And here's your last mixtape of 2025! Crazy to think I've been doing this for almost four years now. Rest assured that I'll keep following VGM news in 2026, too! As a Christmas gift, this very last episode of 2025 is available for free. If you can, please consider supporting my work over at Patreon!

Enjoy your holidays, and take care!

Credits

(00:00:07) Drakengard 3

"A Better End", MONACA

(00:02:24) Puzzle Parasite

"Hide and Seek", Cameron Paxton

(00:05:23) Dispatch

"Do or D.I.", Andrew Arcadi

(00:08:28) Angeline Era

"A Sudajii's Shade, Noon Sky Drifting By (World Map)", Melos Han-Tani

(00:12:19) Atelier Resteriana

"Forgotten Alchemy", 稲毛謙介

(00:15:10) Skate Story

"Midferno", John Fio

(00:19:04) Beyond R: Rule Ripper

"Lime", Sonos Vitae

(00:22:04) Wuthering Waves

"The Life of a Stranger Things Investigator", Wuthering Waves, YokoJZ

(00:23:29) Punishing Gray Raven

"Funky Cruising - From Punishing Gray Raven: Babylonia Gameplay", Punishing Gray Raven, Vanguard Sound, RabbitJ

(00:26:10) Trauma Team

"Cool Beauty", ATLUS GAME MUSIC

(00:29:30) Rematch

"Cloud", Remi Gallego

(00:31:49) Myths are 100% true

"HOW 2 DOWNLOAD 'SILL AND THE CITY'! (STILL WORKS 20XY)", Mudeth

(00:33:59) Beat Saber

"Monday Not Sick Anymore", Lindsey Stirling

(00:37:35) Storm Lancers

"Shadow of the Goliath", Steve Pardo, ProbablyMonsters, Christopher Wilson

(00:40:30) Final Fantasy XIV

"Everything Burns (feat. Beartooth)", Tom Morello, Beartooth

(00:43:27) QQQBeats!!!

"Black Priestess", REDALiCE

(00:47:12) Sektori

"The Source (Extended Mix)", Tommy Baynen

(00:51:10) Sonic Racing: Crossworld

"Kronos Island ("Stars falling" Remix)", Tomoya Ohtani

(00:53:18) Eschaton: Battle For Eternity

"Ending Credits (Hero Of Tomorrow)", Aaron Lehnen

(00:56:07) Light Up The Town

"Carol of the Bean", Benjamin Squires

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New month, new music… and new jingle! Once again, I partnered up with Zenibuka, who composed a new introduction to my podcasts. It's a little bit longer, and spans a wider variety of genres, similar to what I do with the mixtapes, actually! I hope you'll like it. Now, let's get into it!

Credits & timestamps

(00:00:04) Escape From Hadrian's Wall

"Idolatry", Ryan Felberbaum

(00:03:39) Possessor(s)

"Form (Mall)", Joel Corelitz, Azuria Sky

(00:06:51) ARC Raiders

"ARC Raiders (II)", Patrik Andrén, Johan Söderqvist, Embark Studios

(00:09:33) Windblown

"10:19 The Rift Child", Danger

(00:14:40) Skate Story

"Emptylands - Edit", Blood Cultures

(00:21:49) Diablo IV

"Blood is the Law", What So Not, Lucille Croft

(00:23:56) Hyperbeat

"Centr", Chancellor John Wallin

(00:26:00) Astrina Afterglow Archive

"ASTRINA: Afterglow Archive", はがね

(00:28:30) WipeOut

"DOH-T - Mantra Remix", CoLD SToRAGE, Mantra

(00:32:21) Neon Inferno

"Fatal Overture", Qwesta, Retroware Sound Team

(00:36:03) BIRDCAGE

"CRADLE - Stage 3", Epoch

(00:38:59) Legends of Dragaea

"Final Boss", g3ntlebreeze

(00:41:17) Once Upon a KATAMARI

"ICE CUBE SOUL", 塊魂 シリーズ SOUND TEAM, Bandai Namco Game Music

(00:45:50) maimai DX

"Remnants of Turing", Frums

(00:47:59) MORSELS

"Daisy Chain", Sam Webster

(00:50:08) Candy Crush

"Upside Down (Candy Crush)", Thundercat

(00:53:30) Where Winds Meet

"逍遙樂_清河", Where Winds Meet, Yida

(00:56:36) Duet Night Abyss

"Florescence Unmet", The Misty Corvus

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I took a week off, so please excuse the absence of some of the bangers from mid-October. I promise I'll make it up to you in November. Anyway, here's your monthly VGM mixtape with a pretty big chunk of vocal tracks, actually! Please enjoy.

Credits

(00:00:04) Eclipsium

"And over and over and…", Hudson Bikichky

(00:08:40) Etheria

"Silent Night", Chaoyue Lee

(00:10:43) Lies of P: Overture

"Lisrim", Onoken

(00:14:27) Absolum

"Green River", Gareth Coker

(00:17:28) Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land

"Freedom of This Life", Kazuki Yanagawa

(00:20:16) Dragon Sleuth Brittany

"Mike's Machine Shop X", g3ntlebreeze

(00:22:42) Battle Suit Aces

"Metropolis", insaneintherainmusic

(00:25:43) Bubsy 4D

"Bubsy 4D (Main Theme)", Fat Bard

(00:27:46) SMART PACHISLOT BABEL

"Babel Blues", Universal Sound Team

(00:29:25) DAEMON X MACHINA TITANIC SCION

"Bullet", Mitsuhiro Kitadani

(00:32:41) SULFUR

"Caves 3 / Break the Bank", Perfect Random, SPECTRE

(00:35:27) Ball x Pit

"Liminal x Desert", Amos Roddy

(00:39:22) Easy Delivery Co

"Sunset Logistics", pr0te

(00:43:30) Stellar Blade

"Don't Forget Me - Youngjee Remix", Youngjee Lee

(00:46:02) R2BEAT

"Awaken", Kimjunseo

(00:48:44) Delta Force

"SPOTLIGHT HUNTER - Delta Force x Arknights", SIENA

(00:51:34) Zenless Zone Zero

"DAMIDAMI", Sihan, HOYO-MiX

(00:54:36) AFK Journey

"Whisper Within - Isabella Theme Song", Matilda Stray, Alec Justice

(00:57:44) Hades II

"Time Belongs to Us (Crossroads Mix)", Darren Korb

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Vren! I don't know about you, but I think I'll remember Silksong's music more than the actual game — I dropped it, because it's so mean to me. Other than that, here's to another incredible month for video game music. Please enjoy this hour of pure bliss. Just know that I'm particularly proud of this one. Hope you'll like it!

Credits:

(00:00:04) Eternal Sonata

"Fact, Faith and Truth", Motoi Sakuraba

(00:04:09) Ryder

"The Gallop of the Bolthorn", Arlin Tawzer

(00:07:12) Honor of Kings

"The Brightness of Dawn", Zhang Yuhan, Laurent Courbier

(00:10:15) Hollow Knight: Silksong

"Choral Chambers", Christopher Larkin

(00:12:53) LEGO Voyagers

"One Day We Will Become Astronauts", Henrik Lindstrand

(00:17:24) Locomoto

"Marigold", R Von

(00:19:50) Toree Saturn: The Red Mix

"Cooking", Tiny Squid

(00:23:59) The Rogue Prince of Persia

"The Great Persian War", ASADI

(00:27:28) Space Adventure Cobra

"Funky Nachi", Jong

(00:30:43) Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile

"Concrete Pulse", Abigoba

(00:35:12) Fractured Core

"Uncertain Fight", bear

(00:38:44) The Finals S8

"Veni Vidi Vici 2011", Embark Studios

(00:42:13) Garena Free Fire

"I", Satta Rojanagatanyoo

(00:45:10) Valorant

"Last Shot", templuv, 347aidan

(00:48:16) Minecraft

"Labyrinthine (meganeko remix)", Lena Raine, Meganeko

(00:51:55) Heredity

"Sinistroot Shiver", Mario Sello Nuñez

(00:54:43) 7 Days

"Alone in a World Full of People I Don't Recognize", David Karapetyan

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I got (well) ahead of schedule this month, for the simple and very good reason that I’m taking a few days off this week! Don’t be too mad at me for not including any tracks from the gorgeous Sword of the Sea OST though.

Credits

(00:00:04) Monster Hunter Wilds

"Kunafa, Wildsong Village (Night)", Akiyuki Morimoto

(00:03:40) Mafia: The Old Country

"Vendettas Must End", BT

(00:08:25) Wheel World

"Ascent", Johnny Jewel

(00:13:55) Goddess of Victory: NIKKE

"Tactical", Artive Sound, 3Q4L

(00:17:44) Kaizen: A Factory Story

"Your First Factory", Matthew S Burns, Drew Messinger-Michaels, Sam Kulchin

(00:23:15) Farlight 84

"Gracias por estar", Jesus Rafael Palma Torres

(00:26:17) No Sleep for Kaname Date

"Curse", Keisuke Ito

(00:30:33) ROBLOX: REBOUND

"Where Are We?", ProjectAnzo

(00:33:43) League of Legends

"Teemo, the Swift Scout (Spirit Blossom Springs Lofi Remix)", Aarigod

(00:36:13) Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus

"The Teal Lotus Blooms - Lo-Fi Version", Bobi Meijer

(00:38:24) Dice Gambit

"De Folhas Flores", Remagic, Gonçalo Rosa, Renata Salvado

(00:41:54) SUPERLATIVE NIGHT DREAMS COTTON ROCK 'n' ROLL

"Umiharakawase STAGE", TECHNOuchi

(00:46:00) Phantom Breakers

"WiSH", Kaho Shibuya, Jamison Boaz

(00:49:42) Ninja Gaiden: RAGEBOUND

"Find Your Inner Peace", Kaori Nakabai

(00:52:42) Guns of Fury

"Abandoned Town 2", Dominic Ninmark

(00:57:08) Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Zombies "Reckoning"

"Samantha"s Soul - Leo Sartwell Remix", Brian Tuey, Leo Sartwell

(01:00:08) Warhammer 40K Darktide

"Wave Glider", Jesper Kyd

(01:04:03) Abyssus

"To'raka, King of the Abyss, Pt.1", Remi Gallego

(01:06:19) Dust Raiders

"Fuel & Fury", Ivory Tower Soundworks

(01:08:10) ARCO

"Errante", José Ramón "Bibiki" Garcia, Ainhoa Pérez Etxepare

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July wasn't as PACKED as last month, but we've been blessed with some reaaaally amazing tunes. Have you listened to Monument Valley 3, yet? Well, take a seat, put on your favorite headphones and lean back – I've got you covered.

PSA: you can now tip me on Ko-Fi if you enjoy my work. Thank you very muuuuch!

Credits

(00:00:04) Truer Than You

"At Night", Douglas Holmquist

(00:03:20) Third Crisis: Neon Nights

"Neon Rise", Anduo Games

(00:04:11) Axol's Quest

"Lake Xochi", Keegan Kaiser

(00:07:17) Monument Valley 3

"Multisable Blues", Todd Baker

(00:08:54) Fretless - The Wrath of Riffson

"Passing By", Mary Spender

(00:11:39) Hades II

"Reflection Affection", Darren Korb, Pau Figueres

(00:14:28) Ship, Inc

"Handle with Care", Mazhar Mustafaoglu

(00:18:24) StarHorse

"ホーム SHP+", Yuki Kobayashi

(00:20:51) Nanomon: Virtual Pet

"Night Breeze Beach", yoppi

(00:23:25) Boyfriend Dungeon

"Number Prize", Marskye

(00:28:23) ANTONBLAST

"Electrofunk Central… in Bomb Candy Mines", Tony Grayson

(00:30:53) ACE COMBAT

"Head First", Nobuhide Isayama, Masako Oogami

(00:32:47) Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind

"Time Cycling (Battle Bikes)", Sean Bialo

(00:35:12) Teardown

"Löckelle - The Greenwash Gambit Remix", Douglas Holmquist

(00:38:08) Sultan's Game

"Approaching Fate", Doublecross Studio, Zeta

(00:41:03) PUBG Mobile India

"Namma BATTLEGROUNDS", Varun Murali, Jackstyles, A.N.A, Devakrishna Kursingh, Sid18, Samaran Thamarai

(00:44:13) PUBG

"Dark arts", aespa

(00:47:11) R2BEAT

"Come Back", Kimjunseo

(00:49:43) Ghost of Yōtei

"Atsu's Theme (feat. Clare Uchima)", Toma Otowa

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HUGE month for video game music, for Basiscape finally decided to release a big chunk of their music on streaming platforms. You'll find a bunch of incredible music from Sakimoto and his crew on this one, but also some nice tracks from the latests games out there. Enjoy!

Tracklist:

(00:00:04) Poco

"Cave Rave", Miguel Arada, Taylor Baum

(00:05:08) Fulcrum Defender

"Fulcrum", Aaron Cherof

(00:06:59) Date Everything

"Night Theme", Garrett Williamson

(00:09:11) 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

"In the Doldrums", Rikako Watanabe

(00:14:10) Monster Train 2

"Chords of the Coven", Jordan Chin

(00:16:42) The Mystic Tower Griffon

"Match 2", Azusa Chiba

(00:20:55) Merge Mansion

"Mine over Matter", Markus Kärki

(00:22:29) Grandma No!

"Doily Hop", Fat Bard

(00:26:06) Sword of Convallaria

"The One and Only Answer", Hitoshi Sakimoto

(00:28:10) Caravan Stories

"Eastern Part of Denon Hill", Mitsuhiro Kaneda

(00:32:53) Opoona

"Concert Hall", Noriyuki Kamikura

(00:35:02) Super Flappy Golf

"World Loop", Sam Webster

(00:38:00) Capcom Fighting Collection

"None", knxwledge

(00:39:58) Deltarune Chapters 3+4

"Ruder Buster", Toby Fox

(00:41:42) Oh! Samurai Girls! S

"Love Kawakami", Azusa Chiba

(00:45:30) Muramasa Rebirth

"Mountains and Rivers B", Yoshimi Kudo

(00:47:47) Capcom Fighting Collection 2

"Gorin Dome 2K25", Yuki Iwai, Etsuko Yoneda, Setsuo Yamamoto

(00:51:28) Progress Racer RPG

"Chrome", Logan Gabriel

(00:55:35) Haneda Girl

"Section 08", Salvinsky

(00:59:38) Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

"Black Drift", Woodkid

(01:04:11) 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Remix

"Brat Overflow -Branched-", Hitoshi Sakimoto, Yoshimi Kudo

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This month didn't quite meet my expectations. Suffice to say that April set a pretty high standard in terms of quality and I didn't really expect May to follow through. Anyway, I've obviously managed to put together some MUSIC. Think of this one more as a jukebox rather than a proper mixtape, since I've struggled to make nice transitions between the tracks. I'm sure there are some tunes that you'll REALLY love in there though. Please enjoy and share!

Tracklist:

(00:00:04) SIGNALIS

"The Promise (Last Goodbye)", 1000 Eyes

(00:02:55) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

"Lumière's Opera - Nuit sur Lumière", Lorien Testard

(00:06:44) The Midnight Walk

"The Final Fire", Joel Bille

(00:08:17) Star Wars Outlaws

"Lando's Redemption", Wilbert Roget, II

(00:11:22) Skin Deep

"Nina Pasadena (Skin Deep)", Priscilla Snow

(00:14:22) Break My Case

"Camaraderie", Isamu Ohira

(00:16:29) Virtua Fighter eSports

"BRAD (VFes)", Kazuhito Shimizu

(00:19:25) Genshin Impact

"The Brisk Morning Air", Deer Suo

(00:21:32) Clannad

"Genso", Magome Togoshi

(00:24:46) Signalis

"Die Toteninsel (Shooting Stars)", 1000 Eyes

(00:27:49) Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson

"The Auxarachnid", Ola Englund

(00:29:54) Goddess of Victory NIKKE

"Struggle", NieN

(00:33:00) Doom: The Dark Ages

"What Lies Below", Finishing Move

(00:37:21) Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse

"City Streets Mambo", Jared Emerson-Johnson

(00:39:00) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

"Gestral Village - Alicia (Gestrals)", Lorien Testard

(00:42:22) ButtKnight

"Silk and Shadows", g3ntlebreeze

(00:44:22) Punkcake #23: If letters had pants…

"These Letters are Trying to Tell me Something", Pentadrangle

(00:48:25) Minecraft

"Broken Clocks", Amos Roddy

(00:51:49) Many Nights a Whisper

"Unpromised feelings", fingerspit

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Not enough space to write much, but amazing music again this month. Lots of bangers! Aaaaah, VGM!!! (I need a vacation)

Tracklist:

(00:00:04) Blue Prince

"Stories of All Manor", Trigg & Gusset

(00:02:24) LOVESICK

"Maze", Grahm Nesbitt

(00:04:33) Overlook Trail

"Aleph", Niklas Ström

(00:08:48) Wanderstop

"Forbidden Chocolate", C418

(00:12:44) Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

"Riot", Milk & Bone

(00:17:33) Blackshard

"Recursive Patterns", Alt236

(00:20:00) Aground Zero

"Down the hole to the right", Chase Bethea

(00:23:58) Cereal Reaper

"Welcome Home", Wind

(00:25:55) Promise Mascot Agency

"Sweepin' Up", Alpha Chrome Yayo

(00:28:44) Kahime Project

"Relax and Luxury", Techcross Sound Corps

(00:30:32) Assassin's Creed Shadows

"UKOMBOZI - Pt I", Thunderdrum, Tiggs Da Author

(00:33:42) Phantom Breakers

"MOVE (Maestra Japanese ver.)", Phantom Breakers

(00:36:45) Pacific Drive

"Interloper", Lozenge

(00:40:25) Death Kid

"Murder the Abomination", Piotr Kolodyński

(00:42:56) Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Zombies

"Falling To Pieces", Kevin Sherwood, Malukah, Intervals

(00:47:34) Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation

"Shut Out of Paradise", Takahashi Hiroaki

(00:50:30) Yars Rising

"Who Am I", Jason Zaffary, Laura Serafine

(00:53:02) inZoi

"Step Beyond", K. Chozen, Ashley Alisha

(00:55:59) Yars Rising

"DISCONNECTION - Club Remix", Moe Shop, YUC'e

(00:58:51) Haste

"The Earthshaker (Rain of Death)", Karl Flodin, Erik Lyding

(01:01:51) Split Fiction

"In Love", John Walden, Gustaf Grefberg, Jonatan Järpehag, Paulina Palmgren

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I might have gotten a little carried away this month! I’m dropping my longest mixtape of the season, with a solid twenty or so tracks that I absolutely love. Hope you enjoy it! Happy listening!

Tracklist:

(00:00:04) Fretless

"Settlement (Head Again Cover)", Dovetail, Rob Scallon, Davie504

(00:04:08) Wanderstop

"Earl Grey Part 2", C418

(00:06:47) NieR Re[in]carnation

"Shūu (Downpour)", 瀬尾祥太郎

(00:10:20) Wyrmhall: Brush and Banter

"Lazyday", Tancla

(00:12:29) Dancing Pandas Ranger's Path

"Welcome to the Melo-Melo Islands!", Tom Schipper

(00:15:59) Katamari Forever

"Katamari Resort Song", Hideki Tobeta

(00:20:48) LittleBigPlanet

"The Metropolis", Mat Clark

(00:25:56) World of Warcraft: The War Within - Undermined

"Out of Your Reach", Leo Kaliski

(00:28:39) South of Midnight

"PDG", Olivier Deriviere

(00:32:51) Warframe

"Alive Again", Matthew Chalmers, Francesca Hauser

(00:35:57) Star Trucker

"Me, Myself and an Open Road", Velvet Bandwagon

(00:38:40) Beautiful Katamari

"BOYFRIEND A GOGO", Keiichi Okabe, Shogo Yasukawa

(00:43:41) Honor of Kings

"StarLight", Kye Sones

(00:43:31) NieR Re[in]carnation Chill Out Arrangement

"Shinpan (Judgment)", Shun Ishiwaka

(00:53:20) Minecraft

"Memories of Dalarna", Hyper Potions

(00:56:19) Love & Terror

"Cold Sweats", Melancholy Marionette

(00:57:39) Rogue Rhythm (1, 2)

"Void 1", "Void 3", Maeror

(01:01:15) Picayune Dreams

"Extra Stage (Celestial Variant)", milkypossum

(01:03:06) R2BEAT

"Agressive Virus", TG

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