Super Rainwave Podcast

Tom and Nat invite guest Rob onto the show to discuss car racing games! Rob, the founder of Rainwave, adds a lot of nice details about racing games that he's played. We stick to car racing, not playing any kart racing games or other types of racing games.

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After a 6 month hiatus, the Super Rainwave Podcast is back! This is our second Free Play episode, which means a great selection of songs from a variety of systems.

We have at least one more episode that should be coming out in the next month, so stay tuned!

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SongGameArtist

Dart's ThemeThe Legend of DragoonTakeo Miratsu, Dennis Martin

April O'Neil's StageTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament FightersMiki Higashino

Main ThemeStunt Race FXShinobu Amayake

ContestTetris BlastNiwaka-Zu, Bunbunmaru, Lah++, Gocky-7 Alives

The First LevelSnake, Rattle & RollDavid Wise

Main ThemeOregon Trail IILarry Phenow

Starshine on the RocksSuper AlesteCarboHydroM

Voodoo, Roots 'n GrogThe Secret of Monkey IslandDiggi Dis, Alex Jones

Cadillacs - The Four Heroes & Heroine (Stage 1-1)Cadillacs and DinosaursIsao Abe, Syun Nishigaki, Kiyo

Team SelectRollergamesKazuo Hanzawa, Katsuhiko Suzuki, Atsushi Fujio, Shigemasa Matsuo

Death WindF-ZeroPeeWee Hill, Michiko Hill

Inspector StragoFinal Fantasy VIAeroZ

You beat the game! As you celebrate, music plays as the staff rolls. Many times these songs are calm and happy, though exceptions abound. This episode features many such selections, as we celebrate the best music to close out games.

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SongGameArtist

EndingV-Rally Championship EditionAlberto José González

Staff Credits ReduxThe Legend of Zelda: The Wind WakerZelda Reorchestrated

Staff RollTeleroboxerKatsuya Yamano

Credits (Rescue Girl)Mighty Switch Force! 2Jake Kaufman (virt)

Great Job!The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the PastInsert Rupee (Benjamin Briggs, halc)

Staff RollBloody WolfShogo Sakai, Takafumi Miura, Yuji Suzuki, Yusuke Takahama

EndingMega ManManami Matsumae

Staff Roll ~"Bye" With Smile~GrounseedD. Takahashi

EndingShin Koihime†Musou ~Otome Taisen☆Sangokushi Engi~Saitama Saisyu Heiki

Ending CreditsZen: Intergalactic NinjaKozo Nakamura, Junichiro Kaneda

Extra EndingAce Combat 2Nobuhide Isayama

CreditsDescentJohann Langlie, Larry Peacock

We celebrate the 20th anniversary of Donkey Kong Country by listening to tracks from throughout the DKC series. Tom

and Nat are joined by Jon Funk, the resident statistician/mad scientist

of the Rainwave forums, who picks some excellent tracks. Tom and Nat admit some potentially unpopular opinions about DKC's music, yet we all ended up enjoying the music that was played!

Note: Jon's mic was unfortunately muffled, making his voice sometimes hard to hear.

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SongGameArtist

Frosty FrolicsDonkey Kong Country 3Eveline Fischer

Life in the MinesDonkey Kong CountryDavid Wise

Aquatic AmbianceDonkey Kong CountryDavid Wise

Bonus Room BlitzDonkey Kong CountryAQ64

Thump BrothersDonkey Kong Country 3Flexstyle

Brambles in the BreezeDonkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong QuestProtricity

Feather FiendDonkey Kong Country ReturnsKenji Yamamoto

Funky's in da ForestDonkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong QuestPANDAstar

Mangrove CoveDonkey Kong Country: Tropical FreezeDavid Wise

Rest and (Re)spite on a Soft Summer NightDonkey Kong CountryTyler Heath (Unknown)

Spanish JittersDonkey Kong Country 3David Wise, Robin Beanland, Level 99, Daniel Rosenqvist, Harmony, bustatunez, zyko, JJT, OA, prophetik, Diggi Dis

Simian SegueDonkey Kong Country: Tropical FreezeDavid Wise

Hornet HoleDonkey Kong LandDavid Wise, Graeme Norgate

Like a boss! This episode's music, that is. We listen to a lot of rock and orchestral tracks from boss levels, with soaring guitars and epic strings. There are some surprises in here as well, tracks that don't fit the boss music stereotype at all.

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SongGameArtist

Final BossMythJeroen Tel

KoopaSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's IslandKoji Kondo

BadAzzFinal Fantasy VIIPrototypeRaptor

[BOSS] Solaris Phase 2Sonic the HedgehogTomoya Ohtani

Final BossRainbow CottonGreat Nakamura

Prince Dail Boss BattleFreedom PlanetWoofle, Strife

Welcome to My KastleSuper Mario 64DDRKirby(ISQ)

Roar of the Twin Dragons (Final Boss)Double Dragon IIKazuhiro Hara, Nobuhito Tanahashi

Goliath & Carrion (Boss 1 & 2)A.R.E.S.: Extinction AgendaHyperDuck SoundWorks

Stage 08: Final BossHard Corps: UprisingDaisuke Ishiwatari

Boss Battle 1Kid Icarus UprisingYasunori Mitsuda

Pokey Means BusinessEarthboundHirokazu Tanaka, Keiichi Suzuki, 

In episode 16 we focus on Cave Story, the wonderful indie game created and composed by Daisuke Amaya, who goes by the pseudonym Pixel. This game has a gem of a chiptune soundtrack that has inspired many remixes and rearrangements.

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SongGameArtist

The Way Back HomeCave StoryDaisuke Amaya (Pixel)

Meltdown 2Cave StoryDaisuke Amaya (Pixel)

Mimiga TownCave StoryVernian Process

The UnbrokenCave StoryNutritious

Labyrinth FightCave StoryDaisuke Amaya (Pixel)

Escape RouteCave StoryCorran

PlantCave StoryDM DOKURO

Mischievous RobotCave Story+Yann van der Cruyssen

PlantationCave Story 3DDanny Baranowsky

The Angels of HellCave StoryRandom Hero

Last Battle (Cadillacs & Dinosaurs cover)Cave StoryFusionArmorX

Cave Story - Fields of AwesomeCave StoryVikingGuitar

Since this episode ends in a 5, Tom and Nat revisit the focus of

Original + Remix! This episode features great songs from soundtracks

along with awesome remixes or arrangements, giving us a chance to see

how the remixers worked with the source music in their remixes.

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SongGameArtist

Main ThemeSuper Mario KartSoya Oka

Title ScreenMario Kart 8Shiho Fujii, Atsuko Asahi, Ryo Nagamatsu, Yasuaki Iwata

Dark WorldThe Legend of Zelda: A Link to the PastKoji Kondo

Dark StormThe Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Pastdjpretzel

EndingMetroid II: Return of SamusRyoji Yoshitomi

Anthem of a Metroid HunterMetroid II: Return of SamusBig Giant Circles

Battle Scene 1Final Fantasy IINobuo Uematsu

"Battle Scene I - arrange -" from FINAL FANTASY IIDissidia: Final FantasyTakeharu Ishimoto

The Defender (Black Knight Battle)Shovel KnightJake Kaufman (virt)

Rough and Tumble (Black Knight)Shovel KnightJeff Ball

Sewer Surfin'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in TimeKazuhiko Uehara, Harumi Ueko

Sewer Surfin'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in TimeDaniel Tidwell

For episode 14, Tom and Nat focus on game that have never had sequels and aren't parts of series. Since this eliminates many of the well-known video game soundtracks, we get to hear a variety of music with unique sound qualities. Some of the tracks in this episode come from old games that will likely never get sequels, and others are from more recent games that have no sequel yet, though could in the future!

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SongGameArtist

OutlawsOutlawsClint Bajakian

Durch Den Dunkel-DschungelDas Geheimnis der Happy Hippo-InselStello Doussis

Aerial WalkwaysCloudbuiltJacob Lincke

Music of my DuckDuck HuntShael Riley

Stage 2Marble MadnessHal Canon, Brad Fuller, Steve Hayes, David Wise

Temple Of RainGuacamelee!Rom Di Prisco

Stage 1-1Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap PanicKaoru Ohori

BGM ISilver SurferTim Follin, Geoff Follin

Lava Trouble BubbleJets 'n' GunsMachinae Supremacy

Comic BakeryComic BakeryVisa Röster

Fools' FailureTime TravelersHideki Sakamoto

Potential for AnythingVVVVVVSoulEye

We focus on vocal music for episode 13! This includes a wide variety of

tracks, some cheesy, some donuty. Vocals in VGM can be a divisive topic,

so hopefully this will be enjoyable to the vocals lovers and

enlightening to the vocals haters!

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SongGameArtist

Smooth As HoneyMega Man 9Sir Jordanius

Angels With Burning HeartsBurning RangersNaofumi Hataya, Dennis St. James

Baba YetuCivilization IVChristopher Tin

Fuujin ~God of Wind~ Full Throttle MIXRacing Battle C1 Grand PrixAkihiko Hirama

Tengen Toppa Dairantou: Part 1 - Game SetSuper Smash Bros. MeleeOverClocked Assembled

Donuts, Go Nuts!Splosion ManMatt Chaney

Chaos NightmaresSonic AdventurePrototypeRaptor

Pollyanna (I Believe in You)MotherKeiichi Suzuki, Catherine Warwick

Everything's AlrightTo The MoonLaura Shigihara

Song of the Ancients / FateNieRKeiichi Okabe, Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi, Takafumi Nishimura, Emi Evans

Shine TonightFinal Fantasy VIIIPoolside

Credits (Wandering)UltinousA_Rival, Helen Eugene

The SQ Albums are a series of official arrangement albums created by Square Enix arranging many different games that they developed. This series includes a set of chiptune-focused arrangement albums, as well as other albums with various themes. Tom and Nat enjoy picking tracks from the SQ Albums, including a few expected games such as Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger, as well as some lesser known games such as Live-a-Live and Threads of Fate.

BTW, thanks for being understanding that we have missed a few of our every-other-week-on-Wednesdays releases, since we've been busy with summer vacations, etc. We hope to get back into a groove as fall hits!

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SongGameArtist

Can You Fly SisterSeiken Densetsu 3MOHIKAN FAMILY'S

Final Battle ~ Mana PalaceFinal Fantasy AdventureSEXY-SYNTHESIZER

Opening ThemeFinal FantasyYMCK

Jolly Ol' SpekkioChrono TriggerLittle Fats & Swingin' Hot Shot Party

Last Dungeon ~ Theme of DewprismThreads of Fatemillstones

Mount GulugFinal Fantasy IXajiponn

MegalomaniaLive-A-LiveIdiot Pop

Outskirts of Time (livetune remix)Chrono Triggerlivetune

Chrono TriggerChrono TriggerDJ OMKT & MJ

Johnny C BadFinal Fantasy VIKING COLUMBIA

Within Living Memory...Front Missionokadada

FF Ending Medley (NOVOISKI REMIX)Final Fantasy IVNOVOISKI