These are more songs that have come to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and they’re all out of bubblegum.

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m on Mastodon at @[email protected], and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. 

If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other VGM podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get every single show.

Since you enjoyed this episode, why not go back and listen to the original Playing With Power episode that I did way back in March of 2023? You can find it at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-mnyub-13a568f

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:06 - U.N. Squadron (SNES) - Introduction (composer: Mari Yamaguchi, Toshio Kajino, and Yasushi Ikeda)

01:19 - Talk Segment 1

04:56 - Command & Conquer (PC) - Act on Instinct (composer: Frank Klepacki)

07:47 - Advance Wars: Dual Strike (DS) - Power! (composers: Taishi Senda and Yoshito Hirano)

08:37 - Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Arcade) - Last Duel (Story Demo 3) (composer: Isao Abe)

09:40 - Quake II (PC) - Operation Overlord (composer: Sascha Dikiciyan)

13:09 - Shin Megami Tensei (Super Famicom) - Level Up (composer: Tsukasa Masuko)

14:18 - Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished (PC-88) - Chase of Shadow (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

15:28 - Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360) - Howl of the Departed (composer: Nobuo Uematsu / lyrics:

Hironobu Sakaguchi)

20:22 - Talk Segment 2

22:59 - Guilty Gear XX (Arcade / PS2) - Awe of She ~Dizzy’s Theme~ (composer: Daisuke Ishwatari)

26:05 - Persona 5 Strikers (multiplatform) - Daredevil (composer: Gota Masuoka / lyrics: Jasmine Webb / vocals: Lyn)

30:56 - Metal Slug 3 (Neo Geo) - Kiss in the Dark (composers: Takushi Hiyamuta, Yoshihiko Wada, Masato Horiuchi, Q_JIROU, and Maiko Iuchi)

33:19 - Contra (Arcade) - Maze Fortress 1 (composer: Kazuki Muraoka)

34:52 - Final Fantasy V Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Battle at the Big Bridge (composer: Nobuo Uematsu / arrangers: Yuko Komiyama and Hidenori Miyanaga)

37:54 - Talk Segment 3

41:53 - Persona 3 (PS2) - Burn My Dread -Last Battle- (composer: Shoji Meguro / lyrics: Reiko Tanaka / vocals: Yumi Kawamura and Lotus Juice)

45:38 - Shining Force (Genesis) - Darksol Battle (composer: Masahiko Yoshimura)

46:45 - Final Fight 3 (SNES) - Chinese Takeout (composer: Katsunari Kitajima)

49:05 - King of Fighters XI (Arcade) - Queen (composer: Hideki Asanaka)

52:10 - Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster - Dancing Mad (Act 4) (composer: Nobuo Uematsu / arranger: Yuko Komiyama)

58:18 - Outro Talk Segment

1:00:24 - Garou: Mark of the Wolves (Neo Geo) - Spread the Wings (composers: Akihiro Uchida, Masato Horiuchi, and Yasuhiro Naka)

This the episode, now to hear the strange songs. New time for your listening with Professor Tom.

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m on Mastodon at @[email protected], and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. 

If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other VGM podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get every single show.

During the show, I mentioned Sega composer Takenobu Mitsuyoshi’s infectiously happy performance of the Daytona USA songs. You can see some videos of him in action at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J9ffRgADRU and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nskok6WhqeI. 

Also during the show, I mentioned the Four Job Fiesta summer event that sees people play through Final Fantasy V with randomly-assigned jobs. You can check it out at https://www.fourjobfiesta.com/ and let me know how your playthrough goes. 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:06 - Fire Emblem Fates (3DS) - Left to Heaven (composers: Renka, Maiko Sugiyama, Miho Komatsu, Mei Mishina, Yumiko Morooka, and Aya Hoashi)

01:07 - Talk Segment 1

05:07 - We Love Katamari (PS2) - Katamari on the Swing (composers: Yuu Miyake and Yoshihito Yano)

09:47 - TOBAL No. 1 (PSX) - Toridon!! (composer: Yasuhiro Kawakami)

13:09 - Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Techno de Chocobo (composers: Nobuo Uematsu with Hirosato Noda)

16:05 - Unlimited SaGa - Tale on a Hilltop (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)

16:41 - X-Men (arcade) - Fake Dance (Name Entry) (composers: Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, A. Hashimoto)

18:17 - Talk Segment 2

22:56 - LocoRoco - Title Song 6 (composer: Noboyuki Shimizu / lyrics: Tsutomu Kouno)

25:33 - Blue Dragon (Xbox 360) - Mysterious Village (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

27:16 - Daytona USA (Arcade) - Pounding Pavement (composer: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)

30:55 - Earthbound (SNES) - Battle Against a Weird Opponent (composers: Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka)

32:19 - Xenogears (PSX) - Solaris ~ Eden of Heaven (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda)

35:46 - Final Fantasy V - Critter Tripper Fritter (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

37:11 - Jack Bros. (Virtual Boy) - Opening (composer: Hiroyuki Yanada)

37:54 - Outro Talk Segment

40:36 - Persona 4 Dancing All Night - Shadow World (DE DE MOUSE shadow swing mix) (composer: Shoji Meguro; remixed by DE DE MOUSE)

It’s time to take a break with another Chilly McFreeze episode full of calm, relaxing VGM.

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m on Mastodon at @[email protected], and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. 

During the show, I mentioned my two golf episodes. The very first episode of the show was golf-themed, and you can find it at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-q4vfa-118a75b. You can find my follow-up at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-xdsk9-1674ae3, and listening to both of them together is a good way to hear how I’ve grown as a podcaster with time and experience and also a slightly nicer microphone. 

I also mentioned composer Garoad during the third block. He’s been featured multiple times on the show, and you can find his work on his Bandcamp page at https://garoad.bandcamp.com/ or on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@garoadmusic. Check him out! 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:06 - Pokemon Black & White (DS) - Nuvema Town (composer: Shota Kageyama)

01:47 - Talk Segment 1

05:08 - Final Fantasy X (PS2) - Auron’s Theme (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

07:50 - Pebble Beach: The Great Shot (Arcade) - Track 27 (composer: unknown)

09:35 - Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly (multiplatform) - Need To Go Home (composer: Andrew Jeremy)

15:30 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (DS) - Crystal Cave (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, and Yoshihiro Maeda)

18:38 - Persona 5 (multiplatform) - Have A Short Rest (composer: Shoji Meguro)

20:46 - SaGa Frontier 2 (PSX) - Naturvolk (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)

22:52 - Talk Segment 2

25:09 - Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii) - Everyday Life (composer:  Manami Kiyota)

27:42 - Fantasian (iOS) - World Map (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

33:19 - Final Fantasy XV (multiplatform) - In Dreams (composer: Yoko Shimomura)

36:46 - Last Bible III (Super Famicom) - Val Ship (composer: Hiroyuki Yanada)

39:55 - VA-11 Hall-A (multIplatform) - Spirit Potion (composer: David Nyman)

43:20 - Talk Segment 3

46:51 - Chrono Cross (PSX) - Home Guldove (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda)

51:00 - Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360) - What You Are (Guitar Version) (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

53:59 - Yuppie Psycho (PC) - Meet and Greet (composer: Garoad)

58:12 - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - A Fleeting Respite (composer: Michiru Yamane)

1:02:11 - Persona Q2 (3DS) - Puzzling (composer: Atsushi Kitajoh)

1:04:42 - Outro Talk Segment

1:06:31 - Plants vs Zombies (multiplatform) - Zen Garden (composer: Laura Shigihara)

It’s time to get back in the groove with another collection of funky jams!

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com. 

If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @[email protected], my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. 

If you liked this episode, and you want to check out my first Catch a Groove episode, you can find it at https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-29-catch-a-groove/. 

During the show, I mentioned the Lotus games. You can find my deep dives into those soundtracks (and the soundtracks of the Top Gear games, their spiritual successors) at https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-30-add-three-mana/ and https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-31-add-three-more-mana/

I also mentioned my Super Smart Songs episode while I was talking about Last Bible II, and you can find it at https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-46-super-smart-songs/ 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Robocop 3 (C64) - Stage 5 (composer: Jeroen Tel)

00:40 - Talk Segment 1

04:07 - Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Mega Drive) - Stage 2-2 (Giant Desert) (composer: Aki Hata)

06:37 - Bomberman II (NES) - Area 6 (composers: Jun Chikuma, Hitoshi Okuno, Osamu Narita)

08:31 - ToeJam and Earl in Panic on Funkotron (Genesis) - Mellow Groove (composer: John Baker)

10:20 - Burning Force (Genesis) - Aero Space (3rd Day) (composer: Yoshinori Kawamoto)

11:34 - Redline F-1 Racer (SNES) - Setting (composer: Katsuhiro Hayashi)

12:27 - Cosmic Carnage (32X) - Zena Lan’s Stage (composer: Hikoshi Hashimoto)

14:44 - Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (3DS) - Strange School (composer: Atsushi Kitajoh)

17:03 - Galactic Pinball (Virtual Boy) - Gunpei’s Voyage (composers: Kenji Yamamoto and Masaru Tajima)

19:43 - Talk Segment 2

22:37 - Pictionary (NES) - Title Screen Theme (composer: Tim Follin)

24:09 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (SNES) - Neon Night Riders (composers: Mutsuhiko Izumi, Kazuhiko Uehara, and Harumi Ueko)

25:37 - Last Bible II (Game Boy Color) - BGM 11 (composers: Iwao Mitsunaga and Hiroyuki Yanada)

28:37 - Danganronpa 2 - Sugu Ikoroshia (PSP / Vita) (composer: Masafumi Takada)

31:13 - Base Wars (NES) - Game Theme (Play Ball) (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Tomoko Sumiyama)

34:37 - Zero 4 Champ RR (Super Famicom) - Movement (composers: Katsuhiro Hayashi, Jouji Iijima)

36:40 - Streets of Rage 4 (multiplatform) - 25 Years Ago (composer: Olivier Deriviere)

38:55 - Talk Segment 3

42:23 - Doomsday Warrior (SNES) - Fatty Bomber (P-Lumb) (composer: Junta)

46:03 - Super Mario RPG (SNES) - And My Name's Booster (composer: Yoko Shimomura)

48:02 - Jaguar XJ220 (Amiga) - Speed Storm (composer: Martin Iveson)

50:05 - The Flash (Sega Master System) - At Peace in the Park (composer: Jeroen Tel)

53:05 - Al Unser Jr’s Turbo Racing (NES) - Circuit Qualify (composers: Shōgo Sakai, Takafumi Miura, Masaaki Iwasaki, and Yuji Suzuki)

54:51 - Streets of Rage (Genesis) - Violent Breathing (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

56:42 - Outro Talk Segment

58:49 - M.C. Kids (NES) - Level 04 Mountain View (composer: Charles Deenen)

Take a quest with these songs.

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com. 

If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @[email protected], my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360) - Neverending Journey (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

02:48 - Talk Segment 1

05:55 - Dragon Quest IV (NES) - The Warrior Conquers Alone (Ragnar) (composer: Koichi Sugiyama)

07:30 - Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream (Dreamcast) - Flower of Yesterday’s (short) (composer: Yoko Kanno)

08:06 - Romancing SaGa 3 (Super Famicom) - Insufferable Desert (composer: Kenji Ito)

09:56 - True Swing Golf (DS) - BGM01_03 (composer: Katsumi Yokokawa)

12:51 - Hyper Iria (Super Famicom) - Forest (composers: Kiyotaka Sato, Shintaro Hirakawa, and Nobuhiro Makino)

15:34 - Blaster Master (NES) - Area 5 (composer: Naoki Kodaka)

17:25 - Super Black Bass 3 (Super Famicom) - Track 05 (composers: Michiya Hirasawa and Tsukushi Sasaki)

18:52 - Final Fantasy IV (SNES) - The Sea of Silence (Unreleased Track) (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

21:13 - Talk Segment 2

23:28 - Final Fantasy III (DS) - Eternal Wind (composer: Nobuo Uematsu; arrangers: Tsuyoshi Sekito and Keiji Kawamori)

25:47 - Legend of Mana (PSX) - To the Sea (composer: Yoko Shimomura)

28:31 - Live A Live (Super Famicom) - Wait for Truth (composer: Yoko Shimomura)

30:18 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - Labyrinth of Darkness (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)

32:12 - Radical Dreamers (Super Famicom) - Under the Moonlight (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda)

36:12 - Dragon Quest V (Super Famicom) - Traveling Alone (composer: Koichi Sugiyama)

38:18 - Dual Orb II (Super Famicom) - Cassius’ Flute (composers: Nobuyuki Hara and Yu Yoshida)

39:02 - Talk Segment 3

42:38 - Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Searching for Friends (composer: Nobuo Uematsu; arrangers: Hidenori Miyanaga, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Kataoka, Yuko Komiyama, Daisuke Shiiba, Ryoue Takagi, Eri Tsunemoto, Kento Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, and Masaya Tsunemoto)

47:02 - Darius II (arcade) - Muse Valley (composer: Hisayoshi Ogura)

50:51 - Xenogears (PSX) - Dazil ~ City of Burning Sands (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda)

53:50 - Octopath Traveler (multiplatform) - Primrose, the Dancer (composer: Yasunori Nishiki)

56:31 - Phantasy Star II (Genesis) - Silent Zone (composer: Tokuhiko Uwabo)

58:13 - Bahamut Senki (Mega Drive) - Intruders (composer: Keisuke Tsukahara)

59:52 - Outro Talk Segment

1:01:49 - Last Bible III (Super Famicom) - Shark Ship (composer: Hiroyuki Yanada)

Not quite three years ago, after listening to a lot of VGM podcasts, I decided to make my own game music podcast, with blackjack and hookers. For my fiftieth episode, I’m leaning into the “blackjack and hookers” theme by featuring a variety of songs about gambling!

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com. 

If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @[email protected], my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:06 - Final Fantasy VII (PS1) - Gold Saucer (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

02:04 - Talk Segment 1

08:49 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis) - Casino Night Zone (composer: Masato Nakamura)

10:58 - SaGa Frontier (PS1) - Baccarat (composer: Kenji Ito)

12:53 - Dragon Quest IV (NES) - Casino Rag (composer: Koichi Sugiyama)

14:22 - Persona 5 (PS4) - The Whims of Fate (composer: Shoji Meguro)

17:33 - Side Pocket (Genesis) - Las Vegas (composers: Emi Shimizu, Masaaki Iwasaki)

20:25 - HuniePop 2: Double Date (PC) - Casino (composer: Jonathan Wandag)

22:43 - Emerald Dragon (Super Famicom) - Casino (composer: Hirohiko Fukuda)

24:27 - Talk Segment 2

30:34 - Dual Orb (Super Famicom) - Casino (composers: Nobuyuki Hara and Yu Yoshida)

32:07 - Vegas Stakes (SNES) - The Hideaway (composer: Kimitaka Matsumae)

32:57 - Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow (Game Boy) - Casino (composer: Junichi Masuda)

35:57 - Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (SNES) - Casino (composer: Yasunori Shiono)

40:56 - Caesars Palace (Genesis) - Casino Theme (composers: Tommy Tallarico and Steve Henifin)

42:11 - Casino Kid (NES) - Casino Floor (composer: Toshio Murai)

43:19 - SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters’ Clash (Neo Geo Pocket Color) - It’s Las Vegas (Las Vegas 1) (composers: Takushi Hiyamuta, Mitsuo, and Miwa)

44:20 - Shin Megami Tensei II (Super Famicom) - Casino (composer: Tsukasa Masuko)

45:29 - Talk Segment 3

52:00 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - Blackjack (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

55:04 - Dragon Quest V (Super Famicom) - Gambling Fever (composer: Koichi Sugiyama)

56:04 - High Stakes Gambling (Game Boy) - Main Theme (composer: Paul Webb)

57:36 - HuniePop (PC) - Gold Falls Casino (composer: Jonathan Wandag)

59:31 - Golden Sun: The Lost Age (Game Boy Advance) - The Lucky Slots (composer: Motoi Sakuraba)

1:01:22 - SNK vs Capcom: Card Fighters DS (DS) - Rare Music Casino Style (composers: Masashi Sugiyama and Kazuyuki Fujita)

1:02:30 - Side Pocket (SNES) - Las Vegas (composer: Fox Productions)

1:03:54 - Sonic Advance (Game Boy Advance) - Casino Paradise Zone (Act 1) (composers: Tatsuyuki Maeda, Yutaka Minobe, Hironobu Inagaki, and Atsuyoshi Isemura)

1:06:59 - Outro Talk Segment

1:11:04 - Casino Games (Sega Master System) - Ending (composer: unknown)

These are songs that transport you to a strange and unfamiliar realm, surrounded by ethereal beauty. 

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com. 

• LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h 

• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. 

If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @[email protected], my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:06 - Crusader of Centy (Genesis) - Fortuneteller (composer: Motokazu Shinoda)

02:20 - Talk Segment 1

04:33 - Black Bird (PC98) - Impact (composer: Unknown)

08:17 - Tetris Attack (SNES) - Lunar Stage (composer: Masaya Kuzume)

11:11 - Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Floating Castle (composers/arrangers: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, Masaya Tsunemoto)

13:41 - Darius Gaiden (Arcade) - Refrain (composer: Hisayoshi Ogura) 

15:14 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - Labyrinth of Darkness (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)

17:07 - Golden Sun: The Lost Age (GBA) - Ankohi Ruins (composer: Motoi Sakuraba)

19:18 - Talk Segment 2

21:11 - Seiken Densetsu 3 (Super Famicom) - Fable (composer: Hiroki Kikuta)

24:53 - Emerald Dragon (Super Famicom) - Deserted (composer: Hirohiko Fukuda)

26:17 - Shin Megami Tensei (Super Famicom) - Castle of the Four Gods (composer: Tsukasa Maskuo)

29:16 - Bravely Default (3DS) - Silence of the Forest (composer: Revo)

33:41 - Dragon Quest V (Super Famicom) - Trouble at Night (composer: Koichi Sugiyama)

35:50 - Talk Segment 3

37:39 - Uncharted Waters New Horizons (SNES) - Moslem Dance (composer: Yoko Kanno)

39:05 - Final Fantasy X (PS2) - Darkness (composer: Junya Nakano)

43:30 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - Labyrinth of Dragons (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)

47:30 - Last Bible III (Super Famicom) - Battle Arena (composer: Yanda)

49:11 - Seiken Densetsu 3 (Super Famicom) - Different Road (composer: Hiroki Kikuta)

53:50 - Outro Talk Segment

55:42 - Famicom Tantei Club (Famicom) - Legend (composers: Kenji Yamamoto)

We’re heading back to the course for another episode all about golf game music!

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com. 

• LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h 

• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. 

If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @[email protected], my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Chi Chi’s Pro Challenge Golf (Genesis) - Track 13 (composer: Masahito Miyamoto)

01:32 - Talk Segment 1

03:40 - Ganbare! Golf Boys (TG16) - Away Back (composer: Atsuhiro Motoyama)

05:46 - Ganbare! Golf Boys (TG16) - Through the Green (compuser: Atsuhiro Motoyama)

08:06 - True Swing Golf (DS) - Menu 04 (composer: Katsumi Yokokawa)

10:25 - True Swing Golf (DS) - BGM 02 (composer: Katsumi Yokokawa)

13:24 - Golf (Virtual Boy) - Main Menu (composer: Ken Kojima)

15:16 - New 3D Golf Simulation: Devil's Course (Genesis) - Hole Overview (composer: Yumi Kinoshita, Shigekazu Kamaki, Yusaburo Shimojyo, Shunsuke Minomiya, and Akira Tamada)

17:06 - Talk Segment 2

18:42 - Pebble Beach Golf Links (Saturn) - Course BGM 1 (composer: Yumi Satake)

22:32 - Pebble Beach Golf Links (Saturn) - Course BGM 2 (composer: Yumi Satake)

26:06 - Hole in One Golf (Game Boy) - BGM 06 (composer: Iku Mizutani)

27:51 - Power Golf (TG16) - Title Screen (composer: Daisuke Inoue)

29:04 - Power Golf (TG16) - Menu (composer: Daisuke Inoue)

30:29 - Dynamic Country Club (Arcade) - Main BGM 2 (composer: M.A)

33:31 - Talk Segment 3

36:26 - Pebble Beach: The Great Shot (Arcade) - Course BGM 1 (composer: unknown)

37:17 - Pebble Beach: The Great Shot (Arcade) - Course BGM 2 (composer: unknown)

39:10 - Super Masters (Arcade) - BGM 3 (composer: Tohru Nakabayashi)

42:02 - Harukanaru Augusta (Genesis) - Title Screen (composers: Yumi Kinoshita, Hiroshi Morita, Shigekazu Kamaki, and Yusaburo Shimojyo)

42:43 - Harukanaru Augusta (Genesis) - BGM 2 (composers: Yumi Kinoshita, Hiroshi Morita, Shigekazu Kamaki, and Yusaburo Shimojyo)

45:26 - Battle Golfer Yui (Genesis) - Golf Ole! (composers: K. Nakayama, Kentakun.yada!, Kei Maruyama, Masayuki Nagao)

47:24 - Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf (NES) - Track 27 (composer: Lee Aram)

48:43 - BS Golf Daisuke O.B. Club - Office Course  (composers: Masaya Sound Team)

50:21 - Outro Talk Segment

52:27 - Redline F-1 Racer (SNES) - Title (composer: Katsuhiro Hayashi)

Once again, it’s time for Masters of VGM! This year, we’re honoring female, trans, and genderqueer composers working in VGM, and I’ve got a batch of six honorees and two honorable mentions for you. 

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com. 

• LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h 

• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. 

If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @[email protected], my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:04 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Marble Gallery (composer: Michiru Yamane)

01:28 - Talk Segment 1: Michiru Yamane

03:09 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX / Saturn) - Dracula’s Castle (composer: Michiru Yamane)

05:00 - Skullgirls (multiplatform) - Moonlit Melee (composer: Michiru Yamane)

11:06 - Talk Segment 2: Yumi Satake (aka Yumi Kinoshita)

12:10 - True Golf Classics Waialae Country Club (SNES) - Title Screen (composer: Yumi Kinoshita)

15:41 - Wicked 18 (SNES) - Course 1 (composers: Yumi Kinoshita, Shigekazu Kamaki, and Yuzaburo Shimojo)

18:13 - Talk Segment 3: Manami Matsumae 

19:23 - Mega Man (NES) - Cut Man (composer: Manami Matsumae)

20:43 - Shovel Knight (multiplatform) - A Thousand Leagues Below (Iron Whale) (composer: Manami Matsumae)

24:20 - Talk Segment 4: Yoko Shimomura

25:28 - Super Mario RPG (SNES) - Bowser’s Castle (Second Time) (composer: Yoko Shimomura)

28:11 - Final Fantasy XV (multiplatform) - Valse di Fantastica (composer: Yoko Shimomura)

31:50 - Talk Segment 5: Soyo Oka

32:32 - Sim City (SNES) - Metropolis (composer: Soyo Oka)

34:21 - Pilotwings (SNES) - Rocketbelt (composer: Soyo Oka)

36:01 - Talk Segment 6: Yuki Iwai

37:12 - Mega Man X2 (SNES) - Sinister Gleam (composer: Yuki Iwai)

38:40 - Street Fighter III: New Generation (arcade) - Tomboy ~Stage Africa~ (composer: Yuki Iwai)

40:32 - Talk Segment 7: Megan McDuffee (honorable mention)

41:15 - River City Girls (multiplatform) - Unseen (composer: Megan McDuffee)

45:20 - Talk Segment 8: Yoko Kanno (honorable mention)

45:57 - Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream (Dreamcast) - A Stroll (composer: Yoko Kanno)

47:44 - Outro Talk Segment

49:19 - Live A Live (Super Famicom) - Megalomania (composer: Yoko Shimomura)

I kept writing down “smart” as an adjective for songs I wanted to play on the show, and I eventually got enough smart tracks that they became their own episode. Listen and watch your IQ go up!

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com. 

• LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h 

• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. 

If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @[email protected], my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Super Black Bass 3 (Super Famicom) - Track 14 (composers: Michiya Hirasawa and Tsukushi Sasaki)

00:55 - Talk Segment 1

02:27 - Boomerang Fu (multiplatform)- Spilt Milk (composer: Paul Kopetko featuring Zorsy and Maryske)

06:34 - Persona 3 (PS2) - During the Test (composer: Shoji Meguro)

08:27 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform) - Out of Orbit (composer: Garoad)

11:41 - Planet Puzzle League (DS) - Engimatology (Background Theme #8) (composer: Masanobu Matsunaga)

16:20 - Talk Segment 2

17:55 - Redline F-1 Racer (SNES) - Staff Roll (composer: Katsuhiro Hayashi)

19:10 - Last Bible II (Game Boy Color)  - BGM 18 (composers: Iwao Mitsunaga and Hiroyuki Yanada)

20:41 - SaGa Frontier 2 (PSX) - Feldschlacht I (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)

26:09 - Persona 5 (multiplatform) - Life Goes On (composer: Shoji Meguro)

28:36 - Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All (DS) - Search ~ Opening 2002 (composer: Naoto Tanaka)

30:02 - Talk Segment 3

32:46 - Side Pocket (Game Boy) - BGM 02 (composer: Yusuke Takahama)

34:26 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Book 2: Train (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Kinuyo Yamashita)

36:21 - Doomsday Warrior (SNES) - Liquid Creature (LC-38X) (composer: Junta)

40:07 - Galaxy Force II (arcade) - Alone Fighter (Scene D - Level 4) (composers: Katsuhiro Hayashi and Kouichi Namaki)

42:53 - Street Fighter III: Second Impact (arcade) - ESCAPE (composer: Hideki Okugawa)

47:45 - Outro Talk Segment

49:40 - Super Baseball 2020 (SNES) - Managerial Menu (composers: Junichi Kuramochi and Hiroo Ikeda)