Shujin Academy VGM Club
Hosted by Professor Tom, Shujin Academy VGM Club is a video game music podcast that primarily focuses on retro VGM with occasional forays into newer games. New episodes are released on Thursdays every time Professor Tom gets one finished, which is typically every 2 to 4 weeks.
Episodes

4 days ago
Episode 31 - Add Three More Mana
4 days ago
4 days ago
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 @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee or on Discord as ProfessorTom#7512. I’m also on both Tumblr and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. 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.
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)

Thursday May 18, 2023
Episode 30 - Add Three Mana
Thursday May 18, 2023
Thursday May 18, 2023
Let’s drive off at top speed and explore the work of Barry Leitch on the Lotus and Top Gear 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 Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee or on Discord as ProfessorTom#7512. I’m also on both Tumblr and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. 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.
As promised, here are some links mentioned during the show:
Barry Leitch’s bandcamp can be found at https://barryleitch.bandcamp.com/. You can find his work on the Horizon Chase games there, along with his Top Gear tracks, some other SNES work, and more.
I was a special guest star on last week’s episode of The VGMbassy. You can check out my conversation with VGM Prime Minister Ed all about Sega arcade games at https://thevgmbassy.com/2023/05/12/episode-91-sega-arcade-games-with-professor-tom/.
Here’s the interview with Top Gear lead developer Ritchie Brannan that I mentioned on the show: https://www.memoriabit.com.br/exclusivo-programador-ritchie-brannan-fala-do-desenvolvimento-de-top-gear/
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:05 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Storm Course (composer: Barry Leitch)
00:36 - Talk Segment 1
02:22 - Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge (Amiga) - Title Theme (composers: Shaun Southern and Andrew Morris)
04:55 - Talk Segment 1.5
06:27 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Title Screen (composer: Barry Leitch)
09:13 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Forest Course (composer: Barry Leitch)
10:01 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Night Course (composer: Barry Leitch)
10:55 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Desert Course (composer: Barry Leitch)
11:42 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Motorway Course (composer: Barry Leitch)
12:54 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Ending Theme (composer: Barry Leitch)
15:17 - I Think This is Talk Segment 3
18:08 - Top Gear (SNES) - Title (composer: Barry Leitch)
22:25 - Top Gear (SNES) - Bordeaux (composer: Barry Leitch)
26:29 - Top Gear (SNES) - Frankfurt (composer: Barry Leitch)
29:52 - Top Gear (SNES) - Ending Theme (composer: Barry Leitch)
32:04 - Talk Segment 4, I Guess [includes segment of “A Tougher Fight” from River City Ransom EX (GBA), composed by Kazuo Sawa]
35:11 - Top Gear Rally (N64) - Coastline (composer: Barry Leitch)
38:51 - Top Gear Rally (N64) - Mountain (composer: Barry Leitch)
42:40 - Top Gear Rally (N64) - Jungle (composer: Barry Leitch)
46:15 - Top Gear Rally (N64) - Strip Mine (composer: Barry Leitch)
49:04 - Outro Talk Segment, Definitely
51:19 - Horizon Chase 2 - Rocking in Rome (composer: Barry Leitch)

Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Episode 29 - Catch a Groove
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
It’s a groovy VGM party with all these hip swinging songs that have a feel-good rhythm!
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 @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee or on Discord as ProfessorTom#7512. I’m also on both Tumblr and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. 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, and all of my links can be found on my Linktree site 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.
I had a guest appearance on last week’s episode of fellow game music podcast VGMporium, where host RayjKayj and I talked all about music from games about investigations. You know, detectives, mysteries, stuff like that. If you’ve got a hankerin’ for more Professor Tom, head over to https://vgmporium.wordpress.com/2023/04/13/episode-68/ to check it out.
If you liked this episode, you should go back and check out episode 25: Cool Glasses, Cool Glasses! It’s a cousin to this one, with a similar musical hangout type of vibe. You can hear it at https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-25-cool-glasses-cool-glasses/
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:05 - Shin Megami Tensei: If - School (composer: Tsukasa Masuko)
00:35 - Talk Segment 1
02:53 - Planet Puzzle League - Neon Isotope (composer: Masanobu Matsunaga)
06:17 - Pictionary (NES) - Drawing Game (composer: Tim Follin)
09:01 - Arcus Odyssey (Super Famicom) - Castomira - Defeated (composer: Motoi Sakuraba)
12:03 - The House of the Dead 2 (Dreamcast) - Training Mode (composers: Tetsuya Kawauchi and Haruyoshi Tomita)
13:19 - Legend of Mana (PlayStation) - To the Sea (composer: Yoko Shimomura)
16:02 - Brain Lord (SNES) - Town of Arcs (composer: Masanao Akahori)
18:14 - Talk Segment 2
21:13 - Galactic Pinball (Virtual Boy) - Moonman Fandango (composers: Kenji Yamamoto and Masaru Tajima)
23:48 - Persona 5 - Wicked Plan (composer: Shoji Meguro)
26:10 - Pokemon Trading Card Game - Battle Center (composer: Ichiro Shimakura)
27:44 - Metal Max Returns (Super Famicom) - Let’s Meet Dr. Minchi! (composer: Satoshi Kadokura)
28:49 - Pictionary (NES) - Mini-Game Theme 2 (composer: Tim Follin)
31:26 - The Flintstones (SNES) - Unused Song 1 (composers: Keith Tinman and Jonathan Dunn)
34:53 - Talk Segment 3 (includes excerpt from “Strip Club” from Hunie Pop 2, composed by Jonathan Wandag)
38:48 - Persona Q 2 - Blind City (composer: Atsushi Kitajoh)
45:33 - The Flintstones (SNES) - Password Screen (composers: Keith Tinman and Jonathan Dunn)
48:08 - Pokemon Crystal - Goldenrod Game Corner (composers: Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose, and Morikazu Aoki)
51:06 - YuYu Hakusho Makyou Touitsusen: Imbalanced Kiss (aka Unbalanced Kiss) (composers: Hiro Takahashi, Aki Hata, Matsuko Mawatari, T.K.O.)
54:01 - Crusader of Centy - Water Lily (composer: Motokazu Shinoda)
56:22 - Outro Talk Segment
58:49 - Shin Megami Tensei - Kichijoji (composer: Tsukasa Masuko)

Saturday Apr 01, 2023
Bonus Episode 2: A Miserable Little Pile of Vocal Tracks
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
Spring is in the air! That special time of year when a young man’s fancy turns to vocal tracks! And for this episode, we’ll celebrate with a bunch of great vocal tracks from the 32-bit era.
Special thanks for this episode goes out to my darling daughter, who made some great suggestions for the format.
If you want to reach me, you can find me on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee or on Discord as ProfessorTom#7512. I’m also on both Tumblr and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. 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. 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
00:25 - Lunar: The Silver Star (Sega CD) - Fighting Through The Darkness (composer: Noriyuki Iwadare)
02:08 - Intro Talk Segment
06:09 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PlayStation) - I Am The Wind (composers: Rika Muranaka, Tony Haynes, Jeff Lorber, Carl Anderson, and vocalist Cynthia Harrell)
10:42 - Talk Segment 2
12:22 - Sonic R (Saturn) - Super Sonic Racing (composer: Richard Jacques)
14:08 - Sonic R (Saturn) - Can You Feel The Sunshine (composer: Richard Jacques)
15:15 - Sonic R (Saturn) - Living in the City (composer: Richard Jacques)
16:55 - Talk Segment 3
18:12 - Final Fantasy VIII (PlayStation) - Eyes On Me (composers: Nobuo Uematsu and Kako Someya)
20:14 - Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation) - Melodies of Life (composers: Nobuo Uematsu and Hiroyuki Ito)
22:46 - Talk Segment 4
24:26 - Big Mouth Catch! The Greatest Champion (Saturn) - Striking Lure! Into the Heart! (composer: unknown)
27:05 - Birdie Lord Golf: Augusta Masters Championship 1998 (PlayStation) - 9 Iron Drive Into Infinity Forever! (composers: Jubei Kibagami, Kaneda Tetsuo)
29:01 - Outro Talk Segment
31:13 - Special Mystery Outro Track

Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Episode 28 - Chilly McFreeze IV: Hollywood Blond
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
It’s a whole bunch of laid-back VGM to help you relax and focus. Don’t worry if you haven’t listened to the first three episodes in the Chilly McFreeze series; you’ll still be able to follow the plot here. Because there is no plot; it’s all relaxing, calm VGM.
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.
Pixel artist 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 @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee or on Discord as ProfessorTom#7512. I’m also on both Tumblr and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. 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. 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.
On the show, I mentioned fellow VGM podcast KVGM The Last Wave, and you can find it at https://www.kvgmradio.com/ or on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBGs1_2EV2ySmEb6NgbMU7Q.
Also during the show, I mentioned an episode of the Super Marcato Bros. podcast that was all about Yoko Kanno’s game music work. You can find it at http://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2017/12/10/episode-297-yoko-kanno.
Also also during the show, I mentioned the episode of VGMporium about the Genesis version of Super Hydlide contrasted against its original release for the PC-98. You can find it at https://vgmporium.wordpress.com/2022/11/17/episode-45-hydlide-2-for-1/.
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:05 - Secret of Evermore - Menu (composer: Jeremy Soule)
01:15 - Talk Segment 1
04:15 - Albert Odyssey (Super Famicom) - Lovely Faeries (composer: Naoki Kodaka)
05:49 - Shining Force (Genesis) - Simone’s Theme (composer: Masahiko Yoshimura)
07:05 - SaGa Frontier (PlayStation) - Sunset Town (composer: Kenji Ito)
09:11 - Final Fantasy VI (Super NES) - The Mines of Narshe (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
12:00 - Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP (Genesis) - The Heat Waves (composer: Tokuhiko Uwabo)
14:14 - Metal Max Returns (Super Famicom) - Pastoral Nomads (composer: Satoshi Kadokura)
15:12 - New 3D Golf Simulation: Waialae no Kiseki (Mega Drive) - Menu (composer: Yumi Kinoshita, Shigekazu Kamaki, Yusaburo Shimojyo, Shunsuke Minomiya, Hiroshi Morita, and Akira Tamada)
16:38 - Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (Genesis) - Set Me Free (composer: Masaaki Iwasaki, Taihei Sato, Seiji Momoi, and Shogo Sakai)
20:54 - Talk Segment 2
22:26 - Final Fantasy VI (Super NES) - Kids Run Through the City (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
25:17 - Romancing SaGa (Super Famicom) - Sailing the Ocean (composer: Kenji Ito)
26:59 - Live A Live (Super Famicom) - Select-A-Live (composer: Yoko Shimomura)
28:58 - Mario Paint (Super NES) - Monkey Song (composer: Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka)
31:56 - The Flintstones (Super NES) - Unused Song 2 (composers: Keith Tinman and Jonathan Dunn)
38:19 - Aerobiz (Super NES) - Asia) (composer: Koei Sound Team)
39:54 - Talk Segment 3 (includes segment from “Town” from Shining Force (Genesis), composed by Masahiko Yoshimura)
42:43 - Seiken Densetsu 3 (aka Trials of Mana) (Super Famicom) - Little Sweet Cafe (composer: Hiroki Kikuta)
45:46 - Uncharted Waters: New Horizons (Super NES) - Mast in the Mist (composer: Yoko Kanno)
47:38 - Pokemon Black and White (DS) - Game Sync (composer: Shota Kageyama)
48:53 - Waterworld (Super NES) - Shop (composer: Dean Evans)
51:07 - Aerobiz Supersonic (Super NES) - Managing Scenario 3 (composer: Koei Sound Team)
52:06 - Side Pocket (Genesis) - Play’n It Cool! (composer: Emi Shimizu)
55:08 - Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation) - Shut in by Snow (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
59:59 - Show Outro
1:01:54 - Super Hydlide - OMISE (composer: Shigeru Tomita)

Thursday Mar 02, 2023
Episode 27 - Playing With Power
Thursday Mar 02, 2023
Thursday Mar 02, 2023
These songs have come to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and they’re all out of bubblegum.
Special thanks for this episode goes out to:
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.
VGM podcast bro and shop proprietor RayjKayj. You can find his excellent podcast VGMporium anywhere you get your podcasts, and you can visit his website at https://vgmporium.wordpress.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 @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee or on Discord as ProfessorTom#7512. I’m also on both Tumblr and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. 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. 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.
I mentioned The Black Mages arrangement of “Maybe I’m A Lion” on the show, and you can find it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNcEyY7opTI.
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:04 - Guilty Gear XX - Feedback (composers: Daisuke Ishiwatari)
00:59 - Intro Talk Segment
02:58 - Final Fight (Arcade)- Demo BGM (composers: Manami Matsumae, Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Harumi Fujita, Junko Tamiya, Yasuaki Fujita, Hiromitsu Takaoka, and Yoko Shimomura)
03:49 - Revenge of Shinobi - Long Distance - Introduction (composer: Yuzu Koshiro)
05:30 - Street Fighter IV: Training Stage (composer: Hideyuki Fukasawa)
07:48 - Cool Spot (Genesis) - Rave Dancetune (composer: Tommy Tallarico)
10:11 - Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge - New Messiah [Glass Castle] (composer: Hidehiro Funauchi)
13:19 - River City Girls - Bully (composer: Megan McDuffee)
17:39 - Talk Segment
19:34 - R-Type (Arcade) - Start / Encounter ~ Battle Theme (1st Stage) (composer: Masato Ishizaki)
21:12 - Space Harrier (Arcade) - SYURA (aka Track 7) (composer: Hiroshi Kawaguchi)
22:56 - Gauntlet IV - Back of Beyond (composers: Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata)
24:29 - Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition (PS3/Xbox 360) - Knock You Out (Menu Theme) (composer: Adam Tensta)
27:30 - Persona 3 Portable (PSP) - Wiping All Out (composer: Shoji Meguro; lyrics:Lotus Juice, vocals: Mayumi Fujita, Lotus Juice)
30:10 - Final Fantasy VIII - Maybe I’m a Lion (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
35:43 - Talk Segment
39:33 - Tekken 2 (PlayStation) - Black Winter Night Sky (composer: Akira Nishizaki)
41:00 - The Last Ninja 2 (C64) - The Mansion (excerpt) (composer: Matt Gray)
44:24 - Haunted Castle - Cross Your Heart (Stage 1 - Graveyard) (composers: Kenichi Matsubara and Masahiro Ikariko)
45:35 - Persona 5 - Ark (composer: Shoji Meguro)
47:34 - King of Fighters ‘97 - Bloody (NEW FACE Team) (composers: Akihiro Uchida, Hideki Asanaka, and Toshio Shimizu
51:01 - Persona 5 - Rivers in the Desert (composer: Shoji Meguro)
56:15 - Outro Talk Segment
57:48 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Theme of Tamako (composer: Ryusuke Fujioka)

Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Episode 26 - Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of VGM!
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Avast, ye scurvy sea dogs! This episode be all about game music for pirates, be they pirate heroes or pirate villains or even just pirate ships!
Special thanks for this episode goes out to:
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 podcast wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.
Special thanks also goes out to APR of the VGMbassy Discord server for ripping tracks from Skull and Crossbones and also Pirate Ship Higemaru, just for this episode.
Special thanks also also goes out to Josh Grisham of Nerd Informants for helping us learn about the difference between good video game piracy and evil video game piracy. Find him on social media by looking for Nerd Informants on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Catch his celebrity interview podcast “It’s Hollywood Calling with Josh Grisham” at https://bransonpodcastnetwork.com/shows/its-hollywood-calling/.
And finally, special thanks to my son Save Point Sam for suggesting that I do an episode on piracy.
Additional thanks goes to BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.
If you want to reach me, you can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. You can find me on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee. I’m active on Tumblr at https://www.tumblr.com/shujinacademyvgmclub, and on Instagram at ShujinAcademyVGMClub. And I can be found on Discord as ProfessorTom#7512. Episodes of the show are posted on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6CIUs81aap58U1EuaaFdA. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode.
If you liked this episode, and want to hear my take on VGM featuring ninjas (who are, after all, natural archenemies of pirates), you can check out episode 4 of my show. It’s an early episode, so it’s a little rough, but it’s got some fun songs. Listen at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-9gsc7-118d91e
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:06 - Sea of Thieves - The Sea of Thieves (Main Theme) (composer: Robin Beanland)
02:29 - Intro Talk Segment
04:03 - Pirate Ship Higemaru - Lesson Start (composers: Ayako Mori and Tamayo Kawamoto)
04:08 - Pirate Ship Higemaru - Lesson Stage BGM (composers: Ayako Mori and Tamayo Kawamoto)
04:27 - Pirate Ship Higemaru - Deck BGM (composers: Ayako Mori and Tamayo Kawamoto)
05:16 - Pirate Ship Higemaru - Hi-Point Deck BGM (composers: Ayako Mori and Tamayo Kawamoto)
05:59 - Pirate Ship Higemaru - Game Over (composers: Ayako Mori and Tamayo Kawamoto)
06:06 - Pirate Ship Higemaru - Name Entry (composers: Ayako Mori and Tamayo Kawamoto)
07:02 - Talk Segment
07:39 - Skull and Crossbones (Arcade) - Pirate Ship (composers Hal Canon, Don Diekneite, Brad Fuller, and Byron Sheppard)
10:16 - Skull and Crossbones (Arcade) - Spanish Castle Exterior (composers: Hal Canon, Don Diekneite, Brad Fuller, and Byron Sheppard)
12:28 - Talk Segment
13:19 - Garou: Mark of the Wolves - Bad Girl? (composers: Akihiro Uchida, Masato Horiuchi, and Yasuhiro Naka)
14:47 - Talk Segment
15:41 - Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy - I Like the Forest (Forest Planet Theme 1) (composers: Akihiro Uchida, Masahiko Hataya, and Toshio Shimizu)
18:26 - Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy - Do Do DRAGON (Dragon Boss - Last Boss Captain Klapton) (composers: Akihiro Uchida, Masahiko Hataya, and Toshio Shimizu)
21:51 - Talk Segment
22:35 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (SNES) - Skull & Crossbones (composers: Kazuhiko Uehara and Harumi Ueko)
25:01 - Talk Segment
25:30 - Donkey Kong Country - Gang-Plank Galleon (composer: David Wise)
28:37 - Talk Segment
29:11 - Final Fantasy V (Super Famicom) - Pirates Ahoy! (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
31:17 - Talk Segment
32:46 - Mega Man and Bass (Super Famicom) - Pirate Man (composers: Toshihiko Horiyama, Naoshi Mizuta, and Akari Kaida)
34:59 - Talk Segment
35:35 - Mega Man Legends - The Flutter VS The Gesellschaft (composer: Makoto Tomozawa)
39:31 - Talk Segment
40:25 - Skies of Arcadia - Blue Pirates’ Theme (composer: Yukata Minobe)
43:28 - Skies of Arcadia - Bombardment (composer: Tatsuyuki Maeda)
46:20 - Talk Segment
46:46 - Streets of Rage II - Ready Funk (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)
48:27 - Talk Segment
48:56 - Puzzle Pirates - Main Theme (composers: Batisy and Mikei)
51:00 - Talk Segment
52:50 - The Curse of Monkey Island - A Pirate I Was Meant to Be (composer: Michael Land)

Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Episode 25 - Cool Glasses, Cool Glasses
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Let’s kick back, pour a drink, and vibe with this episode all about cool music! Every song here is good groovy hangout music for a laid-back time.
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 podcast wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at a barSILENCE.com.
BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.
If you liked the VA-11 Hall-A song, you can pick up the whole soundtrack from composer Garoad’s Bandcamp page at https://garoad.bandcamp.com/. VA-11 Hall-A is also currently available for all major platforms, and I’d encourage you to check it out if you like story-driven games.
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Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:05 - Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Mega Drive) - Introduction
00:49 - Talk Segment 1
02:43 - SaGa Frontier 2 - Zauberkraft (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)
06:06 - Final Fantasy VII - Costa del Sol (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
08:32 - VA-11 Hall-A - Friendly Conversation (composer: Garoad)
10:43 - Tekken 2 (arcade) - Paul's Miracle Big Crushing Fist (composers: Yoshie Arakawa and Yoshie Takayanagi)
14:12 - Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (arcade) - Dan’s Saikyo-Ryu Puzzle Dojo (composers: Isao Abe, Takayuki Iwai, Naoaki Iwami, Naoshi Mizuta, Syun Nishigaki, Tatsuro Suzuki, Yuko Takehara, and Setsuo Yamamoto)
15:28 - Rage Racer - Silver Stream (composers: Tetsukazu Nakanishi and Hiroshi Okubo)
20:38 - Talk Segment 2 (includes excerpt of Copper Green Intention from Vampire Survivors, composed by Daniele Zandara and Filippo Vicarelli)
22:55 - Catherine - Jouji Washington (composer: Shoji Meguro)
24:37 - Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga - Svadhisthana (composer: Shoji Meguro)
28:31 - BS Golf Daisuke O.B. Club - Beach Course (composers: Masaya Sound Team)
30:49 - Grandia II - “Inn Town Agear - Cursed Land” (composer: Noriyuki Iwadare)
35:02 - Burning Force - Grass Land (4th Day) (composer: Yoshinori Kawamoto)
37:06 - Adventures of Bayou Billy - Street & Swamp Fightin’ (composers: Kiyohiro Sada, Hidenori Maezawa, and Tsutomu Ogura)
38:34 - Talk Segment 3
40:41 - Code Name: Viper - Briefing Theme (composers: Junko Tamiya and Yoko Shimomura)
43:38 - Lagoon (SNES) - Voloh (composers: "GO" Saito, Masae Sakaide)
45:10 - Jaguar XJ220 (Amiga) - Title Screen (composer: Martin Iveson)
48:03 - Last Bible 3 - Last Battle (composer: Hiroyuki Yanada)
52:41 - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow - Dracula's Tears (composer: Masahiko Kimura)
56:20 - Outro Talk Segment
57:56 - Contra (Arcade) - Ranking (composer: Kazuki Muraoka)

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