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
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.
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.
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)
Thursday Dec 15, 2022
Episode 24 -The 4th of July in December
Thursday Dec 15, 2022
Thursday Dec 15, 2022
It’s a special holiday episode of Shujin Academy VGM Club! We’ll celebrate the 4th of July by playing lots of American-themed songs about America! There aren’t any other notable holidays in December, are there?
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.
Fellow VGM podcaster Drew Mackie of Singing Mountain for influencing my podcast in general and this episode in particular. He did an episode called “What Does America Sound Like” that shares two and a half tracks with this one, and that episode was an inspiration for this one. I didn’t think of his episode until after I’d assembled the playlist for this episode, but Drew had the idea to use fighting games to explore Americana long before I did, so he deserves credit for originating the idea. You can find Singing Mountain’s episode about American music at https://open.spotify.com/episode/1scAQwRwxlD04hB0zj8heS?si=bd72d2343e444674
Save Point Sam for reminding me of the real reason for the season.
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.
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:09 - Double Dribble (arcade) - The Star Spangled Banner [composers: Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith, Unknown Arranger]
01:16 - Intro Talk Segment
04:21 - Super Street Fighter II HD Remix - Combat and Service (Guile’s Theme) [composers: Yoko Shimomura, Big Giant Circles, Justin R. Coleman]
06:09 - Street Fighter Alpha 3 - Plight (Guile’s Theme) [composer: Yuki Iwai]
09:09 - Talk Segment
09:39 - Capcom vs SNK 2 - Stimulation [composer: Satoshi Ise]
11:56 - Talk Segment
12:46 - King of Fighters ‘98 (Neo Geo) - SLUM No. 5 [composers: Masahiko Hataya, Hideki Asanaka, Marimo, Yasuo Yamate]
15:56 - Talk Segment
16:35 - Captain America and the Avengers (Arcade) - Stage 1 [composers: ]
18:15 - Captain America and the Avengers (Arcade) - Stage 5 [composers: Tatsuya Kiuchi and Tomoyoshi Sato]
21:20 - Talk Segment
21:53 - Top Gear - Las Vegas [composer: Barry Leitch]
28:49 - Talk Segment
29:52 - Rad Mobile - Soup Up [composer: Kazuhiko Nagai]
32:59 - Talk Segment
33:27 - Turbo OutRun (Arcade) - Rush A Difficulty [composer: Yasuhiro Takagi]
36:55 - Talk Segment
37:47 - Earthbound - Theme of Onett [composer: Keiichi Suzuki]
40:07 - Earthbound - Theme of Fourside [composer: Keiichi Suzuki]
43:28 - Talk Segment
44:03 - Civilization VI - America - The Industrial Era [composers: Steven Foster and Geoff Knorr]
48:34 - Outro Talk Segment
50:01 - Bad Dudes (Arcade) - Ending Theme (US Version) [composers: James Sanderson, Azusa Hara, Hiroaki Yoshida]
51:36 - Bonus Talk Segment
25:23 - Chocobo’s Happy Christmas [composers: Nobuo Uematsu and Masashi Hamauzu]
Thursday Dec 01, 2022
Episode 23 - The Master Plan
Thursday Dec 01, 2022
Thursday Dec 01, 2022
This episode is all about smart game music that sounds like making a plan. Use it as the soundtrack to plot out your next heist with your gang, or to defeat those meddling superheroes!
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 you can find his website at https://barsilence.com/
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.
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:05 - Metal Marines (SNES) - Overview
00:30 - Talk Segment 1
02:33 - Burning Force (Genesis) - Another World I (5th Day)
04:26 - Persona 5 - Layer Cake
06:52 - Phoenix Wright: Justice for All (DS) - Search ~ In the Midst 2002
08:33 - Planet Puzzle League - Title
13:27 - Talk Segment 2
15:25 - Darkstalkers 3 (aka Vampire Savior) - Red Thirst
20:01 - Front Mission (Super Famicom) - Decline
21:26 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Spring Cave
25:01 - Fire Emblem Awakening - Expedition 1
29:32 - Talk Segment 3
32:27 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (DS) - Investigation ~ The Core 2001
34:25 - Bahamut Lagoon - Menu
35:16 - Shin Megami Tensei: If . . . (Super Famicom) - Shitto Kai
38:25 - Persona 3 - Living With Determination -Iwatodai Station Arrange-
40:53 - Project X Zone - Silent Approach
42:18 - Gauntlet IV - Retribution
45:56 - Outro Talk Segment
47:25 - Persona 5 - Talk
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Bonus Episode - The Tom and Jon Show
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
This is a special bonus episode of Shujin Academy VGM Club, where Professor Tom sits down for a chat with his buddy Jon to talk about video games and life and stuff.
Thanks 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 Twitter (at least for now) at @ShujinVGMClub, on Instagram at ShujinAcademyVGMClub, and on Tumblr at https://www.tumblr.com/shujinacademyvgmclub. 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.
In segment 1, I mentioned the video of Takenobu Mitsuyoshi singing some of the Daytona USA soundtrack. You can find it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J9ffRgADRU
In segment 4 during the discussionof Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, I'm referencing my episode on the Dreamcast as the one about sadly failed things. You can check it out at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-75u7u-12b1c4b. You can also check out the referenced April Fool's Day episode (also sort of about a failed thing) at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-kfgkn-11df22a
Sadly, the works of Max's Terrifying Head are currently unavailable for public consumption, as they were lost when the MySpace servers crashed and lost all of MySpace. That incident was a little like the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline and Intro
00:49 - Daytona USA (Arcade) - Let’s Go Away (Advertisement)
01:41 - Talk Segment 1
04:23 - Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Mega Drive) - Title Theme
05:15 - Talk Segment 2
09:11 - F-Zero (SNES) - Big Blue
11:21 - Talk Segment 3
16:51 - Final Fight (Arcade) - BGM 1
18:12 - Talk Segment 4
24:18 - Persona 3 - Deep Breath Deep Breath
26:37 - Talk Segment 5
31:30 - Street Fighter Alpha 2 (Arcade) - STAGE RYU
33:43 - Talk Segment 6
39:39 - Bionic Commando (NES) - Area 02
41:57 - Talk Segment 7
49:39 - Metal Slug X - Livin’ on the Deck X (Mission Three)
53:05 - Talk Segment 8
58:07 - Gunbird 2 - Type of Essence
59:55 - Talk Segment 9
1:05:06 - Final Fantasy VII - Good Night, Until Tomorrow!
1:05:15 - Outro Talk Segment
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