It’s a groovy VGM party with all these hip swinging songs that have a feel-good rhythm!

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 Mastodon at @[email protected] or on Discord as ProfessorTom#7512. I’m also on both Tumblr and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. You can email me at [email protected]. Episodes of the show are posted on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6CIUs81aap58U1EuaaFdA, and all of my links can be found on my Linktree site at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. Look for new episodes on Thursdays whenever I get them done, which is typically once or twice a month.

I had a guest appearance on last week’s episode of fellow game music podcast VGMporium, where host RayjKayj and I talked all about music from games about investigations. You know, detectives, mysteries, stuff like that. If you’ve got a hankerin’ for more Professor Tom, head over to https://vgmporium.wordpress.com/2023/04/13/episode-68/ to check it out.

If you liked this episode, you should go back and check out episode 25: Cool Glasses, Cool Glasses! It’s a cousin to this one, with a similar musical hangout type of vibe. You can hear it at https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-25-cool-glasses-cool-glasses/

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Shin Megami Tensei: If - School (composer: Tsukasa Masuko)

00:35 - Talk Segment 1

02:53 - Planet Puzzle League - Neon Isotope (composer: Masanobu Matsunaga)

06:17 - Pictionary (NES) - Drawing Game (composer: Tim Follin)

09:01 - Arcus Odyssey (Super Famicom) - Castomira - Defeated (composer: Motoi Sakuraba)

12:03 - The House of the Dead 2 (Dreamcast) - Training Mode (composers: Tetsuya Kawauchi and Haruyoshi Tomita)

13:19 - Legend of Mana (PlayStation) - To the Sea (composer: Yoko Shimomura)

16:02 - Brain Lord (SNES) - Town of Arcs (composer: Masanao Akahori)

18:14 - Talk Segment 2

21:13 - Galactic Pinball (Virtual Boy) - Moonman Fandango (composers: Kenji Yamamoto and Masaru Tajima) 

23:48 - Persona 5 - Wicked Plan (composer: Shoji Meguro)

26:10 - Pokemon Trading Card Game - Battle Center (composer: Ichiro Shimakura)

27:44 - Metal Max Returns (Super Famicom) - Let’s Meet Dr. Minchi! (composer: Satoshi Kadokura)

28:49 - Pictionary (NES) - Mini-Game Theme 2 (composer: Tim Follin)

31:26 - The Flintstones (SNES) - Unused Song 1 (composers: Keith Tinman and Jonathan Dunn) 

34:53 - Talk Segment 3 (includes excerpt from “Strip Club” from Hunie Pop 2, composed by Jonathan Wandag)

38:48 - Persona Q 2 - Blind City (composer: Atsushi Kitajoh)

45:33 - The Flintstones (SNES) - Password Screen (composers: Keith Tinman and Jonathan Dunn)

48:08 - Pokemon Crystal - Goldenrod Game Corner (composers: Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose, and Morikazu Aoki)

51:06 - YuYu Hakusho Makyou Touitsusen: Imbalanced Kiss (aka Unbalanced Kiss) (composers: Hiro Takahashi, Aki Hata, Matsuko Mawatari, T.K.O.)  

54:01 - Crusader of Centy - Water Lily (composer: Motokazu Shinoda) 

56:22 - Outro Talk Segment

58:49 - Shin Megami Tensei - Kichijoji (composer: Tsukasa Masuko)

Spring is in the air! That special time of year when a young man’s fancy turns to vocal tracks! And for this episode, we’ll celebrate with a bunch of great vocal tracks from the 32-bit era.

Special thanks for this episode goes out to my darling daughter, who made some great suggestions for the format. 

If you want to reach me, you can find me on Mastodon at @[email protected] or on Discord as ProfessorTom#7512. I’m also on both Tumblr and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. You can email me at [email protected]. Episodes of the show are posted on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6CIUs81aap58U1EuaaFdA. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. Look for new episodes on Thursdays whenever I get them done, which is typically once or twice a month.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:25 - Lunar: The Silver Star (Sega CD) - Fighting Through The Darkness (composer: Noriyuki Iwadare)

02:08 - Intro Talk Segment

06:09 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PlayStation) - I Am The Wind (composers: Rika Muranaka, Tony Haynes, Jeff Lorber, Carl Anderson, and vocalist Cynthia Harrell)

10:42 - Talk Segment 2

12:22 - Sonic R (Saturn) - Super Sonic Racing (composer: Richard Jacques)

14:08 - Sonic R (Saturn) - Can You Feel The Sunshine (composer: Richard Jacques)

15:15 - Sonic R (Saturn) - Living in the City (composer: Richard Jacques)

16:55 - Talk Segment 3

18:12 - Final Fantasy VIII (PlayStation) - Eyes On Me (composers: Nobuo Uematsu and Kako Someya)

20:14 - Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation) - Melodies of Life (composers: Nobuo Uematsu and Hiroyuki Ito)

22:46 - Talk Segment 4

24:26 - Big Mouth Catch! The Greatest Champion (Saturn) - Striking Lure! Into the Heart! (composer: unknown)

27:05 - Birdie Lord Golf: Augusta Masters Championship 1998 (PlayStation) - 9 Iron Drive Into Infinity Forever! (composers: Jubei Kibagami, Kaneda Tetsuo)

29:01 - Outro Talk Segment

31:13 - Special Mystery Outro Track

It’s a whole bunch of laid-back VGM to help you relax and focus. Don’t worry if you haven’t listened to the first three episodes in the Chilly McFreeze series; you’ll still be able to follow the plot here. Because there is no plot; it’s all relaxing, calm VGM. 

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 Mastodon at @[email protected] or on Discord as ProfessorTom#7512. I’m also on both Tumblr and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. You can email me at [email protected]. Episodes of the show are posted on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6CIUs81aap58U1EuaaFdA. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. Look for new episodes on Thursdays whenever I get them done, which is typically once or twice a month.

On the show, I mentioned fellow VGM podcast KVGM The Last Wave, and you can find it at https://www.kvgmradio.com/ or on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBGs1_2EV2ySmEb6NgbMU7Q. 

Also during the show, I mentioned an episode of the Super Marcato Bros. podcast that was all about Yoko Kanno’s game music work. You can find it at http://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2017/12/10/episode-297-yoko-kanno. 

Also also during the show, I mentioned the episode of VGMporium about the Genesis version of Super Hydlide contrasted against its original release for the PC-98. You can find it at https://vgmporium.wordpress.com/2022/11/17/episode-45-hydlide-2-for-1/. 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Secret of Evermore - Menu (composer: Jeremy Soule)

01:15 - Talk Segment 1

04:15 - Albert Odyssey (Super Famicom) - Lovely Faeries (composer: Naoki Kodaka)

05:49 - Shining Force (Genesis) - Simone’s Theme (composer: Masahiko Yoshimura)

07:05 - SaGa Frontier (PlayStation) - Sunset Town (composer: Kenji Ito)

09:11 - Final Fantasy VI (Super NES) - The Mines of Narshe (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

12:00 - Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP (Genesis) - The Heat Waves (composer: Tokuhiko Uwabo)

14:14 - Metal Max Returns (Super Famicom) - Pastoral Nomads (composer: Satoshi Kadokura)

15:12 - New 3D Golf Simulation: Waialae no Kiseki (Mega Drive) - Menu (composer: Yumi Kinoshita, Shigekazu Kamaki, Yusaburo Shimojyo, Shunsuke Minomiya, Hiroshi Morita, and Akira Tamada)

16:38 - Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (Genesis) - Set Me Free (composer: Masaaki Iwasaki, Taihei Sato, Seiji Momoi, and Shogo Sakai)

20:54 - Talk Segment 2

22:26 - Final Fantasy VI (Super NES) - Kids Run Through the City (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

25:17 - Romancing SaGa (Super Famicom) - Sailing the Ocean (composer: Kenji Ito)

26:59 - Live A Live (Super Famicom) - Select-A-Live (composer: Yoko Shimomura)

28:58 - Mario Paint (Super NES) - Monkey Song (composer: Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka)

31:56 - The Flintstones (Super NES) - Unused Song 2 (composers: Keith Tinman and Jonathan Dunn)

38:19 - Aerobiz (Super NES) - Asia) (composer: Koei Sound Team)

39:54 - Talk Segment 3 (includes segment from “Town” from Shining Force (Genesis), composed by Masahiko Yoshimura)

42:43 - Seiken Densetsu 3 (aka Trials of Mana) (Super Famicom) - Little Sweet Cafe (composer: Hiroki Kikuta)

45:46 - Uncharted Waters: New Horizons (Super NES) - Mast in the Mist (composer: Yoko Kanno)

47:38 - Pokemon Black and White (DS) - Game Sync (composer: Shota Kageyama)

48:53 - Waterworld (Super NES) - Shop (composer: Dean Evans)

51:07 - Aerobiz Supersonic (Super NES) - Managing Scenario 3 (composer: Koei Sound Team)

52:06 - Side Pocket (Genesis) - Play’n It Cool! (composer: Emi Shimizu)

55:08 - Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation) - Shut in by Snow (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

59:59 - Show Outro

1:01:54 - Super Hydlide - OMISE (composer: Shigeru Tomita)

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

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• 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 Mastodon at @[email protected] or on Discord as ProfessorTom#7512. I’m also on both Tumblr and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. You can email me at [email protected]. Episodes of the show are posted on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6CIUs81aap58U1EuaaFdA. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. Look for new episodes on Thursdays whenever I get them done, which is typically once or twice a month.

I mentioned The Black Mages arrangement of “Maybe I’m A Lion” on the show, and you can find it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNcEyY7opTI. 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:04 - Guilty Gear XX - Feedback (composers: Daisuke Ishiwatari)

00:59 - Intro Talk Segment

02:58 - Final Fight (Arcade)- Demo BGM (composers: Manami Matsumae, Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Harumi Fujita, Junko Tamiya, Yasuaki Fujita, Hiromitsu Takaoka, and Yoko Shimomura)

03:49 - Revenge of Shinobi - Long Distance - Introduction (composer: Yuzu Koshiro)

05:30 - Street Fighter IV: Training Stage (composer: Hideyuki Fukasawa)

07:48 - Cool Spot (Genesis) - Rave Dancetune (composer: Tommy Tallarico)

10:11 - Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge - New Messiah [Glass Castle] (composer: Hidehiro Funauchi)

13:19 - River City Girls - Bully (composer: Megan McDuffee)

17:39 - Talk Segment

19:34 - R-Type (Arcade) - Start / Encounter ~ Battle Theme (1st Stage) (composer: Masato Ishizaki)

21:12 - Space Harrier (Arcade) - SYURA (aka Track 7) (composer: Hiroshi Kawaguchi)

22:56 - Gauntlet IV - Back of Beyond (composers: Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata)

24:29 - Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition (PS3/Xbox 360) - Knock You Out (Menu Theme) (composer: Adam Tensta)

27:30 - Persona 3 Portable (PSP) - Wiping All Out (composer: Shoji Meguro; lyrics:Lotus Juice, vocals: Mayumi Fujita, Lotus Juice)

30:10 - Final Fantasy VIII - Maybe I’m a Lion (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

35:43 - Talk Segment

39:33 - Tekken 2 (PlayStation) - Black Winter Night Sky (composer: Akira Nishizaki)

41:00 - The Last Ninja 2 (C64) - The Mansion (excerpt) (composer: Matt Gray)

44:24 - Haunted Castle - Cross Your Heart (Stage 1 - Graveyard) (composers: Kenichi Matsubara and Masahiro Ikariko)

45:35 - Persona 5 - Ark (composer: Shoji Meguro)

47:34 - King of Fighters ‘97 - Bloody (NEW FACE Team) (composers: Akihiro Uchida, Hideki Asanaka, and Toshio Shimizu

51:01 - Persona 5 - Rivers in the Desert (composer: Shoji Meguro)

56:15 - Outro Talk Segment

57:48 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Theme of Tamako (composer: Ryusuke Fujioka)

Avast, ye scurvy sea dogs! This episode be all about game music for pirates, be they pirate heroes or pirate villains or even just pirate ships! 

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• 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 podcast wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at  barSILENCE.com. 

If you want to reach me, you can email me at [email protected]. You can find me on Mastodon at @[email protected]. I’m active on Tumblr at https://www.tumblr.com/shujinacademyvgmclub, and on Instagram at ShujinAcademyVGMClub. And I can be found on Discord as ProfessorTom#7512. Episodes of the show are posted on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6CIUs81aap58U1EuaaFdA. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode.

If you liked this episode, and want to hear my take on VGM featuring ninjas (who are, after all, natural archenemies of pirates), you can check out episode 4 of my show. It’s an early episode, so it’s a little rough, but it’s got some fun songs. Listen at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-9gsc7-118d91e 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:06 - Sea of Thieves - The Sea of Thieves (Main Theme) (composer: Robin Beanland)

02:29 - Intro Talk Segment

04:03 - Pirate Ship Higemaru - Lesson Start (composers: Ayako Mori and Tamayo Kawamoto)

04:08 - Pirate Ship Higemaru - Lesson Stage BGM (composers: Ayako Mori and Tamayo Kawamoto)

04:27 - Pirate Ship Higemaru - Deck BGM (composers: Ayako Mori and Tamayo Kawamoto)

05:16 - Pirate Ship Higemaru - Hi-Point Deck BGM (composers: Ayako Mori and Tamayo Kawamoto)

05:59 - Pirate Ship Higemaru - Game Over (composers: Ayako Mori and Tamayo Kawamoto)

06:06 - Pirate Ship Higemaru - Name Entry (composers: Ayako Mori and Tamayo Kawamoto)

07:02 - Talk Segment

07:39 - Skull and Crossbones (Arcade) - Pirate Ship (composers Hal Canon, Don Diekneite, Brad Fuller, and Byron Sheppard)

10:16 - Skull and Crossbones (Arcade) - Spanish Castle Exterior (composers: Hal Canon, Don Diekneite, Brad Fuller, and Byron Sheppard)

12:28 - Talk Segment

13:19 - Garou: Mark of the Wolves - Bad Girl? (composers: Akihiro Uchida, Masato Horiuchi, and Yasuhiro Naka)

14:47 - Talk Segment

15:41 - Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy - I Like the Forest (Forest Planet Theme 1) (composers: Akihiro Uchida, Masahiko Hataya, and Toshio Shimizu)

18:26 - Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy - Do Do DRAGON (Dragon Boss - Last Boss Captain Klapton) (composers: Akihiro Uchida, Masahiko Hataya, and Toshio Shimizu)

21:51 - Talk Segment

22:35 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (SNES) - Skull & Crossbones (composers: Kazuhiko Uehara and Harumi Ueko)

25:01 - Talk Segment

25:30 - Donkey Kong Country - Gang-Plank Galleon (composer: David Wise) 

28:37 - Talk Segment

29:11 - Final Fantasy V (Super Famicom) - Pirates Ahoy! (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

31:17 - Talk Segment

32:46 - Mega Man and Bass (Super Famicom) - Pirate Man (composers: Toshihiko Horiyama, Naoshi Mizuta, and Akari Kaida)

34:59 - Talk Segment

35:35 - Mega Man Legends - The Flutter VS The Gesellschaft (composer: Makoto Tomozawa)

39:31 - Talk Segment

40:25 - Skies of Arcadia - Blue Pirates’ Theme (composer: Yukata Minobe)

43:28 - Skies of Arcadia - Bombardment (composer: Tatsuyuki Maeda)

46:20 - Talk Segment

46:46 - Streets of Rage II - Ready Funk (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

48:27 - Talk Segment

48:56 - Puzzle Pirates - Main Theme (composers: Batisy and Mikei)

51:00 - Talk Segment

52:50 - The Curse of Monkey Island - A Pirate I Was Meant to Be (composer: Michael Land)

Let’s kick back, pour a drink, and vibe with this episode all about cool music! Every song here is good groovy hangout music for a laid-back time. 

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 podcast wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at a barSILENCE.com. 

If you liked the VA-11 Hall-A song, you can pick up the whole soundtrack from composer Garoad’s Bandcamp page at https://garoad.bandcamp.com/. VA-11 Hall-A is also currently available for all major platforms, and I’d encourage you to check it out if you like story-driven games.

If you want to reach me, you can email me at [email protected]. You can find me on Mastodon at @[email protected]. I’m active on Tumblr at https://www.tumblr.com/shujinacademyvgmclub, and on Instagram at ShujinAcademyVGMClub. And I can be found on Discord as ProfessorTom#7512. Episodes of the show are posted on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6CIUs81aap58U1EuaaFdA. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Mega Drive) - Introduction 

00:49 - Talk Segment 1

02:43 - SaGa Frontier 2 - Zauberkraft (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)

06:06 - Final Fantasy VII - Costa del Sol (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

08:32 - VA-11 Hall-A - Friendly Conversation (composer: Garoad)

10:43 - Tekken 2 (arcade) - Paul's Miracle Big Crushing Fist (composers: Yoshie Arakawa and Yoshie Takayanagi)

14:12 - Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (arcade) - Dan’s Saikyo-Ryu Puzzle Dojo (composers: Isao Abe, Takayuki Iwai, Naoaki Iwami, Naoshi Mizuta, Syun Nishigaki, Tatsuro Suzuki, Yuko Takehara, and Setsuo Yamamoto)

15:28 - Rage Racer - Silver Stream (composers: Tetsukazu Nakanishi and Hiroshi Okubo)

20:38 - Talk Segment 2 (includes excerpt of Copper Green Intention from Vampire Survivors, composed by Daniele Zandara and Filippo Vicarelli)

22:55 - Catherine - Jouji Washington (composer: Shoji Meguro)

24:37 - Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga - Svadhisthana (composer: Shoji Meguro)

28:31 - BS Golf Daisuke O.B. Club - Beach Course (composers: Masaya Sound Team)

30:49 - Grandia II - “Inn Town Agear - Cursed Land” (composer: Noriyuki Iwadare)

35:02 - Burning Force - Grass Land (4th Day) (composer: Yoshinori Kawamoto)

37:06 - Adventures of Bayou Billy - Street & Swamp Fightin’ (composers: Kiyohiro Sada, Hidenori Maezawa, and Tsutomu Ogura)

38:34 - Talk Segment 3

40:41 - Code Name: Viper - Briefing Theme (composers: Junko Tamiya and Yoko Shimomura)

43:38 - Lagoon (SNES) - Voloh (composers: "GO" Saito, Masae Sakaide)

45:10 - Jaguar XJ220 (Amiga) - Title Screen (composer: Martin Iveson)

48:03 - Last Bible 3 - Last Battle (composer: Hiroyuki Yanada)

52:41 - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow - Dracula's Tears (composer: Masahiko Kimura)

56:20 - Outro Talk Segment

57:56 - Contra (Arcade) - Ranking (composer: Kazuki Muraoka)

It’s a special holiday episode of Shujin Academy VGM Club! We’ll celebrate the 4th of July by playing lots of American-themed songs about America! There aren’t any other notable holidays in December, are there? 

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 podcast wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at a barSILENCE.com. 

If you want to reach me, you can email me at [email protected]. You can find me on Mastodon at @[email protected]. I’m active on Tumblr at https://www.tumblr.com/shujinacademyvgmclub, and on Instagram at ShujinAcademyVGMClub. And I can be found on Discord as ProfessorTom#7512. Episodes of the show are posted on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6CIUs81aap58U1EuaaFdA. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:09 - Double Dribble (arcade) - The Star Spangled Banner [composers: Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith, Unknown Arranger]

01:16 - Intro Talk Segment

04:21 - Super Street Fighter II HD Remix - Combat and Service (Guile’s Theme) [composers: Yoko Shimomura, Big Giant Circles, Justin R. Coleman]

06:09 - Street Fighter Alpha 3 - Plight (Guile’s Theme) [composer: Yuki Iwai]

09:09 - Talk Segment

09:39 - Capcom vs SNK 2 - Stimulation [composer: Satoshi Ise]

11:56 - Talk Segment

12:46 - King of Fighters ‘98 (Neo Geo) - SLUM No. 5 [composers: Masahiko Hataya, Hideki Asanaka, Marimo, Yasuo Yamate]

15:56 - Talk Segment

16:35 - Captain America and the Avengers (Arcade) - Stage 1 [composers: ]

18:15 - Captain America and the Avengers (Arcade) - Stage 5 [composers: Tatsuya Kiuchi and Tomoyoshi Sato]

21:20 - Talk Segment

21:53 - Top Gear - Las Vegas [composer: Barry Leitch]

28:49 - Talk Segment

29:52 - Rad Mobile - Soup Up [composer: Kazuhiko Nagai]

32:59 - Talk Segment

33:27 - Turbo OutRun (Arcade) - Rush A Difficulty [composer: Yasuhiro Takagi]

36:55 - Talk Segment

37:47 - Earthbound - Theme of Onett [composer: Keiichi Suzuki]

40:07 - Earthbound - Theme of Fourside [composer: Keiichi Suzuki]

43:28 - Talk Segment

44:03 - Civilization VI - America - The Industrial Era [composers: Steven Foster and Geoff Knorr]

48:34 - Outro Talk Segment

50:01 - Bad Dudes (Arcade) - Ending Theme (US Version) [composers: James Sanderson, Azusa Hara, Hiroaki Yoshida]

51:36 - Bonus Talk Segment

25:23 - Chocobo’s Happy Christmas [composers: Nobuo Uematsu and Masashi Hamauzu]

This episode is all about smart game music that sounds like making a plan. Use it as the soundtrack to plot out your next heist with your gang, or to defeat those meddling superheroes!

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 podcast wherever you download podcasts, and you can find his website at https://barsilence.com/ 

If you want to reach me, you can email me at [email protected]. You can find me on Mastodon at @[email protected]. I’m active on Tumblr at https://www.tumblr.com/shujinacademyvgmclub, and on Instagram at ShujinAcademyVGMClub. And I can be found on Discord as ProfessorTom#7512. Episodes of the show are posted on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6CIUs81aap58U1EuaaFdA. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Metal Marines (SNES) - Overview

00:30 - Talk Segment 1

02:33 - Burning Force (Genesis) - Another World I (5th Day)

04:26 - Persona 5 - Layer Cake

06:52 - Phoenix Wright: Justice for All (DS) - Search ~ In the Midst 2002

08:33 - Planet Puzzle League - Title

13:27 - Talk Segment 2

15:25 - Darkstalkers 3 (aka Vampire Savior) - Red Thirst

20:01 - Front Mission (Super Famicom) - Decline

21:26 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Spring Cave

25:01 - Fire Emblem Awakening - Expedition 1

29:32 - Talk Segment 3

32:27 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (DS) - Investigation ~ The Core 2001

34:25 - Bahamut Lagoon - Menu

35:16 - Shin Megami Tensei: If . . . (Super Famicom) - Shitto Kai

38:25 - Persona 3 - Living With Determination -Iwatodai Station Arrange-

40:53 - Project X Zone - Silent Approach

42:18 - Gauntlet IV - Retribution

45:56 - Outro Talk Segment

47:25 - Persona 5 - Talk

This is a special bonus episode of Shujin Academy VGM Club, where Professor Tom sits down for a chat with his buddy Jon to talk about video games and life and stuff. 

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

If you want to reach me, you can email me at [email protected]. You can find me on Twitter (at least for now) at @ShujinVGMClub, on Instagram at ShujinAcademyVGMClub, and on Tumblr at https://www.tumblr.com/shujinacademyvgmclub. Episodes of the show are posted on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6CIUs81aap58U1EuaaFdA. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode.

In segment 1, I mentioned the video of Takenobu Mitsuyoshi singing some of the Daytona USA soundtrack. You can find it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J9ffRgADRU 

In segment 4 during the discussionof Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, I'm referencing my episode on the Dreamcast as the one about sadly failed things. You can check it out at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-75u7u-12b1c4b. You can also check out the referenced April Fool's Day episode (also sort of about a failed thing) at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-kfgkn-11df22a 

Sadly, the works of Max's Terrifying Head are currently unavailable for public consumption, as they were lost when the MySpace servers crashed and lost all of MySpace. That incident was a little like the burning of the Library of Alexandria. 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline and Intro

00:49 - Daytona USA (Arcade) - Let’s Go Away (Advertisement)

01:41 - Talk Segment 1

04:23 - Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Mega Drive) - Title Theme

05:15 - Talk Segment 2

09:11 - F-Zero (SNES) - Big Blue

11:21 - Talk Segment 3

16:51 - Final Fight (Arcade) - BGM 1

18:12 - Talk Segment 4

24:18 - Persona 3 - Deep Breath Deep Breath

26:37 - Talk Segment 5

31:30 - Street Fighter Alpha 2 (Arcade) - STAGE RYU

33:43 - Talk Segment 6

39:39 - Bionic Commando (NES) - Area 02

41:57 - Talk Segment 7

49:39 - Metal Slug X - Livin’ on the Deck X (Mission Three)

53:05 - Talk Segment 8

58:07 - Gunbird 2 - Type of Essence

59:55 - Talk Segment 9

1:05:06 - Final Fantasy VII - Good Night, Until Tomorrow!

1:05:15 - Outro Talk Segment

This is an episode all about cheerful, feel-good VGM. These are some songs that’ll put a smile on your face and a rainbow in your heart!

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 podcast wherever you download podcasts, and you can find him on Twitter @BARSilenceVGM.

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Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Lunar: Silver Star Story - Pretty Girl

01:34 - Talk Segment 1

03:39 - McDonald’s Treasure Land Adventure - Stage 3: Sunken Ship

05:57 - Crusader of Centy - Overworld Map

08:13 - Side Pocket (Genesis) - California Lemonade

09:36 - OutRun (Genesis) - Step on Beat

13:57 - Cool Spot (Genesis) - Wall Tune

16:52 - Talk Segment 2

18:37 - Treasure Hunter G - Upscale Harbor Town 

21:31 - Dragon Quest IV (NES) - In a Town

24:32 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (NES) - Country

27:29 - Etrian Odyssey III - Town ~ Sunlight on the Water

30:38 - Etrian Odyssey III - Town ~ Between the Azure Skies and Seas

34:34 - Talk Segment 3

37:40 - Marvel vs Capcom - Theme of Roll ~Vocal~

41:12 - Persona PSP - School Days

43:28 - Persona 3 Portable - Sun

45:42 - Persona Q2 - Cinematic Tale - Full Version

49:42 - Secret of Mana - The Second Truth From the Left 

52:28 - Outro Talk Segment

53:54 - Katamari Damacy - Cherry Blossom Color Season