Shujin Academy VGM Club

Episode 60 - Urban Turf Fight

Take to the gritty streets of the urban jungle to seek revenge in this episode full of tough street sounds. 
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. 
Drew Mackie, host of the Singing Mountain podcast, which was a major inspiration for me to do Shujin Academy VGM Club. Drew created three episodes of urban music like this, and you can hear them at the links below:
Drive Into the City: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/16bit-driving-music
Gritty City Sounds: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/gritty-city-sounds
Devil City: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/devil-city 
You can also hear Drew’s current podcast Gayest Episode Ever on your podcasting service of choice or at https://www.gayestepisodeever.com/
Drew’s fascinating blog about video gaming can also be found at https://thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/ 
RayjKayj from VGMporium for introducing me to the soundtrack for Lam-Mal on episode 93 of his show, which is sadly on indefinite hiatus. You can find that episode at https://vgmporium.wordpress.com/2023/10/05/episode-93-lam-mal/ if you want to hear it for yourself. 
Ed Wilson from The VGMbassy for Scramble Spirits, which he played on the episode of VGMbassy we did together. You can find that episode at https://pca.st/episode/44d7ee05-2ab4-44b1-9470-8b7978a4ec4d
BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. 
If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. For now, you can also find me on Threads or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. 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. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on Spotify and FGC Radio.
Speaking of Spotify, if you’re listening there, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave.
I mentioned the DefunctGames.com review of Putter Golf during the show, and you can read it for yourself at http://www.defunctgames.com/review/1366/putter-golf.
To hear a different, much nicer version of the sounds of the city, check out my long-ago episode “Welcome to Metro City” at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-e9upv-12c2d4d. 
 
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:05 - Chase H.Q. (Arcade) - New York (composer: Takami Asano)
01:08 - Talk Segment 1
04:58 - Capcom vs SNK (arcade) - Stage of Final Fight - Needle (composer: Satoshi Ise)
07:28 - Putter Golf (Genesis) - BGM 1 (composer: E. Fugu)
09:10 - Scramble Spirits (Arcade) - BGM 2 (composers: Toru Nakabayashi and Yasuhiro Kawakami)
12:13 - Moto Roader II (PC Engine) - Menu (composer: Opus)
13:06 - Final Fight (Arcade) - Metro City Subway (composers: Junko Tamiya)
15:06 - Journey to Silius (NES) - Stage Theme 03 (composer: Naoki Kodaka)
16:55 - Streets of Rage 3 (Genesis) - Dub Slash (Round 2-1) (composer: Motohiro Kawashima)
20:30 - Talk Segment 2
24:16 - Power Drift (Arcade) - Adjustment Mind (D Course) (composer: Hiroshi Kawaguchi)
26:23 - Comix Zone (Genesis) - Episode 2, Page 1-2 (composer: Howard Drossin)
28:01 - Cyber Police ESWAT (Arcade) - BGM 01 (Stages 1-4-7-10-13) (composer: Yasuhiro Kawakami)
29:40 - ATP Tour Championship Tennis (Genesis) - Bracket Results (composer: Hikoshi Hashimoto)
31:26 - Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (Genesis) - Ninja Soul (composers: Masayuki Nagao, Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama)
35:41 - Final Fight 2 (SNES) - Creeping Weeping (composers: Yasuaki Fujita, Mari Yamaguchi, Yuki Iwai, Setsuo Yamamoto, Yūko Takehara, and Tatsuya Nishimura)
37:07 - Lam-Mal (x68000) - Town B (composers: Hideaki Takashita and Ryu Takami)
37:57 - Night Striker (Arcade) - Boss 1 (composer: Masahiko Takaki)
39:09 - Talk Segment 3
44:45 - Final Fight 3 (SNES) - Law and Disorder (composer: Katsunari Kitajima)
46:15 - The Dark Spire (DS) - 1st Floor Underground (Classic) (composer: Kenichi Arakawa)
47:48 - Abadox (NES) - Stage 1, 4, 6 (composer: Kiyohiro Sada)
49:28 - Myth: History in the Making (C64) - Loading Tune (composer: Jeroen Tel)
50:30 - Black Bird: Toritachi no Tooboe (PC-98) - Striker (composer: unknown)
53:41 - Alien Syndrome (Arcade) - Unknown 03 (composer: Tohru Nakabayashi)
58:00 - Ninja Five-O (GBA) - Enemy Base (composers: Aya Tanaka and Hiroyuki Tsuboguchi)
59:57 - Mario’s Super Picross (Super Famicom) - Unused Song 2 (composer: Toshiyuki Ueno)
1:00:30 - ATP Tour Championship Tennis (Genesis) - Sound Test No. 5 (composer: Hikoshi Hashimoto)
1:01:24 - Outro Talk Segment
1:03:58 - Streets of Rage 4 (multiplatform) - Main Theme of Streets of Rage 4 (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

Episode 59 - Soundtrack Showcase Shodown

It’s an exciting hour of competition and fabulous prizes as we check out four games with great soundtracks! Come on down!
Special thanks for this episode goes out to:
Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing excellently-themed cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com. 
Josh Grisham of Nerd Informants. You can find Nerd Informants on social media and YouTube, or at https://nerdinformants.com/. Listen to Josh on the radio on Branson Missouri’s My 100.1 KOMC, and hear his podcast “It’s Hollywood Calling with Josh Grisham” on your favorite podcatcher. 
James York, the YouTuber who introduced me to the soundtracks for Energy Breaker and The Shinri Game 2. You can find his channel at https://www.youtube.com/@jamesyork. 
BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. 
If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. For now, you can also find me on Facebook, Threads, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. 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. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on Spotify and FGC Radio.
Speaking of Spotify, if you’re listening there, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave.
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:05 - The Price is Right (DS) - Come On Down (composer: Edd Kalehoff)
00:55 - Intro Talk Segment: The Shinri Game 2
04:40 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - Title Screen (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)
06:58 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - In-game BGM 3 (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)
09:28 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - In-game BGM 4 (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)
12:22 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - In-game BGM 6 (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)
15:10 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - In-game BGM 7 (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)
16:31 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - In-game BGM 10 (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)
18:39 - Talk Segment: Esper Dream 2
22:10 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Name Entry (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)
22:50 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Toaru Library (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)
23:29 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Books 1 & 5 -  Town (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)
24:37 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Item Shop (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)
25:16 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Book 1 - Underwater (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)
26:17 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Area Clear (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)
26:56 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Book 2 - Rikki on Train (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)
27:52 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Book 2 - Express Train (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)
28:28 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Book 4 - Lava Area (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)
29:42 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Book 5 - Mount Crystal (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)
30:53 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Ending - Credits  (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Manami Matsumae)
33:01 - Talk Segment: Energy Breaker
36:30 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - The Flowers Have Bloomed (composer: Yasunori Shiono)
37:31 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - The Sky’s Brilliance (composer: Yasunori Shiono)
39:25 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - Scientist’s Waltz (composer: Yuusei Yamamoto)
41:05 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - The Guiding Fortuneteller (composer: Yukio Nakajima)
42:16 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - Golden-Colored Wind (composer: Yukio Nakajima)
43:40 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - Heroes’ Adventure (composer: Yukio Nakajima)
45:01 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - To the Blue Horizon (composer: Yukio Nakajima)
46:48 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - The Prayer Bells Do Not Toll (composer: Yukio Nakajima)
48:28 - Talk Segment: Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa
52:34 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - A Rattle Samba (main BGM)
54:02 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - Boss Battle
54:51 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - Sweat on the Beat (Worlds 1-2 & 6-2)
56:48 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - Underwater Stage (Worlds 2-2 & 5-3)
58:22 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - Ice Stage (World 3-3)
1:00:05 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - Final Boss
1:00:59 - Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (Famicom Disk System) - The Land of Happiness (Ending & Staff Roll)
1:02:40 - Outro Talk Segment
1:05:32 - The Price is Right (DS) - Main Theme (composer: Edd Kalehoff)

Episode 58 - Waiting for a Pixelated Dawn

These are hopeful songs about a better tomorrow. 
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. 
During the show, I mentioned the CRT Soundsystem episode about Quintet’s Heaven and Earth trilogy of Super NES games: Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, and Terranigma. You can find that episode (and all that cool music) at https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/crtsoundsystem/episodes/049---Quintets-Heaven--Earth-Games-e2m6mok/a-abekg3o.  
If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. For now, you can also find me on Threads or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. 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. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on Spotify and FGC Radio.
If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave.
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:06 - Treasure of the Rudra (Super Famicom) - Sword of the Valiant (Night) (composer: Ryuji Sasai)
01:58 - Talk Segment 1
05:45 - Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Road to the Summit (composer: Nobuo Uematsu; arranger: Masaya Tsunemoto)
08:14 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - Lann’s Melody (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)
10:07 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - To Far Away Times (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda)
14:27 - Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete (PSX/Saturn) - Field to Tomorrow (composer: Noriyuki Iwadare)
16:33 - Street Fighter III: Second Impact (arcade) - SHARP EYES (piano melo version) : Japan-IBUKI STAGE (composers: Hideki Okugawa & Yuki Iwai)
19:45 - Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon (PS2) - Determination (composer: Shoji Meguro)
21:22 - Talk Segment 2
24:16 - Life Force (arcade) - Fly High (2nd Stage BGM) (composer: Miki Higashino)
25:55 - Soul Blazer (SNES) - Underground Castle (composer: Yukihide Takekawa)
29:04 - Final Fantasy VII (PSX) - Cid’s Theme (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
32:15 - Fire Emblem Fates (3DS) - To A Foreign Land (composer: Hiroki Morishita)
36:38 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon - Explorers of Time and Darkness (DS) - A Wish for Peace (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, and Yoshihiro Maeda)
39:44 - Talk Segment 3
42:43 - Bravely Default (3DS) - Horizon of Light and Shadow (composer: Revo)
45:30 - Shining Force 2 (Genesis) - To Arms! (composer: Motoaki Takenouchi)
48:15 - Treasure Hunter G (Super Famicom) - Surrounded by Forest 1 (composer: Mitsuhito Tanaka)
51:48 - Brain Lord (SNES) - Natural Cavern (composer: Masanao Akahori)
54:22 - Tetris Effect (multiplatform) - Always Been But Never Dreamed (composer: Hydelic; vocals: Kathleen Brady)
58:42 - Outro Talk Segment
1:01:08 - Persona 3 FES (PS2) - Brand New Days (The Answer Ending Theme) (composer: Shoji Meguro; vocals: Yumi Kawamura; lyrics: Yuichiro Tanaka)

Episode 57 - The Sound of the Future Year 2000

Tomorrow comes today with this collection of futuristic tracks! Some of them are from games set in the future, and some just sound like the future. Listen for a taste of life in the dystopian world of 2025. 
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. 
Vee, The VGM Lover for finding some composer information for Tetris Kiwamemichi. You can follow him on BlueSky at thevgmlover.bsky.social. 
How Much in Bison Dollars? for the idea for the Destiny is Destiny promo. You can follow him on YouTube, TikTok, and social media platforms at HMIBisonDollars, and check out his show on FGC Radio.
BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. 
If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. 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. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. 
If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other VGM podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get every single show.1
Track Listing:
00:00 - VA-11 HALL-A (multiplatform) - CALICOMP 1.1 Startup (composer: Garoad)
00:15 - Show Tagline
00:21 - Civilization III (PC) - Techno (composer: Mark Cromer)
03:48 - Talk Segment 1
08:40 - VA-11 HALL-A (multiplatform) - Welcome to VA-11 HALL-A (composer: Garoad)
11:43 - 2064: Read Only Memories (multiplatform) - Media Blues (composer: Matthew "2 Mello" Hopkins)
13:23 - Persona Q (3DS) - It’s Show Time (composer: Toshiki Konishi) 
15:55 - Unlimited SaGa (PS2) - BT Ver. 3 (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)
17:41 - The World Ends With You (DS) - Psychedelic (composer: Takeharu Ishimoto)
20:03 - Tetris Kiwamemichi (PS2 / arcade) - 05 (composer: unknown)
23:09 - Talk Segment 2
25:24 - Arkanoid DS (DS) - only nearby peace (GAME Chuu BGM) (composer: Takafumi Wada)
28:20 - Rage Racer (PSX) - Lightning Luge (composers: Tetsukazu Nakanishi)
33:28 - Jet Set Radio Future (Xbox) - Funky Dealer (composer: Hideki Naganuma)
36:59 - Tempest 2000 (Jaguar) - Mind’s Eye (composers: Alastair Lindsay, Ian Howe, Julian Hodgson, and Kevin Saville)
41:52 - Talk Segment 3
45:31 - Tetris Effect (multiplatform) - Flames (composer: Hydelic)
49:36 - Streets of Rage 3 (Genesis) - Boss (composer: Motohiro Kawashima)
52:19 - Rez (Dreamcast) - Fear (composer: Adam Freeland; vocals: Cage)
57:25 - San Francisco Rush 2049 (N64) - Flier (composer: Barry Leitch)
1:01:49 - Outro Talk Segment
1:04:20 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (DS) - Defy the Legends (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, and Yoshihiro Maeda)
1:08:24 - VA-11 HALL-A (multiplatform) - CALICOMP 1.1 Shutdown (composer: Garoad)

Episode 56 - Rando Calrissian and the Dastardly Dendy Device

Rando Calrissian had just docked at the megacasino on Humora Gamma, where he’d planned on relaxing with some drinks and winning a few jackpots at the rellack table. But when a mad scientist’s experimental new starship engine gets sabotaged, Rando’s thrust into a tangled grab bag of VGM tracks that may prove fatal!
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. 
The fine folks at Penny Arcade for coining the name "Rando Calrissian" in a long-ago strip. You can find them at https://www.penny-arcade.com/. 
If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. 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. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. 
If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other VGM podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get every single show.
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:05 - Tecmo World Wrestling (NES) - Insert Name Screen (composers: Keiji Yamagishi, Mayuko Okamura, Hiroshi Miyazaki, and Mitsuhito Tanaka)
00:50 - Talk Segment 1
03:45 - Arcus Odyssey (Genesis) - Act 1-2: The Shrine (composer: Motoi Sakuraba)
06:46 - 1943 Kai (PC Engine) - Antiship Battle B (Round 4-Zhang He) (composer: Harumi Fujita)
07:42 - Comix Zone (Genesis) - Episode 2, Page 1-1 (composer: Howard Drossin)
11:08 - Road Rash (Master System) - Pacific Coast (composer: Greg Michael)
14:15 - Bomberman 64: The Second Attack (N64) - Ocean Planet Aquanet 2nd Mix (composers: Yasunori Mitsuda and Yoshitaka Hirota)
16:55 - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA) - Prologue ~ Mina’s Theme (composer: Michiru Yamane)
18:59 - Talk Segment 2
22:32 - Lagoon (SNES) - Premonition (composers: "GO" Saito and Masae Sakaide)
26:44 - Pixel Puzzle Makeout League (Switch / Steam) - It's Urgent (Retro Mix) (composer: Capsule King)
29:13 - Secret of Mana (SNES) - What the Forest Taught Me (composer: Hiroki Kikuta)
30:17 - Street Fighter III: Second Impact (Arcade) - TOMBOY (african voice mix) (composers: Hideki Okugawa and Yuki Iwai)
33:29 - Rolling Thunder 2 (Arcade) - Theme from Rolling Thunder 2 (Round 1) (composer: Ayako Saso)
35:34 - Golden Axe III - Ancient Mound (Stage 2A) (composers: Naofumi Hataya, Tatsuyuki Maeda, and Haruyo Oguro)
38:19 - Talk Segment 3
42:01 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - Labyrinth of Lights (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)
46:12 - Civilization III (PC) - Stars (composer: Mark Cromer)
50:01 - San Francisco Rush 2049 (N64) - Title (composer: Barry Leitch)
54:52 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (multiplatform) - Silent Howling (8-bit) (composer: Keisuke Ito)
56:47 - Moto Roader II (TG16) - Ingame 3 (composer: Opus)
58:11 - Outro Talk Segment
1:00:14 - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Genesis) - Competition Menu (composers: Michael Jackson, Brad Buxer)

Episode 55 - Playing With Power II: Attack and Dethrone

These are more songs that have come to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and they’re all out of bubblegum.
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, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. 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. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. 
If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other VGM podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get every single show.
Since you enjoyed this episode, why not go back and listen to the original Playing With Power episode that I did way back in March of 2023? You can find it at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-mnyub-13a568f
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:06 - U.N. Squadron (SNES) - Introduction (composer: Mari Yamaguchi, Toshio Kajino, and Yasushi Ikeda)
01:19 - Talk Segment 1
04:56 - Command & Conquer (PC) - Act on Instinct (composer: Frank Klepacki)
07:47 - Advance Wars: Dual Strike (DS) - Power! (composers: Taishi Senda and Yoshito Hirano)
08:37 - Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Arcade) - Last Duel (Story Demo 3) (composer: Isao Abe)
09:40 - Quake II (PC) - Operation Overlord (composer: Sascha Dikiciyan)
13:09 - Shin Megami Tensei (Super Famicom) - Level Up (composer: Tsukasa Masuko)
14:18 - Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished (PC-88) - Chase of Shadow (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)
15:28 - Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360) - Howl of the Departed (composer: Nobuo Uematsu / lyrics:
Hironobu Sakaguchi)
20:22 - Talk Segment 2
22:59 - Guilty Gear XX (Arcade / PS2) - Awe of She ~Dizzy’s Theme~ (composer: Daisuke Ishwatari)
26:05 - Persona 5 Strikers (multiplatform) - Daredevil (composer: Gota Masuoka / lyrics: Jasmine Webb / vocals: Lyn)
30:56 - Metal Slug 3 (Neo Geo) - Kiss in the Dark (composers: Takushi Hiyamuta, Yoshihiko Wada, Masato Horiuchi, Q_JIROU, and Maiko Iuchi)
33:19 - Contra (Arcade) - Maze Fortress 1 (composer: Kazuki Muraoka)
34:52 - Final Fantasy V Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Battle at the Big Bridge (composer: Nobuo Uematsu / arrangers: Yuko Komiyama and Hidenori Miyanaga)
37:54 - Talk Segment 3
41:53 - Persona 3 (PS2) - Burn My Dread -Last Battle- (composer: Shoji Meguro / lyrics: Reiko Tanaka / vocals: Yumi Kawamura and Lotus Juice)
45:38 - Shining Force (Genesis) - Darksol Battle (composer: Masahiko Yoshimura)
46:45 - Final Fight 3 (SNES) - Chinese Takeout (composer: Katsunari Kitajima)
49:05 - King of Fighters XI (Arcade) - Queen (composer: Hideki Asanaka)
52:10 - Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster - Dancing Mad (Act 4) (composer: Nobuo Uematsu / arranger: Yuko Komiyama)
58:18 - Outro Talk Segment
1:00:24 - Garou: Mark of the Wolves (Neo Geo) - Spread the Wings (composers: Akihiro Uchida, Masato Horiuchi, and Yasuhiro Naka)

Episode 54 1/2 - ????

This the episode, now to hear the strange songs. New time for your listening with Professor Tom.
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. 
My lovely waifu and darling children for their honest testimonials about the benefits of Chocobo milk.
BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. 
If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. 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. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. 
If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other VGM podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get every single show.
During the show, I mentioned Sega composer Takenobu Mitsuyoshi’s infectiously happy performance of the Daytona USA songs. You can see some videos of him in action at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J9ffRgADRU and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nskok6WhqeI. 
Also during the show, I mentioned the Four Job Fiesta summer event that sees people play through Final Fantasy V with randomly-assigned jobs. You can check it out at https://www.fourjobfiesta.com/ and let me know how your playthrough goes. 
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:06 - Fire Emblem Fates (3DS) - Left to Heaven (composers: Renka, Maiko Sugiyama, Miho Komatsu, Mei Mishina, Yumiko Morooka, and Aya Hoashi)
01:07 - Talk Segment 1
05:07 - We Love Katamari (PS2) - Katamari on the Swing (composers: Yuu Miyake and Yoshihito Yano)
09:47 - TOBAL No. 1 (PSX) - Toridon!! (composer: Yasuhiro Kawakami)
13:09 - Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Techno de Chocobo (composers: Nobuo Uematsu with Hirosato Noda)
16:05 - Unlimited SaGa - Tale on a Hilltop (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)
16:41 - X-Men (arcade) - Fake Dance (Name Entry) (composers: Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, A. Hashimoto)
18:17 - Talk Segment 2
22:56 - LocoRoco - Title Song 6 (composer: Noboyuki Shimizu / lyrics: Tsutomu Kouno)
25:33 - Blue Dragon (Xbox 360) - Mysterious Village (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
27:16 - Daytona USA (Arcade) - Pounding Pavement (composer: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
30:55 - Earthbound (SNES) - Battle Against a Weird Opponent (composers: Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka)
32:19 - Xenogears (PSX) - Solaris ~ Eden of Heaven (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda)
35:46 - Final Fantasy V - Critter Tripper Fritter (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
37:11 - Jack Bros. (Virtual Boy) - Opening (composer: Hiroyuki Yanada)
37:54 - Outro Talk Segment
40:36 - Persona 4 Dancing All Night - Shadow World (DE DE MOUSE shadow swing mix) (composer: Shoji Meguro; remixed by DE DE MOUSE)

Episode 53 - Chilly McFreeze VI: Stunning

It’s time to take a break with another Chilly McFreeze episode full of calm, relaxing 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. 
BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. 
If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. 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 cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. 
During the show, I mentioned my two golf episodes. The very first episode of the show was golf-themed, and you can find it at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-q4vfa-118a75b. You can find my follow-up at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-xdsk9-1674ae3, and listening to both of them together is a good way to hear how I’ve grown as a podcaster with time and experience and also a slightly nicer microphone. 
I also mentioned composer Garoad during the third block. He’s been featured multiple times on the show, and you can find his work on his Bandcamp page at https://garoad.bandcamp.com/ or on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@garoadmusic. Check him out! 
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:06 - Pokemon Black & White (DS) - Nuvema Town (composer: Shota Kageyama)
01:47 - Talk Segment 1
05:08 - Final Fantasy X (PS2) - Auron’s Theme (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
07:50 - Pebble Beach: The Great Shot (Arcade) - Track 27 (composer: unknown)
09:35 - Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly (multiplatform) - Need To Go Home (composer: Andrew Jeremy)
15:30 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (DS) - Crystal Cave (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, and Yoshihiro Maeda)
18:38 - Persona 5 (multiplatform) - Have A Short Rest (composer: Shoji Meguro)
20:46 - SaGa Frontier 2 (PSX) - Naturvolk (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)
22:52 - Talk Segment 2
25:09 - Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii) - Everyday Life (composer:  Manami Kiyota)
27:42 - Fantasian (iOS) - World Map (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
33:19 - Final Fantasy XV (multiplatform) - In Dreams (composer: Yoko Shimomura)
36:46 - Last Bible III (Super Famicom) - Val Ship (composer: Hiroyuki Yanada)
39:55 - VA-11 Hall-A (multIplatform) - Spirit Potion (composer: David Nyman)
43:20 - Talk Segment 3
46:51 - Chrono Cross (PSX) - Home Guldove (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda)
51:00 - Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360) - What You Are (Guitar Version) (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)
53:59 - Yuppie Psycho (PC) - Meet and Greet (composer: Garoad)
58:12 - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - A Fleeting Respite (composer: Michiru Yamane)
1:02:11 - Persona Q2 (3DS) - Puzzling (composer: Atsushi Kitajoh)
1:04:42 - Outro Talk Segment
1:06:31 - Plants vs Zombies (multiplatform) - Zen Garden (composer: Laura Shigihara)