Hello and welcome to Music Arcade! Here comes an episode over a year in the making, as we considered how much the world was going to open back up. and we hoped and hoped still, but at the end of the day, while things are still progressing apiece, overworld themes are an interesting staple that, at the end of the day, might not need to wait for the perfect occasion to be a great topic! So join Galen "The Sound Guy" Firestone, Ranakel and Edie as we discuss these wide and open themes, and things that are... Close enough.

0:00:00 - Introduction

0:06:01 - Final Fantasy VIII - Blue Fields (by Nobuo Uematsu)

0:13:56 - Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals - North Land (by Yasunori Shiono)

0:19:25 - Suikoden Terkreis - To the World (by a broad and talented cast of composers)

0:29:25 - Adventure of Mana - Endless Battlefield (by Kenji Ito)

0:36:51 - Final Fantasy VI -  The Veldt, Wild West Orchestrated (by Nobuo Uematsu, arrangement by ChrystalChameleon)

0:45:43 - Valheim - The Meadows - A Place to Rest (by Patrik Jarlestam)

0:57:03 - Valkyrie Profile - Requiem to a Predicament ~ Sky Gate (arrange album version) (by Motoi Sakuraba)

1:07:24 - Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Peace and I Are Strangers Grown (by Austin Wintory)

1:15:43 - Super Mario Bros. 2 - Overworld (by Koji Kondo)

1:21:00 - NieR Gestalt/Replicant - Hills of Radiant Winds (Concert & Talk Life version) (by Keichii Okabe)

1:31:13 - Now Playing

If you're interested in giving the music we're discussing in this episode, you can check the episode playlist: Music Arcade 23

Note: due to Blue Fields' Playstation version being actively taken off youtube on the regular, the linked version in the playlist is the Midi version from the PC port instead.

Note 2: The Hills of Radiant Winds part of the concert starts at three minutes into the corresponding video covering the entire concert.

Thank you very much for listening. If you have any questions of remarks, you can address them at [email protected]