The Sound Test

A brand new iteration of The Sound Test LIVE! This time, I'm joined by Shelley Moncaster for fresh VGM playlists and all the old features. This week's playlist: Buying Lumber – Jerry Martin [The Sims] Don’t Be So Serious – Low Roar [Death Stranding] Grace and Glory – Hideki Naganuma [Jet Set Radio]  Bike Race – Shawn Lee [Bully/Canis Canem Edit] Fusion – TiceTunes Marble Zone – Masato Nakamura [So...

A brand new iteration of The Sound Test LIVE! This time, I'm joined by Shelley Moncaster for fresh VGM playlists and all the old features, including: SFX Showdown SongFight Quickfire News Top 5 (THIS WEEK: Top 5 Snow Graphics/Physics) and a LIVE interview with Kynseed's TiceTunes! TiceTunes Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-275358929 Kynseed on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/75......

To follow up on my Fable podcast episode with Russell Shaw, I caught up with TiceTunes about Kynseed - a new project from a number of ex-Fable developers! Although Russell Shaw wrote Kynseed's main theme, its expansive soundtrack is otherwise given life by Tice. Despite it being his first official video game OST, his work is deep, accomplished and - most importantly - perfect for Kynseed itself. I...

A brand new iteration of The Sound Test LIVE! This time, I'm joined by Shelley Moncaster for fresh VGM playlists and all the old features, including: SFX Showdown SongFight Quickfire News and a LIVE interview with Guinea Pig Parkour's Fat Bard! All future streams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9jf-ef67-A3H79fLoRDtoQ Requests and contact: https://twitter.com/GreenT128 or https://www.facebook.co...

For Shelley's very first LIVE interview, we spoke to the lovely Fat Bard about their work on the upcoming Guinea Pig Parkour and composing VGM in general! Along with a debut appearance of my own guinea pig, Douglas, Fat Bard's Zach Fendelman and Patrick Crecelius discuss how they got started in the industry, adapting to different styles and the separate roles they take. It was fantastic to talk to...

When Ori and the Blind Forest first released in 2015, it made waves for its beautifully realised landscapes and emotional narrative. Inspired by a number of classic platformers, gameplay concentrates on running, jumping, climbing and shooting through a plethora of striking environments. It was developed by Moon Studios, who represent a collective of talented and experienced creatives from around t...

SPECIAL MARATHON EPISODE! This features nearly five hours of VGM, but also has us getting progressively more drunk throughout the show! A brand new iteration of The Sound Test LIVE! This time, I'm joined by Shelley Moncaster for fresh VGM playlists and all the old features, including: SFX Showdown SongFight Quickfire News Top 5 (THIS WEEK: Top 5 ST1 Eps) All future streams: https://www.youtube.com...

A brand new iteration of The Sound Test LIVE! This time, I'm joined by Shelley Moncaster for fresh VGM playlists and all the old features, including: SFX Showdown SongFight Top 5 (THIS WEEK: Top 5 Plants in Games) All future streams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9jf-ef67-A3H79fLoRDtoQ Requests and contact: https://twitter.com/GreenT128 or https://www.facebook.com/thesoundtest/ Original episod...

Team Cherry’s Hollow Knight, funded by a Kickstarter in 2017, is a prime example of the ongoing strength of indie games. Players quickly became enamoured with its masterful Metroidvania gameplay, brought to life at every turn by a strikingly unique visual style. It’s a title you can truly lose yourself in, through its dark, atmospheric environments and dense sound design. Besides some individual c...

This BONUS episode appeared basically out of nowhere, as a short 15-min interview about the latest MediEvil game turned into a 50-min exploration of the entire franchise! Paul Arnold and Andrew Barnabas (probably best known as "Bob & Barn") are true musical masterminds, who have worked on a number of interesting titles in their career. Notably, they've composed for every single iteration of Me...

A brand new iteration of The Sound Test LIVE! This time, I'm joined by Shelley Moncaster for fresh VGM playlists and all the old features, including: SFX Showdown Quickfire News SongFight All future streams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9jf-ef67-A3H79fLoRDtoQ Requests and contact: https://twitter.com/GreenT128 or https://www.facebook.com/thesoundtest/ Original episodes of The Sound Test LIVE,...

Popcap are probably best known for a string of browser and mobile games that helped define their respective genres. Among their most successful series is Plants vs. Zombies, which has spawned several spin-offs and sequels since it first released in 2009. It was also one of the games that established Laura Shigihara as a formidable musical talent. She provided such accomplished work to the game tha...

NEW LIVE STREAM EVERY FRI AT APPROX. 8pm UK! A brand new iteration of The Sound Test LIVE! This time, I'm joined by Shelley Moncaster for fresh VGM playlists and all the old features, including: SFX Showdown Quickfire News SongFight Top 5 (THIS WEEK: Top 5 Zombie Games) This week's playlist: Asimov - 65daysofstatic [No Man's Sky] Clock Tower Stage - Tetsuya Shibata and/or Mitsuhiko Takano [Marvel...

For ST2's third episode, I specifically wanted to explore something more up-to-date. No Man's Sky's soundtrack is among the best received VGM OSTs of the past few years, and that's even more impressive considering the game's initial negative reception. Though the title itself has been updated numerous times, significantly warming people's perceptions in the process, 65daysofstatic's great music re...

A brand new iteration of The Sound Test LIVE! This time, I'm joined by Shelley Moncaster for fresh VGM playlists and all the old features, including: SFX Showdown Quickfire News SongFight All future streams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9jf... Requests and contact: https://twitter.com/GreenT128 Original episodes of The Sound Test LIVE, with Dale Fowler, are available through Patreon: https://...

This BONUS episode of ST2 is actually the second part of a Lionhead Studios double bill, with the first focusing on Fable (available here ). After Peter Molyneux left Bullfrog Productions in 1997, he soon started his new venture - Lionhead Studios. Though they were unfortunately ill-fated with money across their run, they were nonetheless responsible for a number of interesting and imaginative gam...

I always wanted the second episode of ST2 to cover a classic, and I think I got that in spades when I spoke to Russell Shaw about the Fable series. Its first release is a real RPG benchmark, and though the games slowly slipped into a less enthusiastic reception, Russell Shaw's music was always highly regarded as some of the best in the industry. After an interesting collaboration with Danny Elfman...

A brand new iteration of The Sound Test LIVE! This time, I'm joined by Shelley Moncaster for fresh VGM playlists and all the old features, including: SFX Showdown Quickfire News SongFight Top 5 (THIS WEEK: Top 5 Bergen Moments) All future streams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9jf... Requests and contact: https://twitter.com/GreenT128 Original episodes of The Sound Test LIVE, with Dale Fowler,...

To kick off this first pre-Christmas mini-run of ST2, Minecraft seemed perfect. As I type this, it's the best-selling video game of all time, and it's a safe bet that practically every gamer has dipped into its blocky world at some point. Many of us, myself included, have done far more than simply dip in, using its subjective gameplay and nearly infinite possibilities to construct an addictive oth...

Wolfenstein: Youngblood music samples: https://soundcloud.com/tomsalta/sets/wolvenstein-youngblood tomsalta.com Lee Tyrrell on Twitter Tom Salta on Twitter Also available on: iTunes Spotify YouTube Stitcher Pledge to this Patreon to help support The Sound Test's second season, and unlock backdated episodes of its LIVE version (and other content)!

Telling Lies on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/762830/Telling_Lies/ Telling Lies OST: https://open.spotify.com/album/4gp3qWnIlQ5htjjdxxzLqZ?si=UCzJrDYaQtObc631btPlUg https://music.apple.com/us/album/telling-lies-original-soundtrack-ep/1477151521 Lee Tyrrell on Twitter Nainita Desai on Twitter Also available on: iTunes Spotify YouTube Stitcher Pledge to this Patreon to help support The S...

All future streams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9jf... Requests and contact: https://twitter.com/GreenT128 All backdated episodes of The Sound Test LIVE are available through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/_secretcave This week's playlist: Morihiko Akiyama - Column Dive [Columns III: Revenge of the Columns] Super Square, Mega Ran, Wilber Roget, II & A_rival - Rise [Mortal Kombat 11] Ga...

All future streams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9jf... Requests and contact: https://twitter.com/GreenT128 All backdated episodes of The Sound Test LIVE are available through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/_secretcave This week's playlist: Yuzo Koshiro – The Streets of Rage [Streets of Rage] Laugh and Peace – Polaroid [Vib-Ribbon] Shoji Meguro & Lyn Inaizumi – With the Stars and Us [Pe...

Trailer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbayssshFJU Lee Tyrrell on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/GreenT128 The Sound Test Season 1:  https://audioboom.com/channels/4966905

All future LIVE episodes stream every Friday, 7:30pm (GMT): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9jf-ef67-A3H79fLoRDtoQ Contact: https://twitter.com/GreenT128 YouTube: https://youtu.be/5npnBff0af0 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0nt97mhg0PgE3pqUmDXmhC iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sound-test/id1418674203?mt=2