Hello and welcome to Music Arcade! In this episode, Galen "The Sound Beholder" Firestone, Count Van Ediela and the shambling Ranabomination rise from two meters under to discuss the gothicest, spookiest songs video game has to offer. Not just because halloween was some ten days ago or anything, turns out, that's a very prolific subject as illustrated by the following discussion points:

0:00:00 - Introduction

0:02:30 - Let us frame the discussion on what we mean when saying "gothic tracks"

0:09:13 - Killer Instinct - Lycanthropy (by Mick Gordon)

0:15:05 - Demon's Crest - Beyond the Colosseum (by Toshihiko Horiyama)

0:23:10 - Grim Dawn - Lonely Moon (by Steve Pardo)

0:26:25 - Diablo - Tristram (by Matt Uelmen)

0:30:00 - Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Cobblestone and Fog (by Bear McCreary)

0:32:53 - Suikoden 2 - Gothic Neclord (by Miki Higashino)

0:38:09 - Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 - Dying for a Drop of Blood (by Óscar Araujo)

0:41:31 - Castlevania Lament of Innocence - Ghostly Theater (by Michiru Yamane)

0:45:50 - Castlevania Symphony of the Night - Waltz of the Pearls (by Michiru Yamane)

0:54:13 - Bloodstained Ritual of the Night - Holy Wisdom (by Michiru Yamane)

1:01:43 - Dark Souls - Ornstein & Smough (by Motoi Sakuraba)

1:10:06 - Bloodborne - The Night Unfurls (by Ryan Amon)

1:14:58 - Final Fantasy VI  - Dancing Mad (by Nobuo Uematsu)

If you're interested in giving the music we're discussing in this episode, you can do so in this playlist: Music Arcade 20

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