Welcome to Music Arcade! In this episode, a convalescing Edie makes room for Galen "The Sound Guy" Firestone and Ranakel to talk about progression within the frame of video game music. Both thematically and structurally, they dismantle the notion bit by bit until landing on both interesting conclusions and shocking reveals about dark deeds of old. The tracks mentioned are:

0:02:17 - Pokemon Black and White: Victory Road (various)

0:09:16 - Civilization VI: various (Geoff Knorr)

0:12:56 - Ninja Gaiden/Warriors Orochi 3/4: Ryu's Determination (Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta, arrangned by Masato Koike and Miki Fujii)

0:24:16 - Earth Defense Force 4.1: Shadow of New Despair: The EDF Deploys (and follow-ups) (Masafumi Takada and Jun Fukuda)

0:28:59 - Drakengard 3: The Upcoming Battle: Battlefield/Armaros/Zophiel and The Final Song (Keichii Okabe, vocals by Eir Aoi)

0:47:02 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past 2: A Link Between Worlds: Lorule Castle (Ryo Nagamatsu)

0:53:36 - Tales of Zestiria: Throne of the God that Caused Everything/The God Clad in Chaos and Calamity/The God Clad in Chaos and Calamity Awakened (Motoi Sakuraba, Go Shiina)

1:07:07 - Final Fantasy VII: Main Theme/The Great Northern Cave (Nobuo Uematsu)

1:12:52 - Breath of Fire : Starting the Journey/Distant View (various)

1:16:43 - Outro

If you're interested in giving the music in this episode a listen, they've been collected in the following Youtube playlist: Music Arcade 9

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