Welcome to Music Arcade! In this episode, Galen "The Sound Guy" Firestone, Edie and Ranakel take on the role of the solemn, unblinking judges, grading the flips, twists and various acrobatics involved with video game soundtrack releases, both physical and digital. And then also weigh in on the Olympic Games' opening ceremony's video game music choices.

02:56 - Pricing

08:24 - Capcom and Steam

11:46 - Digital Formats (MP3 vs FLAC)

13:30 - Bandcamp

18:26 - More Pricing and Spotify

27:15 - Square and BluRay

38:25 - Konami and Licensing for streaming platforms

41:34 - Soundtrack Variance, Context, and Experience

50:34 - The Tokyo Olympics 2020's opening ceremony

1:09:07 - Outro

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Hello everyone and welcome to the Music Arcade! In that episode, Galen leaves the fort for the episode, leading to a strategic takeover by Edie and Ranakel! Taking the command seat, they look down from above at the soundtracks of real time strategy games, what made and makes them tick.

0:02:29 - Kessen 2 - The Shouku Gi Battle (Reijiro Koroku)

0:08:28 - Rise of Nations - The Russian (Duane Decker)

0:18:05 - Warcraft 2 - Human 2 (Glenn Stafford)

0:26:06 - Rise of Nations - Brazil (Duane Decker)

0:31:08 - Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots - Rockets (Duane Decker)

0:36:46 - Total Annihilation - Brutal Battle (Jeremy Soule)

0:44:36 - Rise of Legends - Sawu Economics/Sawy Winning (Duane Decker)

0:58:13 - Red Alert 3 - Rock & Awe (Frank Klepacki, James Hannigan, Timothy Michael Wyn)

1:04:58 - Age of Mythology - Adult Swim (Stephen Rippy & Kevin McMullan)

1:14:05 - General discussions on the fate of RTSs

1:35:30 - Outro

If you're interested in giving the music we're discussing in this episode, you can do so in this playlist: Music Arcade 13

"Bedroom wooden door close mic mono - Post Squeak no knocks" MattRuthSound, freesound.org.

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Hello and welcome to Music Arcade! In this episode, Galen "The Sound Guy" Firestone, Edie and Ranakel decide to bring up a little oasis of calm in the hubbub or E3 season and northern hemisphere summer heat by talking about some of the video game tracks that are calm, or generally the hosts enjoy chilling to.

0:01:39 - The Saboteur - Main Theme (Christopher Young)

0:11:21 - Ace Attorney Arrange Album: Turnabout Jazz Soul - Godot - The Fragrance of Dark Coffee (Noriyuki Iwadare)

0:18:32 - Arknights - Operation Cinder Menu Theme (Mi Xian)

0:28:33 - Chrono Trigger - Wind Scene (Yasunori Mitsuda)

0:38:25 - Chrono Cross - Voyage (Yasunori Mitsuda)

0:50:16 - Surviving Mars H3PO4 (George Strezov)

0:59:11 - Celeste - Mirror Temple (Mirror Magic Mix) (Lena Rayne, arrange by 2 Mello)

1:06:31 - Assassin's Creed Origins - Nomads of the White Desert (Sarah Schachner)

1:13:14 - Nier Automata - City of Ruins - Rays of Light (Keiichi Okabe)

1:20:58 - Outro

If you're interested in giving the music we're discussing in this episode, you can do so in this playlist: Music Arcade 12

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Hello and welcome to another episode of Music Arcade! Freshly recovered from his sick days, Edie gets forcibly dragged by Galen "The Sound Guy" Firestone and Ranakel to comment on the latest FFXIV Online Fan Festival concerts and next expansion main theme because they are merciless people with not an iota of chill.

0:01:41 - The Piano concert, featuring Keiko, Amanda Achen and Masayoshi Soken

0:46:04 - The Primals concert, also featuring Jason Charles Miller and Naoki Yoshida

1:59:59 - The Endwalker trailer theme (by Masayoshi Soken, vocals by Amanda Achen and Sam Carter)

2:10:37 - Outro

If you're interested in giving the music in this episode a listen, you can catch the VoDs here: 

Night 1

Night 2

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Welcome to Music Arcade! In this episode, Galen "The Sound Guy" Firestone and Ranakel discuss the untold wonders of the works of Yoshitaka Hirota. Looking back at his various works (but especially Shadow Hearts), they try and figure out what makes this flash in the pan  so very special, and so very unique.

0:08:41 - Vicious 1915 (Shadow Hearts Covenant)

0:15:37 - Melt Down (Shadow Hearts)

0:18:58 - Mauve (Shadow Hearts: From the New World)

0:25:08 - Battle of the Venus 7 (Half Minute Hero: the Second Coming)

0:30:04 - Enormous Threat (Rogue Galaxy Premium Arrange, original by Tomohito Nishiura)

0:39:53 - Virgo Temple (Saint Seiya: Sanctuary Battle)

0:50:14 - Lady Tears II (Shadow Hearts: From the New World)

0:59:01 - Strain (Shadow Hearts Covenant)

1:05:57 - Hardcore to the Brain (Shadow Hearts Covenant)

1:13:36 - 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 10

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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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Welcome to Music Arcade! In this episode, Galen "The Sound Guy" Firestone and Ranakel unfortunately couldn't get ahold of Edie's voice. The result is just them getting t heir hands on some burning recent topics, because sometimes, you just want an outlet to gush about this cool track you heard, which is honestly a major reason of why this podcast even exists. This led to talks on the following:

0:02:01 - Evil Genius 2 : the original game's main theme goes orchestral (by James Hannigan)

0:07:27 - Shin Megami Tensei Online Concert : Reports from a trippy, technical treasure (by Shoji Meguro, Ryota Kozuka and Kenichi Tsuchiya)

0:29:38 - Monster Hunter Rise (and World) : The musical ecology of monsters and yokais. (by Satoshi Hori and Akihiko Narita)

0:51:33 - 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 8

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of Music Arcade! In this one, our three hosts Galen "The Sound Guy" Firestone, Ranakel and Edie are together again to discuss tracks from a same game or series that compare or contrast off each other, highlighting the differences and similarities that make them bounce effectively off each other, or those that are smothered by their betters. This includes:

0:04:44 - Arknights: Lungmen Downtown / Ceobe's Fungimist Boss Theme / Alive (Various artists)

0:22:26 - Bravely Default 2: Asterisk Boss Theme Intro / Asterisk Boss Theme 1  (MASA / Linked Horizon)

0:26:43 - Bravely Default 2: World Map Halcyonia / Savalon / Wiswald (MASA / Linked Horizon)

0:30:55 - Divinity Series Retrospective (Kiril Pokrovsky / Borislav Slavov)

0:48:58 - Final Fantasy XIV: Promise of Plunder / Slumber Eternal / Quicksand / Riptide / Silver Tears / To Fire and Sword / Where All Roads Lead (Nobuo Uematsu / Masayoshi Soken)

1:03:46 - Yakuza: Like a Dragon: Receive and Turn You / Receive You V.7 (Hidenori Shoji)

1:15:12 - 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 7

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Hello and welcome to an all new episode of Music Arcade! Today, Galen "The Sound Guy" Firestone, Ranakel and Edie got together with one goal. To discuss tracks from video games original soundtracks that absolutely shred, giving you the lowdown on the what, the how, and a little bit of the why as a treat. The tracks discussed include:

0:02:16 - Dragon Ball Fighter Z: Broly's Theme - Daisuke Ishiwatari

0:14:07 - Arknights: Kingmouse (composer uncertain)

0:22:14 - Yakuza 0: Pledge of Demon - Hidenori Shoji

0:27:01 - Dynasty Warriors: Crush'em All, The Last Battle, Thousand Suns and various others - Masato Koike / MASA

0:38:40 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night: The Tragic Prince - Michiru Yamane

0:47:36 - Thunder Force 4: Lightning Strikes Again - Metal Squad

0:54:09 - Final Fantasy VII: Those Who Fight Further - The Black Mages

1:02:36 - Killer Instinct: Trailblazer / Inferno - Robin Beanland / Mick Gordon

1:14:25 - 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 6

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Welcome to Music Arcade! In this episode, Galen "The Sound Guy" Firestone and Ranakel go head to head on a deeper dive about Persona 5's music, contrasting it with a few other tracks, and expressing to the best of their ability why they both enjoy so much something so very differently. The specific tracks discussed are:

0:06:14 - Ark

0:08:12 - Long Way (Persona 4)

0:09:09 - Steel Coffin Second Movement (Digital Devil Saga 1)

0:10:30 - One Way Stairs (Digital Devil Saga 2)

0:15:27 - Reach Out to the Truth (Persona 4 Arena)

0:17:54 - Beneath the Mask Remix (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)

0:20:03 - Beneath the Mask

0:22:52 - Last Surprise

0:23:32 - Battle Theme (Persona 2 Innocent Sin)

0:23:52 - Last Surprise again

0:27:51 - Rivers in the Desert

0:36:46 - Life Will Change

0:39:55 - Gentle Madman

0:43:39 - Price

0:44:50 - Sweatshop

0:47:19 - Price Again

0:49:38 - Mementos

0:54:02 - Illusory Daitou TV (Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE)

0:57:32 - Mementos Again

1:00:50 - Phantom R's Theme (Rhythm Thief)

1:04:32 - 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 5

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