By VGMpire
A video game music podcast exploring 8-bit and beyond
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One of 2015’s best soundtracks gets its own episode! We discuss not only the game’s relentlessly upbeat tunes, but also its unique Nickelodeon meets Jet Grind Radio universe. Download now SHOW NOTES 00:00 – Splattack 08:40 – Ink or Sink 11:15...
An all new assortment of upbeat, life-affirming tracks from Dream Team and Paper Jam, plus we return to the SNES original for a pair of 1996 gems. Infectious positivity you can’t resist! Download SHOW NOTES 0:00:00 – Ready for a...
David Bowie’s reach extended even to video games, perhaps most so in this 1999 sci-fi adventure. We look at some of his tracks that debuted here, plus the BGM from composer Xavier Despas. Download SHOW NOTES 00:00 – New Angels...
Who coulda guessed an obscure shooter series would have incredible, blood pumping music? Oh, actually, guest Patrick Kulikowski knew, and brought tunes from all three Mahou Daisakusen games. Download now 0:00:00 – Saddle Horn (Kingdom Grand Prix) 0:06:52 – Sorcer...
Our second Album of the Year award goes to Undertale, which lovingly combines the sounds of the NES and SNES with modern chiptunery. The result is a 100-track OST that can’t be missed – but be prepared for some light...
A 90 minute look back at some of 2015’s best tracks, including songs from Ori and the Blind Forest, Bloodborne and Codename STEAM. Download now TRACK LIST 0:00:00 – Main Theme (Rocket League) 0:07:31 – Title Screen (Fast Racing Neo)...
After years of empty threats, Chris finally lands his Kickle Cubicle episode. And it just so happens to be our very first VGMini, a new sub-series that looks at games that might otherwise never get their own show. Download now...
We chat with the world-famous composer about Earthworm Jim, the early days of game music and how Video Games Live came to be, all while listening to choice tunes from his second Greatest Hits album. Download now 0:00:00 – Launch (PlayStation...
Incredible synth jams from two overlooked katana-em-ups. There may only be two games to discuss, but holy crap get ready for sincere 80s awesomeness. Download now 0:00:00 – Daddy Mulk (The Ninja Warriors 87) 0:09:37 – Are You Lady (The Ninja Warriors...
Platformer percussion from the man behind The Police. Like literally behind, since we’re talking about drummer and composer Stewart Copeland! Download Now 0:00:00 – Opening (Spyro the Dragon) 0:09:27 – Crystal Flight (Spyro the Dragon) 0:12:43 – Blowhard (Spyro the...
Rocktober 2015 concludes with incredible MM10 jams, surprising tracks from Wily Wars and a trio of tunes from Mega Man and Bass. Download Now 0:00:00 – Title (MM10) 0:07:53 – Solar Man (MM10) 0:10:35 – Strike Man (MM10) 0:12:37 –...
We travel from 1995 all the way to 2009 with this look at MM7, 8 and 9. SNES tunes, PSX dance grooves and modern-era chiptunes await. Download Now 0:00:00 – Title (MM7) 0:11:30 – Bass (MM7) 0:12:58 – Freeze Man...
The second NES trilogy keeps the mega music moving with amazing jams like Skull Man, Stone Man and Mr X Castle. Download Now 0:00:00 – Opening 2 (MM4) 0:10:50 – Ring Man (MM4) 0:12:17 – Bright Man (MM4) 0:13:36 –...
ROCKTOBER 2015 kicks off with a deep dive into the first three Mega Man games. Download Now 0:00:00 – Opening and Title (MM2) 0:13:01 – Cut Man (MM1) 0:14:31 – Elec Man (MM1) 0:16:01 – Bomb Man (MM1) 0:22:42 –...
Numerous VGMpire guests share their favorite game tunes of all time as part of our milestone 100th episode. Download now 0:00:00 – Title Screen (Silver Surfer) 0:08:33 – Vane (Lunar: The Silver Star) 0:12:50 – First Step Towards War (Ys...
Three classic bike-em-ups from the 16-bit days bring us one step closer to 100 episodes. Hope you like FM guitars! Download now 0:00:00 – Main Theme (Road Rash) 0:10:01 – Grass Valley (Road Rash) 0:14:37 – Pacific Coast (Road Rash) 0:18:01 – Redwood Forest...
An hour of soul soothing tunes from three easygoing flight sims. Time to relax! Download now 00:00 – Title Screen (Pilotwings) 08:40 – Light Plane (Pilotwings) 10:25 – Skydiving (Pilotwings) 11:55 – Rocketbelt (Pilotwings) 16:40 – Hang Glider (Pilotwings) 18:18...
Celebrating 20 years of eggcellent tunes, all the way from the NES to the 3DS. Download now 0:00:00 – Title Screen (Yoshi’s Island) 0:09:48 – Flower Garden (Yoshi’s Island) 0:12:40 – Athletic (Yoshi’s Island) 0:14:50 – Overworld (Yoshi’s Island) 0:25:05...
From sweeping orchestral openings to hard rockin battle tunes, the Grandia series has something for everyone. Download now 0:00:00 – Theme of Grandia (Grandia) 0:11:25 – Town of Palm (Grandia) 0:14:53 – Snowy Laine Village (Grandia) 0:19:10 – Battle 3...
An extensive look at the seminal beat em up series, including the NES originals, spin offs and Neon. Download now 0:00:00 – Double Dragon (Double Dragon) 0:14:02 – The Black Warriors Arrive (Double Dragon) 0:16:39 – Riot (Double Dragon) 0:18:04...
Unbelievably good tracks from two mid 90s brawlers. Buckle up! Download now 0:00:00 – Eiji’s Theme (Toshinden 2) 0:13:13 – Duke (Toshinden 2) 0:16:12 – Ellis (Tohshinden 2) 0:19:25 – Chaos (Toshinden 2) 0:29:29 – Rungo (Toshinden 2) 0:32:46 –...
Be a hero and save America by listening to great tracks from two classic Avengers beat em ups. OK GO 00:00 – Title Theme (Captain America and the Avengers) 11:00 – Scene 1 (CAATA) 12:35 – Whirlwind and Ultron (CAATA)...
Move and groove to the upbeat tunes of Super Monkey Ball 1 and 2. Download now 00:00 – Title Screen (Super Monkey Ball) 07:04 – Jungle (SMB) 09:29 – Sky High (SMB) 11:44 – Monkey Mall (SMB) 20:02 –...
Techie tunes from two late-blooming Genesis hits. A little bit of dance with a dash of chillaxin grooviness. Download now 00:00 – Title Screen (Vectorman) 05:23 – Terraport (Vectorman) 06:37 – Options Screen (Vectorman) 09:03 – Rock n Roller (Vectorman)...
A deep dive in the game that started it all, plus choice tracks from its first two sequels. Download now 0:00:00 – Transcending Love (Suikoden III) 0:12:37 – Beautiful Golden City (Suikoden) 0:14:43 – Into a World of Illusion (Suikoden)...
A full hour devoted to this semi-forgotten PS1 series. Download now 0:00:00 – Overture (Vandal Hearts 2) 0:11:41 – Warlock (Vandal Hearts) 0:13:18 – Bygone Days 2 (Vandal Hearts) 0:14:40 – Fortress (Vandal Hearts) 0:28:31 – Warfare on a Plain...
Blast through the first 15 years of Hudson history with this look back at the Bomberman brand. Download now 0:00:00 – Title Screen (Super Bomberman) 0:09:07 – Battle Menu (Super Bomberman) 0:09:39 – Battle Mode (Super Bomberman) 0:10:29 – Level...
A second look at the Legend of Zelda takes us from Majora to Twilight Princess, highlighting all kinds of great tracks along the way. Download here 0:00:00 – Termina Field (Majora’s Mask) 0:13:03 – Last Day (Majora’s Mask) 0:15:09 –...
So few know the majesty of TurboDuo titans Dragon Slayer and Riot Zone. Incredible soundtracks await! Download Now 0:00:00 – Overworld (Dragon Slayer) 0:08:48 – Thieves’ Hideout (Dragon Slayer) 0:12:54 – Battle Theme (Dragon Slayer) 0:16:46 – Town Theme (Dragon...
Twisted Metal and Extreme G lead a gas guzzlin episode centered around cars that battle for more than the checkered flag. Download now 0:00:00 – Theme (Twisted Metal) 0:11:52 – Quake Zone Rumble (Twisted Metal 2) 0:14:52 – Monumental Disaster...
A salute to menu music, shop songs and other oft ignored tunes from consoles and handhelds. Download now 00:00 – GameCube demo disc 05:38 – Initial Setup (PS Vita) 09:02 – Home Screen (PS Vita) 10:49 – Shop (PS Vita)...
Our first ever Album of the Year award goes to David Wise’s stunning Tropical Freeze OST. Its varied set list, consistent quality and overall VGM-ness makes it the best video game soundtrack of the year. Discuss! Download As you may...
Our biggest episode to date tackles a number of quality tunes from 2014, including Velocity 2X, Bravely Default, Shovel Knight and much more. Download now 0:00:00 – Theme (Fantasy Life) 0:08:12 – City at Night (Fantasy Life) 0:10:14 – Outdoors...
Reunite a war torn China with 20 years of great SRPG tunes, including tracks from Romance of the Three Kingdoms II, III, IV and more. Download now 0:00:00 – Title Theme (Romance of the Three Kingdoms V PC) 0:22:19 –...
With the main games out of the way, we now take a quick trip through the world of Pokemon spinoffs. Download now 0:00:00 – Title Theme (Colosseum) 0:07:14 – Cypher Peon Battle (Colosseum) 0:09:56 – Miror Bs Groove (Colosseum) 0:16:56...
Into the modern Poke-era with choice jams from Black and White 2, plus X and Y! Download now 0:00:00 – Title Screen (XY) 0:13:16 – Battle Champion Iris (BW2) 0:16:40 – Battle Colress (BW2) 0:18:44 – Battle Ghetsis (BW2) 0:24:50...
Get ready for a 90 minute dosage of Super Effective tunes from the DS days, featuring Diamond, Pearl, Black, White and HeartGold SoulSilver. Download now 0:00:00 – Opening Movie (DPP) 0:21:34 – Battle vs Trainer (DPP) 0:23:15 – Battle vs...
Rocktober moves ahead into Pokemon’s Game Boy Advance days, including Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed and LeafGreen. Download now 00:00 – Title Screen (RSE) 15:42 – Dive (RSE) 17:35 – Route 120 (RSE) 19:04 – Mt Chimney (RSE) 27:59 – Battle...
Rocktober returns with a barrage of Pokemusic from the Game Boy days, including Red, Blue, Gold and Silver. Download now 00:00 – Opening (RBY) 14:16 – Vermillion City (RBY) 15:14 – Slyph Co (RBY) 16:29 – Lavender Town (RBY) 28:15...
Composer Masafumi Takada brings anti-heroes and hitmen to life with OSTs like Danganronpa, God Hand and Killer7. Download now 0:00:00 – DANGANRONPA (Danganronpa) 0:09:52 – Election Plot (Killer7) 0:14:49 – American Diplomacy (Killer7) 0:17:23 – Postgasse (Killer7) 0:20:30 – Rave...
Five great examples of composers using custom chips to enhance the Famicom’s musical capabilities, including Lagrange Point and Megami Tensei II. With special guest Tim Turi! Download now 0:00:00 – Beginning (Akumajou Densetsu) 0:10:37 – City of Birthday (Lagrange Point)...
Adventurous tunes await those who dare to don phones of the head and pay tribute to Sega’s long lost axe ’em up series. Download now 0:00:00 – Turtle Village (Golden Axe) 0:07:02 – Fiend’s Path (Golden Axe) 0:11:49 – Battlefield...
From DDR to Beatmania to Guitar Freaks and more, we sift through hundreds of BPMs to find the top Bemani tracks. Download now 0:00:00 – Butterfly (smile dk) 0:13:11 – Paranoia Rebirth (190) 0:14:50 – Hysteria (Naoki 190) 0:16:25 –...
Movie games used to suck, but their soundtracks sure didn’t! We take a look at NES and SNES tie ins that defied the odds. Download now 0:00:00 – Main Theme (Super Star Wars) 0:06:56 – Imperial March (Super Empire Strikes...
Celebrate 20 years of Breath of Fire with this series-spanning tribute to swords n sorcery. Download now
Another look at amazing OSTs from the indie space, including Escape Goat, Bastion and Luftrausers. Download now SHOW NOTES 0:00:00 – Entryway (Escape Goat) 0:07:29 – Wishes and Truth (Escape Goat) 0:09:56 – Restoration (Escape Goat 2) 0:15:49 – Hydrogen...
Who woulda thought a walking atomic horror would inspire such great game music? Download now SHOW NOTES 0:00:00 – Godzilla (Battle Legends) 0:09:20 – Moguera (Monster of Monsters) 0:10:03 – Gigan (Monster of Monsters) 0:12:05 – Mechagodzilla (Monster of Monsters)...
An X-ellent assortment of mutant melodies, plus a few jams from their 1992 Spidey crossover. Download now 0:00:00 – Title Screen (Spider-Man and the X-Men) 0:06:33 – Gambit (Spider-Man and the X-Men) 0:11:40 – Spider-Man (Spider-Man and the X-Men) 0:21:46...
EXPLICIT SHOW – Before they were modern mixtapes, GTA games showcased some great lesser known acts. Listen and discover new bands that may have passed you by. Download now and keep the kiddies away SHOW NOTES 0:00:00 – Joyride (GTA)...
A special tribute to launch era Famicom titles, as heard on this new album from Nintendo. Download now