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Take a quest with these songs.
Special thanks for this episode goes out to:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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)
It’s time for another collection of relaxing, laid-back VGM tracks in this fifth installment of the Chilly McFreeze series.
Special thanks for this episode goes out to:
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 - Super Black Bass 3 (Super Famicom) - Track 04 (composers: Michiya Hirasawa and Tsukushi Sasaki)
01:19 - Talk Segment 1
03:10 - Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - The Submarine Nautilus (composers: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, and Masaya Tsunemoto)
07:31 - Shining Force II (Genesis) - Water Goddess Mitula (composer: Motoaki Takenouchi)
09:15 - SD Snatcher (MSX) - The Peaceful Avenue (composers: Masahiro Ikariko, Mutsuhiko Izumi, Motoaki Furukawa, Michiru Yamane, Yuji Takenouchi, Harumi Ueko, Yuko Kurahashi, Tomoya Tomita, Tsuyoshi Sekito, and Kazuhiko Uehara)
11:39 - Picross e6 (3DS) - Picross Puzzle (composer: unknown)
13:54 - Mother 3 (GBA) - Sorrowful Tazmily (composer: Shogo Sakai)
16:12 - Pokemon Black and White (DS) - Kanoko Town (aka Nuvema Town) (composer: Shota Kageyama)
17:53 - Talk Segment 2
19:47 - Brandish 2: The Planet Buster (Super Famicom) - Shop (composers: Michiya Hirasawa and Tsukushi Sasaki)
23:40 - Persona 2 - Eternal Punishment (PSP) - Hiiragi Psychotherapy
27:37 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (DS) - Don’t Ever Forget… (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, Yoshihiro Maeda)
29:42 - Saga Frontier (PSX) - Blue Town (composer: Kenji Ito)
33:54 - Emerald Dragon (Super Famicom) - Separation (composer: Hirohiko Fukuda)
35:13 - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Xbox/PC) - Kashyyyk (composer: Jeremy Soule)
36:35 - Talk Segment 3
39:02 - Front Mission 4 (PS2) - Grapevine (composers: Hidenori Iwasaki and Ryo Yamazaki)
41:34 - Romancing SaGa 2 (Super Famicom) - Village 2 (composer: Kenji Ito)
44:02 - Lufia 2 (SNES) - Town (composer: Yasunori Shiono)
47:01 - Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster - Inn (composers/arrangers: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, and Masaya Tsunemoto)
48:41 - The Flintstones (SNES) - Cinema (composers: Keith Tinman and Jonathan Dunn)
50:55 - Tempest 2000 (Jaguar) - Gilde Control (composers: Alastair Lindsay, Ian Howe, and Kevin Saville)
56:10 - Outro Talk Segment
58:03 - Last Bible III (Super Famicom) - North Lake (composer: Hiroyuki Yanada)
After his escapades at Voltara Prime, Rando Calrissian just wants some peace and quiet and high-stakes gambling. But when Rando hears about the Pippin Device, a horrific weapon that could shatter the galaxy, he’s forced to spring into action with this grab bag of great VGM!
Special thanks for this episode goes out to:
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 - Street Fighter III: Third Strike (Dreamcast) - JUDGE (composer: Hideki Okugawa)
00:46 - Talk Segment 1
03:21 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (multiplatform) - Brave Trigger (composer: Michiru Yamane)
05:33 - Mega Man VI (NES) - Plant Man (composer: Yuko Takehara)
07:09 - Phantasy Star II (Genesis) - Silent Zone (composer: Tokuhiko Uwabo)
08:48 - Front Mission (Super Famicom) - Blackhounds (composers: Yoko Shimomura and Noriko Matsueda)
11:19 - Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (Genesis) - Hassou (composers: Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama, and Masayuki Nagao)
12:42 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - An Empty Tome (composer: Michiru Yamane)
15:41 - Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight (NES) - Alleyway (composer: Junko Tamiya)
17:25 - Talk Segment 2
19:00 - A King’s Tale: Final Fantasy XV (PS4/XBox One) - Insomnia (composer: Bill Kiley)
24:15 - King of Fighters 98 (Neo Geo) - London March (composers: Hideki Asanaka, Marimo, Yasuo Yamate (KOF98), Masahiko Hataya, Toshio Shimizu, Yoshihiko Kitamura (Fatal Fury 2))
27:16 - Power Drift (Arcade) - Side Street (A Course) (composer: Hiroshi Kawaguchi)
31:49 - Ristar (Genesis) - Round 5-2 Ice Scream (composer: Tomoko Sasaki)
34:33 - Talk Segment 3
36:41 - Final Fantasy VII (PSX) - Mark of the Traitor (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
40:11 - Front Mission: Gun Hazard (Super Famicom) - Tension (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
42:44 - Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (SNES) - Autumn (composer: Yasunori Shiono)
44:44 - Spider-Man the Videogame (Arcade) - BGM1 (composer: Kazuhiko Nagai)
46:48 - Pokemon Black and White (DS) - Opelucid City (Black) (composer: Go Ichinose)
51:00 - Outro Talk Segment
52:50 - Bionic Commando (NES) - Neutral Area (composer: Junko Tamiya)
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As mentioned in the show, the VGMbassy recently celebrated its 100th episode, and you can check it out at https://thevgmbassy.com/2024/02/15/episode-100-the-100th-episode-celebration/. I appeared on the show in episode 91 (https://thevgmbassy.com/2023/05/12/episode-91-sega-arcade-games-with-professor-tom/). Congratulations to host Ed Wilson for hitting this milestone!
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:05 - Tecmo World Wrestling (NES) - Song 13 (composers: Keiji Yamagishi, Mayuko Okamura, Hiroshi Miyazaki, and Mitsuhito Tanaka)
00:41 - Talk Segment 1
03:17 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - World of Sunshine (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)
06:29 - Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & The Secret Hideout (multiplatform) - Days of Ocean Colors (composer: Kazuki Yanagawa)
07:37 - Secret of Mana (SNES) - Color of the Summer Sky / Joyous Town Theme (composer: Hiroki Kikuta)
09:02 - Power Golf (TG16) - Main Theme (composer: Daisuke Inoue)
11:21 - Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (MSX2) - "A" Jam Blues (Radio Mode BGM 2) (composers: Tsuyoshi Sekito, Masahiro Ikariko, Mutsuhiko Izumi, Yuko Kurahashi, Tomoya Tomita, Kazuhiko Uehara, and Yuji Takenouchi)
12:22 - Side Pocket (Game Boy) - BGM 03 (composer: Yusuke Takahama)
14:39 - King of Fighters 2006 (aka KOF Maximum Impact 2) - The Startup Sound of Reminiscence (composer: Toshikazu Tanaka)
16:31 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (DS) - Random Dungeon Theme 2 (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, Yoshihiro Maeda)
19:35 - Talk Segment 2
21:58 - King of Fighters 2002 (Neo-Geo) - Tacos Dance (composers: Masahiko Hataya and Yasuo Yamate)
24:15 - Blue Dragon (X360) - BAD BUT BAT (composer: Satoshi Henmi)
27:33 - Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Airship (composers/arrangers: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, Masaya Tsunemoto)
29:25 - Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold (arcade) - STAGE SAKURA (composers: Syun Nishigaki, Setsuo Yamamoto, and Tatsuro Suzuki)
31:27 - Quartet (Arcade) - OKI RAP (composer: Katsuhiro Hayashi)
33:36 - Crusader of Centy (Genesis) - Anemone Beach (composer: Motokazu Shinoda)
35:17 - Shining Force II (Genesis) - Lively Town (composer: Motoaki Takenouchi)
38:43 - Super Black Bass 3 (Super Famicom) - Track 2 (composers: Michiya Hirasawa and Tsukushi Sasaki)
39:59 - Talk Segment 3
43:09 - Daytona USA (Arcade) - Sky High (composer: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
47:23 - Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen (GBA) - Road to Viridian City: Leaving Pallet Town (composer: Junichi Masuda)
48:23 - Phantasy Star II (Genesis) - Restoration (composer: Tokuhiko Uwabo)
50:33 - Harukanaru Augusta (Mega Drive) - Unknown (BGM Number 4) (composers: Shigekazu Kamaki, Yumi Kinoshita, Yuzaburou Shimojo, and Hiroshi Morita)
53:10 - Lunar 2: Eternal Blue (PSX) - Holding On (Lemina’s Theme) (composer: Noriyuki Iwadare)
56:12 - Phantasy Star IV (Genesis) - Land Master AXV-25 (composer: Izuho Numata)
58:05 - Jack Bros (Virtual Boy) - Grim Reaper’s Cavern (Level 2) (composer: Hiroyuki Yanada)
1:00:00 - Outro Talk Segment
1:02:08 - Crusader of Centy (Genesis) - Ending Theme (composer: Motokazu Shinoda)
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