Episode 52 - Catch a Groove 2: Bruce Campbell's Catchphrase

It’s time to get back in the groove with another collection of funky jams!

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. 
• Josh Grisham of Nerd Informants for help with the promo. You can find Nerd Informants on your social media site of choice, and you can find his podcast “It’s Hollywood Calling With Josh Grisham” at https://www.legends1063.fm/podcasts/its-hollywood-calling/ or wherever you get your podcasts. 
• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. 

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If you liked this episode, and you want to check out my first Catch a Groove episode, you can find it at https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-29-catch-a-groove/. 

During the show, I mentioned the Lotus games. You can find my deep dives into those soundtracks (and the soundtracks of the Top Gear games, their spiritual successors) at https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-30-add-three-mana/ and https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-31-add-three-more-mana/

I also mentioned my Super Smart Songs episode while I was talking about Last Bible II, and you can find it at https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-46-super-smart-songs/ 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Robocop 3 (C64) - Stage 5 (composer: Jeroen Tel)

00:40 - Talk Segment 1

04:07 - Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Mega Drive) - Stage 2-2 (Giant Desert) (composer: Aki Hata)

06:37 - Bomberman II (NES) - Area 6 (composers: Jun Chikuma, Hitoshi Okuno, Osamu Narita)

08:31 - ToeJam and Earl in Panic on Funkotron (Genesis) - Mellow Groove (composer: John Baker)

10:20 - Burning Force (Genesis) - Aero Space (3rd Day) (composer: Yoshinori Kawamoto)

11:34 - Redline F-1 Racer (SNES) - Setting (composer: Katsuhiro Hayashi)

12:27 - Cosmic Carnage (32X) - Zena Lan’s Stage (composer: Hikoshi Hashimoto)

14:44 - Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (3DS) - Strange School (composer: Atsushi Kitajoh)

17:03 - Galactic Pinball (Virtual Boy) - Gunpei’s Voyage (composers: Kenji Yamamoto and Masaru Tajima)

19:43 - Talk Segment 2

22:37 - Pictionary (NES) - Title Screen Theme (composer: Tim Follin)

24:09 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (SNES) - Neon Night Riders (composers: Mutsuhiko Izumi, Kazuhiko Uehara, and Harumi Ueko)

25:37 - Last Bible II (Game Boy Color) - BGM 11 (composers: Iwao Mitsunaga and Hiroyuki Yanada)

28:37 - Danganronpa 2 - Sugu Ikoroshia (PSP / Vita) (composer: Masafumi Takada)

31:13 - Base Wars (NES) - Game Theme (Play Ball) (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Tomoko Sumiyama)

34:37 - Zero 4 Champ RR (Super Famicom) - Movement (composers: Katsuhiro Hayashi, Jouji Iijima)

36:40 - Streets of Rage 4 (multiplatform) - 25 Years Ago (composer: Olivier Deriviere)

38:55 - Talk Segment 3

42:23 - Doomsday Warrior (SNES) - Fatty Bomber (P-Lumb) (composer: Junta)

46:03 - Super Mario RPG (SNES) - And My Name's Booster (composer: Yoko Shimomura)

48:02 - Jaguar XJ220 (Amiga) - Speed Storm (composer: Martin Iveson)

50:05 - The Flash (Sega Master System) - At Peace in the Park (composer: Jeroen Tel)

53:05 - Al Unser Jr’s Turbo Racing (NES) - Circuit Qualify (composers: Shōgo Sakai, Takafumi Miura, Masaaki Iwasaki, and Yuji Suzuki)

54:51 - Streets of Rage (Genesis) - Violent Breathing (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

56:42 - Outro Talk Segment

58:49 - M.C. Kids (NES) - Level 04 Mountain View (composer: Charles Deenen)