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We are joined again by Roar to have a nice festive chat about... Um Jammer Lammy. Okay it's not very festive but watch this space and in the meantime just have a good time with us. 00:00:00 MilkCan - Keep Your Head Up!! (Make It Sweet!) 00:03:09 Talk 01 00:13:38 Shigeyoshi Kawagoe; Masaya Matsuura - I Am a Master and You! (Um Jammer Lammy Original Sound Track) 00:16:04 Masaya Matsuura - Fire Fire!...

This week we're joined by a guest from another VGM podcast! The Messenger (Alex) of A VGM Journey is here to celebrate 30 years of DOOM by talking the original games with us. I did not plan to release this on the actual 30th birthday, so Happy Birthday to DOOM, one of the true GOATs. 00:00:00 Robert Prince - At Doom's Gate (Doom) 00:01:44 Talk 01 00:11:44 Robert Prince - Kitchen Ace (And Taking Na...

We're joined by Ash this week to get our synthwave on and talk about Furi. Featuring a bunch of original tracks by some great Synthwave Stalwarts and a really dope art style this game was of immediate interest to me when it came out and when Ash mentioned they wanted to talk about it I couldn't wait to get this episode done. 00:00:00 Carpenter Brut - Time to wake up 00:01:08 Talk 01 00:07:12 Carpe...

We're back with another theme episode! It's Stage 1 music from Shmups, STGs, Bullet hell, whatever you want to call it. I got the idea for the playlist when doing the Hitoshi Sakimoto episode because I have a ton of these games that I wanted to talk about and while some of them will definitely get full episodes in future, and there's plenty of games not on this list I can talk about, it seemed ilk...

This week we finally talk about the Paradise Killer OST. Far and away one of the best soundtracks of the last few years for one of my favourite games of the last few years. Reese recently played it so as soon as she told me she was playing I said we had to do an episode as soon as possible so here it is! Apologies for the audio errors in the first two segments, the discord call was giving us some...

This week is our 1 year anniversary episode! Last year I put together of assorted Sonic tracks as a test for the podcast before we recorded our first real episode. The recording itself didn't turn out great but I thought it would be fun to dig out the playlist and have a redux episode. Roar who previously joined us for Sonic CD Temporal Duality brought some of her Sonic expertise and we have a fun...

This week, my friend Nate brings us a baker's dozen of Sentinels and their attendant soundtrack full of synth bangers. The game itself is very neat but the soundtrack is one of the best of the last few years and I've been hyped to do this one for a while. 00:00:00 Hitoshi Sakimoto; Bratphonics - Brat Overflow 00:01:53 Talk 1 00:12:53 Yoshimi Kudo - (VALINE)- 00:19:23 Yoshimi Kudo - -(ISOLEUCINE)-...

This week is a party and we're joined by Andy for a little Katamari Damacy soiree. It's another one of those inevitable episodes but it's such a joy of a soundtrack I just can't help but get excited and with the recent Reroll of We Love Katamari what better time to jump into it. 00:00:00 Yu Miyake; Masayuki Tanaka - Katamari on the Rocks (Main Theme) 00:05:54 Talk 01 00:02:20 Yuri Misumi - The Won...

Taking to the skies yet again with another air based episode, following up from Aerobiz and Airforce Delta, our friend Alex joins us to talk about Ace Combat Zero. Get ready for some sweet classical guitar riffs! 00:00:00 Tetsukazu Nakanishi - Briefing I 00:02:01 Talk 01 00:07:34 Keiki Kobayashi - ZERO 00:12:44 Tetsukazu Nakanishi - Contact 00:16:32 Junichi Nakatsuru - The Round Table 00:20:35 Kei...

I really wanted to do an episode on Breath of Fire 3 and who better to have along than Nadia Oxford of Axe of the Blood God and Retronauts who was kind enough to join us and talk some jazzy pop tunes — amongst other things — for one of my favorite RPG Soundtracks of the PS1 era. 00:00:00 Akari Kaida - Casually 00:02:36 Talk 1 00:10:14 Akari Kaida; Yoshino Aoki - These Little Things 00:12:26 Akari...

Another OC Remix episode? I didn't plan it but it sorta just worked out this way. This week we are joined by OC Remix Community Manager Larry Oji to talk about Street Fighter 2 and Turbo HD Remix tunes. An iconic soundtrack to be sure, and Larry provides a lot of fun insight into the creation of the community album that became the soundtrack for the HD re-release of Street Fighter 2. 00:00:00 Yoko...

This week, Shannon from Misplaced Podcasts joins us to talk about Soul Nomad. A ridiculously deep Nippon Ichi Software game with a belter of a soundtrack by Tenpei Sato. Enjoy! 00:00:00 Tenpei Sato - RED BOOTS 00:03:23 Talk 01 00:12:38 Tenpei Sato - Dragon's Eye 00:15:08 Tenpei Sato - December Street 00:17:45 Tenpei Sato - The Last Supper 00:21:14 Tenpei Sato - BAD BOYS 00:22:43 Talk 02 00:29:33 T...

This week we're joined by guest Roar who wanted to talk about the OC Remix Community Album Sonic CD: Temporal Duality. This was a great way to talk about one of the best classic Sonic OSTs but with a fun twist! 00:00:00 Jivemaster; Rabcandy - The Boom (Undeleted) [Sonic Boom] 00:02:32 Talk 1 00:11:11 Amphibious - Palm Beach SEGA Tan [Palmtree Panic US] 00:14:57 Funk Fiction - Crystal Duration [Met...

Reese is back again this week and we're talking about Alberto Jose González music. Definitely the most unsung of the bunch for what we've done this year but the music is fantastic, and there was a lot more fantastic music to be found in his back catalogue. Join us to hate on Hugo and Turok and listen to some great tunes. 00:00:00 Alberto Jose González - Champion! [UEFA 2000] 00:02:21 Block 00:11:5...

Reese couldn't join me this week so I brought a guest along to talk about some Hitoshi Sakimoto tracks for the 3rd episode of Masters of VGM this year. I really wanted to highlight some of Sakimoto's lesser known stuff so there's no Ogre Battle or Final Fantasy here but I'm sure you'll agree it's a fine selection of more obscure tracks from one of the all time greats. Thanks to Harlot for joining...

This week we're going to talk about Manami Matsumae. Since the start of the podcast we've talked about doing this episode but it got pushed back a few times and we thought that Masters of VGM would be ideal as an excuse! Check out other podcasts participating in Masters of VGM this year at https://mastersofvgm.com/ 00:00:00 Manami Matsumae - Boss [Tenchi o Kurau] 00:01:45 Talk 1 00:07:57 Manami Ma...

This week we finally get to talk about one of my favourite composers for this year's Masters of VGM. Considering how prolific he is I don't feel like Richard Jacques gets brought up in the conversation apart from Sonic R (and rightly so) so I wanted to do a bit of a dive into other games he does and really highlight the broadness of styles and a real ear for other people's sounds that makes him a...

Today we're joined by our friend Ryder to talk about the Yakuza: Like a Dragon soundtrack. As I'm still not very familiar with the series it was good to have a guide through this game's music which is uniformly excellent. There's definitely plenty more great tunes in the series too so I'm looking forward to digging a bit deeper 00:00:00 Shounanno Kaze, Yasutaka Nakata - Ichibanka 00:00:04 57 Talk...

This week we're joined by Brian of the Misplaced Musings podcast to talk about Airforce Delta. A cool little fight sim in the style of Ace Combat that similarly has some kick ass tunes. I initially messed up the recording of this episode at first and completely neglected to check that I was being recorded so we had to reconvene and do this episode again, thankfully the music still whips the second...

This week we're joined by our friend Niamh to talk about some Ys soundtracks! Specifically those for 1, 2 and Origins. Originally I was just going to make it 1 + 2 as they're basically one game anyway, but Niamh suggested adding Origin due to the more direct connection this game has to 1 + 2, and the fact that it does have quite a few of the same tracks re-arranged. It's a great soundtrack besides...

This week we're joined by Jay Brandstetter to talk about some Bomberman music. The incredible Bomberman Hero soundtrack is full of great tracks in a mix of electronic music styles: breaks, jungle, techno and acid house among others. I love talking about the crossover of electronic music and vgm so this episode was great fun to record! 00:00:00 June Chikuma - Foehn 00:02:37 Talk 01 00:09:59 June Ch...

Going back to the Final Fantasy well for this episode. I had gotten into listening to this soundtrack at work and sort of pushed everything aside to do an episode on the soundtrack because it's long been one of my favourites in the series. 00:00:00 Shuffle or Boogie 00:02:05 Talk 1 00:13:16 Blue Fields 00:14:46 Find Your Way 00:18:33 Balamb GARDEN 00:22:01 Fisherman's Horizon 00:25:36 Talk 2 00:32...

My good friend Dave joins us for a fun conversation on Commodore 64 music. I personally am less familiar with the music of this system so it was nice of Dave to provide a playlist and guide us. 00:00:00 Jonathan Dunn - Ocean Loader 5 00:03:00 Talk 1 00:17:18 Tamayo Kawamoto - BGM 1 00:18:26 Rob Hubbard - Commando 00:22:29 Rob Hubbard - Monty On The Run 00:28:29 Rob Hubbard - One Man And His Droid...

This week we're joined by famed Youtubist Kay of Kay and Skittles. When we started this pod they immediately got in contact and insisted we have them on for a Metal Gear Rising Revengeance episode. A game we all love that's seen a bit of a resurgence in recent years — not so much for its soundtrack — but as we discuss, the songs mirror the story and themes of the game quite strongly. The EDM infle...

Having a spooky February with this Silent Hill 2 episode. We had to bring in a pinch hitter for this one so my immediate thought went to Silent Hill 2, one of my favourite games and favourite soundtracks. Akira Yamaoka's moody, atmospheric tunes are dripping with menace but are still incredibly listenable and tuneful. 00:00:00 Akira Yamaoka - Promise (Reprise) 00:01:45 Talk 1 00:11:57 Akira Yamaok...