In June of 2022 (and stretching into July), over a dozen VGM podcasts came together to honor our favorite composers in what came to be called Masers of VGM. But how did it happen? And who ended up on the list?

There are too many composers for me to list here (literally - word count wouldn't even allow me to list all the names, let alone attribute the songs we're playing or the games we're from), so you'll have to listen to this recap to find out. But trust us - everything is 100% very good music!

Join us for part 2 some time this week to hear some of our listeners' choices for the Masters of VGM event!

Thanks as always to our amazing artists who made our show art and theme song. You can reach out to us one of these ways:

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Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

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Very Good Music is proudly affiliated with RPGEra.com (https://rpgera.com/)! Check them out for lots of great content, including articles, videos, and podcasts covering a variety of pop culture topics!

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Greetings, Gamers!

On this special bonus episode of Very Good Music, Bedroth is proud to present his VGM podcasting colleague Andre, host of the Brazilian O Som do Cartucho podcast! As one of only three international podcasts joining the event, and as the only podcast whose regular episodes have been released entirely in a language other than English, “Cartridge’s Sound” definitely lends a unique flavor to the proceedings.

There was a bit of confusion at first as to whether this episode would be posted on the BGMania thread or the Very Good Music thread. However, since VGMVGM won’t be posting another regular episode for at least a couple weeks, and BGMania has a full slate of episodes for July, we opted to present it for you here.

We hope you enjoy one of the final episodes in the inaugural Masters of VGM event!

Very Good Music is proudly affiliated with RPGEra.com (rpgera.com/)! Check them out for lots of great content, including articles, videos, and podcasts covering a variety of pop culture topics! You can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/gfypDsuqFs

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: [email protected]

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm 

Check out O Som do Cartucho at https://www.osomdocartucho.com.br/ (website and podcast are in Portuguese)

Check out the Masters of VGM at mastersofvgm.com or @MastersofVGM on Twitter!

Track List:

Funky Writer “Hangar” - Jesper Kyd - Sub-Terrania/Red Zone - Sega Genesis

Stage 3 - Naoki Kodaka - Journey to Silius - NES

Stage 4-1 “Gotham City Streets 2” & Stage 5 “In the Sky Over Gotham City” - Naoki Kodaka - Batman - Sega Genesis

Across the Tube (Round 3) - Ayako Saso - Rolling Thunder 2 - Arcade

Snow - Ayako Saso - Dirt Dash - Arcade

Desert - Masashi Kageyama - Robot Construction R.C. - Sharp X68000

Good Night (True End) - Masashi Kageyama - Gimmick! - NES

Special thanks to the Friends of the Show:

ProfJeff

"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

The Last Rican, host of VGM Fight Club and Senpai's Playlist

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube

Martyrus, host of the RE-VGM Podcast

SprintCade

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 70: Super Turbo Hyper Ultra VGM Robot Go!!!

Greetings, game music lovers! In this episode, This month, Bedroth is exploring an area of popular culture he's not all that familiar with - giant robots! He has asked his friends ProfJeff and Kung Fu Carlito, who are regular experts in the subject matter, to serve as his guides through this SUPER EXCITING corner of nerddom in search of some Very Good Music!

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: [email protected]

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm 

You can also leave us a comment on YouTube and while you're at it, please let us know if you like the video, and subscribe and ring the bell to be notified of future episodes! We look forward to hearing from you!

Very Good Music is proudly affiliated with RPGEra.com (https://rpgera.com/)! Check them out for lots of great content, including articles, videos, and podcasts covering a variety of pop culture topics!

Playlist:

Metal Beat - Metal Masters - Game Boy/Atari ST/AmigaOS, 1990 - Composer: Alberto Jose Gonzalez

Go! Vulkaiser! - Supercharged Robot Vulkaiser - PC, 2015 - Composer: SAK - Lyrics: Sakeo - Vocals: Yasubara Hataro

Mazinkaiser - Super Robot Taisen Alpha - PS1, 2000 - Composer: Chumei Watanabe - Vocals: Ichiro Mizuki 

Wings - Metallic Child - Switch/PC, 2021 - Composer: Kim Hyun

Office - Ninja Warriors Once Again - Switch/PS4, 2019  - Composer: Hiroyuki Iwatsuki 

Giant Beast - Stonefly - Multi-platfoform, 2021 - Composer: Natureboy Flako

A Despair-filled Farewell - Shadow of the Colossus - PS Series, 2005 - Composer: Kow Otani 

Boss Battle - Rocket Knight Adventures - Sega Genesis, 1993 - Composers: Masanori Oouchi, Aki Hata, Michiru Yamane, Masanori Adachi, and Hiroshi Kobayashi

I Am Impact- Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon - Nintendo 64, 1997 - Composers: Shigeru Araki, Yusuke Kato, Saiko Miki, Yasumasa Kitagawa - Vocals:  Ichiro Mizuki 

Inherit the Stars - Daemon X Machina - Switch/PC, 2019 - Composer: Akihiko Ishikawa

I Take Hold - Risk System - Multi-platform, 2019 - Composer: Chris Ekins 

Blooper Reel Tracks:

Sunset - Tech Romancer - Arcade/Dreamcast, 1998 - Composer: Yuki Iwai

Hot Wind! Fierce Wind! (Cybuster Theme) - Super Robot Wars OG Gaiden - PlayStation 2, 2007 - Composer: Shinichi Tanaka - Arranger: Ryo Yonemitsu

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube

SprintCade

"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

The Last Rican, host of VGM Fight Club and Senpai's Playlist

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube

Martyrus, host of the RE-VGM Podcast

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Well, everyone, we've made it. This is the big one. Not 50. Not 100. Not an anniversary.

Episode 69. Nice.

In all seriousness, we're not doing anything naughty on this episode. Quite the contrary - Bedroth and Shootkapow have invited Dusklight back onto the show to discuss music from games that are just...nice. We hope you enjoy this very special helping of Very Nice Music.

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: [email protected]

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm 

You can also leave us a comment on YouTube and while you're at it, please let us know if you like the video, and subscribe and ring the bell to be notified of future episodes! We look forward to hearing from you!

Very Good Music is proudly affiliated with RPGEra.com (https://rpgera.com/)! Check them out for lots of great content, including articles, videos, and podcasts covering a variety of pop culture topics!

Playlist:

Sweden - Minecraft - Daniel Rosenfield (C418) - Mojang/Microsoft

C418's Bandcamp: https://c418.bandcamp.com/

Tube Town - Kirby's Epic Yarn - Tomoya Tomita - Nintendo

Tomoya's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TomoyaTomitaMusic

Golf: Results - Wii Sports - Kazumi Totaka - Nintendo

Stratosphere - Journey of the Broken Circle - Andrew Rohrmann (scntfc) - Lovable Hat Cult

scntfc's Bandcamp: https://scntfc.bandcamp.com/ 

Boss Battle 1 - Miitopia - Toshiyuki Sudo, Shinji Ushiroda, Yumi Takahashi, Megumi Inoue - Nintendo

Calico Desert - Stardew Valley - Eric Barone (ConcernedApe) - Independent

ConcernedApe's Bandcamp: https://concernedape.bandcamp.com/

Somewhere in the Woods - A Short Hike - Mark Sparling - Adam Robinson-Yu (Independent)

Mark's Bandcamp: https://marksparling.bandcamp.com/

The Final Fall - Fall Guys - Jukio Kallio - Mediatonic/Devolver Digital/Epic

Jukio's Website: https://jukiokallio.com/

Hang Glider - Pilotwings 64 - Dan Hess - Nintendo

Dan's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=24306210

Hello? - A Short Hike - Mark Sparling - Adam Robinson-Yu (Independent)

Otherside - Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs - Lena Raine - Mojang/Microsoft

Lena's Bandcamp: https://radicaldreamland.bandcamp.com/

Route 22: Fireflow Volcano - New Pokemon Snap - Hiroki Hashimoto

Blooper Reel: Flyswatter: Level 1 - Mario Paint - Hirokazu Tanaka, Ryoji Yoshitomi, Kazumi Totaka

Under-music: Mysterious - Mario Paint

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

The Last Rican, host of VGM Fight Club and Senpai's Playlist

Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint

"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube

SprintCade

The Mysterious Nathan

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Ahoy, Game Music Lovers! Shootkapow is back again as the two of us set sail on the High Seas of VGM Goodness! Last year we brought you some excellent train tracks. Watergoing vessels may not ride on tracks, but they can still delever fathomless amounts of Very Good Music!

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: [email protected]

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm 

You can also leave us a comment on YouTube and while you're at it, please let us know if you like the video, and subscribe and ring the bell to be notified of future episodes! We look forward to hearing from you!

Very Good Music is proudly affiliated with RPGEra.com (https://rpgera.com/)! Check them out for lots of great content, including articles, videos, and podcasts covering a variety of pop culture topics!

Playlist:

Intro - Kapp'n Song - Aninal Crossing: New Horizons - Kazumi Totaka, Yasuaki Iwata, Yumi Takahashi, Shinobu Nagata, Sayako Doi, and Masato Ohashi - Nintento (Switch, 2020)

The Great Sea - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD - Kenta Nagata - Nintendo (Wii-U, 2013)

Dire Dire Docks / Jolly Roger Bay - Super Mario 64 - Koji Kondo - Nintendo (N64, 1996)

Acid Tunnel of Love - Deltarune Chapter 2 - Toby Fox - Independent (Multi-Platform, 2021)

Flea and Ozzie (Nautical Mix) - You Must Build a Boat - Daverd and Troupe Gammage - EightyEightGames (Mobile/PC, 2015)

Boat Buds - A Short Hike - Mark Sparling - Adam Robinson-Yu (Multi-Platform, 2019)

Bumper Boat Battle - Six Flags Fun Park - Elik Alvarez and Freddy Sheinfeld - Ubisoft (Wii, 2009)

S. S. Anne - Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen - Junichi Masuda, arr. Go Ichinose - Nintendo/The Pokemon Company (Game Boy Advance, 2004)

Sailing to Scaraba - EarthBound - Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka - Nintendo (Super NES, 1994)

Daisy Cruiser - Mario Kart 7 - Kenta Nagata - Nintendo (3DS, 2011)

Skull and Crossbones - Turtles in Time - Mutsuhiko Izumi - Tsutomu Ogura (cover by Lame Genie feat. Whang!) - Capcom (Arcade/Super NES, 1991)

Check out Whang!'s Channel: https://youtube.com/WhangWhangWhang

Support Lame Genie (TMNT album coming soon!): https://lamegenie.bandcamp.com

Blooper Reel: Gang-Plank Galleon - Donkey Kong Country - David Wise - Nintendo (Super NES, 1994)

Background Music: A Star to Sail By - Sea of Thieves - Robin Beanland - Microsoft Studios (Windows/Xbox Series, 2018)

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

The Last Rican, host of VGM Fight Club and Senpai's Playlist

Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint

"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube

SprintCade

The Mysterious Nathan

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

This week, Bedroth is joined by his two youngest daughters, Flare and Luna. The kids have been very excited to do their first podcast, and after a lot of back-and-forth, decided to talk about one of their favorite games to play together: Pikuniku.

The game, released in 2019 by Devolver Digital and developed by French-British indie collective Sectordub, stars a strange, red, ovoid creature named Piku (whose orange counterpart, Niku, is the avatar for player 2), as he takes on the megalomaniacal Mr. Sunshine, who wants to strip the land of all its resources, which he will use to hatch an even more nefarious plot. The single-player mode is a puzzle-platforming adventure, while the two-player mode includes both a cooperative adventure and competitive mini-games.

The clever, lighthearted soundtrack by Calum Boen (sometimes known simply as Bo En)perfectly complimentes the simple, childlike art style designed by Arnaud De Bock (also the game's creator) and the quirky, humorous story by Remi Forcadel.

You can find Calum at https://www.youtube.com/user/calumbowen and http://bo-en.info/, and you can check out (and purchase!) the Pikuniku soundtrack at https://calumbowen.bandcamp.com/album/pikuniku-original-soundtrack.

For more about the soundtrack, check out Kate Remington's interview with Calum on Music Respawn: http://www.respawnshow.com/home-1/2019/2/7/calum-bowens-funny-lighthearted-soundtrack-for-pikuniku

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: [email protected]

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm 

You can also leave us a comment on YouTube and while you're at it, please let us know if you like the video, and subscribe and ring the bell to be notified of future episodes! We look forward to hearing from you!

Very Good Music is proudly affiliated with RPGEra.com (https://rpgera.com/)! Check them out for lots of great content, including articles, videos, and podcasts covering a variety of pop culture topics!

Playlist:

The Mountain Village

Free Money!

El Bunko

King of the Dancefloor

Run!

Underground Friends

Mother's Lullaby

Don't Fall!

The Sun Is Shining

Everything's Gonna Be Okay

Bonus Track: Enter The Mine

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

The Last Rican, host of VGM Fight Club and Senpai's Playlist

Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint

"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube

SprintCade

The Mysterious Nathan

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

This week, Bedroth and Shootkapow are joined by Shootkapow's little brother, whose podcast personal is "Lemon Boy". Lemon Boy has made a couple of brief appearances before, but this time he is bringing his 10 favorite tracks from a game that has been taking up a lot of his attention: Cuphead!

The 2017 indie sensation, developed and published by Studio MDHR, the company started by brothers Chad and Jared Moldenhauer, became famous for its unique visual aesthetic inspired by classic robber-hose animation style, as well as its high degree of difficulty. Also highly praised is the game's soundtrack, composed by Ontario jazz musician Kristofer Maddigan and performed by live jazz and big band musicians.

If you enjoy this showcase of Very Good Music from Cuphead, you can reach out to us in any of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: [email protected]

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm 

You can also leave us a comment on YouTube and while you're at it, please let us know if you like the video, and subscribe and ring the bell to be notified of future episodes! We look forward to hearing from you!

Very Good Music is proudly affiliated with RPGEra.com (https://rpgera.com/)! Check them out for lots of great content, including articles, videos, and podcasts covering a variety of pop culture topics!

Playlist:

Don't Deal With the Devil

Ruse of an Ooze

Aviary Action

Threatenin' Zeppelin

The Mausoleum

Botanic Panic

Shootin n' Lootin

Inkwell Isle Three

Railroad Wrath

Floral Fury

Sugarland Shimmy

Blooper Reel: Die House & All Bets Are Off

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

An announcement about some things happening in our world and the world of the podcast.

Background Music: Super Training! - Pokemon X & Y  -  Shota Kageyama

Things Mentioned in the Show:

The Movie Bar - https://anchor.fm/moviebar

The Literate Pixel - https://anchor.fm/literatepixelpodcast

VGM Journey - https://anchor.fm/vgmjourney

BGMania - https://rpgera.com/blog/category/podcasts/bgmania/

Talk to Us:

https://twitter.com/vgmpod

https://twitter.com/shootkapow

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6r-B1UHRbvZ5tcEGQHvrCg

Greetings, Gamsers, and welcome to the Very Best Music of the podcast in 2021! This episode is packed with some of our favorite tunes from this year. It's been such a great year for the show. Very good listeners, very good guests, and, as this episode showcases better than any words I could say - VERY GOOD MUSIC!

Thanks so much for making 2021 a little more bearable. We're excited to see what 2022 holds!

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

You can also leave us a comment on YouTube and while you're at it, please let us know if you like the video, and subscribe and ring the bell to be notified of future episodes! We look forward to hearing from you!

Very Good Music is now proudly affiliated with RPGEra.com (https://rpgera.com/)! Check them out for lots of great content, including articles, videos, and podcasts covering a variety of pop culture topics!

Playlist:

Play-in: Studiopolis Act 1 - Sonic Mania - Tee Lopes

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Hi everyone!

No episode this week. Just a great piece of winter music by Grant Kirkhope from 1998's Banjo-Kazooie, remixed and remastered for Grant's 2021 album Re-Jiggyed! And a brief announcement.

Merry Christmas to you and yours. And if you don't celebrate Christmas, or don't celebrate it today, then happy December 25th!

Love,

Bedroth (@VGMPod) and Shootkapow (@shootkapow)