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Japan Pro Golf Tour 64 is a golf simulator developed and released by SETA and Media Factory in May of 2000 for the failed Japanese only N64 add on, the 64DD. Featuring Japanese pro golfers and official golf courses, it's a fairly conventional golf sim with the the unique distinction of being the only 64DD game playable online through the Randnet service.

The music was composed by Ken'ichiro Shinzawa (website in Japanese) a multi-talented pianist whose game scores are few, but with credits spanning almost every music medium imaginable.

The soundtrack of Japan Pro Golf Tour 64 is short and sweet, featuring the kind of mellow, jazzy, and tropical tunes you can reliably expect from a golf game.

Track List:

All music composed by Ken'ichiro Shinzawa

0:00:00 Opening Theme

0:11:13 Menu Selection

0:16:55 Course Overview

0:24:13 Liberty City (excerpt)

Originally composed by Jaco Pastorius

0:27:46 Snake Eater (Japanese version) (excerpt)

Originally composed by Norihiko Hibino from 'MGS3: Snake Eater - The First Bite' soundtrack CD

0:30:10 Tournament Exhibition

0:44:22 Spirit of a Champion

0:46:51 Becoming a Master

0:53:48 Final Score

0:55:06 Completing the Course

1:02:03 Going for Par

1:12:07 Staff Credits

Featuring excerpts from:

Liberty City

performed by Ken'ichiro Shinzawa with the Ginkgo Quintet

Original composition by Jaco Pastorius

Snake Eater (Japanese Version)

From "Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - The First Bite"

Organ performed by Ken'ichiro Shinzawa

Composed by Norihiko Hibino

Special thanks to Hard4Games for providing some of the 64DD hardware rips used in this episode.

Dangerous Seed is a vertical shooter released by Namco in arcades in 1989 and adapted by TOSE in 1990 for the Mega Drive, both released only in Japan. While not a groundbreaking shooter, it does feature an inventive tri-ship mechanic, allowing players to switch up their shot mid-game and introduces a bit of strategy in managing the three ships' health bars.

The music was originally composed by Yoshinori Nagumo and arranged by Yoshiki Nishimura, Akihito Hayashi, Yoko Shimokawa, and the mysterious Totsukurzwell of the TOSE sound team.

The episode focuses on the Mega Drive version which injects a more intense energy, with occasional forays into the more mellow arcade original. None of the musicians involved have many credits, but they all came together to create and elevate an already great soundtrack and we hope you enjoy listening as well.

Gris was developed by Nomada Studio and published by the hitmaker Devolver Digital in December of 2018 for Nintendo Switch/Mac/Windows.

Pairing with the gorgeous art by Conrad Roset is the equally beautiful and emotional soundtrack composed by Berlinist. We are joined by Gemma and Marco of Berlinist as they discuss their unique approach to music, and their close relationship with Conrad and Nomada Studio in creating the music for this game.

Berlinist is a music group based in Barcelona Spain made up of Marco Albano, Gemma Gamarra, and Luigi Gervasi. Most of the dreamy textural composition that makes up Gris was written by Marco with Gemma providing the vocals for GRIS. With sweeping dream-like textures that combine acoustic elements, orchestral instruments and mellow synths the music of Gris takes its time to convey a wide range of emotions from the delicate to the mournful. The soundtrack to GRIS and other albums by Berlinist can be purchased at their Bandcamp.

Seasons greetings! We've got a new Expansion Pack with music, both new and old, fitting of the holiday season. With bright synths, bells and occasionally familiar melodies join us as we get ready to ring in the new year.

Illusion City is a cyberpunk JRPG from Microcabin, originally released for the MSX Turbo R in 1991, only in Japan. It was later ported to a number of other systems including the PC98, X68000 and Mega CD over the next few years. The game mechanics are fairly traditional RPG fare of the era, but the graphics, animations and music are top notch and really stand out for the hardware.

The soundtrack was composed by three Microcabin veterans: Tadahiro Nitta, Yukiharu Urita, and Yasufumi Fukuda all of whom went on to compose for a number of other titles. The Mega CD port was handled by AISYSTEM TOKYO with some additional redbook audio tracks composed and arranged by Hirokazu Oota.

Micro Maniacs is an isometric racing game (based on the Micro Machines franchise) for the Game Boy Color, released only in the UK and Australia in 2001. This offshoot originally began on the PlayStation, by Codemasters, but given the popularity of Nintendo's handhelds, it ended up making a transition to the portable market shortly after.

For the Game Boy Color adaptation, Codemasters had less of their hand in its development. This time it was published by THQ and development was subcontracted out to a small group called Hyperion Studios. THQ also found a composer to do the music, a mysterious contractor known as MESSY STUDIOS.

Developed by Tendershoot and A Jolly Corpse and published by Devolver Digital in 2015, Dropsy: A Point and Click Hugventure is the story of one clown's journey to make the world a better place. Take a mellow journey through various locales with your animal buddies and a fittingly chilled out soundtrack.

We're thrilled to have both the creator Jay Tholen and lead composer Chris Schlarb join us for a lively discussion about this surprisingly genuine story and talk about our shared love of 90s adventure games.

The Dropsy Soundtrack

composed by Chris Schlarb

Dropsy: Eternal Hug EP

composed by Jay Tholen, contains additional tracks in the game

For more info, check out the website: pixelatedaudio.com/dropsy

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Another year, another MAGWest, the West Coast Music and Gaming Festival (MAGFest) in Santa Clara, California (August 10-12, 2018).

This time we're joined by a whole slew of performers from this year and last year as they talk about their childhood gaming experiences and some of the ways that gaming and VGM shaped their lives as performers.

MAGWest keeps bringing it with the bands, games and an awesome community of VGM fans. The audio quality isn't perfect (especially in the beginning. Sorry Michaela!) but everyone in the panel had a lot of fun!

Guest list:

Runaway Four, E.N.Cowell, Vector Hold, B/I/R/T/H/D/A/Y, LEX The Lexicon Artist, Tetrimino

We begin a new chapter of Pixelated Audio with our first solo show, and our first tribute episode, this time honoring Manabu Saito. Saito was a prolific composer for System Sacom from 1987 to 1991, composing and arranging the music for over 15 games.

You may have heard his music in Yuurei-kun on Episode 91, but this time we take a deeper dive over his entire career. Listen to Saito's growth as a composer over four years and 25 songs in a wide range of styles.

Of course, check the website for full show notes with all the tracks we played.

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The first Crash title debuted in September of 1996 on the Sony PlayStation and became an almost instant success, spawning numerous sequels and additions over the years. Although it was never official, Crash was the PlayStation's first mascot, and helped build Sony's console brand to become a household name the world over.

Join us as we chat about the original trilogy; Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Bandicoot: Warped with none other than series composer Josh Mancell in our milestone 100th episode!

Crash Bandicoot (1996)

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (1997)

Crash Bandicoot: Warped (1998)

Developed by Naughty Dog

Published by Sony Computer Entertainment

Composed by Josh Mancell