Original Soundchat

Joe presents a funky mix of beats with aged voice sampling in Jet Set Radio & Jet Set Radio Future and Peter analyzes the channeling of corrupted audio energy through a created synth instrument in Mick Gordon's work on DOOM (2016).

Peter presents a game ahead of its time with a Hollywood-inspired score in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Joe reminisces about the anxiety-inducing apes from the first game of his youth in Grant Kirkhope's work on Donkey Kong 64.

In this week’s episode of the show: Joe explores the tensions between instruments and synths in the quadrilateral-filled world of Thomas Was Alone and Peter studies the way of the ninja with the 8- and 16-bit chiptune dance melodies of Eric Brown's work in The Messenger.

In this week’s episode of the show: Peter takes a look at an Academy Award-winning composer applying a cinematic score to The Last of Us and Joe analyzes the many-styled vocal compression of Takeharu Ishimoto's work in The World Ends With You.

In this week’s episode of the show: Joe explores the heavy beats and Arabian stylings in the soundtrack of Shantae and the Pirate's Curse and Peter takes a look at the 1930s big band jazz of Kristofer Maddigan's debut work in Cuphead.

In this week’s episode of the show: Peter explores the emotional gut-punches that exist throughout the soundtrack of Professor Layton and the Unwound Future and Joe has no objection to Masakazu Sugimori's courtroom work on Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.

In this week’s episode of the show: Joe takes a look at the blending of film score writing across different cultures into the sci-fi plot of Beyond Good & Evil and Peter delves into the Victorian chamber orchestra insight of Austin Wintory's work on Assassin's Creed Syndicate.

In this week’s episode of the show: Peter marvels at the infusion of J-pop into the first game from his youth in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Joe discovers the tumultuous development struggles of Yasuaki Fujita's work on Mega Man 3.

In this week’s episode of the show: Joe dives into the world of Yarnham for the horror themes of the Bloodborne soundtrack and Peter learns about the creation of tunes that accompany girls with physical disabilities from Sebastien Skaf’s work on Katawa Shoujo.

In this week’s episode of the show: Peter applies the Rules of Nature to the vocal soundtrack for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Joe customizes his cyberpunk bartending playlist from Michael Kelly’s work on VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action.

In this week’s episode of the show: Joe cranks up the demonic vocal action in the soundtrack for Devil May Cry 3 and Peter picks the polar opposite in Tomoya Tomita’s piano work on Kirby’s Epic Yarn.

In this week’s episode of the show: Peter looks into the music of post-apocalyptic androids in NieR: Automata and Joe highlights Danny Baranowsky's rock-synth work on the soundtrack of Super Meat Boy.

In this week’s episode of the show: Joe teaches us about Laura Shigihara’s passion project of Rakuen and Peter highlights Jack Wall’s contributions to the soundtrack of the original Mass Effect.

In this week’s episode of the show: Peter reminisces about the context of adult themes with Shoji Meguro's tunes in Catherine and Joe recalls how Darren Korb's soundtrack for Bastion made the game an indie darling.

In this week’s episode of the show: Joe covers what he considers the most unique soundtrack in video game history in Yuu Miyake’s Katamari Damacy, while Peter covers the history and adventure of Kenta Nagata’s soundtrack for The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.

Welcome to Original Soundchat, where video game music is a work of art! In this new weekly show hosts Joe DeVader and Peter Spezia are talking their favorite game soundtracks, both taking a deep dive into the creation and history behind them while highlighting some key tracks along the way. Join them as they shine a light on the often forgotten composers that make our games sound great, and prove...