We’re back to the vibe zone with another episode full of cool, groovy hangout music. Make yourself a good drink and enjoy this one.

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. 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. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on Spotify and FGC Radio.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2 - Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon (PS2) - Everyday Detective Agency (composer: Shoji Meguro)

01:11 - Talk Segment 1

04:10 - Persona 3 Portable (PSP) - A Way of Life (composer: Shoji Meguro)

06:26 - Emerald Dragon (Super Famicom) - Caverns and Forests (composer: Yasuhiko Fukuda)

10:00 - San Francisco Rush 2049 (N64) - Night (composer: Barry Leitch)

14:43 - Pictionary (NES) - Move Piece (composer: Tim Follin)

16:10 - Galactic Pinball (Virtual Boy) - Alien (composers: Kenji Yamamoto, Masaru Tajima)

18:50 - Talk Segment 2

22:47 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (NES) - City Park (composer: David Wise) 

22:54 - Milon’s Secret Castle (NES) - Outside Castle (composer: Takeaki Kunimoto)

26:30 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - Main Menu (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)

28:30 - City Hunter (TG16) - Mission 1: Gone with the Beauty (composer: Masashi Kageyama)

30:12 - King of Fighters XI (PS2) - Arashi no Saxophone ~KOF XI~ (composer: Masahiko Hataya; arranged by Koji Takata, Masuo Okumura, and Masanori Kuki)

33:19 - R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 (PSX) - PEARL BLUE SOUL (composer: Hiroshi Okubo)

36:45 - Talk Segment 3

40:52 - 1943 Kai (PC Engine) - Air Battle B (Round 2, 5) (composers: Kumi Yamaga, Tamayo Kawamoto, Harumi Fujita, Junko Tamiya, Manami Matsumae, Takashi Tateishi, and Hiroshige Tonomura; arranged for the PC Engine by Hisashi Matsushita and Daisuke Morishima)

43:08 - Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge (NES) - 05 (composer: Neil Baldwin)

46:05 - Persona 5 Strikers (Multiplatform) - Vacation (composer: Atsushi Kitajoh)

48:31 - Streets of Rage (Genesis) - Beatnik on the Ship (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

52:47 - Black Bird: Toritachi no Tooboe (PC-98) - Explorers (composer: unknown)

55:07 - Outro Talk Segment

57:22 - Cyber Police ESWAT (Arcade) - Ending (composer: Yasuhiro Kawakami)

Take to the gritty streets of the urban jungle to seek revenge in this episode full of tough street sounds. 

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. For now, you can also find me on Threads 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. 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. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on Spotify and FGC Radio.

Speaking of Spotify, if you’re listening there, 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 game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave.

I mentioned the DefunctGames.com review of Putter Golf during the show, and you can read it for yourself at http://www.defunctgames.com/review/1366/putter-golf.

To hear a different, much nicer version of the sounds of the city, check out my long-ago episode “Welcome to Metro City” at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-e9upv-12c2d4d. 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Chase H.Q. (Arcade) - New York (composer: Takami Asano)

01:08 - Talk Segment 1

04:58 - Capcom vs SNK (arcade) - Stage of Final Fight - Needle (composer: Satoshi Ise)

07:28 - Putter Golf (Genesis) - BGM 1 (composer: E. Fugu)

09:10 - Scramble Spirits (Arcade) - BGM 2 (composers: Toru Nakabayashi and Yasuhiro Kawakami)

12:13 - Moto Roader II (PC Engine) - Menu (composer: Opus)

13:06 - Final Fight (Arcade) - Metro City Subway (composers: Junko Tamiya)

15:06 - Journey to Silius (NES) - Stage Theme 03 (composer: Naoki Kodaka)

16:55 - Streets of Rage 3 (Genesis) - Dub Slash (Round 2-1) (composer: Motohiro Kawashima)

20:30 - Talk Segment 2

24:16 - Power Drift (Arcade) - Adjustment Mind (D Course) (composer: Hiroshi Kawaguchi)

26:23 - Comix Zone (Genesis) - Episode 2, Page 1-2 (composer: Howard Drossin)

28:01 - Cyber Police ESWAT (Arcade) - BGM 01 (Stages 1-4-7-10-13) (composer: Yasuhiro Kawakami)

29:40 - ATP Tour Championship Tennis (Genesis) - Bracket Results (composer: Hikoshi Hashimoto)

31:26 - Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (Genesis) - Ninja Soul (composers: Masayuki Nagao, Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama)

35:41 - Final Fight 2 (SNES) - Creeping Weeping (composers: Yasuaki Fujita, Mari Yamaguchi, Yuki Iwai, Setsuo Yamamoto, Yūko Takehara, and Tatsuya Nishimura)

37:07 - Lam-Mal (x68000) - Town B (composers: Hideaki Takashita and Ryu Takami)

37:57 - Night Striker (Arcade) - Boss 1 (composer: Masahiko Takaki)

39:09 - Talk Segment 3

44:45 - Final Fight 3 (SNES) - Law and Disorder (composer: Katsunari Kitajima)

46:15 - The Dark Spire (DS) - 1st Floor Underground (Classic) (composer: Kenichi Arakawa)

47:48 - Abadox (NES) - Stage 1, 4, 6 (composer: Kiyohiro Sada)

49:28 - Myth: History in the Making (C64) - Loading Tune (composer: Jeroen Tel)

50:30 - Black Bird: Toritachi no Tooboe (PC-98) - Striker (composer: unknown)

53:41 - Alien Syndrome (Arcade) - Unknown 03 (composer: Tohru Nakabayashi)

58:00 - Ninja Five-O (GBA) - Enemy Base (composers: Aya Tanaka and Hiroyuki Tsuboguchi)

59:57 - Mario’s Super Picross (Super Famicom) - Unused Song 2 (composer: Toshiyuki Ueno)

1:00:30 - ATP Tour Championship Tennis (Genesis) - Sound Test No. 5 (composer: Hikoshi Hashimoto)

1:01:24 - Outro Talk Segment

1:03:58 - Streets of Rage 4 (multiplatform) - Main Theme of Streets of Rage 4 (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

It’s an exciting hour of competition and fabulous prizes as we check out four games with great soundtracks! Come on down!

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. For now, you can also find me on Facebook, Threads, 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. 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. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on Spotify and FGC Radio.

Speaking of Spotify, if you’re listening there, 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 game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - The Price is Right (DS) - Come On Down (composer: Edd Kalehoff)

00:55 - Intro Talk Segment: The Shinri Game 2

04:40 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - Title Screen (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)

06:58 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - In-game BGM 3 (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)

09:28 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - In-game BGM 4 (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)

12:22 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - In-game BGM 6 (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)

15:10 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - In-game BGM 7 (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)

16:31 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - In-game BGM 10 (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)

18:39 - Talk Segment: Esper Dream 2

22:10 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Name Entry (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

22:50 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Toaru Library (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

23:29 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Books 1 & 5 -  Town (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

24:37 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Item Shop (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

25:16 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Book 1 - Underwater (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

26:17 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Area Clear (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

26:56 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Book 2 - Rikki on Train (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

27:52 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Book 2 - Express Train (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

28:28 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Book 4 - Lava Area (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

29:42 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Book 5 - Mount Crystal (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

30:53 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Ending - Credits  (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)

33:01 - Talk Segment: Energy Breaker

36:30 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - The Flowers Have Bloomed (composer: Yasunori Shiono)

37:31 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - The Sky’s Brilliance (composer: Yasunori Shiono)

39:25 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - Scientist’s Waltz (composer: Yuusei Yamamoto)

41:05 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - The Guiding Fortuneteller (composer: Yukio Nakajima)

42:16 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - Golden-Colored Wind (composer: Yukio Nakajima)

43:40 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - Heroes’ Adventure (composer: Yukio Nakajima)

45:01 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - To the Blue Horizon (composer: Yukio Nakajima)

46:48 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - The Prayer Bells Do Not Toll (composer: Yukio Nakajima)

48:28 - Talk Segment: Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa

52:34 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - A Rattle Samba (main BGM)

54:02 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - Boss Battle

54:51 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - Sweat on the Beat (Worlds 1-2 & 6-2)

56:48 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - Underwater Stage (Worlds 2-2 & 5-3)

58:22 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - Ice Stage (World 3-3)

1:00:05 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - Final Boss

1:00:59 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - The Land of Happiness (Ending & Staff Roll)

1:02:40 - Outro Talk Segment

1:05:32 - The Price is Right (DS) - Main Theme (composer: Edd Kalehoff)

These are hopeful songs about a better tomorrow. 

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

During the show, I mentioned the CRT Soundsystem episode about Quintet’s Heaven and Earth trilogy of Super NES games: Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, and Terranigma. You can find that episode (and all that cool music) at https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/crtsoundsystem/episodes/049---Quintets-Heaven--Earth-Games-e2m6mok/a-abekg3o.  

If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. For now, you can also find me on Threads 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. 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. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on Spotify and FGC Radio.

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 game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:06 - Treasure of the Rudra (Super Famicom) - Sword of the Valiant (Night) (composer: Ryuji Sasai)

01:58 - Talk Segment 1

05:45 - Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Road to the Summit (composer: Nobuo Uematsu; arranger: Masaya Tsunemoto)

08:14 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - Lann’s Melody (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)

10:07 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - To Far Away Times (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda)

14:27 - Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete (PSX/Saturn) - Field to Tomorrow (composer: Noriyuki Iwadare)

16:33 - Street Fighter III: Second Impact (arcade) - SHARP EYES (piano melo version) : Japan-IBUKI STAGE (composers: Hideki Okugawa & Yuki Iwai)

19:45 - Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon (PS2) - Determination (composer: Shoji Meguro)

21:22 - Talk Segment 2

24:16 - Life Force (arcade) - Fly High (2nd Stage BGM) (composer: Miki Higashino)

25:55 - Soul Blazer (SNES) - Underground Castle (composer: Yukihide Takekawa)

29:04 - Final Fantasy VII (PSX) - Cid’s Theme (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

32:15 - Fire Emblem Fates (3DS) - To A Foreign Land (composer: Hiroki Morishita)

36:38 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon - Explorers of Time and Darkness (DS) - A Wish for Peace (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, and Yoshihiro Maeda)

39:44 - Talk Segment 3

42:43 - Bravely Default (3DS) - Horizon of Light and Shadow (composer: Revo)

45:30 - Shining Force 2 (Genesis) - To Arms! (composer: Motoaki Takenouchi)

48:15 - Treasure Hunter G (Super Famicom) - Surrounded by Forest 1 (composer: Mitsuhito Tanaka)

51:48 - Brain Lord (SNES) - Natural Cavern (composer: Masanao Akahori)

54:22 - Tetris Effect (multiplatform) - Always Been But Never Dreamed (composer: Hydelic; vocals: Kathleen Brady)

58:42 - Outro Talk Segment

1:01:08 - Persona 3 FES (PS2) - Brand New Days (The Answer Ending Theme) (composer: Shoji Meguro; vocals: Yumi Kawamura; lyrics: Yuichiro Tanaka)

Tomorrow comes today with this collection of futuristic tracks! Some of them are from games set in the future, and some just sound like the future. Listen for a taste of life in the dystopian world of 2025. 

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.1

Track Listing:

00:00 - VA-11 HALL-A (multiplatform) - CALICOMP 1.1 Startup (composer: Garoad)

00:15 - Show Tagline

00:21 - Civilization III (PC) - Techno (composer: Mark Cromer)

03:48 - Talk Segment 1

08:40 - VA-11 HALL-A (multiplatform) - Welcome to VA-11 HALL-A (composer: Garoad)

11:43 - 2064: Read Only Memories (multiplatform) - Media Blues (composer: Matthew "2 Mello" Hopkins)

13:23 - Persona Q (3DS) - It’s Show Time (composer: Toshiki Konishi) 

15:55 - Unlimited SaGa (PS2) - BT Ver. 3 (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)

17:41 - The World Ends With You (DS) - Psychedelic (composer: Takeharu Ishimoto)

20:03 - Tetris Kiwamemichi (PS2 / arcade) - 05 (composer: unknown)

23:09 - Talk Segment 2

25:24 - Arkanoid DS (DS) - only nearby peace (GAME Chuu BGM) (composer: Takafumi Wada)

28:20 - Rage Racer (PSX) - Lightning Luge (composers: Tetsukazu Nakanishi)

33:28 - Jet Set Radio Future (Xbox) - Funky Dealer (composer: Hideki Naganuma)

36:59 - Tempest 2000 (Jaguar) - Mind’s Eye (composers: Alastair Lindsay, Ian Howe, Julian Hodgson, and Kevin Saville)

41:52 - Talk Segment 3

45:31 - Tetris Effect (multiplatform) - Flames (composer: Hydelic)

49:36 - Streets of Rage 3 (Genesis) - Boss (composer: Motohiro Kawashima)

52:19 - Rez (Dreamcast) - Fear (composer: Adam Freeland; vocals: Cage)

57:25 - San Francisco Rush 2049 (N64) - Flier (composer: Barry Leitch)

1:01:49 - Outro Talk Segment

1:04:20 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (DS) - Defy the Legends (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, and Yoshihiro Maeda)

1:08:24 - VA-11 HALL-A (multiplatform) - CALICOMP 1.1 Shutdown (composer: Garoad)

Rando Calrissian had just docked at the megacasino on Humora Gamma, where he’d planned on relaxing with some drinks and winning a few jackpots at the rellack table. But when a mad scientist’s experimental new starship engine gets sabotaged, Rando’s thrust into a tangled grab bag of VGM tracks that may prove fatal!

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.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Tecmo World Wrestling (NES) - Insert Name Screen (composers: Keiji Yamagishi, Mayuko Okamura, Hiroshi Miyazaki, and Mitsuhito Tanaka)

00:50 - Talk Segment 1

03:45 - Arcus Odyssey (Genesis) - Act 1-2: The Shrine (composer: Motoi Sakuraba)

06:46 - 1943 Kai (PC Engine) - Antiship Battle B (Round 4-Zhang He) (composer: Harumi Fujita)

07:42 - Comix Zone (Genesis) - Episode 2, Page 1-1 (composer: Howard Drossin)

11:08 - Road Rash (Master System) - Pacific Coast (composer: Greg Michael)

14:15 - Bomberman 64: The Second Attack (N64) - Ocean Planet Aquanet 2nd Mix (composers: Yasunori Mitsuda and Yoshitaka Hirota)

16:55 - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA) - Prologue ~ Mina’s Theme (composer: Michiru Yamane)

18:59 - Talk Segment 2

22:32 - Lagoon (SNES) - Premonition (composers: "GO" Saito and Masae Sakaide)

26:44 - Pixel Puzzle Makeout League (Switch / Steam) - It's Urgent (Retro Mix) (composer: Capsule King)

29:13 - Secret of Mana (SNES) - What the Forest Taught Me (composer: Hiroki Kikuta)

30:17 - Street Fighter III: Second Impact (Arcade) - TOMBOY (african voice mix) (composers: Hideki Okugawa and Yuki Iwai)

33:29 - Rolling Thunder 2 (Arcade) - Theme from Rolling Thunder 2 (Round 1) (composer: Ayako Saso)

35:34 - Golden Axe III - Ancient Mound (Stage 2A) (composers: Naofumi Hataya, Tatsuyuki Maeda, and Haruyo Oguro)

38:19 - Talk Segment 3

42:01 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - Labyrinth of Lights (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)

46:12 - Civilization III (PC) - Stars (composer: Mark Cromer)

50:01 - San Francisco Rush 2049 (N64) - Title (composer: Barry Leitch)

54:52 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (multiplatform) - Silent Howling (8-bit) (composer: Keisuke Ito)

56:47 - Moto Roader II (TG16) - Ingame 3 (composer: Opus)

58:11 - Outro Talk Segment

1:00:14 - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Genesis) - Competition Menu (composers: Michael Jackson, Brad Buxer)

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)