Shujin Academy VGM Club

Episode 39 - Four Short Episodes of Shujin Academy VGM Club

I come up with a lot of ideas, but all of them aren’t a good fit for a full-length episode, so this episode is actually four mini-episodes. Each one is devoted to an idea that works better in small bites than it would in a longer episode. Enjoy!
Congratulations in advance go out to fellow VGM podcast bro Martyrus for reaching 100 episodes of his excellent show RE-VGM, a great podcast where he explores the world of arranged video game music. I try to catch every episode, and I’d recommend it to you, too! You can find it at www.re-vgm.com or https://re-vgm.blubrry.net/. 
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 @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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 - Episode 39a: Home Sweet Home
02:43 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - Morning Sunlight (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda)
03:22 - Dragon Quest V (Super Famicom) - Country Living (composer: Koichi Sugiyama)
04:53 - Etrian Odyssey (DS) - Town - Bird-Shaped Vane on the Roof (composer: Yuzu Koshiro)
06:06 - Kingdom Hearts (PS2) - Traverse Town (composer: Yoko Shimomura) 
07:26 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform): Safe Haven (composer: Garoad)
10:06 - Final Fantasy V (Super Famicom) - Home Sweet Home (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
12:47 - Episode 39b: Jingle Bleeps, Jingle Bloops
15:20 - Daze Before Christmas (Genesis) - A Story Song (composers: Kim M. Jensen and Geir Tjelta)
17:16 - Home Alone (SNES) - Protecting the House (composer: Mark van Hecke)
18:34 - Home Alone (SNES) - The Scary Basement (composer: Mark van Hecke)
20:09 - Die Hard (NES) - Game Theme (composer: unknown)
23:10 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform) - Snowfall (composer: Garoad)
25:59 - Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn) - Dreams Dreams (Acapella version) (composer: Tomoko Sasaki; vocals: Marlon D. Sanders, Gabriel Morris, and Issa Clemon)
30:25 - Episode 39c: Turning the Screws
33:57 - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA) - The Item Collection Room (composer: Soshiro Hokkai)
36:16 - Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne (PS2) - Talk (composer: Kenichi Tsuchiya)
38:02 - Danganronpa 2 (Vita) - RE: New World Order (composer: Takada Masafumi)
42:46 - Bionic Commando (NES) - Area 05 (composer: Junko Tamiya)
44:46 - Secret of Mana (SNES) - Danger [Boss Theme] (composer: Hiroki Kikuta)
46:59 - Episode 39d: The Same, But Different
48:51 - Final Fantasy X (PS2) - Prelude (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
53:12 - Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Hey, Cid! (composers: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, Masaya Tsunemoto)
56:06 - Final Fantasy XV (PS4 / Xbox One) - Cindy (composer: Yoko Shimomura)
59:31 - Final Fantasy III (Famicom) - Chocobos! (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
1:00:51 - Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation) - Electric De Chocobo (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
1:04:53 - Final Fantasy XIII (PS3/Xbox 360) - “Chocobos of Cocoon - Chasing Dreams” (composers: Masashi Hamauzu and Ryo Yamazaki; lyrics and vocals from Frances Maya)
1:07:48 - Outro Talk Segment
1:09:45 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - Mog (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

Episode 38 - The Not-So-Contractually-Obligated After-Halloween Mixtape

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 @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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)

Bonus Episode 3: Every Drop You Drink II, or The Spooky Castlevania Leftovers

I had so many tracks left over from the last episode that I decided to put them all together and make a Castlevania leftovers bonus episode. Enjoy all these cool songs that didn’t quite fit on the last episode for some reason or another!
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 @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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
00:12 - Vampire Variations Volume III - A Dark and Eerie Night (Prologue) (arrangers: Chernabogue featuring XPRTNovice)
02:20 - Intro Talk Segment
0:03:31 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Prologue (composer: Michiru Yamane)
0:04:58 - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES) - Bloody Tears (Street - Daytime BGM) (composer: Kenichi Matsubara)
0:06:03 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Jaws of a Scorched Earth (composer: Michiru Yamane)
0:09:39 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Multiplatform) - Theme Of Johannes (composer: Keisuke Ito)
0:11:34 - Castlevania: The Adventure (Game Boy) - Revenge [Stage 4 BGM] (composers: Shigeru Fukutake, Norio Hanzawa, and Hidehiro Funauchi)
0:13:23 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Dracula's Castle (composer: Michiru Yamane)
0:15:16 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Multiplatform) - Ritual Of The Night (composer: Michiru Yamane)
0:19:33 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Nocturne (composer: Michiru Yamane)
0:21:53 - Super Castlevania IV (SNES) - Dripstone Cave ~ Waterfall ~ Sunken City (Stage 3 BGM) (composers: Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo)
0:30:10 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Rainbow Cemetary (composer: Michiru Yamane)
0:32:55 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Cantus Montetten (composer: Michiru Yamane)
0:35:31 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Multiplatform) - Theme Of Gebel (composer: Keisuke Ito)
0:37:38 - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA) - The Sinking Old Sanctuary (composers: Sotaro Tojima, Hiroshi Mitsuoka, and Michiru Yamane)
0:40:31 - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - Cursed Clock Tower (composer: Michiru Yamane)
0:45:02 - Haunted Castle (Arcade) - Bloody Tears (Stage 3 - Main Hall) (composer: Kenichi Matsubara)
0:46:08 - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA) - The Trick Manor (composers: Sotaro Tojima, Hiroshi Mitsuoka, Masanori Adachi, and Taro Kudo)
0:50:21 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Wandering the Crystal Blue (composer: Michiru Yamane)
0:52:58 - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - VAMPIRE KILLER (composer: Masahiko Kimura)
0:56:02 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Multiplatform) - Forgotten Jade (composer: Michiru Yamane)
1:02:32 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Ebony Wings (composer: Yasuhiro Ichihashi)
1:04:55 - Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge (Game Boy) - New Messiah [Glass Castle] (composer: Hidehiro Funauchi)
1:08:03 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Requiem for the Gods (composer: Michiru Yamane)
1:10:12 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Passing into the Night (composer: Michiru Yamane)
1:12:12 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Multiplatform) - Silent Howling (composer: Ryusuke Fujioka)
1:14:18 - Dracula X (SNES) - Den (composers: Tomoya Tomita, Masanari Iwata, Harumi Ueko, and Masahiko Kimura)
1:17:22 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Multiplatform) - Theme Of Dominique (composer: Michiru Yamane)
1:22:00 - Super Castlevania IV (SNES) - Beginning (Stage 10 Dracula's Tower 2 BGM) (composers: Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo)
1:23:56 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Dark Holy Road (composer: Michiru Yamane)
1:26:12 - Super Castlevania IV (SNES) - Mechanical Trick Mansion (Stage 4 BGM) (composers: Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo)
1:29:52 - Castlevania (NES) - Wicked Child (Upper Yard) (composers: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima)
1:32:48 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - An Empty Tome (composer: Michiru Yamane)
1:35:47 - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - Great Door of Cold Darkness (composer: Michiru Yamane)
1:38:57 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Multiplatform) - Brave Trigger (composer: Michiru Yamane)
1:41:09 - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA) - Premonition (composer: Soshiro Hokkai)
1:42:50 - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA) - Vampire Killer (composers: Sotaro Tojima, Hiroshi Mitsuoka, Kinuyo Yamashita, and Satoe Terashima)
1:44:04 - Super Castlevania IV (SNES) - Secret Room (Bonus BGM) (composers: Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo)
1:45:31 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Rhapsody of the Forsaken (composer: Michiru Yamane)
1:49:12 - Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis) - Bloody Tears (Classic Tune 2) (composer: Michiru Yamane)
1:50:22 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Dance of Pales (composer: Michiru Yamane)
1:52:52 - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - Scarlet Fighting Spirit (composer: Michiru Yamane)
1:56:07 - Vampire Variations III (OCREMIX) () - Bringing Out the Dead (Simon Belmont's Theme) (composer: Brandon Strader)
2:01:36 - Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis) - The Discolored Wall (Stage 3) (composer: Michiru Yamane)
2:03:44 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Lone Challenger (composer: Michiru Yamane)
2:06:15 - Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (PC Engine CD) - Cemetery (composers: Akira Souji, Keizo Nakamura, Tomoko Sano, and Mikio Saito)
2:08:45 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Tower of Mist (composer: Michiru Yamane)
2:11:32 - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA) - Clockwork Tower of Causality (composer: Soshiro Hokkai)
2:13:28 - Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis) - Reincarnated Soul, Part 2 (Stage 1) (composer: Michiru Yamane)
2:15:19 - Super Castlevania IV (SNES) - Cellar (Stage 8 BGM) (composers: Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo)
2:17:19 - Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis) - The Sinking Old Sanctuary (Stage 2) (composer: Michiru Yamane)
2:19:38 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - The Tower of Dolls (composer: Konami Kukeiha Club)
2:23:47 - Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge (Game Boy) - Praying Hands [Cloud Castle] (composer: Hidehiro Funauchi)
2:26:50 - Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES) - Stream (Block-6) (composers: Hidenori Maezawa, Jun Funahashi, and Yukie Morimoto)
2:29:51 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Multiplatform) - Autumn's Desolation (composer: Keisuke Ito)
2:32:41 - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - Black Shudder (composer: Masahiko Kimura)
2:33:51 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Lost Painting (composer: Michiru Yamane)
2:35:32 - Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (PC Engine CD) - Vampire Killer (composers: Akira Souji, Keizo Nakamura, Tomoko Sano, and Mikio Saito)
2:37:15 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Multiplatform) - Theme Of Bloodstained (Vocal) (composer: Michiru Yamane)
2:38:28 - Outro Talk Segment
2:39:43 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - I am the Wind (composer: Michiru Yamane)

Episode 37 - Every Drop You Drink, or The Contractually-Obligated Halloween Castlevania Episode

It’s spooky season, so I’m doing a whole episode full of Castlevania’s greatest hits! And come back soon for a bonus episode containing a whole bunch of deep cuts I didn’t have time for on this episode!
Special thanks for this episode goes out to:
Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing amazing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com. 
Save Point Sam for voicing Lamenty the gravestone
Generous show patron Rick L., who suggested the idea for this episode and also gave me a huge amount of money to do it. Well, he suggested the idea. He didn’t actually give me any money at all, but I’m still doing it because I’m all about the fans. 
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 @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Diskord 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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 my April Fool’s 2023 episode. You can find that at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-duvyd-13ce7bd, although I warn you that 1) you are listening at your own risk and also 2) it’s an April Fool’s Day show, so things may be a little different than normal and also also 3) it features me singing at the end, so you’re REALLY listening at your own risk. 
If you want to find the OC Remix Vampire Variations compilations mentioned in the outro, you can find them at the following links:
https://ocremix.org/album/67/vampire-variations-a-musical-tribute-to-castlevania
https://ocremix.org/album/68/vampire-variations-volume-ii
https://ocremix.org/album/69/vampire-variations-volume-iii
 
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:09 - Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (NES) - Within These Castle Walls (composers: Kenichi Matsubara, Satoe Terashima, and Kouji Murata)
00:53 - Talk Segment I
03:00 - Castlevania (NES) - Stalker (Armory) (composers: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima)
06:00 - Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (NES) - The Silence of the Daylight (composer: Kenichi Matsubara)
07:05 - Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (Famicom Disk System) - Mad Forest (composers: Hidenori Maezawa, Jun Funahashi, and Yukie Morimoto)
08:40 - Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (Famicom Disk System) - Deja Vu (Vampire Killer) (composers: Hidenori Maezawa, Jun Funahashi, and Yukie Morimoto)
11:38 - Talk Segment II
12:32 - Vampire Killer (MSX) - Vampire Killer (composers: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima)
13:39 - Vampire Killer (MSX) - Wicked Child (composers: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima)
15:28 - Vampire Killer (MSX) - Black Knight (composers: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima)
16:12 - Talk Segment III
16:45 - Castlevania: The Adventure (Game Boy) - Battle of the Holy [Stage 1 BGM] (composers: Shigeru Fukutake, Norio Hanzawa, and Hidehiro Funauchi)
19:43 - Castlevania 2 - Belmont's Revenge (Game Boy) - Psycho Warrior [Rock Castle] (composer: Hidehiro Funauchi)
23:02 - Talk Segment IV
24:35 - Super Castlevania IV (SNES) - Simon’s Theme (Stage 1-2 BGM) (composers: Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo)
28:17 - Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis) - Iron-Blue Intention (composer: Michiru Yamane)
30:15 - Castlevania: Dracula X (SNES) - Bloodlines (composers: Tomoya Tomita, Masanari Iwata, Harumi Ueko, and Masahiko Kimura)
33:23 - Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (PC Engine CD) - Overture (composers: Akira Souji, Keizo Nakamura, Tomoko Sano, and Mikio Saito)
34:27 - Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (PC Engine CD) - Picture of a Ghost Ship (composers: Akira Souji, Keizo Nakamura, Tomoko Sano, and Mikio Saito)
36:52 - Talk Segment V
39:42 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - The Tragic Prince (composer: Michiru Yamane)
43:46 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Crystal Teardrops (composer: Michiru Yamane)
45:47 - Talk Segment VI
47:23 - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA) - Awake (composer: Sotaro Tojima)
49:53 - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA) - Successor of Fate (Juste Belmont’s theme) (composer: Soshiro Hokkai)
52:14 - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA) - Clock Tower (composer: Michiru Yamane)
55:11 - Talk Segment VII
56:21 - Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - Dracula's Tears (composer: Michiru Yamane)
1:00:00 - Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - Equipment Discussion [Shop] (composer: Masahiko Kimura)
1:01:50 - Castlevania Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Chapel Hidden in Smoke (composer: Michiru Yamane)
1:05:13 - Talk Segment VIII
1:06:36 - Bloodstained Ritual of the Night (multiplatform) - Theme Of Bloodstained (composer: Michiru Yamane)
1:09:36 - Bloodstained Ritual of the Night (multiplatform) - Exorschism (composer: Keisuke Ito)
1:11:54 - Outro Talk Segment
1:15:21 - Vampire Variations II (OCREMIX) - Season of the Witch (Together Forever) (composer: Michiru Yamane; arranged by Brandon Strader)

Episode 36 - Holy

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 @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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)

[RE-UPLOAD] Episode 11 - What Could Go Wrong

[NOTE: This is a re-upload of an older episode that I accidentally deleted. While it's not my best show, and definitely not my most popular episode ever, I'm reposting it for the sake of complete-ness.]
This episode is devoted to some ominous songs. The episode title does not include a question mark, and that is intentional. 
Special thanks to fellow VGM podcaster Bedroth the Chinbeard for providing the voice of North Tennessee State University. He’s the host of Very Good Music, which you can check out at https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/ykr76-bda6e/Very-Good-Music-A-VGM-Podcast. You can find him on Twitter at @VGMpod.
There's an episode of the Pixel Beat podcast that would make an excellent double feature with this one. If you liked this episode, and you’re not done with the downbeat VGM yet, check that one out over at https://pixelbeatpod.buzzsprout.com/1797351/10461275-074-a-cold-dark-night.  
If you want to reach me, you can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. You can find me on Twitter at @ShujinVGMClub, and on Instagram at ShujinAcademyVGMClub. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode.
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:05 - Hang On - Title 
00:51 - Talk Segment 1 
03:44 - Kingdom Hearts - Dive Into The Heart ~Destati~
08:39 - Salamander / Life Force (Arcade) - Poison of Snake
10:16 - Alien Syndrome (Arcade) - Stage Theme
14:13 - Final Fantasy Legend - Demon Cave
17:13 - Mega Man X - Sigma Fortress 3
19:01 - Talk Segment 2
21:30 - Front Mission: Gun Hazard - Resistance
23:08 - Ninja Gaiden II - Puppetmaster [Cutscenes]
24:07 - Legacy of the Wizard - Item Select Theme
27:05 - Mega Man X 2 - Final Destination 
28:03 - Shin Megami Tensei: If . . . - Data Load Screen
28:45 - Lufia and the Fortress of Doom - Wave of Evil
29:57 - Talk Segment 3
33:24 - Final Fantasy: The Four Heroes of Light - Cursed Town
37:22 - Treasure Hunter G - A Position of Total Control
39:13 - Front Mission: Gun Hazard - Cavern
43:16 - Final Fantasy X - Place of Ordeals
46:48 - Persona 5 - Ominous
49:35 - Final Fantasy XIII - The Vile Peaks
52:37 - Show Outro

Episode 35 - Rose-Colored Pixels II: Back to Happyland!

Let’s all go to our happy place with this great collection of cheerful tracks!
Special thanks for this episode goes out to:
Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art and also for that coveted Bluesky invite. 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. 
During the show, I mentioned an episode of the Super Marcato Bros. podcast featuring the music of composer Masashi Hamauzu. You can check it out at  http://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2019/4/7/episode-364-masashi-hamauzu and hear what the Marcatos had to say about Hamauzu’s work. 
I also mentioned my VGM podcast bro RayjKayj and how he introduced me (and other people who listen to his show) to the Mega Man Star Force soundtracks. You can find VGMporium at https://vgmporium.wordpress.com/ or on Spotify, Apple, and all the other podcast-promoting places. 
If you liked this show and you want to check out the original Rose-Colored Pixels episode I did in October 2022, you can find it at https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-22-rose-colored-pixels/ or anywhere you get this show. I also brought up episode 20 about big city music, which you can find at https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-20-welcome-to-metro-city/. (My Podbean statistics tell me that episode 20 is not well-loved, but I think it’s actually really good and I’d strongly recommend that you check it out.) 
If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. 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.
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:05 - Ganbare! Golf Boys (PC Engine) - ‘Sun Sun’ Samba (composer: Atsuhiro Motoyama)
01:40 - Talk Segment 1
06:06 - Pokemon Trading Card Game (Game Boy) - Pause Menu (composer: Ichiro Shimakura)
07:41 - Tokimeki Memorial (PC Engine CD) - Smash a Home Run [Baseball Match] (composers: Mikio Saito, Seiya Murai, Miki Higashino, and Hiro Noguchi)
08:35 - Super Baseball 2020 (SNES) - Pitching & Fielding (composers: J. Kuramochi and Hiroo Ikeda)
11:57 - Pilotwings - Hangglider (composer: Soyo Oka)
13:33 - Mega Man and Bass (aka Rockman and Forte) (Super Famicom) - Tenguman (composers: Toshihiko Horiyama, Naoshi Mizuta, and Akari Kaida)
15:09 - Persona 3 (PS2) - Afternoon Break (composer: Shoji Meguro)
17:27 - Landstalker (Genesis) - Bustling Street (composer: Motoaki Takenouchi)
19:50 - SaGa Frontier (PSX) - Blue Town (composer: Kenji Ito)
24:02 - Talk Segment 2
27:27 - Fantasy Zone (Arcade) - Opa Opa! (composer: Hiroshi Kawaguchi)
29:50 - McDonald’s Treasure Land (Genesis) - Stage 2: Magical Town (composer: Katsuhiko Suzuki)
31:45 - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Genesis) - Angel Island Zone Act 1 (composers: Tatsuyuki Maeda, Sachio Ogawa, Masayuki Nagao, Masanori Hikichi, and Tomonori Sawada)
34:06 - Persona 4 Dancing All Night (Vita) - Specialist (“NEVER MORE” P4D EDIT ver.) (original composer: Shoji Meguro; remixed by Atsushi Kitajoh)
36:22 - Persona Q2 (3DS) - Popcorn (composer: Atsushi Kitajoh)
39:07 - Fantasian (iOS) - The Cinderella Tri-Stars (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
42:32 - Pokemon Crystal (Game Boy)- Buena’s Password Show (composers: Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose, and Morikazu Aoki)
44:22 - Live A Live (Super Famicom) - Nice Weather, Ain’t It? (composer: Yoko Shimomura)
47:05 - Talk Segment 3
51:49 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - Happy Melody (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)
53:26 - Yoshi’s Safari (SNES) - Crescent Beach (composers: Yoshiki Nishimura, Miyuki Uemura, and Yasushi Tokunaga)
54:52 - The Flash (SMS) - Rollercoaster Runner (composer: Jeroen Tel)
56:45 - Super Adventure Island (SNES) - The Island of Everlasting Summer (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)
1:01:30 - Persona 3 Portable (PSP) - After School (composer: Shoji Meguro) 
1:03:46 - Shining Force (Genesis) - Town (aka Cheerful Street Corner) (composer: Masahiko Yoshimura)
1:05:19 - Pokemon Black and White (DS) - Bicycle (composer: Hitomi Sato)
1:07:15 - Mega Man Star Force 2 (DS) - My Friends (composer: Marika Suzuki)
1:08:05 - Romancing SaGa 3 (Super Famicom) - The Great Arch (composer: Kenji Ito)
1:09:39 - Outro Talk Segment
1:11:22 - Final Fantasy III (Famicom) - Cute Little Tozas (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

Episode 34 - Gotta Go Speed

VROOM VROOM with a collection of great tracks from racing games! 
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 Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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
00:05 - Ridge Racer (Arcade) - Welcome Racer (composer: Shinji Hosoe)
00:42 - Talk Segment 1
03:46 - Gran Turismo (PSX) - Moon Over the Castle (composer: Masahiro Andoh)
09:09 - OutRun 2019 (Genesis) - Feel The Beat (composer: Shigeki Sako)
11:23 - Al Unser Jr. Turbo Racing (NES) - Circuit Theme A (composers: Shogo Sakai, Takafumi Miura, Masaaki Iwasaki, and Yuji Suzuki)
14:20 - F-Zero (SNES) - Death Wind (composer: Yumiko Kanki)
16:15 - Out-Run 3D (Master System) - Shining Wind (FM version) (composer: Chikako Kamatani)
18:54 - Talk Segment 2
21:04 - Lotus III (Amiga) - Space Ninja (composer: Patrick Phelan)
26:11 - Power Drift (Arcade) - Like the Wind (B Course) (composer: Hiroshi Kawaguchi) 
30:02 - Enduro Racer (Arcade) - BGM (composer: Hiroshi Kawaguchi)
34:31 - Ace Driver: Victory Lap (Arcade) - Haze in Daylight (composer: Keiichi Okabe)
38:57 - Talk Segment 3
41:33 - OutRun 2019 (Genesis) - Steal Into The Night (composer: Shigeki Sako)
45:18 - Super Monaco GP (Genesis) - Impatience (composer: Tokuhiko Uwabo)
46:31 - Horizon Chase Turbo (Multiplatform) - Race 2 Bleeding Fingers (composer: Barry Leitch)
51:06 - Super Hang-On (Arcade) - Winning Run (composer: Koichi Namiki)
54:25 - Rage Racer (PSX) - Victory (composers: Hiroshi Okubo and Tetsukazu Nakanishi)
55:31 - Outro Talk Segment
56:58 - Sonic R (Saturn) - Super Sonic Racing (composer: Richard Jacques)