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.  

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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)