John, Johnny, Jessie & David take flight! Not literally, we're playing games with flying.
When does Spooky Season end? When we decide it ends! Keep the spirit of Halloween in your heart with this after-Halloween episode full of spooky songs!
https://www.podbean.com/ea/pb-nn7ra-14e976e
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Halloween has come and gone, but spooky season lives on in our hearts all year round, so this is a great set of creepy tracks that I didn’t quite get out the door before Halloween. (But I meant to, and then life got in the way.) We here in the VGM podcast community have seen Spotify pull down some of our episodes recently without any explanation as to why. My Castlevania bonus episode was removed, as were episodes of fellow VGM podcasts A VGM Journey and Nerd Noise Radio. None of us know exactly why we were targeted in general or why it was those specific episodes, and no one (not even a robot) at Spotify has reached out to tell us. So, if you’re listening to this on a podcast service that’s NOT Spotify, good job and thank you and keep on doing what you’re doing. And if you’re listening to this podcast on Spotify, you may need to find an alternative podcatcher to keep listening to us. I personally use Podbean and Pocket Casts both; I know Spotify is convenient, but I think both of those are better podcast apps, since they’re custom-built for podcast consumption. Podbean is currently the best place to find me, since that’s my hosting company, but any dedicated podcatcher you use should pick me up. 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. LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. 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. During the show, I mentioned some other VGM podcasts, and they are as follows: Last year’s excellent Halloween episode of A VGM Journey (where I got the idea to play the Transylvania song from Duck Tales) can be found at https://audacy.com/podcast/a-vgm-journey-a9eb9/episodes/level-116-06e41 The episode of fellow VGM podcast VGMporium devoted to exploring the soundtracks of NES games and arcade games that were siblings instead of straight ports can be found at https://vgmporium.wordpress.com/2023/03/09/episode-63-nes-and-arcade-versions/. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:08 - Military Madness (TG16) - Menu (composer: Jun Chikuma) 00:34 - Intro Talk Segment 05:15 - Duck Tales (NES) - Transylvania (prototype version) (composer: Hiroshige Tonomura) 08:15 - Military Madness (TG16) - Password (composer: Jun Chikuma) 09:27 - Gauntlet IV (Genesis) - Transparent Obstacle (composers: Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata) 14:40 - Secret of Evermore (SNES) - In the Arena (composer: Jeremy Soule) 15:37 - Shin Megami Tensei (Super Famicom) - Dream (composer: Tsukasa Masuko) 17:21 - Contra: Hard Corps (Genesis) - Guillotine (composers: Hiroshi Kobayashi, Michiru Yamane, Akira Yamaoka, Hirofumi Taniguchi, and Aki Hata) 19:16 - Nemo (Arcade) - Nightmare King (Stage 7) (composer: Yoko Shimomura) 21:03 - Golden Axe (Arcade) - Old Map (composer: Tohru Nakabayashi) 21:57 - Talk Segment II: Fatal Resurrection 25:12 - Al Unser Jr.’s Racing (NES) - Game Over (composers: Shōgo Sakai, Takafumi Miura, Masaaki Iwasaki, and Yuji Suzuki) 26:49 - Mother (Famicom) - Cemetery (composers: Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka) 29:20 - Yuppie Psycho (PC) - A Man Out of You (composer: Garoad) 31:46 - Persona 2 Eternal Punishment (PSP) - Undersea Ruins (composers: Toshiko Tasaki, Kenichi Tsuchiya, Masaki Kurokawa, T.KURA, Shoji Meguro, Kazuya Usui, Toshiki Konishi, Atsushi Kitajoh) 35:51 - Military Madness (TG16) - Enemy's Last Stage (composer: Jun Chikuma) 37:31 - Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow (GB) - Lavender Town (composer: Junichi Masuda) 40:29 - Shin Megami Tensei: If . . . (Super Famicom) - Terminal (composer: Tsukasa Masuko) 41:17 - Bubble Bobble (Arcade) - False Ending (composer: Tadashi Kimijima) 41:55 - Talk Segment III: Terminal Confrontation in 3D! 45:01 - Final Fantasy IV (SNES) - Dancing Calcobrena (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 45:34 - Persona Q2 (3DS) - Peculiar World (Another Version) (composer: Atsushi Kitajoh) 50:33 - Persona 5 Strikers (multiplatform) - Loving Wonderland (composer: Ayana Hira) 52:51 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis) - Mystic Cave Zone (composer: Masato Nakamura) 54:52 - Contra: Hard Corps (Genesis) - Jurassic Dope (composers: Hiroshi Kobayashi, Michiru Yamane, Akira Yamaoka, Hirofumi Taniguchi, and Aki Hata) 58:02 - Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne (PS2) - Playing the Fool (composer: Shoji Meguro) 59:35 - Outro Talk Segment 1:02:39 - Crystalis (NES) - Poison Marsh (composer: Yoko Osaka)
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John, Johnny, Jessie & David play 5 great games with an emphasis on physics! Science is fun!
It's an all-new, all-sacred episode of Shujin Academy VGM Club! We're going to listen to tracks that sound like being called to a sacred mission! Check out episode 36 - "Holy" now on a podcatcher near you!
https://www.podbean.com/ea/pb-ty5qi-14ad1a6
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What does it sound like when God talks to you? What does it sound like with the Light of the Universe gives you a sacred quest that no one else can accomplish? 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. BibleGateway.com and the scholars and authors behind the New International Version translation of the Bible, used for the reading from Exodus 3:1-10 in the show. LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. 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 - Last Bible III - West Lake 01:01 - Talk Segment 1 05:42 - Final Fantasy IV (SNES) - The Lunarians (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 06:58 - Final Fantasy V Pixel Remaster (Multiplatform) - Nostalgia (composers: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, Masaya Tsunemoto) 11:13 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (DS) - Icicle Forest (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, and Yoshihiro Maeda) 15:32 - Tokimeki Memorial (PC Engine CD) - Our Starry Sky [Planetarium] 17:30 - Romancing SaGa 3 (Super Famicom) - Underwater Palace (composer:Kenji Ito) 19:59 - Albert Odyssey (SNES) - On Holy Ground (composer: Naoki Kodaka) 21:16 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - Secret of the Forest (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda) 26:00 - Talk Segment 2 27:58 - Secret of Mana (SNES) - Pure Night Pure Land (composer: Hiroki Kikuta) 30:48 - Final Fantasy VII (PSX) - Flowers Blooming in the Church (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 35:42 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (DS) - A New World (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, and Yoshihiro Maeda) 39:07 - Tokimeki Memorial - Stormy Field (Romance) 40:17 - Dual Orb 2 - Dungeon (composers: Nobuyuki Hara and Yu Yoshida) 43:07 - Ys III: Wanderers From Ys (Genesis) - Morning of the Journey (composer: Yoshiaki Kubotera, Noriyuki Iwadare, and Mieko Ishikawa) 48:36 - Final Fantasy V (Super Famicom) - The Silent Beyond (composers: Nobuo Uematsu) 54:13 - Outro Talk Segment 56:27 - Final Fantasy III (Famicom) - Boundless Ocean (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
I finished the script for the next episode. This one's a little different, but I think it'll be good.
(And even if it's not good, an ambitious failure is more respectable than a lazy success, right?)
I'm working on a future episode and digging through a ton of tracks. The first draft of the episode had 3.5 hours of music, and I've gotten that down to 1.5 hours of music in my second playlist draft. I want it to be under an hour to have room for some talk.
But don't worry: all the songs I cut from the main episode are going into a special bonus episode.
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EPISODE 93: QUAKE MUSIC HISTORY
id Software is well known for their iconic titles like Doom and Wolfenstein, but few have left as indelible a mark as the legendary Quake series. Today, we’re taking a unique auditory journey through the unforgettable musical landscapes that accompanied these games. Prepare to be transported as we uncover the pulsating beats and iconic tunes that defined the musical history of the Quake series.
#vgm #quake #vgmpodcast #gamemusic
https://thevgmbassy.com/2023/07/12/episode-93-quake-music-history/
It's an all new episode of Shujin Academy VGM Club! I'm spotlighting some great new and/or overlooked composers for #mastersofvgm! Check it out! https://www.podbean.com/ea/pb-6fh6c-1441fa6
I've got links in the show notes for the artists' Spotify, YouTube, and Bandcamp pages in the show notes! Check out their stuff!
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It's June, and that means Masters of VGM! Our 2023 theme is "Unsung and Up-and-Coming", and I’m honoring six composers in this episode that are making great VGM, even if they’re not household names yet. Listen to learn about honorees Ben Prunty, Megan McDuffee, Garoad, Andrew Jeremy, Hiroyuki Yanada, and Victoria Dominowski. 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. BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. Links for all of this episode’s featured composers are as follows: Megan McDuffeeOfficial website: https://meganmcduffee.com/ Bandcamp: https://meganmcduffee.bandcamp.com/ Instagram: @megmcduffee Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4n34M10wtYMrhh5tNsKwnn Twitter: @MeganMcDuffee YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/meganmcduffeecomposer GaroadOfficial website: https://www.garoadmusic.com/ Bandcamp: https://garoad.bandcamp.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/garoadmusic/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/garoadmusic Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1oMOdABcJgXgiplesecR1U Twitter: @garoadmusic YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@garoad Andrew JeremyOfficial website: https://smarturl.it/BackToLife-AJ Bandcamp: https://togeproductions.bandcamp.com/ Instagram: @ndrujeremyac Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4L0yarQL5bASSvIX8BIX1U Twitter: @ndrujeremy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAmdJtCfpFggKhTEtB9vZLA Interview with Kotaku: https://kotaku.com/best-cozy-games-lofi-hiphop-beats-coffee-talk-2-switch-1850491993 Ben PruntyOfficial Website: https://www.benpruntymusic.com/ Bandcamp: https://benprunty.bandcamp.com/ Instagram: @benprunty Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/546MXGKJRNfO5to1oqkfqe?si=-wfj-HsYTm-Oobd9ovlhiQ&nd=1 Twitter: @benprunty YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdUA2v3b9XkQx3oujVP0ioQ Victoria DominowskiOfficial website: https://toridominowski.wixsite.com/portfolio Bandcamp: https://secretlittlehaven.bandcamp.com/ Twitter: @QuestForTori YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@QuestForTori Secret Little Haven on Itch.io: https://ristar.itch.io/secret-little-haven If you want to reach me, you can find me on Mastodon at @[email protected] or on Discord as ProfessorTom. 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. All my 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. 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 00:06 - FTL: Faster Than Light - Space Cruise (Title) (composer: Ben Prunty, Honorable Mention 1) 04:03 - Talk Segment 1: Introduction / Megan McDuffee Discussion 07:33 - Yars Recharged (multiplatform) - An Army of One (composer: Megan McDuffee) 09:41 - River City Girls (multiplatform) - The Hunt (composer: Megan McDuffee) 13:47 - River City Girls 2 (multiplatform) - Feel the Heat (featuring Matthew Lister) (composer: Megan McDuffee) 17:59 - River City Girls 2 (multiplatform) - River City Girls Too (opening) (featuring Christina Vee and RichaadEB) (composer: Megan McDuffee) 20:03 - Talk Segment 2: Garoad (aka Michael Kelly) 22:55 - Bushiden (multiplatform)- Fire in the Sky (composer: Garoad) 25:50 - Bushiden (multiplatform) - Sinister Science (Act I) (composer: Garoad) 29:10 - Yuppie Psycho (PC) - Tooth and Nail (composer: Garoad) 31:04 - Yuppie Psycho (PC) - Sintranet (composer: Garoad) 34:54 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform) - Shine Spark (from VA-11 HALL-A EX - Bonus Tracks Collection) (composer: Garoad) 39:53 - Talk Segment 3 - Andrew Jeremy 41:58 - Coffee Talk (multiplatform) - A Day With Coffee (composer: Andrew Jeremy) 45:30 - Coffee Talk (multiplatform) - Hot On Cold (composer: Andrew Jeremy) 48:49 - Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly (multiplatform) - Sweetheart Latte (composer: Andrew Jeremy) 52:50 - Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly (multiplatform) - Night Road (composer: Andrew Jeremy) 55:55 - Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly (multiplatform) - Yours Truly (composer: Andrew Jeremy) 57:51 - Talk Segment 4: Hiroyuki Yanada (a.k.a. Yanda) 1:00:32 - Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible II (Game Boy) - BGM 18 (composer: Hiroyuki Yanada w/Iwao Mitsunaga) 1:01:51 - Jack Bros (Virtual Boy) - Temple of Nightmare [Level 3] (composer: Hiroyuki Yanada) 1:03:53 - Jack Bros (Virtual Boy) - Mecha Fortress [Level 5] (composer: Hiroyuki Yanada) 1:05:55 - Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible III (Super Famicom) - Garfy Service (composer: Hiroyuki Yanada) 1:08:00 - Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible III (Super Famicom) - Val Ship (composer: Hiroyuki Yanada) 1:11:08 - Outro Talk Segment 1:13:16 - Secret Little Haven (PC) - Welcome to Sanctuary OS (composer: Victoria Dominowski, honorable mention 2) 1:15:31 - Secret Little Haven (PC) - Sunset on the CRT (composer: Victoria Dominowski, honorable mention 2)
We’re taking another lap with the songs of the Lotus and Top Gear games, this time featuring the work of Patrick Phelan and Neil Biggin! The checkered flag is in sight! 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. BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. 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. All my 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. Look for new episodes on Thursdays whenever I get them done, which is typically once or twice a month. If you liked the song from VA-11 Hall-A that I played to close out the episode, you can visit Garoad’s Bandcamp at https://garoad.bandcamp.com/ to download all of his work. Look forward to hearing more from him on my next episode! Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:05 - Top Gear 3000 (SNES) - Main Theme 2 (composer: Neil Biggin) 04:25 - Talk Segment 1 06:23 - Lotus III (Amiga) - Lotus III (title theme) (composer: Patrick Phelan) 08:55 - Lotus III (Amiga) - Breathless (composer: Patrick Phelan) 14:43 - Lotus III - Shamrip (composer: Patrick Phelan) 19:53 - Lotus III - Complete (composer: Patrick Phelan) 21:20 - Talk Segment 2.1 23:54 - Top Gear 2 (Amiga CD 32) - Night Train (Title Screen) (composers: Patrick Phelan and Neil Biggin) 26:11 - Top Gear 2 (Amiga CD 32) - Burn Rubber (Canterbury Plains) (composers: Patrick Phelan and Neil Biggin) 30:56 - Top Gear 2 (Amiga CD 32) - Results (composers: Patrick Phelan and Neil Biggin) 32:44 - Talk Segment 2.2 33:41 - Top Gear 2 (Genesis) - Top Racer (Auckland) (composers: Neil Biggin and Patrick Phelan) 37:00 - Talk Segment 2.3 37:36 - Top Gear 2 (SNES) - Destructive Comment (Ayres Rock) (composers: Patrick Phelan and Ashley Bennett) 42:11 - Top Gear 2 (SNES) - Ending Theme (composers: Patrick Phelan and Ashley Bennett) 44:36 - Talk Segment 3 48:44 - Top Gear 3000 (SNES) - Title (composer: Neil Biggin) 52:23 - Top Gear 3000 (SNES) - Main Theme 3 (composer: Neil Biggin) 56:45 - Top Gear 3000 (SNES) - Main Theme 4 (composer: Neil Biggin) 1:00:38 - Top Gear 3000 (SNES) - Ending Theme (composer: Neil Biggin) 1:05:34 - Outro Talk Segment 1:07:23 - VA-11 Hall-A: Good for Health, Bad for Education (composer: Garoad)
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