Okay, pt 1 turned out to be a backwards episode after all, didn’t it (who could’ve predicted?!) But that doesn’t mean that pt 2 has to be that too, right? Maybe pt 2 will be about VGM which uses the fibonacci sequence to reinforce fourier operations in Fortnite. Or maybe a sob story about how a chip shortage on the YM2612 is resulting in poachers hunting and killing Sega Genesis…es… to harvest their YM2612 chips for boutique jewelry. Or heck, maybe it’s just the Excitebike soundtrack. I guess you’ll just have to find out, won’t you?

Tracklist (all tracks are playing in reverse)

Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - From “best-of-year-in-review” episode# (year(s)) - Timestamp

A1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) Trouble Town Tunnels - Lovely Planet Remix - PC - Satsuma Audio - C1R6a (2023) - 00:02:50

02) Main Theme - Mr. Run and Jump - Multiplatform - Fat Bard and/or Andrew P. Masson - C1R8 (2025) - 00:04:56

03) Green Hill Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog - Masato Nakamura - C1R7 (2024) - 00:06:58

04) The Power of GT - Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - Yudai Saitoh - C1R7 (2024) - 00:08:38

05) Ending - Spider-Man / X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge - SNES - Tim and/or Geoff Follin - C1R8 (2025) - 00:12:41

06) Evil Bug Judgment Squad - N/A (Battle of the Bits Community Original Chiptune) - N/A (Wildchip) - Diagamblic - C1E55b (2019) - 00:13:57

07) Dice Dance Days - Gunstar Heroes - Genesis - Norio Hanzawa - C1R7 (2024) - 00:16:50

08) The Entrance to Hell - Snatcher - PC Engine - The Konami Kukeiha Club - C1E55b (2019) - 00:19:00

09) Level 1 - Bloody Wolf - TG16 - Azusa Hara, Hiroaki Yoshida, Tatsuta Kiuchi, Hitomi Komatsu, Shuuji Segawa, Shogo Sakai, Takafumi Miura, Yuji Suzuki, and/or Yusuke Takahama - C1E55b (2019) - 00:20:48

10) Main Theme - Youkai Douchuuki - PC Engine - Hiroyuki Kawada - C1E55b (2019) - 00:22:47

11) Velvet Fog - N/A (Battle of the Bits Community Original Chiptune) - Genesis - Warlord - C1E55b (2019) - 00:25:30

12) Gambit - Spider-Man / X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge - SNES - Tim and/or Geoff Follin - C1E70a (2022) - 00:26:48

13) Neo Kobe Steel Factory - Contra III: The Alien Wars - SNES - Miki Higashino, Masanori Adachi, Tappi Iwase, and/or Aki Hata - C1E70a (2022) - 00:30:50

14) The Demons from Adrian’s Pen - DOOM - PC - Bobby Prince - C1R7 (2024) - 00:34:34

15) Metroid Prime Battle - Metroid Prime - GameCube - Kenji Yamamoto and/or Kouichi Kyuma - C1E70a (2022) - 00:37:10

16) Hurry! - Final Fantasy X - PS2 - Masashi Hamauzu - C1E70a (2022) - 00:39:55

17) Cabin - Friday the 13th - NES - Hirohiko Takayama - C1E70a (2022) - 00:42:22

18) Marseille City - Kuusou Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy - PC Engine - Kouhei Tanaka, and/or Kazuhio Sawada - C1E55b (2019) - 00:43:54

19) Sirena Beach - Super Mario Sunshine - GameCube - Kōji Kondō, and/or Shinobu Tanaka - C1E70a (2022) - 00:46:17

20) Dry Desert Sky - Two Dots - iOS / Android - Upright T-Rex - C1E70a (2022) - 00:48:33

21) Ghost Valley - N/A (Super Mario Kart Album / originally Super Mario Kart) - N/A (originally SNES) - c: Soya Oka / a: [VGM Cover Band] “The OneUps” - C1E70a (2022) - 00:50:29

22) Nocturne - 3D Museum - LaserActive - Goh Hotoda - C1E70a (2022) - 00:53:40

23) This is your Story - Final Fantasy X - PS2 - Masashi Hamauzu - C1E70a (2022) - 00:55:52

24) White Summit Probe Naberius - Phantasy Star Online 2 - Multiplatform - Hideaki Kobayashi, Mitsuharu Fukuyama, Kenichi Tokoi, Tadashi Kinukawa, and/or Chihiro Aoki - C1R7 (2024) - 00:58:00

25) Anxious Heart - Final Fantasy VII - PS1 - Nobuo Uematsu - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 01:05:24

26) Everything’s Going to be Okay - Prey - Multiplatform - Mick Gordon - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 01:09:18

27) Home - n++ - Multiplatform - Marcel Dettman - C1R7 (2024) - 01:11:53

28) Surrender - n++ - Multiplatform - Sam KDC - C1E70a (2022) - 01:16:58

29) Moth and Cortisone - 3D Museum - LaserActive - Tasuaki Shimizu - C1E70a (2022) - 01:22:52

30) All About the Girl - Gran Turismo Sport - PS4 - Lenny Ibizarre - C1E55b (2019) - 01:27:08

31) Shower Curtain - n++ - Multiplatform - Planet Boelex - C1E55b (2019) - 01:31:08

32) Love and Peace - Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - Kemmei Adachi - C1R7 (2024) - 01:37:39

33) Swampy’s Course 1 - Where’s my Water - iOS / Android - Unknown - C1R6a (2023) - 01:41:53

34) Velocity Regression - Stray - Multiplatform - Yann Van der Cruyssen - C1R6a (2023) - 01:44:05

35) Industrius - Jazz Jackrabbit - PC - Robert A. Allen and/or Joshua Jensen - C1R6a (2023) - 01:46:26

36) Rusty Ruin Zone: Act 2 - Sonic 3D Blast - Saturn - Richard Jacques - C1R6a (2023) - 01:50:11

37) Starshell - Futuri no Fantavision - PS2 - Soichi Terada - C1R7 (2024) - 01:53:33

38) Splash Down - Ristar - Genesis - Tomoko Sasaki - C1R8 (2025) - 01:55:26

39) Busy Flare - Ristar - Genesis - Tomoko Sasaki - C1R6a (2023) - 01:58:12

40) Starmine - Fantavision (JP) - PS2 - Soichi Terada - C1R7 (2024) - 02:00:48

41) Flirty Write 1 [Fixy Text] - Jackbox Party Pack 10 - Multiplatform - Kelly Shuda - C1R8 (2025) - 02:04:55

42) Fascination Io Stage - Zero Divide - PS1 / PC - Hideyuki Shimono, and/or Akihito Okawa - C1R8 (2025) - 02:05:55

43) Mission 5 - Shadow Squadron - 32X - Teruhiko Nakagawa and/or Masaru Setsumaru - C1E55b (2019) - 02:08:58

44) Knight’s Guild - Wizards and Warriors 3 - NES - David Wise - C1E55b (2019) - 02:10:38

45) Results Theme (aka Record of Samus) - Metroid Prime - GameCube - c: Hirakazu (“Hip”) Tanaka / a: Kenji Yamamoto - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:12:23

46) Track 7 - Keio Flying Squadron - Sega CD - Tsukasa Tawada - C1E70a (2022) - 02:15:19

47) Intro - Fantavision (NA) - PS2 - Soichi Terada - C1E55b (2019) - 02:19:43

48) Vote 2 [Drawful Animate] - Jackbox Party Pack 8 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - C1R8 (2025) - 02:20:13

49) Sudden Beautiful Lie - Danganronpa V3 - PC / PS4 / Vita - Masafumi Takada - C1R7 (2024) - 02:22:17

50) Tear-Stained Eyes - Snatcher - Sega CD / PC Engine - Konami Kukeiha Club - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:26:10

B1) Outro - 02:31:00

Mixtape Runtime: 02:28:18 / Total Episode Runtime: 02:43:33

And with that, we hope you have enjoyed Nerd Noise Radio’s final foray into the April Fool’s series. Special outro music is First time Setup from the Switch 2 - composed by Kazumi Totaka (and might I add, one of the biggest teases in the history of video games for Switch 2 adopters like myself who still missed the music-filled Wii and WiiU system suites and were given a little jolt of false hope by it for the new system).

Here is a link to a document which contains details (and links) on every previous NNR April Fools outing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K2I0F04kBy4vEAKLAfY3QrIEHVvr9uOIuTJBepoI39c/edit?usp=sharing

As well as this link to the spreadsheet I used to plan out these two episodes (apologies for the partially corrupted data. I’m not even sure how that happened). :-D

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sVAx-IQdvs1gXuB0nA7bJX1yepXAx47fTb5Y5GsPNlQ/edit?usp=sharing

NOTE: I had intended to pull from not just “St. John” episodes, but from every best-of episode 2019-2025, but ran into my 100 before even getting to the non-St. John episodes. I’ll include reversed copies of each mixtape (both used and unused) on this spreadsheet as SUPER BONUSES over on Archive as well as “Backtracks UNBACKED” and “Backtracks - Back-to-Front”. So you can hear everything I heard in the process of putting this together.

Intro and outro recorded on Shure SM7B dynamic microphone running through a Cloudlifter Preamp through the Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB audio interface into a mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Linux. 

Pt 1 released simultaneously to Pt 2.

Tracklist (all tracks are playing in reverse)

Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - From “best-of-year-in-review” episode# (year(s)) - Timestamp

A1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) Funky Radio [In-Game version] - Jet Grind Radio - Dreamcast - B.B. Rights - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 00:02:10

02) Thin Holidays - Rage In Peace - Multiplatform - Peonies - C1R6a (2023) - 00:05:32

03) Sky High - Daytona USA - Saturn - Tanobu Mitsuyoshi and David Leytze - C1E55b (2019) - 00:08:14

04) Signs of Love - Persona IV - PS2 - Shoji Meguro - C1E65a (2020/2021)  - 00:12:47

05) Suitcase - Stray - Multiplatform - Yann Van der Cruyssen - C1R6a (2023) - 00:15:40

06) The Beginning - Vampire Survivors - Multiplatform - William Davies, elrond504, PlayOnLoop, Daniela Zandara, Filippo Vicarelli, and/or Lorenzo Floro - C1R6a (2023) - 00:17:46

07) Bonus - Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore - Multiplatform - Button Masher (aka Jake Silverman) - C1R8 (2025) - 00:20:20

08) Results Parade - Check Mii Out Channel - Wii - Kazumi Totaka C1E65a (2020/2021) - 00:22:16

09) Mission 2 - Double Dragon 2 - PC Engine - Hiroyuki Togo - C1E55b (2019) - 00:24:21

10) Club Tigre - Final Vendetta - Multiplatform - C1R7 (2024) - 00:27:23

11) USA Race 2 - Trickstyle - Dreamcast / PC - Richard Beddow - C1E70a (2022) - 00:30:44

12) Gettin’ Freaky - Friday Night Funkin / aka Music Battle - iOS / Android - Kawaii Sprite - C1R8 (2025) - 00:33:54

13) Lobby [Monster Seeking Monster] - Jackbox Party Pack 4 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - C1R8 (2025) - 00:36:40

14) Menu - Fast Fusion - Switch 2 - Bjulin and/or Francisco Cerda - C1R8 (2025) - 00:39:33

15) Endscreen - Final Vendetta - Multiplatform - Futurecast and/or Utah Saints - C1R8 (2025) - 00:42:57

16) Toad’s Turnpike - Mario Kart 64 - N64 - Kenta Nagata, Taroh Bandoh, and/or Yoji Inagaki - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 00:45:39

17) Jus’ Dance (Sole Channel Mix) - Gran Turismo Sport - PS4 - Mr. V - C1E70a (2022) - 00:48:29

18) Eccentric Detective - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - C1R8 (2025) - 00:55:57

19) Disrupted Planets (Map 2) - Super Bomberman 3 - SNES - c: Jun Chikuma / a: Keita Hoshi - C1R6a (2023) - 00:58:45

20) Fonction - n++ - Multiplatform - Broca - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 01:04:41

21) [SLOW*] Fonction - n++ - Multiplatform - Broca - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 01:11:33 (*= Slowed version from C1E57: “Slow Jams” - April Fool’s 2021 episode of slowed down VGM).

22) Stage 2-2 - Ai Chou Aniki - PC Engine - Iwasaki Taku - C1E55b (2019) - 01:21:25

23) Non-Linear Reliance - Blue Reflection: Second Light - Multiplatform - Hayato Asano - C1R8 (2025) - 01:24:12

24) Earth - Lords of Magic - PC - Keith Zizza - C1R8 (2025) - 01:28:15

25) Electrifying Tension - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - C1R8 (2025) - 01:32:19

26) Voices of Urdak - DOOM Eternal - Multiplatform - Mick Gordon - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 01:34:57

27) The Icon of Sin - DOOM Eternal - Multiplatform - Mick Gordon - C1E70a (2022) - 01:41:04

28) Mission 6 - Double Dragon 2 - PC Engine - Hiroyuki Togo - C1E55b (2019) - 01:46:27

29) Snif City - Paper Mario: The Origami King - Switch - Shoh Marakami, Yoshiaki Kimura, Hiroki Moishita, and/or Fumihiro Isobe - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 01:49:07

30) Stage 1-3 - Ai Chou Aniki - PC Engine - Iwasaki Taku - C1E55b (2019) - 01:52:03

31) Attack the Barbarian - Streets of Rage - Genesis - Yuzu Koshiro - C1R7 (2024) - 01:55:33

32) Firestarter (Instrumental) - WipEout XL - PS1 - The Prodigy - C1R6a (2023) - 01:58:30

33) Jurassic Dope - Contra: The Hard Corps - Genesis - Hiroshi Kobayashi, Akira Sōji, Kenji Miyaoka, Michiru Yamane, Akira Yamaoka, and/or Hirofumi Taniguchi - C1R6a (2023) - 02:03:07

34) Kraft und Licht - n++ - Multiplatform - Len Faki - C1R7 (2024) - 02:06:13

35) Norfair - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Switch - c: Hirokazu ("Hip") Tanaka / a: Yuzo Koshiro - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:12:56

36) Freak You Out - Vay - Sega CD - Shigeki Sako - C1E70a (2022) - 02:15:27

37) Balom Dungeon - Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom - Switch / Switch 2 - Masato Ohashi, Manaka Kataoka, Chisaki Hosaka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, Ryotaro Yagi, and/or Azusa Kato - C1R8 (2025) - 02:17:24

38) Forest of Elrond - Wizards and Warriors - NES - David Wise - C1R7 (2024) - 02:20:27

39) Got Well Soon - Life is Strange - Multiplatform - Breton - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:22:28

40) Zebra Bananza - Donkey Kong Bananza - Switch 2 - Daisuke Matsuoka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, and/or Tsukasa Usui - C1R8 (2025) - 02:27:09

41) PerfecT Shape - to a T - PC / XBSX - c: Sakai Asuka and/or Keita Takahashi / v: Sam Bird - C1R8 (2025) - 02:29:22

42) Star Guitar - Lumines II - PSP - The Chemical Bros. - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:30:53

43) Quiet - Edge - Multiplatform - Richard Malot - C1R6 (2023) - 02:37:02

44) Prime #5 - Echochrome - PSP / PS3 - Hideki Sakamoto - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:39:32

45) Kara Kara Bazaar - LoZ: Breath of the Wild - WiiU / Switch - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, and/or Yasuaki Iwata - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:42:45

46) I Came I Saw - N/A (Battle of the Bits Community Original Chiptune) - SNES - KungFuFurby - C1E55b (2019) - 02:44:43

47) Heleosphere (Menu Music) - N/A (System Music) - A500 Mini - Chris Smith - C1R6a (2023) - 02:50:11

48) Taste of Blood - Portal - Multiplatform - Kelly Baily and/or Mike Morasky - C1R7 (2024) - 02:53:50

49) Kris VR - Burn Cycle - CD-i - Simon Boswell - C1E6a (2023) - 02:56:48

50) Dreiton - Minecraft - Multiplatform - C148 - C1R6a (2023) - 03:01:06

B1) Outro - 03:08:50

Mixtape Runtime: 03:06:51 / Total Episode Runtime: 03:21:24 Our now customary April Fool’s episode outro music is Malo Mart, from LoZ: Twilight Princess on GameCube, Wii, and WiiU (and maybe eventually, Switch 2) composed by Tōru Minegishi, Asuka Hayazaki, and/or Kōji Kondō. Special thanks to St. Jodee, St. August, and St. Wyatt for joining me in the outro. Intro was recorded on Shure SM7B dynamic microphone running through a Cloudlifter Preamp for superior sound quality. Outro was recorded on AudioTechnica AT2020 condenser microphone for better ability to pick up sounds further away from the mic (important when capturing four different people standing or sitting varying distances away from it). All were recorded using the Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB audio interface into a mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Linux Pt 2 releases simultaneously to Pt 1.

Tracklist 

Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Originally Selected By / Originally from Episode(s) / Timestamp 

A1) Intro - 00:00:00 

01) Earth -  Lords of Magic - PC - Keith Zizza - St. John - C1E96 - 00:04:34 

02) Balom Dungeon - LoZ: Echoes of Wisdom - Switch - Masato Ohashi, Manaka Kataoka, Chisaki Hosaka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, Ryotaro Yagi, and/or Azusa Kato - St. John - C1E93 - 00:08:41 

03) Ending - Spider-Man / X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge - SNES - Tim and/or Geoff Follin - St. John - C1E100 - 00:11:45 

04) PerfecT Shape - to a T - Multiplatform - c: Sakai Asuka and/or Keita Takahashi / v: Sam Bird - St. John - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 00:13:03 

05) Fascination Io Stage - Zero Divide - PS1/PC - Hideyuki Shimono, and/or Akihito Okawa - Electric Boogaloo - C1E99 - 00:14:34 

06) Bonus - Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore - Multiplatform - Button Masher (aka Jake Silverman) - St. John - C1E92 - 00:17:39 

07) Eccentric Detective - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - St. John - Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 00:19:28 

08) Rap Loop 15 [from Mad Verse City] - Jackbox Party Pack 5 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - St. John - C1E94 - 00:22:16 

09) Endscreen - Final Vendetta - Multiplatform - Futurecast and/or Utah Saints - St. John - C1E91 - 00:23:10 

10) Gettin’ Freaky - Friday Night Funkin (aka Music Battle) - iOS / Android - Kawai Sprite - St. John - Ch. F (“One for Wyatt”) - 00:25:53 

11) Menu - Fast Fusion - Switch 2 - Bjulin and/or Francisco Cerda - St. John - C1E98 - 00:28:33 

12) Shame (aka “The Shameful Last Minute”) - Edge - Multiplatform - Romain Gauthier - St. John - C1E96 - 00:31:59 

13) O.M.I.S.E. - Super Hydlide - Genesis - Shigeru Tomita - St. John - C1E91 - 00:35:01 

14) Main Theme - Mr. Run and Jump - Multiplatform - Fat Bard and/or Andrew P. Masson - St. John - C1E96 - 00:36:49 

15) Zebra Bananza - Donkey Kong Bananza - Switch 2 - Daisuke Matsuoka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, and/or Tsukasa Usui - Trey Johnson - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 00:38:50 

16) Horizons Unbound - Sea of Stars - Multiplatform - Eric W. Brown - Jeshua Lack - C1E99 - 00:40:56 

17) Ending - Gunstar Heroes - Genesis - Norio Hanzawa - St. John - C1E100 - 00:44:05 

18) Promoted Attack - Shining Force II - Genesis - Motoaki Takenouchi - St. John - C1E95 - 00:47:39 

19) Level 1 [from Velgress] - UFO 50 - Multiplatform - Eirik Suhrke - Trey Johnson - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 00:48:50 

20) Aqueduct - Lagrange Point - Famicom (VRC7) - Akio Dobashi, Noriyuki Takahashi, Aki Hata, Makoto Kawamoto, Kenji Nakamura, and/or Tadashi Sawashita - St. John - C1E98 - 00:50:40 

21) Norrin Swamp [B-Side] - Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore - Multiplatform - Button Masher (aka Jake Silverman) - St. John - C1E92 - 00:52:47 

22) Fire Temple Phase 2 - LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, Tsukasa Usui, Maasa Miyoshi, and/or Masato Ohashi - St. John - C1E98 - 00:54:51 

23) Whimsical Waypoint - Two Dots - iOS / Android - Upright T-Rex - St. John - C1E98 - 00:58:16 

24) Hollow - Lucid 9 - PC - Ultra Kitsune - St. John - Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 01:00:21 

25) Lobby [from Split the Room] - Jackbox Party Pack 5 - Multiplatform - Brian Chard - St. John - C1E94 - 01:03:56 

26) Maridia (Drifting Sands) - Super Metroid - SNES - Kenji Yamamoto and/or Minako Hamano - St. John - C1E97 - 01:06:40 

27) Electrifying Tension - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - St. John - Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 01:10:35 

28) Attacking Vah Rudania - LoZ: Breath of the Wild - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, and/or Yasuaki Iwata - St. John - C1E98 - 01:13:22 

29) Non-Linear Reliance - Blue Reflection: Second Light - Multiplatform - Hayato Asano - St. John - C1E93 - 01:15:52 

30) Hinterwald Dungeon Explore - Dungeons of Hinterberg - Multiplatform - David Zahradnicek, and/or Markus Zahradnicek - St. John - C1E96 - 01:19:57 

31) Title - Cyber Shadow - Multiplatform - Enrique Martin - Justin Regan - C1E99 - 01:23:14 

32) Gerudo Town Night - LoZ: Breath of the Wild / Tears of the Kingdom - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, and/or Yasuaki Iwata - St. John - C1E98 - 01:26:05 

33) Komorebi - Minecraft - Multiplatform - Kumi Tanioka - St. John - C1E93 - 01:29:19 

34) North Point Mall - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - PS2 / PC - Lex Horton - St. John (originally submitted for Hearts of Space “Game Scores 2” candidacy by Hugues) - C1E98 - 01:33:46 

35) Credits [from Fibbage 3] - Jackbox Party Pack 4 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - St. John - C1E94 - 01:38:06 

36) Lobby [from Monster Seeking Monster] - Jackbox Party Pack 4 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - St. John - C1E94 - 01:40:39 

37) Delirious Acting - Pseudoregalia - PC - potatoTero - St. John - C1E96 - 01:43:36 

38) Type 2 - ThunderBlade - Arcade - Koichi Namiki - St. John - C1E93 - 01:45:33 

39) Ending Theme - X-Men - Arcade - Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano , and/or Ayako Nishigaki - St. John - C1E100 - 01:48:36 

40) Flirty Write 1 [from Fixy Text] - Jackbox Party Pack 10 - Multiplatform - Kelly Shuda - St. John - C1E94 - 01:50:56 

41) Splash Down - Ristar - Genesis - Tomoko Sasaki - St. John - C1E98 - 01:51:59 

42) Vote 2 [from Drawful Animate] - Jackbox Party Pack 8 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - St. John - C1E94 - 01:54:44 

43) Lively Town - Shining Force II - Genesis - Motoaki Takenouchi - St. John - C1E91 - 01:56:47 

44) Royal Capital of Grancel - Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC - Multiplatform - Wataru Ishibashi - Trey Johnson - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 02:00:12 

45) Buy Mode 1 - The Sims - PC - Jerry Martin and/or Marc Russo - St. John - C1E95 - 02:03:24 

46) Shop (Japan) - Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone - Arcade - Akira Inoue and/or Takaro Nozaki - St. John - C1E93 - 02:06:03 

47) Equanimity - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - St. John - C1E96 / Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 02:07:32 

48) Water Temple 1 - LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom - Switch / Switch 2 - Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, and/or Tsukasa Usui - St. John - Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 02:12:04 

49) Into the Darkness - Astal - Saturn - Tatsuyuki Maeda, and/or Tatsuya Kōzaki - Electric Boogaloo - C1E99 - 02:14:22 

50) ZENITH - MAKRANA (pre-release) - Multiplatform - Matt Miller - Matt Miller - Ch. F (“MAKRANA Soundtrack”) - 02:17:36 

B1) Outro - 02:20:53 

Music Block Runtime: 02:16:28 / Total Episode Runtime: 02:37:51 

Our customary Channel 1 intro and outro music, which did not appear today is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio, on the Sega Dreamcast - composed by BB Rights. Our special year-in-review intro and outro music are, respectively, Results Theme from Metroid Prime on the GameCube, composed by Kenji Yamamoto, and Results Parade, from the Check Mii Out Channel on the Wii, composed by Kazumi Totaka. 

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Workstation Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14 (2023) gaming laptop. Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface!    LINK TO SPREADSHEETS:    1) List of every single track featured in calendar 2025 (which, despite the 2026 release date, includes this episode). 560 total tracks, 508 unique tracks. Also includes details on the offer to produce a "Best of 2025 – Listener Picks" F-isode given sufficient listener will and engagement:    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nXPBlCjKp2q0HKjmRG3JUPjLTfLpoRX24Wk2Os938hg/edit?usp=sharing 

2) Spreadsheet showing St. John's journey trying to narrow said 508 tracks down to the just 50 track limit of this episode. Also contains info about a few Archive-exclusise SUPER BONUS episodes, which, combined, contain all 265 tracks in St. John's original "grab everything [from the 508] that sounds good" list. To see the details on the potential SUPER BONUSES, continue scrolling right beyond where it looks like the spreadsheet ends:    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12l6fdL71EV_ZdRmq-CK_JLvNPXM5b4J66kcvmlAQleA/edit?usp=sharing 

You can also find all of our audio episodes on https://archive.org/details/@nerd_noise_radio as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content. 

We are now a member podcast as well. You can find us there at  https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio. Also, check out their outstanding collection of other podcasts and radio stations at https://terraplayer.com/! From now on, when sharing episodes of Nerd Noise Radio, I will most likely use the Terra Player link rather than the Podbean link like I have been using. 

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:  

https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio 

Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here: 

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. 

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans/ 

We are also a member of Podcasters of Des Moines at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1782895868426870/ 

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:  

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom. 

Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory. 

Or you can reach us by e-mail at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com 

You can also follow us on Threads at https://www.threads.net/@nerdnoiseradio , Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nerdnoiseradio?igsh=MWF4NjBpdGVxazUxYw== , Mastodon at https://universeodon.com/@NerdNoiseRadio , and BlueSky at  And we are also now on TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Vurbl, Amazon Music and Audible!  

But frankly, probably the absolute best way you can connect with us is on our new Discord Channel: "Nerd Noise Radio – Channel D", which includes various sub-channels for all sorts of different types of connection and conversation:     https://discord.gg/GUWdaXUw 

Thanks for listening! Join us again sometime in the next few months for C1F1 (Channel 1, Finale 1): "The Diamond Episode - pt 1: "popular picks" (my best attempt at emulating a "Listener Picks" episode) focusing on Episodes 51-100, its sister episode, C1F2: "The Diamond Episode – pt 2: Personal Picks" (an unabashedly "St. John's picks" outing on the same subject), and a pair of relevant reruns from 2019 on the history of episodes 1-50 in a nearly identical format, where, between the four episodes, the entire history of Nerd Noise Radio – Channel 1 will be covered! Lastly, be on the lookout (and keep your guard up) for a probable F-isode....suspiciously releasing on April 1st - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N! 

Cheers! 

Today’s Broadcast is C2E16 for Theme Thursday, March 7th, 2024. Today’s theme is vocal music from video games, on a program we’re calling “Songs with Words”. BE SURE TO CATCH OUR SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TOWARDS THE END OF THE EPISODE!! (It’s highlighted in the show notes!)

Tracklist

Track# / Track Name / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Vocalist / Selected by

01) Shenhua (Vocal Version) - Shenmue - Dreamcast - c: Ryuji Iuichi (music) and Yumi Asada (lyrics) / a: Hayato Matsuo (orchestration) - Ioli - Hugues

a) Earcatcher - 00:00:00 b) Music - 00:00:08 c) Introduction - 00:04:12 d) Top of Show Business - 00:04:39 e) Discussion - 00:14:56  

02) Connected (Yours Forever) - Tetris Effect: Connected - Multiplatform - Hydelic - Kate Brady - St. John

a) Music - 00:18:28 b) Discussion - 00:24:03  

03) Melodies of Life (English Version) - Final Fantasy IX - PS1 - Nobuo Uematsu (music) and Hioyuki Ito (lyrics) / a: Shiro Hamaguchi - Emiko Shiratori - Hugues

a) Music - 00:28:34 b) Discussion - 00:34:30  

04) Sky High - Daytona USA - Saturn - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (music) and David R. Leytze (lyrics) - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi - St. John

a) Music - 00:40:45 b) Discussion - 00:45:33  

05) Instructor Mooselini's Rap - PaRappa the Rapper - PS1 - Izumi Amano and/or Ryu Watanabe - John Simpson III and Saundra Williams - Hugues

a) Music - 00:50:35 b) Discussion - 00:52:43  

06) My Intellivision - Intellivision Lives - Multiplatform - Tom Kahelin and/or Michael Schwartz - Michael Schwartz (?) - St. John

a) Music - 00:56:50 b) Discussion - 01:01:33  

07) Sea of Love - It Came from the Desert - TG16 - Kenneth Melville - Terence Kirby - Hugues

a) Music - 01:05:28 b) Discussion - 01:07:51  

08) Volver a Comenzar - Little Big Planet - PS3 - Cafe Tabvca - Cafe Tabvca - St. John

[NOTE: I failed to sync this track up to the vocal portion where we do the "this part right here" thing. My apologies! - St. John]

a) Music - 01:14:01 b) Discussion - 01:22:18  

09) A Crimson Rose and a Gin Tonic - Katamari Damacy  PS2 - Asuka Sakai - Ado Mizumori - Hugues

[NOTE: Same as the above track - missed the "this part right here" thing. - St. John]

a) Music - 01:25:23 b) Discussion - 01:30:01  

10) Sonic Boom (Ending Version) - Sonic CD (N/A) - Sega CD - Spencer Nilsen, Mark Young, and/or Pastiche - Pastiche - St. John

a) Music - 01:33:16 b) Discussion - 01:37:02  

11) Sora wo Miagete (Ending Version) - Trails in the Sky the 3rd - PSP - c: Takahiro Unisuga / a: Yukihiro Jindo - Kanako Kotera - Hugues

a) Music - 01:41:18 b) Discussion - 01:47:26  

12) Always Been but Never Dreamed - Tetris Effect: Connected - Multiplatform - Hydelic - Kate Brady - St. John

[NOTE: This time I caught the "this moment right here" thing. Hooray! - St. John]

a) Music - 01:51:04 b) Discussion - 01:55:38  

13) Everything's Alright - To the Moon - PC - Ken Gao and/or Laura Shigihara - Laura Shigihara - Hugues

a) Music - 02:01:12 b) Discussion - 02:04:46 c) End of Show Business - 02:14:40 d) Oddie HD Updates - 02:19:42 e) MOAR End of Show Business - 02:20:37 f) *****OUR BIG CH 2 ANNOUNCEMENT***** - 02:22:36 g) EVEN MORE End of Show Banter - 02:26:12 h) Closing Track Discussion - 02:30:35 i) Sign-Off - 02:32:12  

14) Still Alive - Portal - Multiplatform - Jonathan Coulton - Ellen McClain (as GLaDOS) - St. John

a) Music - 02:32:42 b) Outtakes - 02:35:35 c) [Audio-Only] The Debut YouTube Video of Oddie HD (the complete, unabridged audio) - 02:43:51  

Total Episode Runtime: 02:54:34

Retro Game Club can be found here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-game-club/id1453018680

You can also follow Retro Game Club on Facebook and Instagram @retrogameclubpodcast and on Twitter @rgcpodcast.

Hugues’ blog can be found here: 

https://huguesjohnson.com/

Referenced Article about “Sea of Love”: https://www.tg-16.com/Lyrics_for_It_Came_From_the_Desert.htm 

You can find Nerd Noise Radio on Facebook and on Twitter each @NerdNoiseRadio. There are also two Facebook Groups: Nerd Noise Radio “Easy Mode” where we just have general video game and nerd fun, or for the gearheads among you, Nerd Noise Radio “Expert Mode” where we deep dive sound hardware, composer info, and music theory. 

You can find the blog at www.nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. Where we sometimes share additional show notes, and inside info. You can also find Nerd Noise Radio on Archive.org, where we have remixes and super bonuses only available there (such as a music-only alternative version of today’s show).

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the Retro Junkies community, which can be found at www.theretrojunkies.com. And we are a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community on Facebook. St. John is also the admin of the Podcasters of Des Moines Facebook group, which features a number of other podcasters and great programs from the greater Des Moines area.

Thanks for listening! Join us again later this month for C1E82: “Run and/or Gun”! Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds. And wherever you are - Fly the N!

It’s the Dawning of a new Era! You are Tuned to Nerd Noise Radio – Channel 2! Today’s inaugural installment is C2E1, for Theme Thursday, Sept 17th, 2020. Today’s theme is “Songs of the Pandemic”.  

Track# - Track – Game – System – Composer(s) - Selected By – Timestamp 

01: The Runaway (City on the Horizon – Instrumental) - 198X – Multi – Daniel Rosenqvist and/or Anton Dromberg (UFD?) - St. John 

a: Music / Intro: 00:00:00 

b: Conversation: 00:03:47 

02: Overdrive – Saturday Morning RPG – Multi – Vince DiCola and/or Kenny Merideth - Hugues 

a: Music: 00:11:05 

b: Conversation: 00:13:19 

03: Unholy Impact – Mother Russia Bleeds – Multi – Fixions – St. John 

a: Music: 00:19:10 

b: Conversation: 00:24:28 

04: The Abyss – Trails in the Sky the 3rd - PC / PSP – Hayoto Sonoda - Hugues 

a: Music: 00:27:28 

b: Conversation: 00:30:04 

05: They’re Back – Streets of Rage 4 – Multi – Yuzo Koshiro – St. John 

a: Music: 00:35:17 

b: Conversation: 00:38:24 

06: Power or Technique – Trails of Cold Steel III – PC / PS4 / Switch – Hayato Sonoda - Hugues 

a: Music: 00:42:17 

b: Conversation: 00:45:27 

07: Friend Select – Air Zonk – Turbografx16 – Daisuke Morshima and/or Hisashi Matsushita – St. John 

a: Music: 00:48:43 

b: Conversation: 00:49:44 

08: Bar – Dungeon Explorer – Turborafx16 – Tsukasa Masuko - Hugues 

a: Music: 00:53:18 

b: Conversation: 00:54:59 

09: Demons Undulate – Alien Crush – Turbografx16 – St. John 

a: Music: 00:58:35 

b: Conversation: 01:01:00 

10: Mako Reactor – Final Fantasy VII Remake – PS4 – c: Nobuo Uematsu / a: Masashi Hamauzu - Hugues 

a: Music: 01:06:59 

b: Conversation: 01:10:29 

11: Behind the Cosmic Curtain – Samarost 3 – iOS / Android – Floex – St. John 

a: Music: 01:19:32 

b: Conversation: 01:22:09 

12: Beneath the Mask (Rain – Instrumental) - Persona 5 – PS3 / PS4 - Shōji Meguro - Hugues 

a: Music: 01:26:20 

b: Conversation: 01:29:59 

13: 10pm – Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Switch - Yasuaki Iwata, Yumi Takahashi, Shinobu Nagata, Sayako Doi, and/or Masato Ohashi – St. John 

a: Music: 01:32:40 

b: Conversation: 01:35:03 

14:  Results (Golf) - Wii Sports – Wii – Kazumi Totaka - Hugues 

a: Music: 01:45:29 

b: Conversation: N/A (Included in previous conversation) 

15: Blooper: 01:48:21 

Total Episode Runtime: 01:48:55 

LINKS: 

retrogameclub.net 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-game-club/id1453018680?mt=2 

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nerd-noise-radio/id1191401173 

Twitter: @NerdNoiseRadio 

Facebook: facebook.com/NerdNoiseRadio/ 

This is our LAST CALL for track submissions for December’s Channel 1 “Best of 2019 – listener picks!” Here is the list of eligible tracks!  

https://archive.org/details/nerd-noise-radio-best-of-2019-eligible-track-list-simplified 

Please get us tracks as soon as possible. Deadline is 09/30/2020! 

On Archive dot org, there is a Super Bonus – music only! All the music from this episode, without any of the talking. This will be something we do with every Channel 2 episode moving forward! We also went back in time and created a parallel Super Bonus from last December’s “Episode Zero”: “Nerd Noise Game Club”. So, go check those out! 

Lastly, make sure you catch the blog post, as it contains a lot of additional notes about Channel 2! Here’s the Link: 

https://nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com/2020/09/nerd-noise-radio-channel-2-episode-1.html 

Thanks for listening! Join us again in December for C2E2: Holiday / Wintry Theme [Episode Title TBD] 

------------------------------Original show notes---------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

St. John of "Nerd Noise Radio" and Hugues Johnson of "Retro Game Club" (and "The Retro League" alum) join forces to cover and discuss some of their favorite pieces of VGM from the 2010's. It's about what you'd expect if you put Retro Game Club / The Retro League, Nerd Noise Radio, Legacy Music Hour, and an entire decade of VGM in a blender....ooh, or maybe the hadron collider!

For the time-being, this is just a one-time "one-off" special, but if there is enough demand from either, or especially both of our respective listener pools, then we're open to making this an ongoing (albeit occasional, and likely irregular) thing. "Nerd Noise Radio - Channel 2", maybe? ;-) Anyway, the power is yours, listeners! Make your voices heard! In the meanwhile? Enjoy!

Game - System - Track - Composer - Year - Selected By - Timestamp

 - Earcatcher: 00:00:00

 - Retro City Rampage - Multiplatform - Do or Die - Norrin Radd - 2012 - Hugues

Music: 00:00:03 Intro / Discussion: 00:00:39  

 - Shovel Knight - Multiplatform - Strike the Earth - Jake Kaufman - 2014 - St. John

Music: 00:04:25 Discussion: 00:08:07  

 - Tokyo Xanadu - Vita / PS4 / Windows - My Blaze, My Truth - Falcom Sound Team jdk (Hayato Sonoda, Mitsuo Singa, Takahiro Unisuga, and/or Koji Sekiguchi) - 2015 - Hugues

Music: 00:12:45 Discussion: 00:16:07  

 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Switch - Norfair - c: Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka / a: Yuzo Koshiro - 2018 (orig. 2008) - St. John

Music: 00:19:32 Discussion: 00:22:06  

 - Kirby's Epic Yarn - Wii / 3DS - Dino Jungle - Tomoya Tomita - 2010 - Hugues

Music: 00:26:35 Discussion: 00:28:57  

 - Art of Balance - Multiplatform - World D - Martin Schjøler - 2010 - St. John

Music: 00:32:17 Discussion: 00:34:41  

 - L.A. Noire - Multiplatform - Noire Clarinet - Andrew and/or Simon Hale - 2011 - Hugues

Music: 00:39:17 Discussion: 00:43:49  

 - Gran Turismo Sport - PS4 - Process Control - Yasuhisa Inoue - 2017- St. John

Music: 00:46:40 Discussion: 00:50:18  

 - Final Fantasy XV - Multiplatform - What Lies Within - Yoko Shimomura - 2016 - Hugues

Music: 00:55:55 Discussion: 01:01:04  

 - n++ - Multiplatform - Fonction - Broca - 2015 - St. John

Music: 01:04:15 Discussion: 01:11:21  

 - Ys VIII : Lacrimosa of Dana - Multiplatform - One Dream, One Reality - Falcom Sound Team jdk (Hayoto Sonoda, Takahiro Unisuga, Yukihiro Jindo, and/or Mitsuo Singa) - 2016- Hugues

Music: 01:15:28 Discussion: 01:19:09  

 - Monument Valley - iOS / Android - The Garden - Stafford Bawler - 2014 - St. John

Music: 01:23:45 Discussion: 01:28:34  

 - To the Moon - Multiplatform - Having Lived - Ken Gao - 2011 - Hugues

Music: 01:31:33 Discussion: 01:34:10  

 - Prune - iOS / Android / Windows UWP - To The Stars - Kyle Preston - 2015 - St. John

Music: 01:39:01 Discussion: 01:46:41  

 - Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - WiiU / Switch - Mipha's Touch - Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata and/or Hajime Wakai - 2017 - Hugues

Music: 01:50:11 Discussion: 01:53:42  

 - So Many Me - Multiplatform - Outskirts - Christopher Geehan and/or Daniel Byrne-McCullough (HyperDuck Soundworks) - 2014 - St. John

Music: 01:59:47 Discussion: 02:05:52  

 - The Last Story - Wii - Theme of Last Story - c: Nobuo Uematsu / a: Yoshitaka Suzuki - 2011 - Hugues

Music: 02:09:10 Discussion: 02:14:10  

 - ARMS - Switch - Get ARMS - Atsuko Asahi and/or Yasuaki Iwata - 2017 - St. John

Music: 02:18:22 Discussion: 02:21:22  

 - The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II - Multiplatform - Heated Mind - Falcom Sound Team jdk (Hayato Sonoda, Takahiro Unisuga, Yukihiro Jindo, and/or Toshiharu Okajima) - 2014 - Hugues

Music: 02:24:26 Discussion: 02:27:02  

 - Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - Mirage - Kemmei Adachi - 2010 - St. John

Music: 02:28:52 Discussion: 02:33:04  

 - Bravely Default - 3DS - Land of Light and Shadow - Revo - 2012 - Hugues

Music: 02:35:37 Discussion / MiiTopia Discussion / Outro: 02:38:05  

 - Miitopia - 3DS - In That Holiday Mood - Toshiyuki Sudo, Shinji Ushiroda, Yumi

Takahashi, and/or Megumi Inoue - 2016 - St. John

Music: 02:44:56  

Total Episode Runtime: 02:46:43

LINKS to our respective shows:

Retro Game Club:

retrogameclub.net

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-game-club/id1453018680?mt=2

Nerd Noise Radio:

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nerd-noise-radio/id1191401173

Twitter: @NerdNoiseRadio

Facebook: facebook.com/NerdNoiseRadio/

e-mail: nerdnoiseradio@gmail.com

Merry Christmas, and/or whatever other holidays you celebrate, and a happy new year, from Nerd Noise Radio, and Retro Game Club!

Cheers!

Apologies for the absurdist length - but if you miss Ch 2, I think this one will scratch that itch for you! Also reminder that what would eventually go on to become Channel 2 also started as a fun one-off between Hugues and I, so you never know what the future holds! (I'll re-run that 2019 Ch F between Hugues and I later this month for contrast).

Tracklist:

Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Selected By

01) Zebra Bananza - DK Bananza - Switch 2 - Daisuke Matsuoka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, and/or Tsukasa Usui, Noato Kubo - Trey          a) Introductory Earcatcher - 00:00:00          b) Music - 00:00:03          c) Introduction - 00:02:13          d) Top of the Show - 00:03:56          e) Discussion - 00:20:09

02) PerfecT Shape - to a T - Multiplatform - c: Sakai Asuka and/or Keita Takahashi / v: Sam Bird - St. John          a) Music - 00:26:25          b) Discussion -00:28:12

03) When the Moon's Reaching Out Stars - Persona 3 Reload - Multiplatform - c: Shoji Meguro / a: Atsushi Kitajoh / v: Azumi Takahashi - Trey          a) Music - 00:45:00          b) Discussion - 00:48:37

04) Starview Peak - Mario Kart World - Switch 2 - Maasa Miyoshi, Takuhiro Honda, Yutaro Takakuwa, and/or Atsuko Asahi - St. John          a) Music - 00:54:59          b) Discussion - 00:56:50

05) Kronos Island (First Lap) - Sonic Racing Crossworlds - Multiplatform - Takahiro Kai, Tae Fujimoto, Kanon Oguni, Hidekuni Horita, Iona Takashima, Hiroki Kiriyama, Satoshi Okamura, Makoto Tokuyama, Satoshi Oike, Keisuke Tsukahara, and/or Saki Tsuda - Trey          a) Music - 01:03:48          b) Discussion - 01:06:17

06) Race Music 2 - New Star GP - Multiplatform - Benjamin Rooker, Alistair Edmond, Viraj Ramsharan, Giovanni D'Ambrosio, and/or Declan Birchall - St. John          a) Music - 01:19:49          b) Discussion - 01:22:11

07) Captain Falcon - F-Zero GX/AX - Game Cube - Hidenori Shoji - Trey          a) Music - 01:29:33          b) Discussion - 01:33:03

08) RedWood Forest - Fast Fusion - Switch 2 - Bjulin, and/or Francisco Cerda - St. John          a) Music - 01:39:32          b) Discussion - 01:43:17

09) Fury Green - Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - Switch / Switch 2 - Kenji Yamamoto - Trey          a) Music - 01:49:22          b) Discussion - 01:52:35

10) The First Day - Dungeons of Hinterberg - Multiplatform - David Zahradnicek, and/or Markus Zahradnicek - St. John          a) Music - 02:02:12          b) Discussion - 02:06:18

11) Lumiose City (Day) - Pokemon Legends Z-A - Switch / Switch 2 - Minako Adachi, Hiromitsu Maeba, Carlos Eiene, Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Sasō, Takahiro Eguchi, Hitomi Sato, and/or Shota Kageyama - Trey          a) Music - 02:14:02          b) Discussion - 02:18:05

12) Eggshell Hotel - DK Bananza - Switch 2 - Daisuke Matsuoka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, and/or Tsukasa Usui, Noato Kubo - St. John          a) Music - 02:28:24          b) Discussion - 02:32:20

13) Royal Capital of Grancel - Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC - Multiplatform - Wataru Ishibashi - Trey          a) Music - 02:42:02          b) Discussion - 02:45:28

14) Pull of the Light - God of War: Ragnarok - PS4 / PS5 / PC - Bear McCreary - St. John          a) Music - 02:51:32          b) Discussion - 02:53:16

15) Black Tar - Xenoblade X - WiiU - Hiroyuki Sawano - Trey          a) Music - 02:59:13          b) Discussion - 03:05:27

16) First Time Setup - N/A (System Music) - Switch 2 - Kazumi Totaka - St. John          a) Music - 03:10:40          b) Discussion - 03:13:09

17) Level 1 (Velgress) - UFO 50 - Multiplatform - Eirik Suhrke - Trey          a) Music - 03:21:01          b) Discussion - 03:22:49

18) Okada Clan HQ - Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons - Multiplatform - Arman Aspromonti  - St. John          a) Music - 03:28:33          b) Discussion - 03:31:24

19) Pride from Despair - Yakuza Kiwami 2 - PS4 / XB1 / PC - Hidenori Shoji, Yuri Fukuda, Chihiro Aoki, Saori Yoshida, and/or Takiya Kuroda - Trey          a) Music - 03:40:36          b) Discussion - 03:45:06          c) End of Show - 03:56:07          d) Closing Track Discussion - 04:01:09          e) Final Self-Promos - 04:03:05          f) Sign-off - 04:05:56

20) Credits Song (Legends of Trivia) - Jackbox Party Pack 11 - Multiplatform - Nate Sandberg - St. John            a) Music - 04:06:22            b) Outtake - 04:09:35   Total Episode Runtime: 04:17:38

You can find NintenDomain here:

https://nintendomainpodcast.com/

And you can find the NDM Episode 500 link here (where I make a cameo in the final 3/4 of the episode):

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/500-500-500-500-a-guest-for-every-hundred-we-made/id1055861408?i=1000741049701

NintenDomain can also be found on the podcatcher of your choice, as well as on most social media platforms!

As for Nerd Noise Radio, be on the look out for that 2019 Ch F rerun, probably a proper Ch 2 rerun, and of course, C1R8 - our Channel 1 "2025 best of year in review episode". Delicious VGM, on Nerd Noise Radio - and wherever you are.....Fly the N!

In light of the release of C1E100 (the final "non-retrospective" Ch 1), I thought it would also be good to release C2E20 (the final "non-retrospective" Ch 2) as a nice tie-in. Though my production quality has improved somewhat since late 2024, it is nowhere even remotely close to the quantum leap that is the difference between my Dec 2025 and my Jan 2017 production quality difference with C1E1. Channel 2 was a COMPLETELY different kind of show, though. Rather than being a vaguely NPR-esque mixtape-style program that was "less a podcast per se" and more "a late nite FM radio music program which just so happened to go out over the podosphere", Ch 2 was a "proper podcast" with a co-host out of Chicago and myself taking turns sharing tracks and talking about them. We wrapped the show at the end of 2024 because my co-host had been podcasting since 2009, and would be turning 50 in 2025, and so he decided at the end of 2023 that he would be retiring completely from podcasting at the end of 2024, and I didn't feel like replacing him, so we just wrapped it together. Anyway, since we referenced C2E20 and even featured a few tracks from it in C1E100, and since we're rerunning C1E1, I figured I'd rerun this too. By the way: that one upcoming Ch F one-off with Trey Johnson of NintenDomain and W.A.R.T. Radio will be in this exact format - only, obviously, a different co-host.

Anyway....enjoy! Also, this rerun will release on Christmas Eve. So, Merry Christmas to anyone who celebrates it - and a belated Happy Hannukah to anyone who celebrates it instead (I celebrate both, myself!) :-D

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Today’s Broadcast is C2E20, for Theme Thursday, Oct 24th, 2024. All good things must come to an end. Today is the final “regular” (as in, “final non-retrospective” episode - and as opposed to “final all time” episode). This will be the final episode where we bring new tracks to the show, though. So it is still an ending. The theme, therefore, is ending music, on a program we’re calling “...all good things…”

Track# / Track / Game / System / Composer(s) / Selected By

01) Summer Vacation - Tokyo Xanadu - Multiplatform - Takahiro Unisuga (Falcom Sound Team jdk) - Hugues

Earcatcher - 00:00:00 Music - 00:00:03 Introduction - 00:05:23 Top of Show Business - 00:06:14 The Reveal of last episode’s mystery themes - 00:09:44 Discussion - 00:24:38 02) Credits - Sonic 2 - Genesis - Masato Nakamura - St. John

Music - 00:30:16 Discussion - 00:33:01 03) Staff Roll - Phantasy Star III - Genesis - Ippo Takeuchi - Hugues

Music - 00:35:17 Discussion - 00:37:15 04) Ending - Super Castlevania IV - SNES - Masanori Adachi and/or Taro Kudo - St. John

Music - 00:42:07 Discussion - 00:44:46 05) Ending - Another World - Amiga - Jean-François Freitas - Hugues

Music - 00:54:53 Discussion - 00:56:27 06) Triforce Chamber - LoZ: Link to the Past - SNES - Koji Kondo

Music - 01:00:40 Discussion - 01:02:09 07) The Credits Concerto - Donkey Kong Country - SNES - David Wise and/or Eveline Fischer - Hugues

Music - 01:08:45 Discussion - 01:10:43 [EDITOR’s NOTE: I partially confused Vangelis with fellow Greek musician, Iasos. My bad! -St. J]

08) Ground Zero - Shinobi III - Genesis - Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama, and/or Masayuki Nagao - St. John

Music - 01:16:19 Discussion - 01:18:38 09) Good End - Streets of Rage II - Genesis - Yuzo Koshiro and/or Motohiro Kawashima - Hugues

Music - 01:34:07 Discussion - 01:36:30 10) End Credits - Mega Man 3 - NES - Yasuaki Fujita and/or Harumi Fujita - St. John

Music - 01:43:56 Discussion - 01:46:14 11) Farewell and a Decision - Grandia II - PS2 / Dreamcast - Noriyuki Iwadare - Hugues

Music - 01:49:38 Discussion - 01:54:26 12) Ending - Stray - Multiplatform - Jan van der Cruyssen - St. John

Music - 02:01:40 Discussion - 02:05:12 13) 16th Floor - Speedrun Tower - Genesis - c: JAM / a: Hugues Johnson - Hugues

Music - 02:10:48 Discussion - 02:12:38 End of Show Business - 02:22:27 Closing track Discussion - 02:29:49 Sign-off - 02:30:44 14) Ending - Super Mario World - SNES - Koji Kondo - St. John

Music - 02:30:51 Outtakes - 02:34:52 BONUS - the “Composed by St. John / arranged by Jay Cook” collection “Floor It!” from the Game “X-Racer” (Hydra Development System) - 02:39:52 “In-Game Theme” from the Game “Ranquest” (Hydra Development System) - 02:41:07 Total Episode Runtime: 02:44:07 Hugues’ blog can be found here: 

https://huguesjohnson.com/

St. John’s Mom’s flute business can be found here: Website: 

www.valwedgeworth.com

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/UxpsjWw3Js5uUtLf/

Valerie's Flute Entertainment, LLC (Playing the Decades)

Email: valerie@valwedgeworth.com

Note: St. John called it “Val’s Flute Entertainment”, instead of “Valerie’s Flute Entertainment”, but it used to be called “Val’s Flute”. 

You can find Nerd Noise Radio on Facebook and on Twitter each @NerdNoiseRadio. There are also two Facebook Groups: Nerd Noise Radio “Easy Mode” where we just have general video game and nerd fun, or for the gearheads among you, Nerd Noise Radio “Expert Mode” where we deep dive sound hardware, composer info, and music theory. 

You can find the blog at www.nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. Where we sometimes share additional show notes, and inside info. You can also find Nerd Noise Radio on Archive.org, where we have remixes and super bonuses only available there (such as a music-only alternative version of today’s show).

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the Retro Junkies community, which can be found at www.theretrojunkies.com. And we are a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community on Facebook. St. John is also the admin of the Podcasters of Des Moines Facebook group, which features a number of other podcasters and great programs from the greater Des Moines area.

Thanks for listening! Join us again later this month for a very special Channel 1 (subject a surprise for now), and then again in November for a sequel Ch 1 and for our Ch 2 “Best of Season 4 retrospective” - which will be our second-to-last ever installment of Ch 2…..Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds, as well as Tasty VGM and Talk on Nerd Noise Game Club…and wherever you are….Fly the N!

Cheers!

Also, C1E100 ends with a production deliberately designed to be as close to the much much MUCH worse production quality of the original episodes. With today's rerun, you can compare it to the C1E100 ending to see how well or how poorly 45yr old "2025 St. John" did at emulating and impersonating that clunky, and untrained, but "starry-eyed", "pocket full of dreams" 36yr old St. John from C1E1. I definitely want to know what you think at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com or on social media or Discord! Lastly, for as atrocious as the production quality is on this Dec 2016 production (Jan 2017 release), it is actually the [by far] superior version of the episode. In Oct 2016, I produced beta versions of the first four episodes, and shared them under the pseudonym of "Disco Santa's House of Impossible Conundrums" so I could put them out there for a very limited audience to solicit feedback without a mass release (this was before I was using cloud storage, mind you). The final releases of those four episodes were amended based on the feedback received from everyone from Mike Levy of XVGM, to Pieness64, to even Stephen Hill of NPR's decades-running New Age / Space / World / Ambient late-night FM radio program: Hearts of Space. Well, recently, I found the original beta versions of those first four episodes , and here is a Google Drive link to the episode 1 beta - the only NNR production to use an alternate version of the "St. John NNR shout". The version we ended up going with was recorded during the episode 2 beta and applied to everything thereafter. So this episode 1 beta is the only time in show history where an episode opens with an alternate St. John NNR shout - and boy is it pathetic! This one was recorded with me sitting down. The ep 2 beta shout (which eventually became the "official shout") was recorded standing up. Here's a Google Drive link to that original Oct 2016 Ep 1 beta: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FXWu6EsHeveev4h65yKcLkww7jAPPMtA/view?usp=drive_link In fact, here's a link to the entire "Disco Santa" folder, with the Oct 2016 beta versions of all of the first four episodes: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eueCDmOikIdTXxK_s6VDsWd3Z4QImZeu?usp=drive_link

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The moment has finally come - the Channel 1 podcast is HERE! 

Today's broadcast is Episode 1 for ThemeThursday, January 5th, 2017. Today's Theme is title screen music on a program we’re calling “Press Start”. 

Tracklist - Track#, Game, System, Composer, Timestamp: 

01: Intro - 00:00 

02: Sonic 3 - Genesis - Tomonori Sawada - 01:50 

03: Double Dragon - NES - Kazunaka Yamane - 02:05 

04: Metroid - FDS - Hirokazu ("Hip") Tanaka - 03:44 

05: Crash Bandicoot - PS1 - Josh Mancell - 05:17 

06: SpiderMan/X-Men - SNES - Tim and Geoff Follin - 06:51 

07:  Halo - Xbox - Martin O’Donnell - 07:48 

08: Ballblazer - Atari 8-bit - Peter Langston and “Riffology” - 10:35 

09: Doom 2016 - Multiplat - Mick Gordon - 12:59 

10: Street Fighter 2 - Arcade - Yoko Shimomura - 15:20 

11: SomerAssault - TG16 - Hidehito Aoki and Katsuyuki Inose - 15:46 

12: Zelda II - FDS - Akito Nakatsuka - 18:29 

13: LED Storm - ZX Spectrum - Tim Follin - 20:56 

14: Streets of Rage - Genesis - Yuzo Koshiro - 23:38 

15: Mega Man 2 - NES - Takashi Tateishi - 25:05 

16: Shovel Knight - Multi - Jake Kaufman - 26:48 

17: Ocarina of Time - N64 - Koji Kondo - 27:40 

18: Revenge of Shinobi - PC88 - Yuzo Koshiro - 30:03 

19: Golden Axe - C64 - comp: You Takada  / arr: Jeroen Tel - 30:22 

20: Final Fantasy VII - PS1 - Nobuo Uematsu - 33:05 

21: Bonk’s Revenge - TG16 - Hirohiko Takayama - 35:52 

22: Wolfchild - Amiga - Martin Iveson - 36:10 

23: Kirby’s Dreamland - Gameboy - Jun Ishikawa - 39:47 

24: X-Men - Arcade - Junya Nakano - 40:24 

25: Mortal Kombat - Genesis - Matt Furniss - 40:59 

26: Black Belt - Mastersystem - Katsuhiro Hayashi - 42:01 

27: Xybots - Arcade - Hal Canon, Brad Fuller, and/or Earl Vickers - 42:11 

28: Super Mario World - SNES - Koji Kondo - 42:31 

29: Outro - 44:03 

Music Block Runtime: 42:14,  Total Episode Runtime: 50:31 

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio - Dreamcast - BB Rights 

If you wish to subscribe to the Nerd Noise Radio - Channel 1 Music block podcast, there are two options: 

Option 1: Subscribe right here to the "Nerd Noise Radio Network - All Channels" podcast feed. Feed will include Channels 1, 2, 3, and any future channels not yet planned. Feed will also include podcasts in high quality, stereo where applicable, and episodes will never expire off the feed. 

Option 2: If you're ONLY interested in Channel 1 episodes, and not in any of the other channels, there is a Channel 1-specific feed. But it's hosted on a free account, rather than an upgraded account like the "All Channels Feed" with lower quality sound (mono, I believe), a maximum 2hrs per month of content (so if the month's episodes run longer than that, they may need to be trimmed), and episodes expire off the feed forever after 90 days. If this is what you want instead, here's the RSS:  

http://www.buzzsprout.com/77944.rss 

Our episodes will also appear on our Nerd Noise Radio YouTube Channel - just search for Nerd Noise Radio, you'll find us! Here's today's episode: 

https://youtu.be/xW4CSuCVyi4 

You can also find us on The Retro Junkies Network: 

www.retrojunkies.com 

You can find us (and all of our episodes) as "Nerd Noise Radio" on Archive.org and can also find us and join the conversation on both our Nerd Noise Radio Network Facebook, Google+, and Twitter pages, as well as our Facebook and Google+ "Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode" and "Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode" groups.  

Lastly, we share our episodes as well on our blog at nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. This specific episode can be found here: 

http://nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com/2017/01/nerd-noise-radio-channel-1-podcast.html 

As always, your feedback and input is DEEPLY appreciated, so we cheerfully invite you to "blow up the comments section", or you can always reach us by e-mail at nerdnoiseradio@gmail.com as well as all the aforementioned social media outlets. 

Hope you enjoy the episode! Join us again in two weeks for C1E2 (Channel 1, Episode 2), and wherever you are - Fly the N! 

Cheers! 

Tracklist:  

Track Number (or letter) - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Timestamp 

A - Earcatcher and Talking Portion 1 of 3 - 00:00:00 

Mini-block 1: 

B - Ending - Golden Axe Warrior - Master System - Chikako Kamtani - 00:13:08 

C - Ending - Gunstar Heroes - Genesis - Norio Hanzawa - 00:15:09 

D - Ending - Strider - Genesis - c: Junko Tamiya / a: Tadahiko Inoue - 00:18:42 

E - Credits - Rayman - PS1/Saturn - Stéphane Bellanger, Didier Lord, Sylvain-Luc Brunet, Nathalie Drouet, Dominique Dumont, Kamel Founas, Rémi Gazel, Didier Gilbert Leglise, Jean-Marc Lichtmann, Frédéric Louvre, Olivier Mortier, Frédéric Prados, Stéphane Ronse, René De Wael, and/or Olaf Zalcman - 00:20:03 

F - Credits - Hotel Mario - CD-i - Jack Levy - 00:21:08 

G - Credits - Wii Fit - Wii - Toru Minegishi, Manaka Kataoka, and/or Shiho Fujii - 00:21:58 

H - Fear of a Blank Planet - Control - Multiplatform - Porcupine Tree - 00:24:01 

I - Ending - Legendary Axe II - TG16 - Hirotoshi Suzuki - 00:31:11 

J - Ending Theme - Street Fighter 2010 - NES - Junko Tamiya - 00:34:22 

K - To Far Away Times - Chrono Trigger - SNES - Yasunori Mitsuda and/or Nobuo Uematsu - 00:36:25 

L - An Ending - Undertale - Multiplatform - Toby Fox - 00:40:41 

M - Ending Theme - Final Fantasy X - PS2 - Nobuo Uematsu - 00:44:03 

N - End Credits - Cloudpunk - Multiplatform - Harry Critchley - 00:49:25 

O - End Credits - Cyberpunk 2077 - Multiplatform - Marcin Przybyłowicz, P.T. Adamczyk and/or Paul Leonard-Morgan - 00:53:37 

P - Closing - Cuphead - Multiplatform - Kristofer Maddigan - 00:58:02 

And 

Q - The Final Fall - LoZ: TotK - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, Tsukasa Usui, Maasa Miyoshi, and/or Masato Ohashi - 01:01:46 

Mini-Block 1 Runtime: 00:50:27 

R - Talkie Portion 2 of 3 - 01:03:33 

Mini-block 2: 

S - Triforce Chamber - LoZ: LttP - SNES - Koji Kondo - 01:06:37 

T - Ending - Super Castlevania IV - SNES - Masanori Adachi and/or Taro Kudo - 01:08:05 

U - Ending - Another World - Amiga - Thomas Detert (originally selected by Hugues) - 01:10:28 

V - Ground Zero - Shinobi III - Genesis - Masayuki Nagao, Hirofumi Murasaki, and/or Morihiko Akiyama - 01:12:00 

W - Good End - Streets of Rage 2 - Genesis - Yuzo Koshiro and/or Motohiro Kawashima (originally selected by Hugues) - 01:14:17 

X - End Credits - Mega Man 3 - NES - Yasuaki Fujita - 01:16:37 

And 

Y - Credits Theme - Stray - Multiplatform - Yann van der Cruyssen - 01:18:54 

Mini-block 2 Runtime: 00:15:39 

Z - Talkie Portion 3 of 3 - 01:22:05 

Pre-show Runtime: 01:34:30 

Backing tracks during the pre-show talkie portions: 

1) Sadness - Endless SaGa - PS2 - Masashi Hamauzu. 

2) Track 15 - Tengai Makyou 3 (Fuun Kabuki Den) - PC Engine - Kohei Tanaka, and/or Keita Hoshi 

3)  To the Stars - Prune - iOS / Android / Windows - by Kyle Preston 

*********Episode Proper - C1E100: “Now Go and Rest our Heroes”********** 

A collection of end credits and ending sequence music from the same 27 games in the same order from which we heard the title screen music in C1E1. Recorded using the same hardware (where available), same production techniques, and same limited scripting as we used in late 2016 for our early episodes - the idea: make episode 100 sound and feel as much like episode 1 as possible so as to “end at the very beginning”. 

Tracklist: 

Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Timestamp 

A1) Intro - 01:34:30 

01) Credits - Sonic 3 - Genesis - Brad Buxer, Bobby Brooks, Darryl Ross, Geoff Grace, Doug Grigsby III, C. Cirocco Jones, and/or Michael Jackson - 01:36:10 

02) Ending Theme - Double Dragon - NES - Kazunaka Yamane - 01:39:33 

03) Ending - Metroid - FDS - Hirokazu (“Hip”) Tanaka - Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka - 01:39:55 

04) The Great Hall - Crash Bandicoot - PS1 - Mutato Muzika, Mark Mothersbaugh,  and/or Josh Mancell - 01:42:08 

05) Ending - Spider-Man / X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge - SNES - Tim and/or Geoff Follin - 01:43:33 

06) Ending Theme - Halo - XBox - Martin O'Donnell, and/or Michael Salvatori - 01:44:50 

07) Theme of the Grid (alternate) - Ballblazer - Atari 5200 / 7800 / 8-bit - Peter Langston (via "Riffology") - 01:47:41 

08) End Credits - DOOM (2016) - Multiplatform - Mick Gordon - 01:49:32 

09) True Ending - Street Fighter II - Arcade (CPS1) - Yoko Shimomura - 01:53:19 

10) Ending - Somer Assault - TG16 - Hidehito Aoki, Katsuyuki Inose - 01:56:17 

11) Ending 2 - Zelda II: AoL - FDS - Akito Nakatsuka - 01:59:29 

12) Results - LED Storm - ZX Spectrum - Tim Follin - 02:00:33 

13) Ending Theme - Streets of Rage - Genesis - Yuzo Koshiro - 02:03:17 

14) Ending Part 1 - Mega Man 2 - NES - Takashi Tateishi - 02:05:11 

15) Reprise - Shovel Knight - Multiplatform - Jake Kaufman (aka Virt) - 02:15 

16) End Credits - LoZ: OoT - N64 - Koji Kondo - 02:08:59 

17) My Lover - Revenge of Shinobi - PC88 - Yuzu  Koshiro - 02:16:05 

18) Ending Credits - Golden Axe - C64 - Jeroen Tel - 02:18:09 

19) Staff Roll - Final Fantasy VII - PS1 - Nobuo Uematsu - 02:19:51 

20) Ending - Bonk’s Revenge - TG16 - Hirohiko Takayama - 02:26:38 

21) Ending - Wolfchild - Amiga - Martin Iveson - 02:27:55 

22) Credits Roll - Kirby’s Dream Land - Game Boy - Jun Ishikawa - 02:29:18 

23) Ending Theme - X-Men - Arcade - Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano , and/or Ayako Nishigaki - 02:30:38 

24) The Pit - Mortal Kombat - Genesis - c: Dan Forden / a: Matt Furniss - 02:33:05 

25) All Clear - Black Belt - Master System - Katsuhiro Hayashi - 02:35:13 

26) Master Xybots - Xybots - Arcade - Earl Vickers, Hal Canon, and/or Brad Fuller - 02:35:49 

27) Ending - Super Mario World - SNES - Koji Kondo - 02:36:36 

B1) Outro - 02:40:42 

Music Block Runtime: 01:04:34 / Total Episode [proper] Runtime: 01:12:43 

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by B.B. Rights 

Episode [Grand Total] Runtime: 02:47:13 

This episode is dedicated to the memory of my cousin, Madelaine "Maddie" Shouse.

Links to Maddie!

     a) Maddie's TikTok account: 

            https://www.tiktok.com/@maddie_baddieintraining?_r=1&_t=ZT-91vgM0LeAxr

     b) Maddie's Instagram account:

          https://www.instagram.com/maddie_baddieintraining?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

     c) BONUS: Maddie's Threads account:

            https://www.threads.com/@maddie_baddieintraining?xmt=AQF0lGpKq3cYrDNQnjSLLyOIZaNtha_hSf8rwCRTzwY5yO0

...I really do encourage you to check these out! She was a lovely person, and through these accounts, it's not entirely too late to [at least sorta kinda] get to know her! She was my mom's sister's daughter - and if I'm being completely honest, she reminded me more of mom than of aunt Karen. I suppose, in a way, she was the closest thing my brother and I had to a sister.

2) Links to C1E1 and C2E20!

I'll upload each this month as reruns. But meanwhile, here is the easiest way to hear them!

      a) Link to C1E1:

            https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio/c1e1-press-start

     b) Link to C2E20:

            https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio/ch-2-nerd-noise-game-club-c2e20-all-good-things

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Workstation Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (2023) laptop with perhaps a little support from a Dell Latitude 7480 (running Fedora COSMIC Linux), a 2017-spec DIY gaming PC (running Bazzite Linux) or the Steam Deck (running Steam OS Linux). Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface! The "Episode Proper" portion was recorded using Audacity in Fedora Workstation like the others, but was recorded using an M-Audio MobilePre XLR-to-USB audio interface and an AudioTechnica AT2020 microphone deliberately used improperly in order to emulate my much much poorer production techniques as of 2016. An AT2020 actually failed during this recording. Fortunately, I had a second AT2020, so I was able to finish the recording without substantial variation. The first line recorded with the second AT2020 was "I'm John Wedgeworth – thanks for listening." 

You can also find all of our audio episodes on https://archive.org/details/@nerd_noise_radio as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content. 

We are now a member podcast as well. You can find us there at  https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio. Also, check out their outstanding collection of other podcasts and radio stations at https://terraplayer.com/! From now on, when sharing episodes of Nerd Noise Radio, I will most likely use the Terra Player link rather than the Podbean link like I have been using. 

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:  

https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio 

Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here: 

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. 

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans/ 

We are also a member of Podcasters of Des Moines at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1782895868426870/ 

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:  

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom. 

Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory. 

Or you can reach us by e-mail at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com 

You can also follow us on Threads at https://www.threads.net/@nerdnoiseradio , Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nerdnoiseradio?igsh=MWF4NjBpdGVxazUxYw== , Mastodon at https://universeodon.com/@NerdNoiseRadio , and BlueSky at  And we are also now on TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Vurbl, Amazon Music and Audible!  

But frankly, probably the absolute best way you can connect with us is on our new Discord Channel: "Nerd Noise Radio – Channel D", which includes various sub-channels for all sorts of different types of connection and conversation:     https://discord.gg/GUWdaXUw 

Thanks for listening! Join us again in December or January for a Channel F one-off co-hosted by Trey Johnson of NintenDomain Podcast and W.A.R.T. Radio in the style of a Channel 2, and also in December or January for C1R8 (Channel 1, Retrospective 8): our "best of year in review" episode for 2025's "Season 8" - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N! 

Cheers!  

Today’s broadcast is C1E99 for Theme Thursday, November 27th, 2025. Today’s broadcast is "Listener Picks – vol. 3" - the final installment of a trilogy of outstanding episodes, guest curated, and guest hosted by you.....the listener! 

Tracklist: 

Track# / Track Name / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Contributing Listener / Timestamp 

A1) Intro – 00:00:00 

01) Into the Darkness – Astal – Saturn – Tatsuyuki Maeda, and/or Tatsuya Kōzaki - Electric Boogaloo – 00:05:37    02) Snowfield – Gradius Gaiden – PS1 – Norikazu Miura – Electric Boogaloo – 00:08:50 

03) Stormy Saxophone – King of Fighters '95 – Neo Geo MVS / AES - Masahiko Hataya, Yasuo Yamate, Brother-Hige, Pearl Sibakiti, and/or Akihiro Uchida – Professor Tom – 00:11:40 

04) Endless Season – Alpine Racer – Arcade – Takayuki Ishikawa – Electric Boogaloo – 00:14:40 

05) Refracting Feelings – Penny's Big Breakaway – Multiplatform – Tee Lopes – The Messenger – 00:17:53 

06) Goomba Lagoon – Super Mario Party Jamboree – Switch / Switch 2 - Shigenobu Okawa and/or Yuta Yamaguchi – The Messenger – 00:21:03 

07) Opening and Title – Mega Man 2 – NES – Takashi Tateishi – Zach Hugethanks – 00:23:12 

08) Chaosium Sword – Ninja Gaiden II – NES – Ryichi Nitta and/or Mayuko Okamura – Zach Hugethanks – 00:24:35 

09) Requiem – Ninja Gaiden – NES – Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta, and/or Ichiro Nakagawa – Zach Hugethanks – 00:26:07 

10) Captain Neo – Metal Soldier Isaac II – Arcade – Hisayoshi Ogura and/orTadashi Kimijima – Electric Boogaloo – 00:24:48 

11) Stage Theme – Bad Dudes – NES - c: Azusa Hara, and/or Hiroaki Yoshida / a: Masaaki Iwasaki, Shogo Sakai, Takafumi Miura, Yuji Suzuki, Yusuke Takahama, and/or I. Uchida – Justin Regan – 00:27:36 

12) A New Day Dawns – Ninja Gaiden III – NES - Sugito Miyashiro, Kaori Nakabai, and/or Rika Shigeno – Zach Hugethanks – 00:30:27 

13) Blighted Docks – Mina The Hollower – Multiplatform – Jake Kaufman (Virt) and/or Yuzo Koshiro – Adam Huisman – 00:32:28 

14) Player's Turn – Military Madness – TG16 – Jun Chikuma – Professor Tom – 00:36:13 

15) Irene Captured – Ninja Gaiden II – NES - Ryuichi Nitta and/or Mayuko Okamura – Zach Hugethanks – 00:38:00 

16) Castle Demonic – Ninja Gaiden II – NES - Ryuichi Nitta and/or Mayuko Okamura – Zach Hugethanks – 00:39:34 

17) Stage 3 – Solar Striker – Game Boy – Toru Osada – Electric Boogaloo – 00:39:59 

18) NYC – X-Men: Wolverine's Rage – Game Boy Color – Bob Baffy and/or Ed Cosico – Justin Regan – 00:41:53 

19) Start – R-Type – Arcade – Masato Ishizaki – Zach Hugethanks – 00:44:37 

20) Bravery on the Clutches – Ninja Gaiden – NES - Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta, and/or Ichiro Nakagawa – Zach Hugethanks – 00:46:16 

21) Tower of Faunus 1F-3F – Lady Sword – PC Engine – Keine – Justin Regan – 00:48:19 

22) Successor of Fate – Castlevania: Harmony of Disonance – Game Boy Advance – Shoshiro Hokkai – Justin Regan – 00:49:59 

23) Bloody Tears – Castlevania II – NES - Kenichi Matsubara, Satoe Terashima, and/or Kouji Murata – Zach Hugethanks – 00:51:15 

24) Wily's Castle 1 – Mega Man 2 – NES – Takashi Tateishi – Zach Hugethanks – 00:52:52 

25) The Third Sanctuary – Deltarune – Multiplatform – Toby Fox – Adam Huisman – 00:55:32 

26) Horizons Unbound – Sea of Stars – Multiplatform – Eric W. Brown – Jeshua Lack – 00:59:37 

27) Main Title (Orchestral) - Panzer Dragoon – Saturn / PC – Yoshitaka Azuma – Electric Boogaloo – 01:02:47 

28) Compass Points to the Future – Intelligent Qube – PS1 – Takayuki Hattori – 01:07:54 

29) Bonds Reforged – Chants of Senaar – Multiplatform – Thomas Brunet – Jeshua Lack – 01:09:51 

30) Side Story – Gradius Gaiden – PS1 – Norikazu Miura – Electric Boogaloo – 01:14:02 

31) Sarabande of Healing – Vampire Survivors – Multiplatform – c: Michiru Yamane / a: Keygen Church – Adam Huisman – 01:17:08 

32) Rip and Tear – DOOM (2016) - Multiplatform – Mick Gordon – Zach Hugethanks – 01:24:19 

33) The Entrance – Animorphs: Shattered Reality – PS1 – Chuck E. Myers, and/or Tom Hopkins – Electric Boogaloo – 01:28:35 

34) Large Green Meadow – Master of Monsters – Genesis - Hayato Matsuo, and/or Hitoshi Sakimoto – Justin Regan – 01:30:48 

35) The Axiom – Axiom Verge – Multiplatform – Thomas Happ – Zach Hugethanks – 01:33:00 

36) Raphael's Final Act – Baldur's Gate 3 – Multiplatform – Borislav Slavov – Jeshua Lack – 01:36:18 

37) Jelly – World of Goo – Multiplatform – Kyle Gabler – Zach Hugethanks – 01:43:14 

38) Animal Well – Animal Well – Multiplatform – Billy Basso – Jeshua Lack – 01:45:44 

39) Title – Cyber Shadow – Multiplatform – Enrique Martin – Justin Regan – 01:47:44 

40) Ovin Nevarei – Blue Prince – Multiplatform – Trigg & Gusset – Jeshua Lack – 01:50:49    41) Spring Meadows – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Multiplatform – Lorien Testard – 01:58:26 

42) Phendrana Drifts – Metroid Prime – GameCube / Wii / Switch - Kenji Yamamoto and/or Koichi Kyuma – Zach Hugethanks – 02:01:06 

43) Memories of Memories – Tunic – Multiplatform - Lifeformed, Terence Lee, and/or Janice Kwan – Jeshua Lack – 02:04:44 

44) Slingshot – Daytona USA 2: Battle on the Edge – Arcade - M: Fumio Ito / L: Fumio Ita and Ryuichi Hasigawa / V: Dennis St. James – Electric Boogaloo – 02:09:20 

45) Rough "B" Rock – Rakuga Kids – N64 - Tomoya Tomita, Kozo Nakamura, and/or Masahiko Kimura – Electric Boogaloo – 02:13:57 

46) Stage 4 – Sutte Hakkun – Super Famicom – Akito Nakatsuka – Electric Boogaloo – 02:16:49 

47) Construction Site Chaos – Donut Dodo – Mutliplatform – Sean Bialo – The Messenger – 02:19:09 

48) Original Mission 7 – Mercs – Genesis - c: Manami Matsumae / a: Yoshiaki Kashima – Justin Regan – 02:21:46 

49) Slam Shuffle – Final Fantasy VI – SNES – Nobuo Uematsu – Adam Huisman – 02:23:54 

50) Credits – Ninja Gaiden – NES - Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta, and/or Ichiro Nakagawa – Zach Hugethanks – 02:26:05 

51) Follow the Knot - River City Ransom Underground (original soundtrack) - PC - Lexi & The Cheap Disaster (Richard Louis Vreeland, Alex Mauer, and/or Dino Lionetti) - Justin Regan – 02:27:48 

52) Mr. Handagote – Machinarium – Multiplatform - Tomáš Dvořák - Zach Hugethanks – 02:23:04 

53) Fascination Io Stage – Zero Divide – PS1 / PC - Hideyuki Shimono, and/or Akihito Okawa – Electric Boogaloo – 02:33:14 

54) Garden Theme – Frogger 2 – PS1 / PC / Dreamcast – Andrew Morris – Electric Boogaloo – 02:36:20 

55) Bonus Theme 1 – Croc: Legend of the Gobbos – PS1 / Saturn / PC - Karin Griffin, Martin Gwynn Jones, and/or Justin Scharvona – Electric Boogaloo – 02:39:04 

56) Heat Man – Mega Man 2 – NES – Takashi Tateishi – Zach Hugethanks – 02:40:40 

57) Stage 2-1 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan – Game Boy - Tomoko Nishikawa, and/or Michiru Yamane – Justin Regan – 02:42:55 

58) Stage Theme 03 – ESWAT – Genesis – Dolphin and/or Takayuki Nakamura – Justin Regan – 02:44:39 

59) Trons Castle – Willy Wombat – Saturn – Masayoshi Ishi – Electric Boogaloo – 02:48:21 

60) Funky Spin – Sega Rally 2006 – PS2 – Takenobu Mitsuyoshi – Electric Boogaloo – 02:51:10 

61) Revolution – IQ Remix + - PS2 – Tetsuo Ishikawa – Electric Boogaloo – 02:52:17 

62) Ruines de Tarm – Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons – Game Boy Color - Kyoko Nakamura, and/or Minako Adachi – Justin Regan – 02:56:28 

63) Slow Illusion – Gimmick! - Famicom – Masashi Kageyama – The Messenger – 02:58:18 

64) Greenhouse – Game and Watch Gallery 3 – Game Boy – Noriko Nishikawa – The Messenger – 03:00:09 

65) Wishes on Wind – Party Project – PC – Blue Loner Wolf – The Messenger – 03:02:01 

66) Island Course – True Swing Golf – DS – Katsumi Yokokawa – Professor Tom – 03:05:26 

67) T-Triangle – Race Drivin' a Go! Go! - Saturn / PS1 - Kenji Yokoyama, Kensudke Komatsu, and/or Naoki Tsuchiya – Electric Boogaloo – 03:08:20 

68) Time – Metropolis Street Racer – Dreamcast - M: Richard Jacques / V: T.J. Davis – Electric Boogaloo – 03:11:49 

69) Baka Mitai – Yakuza Zero – Multiplatform – Mitsuharu Fukuyama – The Messenger – 03:15:44 

70) Ending – Battlecorps – Sega CD – Martin Iveson – Utopia Nemo – 03:20:29 

B1) Outro – 03:24:33 

B2) Outtakes – 03:54:56 

Music Block Runtime: 03:19:15, Total Episode Runtime: 04:14:03 

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights. 

Link to Rerun of Listener Picks – vol 1 (C1E40 – Dec. 2018):    https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio/nerd-noise-reruns-c1e40-listener-picks-vol-1-orig-released-12202018 

  Link to Rerun of Listener Picks – vol 2 (C1E60 – Dec 2021): 

https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio/nerd-noise-reruns-c1e60-listener-picks-vol-2-orig-released-12232021 

Link to Shujin Academy VGM Club Podcast (Professor Tom):    https://terraplayer.com/shows/shujin-academy-vgm-club 

  Link to A VGM Journey Podcast (The Messenger):    https://terraplayer.com/shows/a-vgm-journey 

  Link to Absolutely the Best Podcast: A Work in Progress (Zach Hugethanks):    https://absolutelythebest.net/ 

  Link to Retro 411 - @reganjustin1 VGM YouTube Channel (Justin Regan):    https://www.youtube.com/@reganjustin1    Link to Pixelated Audio Discord Server (Utopia Nemo) 

https://discord.gg/49ZDM4hQ    And to the A VGM Journey Discord Server (Utopia Nemo / The Messenger) 

https://discord.gg/m4e6xmtrft 

Also, link to an episode of The VGMbassy podcast which featured skits written / produced by – and starring Utopia Nemo: 

https://thevgmbassy.com/tag/blind-listen/ 

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Workstation Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (2023) laptop with perhaps a little support from a Dell Latitude 7480 (running Fedora COSMIC Linux), a 2017-spec DIY gaming PC (running Bazzite Linux) or the Steam Deck (running Steam OS Linux). Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface! 

You can also find all of our audio episodes on https://archive.org/details/@nerd_noise_radio as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content. 

We are now a member podcast as well. You can find us there at  https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio. Also, check out their outstanding collection of other podcasts and radio stations at https://terraplayer.com/! From now on, when sharing episodes of Nerd Noise Radio, I will most likely use the Terra Player link rather than the Podbean link like I have been using. 

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:  

https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio 

Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here: 

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. 

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans/ 

We are also a member of Podcasters of Des Moines at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1782895868426870/ 

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:  

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom. 

Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory. 

Or you can reach us by e-mail at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com 

You can also follow us on Threads at https://www.threads.net/@nerdnoiseradio , Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nerdnoiseradio?igsh=MWF4NjBpdGVxazUxYw== , Mastodon at https://universeodon.com/@NerdNoiseRadio , and BlueSky at  And we are also now on TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Vurbl, Amazon Music and Audible!  

But frankly, probably the absolute best way you can connect with us is on our new Discord Channel: "Nerd Noise Radio – Channel D", which includes various sub-channels for all sorts of different types of connection and conversation:     https://discord.gg/GUWdaXUw 

Thanks for listening! Join us again in December for C1E100 (Channel 1, Episode 100): "Now Go and Rest Our Heroes" - our final non-retrospective episode of Nerd Noise Radio – Channel 1: focusing on end credits and ending sequence music - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N! 

Cheers! 

Lastly, as always: all the usual caveats about how much worse my production quality was back in 2021 than it is today, and not to judge the current state of NNR production quality by this rerun. If you are new, and this is your first exposure to NNR, and you enjoyed the content, but were put off by the production, either go back and listen to a recent episode, such as C1E98 or C1E96....or perhaps even better, keep your eyes peeled for C1E99, which is basically this all over again, but at 2025's far improved production quality standards! In fact, in this case, the situation is even worse! My side of the recording session with Trey was lost, and so we had to fallback on his side of the Zoom call for my voice, where I was using a super cheap wireless headset. So my voice quality sounds especially terrible. My apologies if any of that detracts from this otherwise excellent and joyous outing!

And with that, please enjoy the very non-standard-formatted - Listener Picks - vol 2, thanks again to Trey for lending his voice and talents in joining me to make this one happen, and please keep an eye out for the trilogy's incoming 3rd (and final) installment!

Cheers!

-------------------------------------------------------------- Original Show Notes:

Today’s Broadcast is C1E60, for Theme Thursday, December 23rd, 2021 - our final episode of our very non-standard two-year long “Season 4”. So it is fitting that we’d end such a wildly non-standard season - filled with primarily wildly non-standard content already - with such a dramatically non-standard Channel 1 episode. Today’s episode abandons the customary Channel 1 “great big music block” mixtape format for a modified take on the original W.A.R.T. Radio format, featuring Trey Johnson of Nintendomain / W.A.R.T. Radio and St. John. Today’s episode is also a “Lost Level”, as it was originally intended to be a Channel F bonus “F-isode” to supplement “C1E40 - Listener Picks - vol. 1” from December 2018, and was intended to release right after it, in a nearly identical presentation to what you receive today. As such, today’s broadcast shall be “Listener Picks - vol. 2”. All music, other than the background music for the speaking portions was curated by listeners of the show, and are the roughly 60 remaining unused tracks from the pool of roughly 100 that were offered up for C1E40 in 2018, of which only 40 were used. 

p.s. We apologize for the uncharacteristically poor audio quality on St. John's speaking voice. Details available upon request, but the short version is that John had technical difficulties on his end of the recording with "the good mic", but fortunately, we had a lower-quality backup recording on Trey's end over Zoom using St. John's built-in laptop mic. The sound quality is diminished, but the content is still preserved. 

Note: All Speaking Portions originally produced in December 2021 by St. John 

01: Intro 

Timestamps: 00:00:00 - 00:05:18 

Runtime: 05:18 

Emceed by: Trey and St. John 

02: Phillip Vaughn Music Block 

Timestamps (Including Introduction): 00:05:18 - 00:24:00 

Runtime (including introduction): 18:42 

Timestamps (Music Block-Only): 00:07:30 - 00:24:00 

Runtime (Music Block-Only): 16:30 

Number of Tracks: 8 

Emceed by: Trey 

Intro Runtime: 02:12 

Track Selection  by: Phillip Vaughn 

Produced by: St. John 

Run-Order by: St. John 

Originally Produced in: 2018 

Intro - 00:05:18 

1. a)Title – TMNT – NES – JunFunahashi -  00:07:30 
2. b)Final Dungeon – Zelda II – NES – Akita Nakatsuka - 00:09:19
3. c) Title Screen – Aero the Acrobat – SNES – Fox Productions - 00:10:32
4. d)Zombie Panic – Zombies Ate my Neighbors – SNES – Joe McDermott - 00:12:11
5. e)Fool's Play (Puppet Show) – Secret of Evermore – SNES – Jeremy Soule - 00:14:22
6. f)The Ancient Battleground – King's Field 2 - PS1 – Sound Kids Corp. - 00:16:39
7. g)The East Village – King's Field - PS1 – Koji Endo - 00:18:20
8. h)Decisive Battle with Magus – Chrono Trigger – SNES – Yasunori Mitsuda and/or Nobuo Uematsu - 00:21:15

03: Eric Barks Music Block 

Timestamps (Including Introduction): 00:24:01 - 00:39:45 

Runtime (including introduction): 15:44 

Timestamps (Music Block-Only): 00:27:00 - 00:39:45 

Runtime (Music Block-Only): 12:45 

Number of Tracks: 2 (Fewest of the Day) 

Emceed by: St. John 

Intro Runtime: 02:59 

Track Selection by: Eric Barks 

Produced by: St. John 

Run-Order by: St. John 

Originally Produced in: 2018 

Intro - 00:24:01 

1. a)Hellwalker– DOOM (2016) – Multi – Mick Gordon - 00:27:00 
2. b)Cyberdemon - DOOM (2016) – Multi – Mick Gordon - 00:32:04 

04: Chris Randazzo Music Block 

Timestamps (Including Introduction): 00:39:43 - 00:48:12 

Runtime (including introduction): 08:29 

Timestamps (Music Block-Only): 00:41:15 - 00:48:12 

Runtime (Music Block-Only): 06:58 (Shortest of the Day) 

Number of Tracks: 3 

Emceed by: Trey 

Intro Runtime: 01:31 

Track Selection by: Kris Randazzo 

Produced by: St. John 

Run-Order by: St. John 

Originally Produced in: 2018 

Intro - 00:39:43 

1. a)Chapter 2 – PAC PIX – DS – Yoshinori Kawamoto - 00:41:15
2. b)Goin Across Town – Tin Star – SNES – Chris Jojo, Matthew Cannon and/orSuddi Raval - 00:43:33 
3. c)Drifting Brother – Balloon Kid -GameBoy – Hirukazu "Hip" Tanaka - 00:45:43 

05: Adam Huisman Music Block  

Timestamps (Including Introduction): 00:48:11 - 01:05:20 

Runtime (including introduction): 17:09 

Timestamps (Music Block-Only): 00:50:41 - 01:05:20 

Runtime (Music Block-Only): 14:38 

Number of Tracks: 6 

Emceed by: St. John 

Intro Runtime: 02:31 

Track Selection by: Adam Huisman 

Produced by: St. John 

Run-Order by: St. John 

Originally Produced in: 2018  

Intro - 00:48:11 

1. a)Blood Dragon Theme – Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon – PC / PS3 / XB360 - Power Glove -  00:50:41
2. b)Roller Mobster – Hotline Miami – Multi - Carpenter Brut - 00:53:41
3. c)Hills of Destiny (Past) – Messenger – Multi –Rainbowdragoneyes - 00:57:13 
4. d)Hills of Destiny (Future) - Messenger – Multi –Rainbowdragoneyes - 00:58:36 
5. e)Positive Force – VVVVVVV –  Multi - Magnus Pålsson -  00:59:59
6. f)Kyoto – Tree of Knowledge – PC98 –Yogurtbox -  01:02:46 

06: Michael "Nestrogen" Raisner Music Block 

Timestamps (Including Introduction): 01:05:19 - 01:15:44 

Runtime (including introduction): 10:25 

Timestamps (Music Block-Only): 01:07:51 - 01:15:44 

Runtime (Music Block-Only): 07:52 

Number of Tracks: 9 

Emceed by: Trey 

Intro Runtime: 02:33 

Track Selection by: Nestrogen 

Produced by: St. John 

Run-Order by: Nestrogen 

Originally Produced in: 2019 

Intro - 01:05:19 

1. a)Title Screen – Super Hyperactive Ninja – Multi –Nestrogen - 01:07:51 
2. b)Story Theme – Super Hyperactive Ninja  - Multi –Nestrogen - 01:08:23 
3. c)Level Select – Super Hyperactive Ninja – Multi –Nestrogen - 01:08:53 
4. d)Main Boss Theme – Super Hyperactive Ninja – Multi –Nestrogen - 01:09:17 
5. e)Tower 4 Hyperactive – Super Hyperactive Ninja – Multi –Nestrogen - 01:10:36 
6. f)Tower 5 Main – Super Hyperactive Ninja – Multi –Nestrogen - 01:11:32 
7. g)Tower 6 Main – Super Hyperactive Ninja – Multi –Nestrogen - 01:12:35 
8. h)Final Boss Theme – Super Hyperactive Ninja – Multi –Nestrogen - 01:13:37 
9. i)Game Clear Theme – Super Hyperactive Ninja – Multi –Nestrogen - 01:15:03 

07: Jeshua Lack Music Block 

Timestamps (Including Introduction): 01:15:44 - 01:40:07 

Runtime (including introduction): 24:23 

Timestamps (Music Block-Only): 01:19:12 - 01:40:07 

Runtime (Music Block-Only): 20:55 

Number of Tracks: 10 

Emceed by: St. John 

Intro Runtime: 03:28 

Track Selection by: Jeshua Lack 

Produced by: St. John 

Run-Order by: St. John 

Originally Produced in: 2018 

Intro - 01:15:44 

1. a)Ending – Sonic 2 – Genesis – Masato Nakamura –  01:19:12
2. b)In-Game Theme – Adventures of Lolo – NES – HidekiKanazashi – 01:20:25 
3. c)Stage Theme 1 – Dino Riki – NES – Takeaki Kunimoto – 01:22:17
4. d)Bridge 05 – Hack Sign – PS2 –Norikatsu Fukuda – 01:25:10 
5. e)Spider Dance – Undertale –  multi – Toby Fox – 01:25:54
6. f)Prologue – Shining Force – Genesis – Masahiko Yoshimura – 01:29:46
7. g)Save Room – Resident Evil 2 – PS1 – Masami Ueda – 01:31:00
8. h)Primal Eyes – Parasite Eve – PS1 – Yoko Shimomura – 01:32:50
9. i)Time's Scar – Chrono Cross – PS1 – Yasunori Mitsuda – 01:34:57
10. j)Casino – Sonic 2 – Genesis – MasatoNakmura – 01:37:18 

08: Electric Boogaloo Music Block 

Timestamps (Including Introduction): 01:40:07 - 02:20:42 

Runtime (including introduction): 40:35 

Timestamps (Music Block-Only): 01:44:13 - 02:20:42 

Runtime (Music Block-Only): 36:29 

Number of Tracks: 13 (Most of the Day) 

Emceed by: Trey 

Intro Runtime: 04:06 

Track Selection by: Electric Boogaloo 

Produced by: St. John 

Run-Order by: St. John 

Originally Produced in: 2018  

Intro - 01:40:07 

1. a)Paint Dance (Menu Music 4) – NBA Live 98 – Multi –Traz Damji - 01:44:13 
2. b)Try 2 Luv U – DDRMAX2 - PS2 – Sota Fujimori - 01:47:15
3. c)Introducing Challenge – Cosmic Smash – Arcade / Dreamcast –  Kazunori Ito, Todd Okawa, Toshi Masuda, and/orKeitarou Hanada – 01:48:31 
4. d)Ruined Paths – Gravity Rush – PS4 /PSVita – Kohei Tanaka - 01:50:56 
5. e)Freezing Moment – Hover Racing – PS1 – Hiroaki Omori and/or Tooru Kawakami - 01:54:20
6. f)Valley of Autumn – Rapid River – Arcade – Yoshie Arakawa - 01:56:16
7. g)Prime #5 –Echochrome – PSP / PS3 – Hideki Sakamoto - 01:59:16 
8. h)Eternal Move –Spindizzy II – X68000 – Toshiya Yamanaka and/or Tetsuya Nakano - 02:02:31 
9. i)BGM 5 –Blockout – Arcade – Unknown - 02:07:13 
10. j)Kinchu(Main Menu) – Hot Shots Golf – PS1 – Motoi Sakuraba - 02:09:35 
11. k)Hanglider– Pilotwings 64 – N64 – Dan Hess - 02:12:59 
12. l)Reach for the Top (Clay Court) – Windjammers – Neo Geo CD –Seiichi Hamada, Tomoyoshi Sato, and/or Masaki Iwasaki - 02:15:54
13. m)Girl of Power - Border Down – Arcade / Dreamcast – Yasuhisa Watanabe - 02:18:07

09: Amber Pearey Music Block  

Timestamps (Including Introduction): 02:20:41 - 03:01:34 

Runtime (including introduction): 40:53 

Timestamps (Music Block-Only): 02:24:19 - 03:01:34 

Runtime (Music Block-Only): 37:15 (Longest of the Day) 

Number of Tracks: 9 

Emceed by: St. John 

Intro Runtime: 03:38 

Track Selection by: Amber Pearey 

Produced by: St. John 

Run-Order by: St. John 

Originally Produced in: 2018 

Intro - 02:20:41 

1. a)Got Well Soon – Life Is Strange – Multi - Breton - 02:24:19
2. b)Build that Wall (Zia) – Bastion – Multi – Darren Korb - 02:29:07
3. c)Mother, I'm Here (Zulf) – Bastion – Multi – Darren Korb - 02:34:28
4. d)Mt Moon –Pokemon Red / Blue / Yellow – Gameboy – Junichi Masuda - 02:36:41 
5. e)Lavender Town –Pokemon Red / Blue / Yellow – Gameboy – Junichi Masuda - 02:39:36 
6. f) Koe – Fatal Frame 3 – PS2 – Ayako Toyoda - 02:42:30
7. g)Chou – Fatal Frame 2 –XBox – Ayako Toyoda - 02:47:56 
8. h)Obstacles – Life Is Strange – Multi – Syd Matters - 02:53:34
9. i)To All of You – Life is Strange – Multi – Syd Matters - 02:56:55

10: Trey Johnson Music Block 

Timestamps (Including Introduction / Outro…duction?): 03:01:34 - 03:20:16 

Runtime (including introduction etc): 18:42 

Timestamps (Music Block-Only): 03:03:23 - 03:19:28 

Runtime (Music Block-Only): 16:05 

Number of Tracks: 5 

Emceed by: Trey [and “Deku Scrub”] 

Intro 1 Runtime: 01:20 

Intro 2 Runtime: 00:27 

Outro Runtime: 00:50 

Total Intro/outro Runtime: 02:37 

Track Selection by: Trey Johnson 

Produced by: St. John 

Run-Order by: Trey Johnson 

Originally Produced in: 2018 

Intro 1 - 03:01:34 

Intro 2 - 03:02:55 

1. a)To Break the Curse (Past) – The Messenger – Multi –Rainbowdragoneyes -  03:03:23 
2. b)Signs of Love – Shin Megami Tensei Persona 4 – PS2 –Shouji Meguro - 03:07:08 
3. c)Battle –Pokemon Sun and Moon – 3DS -  Hitomi Sato, Go Ichinose, and/or GAME FREAK - 03:10:03 
4. d)Section 2 BGM – Silver Surfer – NES – Tim and/or Geoff Follin - 03:12:45
5. e)Sunshine Coastline – Ys VIII:Lacrimosa of Dana – Multi – Hayato Sonoda, and/or Takahiro Unisuga - 03:16:15 

Outro - 03:19:25 

11: Outro 

Timestamps: 03:20:16 - 03:30:06 

Runtime: 09:50 

Emceed by: Trey and St. John 

12: Blooper Reel 

Timestamps: 03:30:04 - 03:39:08 

Runtime: 09:04 

Featuring: Trey and St. John  

Total Episode Runtime: 03:39:08 

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Background Music – during speaking portions (tracks selected and extended by St. John in 2020):  

01 Intro: In-Game Theme – Lunar Battle – iOS / Android – Unknown   

02 Vaughn: 5AM – Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Switch -   

Yasuaki Iwata, Yumi Takahashi, Shinobu Nagata, Sayako Doi, and/or Masato Ohashi  

03 Barks: Kara Kara Bazaar (Desert Oasis) – LoZ: Breath of the Wild – WiiU / Switch – Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, and/or Yasuaki Iwata  

04 Randazzo: Shinto Shrine – Tobal No. 1 – PS1 – Masashi Hamauzu   

05 Huisman: Ninja Theme 4 – 198X – Multi – Yuzo Koshiro   

06 Nestrogen: Sector 4 (AQA): Aquatic Level Control Zone – Metroid Fusion – GBA – Minako Hamano and/or Akira Fujiwara   

07 Lack: Overflow – Streets of Rage 4 – Multi – Groundislava   

08 Boogaloo: Jungle – Wolfchild – Genesis – c: Martin Iveson / a: Matt Furniss   

09 Peary: Sakado Shops – Zelda: Wand of Gamelon – CD-i – William Havlicek and/or Tony Trippi  

10 Johnson: Legacy [Episode 3 Town Square Edit] – Saturday Morning RPG – Multi – Vince DiCola   

11 Outro: Results Theme – Metroid Prime – GameCube – Kenji Yamamoto  

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A very special thanks to Trey Johnson of Nintendomain and W.A.R.T. Radio for joining me for this very special episode! You can find Trey and the gang’s shows at www.nintendomainpodcast.com, nintendomain.libsyn.com, or https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nintendomain/id1055861408, as well as on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 

Final Production produced using Ardour 6 / Audacity 2.42 in Ubuntu Studio 21.10. Elements produced before April 2020 produced instead in GarageBand on macOS, and 2020 production elements produced using earlier versions of Ardour and Ubuntu Studio. 

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Today’s broadcast is Episode 40 for Theme Thursday, December 20th, 2018. Today’s Theme is Listener Picks on a program we're calling "Listener Picks - vol. 1". Guest curated by the listeners - guest hosted by the listeners! 

01 - Prologue - 00:00:00 

02 - Intro - 00:00:10 

03 - Wizards and Warriors – NES – Opening Theme – David Wise – Phillip Vaughn - 00:02:38 

04 - Super Smash Bros. Ulitmate  - SWITCH – Lifelight (Main Theme – English Vocals) - Hideki Sakamoto – The Messenger - 00:03:13 

05 - Twisted Metal 4 – PS1 – Neon City – Chuck Doud – Phillip Vaughn - 00:06:56 

06 - King of Fighters 2000 – multi – Inner Shade – Hideki Asanaka, Marimo, USAKO-X, Yasuo Yamate, and/or ZOE – Justin Regan - 00:11:20 

07 - Undertale - multi - Metal Crusher - Toby Fox - Jeshua Lack - 00:14:36 

08 - Ginga Ojousama Densetsu Yuna FX: Kanashimi no Siren – PCFX – BGM# 20 – Takanori Arisawa and/or Aya Tanaka – KeyGlyph - 00:16:51 

09 - Tower of Heaven – PC – Luna Ascension – Flashygoodness – Adam Huisman - 00:18:17 

10 - Alter Ego Dreamwalker – multi – Hunters (Menu) - Coda, and/or Kulor – Chris Murray - 00:20:43 

11 - PunchOut - NES - In-Game Theme - Yukio Kaneoka, Akito Nakatsuka and/or Kenji Yamamoto - Brian Peterson - 00:21:56 

12 - Crackin' DJ Part 2 - Arcade - Seven O' Clock - c: Hiroshi Kawaguchi / a: Mitsuharu Fukuyama - Electric Boogaloo - 00:23:40 

13 - Toe Jam and Earl – Genesis – Rapmaster Rocket Racket – John Baker – Jeshua Lack - 00:25:47 

14 - Runner 3 – multi – CommanderVideo Runs Again – Matthew Harwood – Kris Randazzo - 00:29:36 

15 - Majula Frontier – PC – Into the Abyss – Dale North – Chris Murray - 00:32:31 

16 - DOOM (2016) - multi – Transistor Fist – Mick Gordon – Eric Barks - 00:34:35 

17 - Castlevania III  - NES – Riddle – Konami Kukeiha Club – Valerie Wedgeworth - 00:40:37 

18 - Wild Guns - SNES - Final Fight - Hiroyuki Iwatsuki and/or Harou Ohashi - Deirdre Fischer (aka Pieness 64) - 00:41:40 

19 - Genji Tsuushin Agedama – PC Engine – BGM# 06 – T's Music – KeyGlyph - 00:43:16 

20 - Pigskin 621 A.D. - Arcade - First Half - Dan Forden - Electric Boogaloo - 00:44:57 

21 - Aldynes: The Mission Code for Rage Crisis – Supergrafx – Stage 6 – Keita Hoshi – KeyGlyph - 00:48:00 

22 - Skyroads – PC (AdLib) - Road 8 – Ott M. Aaloe, Hasso Bruck – Justin Regan - 00:49:29 

23 - Lady Sword: Ryakudatsu Sareta 10 Nin no Otome – PC Engine – 1F-3F – Unknown – Justin Regan - 00:52:28 

24 - Kirby's Dream Land - GameBoy - Castle Lololo - Jun Ishikawa - Brian Peterson - 00:54:08 

25 - Earthbound – SNES – Onett Theme – Keiichi Suzuki, and/or Hirokazu (Hip) Tanaka – Phillip Vaughn - 00:56:03 

26 - Kero Blaster – multi – Hinterland Fort  (It's My Blaster)– Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya – Kris Randazzo - 00:58:23 

27 - Mega Man 11 – multi – Bounce Man Stage – Marika Suzuki – Kris Randazzo - 01:01:47 

28 - Super Hyperactive Ninja – multi – Tower 4 Main – Michael Nestrogen Raisner – Michael Nestrogen Raisner - 01:03:52 

29 - Resident Evil – PS1 – End Credits – Makoto Tomozawa, Akira Kaida, and/or Masami Ueda – John Jekel - 01:05:39 

30 - Modaozi - PC - Credits - Unknown - Oke Music - 01:08:41 

31 - Metal Black - Arcade - Dual Moon - Yasuhisa Watanabe - Electric Boogaloo - 01:10:07 

32 - Journey – PS3 / PS4 – Apothesis – Austin Wintory – Adam Huisman - 01:12:44 

33 - Chrono Cross – PS1 – Dead Sea / Ruined Tower – Yasunori Mitsuda – Amber Peary - 01:19:31 

34 - Legend of Mana – PS1 – City of Flickering Destruction – Yoko Shimomura – Amber Peary - 01:22:29 

35 - Resident Evil 2 – PS1 – End Credits – Masami Ueda – John Jekel - 01:25:41 

36 - Life is Strange – multi – Spanish Sahara – Foals – Amber Peary - 01:28:09 

37 - Celeste – Multi – Resurrections – Lena Raine – Chris Murray - 01:34:46 

38 - Ginga Ojousama Densetsu Yuna FX: Kanashimi no Siren – PCFX – BGM# 04 - Takanori Arisawa and/or Aya Tanaka – KeyGlyph - 01:44:19 

39 - Botanicula – multi – Juchu – DVA, Bara Kratochvilova, and/or Jan Kratochvilova – Adam Huisman - 01:47:01 

40 - Ecco: Defender of the Future - Dreamcast – Hanging Waters - Tim Follin - Electric Boogaloo - 01:50:34 

41 - Kerbal Space Program – multi – Space Music (Track 2) - Victor Machado – Jeshua Lack - 01:53:01 

42 - Spark the Electric Jester – PC – Smog City Sewers (Stage 4) - Faulk Au Yeong, Pejman Roozbeh, James Landino, Andy Tunstall, Paul Bethers, and/or Michael Staple - The Diad - 01:54:36 

43 - Outro - 01:58:47 

44 - Blooper Reel - 02:12:48 

Music Block Runtime: 01:56:13, Total Episode Runtime: 02:25:51 

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Thanks for listening! Be on the lookout for Part 2 to our listener pick party! Part 2 will be a Channel F "F-isode", and will be in a completely different format. Date TBD, though as soon as possible. Probably not before Christmas, but quite possibly before New Year's. Stay tuned! Then join us again in January (date TBD) for a very special announcement about the future of the show. It's not going away - far from it! But big changes are coming for 2019. Make sure you tune it! And wherever you are - Fly the N! 

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A1) Intro - 00:00:00 

01) Splash Down - Ristar - Genesis - Tomoko Sasaki - 00:05:54 

02) Metropolis Zone - Sonic 2 - Genesis - Masato Nakamura - 00:08:40 

03) The Rosetta Stone - Double Dragon 3 - Arcade - Akira Inoue and/or Takaro Nozaki - 00:10:18 

04) Menu - Fast Fusion - Switch 2 - Bjulin, and/or Francisco Cerda - 00:13:23 

05) Best Tone - Driving Emotion Type S - PS2 - Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Sasō, and/or Takayuki Aihara - 00:16:48 

06) Menu 3 - FIFA 94 - 3DO - Jeff van Dyck and/or Graeme Coleman - 00:21:55 

07) Challenge Course 2 - Donkey Kong Bananza - Switch 2 - Daisuke Matsuoka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, and/or Tsukasa Usui - 00:24:07 

08) Tidal Tempest Zone (Present) - Sonic CD (N/A version) - Sega CD / Windows 95 - Spencer Nilsen, David Young, and/or Pastiche - 00:26:50 

09) Training Mode - Star Fox - SNES - Hajime Hirasawa - 00:28:31 

10) Introduction 1 - Flimbo’s Quest - C64 - Johannes Bjerregaard - 00:30:21 

11) Stage 2 - Kirby’s Block Ball - Game Boy - Sukezo Ouyama, and/or Ryoue Takagi - 00:32:32 

12) There and Back - Rocket League - Multiplatform - Protostar - 00:34:34 

13) Can’t Sleep - Olli Olli World - Multiplatform - Alex Swim - 00:38:18 

14) Tubular 2 - Fantavision 202X - Soichi Terrada - 00:42:48 

15) Pulse - Tetris Effect: Connected - Multiplatform - Hydelic - 00:47:08 

16) The Streets - Skate or Die 2 - NES - Rob Hubbard - 00:50:07 

17) Red Out - After Burner II - PC Engine - c: Hiroshi Kawaguchi / a: Kenichiro Isoda, and/or Shigeharu Isoda - 00:52:20 

18) Main Theme - Crystal Hammer - Amiga - Karsten Obarski - 00:55:26 

19) Pure Stone - Zillion - Master System - Tokuhiko Uwabo  - 00:59:31 

20) Boss - Somer Assault - TG16 - Hidehito Aoki and/or Katsuyuki Inose - 01:02:49 

21) Attacking Vah Rudania - LoZ: Breath of the Wild - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, and/or Yasuaki Iwata - 01:06:16 

22) Fire Temple Phase 2 - LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, Tsukasa Usui, Maasa Miyoshi, and/or Masato Ohashi - 01:08:46 

23) El Quejio - Blasphemous - Multiplatform - Carlos Viola, and/or Daniel Parejo - 01:12:12 

24) Temple of the Sands - The Talos Principle - Multiplatform - Damjan Mravunac - 01:17:14 

25) Winter Night - Hitman Contracts - PS2/XB/PC - Jesper Kyd - 01:19:11 

26) The Junction - Donkey Kong Bananza - Switch 2 - Daisuke Matsuoka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, and/or Tsukasa Usui - 01:22:34 

27) Left to Bloom - Minecraft - Mutiplatform - Lena Raine - 01:24:34 

28) Maintain the Firmament - Firmament - PS5/PC - Maclaine Diemer - 01:30:07 

29) Crossroads - Hollow Knight - Multiplatform - Christopher Larkin - 01:33:05 

30) Pokopoko - Minecraft - Multiplatform - Kumi Tanioka - 01:35:29 

31) Main Theme - Atari 50 - Multiplatform - Bob Baffy - 01:40:12 

32) Game Select - Kirby Super Star - SNES - Jun Ishikawa, and/or Dan Miyakawa - 01:47:51 

33) Stage 1 - Legendary Wings - NES - Tamayo Kawamoto, Manami Matsumae, and/or Yoshihiro Sakaguchi - 01:49:19 

34) Quick Man - Mega Man - Game Gear - c: Takashi Tateishi / a: David Lowe - 01:51:14 

35) Title Music - Batman Returns - Lynx - Robert Vieira - 01:53:16 

36) Aqueduct - Lagrange Point - Famicom (VRC7) - Akio Dobashi, Noriyuki Takahashi, Aki Hata, Makoto Kawamoto, Kenji Nakamura, and/or Tadashi Sawashita - 01:55:00 

37) Viewros Overworld - Metroid Prime 4 (pre-release) - Switch / Switch 2 - Kenji Yamamoto - 01:57:07 

38) The Divide - Donkey Kong Bananza - Switch 2 - Daisuke Matsuoka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, and/or Tsukasa Usui - 02:00:07 

39) Puzzlebox - Minecraft - Multiplatform - Aaron Chernof - 02:02:45 

40) Gerudo Town Night - LoZ: BotW / TotK - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, and/or Yasuaki Iwata - 02:07:34 

41) North Point Mall - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - PS2 / PC - Lex Horton - 02:10:40 

42) Whimsical Waypoint - Two Dots - iOS / Android - Upright T-Rex - 02:15:01 

B1) Outro - 02:17:21 

Music Block Runtime: 02:11:28  / Total Episode Runtime: 02:30:21 

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01) Gettin' Freaky - Friday Night Funkin' - iOS/Android - Kawai Sprite

Today’s broadcast is Episode 10 for Mishmash Monday, May 22nd, 2017 on a program we're calling "Mishmash Monday vol. 1" 

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Chris Chandler. 

Tracklist - Track#, Game, System, Track Name, Composer, Timestamp: 

01: Intro - 00:00 

02: Shinobi 3 - Genesis - Japonesque - Hirofumi Murasaki, Masayuki Nagao, Morihiko Akiyama - 01:55 

03: Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - The Vile Peaks - Masashi Hamauzu - 04:13 

04: Trip World - Game Boy - Stage 2-2 - “Phase Out” - 06:59 

05: Ninja Warriors - SNES - City - Hiroyuki Iwatsuki - 08:43 

06: Quake 2 - PC - Quad Machine - Sonic Mayhem - 10:50 

07: X-Men - Arcade - Ethnic Cave and Flame - The Konami Kukeiha Club - 14:22 

08: Jumping Flash 2 - PS1 - Stage 1-2 - Takeo Miratsu - 16:56 

09: Fushigi no Umi no Nadia - PCE - HES 12 - Shiro Sagisu - 18:34 

10: Sim City - SNES - Capital - Soyo Oka - 20:33 

11: Castlevania III - NES - Riddle - Konami Kukeiha Club - 22:54 

12: Ai Chou Aniki - PC Engine - Stage 4-3 - Iwasaki Taku - 23:56 

13: Star Wars: SOTE - N64 - Menu - Joel McNeely - 25:33 

14: Super Meat Boy - PC/360 - Forest Funk - Danny Baronowsky - 26:34 

15: Metroid Prime - GameCube - Metroid Prime Battle - Kenji Yamamoto and/or Kouichi Kyuma - 29:22 

16: James Bond 007 - Genesis - Space Hop - Matt Furniss - 31:58 

17: Tiny Toon Adventures: BBL - SNES - Space Opera -  Kazuhiko Uehara and/or Yukie Morimoto - 34:03 

18: Chester Cheetah: TCTF - Genesis - To the Exit - Kaneko Sound Team - 36:46 

19: Salamander - PC Engine - Crystal Forever - Konami Kukeiha Club - 39:41 

20: Outro - 40:09 

Music Block Runtime: 38:18, Total Episode Runtime: 46:39 

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Today’s broadcast is Episode 16 for Mishmash Monday, October 9th, 2017 on a program we're calling "Mishmash Monday - vol. 2". 

Track Number / Game / System / Track Name / Composer / Time Stamp 

01: Intro 00:00 

02: Ghost in the Shell - PS1 - The Vertical - Joey Beltram 01:44 

03: Solstice - NES - Title Theme - Tim Follin 08:10 

04: Axiom Verge - multi - Inexorable - Thomas Happ 11:04 

05: Silent Hill 2 - PS2 - The Reverse Will - Akira Yamaoka 15:44 

06: Wai Wai Mahjong - PC Engine - Unknown Track 4 - Uncredited 19:09 

07: Adventure Island - NES - Stage 1-1 - Jun Chikuma 20:50 

08: Mega Man X - SNES - Central Highway - Toshihiko Horiyama 22:14 

09: Tsuri Taro - SFC - Fishing for Seema - Katsuhiro Hayashi 25:14 

10: Liquid Kids - Arcade - Waltz of Water and Bubble - Kazuko Umino 28:18 

11: Metroid Fusion - GBA - Nightmare Battle - Minako Hamano 30:21 

12: X-Men - Genesis - Shi'ar Empire - Fletcher Beasley 32:11 

13: X-Racer - Hydra Development Unit - Floor it! - c: John Wedgeworth / a: Jay Cook 36:05 

14: Shovel Knight - multi - A Cool Reception - Jake Kaufman 37:47 

15: Destiny - PS4/XB1 - Passage - C. Paul Johnson 40:26 

16: ARMS - Switch - Main Theme - Atsuko Asahi and/or Yasuaki Iwata 43:36 

17: El Viento - Genesis - High Sky - Motoi Sakuraba 46:26 

18: Magical Chase - TG16 - Waltz of Meditation (part 1) - Hitoshi Sakimoto 48:48 

19: Wolverine - NES - Bonus Room - Geoff Follin 51:18 

20: Castlevania II - FDS - The Silence of Daylight - Kenichi Matsubara 52:17 

21: Final Fantasy IX - PS1 - Esto Gaza - Nobuo Uematsu 53:21 

22: Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 3DS - 10pm - Kazumi Totaka 56:47 

23: Outro 59:23 

Music Block Runtime: 57:43, Total Episode Runtime: 01:05:49 

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio - Dreamcast - BB Rights 

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Hope you enjoy the episode! Join us again Saturday, October 28th for C1E17 (Channel 1, Episode 17): the Bram Stoker's Dracula soundtrack, and wherever you are - Fly the N! 

Cheers! 

All tracks from the game MAKRANA, an upcoming game by Chronarian Games for PS5, XBSX and probably other platforms as well. All tracks composed, arranged, and performed by Matt Miller.

Tracklist

A1) "Production Disclaimer" Earcatcher (St. John on the now NNR-customary $400 Shure SM7B Mic) - 00:00:00

A2) "Episode Opener" Earcatcher (St. John on the now long-deprecated $100 AudioTechnica AT2020 Mic which was the mic St. John used on NNR from 2017-2022) - 00:00:59

01) "ZENITH" (game and track titles all capitalized for stylistic purposes by developer)  a) Music - 00:01:12  b) Discussion and Top-of-Show Business (St. John and Matt sharing a single AT2020) - 00:04:50

02) "OBSERVE"  a) Music - 00:29:39  b) Discussion (all voice recordings from here on out using that same single AT2020) - 00:33:27

03) "REFLECT"  a) Music - 00:47:59  b) Discussion (our shortest conversation of the episode by far!) - 00:51:47

04) "QUADRANT"  a) Music - 00:59:04  b) Discussion - 01:03:21

05) "DEVIATE"  a) Music - 01:28:28  b) Discussion and End-of-Show Business - 01:33:51   B1) Outtakes - 02:04:08

Total Episode Runtime: 02:10:02

Matt and Chronarian Games can be found at www.chronariangames.com as well as on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, BlueSky, Mastodon, YouTube, and X.

Special Thanks to Erin Miller, Nora Miller, and Jodee Wedgeworth (aka "St. Jodee") for making this recording session / episode possible. 

Produced in a mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Linux on a 2023-model Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 gaming laptop (docked in a "desktop" context) using the aforementioned mics, a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB audio interface, and in the case of the SM7B, a Cloudlifter in-line signal booster. No alcohol was involved in this recording - however, I do think sleep deprivation may have been a factor! ;-) :-D

Enjoy!!

Track list:

A1) Intro - 00:00:00 01) Urban Disturbance (by Ultra Kitsune) - 00:05:06 02) Usual Routine (by Breezee) - 00:08:50 03) Hustle & Bustle (by Breezee) - 00:10:08 04) Peaceful Days (by Ziassan) - 00:11:35 05) Consequences of a fool (by Blue Wolfie) - 00:13:52 06) Marvelous Masa (by Blue Wolfie) - 00:15:38 07) Gover Mecher (by Blue Wolfie) - 00:16:30 08) Victory in Sight (by Blue Wolfie) - 00:18:07 09) Adult talk (by Ultra Kitsune) - 00:20:23 10) Empty Eyes (by Blue Wolfie) - 00:22:17 11) Optimist in shining armor (by Breezee) - 00:24:52 12) Stardust (by Ultra Kitsune) - 00:25:56 13) Rationality (by Haven235) - 00:28:02 14) Vision from my soul (by Ultra Kitsune) - 00:29:53 15) Unpredictable Youth (by Breezee) - 00:30:54 16) Eccentric Detective (by Breezee) - 00:33:18 17) Process of Elimination (by Blue Wolfie) - 00:35:55 18) Instinctive Suspicion (by Breezee) - 00:38:07 19) Instinctive Suspicion - music box (by Breezee) - 00:40:07 20) Instinctive Suspicion - ominous (by Breezee) - 00:42:03 21) Equanimity (by Breezee) - 00:43:58 22) Anxiety (by Breezee) - 00:48:44 23) Tasteless (by Ziassan) - 00:50:11 24) Introspection (by Ziassan) - 00:52:29 25) Melancholy (by Breezee) - 00:58:00 26) Melancholy - heavy (by Breezee) - 01:00:16 27) Hollow (by Ultra Kitsune) - 01:03:06 28) Restless (by Ultra Kitsune) - 01:05:27 29) Asphyxia (by Breezee) - 01:08:19 30) Electrifying Tension (by Breezee) - 01:10:07 31) Melancholy - emotional (by Breezee) - 01:12:59 32) Warm Feeling (by Ultra Kitsune) - 01:16:04 33) Secrets of Isamu (by Ultra Kitsune) - 01:17:49 34) Depths (by Ziassan) - 01:19:44 35) Disturbed (by Ultra Kitsune) - 01:22:09 36) Urban Disturbance - dark edit (by Ultra Kisune) - 01:25:11

Soundtrack Runtime - 01:22:47 Total Runtime - 01:27:53

You can find Fallen Snow Studios here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWfMivU4sAY

https://vnchan.wordpress.com/

Background music for the introduction segment: Water Temple (Phase 1) from Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on Nintendo Switch (and Switch 2) composed by Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, and/or Tsukasa Usui

Tracklist: 

Track# - Track - Timestamp 

A1) Intro - 00:00:00 

01) Title Theme - 00:05:16 

02) Prologue - 00:07:28 

03) Approaching the Space Colony - 00:10:01 

04) Ceres Space Colony - 00:10:11 

05) Ridley / Draygoon / Chozo Statue - 00:10:43 

06) Approaching Planet Zebes - 00:12:52 

07) Crateria (Surface Arrival) - 00:13:06 

08) Crateria (Underground) - 00:14:47 

09) Crateria (Space Pirates) - 00:16:25 

10) Mysterious Statue Chamber - 00:19:58 

11) Item Room - 00:21:48 

12) Brinstar (Overgrown Area) - 00:23:23 

13) Brinstar (Red Soil) - 00:27:00 

14) Spore Spawn / Botwoon - 00:29:12 

15) Tension - 00:31:27 

16) Kraid / Crocomire / Phantoon - 00:33:17 

17) Norfair (Fire of Zebes) - 00:35:07 

18) Theme of Samus Aran - 00:37:22 

19) Wrecked Ship (Deactivated) - 00:41:01 

20) Wrecked Ship (Activated) - 00:43:11 

21) Maridia (Drifting Sands) - 00:45:34 

22) Maridia (Underwater) - 00:49:30 

23) Norfair (Ancient Ruins) - 00:52:23 

24) Golden Four Statue - 00:57:00 

25) Tourian - 00:59:13 

26) Mother Brain - 01:03:03 

27) Escape - 01:05:21 

28) Finale - 01:07:33 

29) Continue - 01:10:51 

B1) Outro - 01:11:41 

B2) BONUS: Super Metroid Medley - performed on June 22nd 2025 by the Des Moines Gamer Symphony Orchestra (“DSMGSO”), and arranged by the DSMGSO’s very own Joseph Mullin! - 01:20:59 

Music Block Runtime: 01:06:27 / Bonus Music Runtime: 00:13:15 / Total Episode Runtime: 01:33:25 

Our intro and outro is Funky Radio from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by B.B. Rights 

You can find Alex’s show: “A VGM Journey” here: 

https://terraplayer.com/shows/a-vgm-journey 

And you can find Professor Tom’s “Shujin Academy VGM Club” here: 

https://terraplayer.com/shows/shujin-academy-vgm-club 

You can find the Des Moines Gamer Symphony Orchestra here: 

https://www.dsmgso.org/ 

https://youtube.com/@desmoinesgamersymphonyorch3631?si=hq8tUJYKOR0-ynjr 

You can find Valerie’s Flute Entertainment here: 

https://www.valwedgeworth.com/ 

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Workstation Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (2023) laptop. Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface! 

You can also find all of our audio episodes on https://archive.org/details/@nerd_noise_radio as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content. 

We are now a member podcast as well. You can find us there at  https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio. Also, check out their outstanding collection of other podcasts and radio stations at https://terraplayer.com/! From now on, when sharing episodes of Nerd Noise Radio, I will most likely use the Terra Player link rather than the Podbean link like I have been using. 

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:  

https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio 

Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here: 

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. 

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans/ 

We are also a member of Podcasters of Des Moines at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1782895868426870/ 

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:  

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom. 

Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory. 

Or you can reach us by e-mail at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com 

You can also follow us on Threads at https://www.threads.net/@nerdnoiseradio , Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nerdnoiseradio?igsh=MWF4NjBpdGVxazUxYw== , Mastodon at https://universeodon.com/@NerdNoiseRadio , and BlueSky at  And we are also now on TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Vurbl, Amazon Music and Audible!  

But frankly, probably the absolute best way you can connect with us is on our new Discord Channel: "Nerd Noise Radio – Channel D", which includes various sub-channels for all sorts of different types of connection and conversation:     https://discord.gg/GUWdaXUw 

Thanks for listening! Join us again in August (or more likely, September) for C1E98 (Channel 1, Episode 98): Mishmash Monday – vol. 17 – our final ever Mishmash Monday on Channel 1, and our third-to-last [quote] "regular", "ordinary", "standard" episode of Channel 1, though certainly not our third-to-last all-time production of Nerd Noise Radio. Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N! 

Cheers! 

Today’s broadcast is C1E64 for Nerd Noise Crossovers, Thursday, 05/12/2022. Today’s Crossover is "ThreeFer Thursday" - which is, among standard format Ch 1 episodes for "just ordinary occasions", our longest episode to date. So hunker down and buckle up for what is going to be quite the musical journey! Also the Ch 1 debut of the new mic, higher quality copies of the intro/outro background music, and my new production techniques. I'm exceptionally proud of this episode, and hope you will find it exceptionally enjoyable! 

Track Number / Game (Composer) / Track Names (Composers) / Time Stamp 

01) Intro – 00:00:00 

02) Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars – Multiplatform 

1. A) Pursuing the Dragon (vocalvers) - Keiichi Okabe (vocal by Saki Nakai) - 00:06:16
2. B) Midday Town – Oliver Good – 00:08:36
3. C) Tears of the Black Witch – Shotaro Seo – 00:11:53

03) Twilight - X68000 - Ryu Umemoto, Ryu Takami, and/or Hiroaki Sano 

1. A) AsVreaSa Merg La (Ending) - 00:15:28 
2. B)Dimineate(Morning) – 00:18:03 
3. C)BisericaNeagra (Opening) - 00:23:11 

04) Final Fantasy X – PS2 

1. A) Fantasy (aka Phantoms) – Junya Nakano – 00:26:43
2. B) The Travel Agency – MasashiHamauzu– 00:29:59 
3. C) Moment of Truth – MasashiHamauzu– 00:32:53 

05)  DOOM Eternal - Multi  - Mick Gordon 

1. A) Icon of Sin – 00:36:22
2. B) Doom Eternal – 00:41:48
3. C) Cultist Base – 00:46:43

06)  Cyberpunk 2077 - Multi 

1. A)WushuuDolls – Marcin Przybylowicz – 00:52:14 
2. B) Adam Smasher – Paul Leonard-Morgan – 00:54:27
3. C) The Rebel Path – P.T. Adamczyk – 00:57:44

07) Super Mario Sunshine – GameCube - Kōji Kondō, and/or Shinobu Tanaka 

1. A) Delfino Airstrip – 01:01:48
2. B) Sirenna Beach – 01:04:02
3. C) Secret Stage – 01:06:19

08) Tiny Death Star - iOS/Android - c: John Williams / a: GMLeto 

1. A) Main Theme – 01:09:20
2. B) Imperial Death March – 01:10:43
3. C) Force Theme – 01:11:52

09) Sim Copter – PC 

1. A) Jazz 1 – Jerry Martin – 01:12:25
2. B) Jazz 5 – Marc Russo – 01:17:56
3. C) Jazz 4 – Marc Russo – 01:22:44

10) Pebble Beach Golf Links - Genesis - Yumi Satake, Shigekazu Kamaki, and/or Yusaburo Shimojyo 

1. A) Hole Overview – 01:27:40
2. B) Main Menu – 01:29:43
3. C) Tea Break – 01:33:33

11) Art of Balance – Multi - Martin Schjøler 

1. A) Title Theme – 01:36:04
2. B) World A – 01:38:04
3. C) Challenge – 01:40:29

12) N++ - multi 

1. A) Confined Spaces – ASC – 01:42:39
2. B) Surrender – Sam KDC – 01:50:48
3. C) Outlaw –VolorFlex – 01:56:48 

13)  Trickstyle – Dreamcast / PC – Richard Beddow 

1. A) UK Race 2 – 02:02:06
2. B) Japan Race 2 – 02:05:03
3. C) USA Race 2 – 02:07:35

14) Doshin the Giant – GameCube - Tatsuhiko Asano 

1. A) Time – 02:10:50
2. B) Jungle Morning – 02:13:36
3. C) Yellow Giant – 02:16:34

15) Magic The Gathering Shandalar - PC – Roland J. Rizzo 

1. A) Track 8 - 02:19:07
2. B) Track 10 - 02:20:50
3. C) Track 19 - 02:22:28

 16) Reigns – iOS/Android - MAGO  

1. A) Benevolent Deeds – 02:24:23
2. B) William the Great – 02:26:54
3. C) Dark Deeds – 02:30:38

17) Mega Man 2 – NES – Takashi Tateishi 

1. A) Heat Man Stage – 02:33:36
2. B) Quick Man Stage – 02:35:21
3. C) Crash Man Stage – 02:37:20

18) Outro – 02:40:11 

Music Block Runtime: 02:34:02 /// Total Epsiode Runtime: 02:53:08 

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights. 

Produced using Ardour 6 / Audacity 3 in Ubuntu Studio [Linux] 22.04 

You can also find all of our audio episodes on Archive.org as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content. 

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:  

https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio 

Our episodes (and occasionally, other content, including expanded show notes) can be found on our blog here: 

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. 

Nerd Noise Radio is also available on The Retro Junkies Network at www.theretrojunkies.com, and is a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans/ 

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:  

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom. 

Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory. 

You can also follow us on Twitter at @NerdNoiseRadio. And we are also now on Spotify, TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, and Vurbl. 

Thanks for listening! Join us again in June (dates TBD) for both Hugues' and I's separate "Best of 2020 / 2021" Channel 1 Retrospective episodes as well as Nerd Noise Radio's contribution (via Channel 2) to the great big VGM Podcast communities common theme group project initiaitve. 

Cheers! 

Our third and final rerun which we’re releasing for July, and third and final rerun celebrating the memory of Masters of VGM (“MoVGM”), and our third and final of my bids to drum up excitement for the “VGM Hall of Fame” (“HoF”)  series spearheaded by Alex “The Messenger” Messenger of “A VGM Journey” (https://terraplayer.com/shows/a-vgm-journey), Professor Tom from “Shujin Academy VGM Club” (https://terraplayer.com/shows/shujin-academy-vgm-club), and myself (as well as any other shows which have elected to join us in the time since my drafting this on July 2nd), we look, at last, to MoVGM’s final year: 2024. The Theme of 2024’s MoVGM was a focus on female and LGBTQIA+ (particularly trans) composers. And Nerd Noise Radio’s contribution for this year was a Channel 1 featuring the soundtrack to the game Celeste, composed by the fabulous trans composer Lena Raine. The pride connection goes even deeper, though, as the game was written and designed by Maddie Thorson, who is also trans, and upon whom the [also also trans] protagonist, Madelaine is also based. From a production standpoint, this is going to be pretty close to on par with a 2025 production as it is using all the same recording hardware, and most of the same production techniques, but may not quite match the current crop due to my using less sophisticated monitoring headphones resulting in a final mix which might be a tad on the “hot” side. Either way, it’s a showcase of great people making great music to a great game with a great message. So, we are quite pleased to present C1E86: “The Celeste Soundtrack” (originally released 06/15/2024). Enjoy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Show Notes: Today’s broadcast is C1E86 for Soundtrack Saturday, June 15th, 2024. Today’s episode is our contributions to the annual VGM podcast scene group project, Masters of VGM (https://www.mastersofvgm.com/). Today's broadcast is the soundtrack to the game Celeste (Mutliplatform) - composed by Lena Raine! 

Tracklist: Track# / Track / Timestamp 

A1) Intro - 00:00:00 

01) Prologue - 00:03:52 

02) First Steps - 00:04:57 

03) Resurrections - 00:08:31 

04) Awake - 00:18:09 

05) Postcard from Celeste Mountain - 00:20:34 

06) Checking In - 00:22:02 

07) Spirit of Hospitality - 00:29:05 

08) Scattered and Lost - 00:30:45 

09) Golden - 00:36:36 

10) Anxiety - 00:45:00 

11) Quiet and Falling - 00:46:50 

12) In the Mirror - 00:54:13 

13) Madeline and Theo - 01:03:43 

14) Starjump - 01:06:50 

15) Reflection - 01:08:59 

16) Confronting Myself - 01:14:48 

17) Little Goth - 01:18:50 

18) Reach for the Summit - 01:21:46 

19) Exhale - 01:32:48 

20) Heart of the Mountain - 01:35:08 

21) My Dearest Friends- 01:41:02 

B1) Outro - 01:43:10 

Music Block Runtime: 01:39:23, Total Episode Runtime: 01:49:48 

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights. 

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14 (2023) laptop with perhaps a little support from a Dell Latitude 7480 (also running Fedora Linux) or the Steam Deck (running Steam OS). Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface! 

You can also find all of our audio episodes on https://archive.org/details/@nerd_noise_radio as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content. 

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:  

https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio 

Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here: 

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. 

Nerd Noise Radio is also available on The Retro Junkies Network at www.theretrojunkies.com, and is a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans/ 

We are also a member of Podcasters of Des Moines at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1782895868426870/ 

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:  

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom. 

Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory. 

Or you can reach us by e-mail at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com 

You can also follow us on X (Twitter) at https://twitter.com/NerdNoiseRadio , Threads at https://www.threads.net/@nerdnoiseradio , Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nerdnoiseradio?igsh=MWF4NjBpdGVxazUxYw== , Mastodon at https://universeodon.com/@NerdNoiseRadio , and BlueSky at  And we are also now on Spotify, TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Vurbl, Amazon Music and Audible! There is technically a Discord channel, but we may or may not ever take it public! 

Thanks for listening! Join us again in June (date TBD) for C2E18 (Channel 2, Episode 18) for a TBD-titled fous on music from Unreleased Games and in July for C1E87 (Channel 1, Episode 87): TwoFer Tuesday – vol. 10 – Tasty VGM and Talk on "Nerd n Noise Game Club", as well as Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N! 

Ch F: “Highlights from ‘Stray’” (originally released 06/29/2023): https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio/channel-f-highlights-fromstray-masters-of-vgm

Ch F: Composer Mini-Focus: rayjkayj (originally released  07/26/2023 - also, this might’ve been the final MoVGM 2023 episode as well, meaning, I might’ve gotten to provide both “bookends” to that year’s celebration!) https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio/channel-f-composer-minifocus-rayjkayj-masters-of-vgm

Lastly, two bonus links which relate to the above: 1) C1E30: Big Sound of the Little Guy - vol. 1 (originally released 09/14/2018 - apologies for the atrocious production quality and anemic intro, but the music collection itself is GREAT!) - not only is this obviously relevant to C1E76 above, but it’s also relevant to last month’s C1E96, which was (unofficially, but for all intents and purposes) “Big Sound of the Little Guy vol 3”:

https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio/nerd-noise-radio-channel-1-noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-podcast-c1e30-the-big-sounds-of-the-little-guy-vol-1

2) C1E73: “UNKAYJ THE RAYJ” (originally released ) - guest-hosted by rayjkayj himself, the above minifocus on rayjkayj was comprised of outtakes from this original episode: https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio/ch-1-noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-c1e73-unkayj-the-rayj

…and with that, I’ll leave you with C2E13: “Songs of the Unsung” (originally released 07/06/2023) - a title which I came up with, and if we’re being honest, I’m probably WAY too proud of!). :-D Enjoy!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Show Notes:

Today’s broadcast, for Theme Thursday, July 6th, 2023 is an episode of the Masters of VGM - season 2 (www.mastersofvgm.com) and is a focus on music from unsung and undersung composers - on an episode we’re calling “Songs of the Unsung”.

Tracklist:

01) John’s 1st composer (of 4): C418 (aka Daniel Rosenfeld)

1. John’s Track: Dreiton - Minecraft - Multiplatform
   1. Earcatcher - 00:00:00
   2. Music - 00:00:07
   3. Introduction - 00:08:16
   4. Top of the Show pt 1 - 00:09:12
   5. Discussion - 00:12:00
   6. Top of the Show pt 2 - 00:14:19
2. Hugues’ Track: Enforcer Brittanica - Catacomb Snatch - PC
   1. Music - 00:28:44
   2. Discussion - 00:32:23

02) Hugues’ 1st composer: Takahiko Abe

1. Hugues’ Track: Templo del Sol - Asuteka II - PC88
   1. Music - 00:37:18:
   2. Discussion - 00:39:31
2. John’s Track: Machi - Susanoou Densetsu - PC Engine
   1. Music - 00:46:36
   2. Discussion - 00:48:24

03) John’s 2nd composer: Soichi Terada

1. John’s Track: Subspace 2 - Fantavision 202X - PC
   1. Music - 00:56:06
   2. Discussion - 00:59:27
2. Hugues’ Track: TV Tower - Ape Escape on the Loose - PSP
   1. Music - 01:03:30
   2. Discussion - 01:06:54

04) Hugues’ 2nd composer: Katsumi Tanaka

1. Hugues’ Track: Memories of Puyo Puyo - Puyo Puyo CD - PC Engine
   1. Music - 01:11:09
   2. Discussion - 01:13:25
2. John’s Track: Black Hole Anomalies - Space Megaforce - SNES
   1. Music - 01:19:17
   2. Discussion - 01:21:41

05) John’s 3rd composer: Hikoshi Hashimoto

1. John’s Track: Zena Lan (Heavily Armored) - Cosmic Carnage - 32X
   1. Music - 01:23:57
   2. Discussion - 01:25:50
2. Hugues’ Track: Halftime - Pat Riley Basketball - Genesis
   1. Music - 01:31:15
   2. Discussion - 01:31:47

06) Hugues’ 3rd composer: Toshio Murai

1. Hugues’ Track: Office  Theme - Wall Street Kid - NES
   1. Music - 01:37:29
   2. Discussion - 01:39:16
2. John’s Track: Stage 6 - Cyber Core - PC Engine
   1. Music - 01:43:31
   2. Discussion - 01:45:01

07) John’s 4th composer: Joris de Man

1. John’s Track: Eternal Conceit - Horizon Forbidden West - PS4 / PS5
   1. Music - 01:48:22
   2. Discussion - 01:53:09
2. Hugues’ Track: Violet’s Theme - Black Belt Challenge - GBA
   1. Music - 02:02:56
   2. Discussion - 02:04:59

08) Hugues’ 4th composer: Yoshihiko Miyazaki

1. Hugues’ Track: Search Break - JB Harold Murder Club - PC88
   1. Music - 02:10:56
   2. Discussion - 02:12:43
2. John’s Track: Dream of the Murder - Manhattan Requiem - LaserActive
   1. Music - 02:18:37
   2. Discussion - 02:21:011

09) BONUS: “Unknown composers”!!!

1. John’s Track: Login Screen - N/A (System Music) - PS5
   1. Music - 02:24:25
   2. Discussion - 02:27:28
   3. End of show discussion - 02:31:12
   4. Masters of VGM shout-out - 02:34:26
   5. Closing track Discussion - 02:36:13
   6. Sign-off - 02:39:39
2. Hugues’ Track: Track 5 - Hyper Catalog - PC Engine
   1. Music - 02:39:48
   2. Masters of VGM earcatcher (feat. Ed Wilson of “The VGMbassy”) - 02:41:51
   3. Outtakes - 02:43:48

Total episode runtime: 02:51:22

Produced using a mix of Audacity and Ardour (various versions of each), primarily in KDE Neon (Linux) on St. John’s main laptop, and secondarily on St. John’s Gaming PC “Big Rig” running Garuda KDE Dr460nized Gaming Edition (also Linux).

Retro Game Club can be found here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-game-club/id1453018680

You can also follow Retro Game Club on Facebook and Instagram @retrogameclubpodcast and on Twitter @rgcpodcast.

Hugues’ blog can be found here: 

https://huguesjohnson.com/

The referenced Hugues articles can be found here: 

JB Harold Article: https://www.huguesjohnson.com/guides/jb/ 

Ultravox Article: https://huguesjohnson.com/features/ultrabox/

X-Files DVD Article: https://huguesjohnson.com/features/xfiles-dvd/

You can find Nerd Noise Radio on Facebook and on Twitter each @NerdNoiseRadio. There are also two Facebook Groups: Nerd Noise Radio “Easy Mode” where we just have general video game and nerd fun, or for the gearheads among you, Nerd Noise Radio “Expert Mode” where we deep dive sound hardware, composer info, and music theory. 

You can find the blog at www.nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. Where we sometimes share additional show notes, and inside info. You can also find Nerd Noise Radio on Archive.org, where we have remixes and super bonuses only available there (such as a music-only alternative version of today’s show).

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the Retro Junkies community, which can be found at www.theretrojunkies.com. And we are a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community on Facebook. St. John is also the admin of the Podcasters of Des Moines Facebook group, which features a number of other podcasters and great programs from the greater Des Moines area.

Thanks for listening! Join us again later this month for a Ch 1 on an unnamed soundtrack (and very likely featuring a guest), as well as another Channel F on the VGM compositions of a fellow VGM podcaster, collectively wrapping up our involvement in MoVGM 2! Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds, and Try Before You Buy on Channel F! And wherever you are….Fly the N!

Enjoy!

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Today’s Broadcast is C2E8 for Theme Thursday, June 30th, 2022. Today’s episode will be Nerd Noise Radio’s contribution to the greater VGM podcast scene massive group project “Masters of VGM” (https://mastersofvgm.com) and like all “MoVGM” episodes from all the participating podcasts, will be a focus on our four favorite composers (with a surprise “East meets West” twist) - on a program that we’re quite simply calling “Our Four Favorites”

01) Earcatcher: 00:00:00

02) Hugues’ Composer #4: Yoko Shimomura!

1. Hugues’ Yoko track: Ken’s Theme - Street Fighter II - Arcade
   1. Music - 00:00:03
   2. Intro: 00:02:13
   3. Top of Show Business: 00:04:08
   4. Track (and composer) Discussion: 00:19:19
2. John’s Yoko Track: Kairi 1 - Kingdom Hearts - PS2
   1. Music - 00:24:26
   2. Discussion - 00:26:09

03) John’s Composer #4: Martin Iveson!

1. John’s Martin Track: Shop Theme - Jaguar XJ220 - Sega CD
   1. Music - 00:33:23
   2. Discussion - 00:34:48
2. Hugues’ Martin Track: Country Select - Jaguar XJ220 - Sega CD
   1. Music - 00:38:24
   2. Discussion - 00:39:44
   3. BEGIN: Bad Audio for voice (backup copy - see note after track list) - 00:40:15

04) Hugues’ Composer #3: Yuzo Koshiro!

1. Hugues’ Yuzo Track: Daiba Freezing Town - 7th Dragon 2020 - PSP
   1. Music - 00:42:38
   2. Discussion - 00:45:55
2. John’s Yuzo Track: Undiscovered Realm (in-game symphonic vers) - Actraiser Renaissance - multiplatform
   1. Music - 00:50:21
   2. Discussion - 00:52:39

05) John’s Composer #3: Spencer Nilsen!

1. John’s Spencer Track: Cathedral and Sewers - Batman Returns - Sega CD
   1. Music - 00:57:33
   2. Discussion - 01:00:44
   3. END: Bad Audio for voice (backup copy) - 01:06:09
2. Hugues’ Spencer [maybe] Track: The Vents - Ecco the Dolphin - Genesis (possibly composed by Andras Magyari and/or Brian Coburn instead - or as well)
   1. Music - 01:06:25
   2. Discussion - 01:08:38

06) Hugues’ Composer #2: Nobuo Uematsu!

1. Hugues’ Nobuo Track: The Oath - Final Fantasy VIII - PS1
   1. Music - 01:14:53
   2. Discussion - 01:18:09
2. John’s Nobuo Track: Esto Gaza - Final Fantasy IX - PS1
   1. Music - 01:25:26
   2. Discussion - 01:29:05

07) John’s Composer #2: Matt Furniss!

1. John’s Matt Track: The Red Woods - Puggsy - Genesis
   1. Music - 01:34:57
   2. Discussion - 01:37:59
2. Hugues’ Matt Track: Title - Sega Chess - Mastersystem
   1. Music - 01:42:39
   2. Discussion - 01:44:46

08) Hugues’ Composer [TEAM] #1: Hayato Sonoda and/or Takahiro Unisuga

[Falcom Sound Team JDK]!

1. Hugues’ Falcom Track: Blue Destination - Trails of Cold Steel II - Vita/PS3/PS4/PC
   1. Music - 01:51:41
   2. Discussion - 01:56:28
   3. BEGIN: More Backup voice audio - 02:01:07
   4. END: More Backup voice audio - 02:01:13
2. John’s Falcom Track: Crystal Valley - Zwei II - PC [EDITOR’S NOTE: I missed my chance to point out that Zwei (pronounced “TsvI”)is the German word for “two”. So this game is basically called “Two Two”. :-D - St. John]
   1. Music - 02:07:38
   2. Discussion - 02:10:10

09) John’s Composer [TEAM] #1: The Super Follin Bros [Tim and/or Geoff Follin]

1. John’s Follin Track: Gambit - Spider-Man / X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge - SNES
   1. Music - 02:13:51
   2. Discussion - 02:17:56
   3. End of Show Business (and FINALLY titling the episode!) - 02:23:47
   4. Our other Programs - 02:29:09
   5. Hugues’ Follin Track Discussion - 02:31:46
   6. Sign Off - 02:34:38
2. Hugues’ Follin Track: Parking Garage - Target Renegade - NES - 02:35:33

10) Blooper Reel (contains both high and low quality voice audio - AND OUR CENSOR SOUND!!!) - 02:38:48

11) Bonus 1: The Oath - Distant Worlds Symphonic Concert Version - 02:46:29

12) Bonus 2: Rain Angel - AtJazz (post-VGM non-VGM works by Martin Iveson) - Lab Results (album) - c 2002 - 02:51:47

Total Episode Runtime: 02:58:04

NOTE ON BACKUP [bad] AUDIO - SHORT[ISH] VERSION: when Hugues and I meet, we have our Google Meet output recording, as well as each having higher quality Audacity recordings of just our own sides of the conversation. We keep the Meet recording in case there is an emergency with the Audacity recording, but otherwise don't use it in the final episode, and I just align and combine our high quality Audacity recordings. On this episode, however, (a first for Ch 2) we lost a portion of Hugues' Audacity recording, so we did have to use our fallback a little bit. At the very bottom of the show notes, I'll include a LONG[ISH] VERSION which explains more. I did everything I could to minimize the impact of the Google Meet recording in the final episode. But it is noticeable at points.

The Masters of VGM Website, once again, can be found at https://mastersofvgm.com/. You can also follow MoVGM on Twitter @MastersOfVGM! Please do check out some (or preferably, ALL) of the other shows’ episodes in the series!

Retro Game Club can be found here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-game-club/id1453018680

You can also follow Retro Game Club on Facebook and Instagram @retrogameclubpodcast and on Twitter @rgcpodcast.

Hugues’ blog (and his Sega Genesis demo) can be found here: 

https://huguesjohnson.com/

You can find Nerd Noise Radio on Facebook and on Twitter each @NerdNoiseRadio. There are also two Facebook Groups: Nerd Noise Radio “Easy Mode” where we just have general video game and nerd fun, or for the gearheads among you, Nerd Noise Radio “Expert Mode” where we deep dive sound hardware, composer info, and music theory. 

You can find the blog at www.nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. Where we sometimes share additional show notes, and inside info. You can also find Nerd Noise Radio on Archive.org, where we have remixes and super bonuses only available there (such as a music-only alternative version of today’s show).

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the Retro Junkies community, which can be found at www.theretrojunkies.com. And we are a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community on Facebook. St. John is also the admin of the Podcasters of Des Moines Facebook group, which features a number of other podcasters and great programs from the greater Des Moines area.

Thanks for listening! Join us again in July on Channel 1 for two separate retrospective episodes: C1E65a: “The Best of 2020 / 2021 - St. John’s picks” and C1E65b: “The Best of 2020 / 2021 - Hugues’ picks”. Then join us again in August on Ch 2 for C2E9: “Just Deserts”. And wherever you are….Fly the N!

Today’s rerun includes a tacked on 2025 introduction directed primarily at listeners on Terra Player, and also references links to two other “made on Steam Deck” NNR episodes. See those links below: C1E71: “The Wonder Years” [Channel 1]: https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-c1e71-the-wonder-years/

C2R3: “Best of 2023” [Channel 2]: https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/ch-2-nerd-noise-game-club-c2r3-the-best-of-season-3/

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Original show notes (minus updated timestamps)

-------------------------------------------------------- Today’s Broadcast is C2E10 for Theme Thursday, October 20th, 2022. Today’s episode (our final “normal” episode of Season 2 [calendar 2022]) will be a focus on Sega CD music to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the system’s North American launch. Also, including an endearingly terrible improvised gag attempt at the very beginning! :-D

Track # / Track / Game [System, of course, will always be Sega CD, or at least Mega CD] / Composer (s) / Selected by

A1) 2025 “For The Terra Player Listeners” Addendum: 00:00:00 

01) False Intro (Gag!) - 00:09:30

02) Track 03 - Robo Aleste - Katsumi Tanaka, and/or Satoshi Shimazaki - Hugues

1. Music - 00:11:50
2. Introduction - 00:06:06
3. Top of Show Business pt 1 - 00:15:36
4. Opening Track  Discussion - 00:24:09
5. Return of the Top of Show Business pt B - 00:28:20

02) West Side Andore Cage Battle - Final Fight CD - c: Harumi Fujita, Yasuaki Fujita, Manami Matsumae, Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Yoko Shimomura, Hiromitsu Takaoka, and/or Junko Tamiya / a: T’s Music - St. John

1. Music - 00:31:08
2. Discussion - 00:34:23

03) Track 08 - Spider-Man vs The Kingpin - Spencer Nilsen and/or David Young - Hugues

1. Music - 00:40:36
2. Discussion - 00:43:52

04) Rolling Bad Guys - Lethal Enforcers - Kenichiro Fukui - St. John

1. Music - 00:56:33
2. Discussion - 01:01:37

05) Ice Berg - Popful Mail - c: Mieko Ishikawa / a: Hirofumi Matsuoka - Hugues

1. Music - 01:10:31
2. Discussion - 01:13:01

06) Wacky Workbench (past) - Sonic CD - Naofumi Hataya, and/or Masafumi Ogata - St. John

1. Music - 01:16:27
2. Discussion - 01:20:04

07) Ending - Earnest Evans - Motoi Sakuraba, and/or Hiroki Itou - Hugues

1. Music - 01:26:54
2. Discussion - 01:31:30

08) Track 7 - Keio Flying Squadron - Tsukasa Tawada - St. John

1. Music - 01:36:12
2. Discussion - 01:40:56

09) Overworld Theme - Vay - Shigeki Sako - Hugues

1. Music - 01:49:13
2. Discussion - 01:51:23

10) Ancient Temple - Wolfchild - Martin Iveson - St. John

1. Music - 01:53:50
2. Discussion - 01:59:05

11) Meribia - Lunar: The Silver Star - Noriyuki Iwadare - Hugues

1. Music - 02:03:42
2. Discussion - 02:06:14

12) The Undercaves - Ecco the Dolphin - Spencer Nilsen - St. John

1. Music - 02:08:45
2. Discussion - 02:01:56

13) Melee Island - The Secret of Monkey Island - Michael Z. Land, Barney Jones, Andy Newell, Patric Mundy - Hugues

1. Music - 02:16:53
2. Discussion - 02:19:06
3. End of Show Business / Our Other Shows - 02:24:06
4. Final Track Discussion - 02:31:41
5. Sign-off - 02:35:16

14) Jamie's Theme - Snatcher - The Konami Kukeiha Club - St. John

1. Music - 02:35:48
2. Blooper Reel - 02:38:15

Total Episode Runtime: 02:47:09

Retro Game Club can be found here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-game-club/id1453018680

You can also follow Retro Game Club on Facebook and Instagram @retrogameclubpodcast and on Twitter @rgcpodcast.

Hugues’ blog (and his Sega Genesis demo) can be found here: 

https://huguesjohnson.com/

You can find Nerd Noise Radio on Facebook and on Twitter each @NerdNoiseRadio. There are also two Facebook Groups: Nerd Noise Radio “Easy Mode” where we just have general video game and nerd fun, or for the gearheads among you, Nerd Noise Radio “Expert Mode” where we deep dive sound hardware, composer info, and music theory. 

You can find the blog at www.nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. Where we sometimes share additional show notes, and inside info. You can also find Nerd Noise Radio on Archive.org, where we have remixes and super bonuses only available there (such as a music-only alternative version of today’s show).

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the Retro Junkies community, which can be found at www.theretrojunkies.com. And we are a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community on Facebook. St. John is also the admin of the Podcasters of Des Moines Facebook group, which features a number of other podcasters and great programs from the greater Des Moines area.

Thanks for listening! Join us again one week from today (Thurs, Oct 27th, 2022) for C1E68: “They’re Coming to Get You, Barbara” - spooky, dissonant, and unsettling music for the occasion of the Halloween season”. Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds! And wherever you are….Fly the N! --------------------------------------------------------

2025 Addendum 2: C1E68 was an incredible episode! One of the most sophisticated[ly sorted] mixtapes I’ve ever made! Here’s the link if you’re curious! https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/channel-1-noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-c1e68-they-re-coming-to-get-you-barbara/ --------------------------------------------------------

SKIP STRAIGHT TO THE MUSIC TIMESTAMP: 00:07:22 

Tracklist: 

Track# - Track - Game (System is always presumed to be PC for this episode) - Composer(s) - Timestamp 

A1) Intro - 00:00:00 

01) Main Theme - Mr. Run and Jump - Fat Bard and/or Andrew P. Masson - 00:07:22 

02) Blackout City - Bit Trip Runner - Petrified Productions - 00:09:24 

03) Solace Tomorrow - ExZodiac - Ben Hickling - 00:12:44 

04) Starry Sky - Toree 3D - Nash Music Library - 00:15:51 

05) Southisland 2 - Fantavision 202 X - Soichi Terada - 00:18:07 

06) Shame (aka “The Shameful Last Minute”) - EDGE - Romain Gauthier - 00:21:16 

07) Syreen Theme - Star Control III - Andrew M. Frazier - 00:24:23 

08) Analog Control Loop - Formula Retro Racing - John Williams - 00:27:14 

09) UFO 50 - UFO 50 - Eirik Suhrke - 00:29:17 

10) Hinterwald Dungeon Explore - Dungeons of Hinterberg - David Zahradnicek, and/or Markus Zahradnicek - 00:32:01 

11) Control - Cloundpunk - Harry Critchley - 00:35:18 

12) Blast Pit 1 - Black Mesa - Joel Nielsen - 00:37:29 

13) The Nomai - The Outer Wilds - Andrew Prahlow - 00:39:14 

14) Dream Town - Fallout 2 - Mark Morgan - 00:43:01 

15) Earth - Lords of Magic - Keith Zizza - 00:46:12 

16) grip - qomp - Britt Brady - 00:50:14 

17) Returning the Flavour - Olli Olli World - Potatohead People - 00:52:45 

18) Portabellahead - Crypt of the Necrodancer - Danny Baronowsky - 00:55:43 

19) Delirious Acting - Pseudoregalia - potatoTero - 00:58:29 

20) Relentless - Gunborg - Cato Hoeben - 01:00:27 

21) Kurodabushi - Koi Koi Japan Hanafuda - Unknown - 01:03:21 

22) Security Bridge - System Shock Classic - Greg LoPiccolo and/or Tim Ries - 01:04:50 

23) Battle - Caveblazers - Paul Zimmerman - 01:08:02 

24) Salt and Sepulcher - The Mummy Demastered - monomer - 01:09:55 

25) Main Theme - Blade Assault - Planetboom and/or Creative Factory - 01:12:10 

26) Main Theme - Fury Unleashed - Adam Skorupa and/or Krzysztof Wierzynkiewicz - 01:15:08 

27) Witness Prevention Program - Killing Floor - Zynthetic - 01:17:21 

28) The Audience Chamber - Elder Scrolls Arena - Eric Heberling - 01:20:08 

29) Trademeet - Baldur’s Gate II - Michael Hoenig - 01:21:46 

30) Wayward Dreamers - Dreams of Aether - flashy goodness - 01:22:39 

31) Save Room - Gato Roboto - Britt Brady - 01:25:30 

32) Equanimity - Lucid9 - Breezee - 01:27:14 

33) Pillar Gardens - In Other Waters - Amos Roddy - 01:31:40 

34) Completely Safe - Deliver Us Mars - Sander Van Zanten - 01:36:02 

35) Karst Pass - Even the Ocean - Melos Han-Tani - 01:39:34 

36) Title Screen - Cubot - Kevin MacLeod - 01:44:33 

37) Splash of Color - Flower - Vincent Diamante - 01:49:45 

38) Beast Road - Touhou Mystia’s Izakaya - Hannari and/or Can Shi - 01:58:56 

39) Pra Me Lembrar Amanha - Before I Forget - Dave Tucker - 02:02:31 

40) Candy Store Crush - Donut Dodo - Sean Bialo - 02:05:04 

41) Toastopia - Pikuniku - Calem Bowen - 02:07:22 

42) April Mountains - Lovely Planet 2: April Skies - Calem Bowen - 02:10:17 

43) Clouds - Nidhogg - Daedalus - 02:12:47 

44) Home - Retrowave - Resonance - 02:15:20 

45) Battle Theme - Void Invaders - kingdaro - 02:18:43 

B1) Outro - 02:21:58 

Music Block Runtime: 02:14:43 / Total Episode Runtime: 02:34:01 

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights. 

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in SteamOS desktop mode on the Steam Deck! Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface! 

If you aren't already a listener of Shujin Acadamy VGM Club, please go show the good professor some love, and tell him St. John sent ya! You can find Shujin Acadamy on Terra Player, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Facebook, Mastodon, Podbean, or on your podcatcher of choice. Here's a link to his show on Terra Player and on Podbean: 

https://terraplayer.com/shows/shujin-academy-vgm-club 

  https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/ 

  Speaking of Terra Player, we are now a member podcast as well. You can find us there at  https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio. Also, check out their outstanding collection of other podcasts and radio stations at https://terraplayer.com/! From now on, when sharing episodes of Nerd Noise Radio, I will most likely use the Terra Player link rather than the Podbean link like I have been using. 

You can also find all of our audio episodes on https://archive.org/details/@nerd_noise_radio as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content. 

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:  

https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio 

Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here: 

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. 

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans/ 

We are also a member of Podcasters of Des Moines at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1782895868426870/ 

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:  

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom. 

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Tracklist: Vibe-Off# - Timestamps 

Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer - Timestamp 

Intro - 00:00:00 

VIBE-OFF A: 00:06:25 - 00:14:12 

1) Mission 2 – Double Dragon II – Mega Drive – c: Kazunaka Yamane / a: Hitoshi Sakimoto – 00:06:25 

2) The Mall - Skate or Die 2 – NES – Rob Hubbard – 00:08:52 

3) Surface of SR388 - Metroid 2 – Game Boy - Ryōji Yoshitomi – 00:12:00 

VIBE-OFF B: 00:14:12 – 00:17:23 

1) Springfield Butte - The Simpsons – Arcade – Norio Hanzawa – 00:14:12 

2) Evil Dante - Cratermaze – TG16 – c: Kenji Yoshida and/or Hiroshi Funaba / a: Toshiaki Takimoto, Katsunori Takahashi, Takayuki Iwabuchi, and/or Keita Hoshi – 00:15:44 

VIBE-OFF C: 00:17:23 – 00:20:56 

1) BGM 2 – Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf – Genesis - Tokuhiko Uwabo – 00:17:23 

2) Results Parade – Check Mii Out Channel – Wii – Kazumi Totaka – 00:18:53 

VIBE-OFF D: 00:20:56 – 00:25:47 

1) Boss – Black Belt – Master System – Katsuhiro Hayashi – 00:20:56 

2) Wily's Castle 1 – Mega Man 2 – NES – Takashi Tateishi – 00:23:16 

VIBE-OFF E: 00:25:47 – 00:28:08 

1) Promoted Attack – Shining Force II – Genesis - Motoaki Takenouchi – 00:25:47 

2) Course Select – Star Fox – SNES - Hajime Hirasawa – 00:26:58 

VIBE-OFF F: 00:28:05 – 00:33:12 

1) Stage 5-2 – Rocket Knight Adventures – Genesis - Masanori Ohuchi, Aki Hata, Masanori Adachi, Hiroshi Kobayashi, and/or Michiru Yamane – 00:28:05 

2) Mellow Groove – ToeJam & Earl: Panic on Funkotron – Genesis – John Baker – 00:31:26 

VIBE-OFF G: 00:33:12 – 00:39:19 

1) Dilapidated Town – Streets of Rage – Genesis – Yuzo Koshiro – 00:33:12 

2) Blue Blue Moon – Super Adventure Island – SNES – Yuzo Koshiro – 00:36:37 

VIBE-OFF H: 00:39:19 – 00:46:41 

1) Aqua and Trees – Tobal No. 1 – PS1 - Masashi Hamauzu, Junya Nakano, Yasuhiro Kawakami, Kenji Ito, and/or Ryuji Sasai – 00:39:19 

2) Rikuo – Night Warriors – Darkstalkers' Revenge – Multiplatform  - Takayuki Iwai, Hideki Okugawa, and/or Akari Kaida – 00:42:24 

3) Gong Shun Sheng – Dark Legend – Saturn – c: Shogo Sakai, Taihei Sato, Hiroaki Yoshida, and/or Tatsuya Kiuchi / a: Seiichi Hamada – 00:44:07 

VIBE-OFF I: 00:46:41 – 00:50:02 

1) Tetramix A – Tetris (SEGA) - Arcade – Yasuhiro Kawakami and/or Katsumi Tojo – 00:46:41 

2) Stage 1-4 – Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine – Genesis - Masanori Hikichi, and/or Masayuki Nagao – 00:48:26 

VIBE-OFF J: 00:50:02 – 00:53:49 

1) Float Islands – Kirby Super Star – SNES - Jun Ishikawa,  and/or Dan Miyakawa – 00:50:02 

2) Frappe Snowland / Sherbet Land – Mario Kart 64 – N64 - Kenta Nagata – 00:51:32 

VIBE-OFF K: 00:53:49 – 00:59:02 

1) Main Theme – Space Harrier – Master System – c: Hiroshi Kawaguchi / a: Tokuhiko Uwabo  - 00:53:49 

2) Elec Man – Mega Man – NES - Manami Matsumae and/or Yoshihiro Sakaguchi – 00:56:57 

VIBE-OFF L: 00:59:02 – 01:01:59 

1) Battle Through a Living Starship – Uncanny X-Men – NES - Kinuyo Yamashita and/or Satoe Terashima – 00:59:02 

2) Stage Theme 2 – Wrath of the Black Manta – NES - Yoki Shinjyuku – 01:00:49 

VIBE-OFF M: 01:01:59 – 01:05:52 

1) Temple – Spellcaster – Master System - Sachio Ogawa – 01:01:59 

2) Gemini Man – Mega Man 3 – NES – Yasuaki Fujita – 01:03:54 

VIBE-OFF N: 01:05:52 – 01:09:45 

1) Siberia (generic) - X-Men 2 – Genesis – Kurt Harland – 01:05:52 

2) Do The Right Thing – X-Men – Arcade - Yuji Takenouchi – 01:07:44 

VIBE-OFF O: 01:09:45 – 01:13:50 

1) Deamon Stage – Cosmic Carnage – 32X – Hikoshi Hashimoto – 01:09:45 

2) Expander – Streets of Rage 2 – Genesis – Yuzo Koshiro and/or Motohiro Kawashima – 01:11:26 

VIBE-OFF P: 01:13:50 – 01:18:52 

1) Bulldozer – Streets of Rage 3 – Genesis – Motohiro Kawashima and/or Yuzo Koshiro – 01:13:50 

2) Loud Music – Stray – Multiplatform – Jan van der Cruyssen – 01:16:17 

VIBE-OFF Q: 01:18:52 – 01:31:47 

1) Outlaw – n++ - Multiplatform – Volor Flex – 01:18:52 

2) UK Race 2 – Trickstyle – Dreamcast / PC – Richard Beddow – 01:24:10 

3) Japanese Four Star – Forza 3 – XB360 – Lance Hayes – 01:27:04 

VIBE-OFF R: 01:31:47 – 01:37:27 

1) Buy Mode 1 – The Sims – PC – Jerry Martin and/or Marc Russo – 01:31:47 

2) Cobleston: Nestled in the Hills – Octopath Traveller – Multiplatform - Yasunori Nishiki – 01:34:26 

VIBE-OFF S: 01:37:27 – 01:44:27 

1) The Hunter's Repose – Moryou Senki Madara 2 – Super Famicom - Tappi Iwase, Miki Higashino, Hirofumi Taniguchi, and/or Aki Hata – 01:37:27 

2) Fishing for Seema – Tsuri Tarou – Super Famicom - Katsuhiro Hayashi – 01:39:45 

3) Milky Lake – Wave Race 64 – N64 – Kazumi Totaka – 01:41:58 

Outro - 01:44:27 

Music Block Runtime: 01:38:03 / Total Episode Runtime: 01:58:24 

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights. 

NOTE: Here is the link to the document that you can use to "grade me" on the quality of these contests:     https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vCVpihaTDXeXOHd3ox44Vn7oW_q7_bX1mNFso0CzqMA/edit?usp=sharing 

Also, Bonus: PROOF that Van Halen is actually pronounced "Fon Hollan": a 1990 Dutch language interview with the Van Halen brothers, which includes, among other things, them all making fun of us for pronouncing it "Van Haylen":    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze7gMsBNp8Q 

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Workstation Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14 (2023) laptop with perhaps a little support from a Dell Latitude 7480 (running Fedora COSMIC Linux), a 2017-spec DIY gaming PC (running Bazzite Linux) or the Steam Deck (running Steam OS Linux). Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface! 

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And now, the [otherwise unmodified] original episode shownotes! Enjoy! -------------------------------------------------------------------

Today’s broadcast is Episode 4 for TwoFer Tuesday, February 21st, 2017 on a program we’re calling “TwoFer Tuesday, Vol. 1” 

Tracklist - Track#, Game, System, Composer, Track Names, Timestamp: 

01: Intro - 00:00:00 

02: ChipChan-Kick - PCFX - Yoshio Furakawa, Masahara Iwata, and Hitoshi Sakamoto 

      a) Stage 1 - 00:01:46 

      b) Stage 4 - 00:05:00 

03: Trickstyle - Dreamcast - Richard Beddow 

      a) USA Race 1 - 00:07:04 

      b) USA Race 4 - 00:10:54 

04: Alien 3 - SNES - Steve Collett 

      a) Destroy the Eggs - 00:14:04 

      b) Collect Deliver and Steal - 00:15:11 

05: Super Smash Bros Brawl - Wii 

      a) Tunnel (X) - composed) Kazumi Totaka / arranged) Yusuke Takahama - 00:17:10 

      b) Marionation Gear - composed and arranged) Masafumi Takada - 00:20:08 

06: LED Storm - C64 - Tim Follin 

      a) Music 3 - 00:22:43 

      b) Name Entry - 00:25:13 

07: Final Fantasy X - PS2 - Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzo, Junya Nakano 

      a) Challenge - 00:27:58 

      b) People of the Far North - 00:30:45 

08: Dick Tracy - Genesis - Takayuki Nakamura 

      a) Train Yard - 00:32:55 

      b) Warehouse - 00:34:25 

09: Ninja Gaiden 2 - NES - Ryuichi Nitta, Mayuko Okamura 

      a) Stage 2-2 - 00:36:24 

      b) Stage 5-2 - 00:37:39 

10: Lovely Planet - Multi Platform - Calum Bowen 

      a) Lovely City - 00:38:58 

      b) Lovely Village - 00:41:32 

11: Magician Lord - NEO GEO - Hiroyuki Shimizu, Yuka Watanabe, Hideki Yamamoto 

      a) Stage 2 - 00:44:18 

      b) Stage 4 - 00:46:43 

12: Zelda Twilight Princess - GC/Wii - Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ota 

      a) Twilight Palace (outside) - 00:48:29 

      b) After the Battle - 00:51:24 

13: Psychosis - TG16 - Atsuhiro Motoyama 

      a) 1st Cause - 00:53:40 

      b) 4th Cause - 00:54:58 

14: Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty (Dark Legend) - Multi - Seiichi Hamada 

      a) Gong Shun Sheng - 00:56:46 

      b) Ruan Xian Wu - 00:59:18 

15: Cosmic Carnage - 32X - Hikoshi Hashimoto 

      a) Cylic (Heavy Armor)  - 01:01:26 

      b) Zena Lan (Heavy Armor)  - 01:03:34 

16: Sims - PC - Jerry Martin  

     a) Buying Lumber (Build 2) - 01:05:18 

     b) Martinis for Two (Latin 2) - 01:10:17 

17: Outro - 01:16:42 

Music Block Runtime: 01:14:58, Total Episode Runtime: 01:23:09 

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Tracklist! 

Track # / Party Pack # / Track Name / Minigame / Composer(s) / Timestamp 

B1) Intro - 00:00:00 

01) PP04 - Lobby - Monster Seeking Monster - Andy Poland - 00:05:16 

02) PP01 - Theme - You Don’t Know Jack 2015 - Andy Poland - 00:08:13 

03) PP07 - Presentation 3 - Talking Points - Brian Chard - 00:10:15 

04) PP04 - Final Round Reveal - Survive the Internet - Brian Chard - 00:12:37 

05) PP03 - Artwork Creation - Tee K.O. - Brian Chard - 00:14:16 

06) PP04 - Gameplay Music 1 - Bracketeering - Brian Chard - 00:16:32 

07) PP10 - Are We Not Birds? - Dodo Re Mi - Nate Sandberg - 00:20:28 

08) PP01 - Background Loop - Drawful - Andy Poland - 00:22:55 

09) PP02 - Lobby - Earwax - Andy Poland - 00:24:43 

10) PP02 - Draw Music A - Bidiots - Randy Sly - 00:28:22 

11) PP03 - List of the Dead Songs - Trivia Murder Party - Randy Sly - 00:29:26 

12) PP08 - Draw - Weapons Drawn - Elise Wattman - 00:31:19 

13) PP04 - Round 1 Draw 1 - Civic Doodle - Andy Poland - 00:33:55 

14) PP01 - Main Theme - Drawful - Andy Poland - 00:37:02 

15) PP03 - Timer Music 2 - Fakin’ It - Andy Poland - 00:38:46 

16) PP07 - Write - Talking Points - Brian Chard - 00:41:16 

17) PP03 - Slogan Creation - Tee K.O. - Brian Chard - 00:43:27 

18) PP04 - Final Round Twist - Survive the Internet - Brian Chard - 00:45:47 

19) PP05 - Rap Loop 14 - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 00:47:48 

20) PP05 - Rap Loop 15 - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 00:48:49 

21) PP06 - Background 1 - Joke Boat - Andy Poland - 00:49:48 

22) PP08 - Deliberation 7 - The Poll Mine - Brian Chard - 00:54:19 

23) PP08 - Vote 2 - Drawful Animate - Andy Poland - 00:56:06 

24) PP05 - Gameplay 6 - Zeeple Dome - Brian Chard - 00:58:11 

25) PP03 - Theme - Tee K.O. - Brian Chard - 01:00:41 

26) PP07 - Emergency - The Devils and the Details - Brian Chard - 01:03:53 

27) PP04 - Question Music 1 - Fibbage 3 - Andy Poland - 01:04:27 

28) PP05 - Write Loop 1 - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 01:05:20 

29) PP10 - Serious Business Chat - Fixy Text - Kelly Shuda - 01:08:20 

30) PP06 - Background 2 - Joke Boat - Andy Poland - 01:10:25 

31) PP09 - Final Round - Fibbage 4 - Andy Poland - 01:12:25 

32) PP04 - Final Round Write - Survive the Internet - Brian Chard - 01:15:33 

33) PP02 - Choose Music B - Earwax - Andy Poland - 01:16:59 

34) PP06 - Deliberation Room - Push the Button - Andy Poland - 01:18:40 

35) PP05 - Rap Loop 11 - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 01:21:17 

36) PP01 - Background Loop 1 - Word Spud - Andy Poland - 01:21:46 

37) PP01 - Background Loop 4 - Lie Swatter - Andy Poland - 01:22:19 

38) PP01 - Background Loop 5 - Lie Swatter - Andy Poland - 01:23:45 

39) PP01 - Background Loop 2 - Word Spud - Andy Poland - 01:25:11 

40) PP05 - Lobby - Split the Room - Brian Chard - 01:26:17 

41) PP02 - Draw Music B - Bidiots - Randy Sly - 01:29:02 

42) PP08 - Question Series 1 - The Wheel of Enormous Proportions - Andy Poland - 01:30:29 

43) PP10 - Lobby 2 - Dodo Re Mi - Nate Sandberg - 01:34:12 

44) PP05 - Final Round - Split the Room - Brian Chard - 01:36:05 

45) PP03 - Round 3 Write - Quiplash 2 - Andy Poland - 01:38:17 

46) PP07 - Friday - The Devils and the Details - Brian Chard - 01:42:16 

47) PP05 - Draw Final - Patently Stupid - Andy Poland - 01:44:28 

48) PP01 - Lobby Theme - Lie Swatter - Andy Poland - 01:46:22 

49) PP02 - Bid Loop B - Bidiots - Randy Sly - 01:48:02 

50) PP01 - Main Question - Fibbage XL - Andy Poland - 01:50:02 

51) PP05 - Write Loop 2 - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 01:50:46 

52) PP06 - Slotting 2 - Role Models - Brian Chard - 01:51:45 

53) PP09 - Write 1 - Roomerang - Brian Chard - 01:54:33 

54) PP04 - Chat Music 2 - Monster Seeking Monster - Andy Poland - 01:56:35 

55) PP05 - Credits (feat. Simeon Norfleet Sr.) - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 01:58:05 

56) PP04 - Choose Music 1 - Fibbage 3 - Andy Poland - 02:00:10 

57) PP08 - Draw 2 - Drawful Animate - Andy Poland - 02:00:50 

58) PP05 - Write Loop 3 - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 02:03:57 

59) PP08 - Composition 3 - Job Job - Brian Chard - 02:06:50 

60) PP01 - Choose Music - Drawful - Andy Poland - 02:08:22 

61) PP10 - Main Question 3 - Timejinx - Elise Wattman - 02:10:26 

62) PP02 - Background B - Bomb Corp - Andy Poland - 02:13:07 

63) PP10 - Flirty Write 1 - Fixy Text - Kelly Shuda - 02:15:03 

64) PP10 - Main Question 1 - Timejinx - Elise Wattman - 02:16:06 

65) PP09 - Round 2 Scoreboard 2 - Quixort - Nate Sandberg - 02:18:54 

66) PP08 - Unused Idea 2 - The Wheel of Enormous Proportions - Andy Poland - 02:19:45 

67) PP09 - Appraisal Reveal - Junktopia - Elise Wattman - 02:22:14 

68) PP07 - Lobby - The Devils and the Details - Brian Chard - 02:24:08 

69) PP04 - Credits - Fibbage 3 - Andy Poland - 02:27:18 

B1) Outro - 02:29:54 

Music Block Runtime: 02:24:40 / Total Episode Runtime: 02:40:16 

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The promised basic nerdy stats: 

Tracks by Party Pack: 

PP01 - 10 

PP02 - 6 

PP03 - 6 

PP04 - 10 

PP05 - 11 

PP06 - 4 

PP07 - 5 

PP08 - 7 

PP09 - 4 

PP10 - 6 

Tracks by Composer: 

Andy Poland - 38 

Brian Chard - 18 

Randy Sly - 4 

Elise Wattman - 4 

Nate Sandberg - 3 

Kelly Shuda - 2 

Simeon Norfleet Sr (feat) - 1 

JBPP Minigames NOT featured in this episode: 

PP02 - Quiplash XL - Andy Poland 

PP03 - Guesspionage - Brian Chard 

PP05 - YDKJ: Full Stream - Andy Poland 

PP06 - Trivia Murder Party 2 - Andy Poland 

PP06 - Dictionarium - Brian Chard (w/ Andy Poland) 

PP07 - Quiplash 3 - Andy Poland 

PP07 - Blather ‘Round - Randy Sly and Andy Poland 

PP09 - Nonsensory - Andy Poland 

PP10 - Hypnotorious - Andy Poland 

PP10 - Tee K.O. 2 - Brian Chard 

(Note: I wish I’d made it a requirement on myself to feature at least one track from each minigame….alas. But hey, if that’s 10 minigames excluded, the simple math is that means that’s 40 minigames INCLUDED - why am I hearing echoes of the old “four out of five dentists recommend trident gum” commercials?) 

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights. 

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Workstation Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14 (2023) laptop with perhaps a little support from a Dell Latitude 7480 (running Fedora COSMIC Linux), a 2017-spec DIY gaming PC (running Bazzite Linux) or the Steam Deck (running Steam OS Linux). Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface! 

You can also find all of our audio episodes on https://archive.org/details/@nerd_noise_radio as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content. 

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:  

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Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here: 

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Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom. 

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Or you can reach us by e-mail at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com 

You can also follow us on Threads at https://www.threads.net/@nerdnoiseradio , Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nerdnoiseradio?igsh=MWF4NjBpdGVxazUxYw== , Mastodon at https://universeodon.com/@NerdNoiseRadio , and BlueSky at  And we are also now on TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Vurbl, Amazon Music and Audible!  

But frankly, probably the absolute best way you can connect with us is on our new Discord Channel: "Nerd Noise Radio – Channel D", which includes various sub-channels for all sorts of different types of connection and conversation:     https://discord.gg/GUWdaXUw 

Thanks for listening! Join us again in May for C1E95 (Channel 1, Episode 95): Subject TBD - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N! 

Cheers!