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
5 days ago
Episode 50 - Blackjack and Hookers
5 days ago
5 days ago
Not quite three years ago, after listening to a lot of VGM podcasts, I decided to make my own game music podcast, with blackjack and hookers. For my fiftieth episode, I’m leaning into the “blackjack and hookers” theme by featuring a variety of songs about gambling!
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.
My wife and my kids, who’ve helped me with ideas and occasionally contributed voices to promos, in addition to putting up with me doing this show in the first place.
Fellow VGM podcasters Rayjkayj from VGMporium, Martyrus from RE-VGM, and Ed Wilson from The VGMbassy, all of whom were kind enough to let me do guest appearances on their shows. Thanks also go out to Ed for all of the game soundtrack rips he’s done; I regularly play his rips on the show.
Drew Mackie, former host of game music podcast Singing Mountain, which was the biggest single inspiration for me to start this show.
Fellow VGM podcaster Alex The Messenger Messenger for helping to build the community
Everyone who’s ever contributed to one of my promo segments, including Josh Grisham of Nerd Informants, Bedroth of BGMania, and Kurly Kevin Stevens.
Fellow podcaster HeatOverride from Bring The Pain, who’s been an enthusiastic fan and who occasionally lapses into game music podcasting himself
And finally, everyone who is a regular listener of the show.
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 - Final Fantasy VII (PS1) - Gold Saucer (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
02:04 - Talk Segment 1
08:49 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis) - Casino Night Zone (composer: Masato Nakamura)
10:58 - SaGa Frontier (PS1) - Baccarat (composer: Kenji Ito)
12:53 - Dragon Quest IV (NES) - Casino Rag (composer: Koichi Sugiyama)
14:22 - Persona 5 (PS4) - The Whims of Fate (composer: Shoji Meguro)
17:33 - Side Pocket (Genesis) - Las Vegas (composers: Emi Shimizu, Masaaki Iwasaki)
20:25 - HuniePop 2: Double Date (PC) - Casino (composer: Jonathan Wandag)
22:43 - Emerald Dragon (Super Famicom) - Casino (composer: Hirohiko Fukuda)
24:27 - Talk Segment 2
30:34 - Dual Orb (Super Famicom) - Casino (composers: Nobuyuki Hara and Yu Yoshida)
32:07 - Vegas Stakes (SNES) - The Hideaway (composer: Kimitaka Matsumae)
32:57 - Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow (Game Boy) - Casino (composer: Junichi Masuda)
35:57 - Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (SNES) - Casino (composer: Yasunori Shiono)
40:56 - Caesars Palace (Genesis) - Casino Theme (composers: Tommy Tallarico and Steve Henifin)
42:11 - Casino Kid (NES) - Casino Floor (composer: Toshio Murai)
43:19 - SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters’ Clash (Neo Geo Pocket Color) - It’s Las Vegas (Las Vegas 1) (composers: Takushi Hiyamuta, Mitsuo, and Miwa)
44:20 - Shin Megami Tensei II (Super Famicom) - Casino (composer: Tsukasa Masuko)
45:29 - Talk Segment 3
52:00 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - Blackjack (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
55:04 - Dragon Quest V (Super Famicom) - Gambling Fever (composer: Koichi Sugiyama)
56:04 - High Stakes Gambling (Game Boy) - Main Theme (composer: Paul Webb)
57:36 - HuniePop (PC) - Gold Falls Casino (composer: Jonathan Wandag)
59:31 - Golden Sun: The Lost Age (Game Boy Advance) - The Lucky Slots (composer: Motoi Sakuraba)
1:01:22 - SNK vs Capcom: Card Fighters DS (DS) - Rare Music Casino Style (composers: Masashi Sugiyama and Kazuyuki Fujita)
1:02:30 - Side Pocket (SNES) - Las Vegas (composer: Fox Productions)
1:03:54 - Sonic Advance (Game Boy Advance) - Casino Paradise Zone (Act 1) (composers: Tatsuyuki Maeda, Yutaka Minobe, Hironobu Inagaki, and Atsuyoshi Isemura)
1:06:59 - Outro Talk Segment
1:11:04 - Casino Games (Sega Master System) - Ending (composer: unknown)
Thursday Aug 08, 2024
Episode 49 - The Mysterious World
Thursday Aug 08, 2024
Thursday Aug 08, 2024
These are songs that transport you to a strange and unfamiliar realm, surrounded by ethereal beauty.
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
00:06 - Crusader of Centy (Genesis) - Fortuneteller (composer: Motokazu Shinoda)
02:20 - Talk Segment 1
04:33 - Black Bird (PC98) - Impact (composer: Unknown)
08:17 - Tetris Attack (SNES) - Lunar Stage (composer: Masaya Kuzume)
11:11 - Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Floating Castle (composers/arrangers: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, Masaya Tsunemoto)
13:41 - Darius Gaiden (Arcade) - Refrain (composer: Hisayoshi Ogura)
15:14 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - Labyrinth of Darkness (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)
17:07 - Golden Sun: The Lost Age (GBA) - Ankohi Ruins (composer: Motoi Sakuraba)
19:18 - Talk Segment 2
21:11 - Seiken Densetsu 3 (Super Famicom) - Fable (composer: Hiroki Kikuta)
24:53 - Emerald Dragon (Super Famicom) - Deserted (composer: Hirohiko Fukuda)
26:17 - Shin Megami Tensei (Super Famicom) - Castle of the Four Gods (composer: Tsukasa Maskuo)
29:16 - Bravely Default (3DS) - Silence of the Forest (composer: Revo)
33:41 - Dragon Quest V (Super Famicom) - Trouble at Night (composer: Koichi Sugiyama)
35:50 - Talk Segment 3
37:39 - Uncharted Waters New Horizons (SNES) - Moslem Dance (composer: Yoko Kanno)
39:05 - Final Fantasy X (PS2) - Darkness (composer: Junya Nakano)
43:30 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - Labyrinth of Dragons (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)
47:30 - Last Bible III (Super Famicom) - Battle Arena (composer: Yanda)
49:11 - Seiken Densetsu 3 (Super Famicom) - Different Road (composer: Hiroki Kikuta)
53:50 - Outro Talk Segment
55:42 - Famicom Tantei Club (Famicom) - Legend (composers: Kenji Yamamoto)
Thursday Jul 25, 2024
Episode 48 - Back on the Green!
Thursday Jul 25, 2024
Thursday Jul 25, 2024
We’re heading back to the course for another episode all about golf game music!
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
00:05 - Chi Chi’s Pro Challenge Golf (Genesis) - Track 13 (composer: Masahito Miyamoto)
01:32 - Talk Segment 1
03:40 - Ganbare! Golf Boys (TG16) - Away Back (composer: Atsuhiro Motoyama)
05:46 - Ganbare! Golf Boys (TG16) - Through the Green (compuser: Atsuhiro Motoyama)
08:06 - True Swing Golf (DS) - Menu 04 (composer: Katsumi Yokokawa)
10:25 - True Swing Golf (DS) - BGM 02 (composer: Katsumi Yokokawa)
13:24 - Golf (Virtual Boy) - Main Menu (composer: Ken Kojima)
15:16 - New 3D Golf Simulation: Devil's Course (Genesis) - Hole Overview (composer: Yumi Kinoshita, Shigekazu Kamaki, Yusaburo Shimojyo, Shunsuke Minomiya, and Akira Tamada)
17:06 - Talk Segment 2
18:42 - Pebble Beach Golf Links (Saturn) - Course BGM 1 (composer: Yumi Satake)
22:32 - Pebble Beach Golf Links (Saturn) - Course BGM 2 (composer: Yumi Satake)
26:06 - Hole in One Golf (Game Boy) - BGM 06 (composer: Iku Mizutani)
27:51 - Power Golf (TG16) - Title Screen (composer: Daisuke Inoue)
29:04 - Power Golf (TG16) - Menu (composer: Daisuke Inoue)
30:29 - Dynamic Country Club (Arcade) - Main BGM 2 (composer: M.A)
33:31 - Talk Segment 3
36:26 - Pebble Beach: The Great Shot (Arcade) - Course BGM 1 (composer: unknown)
37:17 - Pebble Beach: The Great Shot (Arcade) - Course BGM 2 (composer: unknown)
39:10 - Super Masters (Arcade) - BGM 3 (composer: Tohru Nakabayashi)
42:02 - Harukanaru Augusta (Genesis) - Title Screen (composers: Yumi Kinoshita, Hiroshi Morita, Shigekazu Kamaki, and Yusaburo Shimojyo)
42:43 - Harukanaru Augusta (Genesis) - BGM 2 (composers: Yumi Kinoshita, Hiroshi Morita, Shigekazu Kamaki, and Yusaburo Shimojyo)
45:26 - Battle Golfer Yui (Genesis) - Golf Ole! (composers: K. Nakayama, Kentakun.yada!, Kei Maruyama, Masayuki Nagao)
47:24 - Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf (NES) - Track 27 (composer: Lee Aram)
48:43 - BS Golf Daisuke O.B. Club - Office Course (composers: Masaya Sound Team)
50:21 - Outro Talk Segment
52:27 - Redline F-1 Racer (SNES) - Title (composer: Katsuhiro Hayashi)
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Episode 47 - Masters of VGM 2024
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Once again, it’s time for Masters of VGM! This year, we’re honoring female, trans, and genderqueer composers working in VGM, and I’ve got a batch of six honorees and two honorable mentions for you.
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
00:04 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Marble Gallery (composer: Michiru Yamane)
01:28 - Talk Segment 1: Michiru Yamane
03:09 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX / Saturn) - Dracula’s Castle (composer: Michiru Yamane)
05:00 - Skullgirls (multiplatform) - Moonlit Melee (composer: Michiru Yamane)
11:06 - Talk Segment 2: Yumi Satake (aka Yumi Kinoshita)
12:10 - True Golf Classics Waialae Country Club (SNES) - Title Screen (composer: Yumi Kinoshita)
15:41 - Wicked 18 (SNES) - Course 1 (composers: Yumi Kinoshita, Shigekazu Kamaki, and Yuzaburo Shimojo)
18:13 - Talk Segment 3: Manami Matsumae
19:23 - Mega Man (NES) - Cut Man (composer: Manami Matsumae)
20:43 - Shovel Knight (multiplatform) - A Thousand Leagues Below (Iron Whale) (composer: Manami Matsumae)
24:20 - Talk Segment 4: Yoko Shimomura
25:28 - Super Mario RPG (SNES) - Bowser’s Castle (Second Time) (composer: Yoko Shimomura)
28:11 - Final Fantasy XV (multiplatform) - Valse di Fantastica (composer: Yoko Shimomura)
31:50 - Talk Segment 5: Soyo Oka
32:32 - Sim City (SNES) - Metropolis (composer: Soyo Oka)
34:21 - Pilotwings (SNES) - Rocketbelt (composer: Soyo Oka)
36:01 - Talk Segment 6: Yuki Iwai
37:12 - Mega Man X2 (SNES) - Sinister Gleam (composer: Yuki Iwai)
38:40 - Street Fighter III: New Generation (arcade) - Tomboy ~Stage Africa~ (composer: Yuki Iwai)
40:32 - Talk Segment 7: Megan McDuffee (honorable mention)
41:15 - River City Girls (multiplatform) - Unseen (composer: Megan McDuffee)
45:20 - Talk Segment 8: Yoko Kanno (honorable mention)
45:57 - Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream (Dreamcast) - A Stroll (composer: Yoko Kanno)
47:44 - Outro Talk Segment
49:19 - Live A Live (Super Famicom) - Megalomania (composer: Yoko Shimomura)
Thursday May 16, 2024
Episode 46 - Super Smart Songs
Thursday May 16, 2024
Thursday May 16, 2024
I kept writing down “smart” as an adjective for songs I wanted to play on the show, and I eventually got enough smart tracks that they became their own episode. Listen and watch your IQ go 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.
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:05 - Super Black Bass 3 (Super Famicom) - Track 14 (composers: Michiya Hirasawa and Tsukushi Sasaki)
00:55 - Talk Segment 1
02:27 - Boomerang Fu (multiplatform)- Spilt Milk (composer: Paul Kopetko featuring Zorsy and Maryske)
06:34 - Persona 3 (PS2) - During the Test (composer: Shoji Meguro)
08:27 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform) - Out of Orbit (composer: Garoad)
11:41 - Planet Puzzle League (DS) - Engimatology (Background Theme #8) (composer: Masanobu Matsunaga)
16:20 - Talk Segment 2
17:55 - Redline F-1 Racer (SNES) - Staff Roll (composer: Katsuhiro Hayashi)
19:10 - Last Bible II (Game Boy Color) - BGM 18 (composers: Iwao Mitsunaga and Hiroyuki Yanada)
20:41 - SaGa Frontier 2 (PSX) - Feldschlacht I (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)
26:09 - Persona 5 (multiplatform) - Life Goes On (composer: Shoji Meguro)
28:36 - Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All (DS) - Search ~ Opening 2002 (composer: Naoto Tanaka)
30:02 - Talk Segment 3
32:46 - Side Pocket (Game Boy) - BGM 02 (composer: Yusuke Takahama)
34:26 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Book 2: Train (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Kinuyo Yamashita)
36:21 - Doomsday Warrior (SNES) - Liquid Creature (LC-38X) (composer: Junta)
40:07 - Galaxy Force II (arcade) - Alone Fighter (Scene D - Level 4) (composers: Katsuhiro Hayashi and Kouichi Namaki)
42:53 - Street Fighter III: Second Impact (arcade) - ESCAPE (composer: Hideki Okugawa)
47:45 - Outro Talk Segment
49:40 - Super Baseball 2020 (SNES) - Managerial Menu (composers: Junichi Kuramochi and Hiroo Ikeda)
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Episode45 - Chilly McFreeze V: Baron Von Ruthless
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
It’s time for another collection of relaxing, laid-back VGM tracks in this fifth installment of the Chilly McFreeze series.
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
00:06 - Super Black Bass 3 (Super Famicom) - Track 04 (composers: Michiya Hirasawa and Tsukushi Sasaki)
01:19 - Talk Segment 1
03:10 - Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - The Submarine Nautilus (composers: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, and Masaya Tsunemoto)
07:31 - Shining Force II (Genesis) - Water Goddess Mitula (composer: Motoaki Takenouchi)
09:15 - SD Snatcher (MSX) - The Peaceful Avenue (composers: Masahiro Ikariko, Mutsuhiko Izumi, Motoaki Furukawa, Michiru Yamane, Yuji Takenouchi, Harumi Ueko, Yuko Kurahashi, Tomoya Tomita, Tsuyoshi Sekito, and Kazuhiko Uehara)
11:39 - Picross e6 (3DS) - Picross Puzzle (composer: unknown)
13:54 - Mother 3 (GBA) - Sorrowful Tazmily (composer: Shogo Sakai)
16:12 - Pokemon Black and White (DS) - Kanoko Town (aka Nuvema Town) (composer: Shota Kageyama)
17:53 - Talk Segment 2
19:47 - Brandish 2: The Planet Buster (Super Famicom) - Shop (composers: Michiya Hirasawa and Tsukushi Sasaki)
23:40 - Persona 2 - Eternal Punishment (PSP) - Hiiragi Psychotherapy
27:37 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (DS) - Don’t Ever Forget… (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, Yoshihiro Maeda)
29:42 - Saga Frontier (PSX) - Blue Town (composer: Kenji Ito)
33:54 - Emerald Dragon (Super Famicom) - Separation (composer: Hirohiko Fukuda)
35:13 - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Xbox/PC) - Kashyyyk (composer: Jeremy Soule)
36:35 - Talk Segment 3
39:02 - Front Mission 4 (PS2) - Grapevine (composers: Hidenori Iwasaki and Ryo Yamazaki)
41:34 - Romancing SaGa 2 (Super Famicom) - Village 2 (composer: Kenji Ito)
44:02 - Lufia 2 (SNES) - Town (composer: Yasunori Shiono)
47:01 - Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster - Inn (composers/arrangers: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, and Masaya Tsunemoto)
48:41 - The Flintstones (SNES) - Cinema (composers: Keith Tinman and Jonathan Dunn)
50:55 - Tempest 2000 (Jaguar) - Gilde Control (composers: Alastair Lindsay, Ian Howe, and Kevin Saville)
56:10 - Outro Talk Segment
58:03 - Last Bible III (Super Famicom) - North Lake (composer: Hiroyuki Yanada)
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Episode 44 - Rando Calrissian and the Perilous Pippin Plot
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
After his escapades at Voltara Prime, Rando Calrissian just wants some peace and quiet and high-stakes gambling. But when Rando hears about the Pippin Device, a horrific weapon that could shatter the galaxy, he’s forced to spring into action with this grab bag of great 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.
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.
Penny Arcade for the "Rando Calrissian" title. You can find them at https://www.penny-arcade.com/
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
00:05 - Street Fighter III: Third Strike (Dreamcast) - JUDGE (composer: Hideki Okugawa)
00:46 - Talk Segment 1
03:21 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (multiplatform) - Brave Trigger (composer: Michiru Yamane)
05:33 - Mega Man VI (NES) - Plant Man (composer: Yuko Takehara)
07:09 - Phantasy Star II (Genesis) - Silent Zone (composer: Tokuhiko Uwabo)
08:48 - Front Mission (Super Famicom) - Blackhounds (composers: Yoko Shimomura and Noriko Matsueda)
11:19 - Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (Genesis) - Hassou (composers: Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama, and Masayuki Nagao)
12:42 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - An Empty Tome (composer: Michiru Yamane)
15:41 - Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight (NES) - Alleyway (composer: Junko Tamiya)
17:25 - Talk Segment 2
19:00 - A King’s Tale: Final Fantasy XV (PS4/XBox One) - Insomnia (composer: Bill Kiley)
24:15 - King of Fighters 98 (Neo Geo) - London March (composers: Hideki Asanaka, Marimo, Yasuo Yamate (KOF98), Masahiko Hataya, Toshio Shimizu, Yoshihiko Kitamura (Fatal Fury 2))
27:16 - Power Drift (Arcade) - Side Street (A Course) (composer: Hiroshi Kawaguchi)
31:49 - Ristar (Genesis) - Round 5-2 Ice Scream (composer: Tomoko Sasaki)
34:33 - Talk Segment 3
36:41 - Final Fantasy VII (PSX) - Mark of the Traitor (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
40:11 - Front Mission: Gun Hazard (Super Famicom) - Tension (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
42:44 - Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (SNES) - Autumn (composer: Yasunori Shiono)
44:44 - Spider-Man the Videogame (Arcade) - BGM1 (composer: Kazuhiko Nagai)
46:48 - Pokemon Black and White (DS) - Opelucid City (Black) (composer: Go Ichinose)
51:00 - Outro Talk Segment
52:50 - Bionic Commando (NES) - Neutral Area (composer: Junko Tamiya)
Saturday Mar 16, 2024
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Saturday Mar 16, 2024
Saturday Mar 16, 2024
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