Music Arcade

On this episode, the crew mixes things up quite literally, discussing remixed tracks in official soundtracks

Beyond the typical Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, we also explore Advance Wars, Like a Dragon, and much more!

We're also on Discord: ⁠https://discord.gg/aM5WWGU

Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp - "Sensei's Power" by Maddie Lim, Michaela Nachtigall, and Tommy Pedrini

*Based on "Sensei's Theme" by Yoshito Hirano, from Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

Dynasty Warriors 8 - "The King of Sadness -DW 7th Mix-" by Michihiko Shichi

*Based on "The King of Sadness" by Michihiko Shichi, from Dynasty Warriors 5

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - "Vega's Theme" arranged by Midiplex Co., Ltd. (under supervision of Yoko Shimomura)

*Based on "Vega's Theme" by Yoko Shimomura, from Street FIghter II

Street Fighter V - "Theme of Ken" by Masahiro Aoki

*Based on "Ken's Theme" by Yoko Shimomura, from Street Fighter II

Sonic & All-Stars Racing: Transformed - "Adder's Lair" by Richard Jacques

*Based on "The Battle", "Wilderness", and "Turtle Village I" by Y.T, from Golden Axe

Like a Dragon: Ishin! - "Soar" by an unconfirmed arranger

*Based on "Fly" by Hidenori Shoji, from Yakuza 3

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - "Scaling Death Mountain" by Ryo Nagamatsu

*Based on "Death Mountain" by Koji Kondo, from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers - "Twice Striken" by Takafumi Imamura

*Based on "Thunder Rolls" by Masayoshi Soken, from Final Fantasy XIV

Fire Emblem Engage - "Trial of the Pact" by Yasuhisa Baba, Kazuki Komai, Hiroki Morishita, and Takeru Kanazaki

Hosts:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Ranakel

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Ranakel

Edie Alexsander

"Crickets" by ItsTheGoodstuff (freesound.org)

This time, the crew dives, swims, and explores through the seas of watery themes in all of gamedom.

Yes, you can bet that Donkey Kong Country is here, but our trek spans from JRPGs like Chrono Trigger to... well, sea shanties in Assassin's Creed, because why not?

Donkey Kong Country - "Aquatic Ambiance" by David Wise

Grand Poo World 2 - "Thalassophobia" by Com_Poser (based on "Underwater" by Jun Funahashi, from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - "Drunken Sailor" by an unknown writer (in-game version credited to Sean Dagher, Michiel Schrey, and Nils Brown)

Atelier Ayesha ~Alchemist of the Ground of Dusk~ - "Dance of a Water Drop" and "Laughter in the Frontier" by Kazuki Yanagawa

Chrono Trigger - "The Deep Beckons" by Sam Dillard (based on "Ocean Palace" by Yasunori Mitsuda)

Civilization VI - "England (The Medieval Era)" by Geoff Knorr

Subnautica - "First Immersion" by Simon Chylinski

Risk of Rain - "Moisture Deficit" by Chris Christodoulou

Perfect Dark - "Pelagic 2 - Exploration" by Grant Kirkhope

Hosts:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Ranakel

Edie Alexsander

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Ranakel

Edie Alexsander

The crew celebrates our 50th episode with the perfect pieces of gaming music to party to.

From celebrating the overcoming of challenges in Destiny 2: Lightfall to the realization that JRPGs like Chrono Triggerand Trails in the Sky love to have some oddly similar-sounding festivals - plus a dose of the grand old celebration of pure, unadulterated, world-ending power in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3.

Come join us, 'cuz it's a party in here!

You can listen along to the music discussed here via the playlist on our YouTube channel: Music Arcade #50

Looking to get in touch with us? You can find us at [email protected]

We're also on Discord: https://discord.gg/aM5WWGU

Music credits (in order of discussion):

Nier: Automata - "Amusement Park" by Keigo Hoashi

Tekken 7 - "DUOMO DI SIRIO 2nd" by Go Shiina

Suikoden II - "The Even More Glorious, Beautiful Golden City" by Tappi Iwase (arranger unknown)

The "JRPG Festival" section, with music from:

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - "The Red Menace" by Frank Klepacki

Roboquest - "Journey" by Noisecream

Warriors Orochi - "Samurai Scanners" by Masato Koike

God Hand - "God Hand - Ending version" by Masaru Yokoyama

Production credits:

Hosts:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Ranakel

Edie Alexsander

Audio producer:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Executive producer:

Ranakel

Writing and publishing:

Edie Alexsander

A video game concert shows up and the crew follows their instincts: this MUST be talked about!

In what may be one of the most interesting setlists we've covered yet - going from a medley of songs from Amiga titles like Secret of Monkey Island and Turrican to more orchestral soundtracks like Bloodborne and Journey - and with potentially the best singer we've watched perform, prepare for interesting songs, long conversations and a hell of a lot more emotion than even we expected.

You can find out more about the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and follow their work here: https://www.berwaldhallen.se/en/

And you can watch the concert and listen along to the music discussed here by following the link: https://youtu.be/-PkdLMIz-Ys

NOTE: The video above is an unofficial upload with no affiliation to either the Music Arcade podcast or the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Looking to get in touch with us? You can find us at [email protected]

We're also on Discord: https://discord.gg/aM5WWGU

Setlist:

Journey - "I Was Born For This" by Austin Wintory

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - suite arranged by Andreas Hedlund, based on music by Brian Tyler

"Amiga Medley", arranged by Andreas Hedlung, featuring music from:

Final Fantasy IX - suite arranged by Nils-Petter Ankarblom, based on music by Nobuo Uematsu

The Last Of Us - "All Gone (No Escape)" by Gustavo Santaolalla, arr. by Andreas Hedlund

Super Mario Bros. - suite by Andreas Hedlund, based on music by Mahito Yokota and Koji Kondo

Bloodborne - suite by Andreas Hedlund, based on music by Ryan Amon

Mega Man - suite by Andreas Hedlund, based on music by Manami Matsumae, Takashi Tateishi, Yasuaki Fujita, and Harumi Fujita

The Legend of Zelda - suite by Nils-Petter Ankarblom, based on music by Koji Kondo

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - "The Dragonborn Comes" by Jeremy Soule, arr. by Andreas Hedlund

Final Fantasy VI - "Aria di Mezzo Carattere" by Nobuo Uematsu, arr. by Andreas Hedlund feat. soprano Sabina Zweiacker

Production credits:

Hosts:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Ranakel

Edie Alexsander

Audio producer:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Executive producer:

Ranakel

Writing and publishing:

Edie Alexsander

Trumpets invade the thoughts (and ears) of the Music Arcade crew, in an exploration for the best that the Doot has to offer.

Be it giant mechas in Mega Man X6, crazed (yet majestic) clowns in Final Fantasy VI, a fearless bounty hunter in Super Metroid or a song you wouldn't expect to hear in Age of Mythology, trumpet fans will not be disappointed.

Except, maybe, by the lack of Pokémon Gen 3 songs. Whoops.

You can listen along to the music discussed here via the playlist on our YouTube channel: Music Arcade #48

Looking to get in touch with us? You can find us at [email protected]

We're also on Discord: https://discord.gg/aM5WWGU

Music credits (in order of discussion):

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest - "Boss Bossanova" by David Wise

Final Fantasy VI - "Camp Kefka (Troops March On)" by Joshua Morse (remix of "Troops March On" by Nobuo Uematsu)

Super Metroid - "Super Metroid" medley by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (original compositions by Kenji Yamamoto and Minako Hamano, arr. by Toshihiko Sahashi)

Soul Calibur II - "Confrontation" by Junichi Nakatsuru

Mega Man X6 - "Infinity Mijinion Stage" by Akemi Kimura

Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals - "Battle #2" by Yasunori Shiono

Rhythm Thief & the Paris Caper - "Title Screen" by Tomoya Ohtani (arr. by Tomoya Ohtani and Takahito Eguchi - extended version not found in the official album)

Phantasy Star Universe - "Galenigare Mine" by Kenichi Tokoi

Age of Mythology - "Gary's Reserve" by Stephen Rippy and Kevin McMullan

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice For All - "Great Revival ~Miles Edgeworth" (also known as "Triumphant Return - Miles Edgeworth") by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (composed by Akemi Kimura, arr. by Noriyuki Iwadare)

Production credits:

Hosts:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Ranakel

Edie Alexsander

Audio producer:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Executive producer:

Ranakel

Writing and publishing:

Edie Alexsander

The MusArc crew, joined by friend of the show Sam "Zeral", decide to make lemonade from an April Fools' set of lemons. If you were curious about what we really thought of when prompted to think of video game music for themes such as "dreamy", "glass", "cute but ferocious", or... "purple", you got it!

From the Italian dreams of Civilization 6 and Assassin's Creed 2, to the glassy pianos of... more games than we thought possible, to be honest, we're in for quite the varied ride.

We also take a moment to pay our respects to the great late Lance Reddick, known to the world of gaming through the Destiny and Horizon franchises, may he rest in peace.

You can listen along to the music discussed here via the playlist on our YouTube channel: Music Arcade #47

Looking to get in touch with us? You can find us at [email protected]

Music credits (in order of discussion):

Civilization VI - "Sogno di Volare" by Christopher Tin

Assassin's Creed II - "Dreams of Venice" by Jesper Kyd

Drakengard 3 - "Aethervox" by Keigo Hoashi

Bravely Default - "Luxendarc Lullaby" by HeavenWraith - remix of the songs "Wicked Flight", "Serpent Devouring the Horizon", and "Ballad Moving Towards Hope" by Yasuo Kamanaka

Blue Dragon - "Eternity" by Nobuo Uematsu, Hironobu Sakaguchi, and Satoshi Henmi (feat. Ian Gillan)

Far Cry: Blood Dragon - "Blood Dragon Theme" by Power Glove

Shin Megami Tensei IV - "Battle - c1" by Toshiki Konishi

Genshin Impact - Scaramouche Phase II Battle Theme by Yu-Peng Chen (song title not yet known at the time of upload)

Pit People - "The Cannibals Attack" by Patric Catani

Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth - "Fiamma del Caos - The Cave" by an unknown composer (credited to PEPOSOFT)

Pokémon Black 2/White 2 - "Battle! (Champion Iris)" by Hitomi Sato

Final Fantasy XIII-2 - "Full Speed Ahead" by Naoshi Mizuta

Catherine - "Also Sprach Brooks" by Shoji Meguro

Hollow Knight - "City of Tears" by Christopher Larkin

Chrono Trigger - "Memories of Green" by Yasunori Mitsuda ("Orchestral Remix" by Malcolm Robinson)

Destiny 2: Beyond Light - "Deep Stone Lullaby" by Michael Sechrist, Skye Lewin, and Michael Salvatori

Production credits:

Hosts:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Ranakel

Edie Alexsander

Audio producer:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Executive producer:

Ranakel

Writing and publishing:

Edie Alexsander

Hello and welcome to the Music Arcade!

On today's episode, the calendar leads to confusion about themes, Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone, Ranakel and Edie Alexsander getting a peptalk by our very own anime intruder Sam "Zeral", and a discussion involving more songs than you can shake a stick at.

PS: please don't shake sticks at your monitor or audio setup, m'kay?

Time stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:02:25 - Final Fantasy XIV - is it actually the final one? Probably not!

0:05:03 - Through the Fire and the PAAAAIN

0:09:31 - Call of Du- I mean, Battlefield 2

0:11:57 - Command & Conquer: The Commies Are Here 2

0:14:25 - Super Fighting Robot X

0:17:47 - F-Zero's got the blues

0:20:46 - Sandstorm, sans-Darude

0:24:18 - Sonic & the lesson that Blue + Green = Purple

0:26:42 - Excuse me, you got some samurai in my dance party

0:30:03 - Dark Souls III brings up Galen's deepest secrets

0:33:34 - Hitman 2 - no, not that one, the OTHER Hitman 2!

0:35:36 - ¡Viva El Presidente!

0:37:49 - Legend of Link: Zelda Between- wait...

0:41:28 - Xeno-what, now?!

0:44:21 - Middle-Earth: Spartan of Mordor

0:47:00 - Resident Evil: Trumpet's Cut

0:48:38 - T'was all but a ruse!

0:59:22 - Music Arcade Now Playing, feat. "A New World" concert

1:32:26 - Outro

Full music credits (in order of discussion):

Final Fantasy XIV - "Thunderer" by Masayoshi Soken

Guitar Hero III - "Through the Fire and the Flames" by DragonForce

Battlefield 2 - "Main Theme" by Fredrik Englund, David Tallroth & Jonas Ostholm (arranged and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra)

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - "Grinder" by Frank Klepacki

Mega Man X - "Icy Penguigo Stage" by Setsuo Yamamoto, Makoto Tomozawa, Yuki Iwai, Yuko Takehara & Toshihiko Horiyama ("Braving the Storm" remix by Frederic Petitpas

F-Zero - "Big Blue" by Yumiko Kanki & Naoto Ishida

Killer Instinct - "Sandstorm" by Mick Gordon

Sonic the Hedgehog - "Green Hill Zone" by Masato Nakamura ("Lofi Remix" by Helynt & Koreskape)

Samurai Warriors 2 - "Osaka Castle ~Sengoku2 Mix~" by Mari Yoshida

Dark Souls III - "Soul of Cinder" by Yuka Kitamura

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin - "Hitman 2 Main Title" by Jesper Kyd

Tropico 4 - "Candela y Tumbao" by Tumbao

Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - "Lorule Theme 2" by Ryo Nagamatsu, Koji Kondo, Akito Nakatsuka & Hajime Wakai

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - "Incoming!" by ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor - "The Hammer" by Nathan Grigg

Resident Evil: Director's Cut - "Mansion Basement" by Mamoru Samuragochi

If you're interested in giving the music discussed in this episode a listen, you can find them on our playlist: Music Arcade #46

Note: You can also find the playlist on our YouTube channel if the link above doesn't work in your preferred podcast platform.

Thank you very much for listening. For any inquiries, questions, or  feedback, you can reach us at: [email protected]

We're also on Discord: https://discord.gg/aM5WWGU

Hello and welcome to the Music Arcade!

On today's episode, Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone, Ranakel, and Edie Alexsander decide to explore that most dramatic and ominous of moments in gaming history: the time indie games got big.

But not without reminiscing about the old days of Flash games, because it wouldn't be an episode of Music Arcade without at least one of us showing our age.

0:00:00 - Intro

0:00:51 - So... Why this topic, exactly?

0:09:12 - VVVVVV - "Positive Force" by Magnus Pålsson

0:18:03 - Plants vs. Zombies - "Watery Graves" by Laura Shigihara

0:26:50 - Canabalt - "Run!" by Danny Baranowsky

0:32:53 - Alien Hominid - "Area 51 4 (Hardcore Fight)" by Matt Harwood

0:37:24 - Before the Echo - "Oncue" by Ronald Jenkees

0:46:57 - Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet - "Eradication Instincts Defined" by Dimmu Borgir

0:54:24 - Hotline Miami - "Turf" by El Huervo

1:00:12 - Recettear - "Closed" by m_box

1:09:07 - Journey - "Apotheosis" by Austin Wintory

1:18:46 - Dungeons of Dredmor - "Brawl" by Matthew Steele

1:24:53 - Right and Wrong Way to do Music (Don't steal!)

1:29:43 - Now Playing

If you're interested in giving the music discussed in this episode a listen, you can find them on our playlist: Music Arcade #45

Note: You can also find the playlist on our YouTube channel if the link above doesn't work in your preferred podcast platform.

Thank you very much for listening. For any inquiries, questions, or  feedback, you can reach us at: [email protected]

We're also on Discord: https://discord.gg/aM5WWGU

Hello and welcome to the Music Arcade!

On today's episode, Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone, Ranakel, and Edie Alexsander take a stroll around the city and explore the environment downtown in a showcase that, just because it's called a "concrete jungle", doesn't mean it has to be colorless and uninteresting. 

Also we take some time to take potshots at the Grammys, because why not?

Time stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:01:49 - Streets of Rage 4 - "Call the Cops" by Olivier Deriviere

0:07:58 - Anno 2070 - "Industrial Landscapes" by Markus Schmidt

0:17:27 - Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 - "Karma City" by Shoji Meguro

0:23:02 - John Wick: Hex - "The Uncaged Bear" by Austin Wintory

0:28:21 - Anarchy Reigns - "My Town, My City" by Skitz the Samurida

0:34:16 - Castlevania: Curse of Darkness - "Cordova Town" by Michiru Yamane

0:41:02 - The Sims - "Samba SIM" by Jerry Martin

0:51:06 - Warriors Orochi 3 - "Anegawa ~Sengoku3 Mix~" by Michihiko Shichi (Arr. by Yojiro Yoshimatsu)

0:56:56 - Disco Elysium - "Red Rock Riviera" by Sea Power

1:07:53 - The state of GTA radios, feat. "Bark at the Moon" by Ozzy Osbourne and "Fire Doesn't Burn Itself" by Sam Flax

1:21:11 - Now Playing

If you're interested in giving the music discussed in this episode a listen, you can find them on our playlist: Music Arcade #44

Note: You can also find the playlist on our YouTube channel if the link above doesn't work in your preferred podcast platform.

Thank you very much for listening. For any inquiries, questions, or  feedback, you can reach us at: [email protected]

We're also on Discord: https://discord.gg/aM5WWGU

Hello and welcome to the Music Arcade!

On this episode, Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone, Ranakel, and Edie Alexsander delve into an amazing online concert for a certain Asian game that often comes up in our conversations.

Get your Final Fantasy out of here, it's time to discuss Arknights: Ambience Synesthesia 2022!

All songs produced and/or published by Monster Siren Records. Full songwriting and performance credits not publicly available in the West at the time of publishing this episode.

Time stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:04:16 - "Dreamland"

0:08:57 - "Shadowstorm"

0:13:01 - "Immutable"

0:14:31 - "Awaken"

0:20:09 - "Towards Her Light"

0:23:40 - "Hometown Wind"

0:27:12 - "Under Tides"

0:31:37 - "Jiang Hu"

0:34:34 - "Till the Wave Ends"

0:36:51 - "Random, Randomly"

0:41:57 - "Melting White"

0:48:49 - "Operation Lead Seal"

0:53:22 - "Loyal to the Beat"

0:57:25 - "Across the Wind"

1:01:43 - "Quadrant Breaker"

1:05:44 - "Y1K"

1:11:45 - "Radiant"

1:16:39 - "Day Daydream"

1:20:17 - "Operation Pine Soot"

1:24:08 - "Alive"

1:28:56 - "Phenomenal Agents"

1:34:46 - "Operation Pyrite"

1:43:58 - Now Playing

If you're interested in giving the concert discussed in this episode a listen, you can find them in the official channel: Arknights: Ambience Synetshesia 2022

Note: If the above link doesn't work in your preferred podcasting platform, you can find it on the Arknights: Ambience Synesthesia channel on YouTube.

Thank you very much for listening. For any inquiries, questions, or  feedback, you can reach us at: [email protected]

We're also on Discord: https://discord.gg/aM5WWGU