Groove Goes On – ESTi

Extra Options – Hiroshi Tanabe

Chill Theme 1 – Asuka Ito, Toshiyuki Sudo, and Daisuke Shiiba

Optimism – Takashi Okamoto

Slow Your Scroll – Naotoshi Nishino

Gameplay BGM – Unknown

Gafi Service – Hiroyuki Yanada

Ending – Keita Haga and Daisuke Nagata

Special Request

Roulette – Joe Down Studio

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

This week, we’re a little all over the place in energy levels, with morning vibes, afternoon delights, and evening bliss, plus a little reminiscing, hipster bashing, and the Destiny Draw System.

Playlist

Your Profile~Leaf – Naoya Shimokawa and bermei.inazawa

Fresh Prince – Yoshiki Ara

Puzzle Editor – BA.M, Einosuke Nagao, Tsuyosi Matsushima, TAISHOW, and SUPERKENTA

AM – Takumu Kotohira

Event 4 – Sota Fujimori

Monochrome – Satoshi Okubo

Jiandia Park Lobby – ASTRO MAN

NO PAIN,NO GAIN. – Shigenobu Okawa

Headlights on the Shore – Barry “Epoch” Topping

Credits – Kazuhiko Uehara

Special Request

In the Night – Motoharu Yoshihira

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

This week, we’re all about DEEP LOVE…what is deep love? How deep can it go? Maybe you find it in classic schmups…maybe you can find it in a customizable robot game? What about on the soccer field? I mean, we know we can find plenty of it in adult visual novels…let’s be real.

Playlist

Speed – Naoki Maeda and Konami Kukeiha Club

The Twilight House – Naotoshi Nishino

Revenge of the Three Siblings – Shinji Hosoe

Focus – Takumu Kotohira

Blue Knight Blues – Shinichiro Sato and Satoshi Miyashita

Nope on a Rope – Unknown

Main Menu – Kazuhiko Uehara

Deep Love – Peak A Soul+

Goodnight – Artistic Concepts

Ending – Hiroshi Kimura and AIAI

Special Request

Katarina’s Theme – Kenji Ito