Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast

Episode 75: All’s Well That Ends Well

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 23:45:41 +0000

Greetings, game music lovers. Welcome to the penultimate episode of Very Good Music. We've beaten the big bad boss, and now it's time for a cutscene, epilogue, or some other small detour before the credits roll. We're not always sure where this last step of our journey will take us, but we know we'll be accompanied by some Very Good Music!

Thanks again to our listeners and supporters who recommended tracks for this episode on Discord and Twitter!

As always, we appreciate our amazing patrons who supported us for so long, as well as the artists who made our show art and theme song. You can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/gfypDsuqFs

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm

And you can find our other content in these places:

Shootkapow's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCheYf62G3VoUQHNdwl18TdA

Shootkapow on Flat: https://flat.io/@boothkb0607

The Movie Bar: https://anchor.fm/moviebar

Very Good Music is proudly affiliated with RPGEra.com (https://rpgera.com/)! Check them out for lots of great content, including articles, videos, and podcasts covering a variety of pop culture topics!

Tracklist:

Because I Love You - Earthbound - Hirokazu Ando - SNES, 1994 - Nintendo

Ending Theme (Hard Mode) - TMNT IV: Turtles in Time - Kazuhiko Uehara, Harumi Ueko - SNES, 1992 - Konami

You're My Hero - Sonic 3d Blast - Jun Senoue - Sega Saturn, 1996 - Sega

The Wake of Destruction - Mega Man X2 - Yuki Iwai - SNES, 1995 - Capcom

Hall of Fame - Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver - Junichi Masuda, arr. Shota Kageyama - Nintendo DS, 2009 - Nintendo/Game Freak

Wingding (Outro) - The Messenger: picnic Panic - Rainbowdragoneyes - Multiplatform, 2019 - Devolver Digital/Sabotage Studio

Each to His Own World - Kirby's Return to Dream Land - Hirokazu Ando, Jun Ishikawa - Nintendo Wii, 2011 - Nintendo/HAL Laboratory

Daybreak (Ending Theme) - Street Fighter Alpha 3 - Takayuki Iwai - Multiplatform, 1998 - Capcom

Recommended by Lee Tyrell, writer, musician, podcaster (host of The Sound Test) and currently working on the Decent Land project. Find out more by visiting @decentdotland on Twitter.

Lee's Medium Page: https://medium.com/@leetyrrell

Ending (Olimar's Comeback) - Pikmin 3 Deluxe - Unknown Composer - Switch, 2020 - Nintendo

Goodbye Geno - Super Mario RPG - Yoko Shimomura - SNES, 1996 - Nintendo/Square

Blooper Reel: End Game (Sweet Little Dead Bunny) - Doom - Bobby Prince - MS-DOS, 1993 - id Software

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

The Last Rican, host of VGM Fight Club and Senpai's Playlist

Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint

"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube

SprintCade

The Mysterious Nathan

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 72-3: ProfJeff’s Masters of VGM

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 12:00:56 +0000

In June of 2022 (and stretching into July), over a dozen VGM podcasts came together to honor our favorite composers in what came to be called Masers of VGM.

Part 2 was originally intended to be a one-episode listener recap. Instead, it evolved into three parts of its own! In this third and final episode you're in for some Very Good Music as Bedroth and his guest discuss ProfJeff's Masters of VGM!

Thanks as always to our amazing artists who made our show art and theme song. You can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm

You can also leave us a comment on Anchor or Spotify and while you're at it, please rate and review the show and subscribe and to be notified of future episodes! We look forward to hearing from you!

Track List:

Red Hot Skull - Sonic Adventure - Jun Senoue - Sonic Team/Sega - Multi-Platform, 1998

Concept of Love (Concept of Passion Remix) - Ollie King - Hideki Naganuma - Amusement Vision/Sega - Arcade, 2004

Pink Sadism (Haruka's Theme) - Senran Kagura Estival Versus - Mutsumi Ishimura - Tamsoft/Marvelous - PS4/Vita, 2015

MUST DIE (Susano Theme) - BlazBlue: Central Fiction - Daisuke Ishiwatari (also recommended by listener Muddle MADness) - Arc System Works - Multi-Platform, 2015

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Bonus Episode 11: VGMVGM Presents O Som do Cartucho’s Masters of VGM!

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 05:31:39 +0000

Greetings, Gamers!

On this special bonus episode of Very Good Music, Bedroth is proud to present his VGM podcasting colleague Andre, host of the Brazilian O Som do Cartucho podcast! As one of only three international podcasts joining the event, and as the only podcast whose regular episodes have been released entirely in a language other than English, “Cartridge’s Sound” definitely lends a unique flavor to the proceedings.

There was a bit of confusion at first as to whether this episode would be posted on the BGMania thread or the Very Good Music thread. However, since VGMVGM won’t be posting another regular episode for at least a couple weeks, and BGMania has a full slate of episodes for July, we opted to present it for you here.

We hope you enjoy one of the final episodes in the inaugural Masters of VGM event!

Very Good Music is proudly affiliated with RPGEra.com (rpgera.com/)! Check them out for lots of great content, including articles, videos, and podcasts covering a variety of pop culture topics! You can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/gfypDsuqFs

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm

Check out O Som do Cartucho at https://www.osomdocartucho.com.br/ (website and podcast are in Portuguese)

Check out the Masters of VGM at mastersofvgm.com or @MastersofVGM on Twitter!

Track List:

Funky Writer “Hangar” - Jesper Kyd - Sub-Terrania/Red Zone - Sega Genesis

Stage 3 - Naoki Kodaka - Journey to Silius - NES

Stage 4-1 “Gotham City Streets 2” & Stage 5 “In the Sky Over Gotham City” - Naoki Kodaka - Batman - Sega Genesis

Across the Tube (Round 3) - Ayako Saso - Rolling Thunder 2 - Arcade

Snow - Ayako Saso - Dirt Dash - Arcade

Desert - Masashi Kageyama - Robot Construction R.C. - Sharp X68000

Good Night (True End) - Masashi Kageyama - Gimmick! - NES

Special thanks to the Friends of the Show:

ProfJeff

"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

The Last Rican, host of VGM Fight Club and Senpai's Playlist

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube

Martyrus, host of the RE-VGM Podcast

SprintCade

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 70: Super Turbo Hyper Ultra VGM Robot Go!!!

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 12:00:15 +0000

Episode 70: Super Turbo Hyper Ultra VGM Robot Go!!!

Greetings, game music lovers! In this episode, This month, Bedroth is exploring an area of popular culture he's not all that familiar with - giant robots! He has asked his friends ProfJeff and Kung Fu Carlito, who are regular experts in the subject matter, to serve as his guides through this SUPER EXCITING corner of nerddom in search of some Very Good Music!

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm

You can also leave us a comment on YouTube and while you're at it, please let us know if you like the video, and subscribe and ring the bell to be notified of future episodes! We look forward to hearing from you!

Playlist:

Metal Beat - Metal Masters - Game Boy/Atari ST/AmigaOS, 1990 - Composer: Alberto Jose Gonzalez

Go! Vulkaiser! - Supercharged Robot Vulkaiser - PC, 2015 - Composer: SAK - Lyrics: Sakeo - Vocals: Yasubara Hataro

Mazinkaiser - Super Robot Taisen Alpha - PS1, 2000 - Composer: Chumei Watanabe - Vocals: Ichiro Mizuki

Wings - Metallic Child - Switch/PC, 2021 - Composer: Kim Hyun

Office - Ninja Warriors Once Again - Switch/PS4, 2019 - Composer: Hiroyuki Iwatsuki

Giant Beast - Stonefly - Multi-platfoform, 2021 - Composer: Natureboy Flako

A Despair-filled Farewell - Shadow of the Colossus - PS Series, 2005 - Composer: Kow Otani

Boss Battle - Rocket Knight Adventures - Sega Genesis, 1993 - Composers: Masanori Oouchi, Aki Hata, Michiru Yamane, Masanori Adachi, and Hiroshi Kobayashi

I Am Impact- Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon - Nintendo 64, 1997 - Composers: Shigeru Araki, Yusuke Kato, Saiko Miki, Yasumasa Kitagawa - Vocals: Ichiro Mizuki

Inherit the Stars - Daemon X Machina - Switch/PC, 2019 - Composer: Akihiko Ishikawa

I Take Hold - Risk System - Multi-platform, 2019 - Composer: Chris Ekins

Blooper Reel Tracks:

Sunset - Tech Romancer - Arcade/Dreamcast, 1998 - Composer: Yuki Iwai

Hot Wind! Fierce Wind! (Cybuster Theme) - Super Robot Wars OG Gaiden - PlayStation 2, 2007 - Composer: Shinichi Tanaka - Arranger: Ryo Yonemitsu

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube

SprintCade

"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

The Last Rican, host of VGM Fight Club and Senpai's Playlist

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube

Martyrus, host of the RE-VGM Podcast

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 67: Pikuniku (with Flare and Luna)

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 12:00:00 +0000

This week, Bedroth is joined by his two youngest daughters, Flare and Luna. The kids have been very excited to do their first podcast, and after a lot of back-and-forth, decided to talk about one of their favorite games to play together: Pikuniku.

The game, released in 2019 by Devolver Digital and developed by French-British indie collective Sectordub, stars a strange, red, ovoid creature named Piku (whose orange counterpart, Niku, is the avatar for player 2), as he takes on the megalomaniacal Mr. Sunshine, who wants to strip the land of all its resources, which he will use to hatch an even more nefarious plot. The single-player mode is a puzzle-platforming adventure, while the two-player mode includes both a cooperative adventure and competitive mini-games.

The clever, lighthearted soundtrack by Calum Boen (sometimes known simply as Bo En)perfectly complimentes the simple, childlike art style designed by Arnaud De Bock (also the game's creator) and the quirky, humorous story by Remi Forcadel.

You can find Calum at https://www.youtube.com/user/calumbowen and http://bo-en.info/, and you can check out (and purchase!) the Pikuniku soundtrack at https://calumbowen.bandcamp.com/album/pikuniku-original-soundtrack.

For more about the soundtrack, check out Kate Remington's interview with Calum on Music Respawn: http://www.respawnshow.com/home-1/2019/2/7/calum-bowens-funny-lighthearted-soundtrack-for-pikuniku

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm

Playlist:

The Mountain Village

Free Money!

El Bunko

King of the Dancefloor

Run!

Underground Friends

Mother's Lullaby

Don't Fall!

The Sun Is Shining

Everything's Gonna Be Okay

Bonus Track: Enter The Mine

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

The Last Rican, host of VGM Fight Club and Senpai's Playlist

Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint

"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube

SprintCade

The Mysterious Nathan

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 66: Cuphead (With Lemon Boy)

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000

This week, Bedroth and Shootkapow are joined by Shootkapow's little brother, whose podcast personal is "Lemon Boy". Lemon Boy has made a couple of brief appearances before, but this time he is bringing his 10 favorite tracks from a game that has been taking up a lot of his attention: Cuphead!

The 2017 indie sensation, developed and published by Studio MDHR, the company started by brothers Chad and Jared Moldenhauer, became famous for its unique visual aesthetic inspired by classic robber-hose animation style, as well as its high degree of difficulty. Also highly praised is the game's soundtrack, composed by Ontario jazz musician Kristofer Maddigan and performed by live jazz and big band musicians.

If you enjoy this showcase of Very Good Music from Cuphead, you can reach out to us in any of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm

Playlist:

Don't Deal With the Devil

Ruse of an Ooze

Aviary Action

Threatenin' Zeppelin

The Mausoleum

Botanic Panic

Shootin n' Lootin

Inkwell Isle Three

Railroad Wrath

Floral Fury

Sugarland Shimmy

Blooper Reel: Die House & All Bets Are Off

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

2022 State of the Podcast

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:00:00 +0000

An announcement about some things happening in our world and the world of the podcast.

Background Music: Super Training! - Pokemon X & Y - Shota Kageyama

Things Mentioned in the Show:

The Movie Bar - https://anchor.fm/moviebar

The Literate Pixel - https://anchor.fm/literatepixelpodcast

VGM Journey - https://anchor.fm/vgmjourney

BGMania - https://rpgera.com/blog/category/podcasts/bgmania/

Talk to Us:

https://twitter.com/vgmpod

https://twitter.com/shootkapow

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6r-B1UHRbvZ5tcEGQHvrCg

Christmas 2021 Announcement

Sat, 25 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0000

Hi everyone!

No episode this week. Just a great piece of winter music by Grant Kirkhope from 1998's Banjo-Kazooie, remixed and remastered for Grant's 2021 album Re-Jiggyed! And a brief announcement.

Merry Christmas to you and yours. And if you don't celebrate Christmas, or don't celebrate it today, then happy December 25th!

Love,

Bedroth (@VGMPod) and Shootkapow (@shootkapow)

Episode 4-12: What If Very Good Music...Had Brentalfloss???

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 05:44:27 +0000

This week, Bedroth and Shootkapow are joined by the one and only Brent Black, who became famous under his Internet persona "Brentalfloss" by asking one simple question: What if video games...had lyrics?"

Brent is a talented musician and composer in his own right, and he's also an incredibly charming, funny, and nice guy. We hope you enjoy this epic 3-hour conversation covering everything from Mario and Zelda to Ducktales and Shovel Knight to...Flavoured Cats? Whether it's an inspiration, an arrangment, or an original, every tune you'll hear, as always, is Very Good Music!

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

Very Good Music is now proudly affiliated with RPGEra.com (https://rpgera.com/)! Check them out for lots of great content, including articles, videos, and podcasts covering a variety of pop culture topics!

Playlist

Intro - Floss Man Theme 2013 Remix - Brentalfloss - 2013

16:15 - Mega Man 3 - Title Theme - Yasuaki Fujita - Capcom, NES, 1990

30:06 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Ending Theme (Beautiful Hyrule) - Koji Kondo - Nintendo, SNES, 1991

37:26 - DuckTales - The Moon - Hiroshige Tonomura - Capcom, NES, 1989

52:33 - Final Fantasy Main Theme (Orchestral Performance by the London Philharmonic) - Nobuo Uematsu - Square, NES, 1987

1:01:44 - Super Mario World - Ending/Credits - Koji Kondo - Nintendo, SNES, 1990

1:13:19 - Final Fantasy IV - New Orleans Remix - Nobuo Uematsu, arr. Brentalfloss - Square, SNES (as Final Fantasy II), 1991

1:31:21 - Super Mario Sunshine Without Lyrics - Koji Kondo, arr. Brentalfloss - Nintendo, GameCube, 2002

1:47:37 - Shovel Knight Without Lyrics - Jake "Virt" Kaufman, arr. Brentalfloss - Yacht Club Games, Various Platforms, 2014

2:11:49 - Flavoured Cats (cancelled game) - Winter Athletic Theme - Brent Black

2:22:59 - Buck & Miles - Haunted Valley - Brent Black - Astrojone, In Development

2:33:26 - Default Dan - Ending Credits - Brent Black - Kikiwik Games, Steam, 2015

Blooper Reel: Chicken Knights Soundtrack - Brent Black - Jack Klein, Mobile/Steam (Demo), 2016

Buy Brent's Stuff: https://brentalfloss.bandcamp.com/ | http://useyourwords.lol/

Subscribe to Brent on YouTube: www.youtube.com/brentalfloss

Follow Brent on Twitter: www.twitter.com/brentalfoss

Check out Brent's Musical: www.twitter.com/uastpm

Check out Brent & Kate's Question Box podcast (NSFW): http://questionbox.libsyn.com/rss

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

The Last Rican, host of VGM Fight Club and Senpai's Playlist

Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint

"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube

SprintCade

The Mysterious Nathan

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 4-10: From Minnesota to Melee to Mother: Shogo Sakai with RJ

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 13:00:00 +0000

Greetings, Gamers! This time, we are joined by Shootkapow's good friend (and game developing partner) RJ! RJ's been recommending songs for the show for over a year, and we're really excited to have him on to talk about one of his favorite composers, Shogo Sakai!

Sakai isn't quite as well-known as some of the others we've discussed this season, nor is he as prolific as far as the number of games he's composed. However, he's been involved in the VGM scene for over 30 years, and his work on the massive (and beloved) soundtrack to Mother 3 has made him famous in at least the VGM fandom. And as always, everything we're bringing from his discography is Very Good Music!

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

Playlist

Play-In: Opening - Super Smash Bros. Melee - HAL Laboratory/Nintendo - GameCube - 2001

Melee Vector U Remix (played under first round of discussion): https://youtu.be/KNQ8I80N4-M

10:16 - Unknown Track (Track 3) - Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Toki no Sugiyuku Mama ni - Data East - Famicom - 1990

16:42 - The Fine Draw - Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend - Data East - Sega Genesis - 1995

25:47 - Menu 2 - Super Smash Bros. Melee - HAL Laboratory/Nintendo - GameCube - 2001

31:19 - Fantasy Meadows - Kirby Air Ride - HAL/Nintendo - GameCube - 2003

From Mother 3 - Brownie Brown/HAL Laboratory/Nintendo - Game Boy Advance - 2006:

42:13 - Mind of a Thief

48:12 - Adolescence (Toilet Cow's Recommendation)

1:03:08 - A Certain Someone's Memories (originally by Keiichi Suzuki, arranged for Mother 3 by Sakai)

1:12:01 - Sixteen Melodies/Love Theme

1:22:27 - Porky's Theme - Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Sora Ltd/Nintendo - Wii - 2008

1:27:44 - Kirby Mass Attack - HAL/Nintendo - Nintendo DS - 2011

1:34:16 - Watch Out for That Sloth - Kirby and the Rainbow Curse - HAL/Nintendo - 2015

1:41:04High School - Part Time UFO - HAL/Nintendo - iOS/Android/Switch - 2017/2020

Blooper Reel: Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend: Merry-Go-Round; Part Time UFO: Farm/Circus, Mother 3: Fun Bazaar/Fun Shopping/Fairies/we humming; Kirby Mass Attach: Dedede Pachinko, Fun Castle, Well Played

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

The Last Rican, host of VGM Fight Club and Senpai's Playlist

Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint

"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube

SprintCade

The Mysterious Nathan

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Bonus Episode 9: Our Compositions

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 13:00:00 +0000

Greetings, Gamers! This week, we treat you to some Very Good Music composed by...us??? That's right! Bedroth and Shootkapow are also composers! Shoot has composed much more than her dad has - over 180 scores! - but they both still had enough to bring seven tracks to the table. Hopefully you'll all enjoy them. After all, this is Very Good Music!

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

The playlist this week features videos we uploaded especially for this episode. If you want to check out the rest of our work, just follow those links to see Shootkapow's account at Flat.io and Bedrot's Soundcould.

Play-in: Anti-Chronon Base - Aura (Shootkapow)

Bedroth 1:

5:06 - Title/Map Screen - Three Friends (nonexistent game that Bedroth used as inspiration)

8:32 - Sewer/Arcade Stage - Three Friends

10:51 - Fun Park Stage - Three Friends

Shootkapow 1:

22:13 - Final Caverns - Aura (Mother-inspired game being deveoped by Shoot's friend RJ)

24:55 - Newer York - Aura

27:05 - Last Stand: End the Void - Aura

Bedroth 2:

36:50 - Sylvan Dance/Forest Stage - Three Friends

38:30 - Thunder Elemental/Storm Stage - Three Friends

40:08 - Final Boss - Three Friends

Shootkapow 2:

45:52 - Circuit Man Stage (Mega Man-style compostion)

47:30 - Trainer Battle (Pokemon-style composition)

38:52 - Swamp Man Stage (Mega Man-style composition)

1:00:38 - Play-out: All Is Well/End Credits - Three Friends (Bedroth)

Blooper Reel: Bonus Stage - Three Friends (Bedroth)

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint

"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube

SprintCade

The Mysterious Nathan

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 4-8: Final Fantasy Character Themes by Nobuo Uematsu

Sat, 06 Nov 2021 05:20:44 +0000

Greetings, Gamers! This time around, all of our Very Good Music will follow a very specific theme. Nobuo Uematsu is probably the most famous video game music composer in the world. As such, we're going to hone in on a very small but significant corner of his library: Final Fantasy Character Themes!

Our songs today come from Final Fantasies IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX, and X and run the gamut from slow and somber to soaring and heroic. We hope you enjoy this unique take on a composer focus as we look at the work of one of game music's greatest of all time.

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

Playlist: (all games by Square and composed by Uematsu. Names are from the American versions)

Play-in: World Map Theme 1/Terra's Theme - Final Fantasy VI - SNES - 1994

8:54 - Red Wings/Cecil's Theme - Final Fantasy IV - SNES - 1991

16:07 - Edgar and Sabin - Final Fantasy VI - SNES - 1994

21:44 - Theme of Love/Rosa's Theme Final Fantasy IV - SNES - 1991

27:58 - Julia - Final Fantasy VIII - PlayStation - 1999

33:17 - Barret's Theme - Final Fantasy VII - PlayStation - 1997

39:29 - Hey Cid! - Final Fantasy IV - SNES - 1991

40:36 - Cid's Theme - Final Fantasy VII - PlayStation - 1997

42:23 - Cid's Theme - Final Fantasy IX - PlayStation - 2000

48:48 - Aerith's Theme - Final Fantasy VII - PlayStation - 1997

54:18 - Tifa's Theme - Final Fantasy VII - PlayStation - 1997

58:24 - Rydia - Final Fantasy IV - SNES - 1991

1:03:23 - Rikku's Theme - Final Fantasy X - PlayStation 2 - 2001

Blooper Reel: Palom and Porom - Final Fantasy IV - SNES - 1991

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint

"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube

SprintCade

The Mysterious Nathan

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Bonus Episode 8 - Arachnophonia with Dusklight

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Greetings, Gamers, and welcome to another bonus episode! Dusklight joines us once again as we take a week off of the regular full-length episodes we've been droping during our composer-focused season to bring you a special holiday-themed spooky show!

Although they are among the most beneficial creatures on the planet, spiders have always had a creepy reputation. Maybe it's the silken death-traps they make with their butts. Maybe it's their fun way of liquefying their prey from the inside so they can drink them for dinner. Maybe it's just all those eyes and legs! Regrdless, there's some Very Good Music associated withour arachnid acquantances in the wide world of VGM, and we hope you enjoy the songs we've chosen for you.

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N
Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow
E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com
Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

Playlist:

Play-in: Title Screen - Spidersaurs - Harumi Fujita - iPhone/Mac - WayForward - 2019

Block 1 (Dusk)

Citadel of Spiders - Pikmin 2 - Hajime Wakai - GameCube - Nintendo - 2004
Dancing with Spiders - NyxTheShield (Remix of Spider Dance from Undertale by Toby Fox)

NyxTheShield's Bandcamp: https://nyxtheshield.bandcamp.com/

Lair of the Smooch Spiders - Yoshi's Wooly World - Tomoya Tomita - Wii U - Good-Feel/Nintendo - 2015

Rave in the Grave/Spiderweb Island - Shantae and the Pirate's Curse - Jake Kaufman - 3DS - WayForward - 2014

Block 2 (Shootkapow)

Tephra Cave - Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - Manami Kiyota - Switch - Monolith Soft/Nintendo - 2020

Chargestone Cave - Pokemon Black & White - Shota Kageyama - DS - Game Freak/Nintendo/The Pokemon Company - 2010

Guardian Menace - Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - Kumi Tanioka, Reo Uratani, Ryotaro Yagi, and Haruki Yamada - Switch - Omega Force/Nintendo/Koei Tecmo - 2020

His Friends Call Him Spuder (Don't Call Him Spuder) - Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling - Tristan Alric - MultiPlatform - Moonsprout Games/Dangen Entertainment - 2019

Block 3 (Bedroth)

Shelob the Great - Lord of the Rings Online: Minas Morgul Expansion (2019) - Bill Champagne - several publishers/devlopers: currently Standing Stone Games/Daybreak Game Company - PC - 2007

Side of Building/Along the Street - Spider: The Video Game - Barry Leitch - PlayStation - Boss Game Studios/BMG Interactive - 1997

Web Spider Stage - Mega Man X4 - Toshihiko Horiyama - Saturn/PlayStation - Capcom - 1997

Koala in the Spider's Web - Jets'n'Guns - Machinae Supremacy - PC - Rake in Grass/Reflexive Entertainment/Stardock Soft-World - 2004

Web Woods/Forest Interlude - Donkey Kong Country 2 - David Wise - SNES - Rare/Nintendo - 1995

Booper Reel: Packing Pests - Rhythm Heaven Fever - Tsunku, Masami Yone, Shinji Ushiroda, and Asuka Ito - Wii - TNX Music Recordings/Nintendo - 2011

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey
Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube
Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint
"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema
Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube
SprintCade
The Mysterious Nathan

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com
Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito
Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad
Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 4-7: Skeletroy Presents the 8-Bit Best of Sunsoft Sensation Naoki Kodaka

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Greetings, Gamers! For this episode we're joined once again by Skeletroy as we go through the NES library (plus a couple of bonus Bat-tracks) of renowned Sunsoft composer Naoki Kodaka. We have a blast[er Master] discussing one of our very favorite composers who, while he definitely gets attention, is not as widely-known as industry titans like Kondo, Uematsu, and Shimomura.

Still, as this episode will show, few could rival the talents of Kodaka and his team in the realm of Very Good Music on the Famicom/NES.

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

Playlist: (all games by Sunsoft, all for the NES except where noted)

10:28 - Main BGM 2 - Batman: The Video Game (TG-16) (1990)

17:34 - Zone Theme 1 - Atlantis no Nazo (1986)

22:38 - Tower/Castle - The Wing of Madoola (1986)

28:52 - Stage 5: Terrorist Hideout - Freedom Force (1988)

36:28 - Area 2- Blaster Master (1988)

43:21 - Boss Battle - Fester's Quest (1989)

53:07 - Stage 3 - Journey to Silius (1990)

1:01:49 - Stage 1-2: The Office - Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

1:12:56 - Slippery Slope - Uforia: The Saga (1991)

1:21:09 - Ending theme - Batman: The Video Game (GB) (1990)

Links mentioned in show:

Skeletroy's Journey to Silius Album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMDd3tSfLEk

BGMania Kodaka Episode: https://anchor.fm/bgmania/episodes/Composer-Appreciation-Naoki-Kodaka-e1272ns/a-a5pn5de

Shmupulations Interview: http://shmuplations.com/sunsoftmusic/

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint

"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube

SprintCade

The Mysterious Nathan

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 4-6: Patreon Special with Skeletroy!

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000

For this episode, I'm joined by friend, patron, theme song guy, and returning guest Skeletroy to discuss 5 composers recommended by our patrons! Forrest, SprintCade, Carlos, Ryan, and Skeletroy himself all recommended some lesser-known or under-celebrated VGM composers, and all the patrons voted to hear a sampling from all five of them.

We hope you enjoy this crowdsourced collection of Very Good Music!

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm

Playlist

Mike Beckett - chosen by Forrest

8:10 - Night - Bugdom - Pangea Software - Windows - 1999

15:28 - Level Exploration - Nanosaur - Pangea Software - Mac/Windows - 1998

Satoshi Hori - chosen by SprintCade

22:44 - Beacon of Peace (End Credits) - Monster Hunter Rise - Capcom - Switch/Windows - 2021

35:46 - Magnamalo - Monster Hunter Rise - Capcom - Switch/Windows - 2021

Toshiya Yamanaka - chosen by Carlos

50:48 - Destructive Note/Slapping Ball - Knight Arms: The Hyblid Framer - Arsys Software - Sharp X68000 - 1989

1:02:55 - Frontier - Dragon Drive: D-Masters Shot - Treasure/Bandai - GameCube - 2003

Voltz Supreme - chosen by Ryan

1:18:17 - One Shot Jones - Western Music Pack - Voltz Supreme - Self-Produced Asset Pack - 2020

Download the music pack here: https://voltzsupreme.itch.io/western-music

1:29:36 - Final Ascent - Adams Ascending - Parable Worlds - Steam - 2020

Buy the game on Steam. Buy the soundtrack here: https://voltzsupreme.bandcamp.com/

Kazunaka Yamane - chosen by Skeletroy

1:39:53 - Theme of Williams and Linda - Double Dragon IV - Arc System Works - Multi-Platform - 2017

1:45:29 - Mission 2 - Double Dragon II: The Revenge - Technos Japan - NES - 1989

Blooper reel: Meowcenaries from Monster Hunter Rise

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint

"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube

SprintCade

The Mysterious Nathan

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 4-4: The SID Sensation, Ben Daglish with Lee from The Sound Test

Sat, 02 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Greetings, Gamers! This week we have a very special episode, co-hosted by our first intercontinental guest: Lee Tyrrell, the UK-based creator of The Sound Test podcast, where for over three years, Lee has hosted live VGM celebrations on YouTube and interviewed renowned composers, including the subject of today's show: legendary musician and SID chip composer Ben Daglish. Lee has curated a playlist designed to celebrate Daglish's life and work, and we really think you're going to enjoy this week's helping of Very Good Music.

VGMVGM hasn't explored the SID very much, so this deep dive is long overdue. It barely scratches the surface of this huge, historic part of the VGM landscape, so we encourage you to go on a deep dive of your own into the wonderful world of the C64 SID and its successors.

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N
Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow
E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com
Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

Playlist:

Intro: Main Theme - Krakout - Commodore 64 - Gremlin Graphics - 1987

11:06 - Wilderness Main Theme (Matt Gray Remix) - The Last Ninja - Commodore 64 - System 3 - 1987 (Remix from 2019)
Matt's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mattgrayc64/matt-gray-the-wilderness-from-the-last-ninja-preview

20:45 - Track 01 - Deflektor - Commodore 64 - Gremlin Graphics - 1987

33:42 - Main Theme - Auf Wiedersehen Monty (with Rob Hubbard) - Commodore 64 - Gremlin Graphics - 1987

46:00 - Main Theme - Federation of Free Traders - Commodore Amiga - Gremlin Graphics - 1989

58:37 - Main Theme for Classical Guitar (Jamie Maxwell Cover) - The Last Ninja - Commodore 64 - System 3 - 1987 (Remix from 2010)
Jamie's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/mymorningjackets

1:10:34 - Mutant Camels (acoustic cover by Lee Tyrrell) - Return of the Mutant Camels - Commodore 64 - Mastertronic Ltd. - 1987 (Remix from 2020)
Lee's Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5WVxuAWW5vAdUdxtiDp6Rf

1:24:48 - Track 02 - William Wobbler - Commodore 64 - Wizard Development - 1985

1:32:47 - Race to the Debt - Bedrooms to Billions (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Gracious Films - 2015

1:40:19 - Wastelands Loader (Live at Underworld with the Fastloaders) - The Last Ninja - Commodore 64 - System 3 - 1987 (performance from 2016

Fastloaders Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fastloaders

1:50:18 - Trap (8-bit Symphony Orchestral Rendition) - Demo - 1986 (performance from 2019)
8-bit Symphony website: https://www.8-bit-symphony.com/

Blooper Reel: Main Theme - Thing Bounces Back - Commodore 64 - Gremlin Graphics - 1987

Links mentioned in show:

Ben Daglish Obit at C64audio.com: https://c64audio.com/blogs/news/ben-daglish-an-obituarySid Effects II at C64audio.com: https://c64audio.com/products/sid-effects-ii-tribute-to-ben-daglish-free?_pos=6&_sid=94c9bda53&_ss=r

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey
Skeletroy, SNES Thrash on YouTube
Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia
"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three
Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube
SprintCade
The Mysterious Nathan

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com
Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito
Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad
Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 4-3: The Dynamo, Yuzo Koshiro with Bryan from BGMania

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 16:49:27 +0000

Greetings, Gamers! This week, Bedroth is joined by the one and only Bryan Clutter, creator of Level Down Games, a multimedia company dedicated to covering the best that pop culture has to offer, through reviews, videos, and podcasts, including BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast, on which Bedroth has been a guest several times! We are more than happy to welcome Bryan to join us this time to talk about his personal favorite VGM composer: Yuzo Koshiro!

As we will learn, Koshiro is an absolute behemoth in VGM history. From his early days with Nihon Falcom working on the Japanese home computer system, the PC88, through his time as a freelance and as founder and president of his own development companny, Ancient, Koshiro has been an enduring presence in the world of games, and the source of a great deal of Very Good Music, just a small taste of which we are happy to bring you today.

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

Playlist

Prelude: Fillmore - Actraiser Renaissance - Current Gen Consoles/Steam - Square Enix - 2021

Intro: Go Straight - Streets of Rage 2 - Genesis- Sega - 1992

The Cursed Ship Queen Mary: After Disembarking - Sorcerian (Dragon Slayer V) - PC-88 - Nihon Falcom - 1987

Chinatown (Stage 6-1) - The Revenge of Shinobi - Genesis - Sega - 1989

Misty Blue Theme - Misty Blue - PC-88 - Enix - 1990

The Sadness I Carry on My Shoulders - Shenmue - Dreamcast - Sega - 1999

Protectors - Ys II Complete - Windows - Falcom - 2001

Driver's Delight - Wangan Midnight Maxium Tune - Arcade - Namco - 2004

Blind Fugitive - Protect Me Knight - Xbox 360 - Ancient - 2010

Disturbances: The One Called From Beyond - Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - 3DS - P-Studio/Atlas - 2014

Raise Thy Sword in Pride - Etrian Mystery Dungeon - 3DS - Spike Chunsoft/Atlus - 2015

Through the Blowing Dust - Puzzle & Dragons X (Cross): Gods and Dragons - 3DS - GungHo Online Entertainment - 2016

Blooper: The Birth of the People - Actraiser - SNES - Enix/Quintet - 1990

Level Down Games: https://leveldowngames.com/

Episode 50 of BGMania (Deep Dive: Yuzo Koshiro): https://anchor.fm/bgmania/episodes/Deep-Dive-Yuzo-Koshiro--BGMania-Podcast-50-ej0gem/a-a33ove5

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint

"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube

SprintCade

The Mysterious Nathan

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 4-2: The Queen of VGM, Yoko Shimomura

Sat, 18 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Greetings, gamers! Let's talk about some of the most successful, longest-running franchises in gaming. Street Fighter. Mario. Final Fantasy. Mana. Kingdom Hearts. You know what they all have in common? Very Good Music, composed by the queen of VGM herself, Yoko Shimomura!

This week, Bedroth and Shootkapow talk about another of their favorites, one of the most famous video game music makers on the planet. We trace her trajectory from her roots at Capcom all the way through her latest freelance collaboration with K-pop star Taeyeon. From chiptune jams to vocal-orchestral masterpieces, though, everything follows our number one rule: It's all Very Good Music!

So good, this intro says it twice!

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

Playlist:

Intro: Dearly Beloved - Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix - Square Enix - PS3 - 2012

10:55 - Round 5: Bay Area - Final Fight - Capcom - SNES - 1990

20:21 - Attraction Medley - Adventures in the Magic Kingdom - Capcom - NES - 1990

26:49 - Vega's Theme - Street Fighter II: The World Warrior - Capcom - Arcade - 1991

36:25 - MEGALOMANIA - Live A Live - Square - Super Famicom - 1994

46:45 - Hello, Happy Kingdom - Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars - Square - SNES - 1996

57:48 - Title Theme - Legend of Mana - Square - PS1 - 1999

1:10:01 - In the Final/The Grand Finale - Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story - Nintendo - DS - 2009

1:17:49 - Primal Eyes for The 3rd Birthday - The 3rd Birthday - Square Enix - PlayStation Portable (PSP) - 2010

1:27:38 - Colony 9 - Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - Nintendo/Monolith Soft - Switch - 2019

1:37:03 - Ahead of Destiny - Gran Saga - NPIXEL - Mobile - 2021

Blooper: BGM 1, 2, and 3 - Hataraku Chocobo - Square/Bandai - WonderSwan - 2000

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint

"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube

SprintCade

The Mysterious Nathan

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 4-1: The RPG Maestro, Yasunori Mitsuda

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Greetings, Gamers, and welcome to Season 4! This season is all about composers! Some of the folks we'll discuss this season may be new names for you, and a few will be very well-known. Our first focus is a special one, though. Yasunori Mitsuda is possibly most well-known as the composer of the phenomenal soundtrack to the equaly phenomenal Super Nintendo RPG classic, Chrono Trigger. But that was just the beginning.

This episode explores a lot of Very Good Music, as always, and ventures into realms of this maestro's discography that surprised even the two of us, who have long counted him among our favorite composers! We can't think of a better way to start this new phase of our VGM road trip, and we're excited to have you along for the ride!

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

Playlist:

Intro: A Premonition - Chrono Trigger

4:32 - Wings of Time (Epoch) - Chrono Trigger - Square - SNES - 1995

18:36 - Store Keeper - Front Mission: Gun Hazard - Square - Super Famicom - 1996

23:38 - Village Pride (Our Village Is Number One!) - Xenogears - PS1 - Square - 1998

30:42 - Scars of Time (Time's Scar) - Chrono Cross - PS1 - Square - 1999

36:41 - Battle with the Devil - Tsugunai: Atonement - PS2 - Sony/Cattle Call - 2001

44:48 - Blue Moon - 10,000 Bullets (Tsukiyo ni Saraba/Moonlit Farewell/Moonlit Shadow) - PS2 - Taito/Blue Moon Studio - 2005

49:53 - Activate! Burning Phase - Inazuma Eleven - Nintendo DS - Level-5 - 2008

57:58 - West Tumbara (Night) - Lime Odyssey - PC - Aeria Games - 2009

1:02:24 - Main Theme (Soul Melody) - Soul Sacrifice - PS Vita - Sony/Marvelous AQL - 2013

1:11:13 - To the Top: A New Beginning - Revolve8 - Sega - Mobile - 2018

Blooper Reel - Goodness Gracious! - Soukou Kihei Armodyne - Soy/Omiya Soft - PS2 - 2007

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint

"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube

SprintCade

The Mysterious Nathan

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Bonus Episode 7 - Season 4 Prequel

Sat, 28 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0000

Greeting, Gamers! Welcome to our second consecutive bonus episode, al about the number 4! In season 4, as you've heard, we're using each episode to focus on a particular composer. However, a while back, Shootkapow had the cool idea to play "VGM related to 4 of something". I always figured we'd play it to open up season four...so why not use it as a prequel? It may seem like a limiting topic, but trust us...everything you'll hear is very good music!

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

Playlist:

Forrest: Nintendo GameCube Alternate Startup (Intro Jingle)

Carlos: Four Noble Devils - Romancing SaGa 3 - Kenji Ito - Square - Super Famicom - 1995

InspectorSpector: SIMnata #4 - The Sims - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Electronic Arts - PC/Mac - 2000 (online crediting for this track typically goes to Sims composer Jerry Martin, but the tune is actually the "Allegro" movement of Mozart's Piano Sonata #4.

Four Fiends Battle - Final Fantasy IV - Nobuo Uematsu - Square - SNES - 1991

Stage 1 (Quartet Theme) - Quartet - Katsuhiro Hayashi - Sega - Arcade - 1986

Elite Four Battle - Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald - Junichi Masuda - Nintendo/The Pokemon Company - GBA - 2002

Four-in-a-Row (Remix) - Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - Chamy Ishi & Toshiki Aida (Remix by Jojo Tunes) - Nintendo - Switch - 2020

Jojo Tunes Remix on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mJ8AS2DrNmc

Route 4 (Summer) - Pokemon Black/White/B2/W2 - Shota Kageyama - Nintendo/The Pokemon Company - Nintendo DS - 2010

The Four Wariors of Light - Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light - Naoshi Mizuta - Square Enix - Nintendo DS - 2009

Elite Four Battle - Pokemon Black/White/B2/W2 - Junichi Masuda - Nintendo/The Pokemon Company - Nintendo DS - 2010

Course 2: Four Eye Square - The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures - Koji Kondo & Asuka Hayazaki nee Ohta - Nintendo - GameCube - 2004

The Metropolis of Fourside - Earthbound - Keiichi Suzuki & Hirokazu Tanaka - Nintendo - SNES - 1994

1989 - Tetris Effect - Russian folk melody, arr. Hirokazu Tanaka, arr. Hydelic - Enhance Games - PS4 - 2018

Blooper Reel: Koopa Bros Keep Cool / Attack of the Koopa Bros. - Paper Mario - Yuka Tsujiyoko - Nintendo - N64 - 2001

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Alex Messenger

Skeletroy

Ryan Steel

"Kung Fu" Carlito

Forrest Shamlian

SprintCade

The Mysterious Nathan

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Bonus Episode 6 - Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony Musical Commentary

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Greetings, Gamers, and welcome to a very special bonus episode, where Bedroth flies solo to discuss the songs featured in the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics!

Special thanks to Nikkei on Twitter, who appears to have been the first to publish the official list of 19 songs played in the ceremony. Thanks also to YouTubers Deh Almeida and Nicolas Monteiro, who uploaded rips of the individual themes played at the ceremony which, along with the always-wonderful VGMDB website, helped make this episode possible. Anything I get right today will be a tribute to the information I found there, as well as on various crowdsourced info-banks like Wikipedia (only approved, source-citing articles!) and the Fandom Wiki (for the more obscure stuff).

Here's a link to the MediaFiles episode mentioned in the intro. Seriously, you should totally be listening to this show! https://anchor.fm/the-mediafiles/episodes/Olympic-Games-Tokyo-2020-e15iikh/a-a69t9lj

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N
Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow
E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com
Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

Playlist:

Roto's Teme/Theme of Erdrick - Dragon Quest/Dragon Quest III - Koichi Sugiyama - Enix - 1986/1988

Victory Fanfare - Final Fantasy - Nobuo Uematsu - Square - 1987

Sorey’s Theme: The Shepherd - Tales of Zestiria - Motoi Sakuraba - Bandai Namco - 2015

Proof of a Hero - Monster Hunter IV - Masato Kouda - Capcom - 2013

Olympus Coliseum - Kingdom Hearts - Yoko Shimomura - Square - 2002

Frog's Theme - Chrono Trigger - Yasunori Mitsuda - Square - 1995

First Flight - Ace Combat 5 - Keiki Kobayashi - Bandai Namco, 2004

Royal Capital Majestic Grandeur - Tales of Graces - Motoi Sakuraba - Bandai Namco - 2009

Wind of Departure - Monster Hunter 4 - Marika Suzuki - Capcom - 2013

Robo's Theme - Chrono Trigger - Yasunori Mitsuda - Square - 1995

Star Light Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog Masato Nakamura - Sega - 1991

Main Theme - Final Fantasy - Nobuo Uematsu - Square - 1987 (with elements from the ending theme of 1999's Final Fantasy VII)

Guardians - Phantasy Star Universe - Hideaki Kobayashi - Sega - 2006

Hero’s Fanfare - Kingdom Hearts III - Yoko Shimomura - Square Enix - 2019

Act I-1 - Gradius in Classic I - Miki Higashino and others in the Konami Kukeiha Club - This arrangement comes from 1 1993 orchestral album released in Japan by King Records, performed by the London Philharmonic and arranged by Michiru Oshima, Masamichi Amano, Kunihiro Kawano, and the late Norio Maeda, who is responsible for this arrangement.

Song of the Ancients - Nier - Square Enix - 2010. The arrangement used for the opening ceremony comes from the Nier Orchestral Arrangement Album - Addendum. The game was composed by Keiichi Okabe (who also produced the album), Keigo Hoashi, and Kakeru Ishihama. The track on the album was arranged by Sachiko Miyano and performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic with Emi Evans & J'Nique Nicole on vocals

“The Minstrel’s Refrain: SaGa Series Medley 2016” - This medley is taken from The Orchestral SaGa - Legend of Music album. The medley compiles tracks from several games in the series and includes pieces composed by Nobuo Uematsu, Kenji Ito, Ryuji Sasai, Masashi Hamauzu. It was arranged by Kosuke Yamashita

The Brave New Stage of History - Soulcalibur VI - Junichi Nakatsuru - Bandai Namco - 2018

Episode 3-11: Superheroes with ProfJeff!

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 13:41:38 +0000

***Disclaimer for those who listen with kids - there are a few bad words and some dirty humor in this episode, especially the blooper reel. It's not a lot, but be forewarned.***

Greetings, Gamers! And welcome to the long-awaited (at least for me) Season 3 Finale: Superheroes with ProfJeff! The Professor hosted me at his apartment for the weekend and we finally recorded this episode, which we've been discussing for weeks and are really excited to finally share with you. There are a lot of great (and not so great) superhero games out there, and in this jam-packed episode, we bring you a wide variety of tunes featuring some of your favorite heroes, along with a few you've probably never heard of. Of course, everything follows our number one rule: Everything is Very Good Music.

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. You can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N
Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow
E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com
Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

Tracklist:

Game Intro - Silver Surfer - Tim & Geoff Follin - 1990, Software Creations/Arcadia Systems, NES

Title/Menu - Superman - Hiroyuki Masuno & Ryu Hasegawa - 1987, Kotobuki/Kemco, NES

Main theme - Ultraverse Prime - Tim & Geoff Follin - 1994, Sony/Malibu Interactive, Sega CD

Shoutout to electricboogaloo on Discord who informed me that Geoff is the vocalist on this track. For lyrics and fun facts, check out the Retro Pals video on YouTube.

Boss (Gorilla Grodd) - Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Videogame - Jake Kaufman - 2010, WayForward/Warner Interactive, Nintendo DS

Final Duel with Joker - The Adventures of Batman & Robin - Konami Kukeiha Club (Kazuhiko Uehara, Harumi Ueko, Jun Funahashi, Masanari Iwata, Masahiko Kimura, Kayo Fujitani, and Masahiro Ikariko) - 1994, Konami, SNES

Train (Stage 6) - X-Men: Mutant Wars - Kazuo Sawa - 2000, Activision/Avid/HAL, Game Boy Color

Metro City (Stage 1) - Astro Boy: Omega Factor - Norio Hanzawa & Tsuyoshi Kaneko - 2003, Treasure/Hitmaker/Sega/Activision, Game boy Advance

Moliarty's Tower - Darkwing Duck - Yasuaki "Bun Bun" Fujita - 1992, Capcom, NES

Menu Theme - Scud: The Disposable Assassin - Loudmouth, Tristan des Pres, DJR/IB3 Ltd., Fidget-X, and Unbelievable Jolly Machine - 1997, Syrox/SegaSoft, Saturn

High Score - Green Lantern - Dean Evans - 1994 (Unreleased), Ocean, SNES

Here Comes the Hero - X-Men - Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto - 1992, Konami, Arcade

Windy Night at the Park - The Amazing Spider-Man: Lethal Foes - Shoji Tomii, Minoru Endo, Makato Igarashi, and Daisuke Inoue - 195, Agent/Epoch, Super Famicom

Gotham City/Streets of Desolation - Batman - Naoki Kodaka - 1989, Sunsoft, NES

Theme of Dr. Doom - Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds - Hideyuki Fukasawa - 2011, Capcom/Eighting, PS3/Xbox 360

Trickster for Mayor - The Flash - Jeroen Tel - 1993, Probe, Sega Master System

Ending Credits - The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga - Des Tong & The Gamma Gang (Mike Hehir, Chris Warne) - 1996, Attention to Detail/Eidos, Saturn/PlayStation

Blooper Reel: The Fun House - Spider-Man - Fletcher Beasley - 1995, Western Technologies/Acclaim, Genesis

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 3-10: Marvel vs. Capcom, Part 2 with Darryl and Carlos

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Greetings, Gamers! This week, we continue our exploration of the wonderful soundtracks from the Marvel vs. Capcom series with Kung Fu Carlito, Darryl "The Last Rican" Bowers, and friend of the show ProfJeff!

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

Games Featured in this Episode:

X-Men vs. Street Fighter (XvSF) – Capcom – Arcade/Saturn/PS1 – 1996 – Yuki Iwai & Yuko Takehara

Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (MvSF) – Capcom – Arcade/Saturn/PS1 – 1997 – Yuki Iwai & Yuko Kadota

Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (MvC) – Capcom – Arcade/Dreamcast/PS1 – 1998 – Masato Kuoda & Yuko Takehara

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (MvC2) – Capcom/Backbone Entertainment – Arcade/Dreamcast/PS2/Xbox – 2000 – Tetsuya Shibata & Mitsuhiko Takano

Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (MvC3) – Capcom/Eighting – PS3/Xbox 360 – 2011 – Hideyuki Fukasawa

Round 1: Spider-Man’s Theme (MvSF) vs. Cammy's Theme (XvSF)

Round 2: Apocalypse’s Theme (MvSF) vs. Sakura's Theme (MvSF)

Round 3: War Machine’s Theme (MvC) vs. Captain Commando’s Theme (MvC)

Round 4: Shuma Gorath’s Theme (MvSF) vs. Clock Tower Stage (MvC2)

Round 5: Cyclops’s Theme (XvSF) vs. Staff Roll (MvC)

Patron Links:

Alex Messenger's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s/f8b4688/podcast/rss

Skeletroy's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM84dO4lFBk2NUnKQvypmTw

Ryan's Bandcamp: https://polartabby.bandcamp.com/album/catlandia-soundtrack

Carlos's Podcast: http://heroes3podcast.blogspot.com/

The Last Rican's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s/379cabe4/podcast/rss

Forrest’s Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgEAyaGKcvUoMsovGYtPQhA

The Mysterious Nathan…

Sprintcade

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 3-9: Marvel vs. Capcom Part 1 with Carlos & Darryl

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 01:00:00 +0000

Greetings, Gamers! This week, we shake things up as we are joined (via pre-recorded testimonial) by two very special guests (and Patrons), Kung Fu Carlito and Darryl "The Last Rican" Bowers. These two epic comic-book-and-VGM fans go head to head in the quintessential best-of-both-worlds Marvel vs. Capcom series. Tune in next time for Part 2!

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

Games Featured in this Episode:

X-Men vs. Street Fighter (XvSF) – Capcom – Arcade/Saturn/PS1 – 1996 – Yuki Iwai & Yuko Takehara

Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (MvSF) – Capcom – Arcade/Saturn/PS1 – 1997 – Yuki Iwai & Yuko Kadota

Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (MvC) – Capcom – Arcade/Dreamcast/PS1 – 1998 – Masato Kuoda & Yuko Takehara

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (MvC2) – Capcom/Backbone Entertainment – Arcade/Dreamcast/PS2/Xbox – 2000 – Tetsuya Shibata & Mitsuhiko Takano

Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (MvC3) – Capcom/Eighting – PS3/Xbox 360 – 2011 – Hideyuki Fukasawa

Round 1: Gambit’s Theme (XvSF) vs. Network Mode (MvC2) (unused)

Round 2: Rogue’s Theme (XvSF) vs. Ryu’s Theme (MvSF)

Round 3: Cyclops’s Theme (MvSF) vs. Ken’s Theme (XvSF)

Round 4: Spider-Man’s Theme (MvC) vs. Swamp Stage (Funk arr. Lord Bif) (MvC2)

Swamp Stage Funk Arrangement W/ Guests by Lord Bif: https://youtu.be/9mRPZb_DPp4

Round 5: Super Skrull’s Theme (MvC3) vs. Captain Commando’s Theme (MvC)

Patron Links:

Alex Messenger's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s/f8b4688/podcast/rss

Skeletroy's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM84dO4lFBk2NUnKQvypmTw

Ryan's Bandcamp: https://polartabby.bandcamp.com/album/catlandia-soundtrack

Carlos's Podcast: http://heroes3podcast.blogspot.com/

The Last Rican's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s/379cabe4/podcast/rss

Forrest’s Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgEAyaGKcvUoMsovGYtPQhA

The Mysterious Nathan…

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 3-8: VGMVGM Grab Bag 1

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Greetings, Gamers! This week, we bring you a handful of random tunes. The only commonality here is that everything follows our #1 rule: Everything is Very Good Music!

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. Links to their content below! You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us one of these ways:

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N
Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow
E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com
Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

Playlist:

Las Vegas - Top Gear - Barry Leitch (1992, SNES, Gremlin Graphics/Kemco)
Barry's Bandcamp: https://barryleitch.bandcamp.com/
Mechanical Rhythm - Xenoblade Chronicles DE - ACE+ (Tomori Kudo, CHiCO, and Kenji Hiramatsu) (2020, Switch, Monolith Soft/Nintendo)
Koopa Troopa Beach - Mario Sports Mix - Masayoshi Soken & Kumi Tanioka (2010, Wii, Square Enix/Nintendo)
Crisp Climb Castle - Bowser's Fury - Koji Kondo, Mahito Yokota, Toru Minegishi (2021, Switch, Nintendo)
Main Theme - Fairy Fencer F - Nobuo Uematsu, arr. Tsutomu Narita for Earthbound Papas (2013, PS3, Compile Heart)
Main Theme (Chibi Robo) - Super Smash Flash 2 - Hirofumi Taniguchi/Alex Mourey (chernabogue) (2005/2011, Bandai/Nintendo/McLeodGaming)
chernabogue's Bandcamp: https://chernabogue.bandcamp.com/
Indignant Divinity - Tower of Heaven - flashygoodness (2009, Windows, Askiisoft)
flashy's Bandcamp: https://flashygoodness.bandcamp.com/
Battle (Sinis Trio) - Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia - Takuto Kitsuta, Kinta Sato, Shinobu Amayake (2008, DS, Creatures, Inc./Nintendo/The Pokemon Company)
Blitz It! by the Chirpy Chips - Splatoon 2 - Shiho Fujii (2017, Switch, Nintendo)
Route 205 (Daytime) - Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Hitomi Sato (2006, DS, Game Freak/Nintendo/The Pokemon Company)
Orbital Ring Systems Cargo Bay - Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars - Yoshinori Ono (2008, Arcade/Wii, Eighting/Capcom)
2-Player Vs. - Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine - Masanori Hikichi/Masayuki Nagao (1993, Genesis/Game Gear, Compile/Sega)
Beyond the Speed of - Sonic Runners - Tomoya Ohtani (2015, Mobile, Sonic Team/Sega)
At the End of Time - Chrono Trigger - Yasunori Mitsuda (1995, SNES, Square)
Blooper: Sunny Side Up - Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle - Grant Kirkhope (2017, Switch, Ubisoft/Nintendo)

Patron Links:
Alex Messenger's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s/f8b4688/podcast/rss
Skeletroy's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM84dO4lFBk2NUnKQvypmTw
Ryan's Bandcamp: https://polartabby.bandcamp.com/album/catlandia-soundtrack
Carlos's Podcast: http://heroes3podcast.blogspot.com/
The Last Rican's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s/379cabe4/podcast/rss
Forrest’s Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgEAyaGKcvUoMsovGYtPQhA
The Mysterious Nathan…

Artist Links:
Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com
Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito
Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad
Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 3-7: The Music of the Pikmin Series

Tue, 25 May 2021 12:39:12 +0000

Greetings, Gamers! This week, Shootkapow takes us on a tour through the quirky, often delightful world of the Pikmin series and its music, composed by Nintendo stalwart Hajime Wakai. The entire playlist has been curated by Shoot this time, and you’ll learn more about the titular quirky little plant/animal soldier/friends and their world than you ever realized you wanted to know!

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N
Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow
E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com
Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

Playlist:

The composer for both Pikmin and Pikmin 2 is Hajime Wakai. Pikmin 3's soundtrack was composed and arranged by Wakai along with Asuka Hayazaki and Atsuko Asahi.

Pikmin – GameCube, 2001 (Re-released as part of Wii’s New Play Control! series in 2009)

2:49 - Title Theme
10:20 - Impact Site
19:16 - Today’s Results
24:13 - Forest of Hope

Pikmin 2 – GameCube, 2004 (Re-released as part of Wii’s New Play Control! series in 2009)

33:02 - Title Theme
35:47 - World Map
40:05 - Valley of Repose
46:57 - Boss Theme
56:05 - Perplexing Pool
1:04:35 - The Water Wraith is Coming
1:07:32 - Wistful Wild

Pikmin 3 – Wii U, 2013 (Re-released with bonus content as Pikmin 3 Deluxe on Switch in 2020)

1:15:31 - Garden of Hope
1:21:17 - Tropical Wilds
1:29:52 - One More

Blooper Reel – Bulblax Kingdom – Pikmin 2

Artist Links:
Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com
Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito
Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad
Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 3-6: Catlandia Bloopers and Commentary with Ryan Steel

Wed, 19 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Listen as Bedroth, Shootkapow, and special guest, composer Ryan Steel, discuss a super-wide variety of topics as they listen to the songs from Episode 3-6 of the podcast. Trigger warning: there is some discussion about American/Canadian political/economic topics (specifically healthcare and military spending) between 24:31 and 26:35. If that’s not your jam, skip it, and enjoy our chatter about composition, sound design, the pronunciation of our names, learning from failure, game jams, and, of course, the reality of the Flat Earth, among many other topics!

In case it's not obvious, if you haven't listened to Episode 3-6, you should really pause and go check it out first! Here's a link: https://youtu.be/WNI7qKQq-P4

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N
Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow
E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com
Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

Catlandia: Crisis at Fort Pawprint was developed and published by Polar Tabby Interactive for mobile and Steam in February 2020.

Tracklist:

Title Theme
Cats at the Fort | Pawprint Nights
The Darkness in the Trees
Bites and Scratches
Howdy, From the Farm! | Sleepy Boy
A Spark in the Air
Build It Up
A Fight in the Yard
Twilight Gravel
The World Is Flat
Hammered Concrete
Catlandia Trailer Theme

Artist Links:
Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com
Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito
Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad
Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 3-6: Catlandia: Crisis at Fort Pawprint with Ryan Steel

Tue, 18 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Greetings, Gamers! Coming off of our cat-stravaganza with Dusk last week, we are excited to finally bring you our interview with Ryan Steel, VGMVGM patron and composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort Pawprint! This is just such a diverse, well-made soundtrack, and we had a blast talking about it!

Ryan is a Sound Designer and Music Composer from Canada. Playing video games were some of his earliest memories, and he grew up loving the music, learning a variety of instruments growing up and trying to play all those sweet VGM tunes on them. When he moved out to the farm he decided to stop playing in metal bands and started writing video game music because everything he was writing already fit the bill.

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N
Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow
E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com
Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

Catlandia: Crisis at Fort Pawprint was developed and published by Polar Tabby Interactive for mobile and Steam in February 2020.

Tracklist:

Opening - Title Theme
25:33 - Cats at the Fort | Pawprint Nights
37:56 - The Darkness in the Trees
46:40 - Bites and Scratches
53:37 - Howdy, From the Farm! | Sleepy Boy
1:05:47 - A Spark in the Air
1:16:10 - Build It Up
1:23:58 - A Fight in the Yard
1:29:16 - Twilight Gravel
1:37:11 - The World Is Flat
1:43:45 - Hammered Concrete
Closing - Catlandia Trailer Theme

Patron Links:

Alex Messenger's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s/f8b4688/podcast/rss
Skeletroy's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM84dO4lFBk2NUnKQvypmTw
Ryan's Bandcamp: https://polartabby.bandcamp.com/album/catlandia-soundtrack
Carlos's Podcast: http://heroes3podcast.blogspot.com/
The Last Rican's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s/379cabe4/podcast/rss
Forrest’s Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgEAyaGKcvUoMsovGYtPQhA
The Mysterious Nathan…

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com
Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito
Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad
Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 3-5: Feline Fine with Dusklight

Tue, 11 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Greetings, Gamers, and welcome to a special episode of Very Good Meowsic…er…Music. This week, Bedroth is joined by Dusklight once again, as Shootkapow takes a brief hiatus to focus on some end-of-year stuff (although you might hear him a couple of times if you stick around until the end! Dusk has 2 kitties at home, who you can see on the YouTube video for this episode, so she and Bedroth will be discussing some of the best music they could find from feline-centric games.

Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow

E-mail: verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm.

Discord: https://discord.gg/qpbXPdCf2N

World 03 - Purrs in Heaven – Pau Damià Riera (2020, Switch, Pixel Bones Studio/EnjoyUp Games)

Haretree – Legend of Kay – Jake Kaufman (2005, PS2, Neon Studios/Capcom)

Theo - Bright Paw - Will Bedford (2020, Switch/Mobile/Windows, Radical Forge/Rogue Games)

Mount Magmeow - Bowser's Fury - Koji Kondo, Mahito Yokota, Toru Minegishi (2021, Switch, Nintendo)

A Kitten More Evil Than You Could Possibly Imagine - Cat Quest – Brian Havey, aka zminusone (2017, Multiplatform, The Gentlebros/Pqube)

PowerPro Baseball Collab Battle Music – The Battle Cats – unknown composer, possibly Shigeru Araki or Tomoaki Hirono (2014, Mobile, PONOS Corporation)

Creamy Cove - Aqua Kitty – Mark Day, aka Electric Café (2014, Multiplatform, Electric Café/TIKIPOD)

Fans:

(Voltz Supreme) Tracks 21 & 33 - Doraemon - Nobita no Shin Makai Daibouken – unknown composer (2007, DS, Global Entertainment/Sega)

(The Last Rican) Stage One – Black Panther – unknown composer (1987, Arcade, Konami)

(Skeletroy) Final Boss: Cutscene (Ready to Fight!) – Ninja Kat/Kyatto Ninden Teyandee/Samurai Pizza Cats – Ryuichi Nitta (1991, Famicom, Tecmo)

Ferra Lunar Canyon Main – Whisker Squadron – Chel Wong (In Development, Windows, Flippfly)

Calling (Witching Woods Night) – Calico – John Smith, aka Slide20XX (2020, Multiplatform, Peachy Keen Games)

Time Square – Blinx the Time Sweeper – Mariko Nanba, Keiichi Sugiyama (2002, Xbox, Artoon/Microsoft)

Nostalgia Cutscene – Cattails - Tormod Garvin (2017, Switch/PC/Falcon Development)

Claws and Effect – Catlateral Damage – Brandon Ellis, aka cityfires (2013, Windows/Linux/Mac, Chris Chung/Fire Hose Games)

Mystic theme - Cattails - Tormod Garvin (2017, Switch/PC/Falcon Development)

Blue Rose Ruin – Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Kettei-Ban – Zeami (2011, Wii, BANDAI NAMCO)

Meow Meow Lullaby Remix - Petz: Catz 2 – Nada Surf (2007, DS/PS, Ubisoft)

The soundtrack was composed by Jake Kaufman, but this song was written for the game and performed by Alt Rock group Nada Surf

Thanks to our patrons: Alex, Darryl, Troy, Ryan, Carlos, Forrest, and Nathan! Check out links to their work on the YouTube video!

Thanks to Naomi Rubin, Carlos Leon-Roman, and Ben "The Diad" Dishman for our artwork!

Thanks to Skeletroy for our theme song!

Episode 3-4: The VGM Hype Train of Hype Cool VGM

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 22:09:11 +0000

All aboard, Gamers! The time is finally here – after one extra week of waiting (while listening to some excellent Train Tracks brought to you by your fellow listeners), the VGM Hype Train of Hype Cool VGM is finally ready to leave the station! We’ve got 14 cool tracks (plus our intro and blooper reel track) for your listening pleasure, so let’s keep to good times rollin’ down the track!

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. Links to their content can be found below the playlist on our YouTube video! You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us by e-mail at verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com, on Twitter @Shootkapow, or by leaving us a voice message at anchor.com/vgmvgm. You can also leave us a comment on YouTube and while you're at it, please let us know if you like the video, and subscribe and ring the bell to be notified of future episodes! We look forward to hearing from you!

(Play In) Wreck Train - Wario Land - Shake It! - Tomoya Tomita, Minako Hamano (2008, Wii, Good-Feel/Nintendo)

4:35 - Bury My Sheel at Wounded Knee (Genesis Cover by Chiptuned Raijin) - TMNT: Turtles in Time - Mutsuhiko Izumi, Kozo Nakamura (1991, Arcade, Konami)

Raijin's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/ChiptunedRaijin

8:58 - Charge Man - Mega Man 5 - Mari Yamaguchi (1992, NES, Capcom)

13:47 - Stage 6 (Capital Railway Theme) - Hard Corps: Uprising - Daisuke Ishiwatari (2011, PS3/360, Arc System Works/Konami)

19:13 - Derailed Express - Wario Land: Shake It! - Tomoya Tomita, Minako Hamano (2008, Wii, Good-Feel/Nintendo)

22:52 - Chaser - Densha De D: Climax Stage - Fran Dyer (2012, Windows, Jinushilppa)

Fran's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AdwardMess/featured

26:36 - Toy Tracks - Kirby's Epic Yarn - Tomoya Tomita (2010, Wii, Good-Feel/HAL/Nintendo)

30:34 - Sonic 06 Radical Train Modern - Sonic ATS (After the Sequel) - Tomoya Ohtani, arr. Falk (2013, Windows, LakeFeperd/Felipe Daneluz)

Check out the site and download the game: https://sites.google.com/site/sonicbtsbooth/

34:56 - Sunset Express - Paper Mario: Color Splash - Takeru Kanazaki, Shigemitsu Goto, Fumihiro Isobe (2016, Wii U, Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)

40:10 - Rush Hour- A Hat in Time (Nyakuza Metro) - Pascal Michael Stiefel (2017, Windows/PS4/XB1, Gears for Breakfast/Humble Bundle)

Stiefel on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3FU61shb6MdX8NLBnBauTI

44:19 - Loud Locomotive (Train Area 2) - Kirby Planet Robobot - Hirokazu Ando, Jun Ishikawa (2016, 3DS, HAL/Nintendo)

48:14 - Union Station Alternative (London Stage) - Street Fighter V - Masahiro Aoki, Hideyuki Fukasawa, Keiki Kobayashi, Takatsugu Wakabayashi, Zac Zinger (2016, Windows/PS4, Dimps/Capcom)

53:09 - The Bullet Bill Express - Super Mario 3D World - Koji Kondo, Mahito Yokota, Toru Minegishi (2013, Wii U, Nintendo)

59:29 - Rydeen (Main BGM) - Super Locomotive - Yukihiro Takahashi (1982, Arcade, Sega)

1:04:27 - A Railway in Our Village! - Mother 3 - Shogo Sakai (2006, GBA, HAL/Nintendo)

(Blooper) Stage 2 (Train Ride) - McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure - Katsuhiko Suzuki (1993, Genesis, Treasure/Sega)

Patrons:

Alex Messenger

The Last Rican

Ryan Steel

Skeletroy

Kung Fu Carlito

Forrest Shamlian

The Mysterious Nathan

Artists:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 3-4 Bonus: Listener Train Tracks

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 02:17:22 +0000

Greetings, Gamers! We’re taking things a little out of order this week. Some more crazy happenings in the Bedroth household have postponed the regular episode for a week, but never fear! We asked, and you answered the call! We’ve got 14 super-cool train tracks recommended by our loyal listeners, and we can’t wait for all of you to hear them.

Each song/set of songs below is filed under the name of the listener who recommended it. Extra special thanks to all of you!

The Last Rican

Red Eye 2 - Lost Planet 2 - Marika Suzuki, Akiyuki Morimoto (2010, PS3/360, Capcom) - originally released for BlackBerry by Beeline Interactive

Ryan

Converted Missile Train/The Train Is About to Explode! - Goldeneye 007 - Grant Kirkhope, Robin Beanland, Graeme Norgate (1997, N64, Rare/Nintendo)

Skeletroy

Thunderstorm (Stage 2-1) from Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos - Ryuichi Nitta, Mayuko Okamura (1990, NES, Tecmo)

Greased Lightning/Trucks & Trains (Stages 2 & 5) - Bad Dudes vs DragonNinja (cover by the Mad Gear from the album Symphony of the Fight) - Azusa Hara, Hiroaki Yoshida (1988, Arcade, Data East)

Buy it on The Mad Gear’s Bandcamp!

ProfJeff

Stage 2-2 - Rocket Knight Adventures - Michiru Yamane, Aki Hata (1993, Genesis, Konami)

Military Train - Rapid Reload/Gunner’s Heaven - Kazuhiko Toyama (1995, PS1, Media Vision/Sony)

Forrest

Time Limit - Viewtiful Joe - Masakazu Sugimori, Masami Ueda (2003, GameCube/PS2, Capcom)

Western Land - Mario Party 2 - Hironao Yamamoto, Sohei Bando, Kazuhiko Sawaguchi (1999, N64, Hudson Soft/Nintendo)

Welcome to Station Square - Sonic Adventure - Jun Senoue, Kenichi Tokoi, Fumie Kumatani, Masaru Setsumaru (1998, Dreamcast/GC/Windows/360/PS3, Sonic Team/Sega)

Voltz Supreme - check out his website!

Underground (Sarah in the Subway) - Virtua Fighter 3 - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Fumio Ito, Hidenori Syoji, Takayuki Nakamura (1996, Arcade, Sega - Ported to Dreamcast in 1998)

Mystery Train - Final Fantasy VI - Nobuo Uematsu (1994, SNES, Square)

Train Graveyard - Final Fantasy VII Remake - Masashi Hamauzu (2020, PS4, Square Enix)

Forrest & Voltz

Subway - Mortal Kombat 3 - Dan Forden (1995, Arcade, Midway)

Patchpen

Overworld Adventure/Full Steam Ahead - The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks - Toru Minegishi, Manaka Tominaga, Asuka Ota, Koji Kondo (2009, DS, Nintendo)

Patrons:

Alex Messenger of A VGM Journey podcast

Skeletroy of YouTube Thrash Remixes

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia

Kung Fu Carlito of the Heroes Three podcast

The Last Rican of VGM Fight Club and Senpai’s Playlist podcasts

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp on YouTube

The Mysterious Nathan

Artists:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 3-3: Rivals, Rogues, and Frenemies, Part II

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Greetings, Gamers! Welcome to our first ever sequel episode: Rivals, Rogues, and Frenemies, Part II! The first time we heard from the likes of Proto Man, Shadow the Hedgehog, and Skyward Sword’s Groose. Who will be on the roster this time? Join us, and find out!

Playlist:

X vs Zero – Naoto Tanaka – Mega Man X5 (PlayStation, 2000, Capcom)

Mothiva’s Grand Stand! – Tristan Alric – Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling (Windows 2019, Switch/PS4/XB1 2020, Moonsprout Games/DANGEN Entertainment)

Battle! Rival – Junichi Masuda – Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver (DS, 2009, Game Freak/Nintendo)

The Only Thing I Know For Real – Logan Mader & Jamie Christopherson, vocals by Tyson Yen – Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3/360/PC, 2013, PlatinumGames/Konami)

Revali, Ace Archer & Aviator – Kumi Tanioka, Reo Uratani, Ryotaro Yagi, Haruki Yamada – Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Switch, 2020, Omega Force/Nintendo)

Cafeteria (Raphael's Stage) – Kazuhiko Uehara, Hideto Inoue, Harumi Ueko – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (SNES, 1993, Konami)

Magalor the Wayfarer (Lor Starcutter) – Hirokazu Ando, Jun Ishikawa – Kirby's Return to Dream Land (Wii, 2011, Hal Laboratory/Nintendo)

Knuckles Theme Special Remix – Tee Lopes, feat. Jun Senoue, originally by the Sonic 3 & Knuckles sound team – Sonic Mania Adventures (2018, YouTube, SEGA)

Together with Shauna – Shota Kageyama – (HoopsandHipHop Remix) – Pokemon X & Y (3DS, 2013, Game Freak/Nintendo)

The Loner, Falco Lombardi (Reorchestrated) – Hajime Wakai, arr. Literal Orchestra – Star Fox Command (DS, 2006, Q–Games/Nintendo)

Felix’s Battle Theme – Motoi Sakuraba – Golden Sun: The Lost Age (Game Boy Advance, 2002, Camelot Software/Nintendo)

Bury the Light Dynamic Montage – Casey Edwards feat. Victor Borba, arr. Case Tech279 and RK) – Devil May Cry 5 (PS4/XBox1/PC, 2019, Capcom)

Mid-Boss Mayhem – Grant Kirkhope – Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Switch, 2017, Ubisoft/Nintendo)

Bass's Theme/Theme of Forte – Makoto Tomozawa – Mega Man 7 (SNES, 1995, Capcom) and Shusaku Uchiyama – Mega Man 8 – (PS1/Saturn, 1996, Capcom)

Blooper Reel: Customization – flashygoodness – Rivals of Aether (Windows/XB1 2017; Switch 2020, Developed and Published by Dan Fornace)

Patrons:

Alex Messenger

The Last Rican

Ryan Steele

Skeletroy

Kung Fu Carlito

Forrest Shamlian

The Mysterious Nathan

Artists:

Naomi Rubin

Carlos Leon-Roman

Ben "The Diad" Dishman

Skeletroy

Episode 3-2, Part 1: Let the Battles Begin! (RPG Battle Themes)

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Greetings, Gamers! This time around, we ended up splitting our playlist into two episodes, because this topic – RPG Battle Themes – is just too big to narrow down to 14 tracks! This week, Shootkapow and I each bring you 5 tracks (out of a total of 10 we each picked) from tactical, turn-based, or adventure-style role playing games. There are some classics here, as well as some more obscure picks, but as always, everything is Very Good Music!

Bear with us – I actually decided partway through this episode to split the tracks up instead of going for one full-sized, 20-song extravaganza. We hope you enjoy the format and the rare opportunity for some back-to-back episodes!

Playlist:

Let the Battles Begin - Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation, 1997, Square)

Slay the Snake! - Kazumi Totaka - Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru/For the Frog the Bell Tolls (Game Boy, 1992, Nintendo/Intelligent Systems)

For Achieve! - Motoi Sakuraba - Star Ocean (Super Famicom, 1996, Enix/tri-Ace)

Assault - Naoki Kodaka - Albert Odyssey Gaiden: Legend of Eldean (Saturn, 1996, Sunsoft)

Regular Battle 1 - Revo (Yasuo Kamanaka) - Bravely Default II (Switch, 2021, Square Enix/Claytechworks)

Battle: Navi Clash! - Yusuke Beppu - Rockman.EXE N1 Battle/Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge (Game Boy Advance/WonderSwan Color, 2003, Capcom/Inti Creates)

Fight! (original and 8-bit) - Takeru Kanazaki, Shigemitsu Goto, Fumihiro Isobe - Paper Mario: Color Splash (Wii U, 2016, Nintendo/Intelligent Systems)

Battlefield: Storm - Yuzo Koshiro - Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan (3DS, 2012, Atlus)

Dangerous Guys - Shogo Sakai - Mother 3 (Game Boy Advance, 2006, Nintendo/Hal Laboratory)

GONG: Version Alpha III - Michiaki Watanabe, Koji Hayama, Naofumi Tsuruyama, Takuya Hanaoka, Takahiro Kamikawa, Yasufumi Fukuda, JAM Project - Super Robot Taisen Alpha 3: To the End of the Galaxy (PS2, 2005, Banpresto)

Blooper Reel: Battle Against a Clueless Foe - Shane Mesa, Dani Person, Nick Elward - Oddity (PC, in development, fan game)

Patron Links:

Alex Messenger's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s/f8b4688/podcast/rss

Skeletroy's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM84dO4lFBk2NUnKQvypmTw

Ryan's Bandcamp: https://polartabby.bandcamp.com/album/catlandia-soundtrack

Carlos's Podcast: http://heroes3podcast.blogspot.com/

The Last Rican's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s/379cabe4/podcast/rss

Forrest’s Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgEAyaGKcvUoMsovGYtPQhA

And thanks to our newest patron, Nathan!

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 3-1 Trailer

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 13:00:00 +0000

Greetings, Gamers!

Dues to some unforeseen circumstances, Bedroth wasn't able to get the episode edited in time for today's premier, so we're pushing things back 1 week. Don't worry - you'll still get your full season's worth!

To tide you over until the episode proper drops next week, we've given you a taste of all 14 tracks we'll be featuring. Can you guess which games they come from? Do you know the songs so well that you can spot them within a few seconds?

Check out the YouTube video and let us know in the comments, shout out your guesses @Shootkapow on Twitter, or email Bedroth at verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com!

We'll see you next week!

Episode 2-13, Part 2: Mega Man X vs. Mega Man X3 with Skeletroy

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:00:00 +0000

For this special two-part finale, the hosts are joined by the original Thrash Canadian, Skeletroy, to discuss the fantastic music of Mega Mans X and X3. Why did we skip X2? Why did we split up the playlists this way? How did we decide which mavericks should go head-to-head? Find the answers to these and other questions you never thought to ask in Episode 2-13: Mega Man X vs. Mega Man X3!

Mega Man X was developed and published by Capcom for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and released on December 17th, 1993. Except where noted below, the soundtrack was composed by Setsuo Yamamoto.

Mega Man X3 was developed by Capcom and Minakuchi Engineering and published by Capcom in Japan and North America. It was released for the SNES on December 1st, 1995. The full soundtrack was composed by Kinuyo Yamashita.

Playlist:

Play-in - X1 Dr. Light Theme / X2 Dr. Cain's Lab

Sting Chameleon / Tunnel Rhino

Chill Penguin (comp. Yuki Iwai) / Blizzard Buffalo

Launch Octopus / Blast Hornet

Boomer Kuwanger (comp. Yuko Takehara) / Neon Tiger

Flame Mammoth / Toxic Seahorse

Storm Eagle (comp. Makoto Tomozawa) / Crush Crawfish

Spark Mandrill (comp. Makoto Tomozawa) / Gravity Beetle

Armored Armadillo / Volt Catfish

MMX Credit Roll / X3 Staff Roll

Play-out - MMX Casting Theme

Skeletroy's Mega Man X Thrash Remixes on YouTube by searching "Skeletroy Mega Man X" or visiting the Very Good Music VGM Podcast channel playlists page!

Episode 2-13, Part 1: Mega Man X vs. Mega Man X3 with Skeletroy

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:00:00 +0000

Playlist:

Intro Jingle: SNES Capcom Logo

Title & Opening Stage

Zero (X1 Zero's Entrance/Theme and X3 Zero's Theme)

Stage/Boss Select (X1 Boss Select originally composed by Takashi Tateishi)

Boss Battle/Victory/Weapon Get

Vile (X1 Boss Battle 2 and X3 Vile's Theme)

X1 Sigma Stage 1 and X3 Doppler Stage 1

X1 Sigma Battle 1 and X3 Sigma Battle 2

Password (X1 password theme by Toshihiko Horiyama)

Ending Theme

Patron Links:

Alex Messenger's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s/f8b4688/podcast/rss

Skeletroy's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM84dO4lFBk2NUnKQvypmTw

Ryan's Bandcamp: https://polartabby.bandcamp.com/album/catlandia-soundtrack

Carlos's Podcast: http://heroes3podcast.blogspot.com/

The Last Rican's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s/379cabe4/podcast/rss

Forrest’s Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgEAyaGKcvUoMsovGYtPQhA

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 2-12: Link, He Come to Town!

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:00:00 +0000

Greetings, Gamers! This week, the hosts take another virtual road trip through the wide world of VGM...but this time, they are making stops in what are probably some very familiar places: Hyrule, Termina, Koholint Island, and other various locales from the Legend of Zelda series!

Join us as we travel through one of Bedroth's favorite Nintendo worlds and listen to some of our very favorite video game tunes. Who knows? We might leave the road entirely to travel the sea, fly through the sky, or even take a trip through time itself!

Playlist:

Opening Track – "Zelda" Joe Pleiman of the band Rabbit Joint from their self–titled album Rabbit Joint, 1998

Town BGM – Akito Nakatsuka – Zelda II: The Adventure of Link – Famicom Disk System, 1987

Clock Town, Day 1 – Koji Kondo – The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask – Nintendo 64, 2000

Market – Koji Kondo – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time – Nintendo 64, 1998

Skyloft – Shiho Fujii, arr. Garret Williamson – Super Smash Flash 2 (originally from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword) – Web–based Fan Game, 2007

Medley:
Mabe Village – Kozue Ishikawa – The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening – Game Boy, 1993
Horon Village – Minako Adachi & Kyohiro Sada – The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons – Game Boy Color, 2001 (Developed by Capcom)
Lynna Village (Past) – Minako Adachi & Kyohiro Sada – The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages – Game Boy Color, 2001 (Developed by Capcom)

Outset Island – Toru Minegishi, Hajime Wakai, Kenta Nagata, Koji Kondo – The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker – GameCube, 2002

Village – Ryo Nagamatsu – The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes – 3DS, 2015

Village of the Blue Maiden – Koji Kondo, arr. Asuka Hayazaki (nee Ohta) – The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures – GameCube, 2004

Ordon Village – Toru Minegishi – The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – Wii/GameCube, 2006

Rito Village (Night) – Kenta Nagata, arr. Yasuaki Iwata – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Wii U/Switch, 2017

Tarrey Town – Yasuaki Iwata – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Wii U/Switch, 2017

Mercay Island – Kenta Nagata & Toru Minegishi – The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass – DS, 2007

Mabe Village – Kozue Ishikawa, arr. Ryo Nagamatsu – The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening – Switch, 2019

Play out: Animal Village – Kozue Ishikawa – The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening – Game Boy, 1993 and
Animal Village – Kozue Ishikawa, arr. Ryo Nagamatsu – The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening – Switch, 2019

Patron Info:

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey podcast

Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube

Ryan Steele, composer of Catlandia and other games

Carlos's Leon-Roman, host of the Heroes Three podcast

The Last Rican, host of the Senpai’s Playlist and VGM Fight Club podcasts

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp. on YouTube

Artist Info:

Naomi Rubin, artist, moonsproutstation.com – patreon.com/naomirubin

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Very Good Music Bonus Episode 4: Interview with Artist Naomi Rubin

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 13:00:00 +0000

In this very special bonus episode, the hosts are joined by the artist who designed their awesome cover art: Naomi Rubin! We had a blast digging into Naomi’s process for coming up with the VGMVGM design, and in talking about some of her influences. Of course, there’s still plenty of Very Good Music, as the trio listens to three songs, each representing one of the stars of the art itself: Sans, Zelda, and Proto Man!

No playlist this week. Naomi is the star of this show, and we want to keep the music a bit of a surprise. More than ever, we would love for you to check out the accompanying video on YouTube, where you can get an exclusive look at some of Naomi’s in-process artwork!

Finally…we have a Discord now! Come join us and talk about the music here: https://discord.com/invite/qpbXPdCf2N

That’s all for now. We’ll see you in one week for Episode 2-11: Platformers with ProfJeff!

Musical artists featured: Toby Fox, Toru Minegishi, Yasuaki Fujita, Hideki Sakamoto, and Kenta Nagata

Links Naomi mentioned:

Pueblo Unido PDX - https://www.pueblounidopdx.org/
Pueblo Unido is a non-profit organization that supports Portland metro community members in the fight against deportation

Ava’s Demon by Michelle Czajkowsk - https://www.avasdemon.com/

Helvetica by J. N. Wiedle - http://helvetica.jnwiedle.com/

Patron Links:

Alex Messenger's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s/f8b4688/podcast/rss

Skeletroy's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM84dO4lFBk2NUnKQvypmTw

Ryan's Bandcamp: https://polartabby.bandcamp.com/album/catlandia-soundtrack

Carlos's Podcast: http://heroes3podcast.blogspot.com/

The Last Rican's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s/379cabe4/podcast/rss

Forrest’s Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgEAyaGKcvUoMsovGYtPQhA

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Episode 2-9: A Holly Jolly Podcast

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:00:00 +0000

Sleigh bells ring...are you listening? Yes, you are...to another batch of winter vgm! Join the hosts for another episode, this one exploring the less icy, snowy side of the season and exploring the jollier, more festive kind of music we all associate with this time of year. In fact, see if you can count how many times Bedroth says "festive" in this episode!

This episode also features a lot of bonus music in between the main tracks. Check the show notes for information about those songs, and check out our accompanying YouTube playlist to hear the songs without our inane chatter on top of them.

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. Links to their content can be found below the playlist on our YouTube video! You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us by e-mail at verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com, on Twitter @Shootkpow, or by leaving us a voice message at anchor.com/vgmvgm. You can also leave us a comment on YouTube and while you're at it, please let us know if you like the video, and subscribe and ring the bell to be notified of future episodes! We look forward to hearing from you!

Playlist:

Jingle Bells - Santa Claus no Takarabako (FDS, 1987) - Composer Unknown

3:25 - Snow (Super Mario World) - Super Mario Maker 2 (Switch, 2019) - Koji Kondo

Loading 'Arsys Christmas Song' - Knight Arms: The Hyblid Framer (Sharp X68000, 1989) - Toshiya Yamanaka

8:00 - Magical Snow Day - Sonic Runners (Mobile, 2015) - Tomoya Ohtani

Sadistic Xmas/Arctic Dream (Finland) - Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Multiplatform, 2011) - Keiichi Okabe

15:52 - Mt. Slide - Kirby's Epic Yarn (Wii, 2010) - Tomoya Tomita

Cozy Cabin - Kirby's Epic Yarn (Wii, 2010) - Tomoya Tomita

21:52 - Monsters, Inc. Scream Team (aka Scare Island in Europe) - Arctic Pursuit (PS1, 2001) - T. Sohet and P. Roger

26:39 - Mount Wario - Mario Kart 8 (Wii-U, 2015) - Ryo Nagamatsu

God Rest Ye, Deadly Gentlemen - Rise of the Triad (DOS, 1994) - Robert Prince, Lee Jackson

32:52 - Merry Mountain - Mario Kart Tour (Mobile, 2019) - Composer Unknown, possibly Kenta Nagata or Ryo Nagamatsu

36:37 - A Little Light Snowfall - Yoshi's Wolly World (Wii-U/3DS, 2015) - Tomoya Tomita

Penguin Iceberg: Snow Court Song - Mario Tennis Open (3DS, 2012) - Motoi Sakuraba

43:49 - Yeti Caves - Spelunky (Multiplatform, Originally Windows, 2008, Remake 2013) - George Buzinkai, Jonathan Perry, and Eirik Suhrke (remake only)

Sasquatch's Stage - Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (Arcade/PS1/PS2, 1994) - Takayuki Iwai, Hideki Okugawa

47:10 - Mammoth Glacier - Donkey Kong Barrel Blast (Wii, 2007) - Takashi Kouga

50:57 - Alpine Peak - Donkey Kong Barrel Blast (Wii, 2007) - Takashi Kouga

Jangle Bells - Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES, 1996) - Eveline Novakovic (née Fischer)

55:50 – Penguin Slide - Wii Fit (Wii, 2007) - Toru Minigishi

Christmas Party - LovePlus (DS, 2009) - Composer Unknown

1:00:08 - Snowfield (Stage 1) - Gradius Gaiden (PS1, 1997) - Norikazu Miura

1:04:59 - Don't Freeze - Mario Party 9 (Wii, 2012) - Toshiki Aida, Ryosuke Asami

Blizzard of Balls - The Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures (Windows, 2013) - Sam Beddoes

1:16:35 - Winter Star Festival - Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (Multiplatform, 2008 | Expansion in 2019) - Akihiko Narita

Blooper Reel: Remix II Stage 7 (Mario Winter Theme Remix) - NES Remix 2 (Wii-U, 2014) - Koji Kondo/Toshiyuki Sudo

Episode 2-7: Pokemon! with the Last Rican and Pernell

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:00:00 +0000

Welcome to our first ever Patron-requested episode! Our wonderful patron, Daryll "The Last Rican" Bowers, host of the VGM Fight Club podcast, has brought along a good friend, Pernell of the Rhythm and Pixels podcast! It's an extra-long podcast host extravaganza as we discuss a series that is very close to three of our hearts: Pokemon!

Enjoy a diverse selection of tunes from three veterans and one noob (yours truly) as we explore a small part of the history of this world-famous, long-running franchise. The Last Rican has also brought along some quiz questions to try to stump Pernell and Shootkapow. See how many you can answer as you follow us on our journey through the various Pokemon regions!

Thanks as always to our amazing patrons and the artists who made our show art and theme song. Special thanks to Naomi Rubin for our amazing new cover art! Links to their content can be found below the playlist on our YouTube video! You, too, can become a patron at patreon.com/vgmvgm, and you can reach out to us by e-mail at verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com, on Twitter @Shootkapow, or by leaving us a voice message at anchor.com/vgmvgm. You can also leave us a comment on YouTube and while you're at it, please let us know if you like the video, and subscribe and ring the bell to be notified of future episodes! We look forward to hearing from you!

Play-in – The Last Rican Theme by Shootkapow 3:29 - Pokemon Blue/Red - Junichi Masuda - Nintendo/Game Freak - Game Boy - 1996 cover by jesterdist

9:34 - Route 120 - Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire - Go Ichinose, Morikazu Aoki, Junichi Masuda - Nintendo, The Pokemon Company/Game Freak - Game Boy Advance - 2002

24:37 - Skyarrow Bridge - Pokemon Black/White - Shota Kageyama, Go Ichinose, Hitomi Sato, Junichi Masuda, Minako Adachi - Nintendo, The Pokemon Company/Game Freak - DS - 2010

42:14 - Main Menu - Pokemon Duel - Shota Kageyama - The Pokemon Company/Heroz - Android/iOS - 2016

56:29 - Hi Score Screen - Pokemon Pinball - Go Ichinose - Nintendo/Jupiter, HAL Laboratory - Game Boy Color - 1999

1:08:08 - Elite 4 Battle - Pokemon Black/White - Shota Kageyama, Go Ichinose, Hitomi Sato, Junichi Masuda, Minako Adachi - Nintendo, The Pokemon Company/Game Freak - DS - 2010

1:16:01 - Dialga’s Fight to the Finish! - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Darkness - Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ryoma Nakamura, Kenichi Saito - Nintendo, The Pokemon Company/Chunsoft - DS - 2007

1:29:08 - Great Paradise - Learn With Pokemon: Typing Adventure - Azusa Chiba, Masaharu Iwata, Kimihiro Abe, Music Supervisor Hitoshi Sakimoto - Nintendo, The Pokemon Company/Genius Sonority - DS - 2011

1:40:22 - Battle vs Red Theme - Pokemon Soul Silver/Heart Gold - Go Ichinose, Shota Kageyama, Hitomi Sato, Junichi Masuda, Takuto Kitsuta - Nintendo, The Pokemon Company/Game Freak - DS - 2009

1:57:32 - Koga's Theme - Pokemon Puzzle League - John Siegler, Marry Corallo, Louis Cortelezzi, Ken Cumminos, Neil Jason, Michael Whalen, Ralph Schucketit, Brian Steckler, and Lawrence Schwedler - Nintendo/Nintendo Software Technology - N64 - 2000

2:15:22 - Battle! Rival Hugh - Pokemon Black 2 & White 2 - Go Ichinose, Hitomi Sato, Teruo Taniguchi - Nintendo, The Pokemon Company/Game Freak - DS - 2012

2:34:00 - Dragon’s Nest - Pokken Tournament - Hiroki Hashimoto - Bandai Namco Studios/The Pokemon Company - Arcade/Wii-U/Switch - 2015

2:49:17 - Legendary Pokemon Theme - Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Go Ichinose, Junichi Masuda, Hitomi Sato, Morikazu Aoki - Nintendo, The Pokemon Company/Game Freak - DS - 2006

3:16:18 - Phenac City - Pokemon Colosseum - Tsukasa Tawada - Nintendo, The Pokemon Company/Genius Sonority - GameCube - 2003

Very Good Music Bonus Episode 3: A Tribute to VGM Podcasters, Part 1

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 13:00:00 +0000

Guests: Chris "Steen" Steenerson, Chris "justapunk" Murray, Forrest Shamlian, Carlos "Kung Fu Carlito" Leon-Roman, Alex "The Messenger" Messenger, and Nathan "UtopiaNemo" Daniels

Play–in: Blaster Master – Naoki Kodaka – Area 1 – Sunsoft – NES – 1988

The Legacy Music Hour (Brent & Rob)

16:14 - Title Screen – Rambo – Tohru Hasahe, Minki Motoyama – Acclaim/Pack–In–Video – NES – 1988

17:49 - The Sky Line (Stage 3A) – Thunder Force IV – Toshiharu Yamanishi – Technosoft/Sega – Genesis – 1992

The VGM Jukebox (Josh & keyglyph)

26:22 - Bar – Front Mission – Yoko Shimomura, Noriko Matsueda – Square – SFC – 1995

30:15 - Lonely Rolling Star – Katamari Damacy – Music and lyrics by Yoshihito Yano, Vocals by Saki Kabata – Namco – PS2 – 2004

Singing Mountain (Drew)

37:37 - Schala's Theme – Chrono Trigger – Yasunori Mitsuda – Square – SNES – 1995

Voltz Supreme’s Synth VGM Dream Stream Machine

43:12 - Serendipity – Final Fantasy XIII–2 – Naoshi Mizuta – Square Enix – PS3/XB360 – 2011

Super Marcato Bros. Video Game Music Podcast (Karl & Will)

1:04:35 - Yummy – Mighty Switch Force – Jake Kaufman – Wayforward – 3DS – 2011

1:06:34 - Artificial Intelligence Bomb – naruto (Kazuhiko Naruse) – Mungyodance 3: The Third Rave – VULPvibe Entertainment – Online – 2008

An Evening at the Roost/Train Station at 8/ The OCR Podcast (Bryan & Stephen)

1:18:23 - 8:00 PM – Animal Crossing Wild World – Kazumi Totaka, Asuka Ohta – Nintendo – DS – 2005

1:19:59 - Azure Blue World – Sonic Adventure – Jun Senoue – Sega – Dreamcast – 1998

Rock Out With Your Cart Out (Jason)

Under-Music: The Boy Who Had Wings – Ys III: Wanderers from Ys – Falcom Sound Team JDK – Super Nintendo – 1991

1:28:27 - Prologue Peak/Nadir's Whale – Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean – Motoi Sakuraba – Namco – Gamecube – 2003

Forever Sound Version (Michael)

1:36:28 - Round 2–1 – Gynoug (Wings of Wor) – Noriyuki Iwadare – NCS/DreamWorks/Sega – Genesis – 1991

The Sound Test (Lee)

1:42:06 - Bayou Boogie – Donkey Kong Country 2 – David Wise – Nintendo – SNES – 1995

The Diad Presents: A VGM Podcast (The Diad)

2:00:12 - Elevator of the Department Store – Pinky Ponky – Taguchi Yasuhiro – Elf Co., Ltd. – Sharp X68K, MSX, PC–88, PC–98 – 1990

VGMPire (Brett)

2:18:35 - To Faraway Times – Chrono Trigger – Yasunori Mitsuda – Square – SNES – 1995

For links to all the shows, check out the video on YouTube!

Special thanks to our patrons, Alex Messenger, Skeletroy, Carlos Leon-Roman, and The Last Rican!

Special thanks to Naomi Rubin for the new VGMVGM logo! Check out her work on Patreon and read her comics on moonsproutstation.com!

Thanks also to Carlos Leon-Roman and Ben "The Diad" Dishman for additional show artwork!

Episode 2-6: This Isn’t Even My Final Form!

Tue, 17 Nov 2020 13:00:00 +0000

We've all been there. That one rogue you keep fighting just won't stop coming back, or that boss you think you've finally beaten still has one more form you have to destroy. It's annoying. Unless it's amazing.

What's also amazing is when composers go above and beyond and compose a theme for each boss's fight or phase. This episode - an idea of Shootkapow's, chosen by YOU, the listeners - is a celebration of these themes.

As always, we'd love to hear from you! @Shootkapow on Twitter, via e-mail at verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com, on anchor.fm/vgmvgm, on patron.com/vgmvgm, or by searching the name of our show on YouTube and leaving us a comment!

Thanks as always to our lovely patrons: The Last Rican, Kung Fu Carlito, Skeletroy, and The Messenger!

2:50 - Hollow Knight - Dung Defender - Christopher Larkin - Team Cherry, Modern Platforms, 2017

11:38 - Hollow Knight (Grim Troupe DLC) - Grimm & Nightmare King - Christopher Larkin - Team Cherry, Modern Platforms, 2017

20:16 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project - Shredder Battle & Super Shredder Battle - Yuichi Sakakura, Tomoya Tomita, Kozo Nakamura - Konami, NES, 1991

26:01 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Calamity Ganon Phase 1 & Dark Beast Ganon Battle - Calamity Ganon Battle by Yasuaki Iwata, Dark Beast Ganon by Manaka Kataoka w/Koji Kondo, Sound Direction by Hajime Wakai - Nintendo, Wii-U/Switch, 2017

38:42 - Super Mario RPG - Fight Against Smithy & Fight Against Smithy, Who Likes Transforming - Yoko Shimomura - Square/Nintendo, SNES, 1996

52:52 - Henry Stickmin Collection - The Conclusive Battle & Bizarre Funk - Puffballs United & Tommy Robin (aka Ockeroid) - Intersloth, Steam, 2020

1:01:11 - Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes - Theme of Onslaught I & II - Masato Kouda & Yuko Takehara - Capcom, Arcade/PS3/Dreamcast/360, 1998

1:04:57 - Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Bowser, Almighty Koopa King & Final Bowser Battle - Bowser, Almighty Koopa King by Mahito Yokota, Final Bowser Battle by Ryo Nagamatsu - Nintendo, Wii, 2010

1:12:43 - Freedom Planet - Final Boss Phase 1 & 2 - Leila "Woofle" Wilson, Stephen DiDuro (game's developer), Shane "Blue Warrior" Ellis - GalaxyTrail/Marvelous/XSeed, Computers/Wii-U/PS4/Switch, 2014

1:19:42 - Pokemon Sword & Shield - Battle! (Hop) and Final Battle! (Hop) - Minako Adachi, Go Ichinose, Keita Okamoto - Game Freak/The Pokemon Company/Nintendo, Switch, 2019

1:31:09 - A Hat in Time - You Are All Bad Guys! Part 2 & 3 - Pascal Michael Stiefel (aka Plasma3Music) - Gears for Breakfast/Humble Bundle, Modern Platforms, 2017

1:47:14 - Hollow Knight (Hidden Dreams DLC) - White Defender - Christopher Larkin - Team Cherry, Modern Platforms, 2017

Blooper Reel Music - The Schemer (Tinker Knight Theme) & The Destroyer (Tinker Tank Theme) - Shovel Knight - Jake Kaufman

Episode 2-4: Halloween 2020 - Nightmare Fuel!

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Episode 2-4: Halloween Special 2020: Nightmare Fuel

Kirby games are renowned for their charm, their clever use of power-ups, and their accessibility to gamers of all ages. They are also well-know for their nightmarish final bosses, many of whom have multiple forms, each scarier than the last.

An evil wizard who wants to fill Dream Land with nightmares? A warrior so strong he was sealed away for the safety of the multiverse? A Destroyer of Worlds created from the combination of all chaos and possibilities? We've got them all and more in this, our very first Halloween Special! And, as always, there's a scary amount of very good music to be heard!

Special thanks to our patrons, whose work you can find linked below the track list: Carlos of the Heroes Three podcast, Skeletroy of the SNES Thrash Remix channel on Youtube, The Last Rican of the VGM Fight Club podcast, and Alex "The Messenger" Messenger, host of A VGM Journey. You too can join our Patreon to help us make the podcast the best that it can be and have a direct influence on the show's content by visiting patreon.com/vgmvgm!

As always, you can reach out to us by e-mail (verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com), Twitter (@Shootkapow), or in the comments section of our Youtube videos.

Nightmare Appears/Nightmare Wizard - Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land - Originally Hirokazu Ando - GBA - HAL/Nintendo - 2002

Vs. Marx - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate -Originally Jun Ishikawa - SNES - HAL/Nintendo - 1996 (Smash arrangement supervised by Yasunori Mitsuda - Switch - Sora Ltd./BANDAI NAMCO/ Nintendo - 2018)

02 Battle - Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards - Jun Ishikawa - N64 - HAL/Nintendo - 2000

Dark Mind Final Battle - Kirby & the Amazing Mirror - Hironobu Inagaki, Atsuyoshi Isemura - GBA - HAL/Nintendo - 2004

Drawcia Sorcoress - Kirby: Canvas Curse - Jun Ishikawa or Tadashi Ikegami - DS - HAL/Nintendo - 2005

Dark Meta Knight Battle - Kirby & the Amazing Mirror - Hironobu Inagaki, Atsuyoshi Isemura - GBA - HAL/Nintendo - 2004

Galacta Knight - Kirby's Return to Dream Land - Jun Ishikawa - Wii - HAL/Nintendo - 2011

C-R-O-W-N-E-D (Magolor Soul) - Kirby's Return to Dram Land - Hirokazu Ando - Wii - HAL/Nintendo - 2011

Vs. Squashini - Kirby's Epic Yarn - Tomoya Tomita - Wii - Good-Feel/HAL/Nintendo - 2010

Bad Nightmare - Kirby Mass Attack - Shogo Sakai - DS - HAL/Nintendo - 2011

Final Boss - Kirby Mass Attack - Shogo Sakai - DS - HAL/Nintendo - 2011

The Final Battle (vs. Dark Crafter) - Kirby and the Rainbow Curse - Shogo Sakai - Wii-U - HAL/Nintendo - 2015

Fatal Blooms in Moonlight (Moonstruck Blossom) - Kirby Triple Deluxe - Hirokazu Ando - 3DS - HAL/Nintendo - 2014

The World to Win - Kirby Triple Deluxe - Hirokazu Ando - 3DS - HAL/Nintendo - 2014

Mind in a Program - Kirby: Planet Robobot - Hirokazo Ando & Jun Ishikawa - 3DS - HAL/Nintendo - 2015

Super Nova - Kirby: Planet Robobot - Hirokazo Ando & Jun Ishikawa - 3DS - HAL/Nintendo - 2015

Void Termina Battle (Flying Phase) - Kirby Star Allies - Hirokazo Ando - Jun Ishikawa -Switch - HAL/Nintendo - 2018

Artwork by Ben Dishman (@TheDiad) and Carlos Leon-Roman. Theme song by Skeletroy

Patron links:

Alex Messenger's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s/f8b4688/podcast/rss

The Last Rican's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s/379cabe4/podcast/rss

Skeletroy's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM84dO4lFBk2NUnKQvypmTw

Carlos's Podcast: http://heroes3podcast.blogspot.com/

Episode 2-3 - A Very Good Musical Journey with The Messenger: Ninjas! (or is it just Ninja?)

Tue, 06 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000

This week, the boys are joined by fellow podcaster and top-tier VGM fan, Alex "The Messenger Messenger! We showcase a few of our favorite songs from the game bearing his nickname, as well as a wide variety of games featuring those mysterious shadow-warriors of yore: ninjas! Or is it just ninja? Well, either way, you can be sure of one thing: you're in for some very good music!

As always, we'd like to thank our amazing patrons, The Last Rican, Carlos, Skeletroy, and The Messenger himself!. You can see links to their work at the end of the playlist on YouTube, along with links to the work of some of the artists we're featuring. Thanks also to Skeletroy for our theme song and for the bmper music under our special guest, Ed Wil--er--Ryu Hayabusa! And thanks to Carlos and to Ben "The Diad" Dishman for our show's artwork!

Support us at patron.com/vgmvgm; e-mail us at verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com; find Shootkapow online @Shootkapow on Twitter; visit our YouTube page for links to all the places you can find us online!

:43 - Play-in - The Messenger - Ninja's Respite (Ninja Village) - Devolver Digital - Windows/Switch/PS4/XB1 - 2018 - Rainbowdragoneyes

7:06 - Spyro: Year of the Dragon - Fireworks Factory - Sony - PS1 - 2000 - Stewart Copeland

12:10 - Kirby’s Return to Dream Land - Ninja Dojo - Nintendo - Wii - 2011 - Hirokazu Ando, Jun Ishikawa

18:12 - Mysical Ninja Starring Goemon - Kompira Mountain - Konami - N64 - 1997 - Shigeru Araki, Yusuke Kato, Saiko Miki, Yasumasa Kitagawa

23:42 - Mortal Kombat - The Courtyard - Midway - Arcade (and lots of ports) - 1992 - Dan Forden

31:13 - The Messenger - Phantom of Yore - Devolver Digital - Windows/Switch/PS4/XB1 - 2018 - Rainbowdragoneyes

37:25 - ARMS - Ninjara Theme - Nintendo - Switch - 2017 - Atsuko Asahi, Yasuaki Iwata

45:04 - Ninja Baseball Bat Man - Seattle (Stage 1) - Irem America Corporation - Arcade - 1993 - Hayashi Sho, Jitta

51:40 - Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 - The Ninja Take a Stand! - Bandai Namco - Windows/Switch/PS4/XB1 - 2016 - Chikayo Fukuda

56:34 - (Ryu Hyabusa Talks Ninjutsu) - Ninja Gaiden - Devilish Influence (Japanese mix) - Skeletroy

59:51 - Shadow of the Ninja - Stage 5 - Natsume (Taito in Europe) - NES - 1990 - Iku Mizutani, Kouichi Yamanishi

1:05:08 - Killer Instinct - The Tiger Warrior - Microsoft - Windows/XB1 - 2013 - Mick Gordon

1:15:05 - TMNT IV: Turtles in Time - Sewer Surfin’ - Konami - Arcade (1991)/SNES (1992) - Mutsuhiko Izumi, Kozo Nakamura

1:22:52 - The Messenger - The Frozen Light (Glacial Peak) Rock Cover by Lame Genie - Devolver Digital - Windows/Switch/PS4/XB1 - 2018 - Rainbowdragoneyes

1:33:38 - Ninjabread Man - Track 1 - Data Design Interactive - PS2/Windows (2005), Wii (2007) - Composer unknown

1:35:08 - Blooper Reel - Little Ninja Bros - Title Screen and Town of Yokan - Culture Brain - NES - 1989 - Akinori Sawa

Episode 2-2: Five Finger Fanfare

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Greetings, gamers, and welcome to episode 2-2! On this episode, we dive into a topic first popularized by the Super Marcato Bros, Karl and Will Bruegeman, on their own VGM podcast: a compositional technique called the Five-Finger Fanfare. Also included in the show is a clip from their 201st episode, which aired on January 31st, 2016.

This was an exciting and challenging episode to put together, and the track list is the result of many months of making mental notes each time we'd come across this sound in the wild. It's not exactly something you can type into a search bar! Regardless, everything fits our Number One Rule: Everything is very good music!

Special thanks to our Patreon patrons, Alex “The Messenger” Messenger of A VGM Journey, The Last Rican, Skeletroy, and Carlos from the Heroes Three Podcast! If you’d like to support us on Patreon, go to www.patreon.com/vgmvgm. Thanks also to Carlos and to Ben "The Diad" Dishman for our show's artwork, and to Skeletroy for the Very Good Theme Song! Check the notes below the track list for links to our patrons' projects, as well as those of some of today's featured artists!

:45 - Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Heroes - High and Tight - Konami - 3DS - 2016 - Unknown composer

12:51 - Mega Man X3 - Gravity Beetle - Capcom - SNES/PS1/Saturn - 1995 - Kinuyo Yamashita

17:49 - FNaF World - Fazbear Hills/Choppy's Woods - Scott Cawthon - Windows - 2016 - Leon Riski

22:01 - Chrono Trigger - Secret of the Forest - Square - SNES - 1995 - Yasunori Mitsuda

27:22 - Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Remake) - Giant Apple Runaway - Sega - PS3/360/Widows/Smartphone - 2013 - Grant Kirkhope

30:51 - Banjo-Tooie - Mr. Patch, Strange Wobbly Inflatable Thing - Rare - N64 - 2000 - Grant Kirkhope

35:53 - Psycho World - Stage 8 - Sega - 1988 - Kenji Yamazaki/Yuko Yamazaki - Originally released in Japan for the MSX2 in 1988, later released as Psychic World on the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear worldwide in 1991

42:04 - Pokemon Snap - Stone Valley - Nintendo/HAL - N64 - 1999 - Ikuko Mimuri

47:21 - Zen-Nippon Pro Wrestling 2: 3-4 Budoukan - Theme of Jumbo Tsuruta – Natsume/Masaya - Super Famicom - 1995 - Hiroyuki Iwatsuki, Iku Mizutani, Kinuyo Yamashita d Haruo Ohashi

54:15 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity - Hazy Pass - Nintendo/Spike Chunsoft - 3DS - 2012 - Keisuke Ito/Yasuhiro Kawagoe

1:00:24 - Mega Man Unlimited - An Unbreakable Will (Occupied Wily Fortress Stage 2) - MegaPhilX - online - 2013 - Kevin Phetsomphou (symfonikev)

1:05:54 - Kirby Planet Robobot - Susie, Executive Assistant - Nintendo/Hal - 3DS - 2016 - Hirokazu Ando/Jun Ishikawa

1:12:52 - Bad Apple - Touhou Project 4: Lotus Land Story - Jun'ya "ZUN" Ota - Team Shanghai Alice - 1998. Cover by RichaadEB and Cristina Vee. Links in the show notes.

1:26:48 - Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - Clash - Nintendo - GameCube - 2005 - Naoko Mitome

Artists:

Leon Riskin: https://www.ionicsmusic.com/about-me-cxrg

Kevin Phetsomphou (symfonikev): https://soundcloud.com/Kevvviiinnn

ZUN (Japanese blog): http://kourindou.exblog.jp/

RichaadEB: https://www.youtube.com/user/RichaadEB

Cristina Vee: https://www.cristinavee.com/

Patrons:

The Messenger: https://anchor.fm/vgmjourney

Skeletroy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM84dO4lFBk2NUnKQvypmTw

Carlos: http://heroes3podcast.blogspot.com/

Episode 2-1: Side Stories and Spin Offs

Tue, 08 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Greetings, Gamers, and welcome to Season 2! For this episode, Shootkapow starts things out with a bang with his choice for us to focus on side games and spin-offs! Enjoy some of the best VGM you've never heard, along with a few true classics, as we take a few detours dowm the alternate paths charted by video game heroes like Mega Man Mario, and.......Ken Masters?

Thanks to our Patreon patrons, whose support will help to make this show better and ever! Alex, "The Messenger" Messenger of A VGM Journey podcast, The Last Rican, Skeletroy (who also composed our new Very Good Theme Song), and Carlos Leon-Roman, who not only made some of the cool artwork for our show, but is the host of his own podcast, Heroes Three, with his friends Michael and Marty! Check out links to their work in the show notes!

Speaking of our patrons, our very first patron poll to help decide on some of our episode topics for the season is up on Patreon.com/vgmvgm...and the first one is open to everyone! Go check it out! As always, you can also contact us directly with requests or suggestions. each out on Twitter @Shootkapow or send us an e-mail at verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com. Find us on YouTube just by searching VGM Podcast and check the About section for links to all the places you can find us.

Finally, Pixelart for the show by Ben "The Diad" Dishman. Check him out on Twitter @TheDiad, and check out the latest episode of his podcast, The Diad Presents: A VGM Podcast!

Intro - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team - Sky Tower - Arata Iiyoshi - Chunsoft/Nintendo - GBA -2005

7:03 - The Misadventures of Tron Bonne - Red Head Kobun To The Rescue! - Toshihiko Horiyama - Capcom - PlayStation 1999/2000

13:00 - Pokemon Colosseum - Miror B’s Retro Groove - Tsukasa Tawada - Genius Sonority/Nintendo - Gamecube - 2003

18:47 - Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight - City Lights (Planet Theme 3) - Junko Tamiya - Capcom - NES - 1990

22:58 - Kirby Fighters Deluxe - Coo’s Forest - Hirokazu Ando/Jun Ishikawa - HAL/Nintendo - 3DS - 2014

27:59 - Final Fantasy Mystic Quest - Battle 3 - Ryuji Sasai and Yasuhiro Kawakami - Square - SNES - 1992/1993 (look up this link for interesting tidbits about the OST - not sure who composed this because of the description here: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_USA_-_Mystic_Quest_Sound_Collections)

33:27 - Super Mario RPG - Armed Boss - Yoko Shimomura - Nintendo/Square - SNES - 1996

38:51 - Akumajou Special - Boku Dracula-kun - Stage 01 (Castle) - Konami Kukeiha Club (Satoko Miyawaki and Shinji Tasaka) - Famicom - Konami - 1990, Japan only, finally released outside Japan as part of the Castlevania Anniversary Collection which was released digitally on May 16, 2019 in all regions, with an official English localization as Kid Dracula.

44:57 - Mario Kart Wii - Koopa Cape - Ryo Nagamatsu - Nintendo - Wii - 2008

49:00 - Umbrella Corps - 2nd to None - Kota Suzuki, Akihiko Narita, Azusa Kato, Yasumasa Kitagawa - Capcom - Windows/PS4 - 2016

54:20 - Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle - Lava Forge - Grant Kirkhope - Ubisoft - Switch - 2017

1:00:42 - Mega Man Soccer - Wood Field - Toshio Okamoto, Norihiko Togashi, Kenichi Tomizawa - SunL/Capcom - SNES - 1994

1:04:59 -Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - Oddity Cave - Keisuke Ito - The Pokemon Company/Nintendo Switch - 2020

1:18:53 - Kirby's Block Ball - Stage 10 - Sukezo Ouyama, Ryoue Takagi - Game Boy - Developed by HAL and published by Nintendo in 1995

Patron Links:

The Messenger’s Podcast: https://anchor.fm/vgmjourney

Skeletroy on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM84dO4lFBk2NUnKQvypmTw

Carlos’s Podcast: http://heroes3podcast.blogspot.com/

Very Good Music Bonus Episode 2: A Tribute to the Power Pros

Wed, 02 Sep 2020 17:00:00 +0000

On June 20th, 2020, an era came to an end. After 200 episodes, the Power Pros podcast closed its doors…at least for the time being.

However, on their next-to-last episode, the Pros did something I’d been bugging host “The Hoff” Chris Hoffman to do for months: an episode dedicated to 10 of each of their favorite video game soundtracks.

I was so impressed with the Pros’ picks and the heartfelt way they discussed each game that I just had to build our second bonus episode around those very same games. And you, gamers, are in for a treat.

Along with Pete and Hoff, I recommend that everyone check out these full soundtracks. It's easier than ever these days to listen to game soundtracks, so get out there and enjoy some Very Good Music!

Track list:

Intro - Shark Flower - from the 2013 album Thirteen Orphans - Andy Myers, AKA Stenobot (the Power Pros theme song)

13:12 - Actraiser - Ending - Yuzo Koshiro - d.Quintet/p.Enix/SNES, 1990

17:18 - Contra - Base - Kazuki Muraoka/arr Hidenori Maezawa, Kiyohiro Sada - Konami/Arcade, 1987/NES, 1988

21:20 - Chrono Trigger - Ayla's Theme - Yasuonori Mitsuda - Square/SNES, 1995

24:51 - F-Zero X - The Long Distance of Murder (Red Canyon) - Taro Bando, Hajime Wakai - Nintendo/N64, 1998

28:15 - Double Dragon - Opening Level - Kazunaka Yamane - Technos Japan/Taito/Arcade, 1987/NES, 1988

32:11 - Metroid Prime - Tallon Overworld (remix of NES Brinstar) - Hirokazu Tanaka/arr Kinji Yamamoto, Kouichi Kyuma - Retro Studios/Nintendo/GameCube, 2002

38:21 - Ducktales - Himalayas - Hiroshige Tonomura - Capcom/NES, 1989/90

41:32 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Black Mist - Koji Kondo - Nintendo/SNES, 1991/92

45:36 - Final Fantasy VI - Epitaph - Nobuo Uematsu - Square/SNES/1994

50:30 - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - Grandma's theme - Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo - Nintendo/GameCube, 2002/03

54:35 - Gradius III - Continue Theme - Miki Higashino - Konami/Arcade, 1989/SNES, 1990/91

57:39 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Gerudo Valley - Koji Kondo - Nintendo/N64, 1998

1:01:25 - Legend of the Mystical Ninja/Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyushutsu Emaki - Town of Yamato - Kazuhiko Uehara, Harumi Ueko - Konami/SNES, 1991/92

1:04:38 - Punch Out!! - Minor Circuit - Yukio Kaneoka, Akito Nakatsuka, Kenji Yamamoto/arr Mike Peacock, Darren Radtke, Chad York - Next Level Games/Nintendo/Wii, 2009

1:07:36 - Mega Man II - Dr. Wily Stage 2 - Takashi Tateishi - Capcom/NES, 1988

1:10:28 - Street Fighter II - Guile's Theme - Yoko Shimomura - Capcom/Multi-Platform, 1991

1:13:57 - Ninja Gaiden – Prison of the Dead (Act 5 Part 1) - Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta - Tecmo/Arcade, 1988/NES, 1988/89

1:17:16 - Super Mario Bros. 2 - Battle Against Wart - Koji Kondo - Nintendo/NES, 1988

1:20:26 - Super Castlevania IV - Dracula Battle - Masanori Adachi, Taro Kudo - Konami/SNES, 1991

1:32:50 - Super Mario World - Ending - Koji Kondo - Nintendo/SNES, 1990/91

Look for our next episode to drop on Tuesday, September 8th, and new episodes to come every other Tuesday following!

Shout out @Shootkapow on Twitter or e-mail us at verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com

Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/vgmvgm

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Episode 12: Mega Man 2 vs. Mega Man 3 - Part 2

Sat, 08 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Time for Part 2. On with the show!!

If you like what you hear, please like, comment, and subscribe, or ring that bell to be notified when our next episode comes out! Check out the "About" page on YouTube for links to all the ways you can contact us or listen to our show, as well as original music by Bedroth and music and sprite work by @Shootkapow!

Shout out to Ben "The Diad" Dishman for our awesome pixel portraits! Check out his work @TheDiad on Twitter!

Thanks also to Kung Fu Carlito for the awesome caricatures of Bedroth and Shootkapow featured on our YouTube channel! Check out his work at Instagram.com/kf_carlito!

Don’t forget to check out our brand new Patreon at www.patreon.com/vgmvgm!!!

Stage Selects

Boss Selects

RM 5 - Gemini Man vs. Heat Man (winner art by CrystalRomuko)

RM 6 - Needle Man vs. Quick Man (winner art by pain-v)

RM 7 - Top Man vs. Air Man (winner art by Capcom)

RM 8 - Spark Man vs. Flash Man (winner art by SessK0)

Wily Intros

Wily Stage 2 (MM3) vs. Wily Stage 1 (MM2)

Ending Theme (MM3) vs. Staff Roll (MM2)

Thanks so much for enjoying this season with us. We’ll see you right back here in September!

Episode 12: Mega Man 2 vs. Mega Man 3 - Part 1

Sat, 01 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000

This is it. Welcome to Part 1 of our Epic Two-Part Mega Man 2 vs. Mega Man 3 Season 1 Finale! ™

Seriously, though, we can thank all of you enough for tuning in to our first season. It’s been a blast, and we can’t wait to see what the future holds. Special thanks to those who took the time to fill out the poll!

Shout out to Ben "The Diad" Dishman for our awesome pixel portraits! Check out his work @TheDiad on Twitter!

Thanks also to Kung Fu Carlito for the awesome caricatures of Bedroth and Shootkapow featured on our YouTube channel! Check out his work at Instagram.com/kf_carlito!

That’s enough talking from us. Let’s hear those poll results and let the great music speak for itself. Regardless of who wins the contest, they’re both great games, and they’re chock full of VERY GOOD MUSIC!!!!!!

As the guys discuss the tracks, enjoy the accompanying music from Mega Man: The Wily Wars for Sega Genesis!

Intro/Opening (MM2) vs. Opening/Title (MM3)

Crash Man vs. Hard Man

Metal Man vs. Magnet Man

Password Themes

Wood Man vs. Shadow Man

Boss Themes

Weapon Get Themes

Bubble Man vs. Snake Man

Epilogue (MM2) vs. Proto Man Theme (MM3)

Blooper Reel (featuring unused music from The Wily Wars)

Bedroth: Adding My Voice

Sat, 11 Jul 2020 01:05:31 +0000

You can find a good network of charities and other places to donate in support of Black lives in the description of the associated YouTube Video.

Love is active. Tolerance is passive.

Background music from Mortal Kombat 11, "Showdown" and "Rise" composed by Wilbert Roget, II. Rise performed by Mega Ran, Super Square, and A_Rival

Episode 10: VGM-ternational with Ed Wilson

Sat, 04 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000

You set foot on foreign soil. Only this land isn't ruled by any country or government. In this land we celebrate music. In this land we celebrate games. In this land we celebrate those who compose video game music.

Welcome to Very Good Music's special Episode 10 crossover with The VGMBassy!

Join the guys and VGM Podcast veteran Ed Wilson as they explore the work of composers from around the world! You're sure to hear something new, as well as an old favorite or two, but as always, everything we play will be Very Good Music! Even if it has very little, if anything, to do with the U.S. Independence Day...

Help our audience grow by rating and reviewing us on your podcatcher of choice, especially Apple Podcasts! 2 minutes of your time will really help us out and help this podcast reach more people!

Shout out to Ben "The Diad" Dishman for our awesome pixel portraits! Check out his work @TheDiad on Twitter!

Support the artists on Bandcamp or their personal websites, and be sure to check out Ed's work at thevgmbassy.com!

Play In - Rayman Origins: The Lums’ Dream - 2011 - CHRISTOPHE HERAL - Ubisoft (Montpellier, Occitanie, France)

11:47 - Sleeping Dogs: Exit, Pursued by Motorcycles - 2012 - JEFF TYMOSCHUK - United Front Games (Manitoba, Canada)

21:11 - Super Mario Bros.: Underwater - 1985 - KOJI KONDO - Nintendo (Nagoya, Aichi, Japan)

25:56 - Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands: Enemies of the Djinn - 2010 - PENKA KAUNEVA - Ubisoft (Sofia, Bulgaria)

38:09 - Rad Rogers: Artifacting - 2018 - ANDREW HULSHULT - Slipgate Studios, THQ Nordic (Dallas, Texas, USA)

47:15 - Chrono Trigger: Memories of Green - 1995 - YASUNORI MITSUDA - Square (Tokuyama, Yamaguchi, Japan)

56:10 - The Elder Scrolls Online: Three Hearts as One - 2014 - MALUKAH (JUDITH DE LOS SANTOS) - Bethesda Softworks (Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico)

1:04:02 - Horizon Chase Turbo: Vyper - 2018 - BARRY LEITCH - Aquiris Game Studio S.A. (Scotland)

1:16:42 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Mad Monster Mansion - 1998/2018 - GRANT KIRKHOPE/MICHIKO NARUKE - Rare/Nintendo/Bandai Namco - (Edinburgh, Scotland/Chiba Prefecture, Kanto, Japan)

1:25:41 - The Last Express: Pursuit - 1997 - ELIA CMIRAL - Smoking Car Productions (Czechoslovakia)

1:35:36 - The Lost Vikings: Factory Beat: - 1993 - CHARLES DEENAN - Silicon & Synapse, Interplay (Denmark)

1:47:44 - Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story: Tough Guy Alert! - 2009 - YOKO SHIMOMURA - AlphaDream (Hyōgo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan)

1:56:40 - Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan: Forest of Torment - 2016 - JEAN-YVES BASSANGA, JAMES THORLEY - Kiro'o Games (Cameroon, Africa/Manchester, UK)

2:04:42 - Bionic Commando Rearmed: Heat Wave - 2008 - SIMON VIKLUND - GRIN, Capcom (Sweden)

2:19:40 - Play Out - Caveman Boy: Ice-Age Approaches- 2020 - VOLTZ SUPREME - noblemon (Australia - from the coastal town of Wollongong, an hour south of Sydney)

Blooper Reel - Angry Birds Theme - 2009 - ARI PULKKINEN - Rovio Entertainment (Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland)

Links to the Episode 12 Surveys!!

Part 1: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R72MZG9

Part 2: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RWWJNCQ

If these aren't easy for you to use, just visit the video on YouTube or send us an e-mail at verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com and we'll send them to you!

Episode 9: Shootkapow’s Favorites from Bedroth’s Favorites

Sat, 20 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to part 2 of a our special 2-episode series for the month of June! Flipping things around, in this episode, we'll hear Shootkapow's picks from some of Bedroth's favorite games! As always, you can rest assured that all of the selections will follow our one big rule: everything has to be Very Good Music!

Shout out to Ben "The Diad" Dishman for our awesome pixel portraits! Check out his work @TheDiad on Twitter!

Top of Show Music - Mega Man X - 1993 - Toshihiko Horiyama - SNES - Capcom (also composed by Setsuo Yamamoto, Yuki Iwai, Yuko Takehara, and Makoto Tomozawa)

Zelda Intro 5:13

5:32 - Dark World - Link to the Past - 1991 - Koji Kondo - SNES - Nintendo

12:37 - Butter Building - Kirby’s Adventure - 1993 - Hirokazo Ando/Jun Ishikawa - HAL - NES

19:54 - The Ancient Pyramid - Donkey Kong - GB - 1994 - Taisuke Araki - Game Boy - Nintendo

26:54 - Bamboo Boogaloo - The Messenger - 2018 - Rainbowdragoneyes - Switch/PS4/Xbox One - Sabotage Studio/Devolver Digital

33:30 - Storm Eagle - Mega Man X - 1993 - Makoto Tomozawa - SNES - Capcom (also composed by Setsuo Yamamoto, Yuki Iwai, Yuko Takehara, and Toshihiko Horiyama)

40:36 - Stone Valley - Pokemon Snap - 1999 - Ikuko Mimuri - N64 - HAL

46:12 - Forest Maze - Super Mario RPG - 1996 - Yoko Shimomora - SNES - Nintendo

54:10 - Game Theme - The Adventure of Lolo - 1989 - Hideki Kanazashi - HAL - NES

59:25 - Yarrow - Steamworld Dig 2 - 2017 - El Huervo (Niklas Åkerblad) - Switch/PS4/Xbox One - Image & Form

1:06:24 - Hiding the Secrets - Doom - 1993 - Robert Prince - DOS - id Software

1:14:48 - In the Halls of the Usurper - Shovel Knight - 2014 - Jake Kaufman - Multiplatform - Yacht Club Games

1:25:19 - Galaxy (99 Players) - Tetris 99 - 2019 - Teruo Taniguchi, Takahiro Eguchi, Fumihisa Tanaka, Ayako Saso, and Shinji Hosoe - Switch - Nintendo

1:32:06 - Boss Battle - Turtles in Time - 1991 - Mutsuhiko Izumi, Kazuhiko Uehara, and Harumi Ueko - SNES/Arcade - Konami

1:38:26 - Angel Island Zone: Act 2 - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - 1994 - Brad Buxer, Cirocco Jones, Bobby Brooks, Darryl Ross, Geoff Grace, Doug Grigsby, Sachio Ogawa, Tatsuyuki Maeda, Jun Senoue, and purportedly, Michael Jackson - Genesis/Mega Drive - Sega

1:48:47 - Staff Roll - Super Mario 64 - 1996 - Koji Kondo - N64 - Nintendo

Bumper Music - Oak's Lab - Pokemon Snap - 1999 - Ikuko Mimuri - N64 - HAL

Links to the Episode 12 Surveys!!

Part 1: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R72MZG9

Part 2: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RWWJNCQ

If these aren't easy for you to use, just visit the video on YouTube or send us an e-mail at verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com and we'll send them to you!

Bonus Episode - Shootkapow Shoots the Breeze - Pikmin

Tue, 02 Jun 2020 22:00:00 +0000

Greetings, Gamers! So, as it turns out, Episode 8 was so long that I had to cut some good-sized chunks of it out. The content was still fun, and it featured chatter from Shootkapow, so I wanted to share it anyway.

Thanks loads to Kung Fu Carlito for his excellent artwork! Check his stuff out on Instagram here.

https://www.instagram.com/kf_carlito/

Don't forget - Episode 8 drops this coming Saturday, June 6th at 7:00 AM! It's going to be a good one, so don't miss it!

Don't forget to check out the "About" page on our YouTube channel for links to all the places you can download the show, as well as some of our other creative output!

Until next time, play very good games, be very good people, and keep listening to Very Good Music!

Bonus Episode - Shootkapow Shoots the Breeze - Hollow Knight

Sat, 30 May 2020 23:57:21 +0000

Look out for part 2 airing some time next week!

Thanks loads to Kung Fu Carlito for his excellent artwork! Check his stuff out on Instagram here.

https://www.instagram.com/kf_carlito/

Finally, don't forget to check out the "About" page on our YouTube channel for links to all the places you can download the show, as well as some of our other creative output!

Until next time, play very good games, be very good people, and keep listening to Very Good Music!

Episode 6 Blooper Reel

Wed, 13 May 2020 05:00:00 +0000

There was too much silliness on this episode to combine it with another one. Enjoy the blooper reel, gamers!

Episode 6: Your Horoscope For Today

Sat, 09 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Oh, you guys. This episode. In what started as a gimmick and evolved into something much more, bedroth and Shootkapow explore VGM inspired by the signs of the Zodiac. Running the gamut from retro to modern, from chip to orchestra, this episode is jam-packed with some wildly diverse VGM. Of course, it all follows our one big rule: everything has to be Very Good Music!

As always, if you have any comments, questions, or requests, please send them to verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com, or leave a comment on YouTube! If you like what you hear, please like, comment, and subscribe, or ring that bell to be notified when our next episode comes out! Check out the "About" page on YouTube for links to Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, etc., and original music by bedroth and Shootkapow!

Check out the links below for info about some of the games and artists featured in this episode, and support them on Bandcamp! Shout out to Ben "The Diad" Dishman for his help with the awesome pixel art for our show! Check out his stuff @TheDiad on Twitter!

Play-in: Your Horoscope For Today - Running With Scissors, Track 8 - June 29th, 1999 - "Weird Al" Yankovic

-Listen to the full original song and check out all of Al's amazing work here: https://youtu.be/Wg_4b-1aWKg

0:42 - Main Menu - Saint Seiya Senki (Saint Seiya: Sanctuary Battle in the West)- PlayStation 3, p-Bandai Namco, d-Shueisha, Dimps, 2011 - Yoshitaka Hirota

9:08 - Taurus Demon - Dark Souls - Multi-Platform, p-Namco, d-FromSoftware, 2011 - Motoi Sakuraba

14:25 - Libra of Souls - Soulcalibur VI - PS4/Xbox 1/Windows, Bandai Namco, 2018 - Junichi Nakatsuru

22:15 - Artblock - Sagittarius - PC (itch.io), George Prosser, 2015 - Jan123

-Check out Jan123's work: https://opengameart.org/content/artblock

-Download and play Sagittarius: https://gprosser.itch.io/sagittarius

27:39 - Gemini Man - Mega Man: the Wily Wars - Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, p-Capcom, d-Minakuchi Engineering, 1994 - Kinuyo Yamashita

36:17 - Leo's Theme - Red Earth (WarZard in Japan) - Arcade, Capcom, 1996 - Takayuki Iwai with additional help by Ryoji Yamamoto and Wataru Hachisako

42:45 - Aquarius - Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse - NES, Konami, 1989 - Konami Kukeiha Club (Hidenori Maezawa, Jun Funahashi, and Yukie Morimoto)

48:03 - Power Plant (Sparkling Scorpio Stage) - Mega Man X: Corrupted - PC, JKB Games, currently in development - Dominic Ninmark

-Dominic's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/NitroFlasher/about

-Official Mega Man X: Corrupted Site: https://www.megamanxcorrupted.com/

-Fan Wiki: https://megamanfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Mega_Man_X:_Corrupted

54:47 - Tropic of Capricorn - Risk of Rain - Windows, p-Chucklefish, d-Hopoo Games, 2014 (since ported to multiple platforms) - Chris Christodoulou

-Chris's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/AstronautDown/about

1:01:49 - Theme of Virgo - Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land - PS2, p-Atlus, d-Racjin, 2001 - Satoshi Iwasaki, Isao Kasai, Makoto Suehiro, and Kenji Tani

1:09:50 - The Song of Aries - Idola: Phantasy Star Saga - Android/iOS, Sega, 2018 - Kenichi Tokoi

1:16:09 - Murasakioukai ~Pisces~ - Mugen Souls Z - PS3/PC, Idea Factory, 2013 - Kenji Kaneko (game also composed by Tenpei Satou)

1:24:38 - Ophiuchus - Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland - PS3, Gust Co. Ltd., 2010 - Ken Nakagawa (game also composed by Kazuki Yanagawa)

1:35:00 - Feeding the Ducks - That Dragon, Cancer - PC/iOS, Numinous Games, 2016 - Jon Hillman

Very Good Music: Episode 6 Preview

Sat, 02 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Enjoy this taste of the music from the episode dropping next Saturday, May 9th!

This one is intentionally a little mysterious. Send us a comment with your predictions about what the topic will be - or if the topic is too obvious, how about predicting some of the songs we might play, or identifying the songs in this video? You can e-mail your comments to verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com or check out the preview video on YouTube and drop a comment there! Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe!

We'll see you next week!

A Very Special Announcement!

Thu, 30 Apr 2020 05:03:35 +0000

Greetings, Gamers! We have a quick question for you regarding the future of the YouTube channel, but more presently, we are going to be releasing a bonus episode next week! We'll be recording this Sunday, and we'd love to hear from you.

Details are in the audio, but the TLDR is that we'd like to hear from you about games that are perfect for when you're shut up in the house for long periods of time. You can e-mail us a testimonial at verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com, or comment below, or @Shootkapow on Twitter, or you can even leave us a voicemail at our home on Anchor by clicking this link! https://anchor.fm/vgmvgm/message

We'll fill in the gaps to make the episode worthwhile for all of you, but we wouldn't mind filling the entire episode with picks from y'all. You have been a wonderful source of support and encouragement, and we love making this show for you twice every month. Until next time, play very good games, be very good people, and keep listening to Very Good Music!

Music for this episode - "Dr. Mario - Burning Up" by Dj Redlight comes from OC Remix.org.
https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01547
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1MiOtBupJc

Episode 5: Getting a Life with Dusklight

Sat, 25 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Episode 5 – Getting a Life with Dusklight

In this episode, bedroth and Shootkapow are joined by a special guest, Dusklight, who brings with her our theme for this week: the soundtrack to her favorite game, Fantasy Life.

Fantasy Life is an adventure RPG/life sim developed by Level 5 and published worldwide by Nintendo in 2014 for the 3DS (originally published by Level 5 in Japan in 2012). The game was composed in its entirety by Nobuo Uematsu.

We hope you enjoy this wide range of very good music from our first soundtrack showcase. The names of these songs are varied depending on what source you use. The names below are from the official soundtrack, according to VGMDB, except for track 8, Divine Power, which is from the game's DLC. If we referred to the song by a different name in the recording, the name we mentioned is in parentheses.

As always, if you have any comments, questions, or requests, please send them to verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com, or leavea comment below! If you like what you hear, please like, comment, and subscribe, and if you're watching on YouTube, ring that bell to be notified when our next episode comes out! Check out our channel's "About" page for details and links to the sites where you can subscribe to our podcast to take it on the go, as well as original music by bedroth and Shootkapow!

Play-in: Opening Theme

8:52 - Fierce Battle

11:36 - Royal Capital of Castel

15:59 - Tortuga Archipelago Theme

20:06 - Elderwood

26:21 - Job Tune 5

31:45 - Tranquil Scenery (Idyllic landscape)

37:58 - Divine Power

42:00 - Mount Snowpeak Theme

49:55 - Intrigue Theme (Let's go carefree)

55:05 - Hope Theme (Theme of Hope)

59:07 - In a Pinch (The Pinch)

1:03:11 - Circle of Love (Mercenary Celebration Song) - Vocals, Chorus: Yoichi Ichinose / Lyrics: Akihito Toda / Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Electric Bass, Mandolin: Tomori Kudo (ACE)

1:11:48 - Return (Feedback)

1:14:08 - Blooper Reel Music: Terra Nimbus Theme (Sky Island)

Episode 4: You Win! Perfect! Flawless Victory!

Sat, 11 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Episode 4 of Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast! We are your hosts, bedroth and Shootkapow, a father/son duo who love music and video games and especially music IN video games!

In this episode, we take turns playing very good songs from the parts of games where you're celebrating a win - and believe it or not, they don't all come from RPG's! Once again, the songs all follow our One Big Rule: everything has to be Very Good Music!

We hope you enjoy the show. If you have any comments, questions, or requests, please send them to verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com, or leave a comment below!

If you like what you hear, please like, comment, and subscribe, and if you're watching on YouTube, ring that bell to be notified when our next episode comes out! We're currently planning to release every other Saturday, but check back here for news and updates.

Special shout-out to Ben "The Diad" Dishman for his awesome pixel art, now gracing our podcast logo and YouTube channel. Check him out at www.twitter.com/thediad!

Play In: Super Mario RPG – Victory – Yoko Shimomura / Victory Over Culex – Nobuo Uematsu – Nintendo/dev Square – 1996 - SNES

5:19 - Dr. Mario – Vs Victory – Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka – Nintendo – 1990 - NES

7:40 - Persona 5 - Victory - Shoji Meguro - Atlus - 2016 - PS3/PS4

13:08 - Doom – Intermission from Doom – Robert Prince – id Software – 1993 - PC

17:09 - Mega Man 3 - Weapon Get - Bun-Bun (Yasuaki Fujita) & Harumi Fujita - Capcom - 1990 - NES

21:23 - Marvel vs Capcom 3 - Victory – Hideyuki Fukasawa – Capcom – 2011 - Arcade

25:10 - Star Ocean: The Second Story - Strike your Mind - Motoi Sakuraba - Square -1999 - PS3

27:17 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness - Mission Reward – Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ryoma Nakamura, Kenichi Saito – Nintendo/The Pokemon Company – 2007 - DS

31:22 - Pokemon Black/White - Victory! Gym Leader - Junichi Masuda - Nintendo/Game Freak - 2010 - DS

33:31 - Listener Lightning Round, Part 1, featuring picks from listeners Electric Boogaloo, Arker33, techiegeek, and Alex “The Messenger” Messenger

39:11 - Grandia 2 – You Won’t Be Able to Kill Me Just Like That! – Noriyuki Iwadare – Game Arts/Enix/Ubisof – 2000 – Dreamcast, PS2, PC

41:13 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Ness/Lucas Victory and Results - Hideki Sakamoto/Hirokazu Tanaka - Nintendo/Bandai Namco -2019 - Switch

43:11 - Octopath Traveler – Victory Fanfare – Yasunori Nishiki – Square Enix – 2018 – Switch/PC

46:14 - Chrono Trigger - Fanfare 1 - Yasunori Mitsuda - Square - 1995 - SNES

46:46 - Victory (Summer's Cry/A Gift of Spring)/Lucca's Theme - Chrono Cross - Yasunori Mitsuda - Square - 1999 - Playstation

49:07 - Tales of Symphonia - Won the Battle - Motoi Sakuraba - Namco -2003 - Gamecube/PS2

51:35 - Listener Lightning Round, Part 2 featuring picks from listeners middlegray, Neverender, Dan Laughton, and UtopiaNemo

1:01:45 - Tales of the Abyss – Victory Theme – Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura, Motoo Fujiwara – Namco Bandai – 2005 – PS2/3DS

Listener Links:

Arker33: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-DBhX8iDhtfIZOUAgdPew

The Messenger: https://anchor.fm/vgmjourney

middlegray: https://www.twitch.tv/middlegray

Dan Laughton: https://thevillagepersonspodcast.com/

Is this your first VGM podcast? Do you want more? Check out www.vgmpodcasts.com!

Until next time, be very good people, play very good games, and keep listening to very good music! We'll see you next time!

Episode 3: Rivals, Rogues, and Frenemies

Sat, 28 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Ep. 3 Rivals, Rogues, and Frenemies:

Welcome to Episode 3 of Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast! We are your hosts, bedroth and Shootkapow, a father/son duo who love music and video games and especially music IN video games!

This episode is all about those characters in games that you love - or love to hate! Rivals have been around as long as there have been heroes to compete against, or develop a complicated relationship with. From the obscure to the more-beloved-than-the-hero, here are very good themes based on some of our favorite video game rivals!

This one includes a special bonus segment featuring picks from our earliest listeners and good friends from podcast fandom. We're both big fans of lots of other great VGM podcasts, and if we mention them on the show, you should really check them out! No time stamps for the fan-picks-lightning-round. We don't want to spoil the surprises!

We hope you enjoy the show. If you have any comments, questions, or requests, please send them to verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com, or leave a comment below!

If you like what you hear, please like, comment, and subscribe, and ring that bell to be notified when our next episode comes out! We're currently planning to release every other Saturday, but check back here for news and updates.

Reflexez's original Protoman Theme [Blues] video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQdzH2T2nYg

0:57 - The Rival - Shovel Knight - (PC/3DS/Wii U) - 2014 - Jake Kaufman (Virt) [art by arkalpha]

7:02 - Battle with Kratos - Tales of Symphonia (GameCube/PS2) - 2003 - Motoi Sakuraba [art by by Alex Deza Duenas]

16:47 - Kay Faraday, the Great Truth Burglar - Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (DS) - 2009 - Noriyuki Iwadare and Yasuko Yamada [art by Hikaru Musume-Sama]

21:57 - Meta Knight’s Revenge - Kirby Super Star Ultra (DS) - 2008 - Jun Ishikawa [art by by ScepterDPinoy]

28:10 - Noontide - Guilty Gear XX (Arcade/PS2) - 2002 - Daisuke Ishiwatari and Koichi Seiyama [art by Dwelian]

33:04 - Battle with Magus - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - 1995 - Yasunori Mitsuda [art by ObstinateMelon]

38:56 - The Chosen One - Shadow the Hedgehog (Multi-Platform) - 2005 - Tomoya Ohtani [art by Akron117]

45:28 - Rival Theme/Final Battle (Champion) - Pokemon Red/Blue (Game Boy) - 1996 - Junichi Masuda [art by EndBlack]

51:02 - Theme of Riku - Kingdom Hearts (PS2) - 2002 - Yoko Shimomura [art by kuchinawa]

54:47 - Ken’s Theme Remix - Super Smash Bros for Wii U - 2014 - Yoko Shimomura/Ryo Hamamoto [art by GENZOMAN]

1:02:11 - Powerful Rivals - Dragon Ball Z: SuperSonic Warriors (GBA) - 2004 - Kennosuke Suemura [art by chibimaronchan]

1:07:25 - Theme of Dark Pit - Kid Icarus: Uprising (3DS) - 2012 - Motoi Sakuraba [art by TheMetalicDarkSonic]

1:11:17 - Groose's Theme - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii) - 2011 - Hajime Wakai, Shiho Fujii, Mahito Yokota, Takeshi Hama [art by LethargicDuality]

1:17:19 - Star Wolf - Star Fox Zero (Wii U) - 2016 - Rei Kondoh [art by SupaCrikeyDave]

1:22:26 - We Are the Three Bonne Siblings - Mega Man Legends (PlayStation) - 1997 - Makoto Tomozawa [art by SweetLittleCavities]

1:27:38 - Listener Picks Lightning Round

1:40:51 Protoman Theme [Blues] - Mega Man 3 (NES) - 1990 - Yasuaki Fujita (Bun Bun) and Harumi Fujita (remix by Reflexez) [art by MegaRyan104]

Episode 1: Insert Coin, Press Start!

Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Episode 1: Insert Coin, Press Start!

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast! We are your hosts, bedroth and Shootkapow, a father/son duo who love music and video games and especially music IN video games!

This episode is an exploration of title screen music we love from games that one or both of us have played, running the gamut from the Game Boy all the way up to the Switch!

We hope you enjoy the show. If you have any comments, questions, or requests, please send them to verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com, or leave a comment below! You can also leave us an audio testimonial at https://anchor.fm/undefined/message!

If you like what you hear, please rate, review, and subscribe, and if you’re watching on YouTube, ring that bell to be notified when our next episode comes out! We're currently planning to release every other Saturday, but check back here for news and updates.

Is this your first VGM podcast? Do you want more? Check out http://www.vgmpodcasts.com!

0:15 Title Screen - Tetris (Game Boy) - 1989 - Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka

6:05- Main Theme - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wii U/Switch) - 2017 - Hajime Wakai

11:42 MONOX - Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U) - 2015 - Hiroyuki Sawano

17:04 Chrono Trigger - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - 1995 - Yasunori Mitsuda

23:28 Title Theme - Uniracers (SNES) - 1994 - Colin Anderson

29:39 Main Theme - Hollow Knight (PC) - 2017 - Christopher Larkin

33:52 Main Theme - Shovel Knight (PC/3DS/Wii U) - 2014 - Jake Kaufman (Virt)

39:22 Cave Story Theme - Cave Story (PC) - 2004 - Daisuke Amaya (Pixel)

44:56 Title Theme - Journey to Silius (NES) - 1990 - Naoki Kodaka

49:27- Intro - Mega Man 3 (NES) - 1990 - Yasuaki Fujita (Bun Bun) and Harumi Fujita

54:23 Title Screen - Pokemon Shield (Switch) - 2019 - Minako Adachi and Go Ichinose

1:02:44 Title - (Earthbound) SNES - Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki

1:06:48 Title - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GameCube) - 2002 - Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, Toru Minegishi, and Koji Kondo

1:14:17 Main Title - Tetris & Dr. Mario (SNES) - 1994 - Kazumi Totaka

Podcast Trailer

Wed, 11 Mar 2020 03:00:00 +0000

Welcome Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast! We are your hosts, bedroth and Shootkapow, a father/son duo who love music and video games and especially music IN video games!

Join us as we travel together through the wide world of VGM across multiple genres, platforms, and console generations. Of course, it all follows our one big rule: everything has to be Very Good Music!

If you have any comments, questions, or requests, please send them to verygoodmusicvgm@gmail.com, or leave a comment on YouTube! Check out the "About" page on YouTube for links to Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, our home on Anchor, and original music by bedroth and music and sprite work by @Shootkapow!

We're both big fans of lots of other great VGM podcasts, and if we mention them on the show, you should really check them out at www.vgmpodcasts.com!

Shout out to Ben "The Diad" Dishman for his help with the awesome pixel art for our show! Check out his stuff @TheDiad!