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Twenty years ago, Professor Tom was denied tenure for his unethical experiments in sadistic torture. He set fire to the university medical lab for revenge, and everyone thinks that's how he died. Nowadays, the lab on Cauchemar Hill is just a place where delinquents go to smoke drugs and make out. But this Halloween, 20 innocent VGM tracks will get a lesson in TERROR! (It's a Halloween episode.) Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing creeptastic cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com. And his recent Halloween episode is significantly more atmospheric than this one, so check it out! All the fine, hardworking people who’ve ripped these tracks out of various video games.  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. Other links are on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content. I also occasionally voice esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Generative AI is not used to make this podcast. While I think it has some valid uses, they’re far more limited than tech company marketing would have you believe, and the technology should absolutely not be used for writing, music making, or image generation.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:07 - Fester’s Quest (NES) - Title Screen, Ending (The Addams Family Theme) (composer: Vic Mizzy; arranger: Naoki Kodaka) 00:48 - Talk Segment: Trapped in the Insane Laboratory of Professor Tom! 03:55 - Rusty (PC-98) - Queen in the Dark Night (composers: Masahiro Kajihara, Kenichi Arakawa, and Ryu Takami) 07:50 - Doki Doki Literature Club (PC) - Just Monika (composer: Dan Salvato) 09:55 - Shin Megami Tensei NINE (Xbox) - Akihabara (composer: Takahiro Ogata) 11:37 - Startropics (NES) - Graveyard (composer: Yoshio Hirai) 12:53 - Jack Bros (Virtual Boy) - Crystal Palace [level 6] (composer: Yanda) 15:17 - Phantasy Star IV (Genesis)  - The End of the Millenium (composer: Izuho Numata) 17:08 - Talk Segment II: Torment in the Insane Laboratory of Professor Tom! 19:42 - Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis) - A Vision of Dark Secrets (opening theme) (composer: Michiru Yamane) 20:45 - Super Mario World (SNES) - Haunted House (composer: Koji Kondo) 23:40 - Growlancer III: The Dual Darkness (PS2) - Despair (composer: Hiroshi Fujioka) 25:33 - Tokimeki Memorial (PC Engine CD) - Banquet of the Ghosts [Ghost House] (composers: Mikio Saito, Seiya Murai, Miki Higashino, and Hiro Noguchi) 27:32 - Secret of Mana (SNES) - Oracle / Battle with Thanatos (composer: Hiroki Kikuta) 29:18 - Resident Evil: Deadly Silence (DS) - Save Room (composers: Makoto Tomozawa, Akari Kaida, and Masami Ueda) 30:31 - Talk Segment III: Revenge in the Insane Laboratory of Professor Tom! 34:53 - Ghouls ‘n Ghosts (arcade) - Stage 5: Lucifer’s Castle (composer: Tamayo Kawamoto) 37:11 - Shovel Knight (multiplatform) - The Donor’s Despair (Hall of Champions) (composer: Jake Kaufman) 40:30 - Vampire: Master of Darkness (Game Gear) - In the Wake of Dracula (composers: Takashi Horiguchi, Yoko Wada) 42:36 - Racing Lagoon (PSX) - Nightmare (composers: Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi) 44:02 - Night Striker (Arcade) - ma-gu-ri-vu (composer: Masahiko Takaki) 45:24 - Bubble Bobble (Arcade) - Secret Room (composer: Tadashi Kimijima) 45:59 - Outro Talk Segment 48:36 - Vampire Savior (arcade) - Tower of Arrogance (composer: Takayuki Iwai)

We’re deep down the rabbit hole of VGM on this episode, exclusively listening to songs from games on Japanese computer platforms that never saw a North American release. Every song is from the MSX, the PC-98, or the Sharp x68000! You’re gonna hear something you’ve never heard before! Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  Cartoonist Stan Kelly from The Onion, the original source of the Sickos meme. Find his work on The Onion or by visiting https://linktr.ee/stankelly. All Elite Wrestling president Tony Khan, who introduced me to the “For the Sickos” phrase that I’ve blatantly stolen here today.  If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. Other links are on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content. I also occasionally voice esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Generative AI is not used to make this podcast. While I think it has some valid uses, they’re far more limited than tech company marketing would have you believe, and the technology should absolutely not be used for writing, music making, or image generation.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Final Fantasy (MSX) - Opening Theme (composer: Nobuo Uematsu; arranger: Tadahiro Nitta) 01:28 - Talk Segment: Intro / MSX 05:56 - Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (MSX) - Frequency 140.85 (Alert Mode Level 1 Part 1, alternate) (composers: Masahiro Ikariko, Mutsuhiko Izumi, Yuko Kurahashi, Tomoya Tomita, Kazuhiko Uehara, Yuji Takenouchi, Tsuyoshi Sekito, and Mr. Inoue) 07:29 - Space Manbow (MSX) - Aquarium (3st.BGM) (composer: Yuko Kurahashi) 09:07 - Fire Hawk - Thexder the Second Contact (MSX) - Mission 7 (composer: Masakuni Mitsuhashi, Hiromi Ohba, Masahiko Yoshimura, and/or Mecano Associates) 11:33 - Feedback (MSX) - Stage-5 (composer: Naosuke Arai) 13:51 - F1 Douchuuki (MSX) - Setting (composer: unknown) 15:38 - Undeadline (MSX) - Cemetery (composer: Kazunori Hasegawa) 17:16 - Talk Segment: PC-98 23:30 - Harlem Blade: The Greatest of All Time (PC-98) - Maplease Genesis (Genesis) (composer: unknown) 25:53 - Marionette Mind (PC-98) - Rio Vs GUKUTSU (composer: Takeshi Abo) 27:29 - Night Slave (PC-98) - Assignment (STANDARD2) (composer: Izuho Yoshitani) 28:45 - Kono Yo no Hate de Koi wo Utau Shoujo YU-NO (PC-98) - Solution (composer: Ryu Umemoto) 31:04 - Princess Maker 2 (PC-98) - Opening 2 (composer: Masahiro Kajihara) 33:56 - Touhou Kaikidan ~ Mystic Square (PC-98) - Peaceful Romancer (composer: ZUN) 35:36 - Rusty (PC-98) - I'll Destroy Your Mind [Boss 1] (composers: Masahiro Kajihara, Kenichi Arakawa, and Ryu Takami) 38:05 - Talk Segment: Sharp x68000 44:45 - Bosconian (x68000) - Blast Power! (composer: Yuzo Koshiro) 48:07 - Cho Ren Sha 68k (x68000) - Infinity (composer: Ruzarin “Loser” Kashiwagi) 51:22 - Viper V-6 Turbo (x68000) - Back Beat (composer: Kenichi Arakawa) 52:51 - Over Driver (x68000) - Bazz-Saw (Boss 1) (composer: unknown) 54:44 - Geograph Seal (x68000) - Stage 4 (composer: Hiroyuki Saegusa) 57:27 - Can Can Bunny Superior (x68000) - Opening, Building (composers: SUGAR, Ryu Takami, and Masami Yitsuse) 59:17 - Outro Talk Segment 1:02:22 - Aliens: Alien 2 (MSX) - Ending (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

It’s a day for deals with JRPG Two for Tuesday, where you’ll get TWO songs for the price of one from a bunch of JRPGs! Supplies are limited, so LISTEN NOW!  Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing over-the-top cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. Other links are on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content. I also occasionally voice esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Generative AI is not knowingly used to make this podcast. While I think it has some valid uses, they’re far more limited than tech company marketing would have you believe, and the technology should not be used for writing, music making, or image generation.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:07 - Octopath Traveler II - Partitio, the Merchant (composer: Yasunori Nishiki) 03:33 - Talk Segment: Intro / Dungeon Explorer 05:21 - Dungeon Explorer (TG16) - Dungeon 7 (composer: Tsukasa Masuko) 06:58 - Dungeon Explorer (TG16) - Dungeon 8 (composer: Tsukasa Masuko) 08:55 - Talk Segment: Ruin Arm 09:45 - Ruin Arm (Super Famicom) - Arf Village (composer: unknown) 11:18 - Ruin Arm (Super Famicom) - Overworld (composer: unknown) 15:30 - Talk Segment: Persona 2: Eternal Punishment 16:17 - Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (PSP) - Kasugayama High School (composer: Toshiko Tasaki; arrangers: Toshiki Konishi and Atsushi Kitajoh) 20:04 - Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (PSP) - Mt. Katatsumuri (composer: Toshiko Tasaki; arrangers: Toshiki Konishi and Atsushi Kitajoh) 22:39 - Talk Segment: Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium 23:36 - Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium (Genesis) - Behind the Circuit (composer: Izuho Takeuchi) 25:20 - Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium (Genesis) - Organic Beat (composer: Izuho Takeuchi) 28:26 - Talk Segment - Golden Sun: The Lost Age 30:29 - Golden Sun: The Lost Age (GBA) - City Theme (composer: Motoi Sakuraba) 33:09 - Golden Sun: The Lost Age (GBA) - Champa (composer: Motoi Sakuraba) 34:50 - Talk Segment: Tales of Phantasia 35:29 - Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom) - Lake on Ymir (composers: Motoi Sakuraba and Shinji Tamura) 38:55 - Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom) - Forest of the Treant (composers: Motoi Sakuraba and Shinji Tamura) 42:35 - Talk Segment: Romancing SaGa 43:26 - Romancing SaGa (Super Famicom) - Shop Around the Town! (composer: Kenji Ito) 45:12 - Romancing SaGa (Super Famicom) - Theme of Aisha (composer: Kenji Ito) 47:10 - Talk Segment: Bravely Default 47:54 - Bravely Default (3DS) - The Fascinating Flower Country (composer: Revo) 51:35 - Bravely Default (3DS) - The Desert and the Huge Clock Country (composer: Revo) 55:14 - Outro Talk Segment 57:07 - Octopath Traveler II (multiplatform) - Victory Fanfare

After cheating death for the third time in a week, Rando just wants to hide out at the Seedy Eye, his favorite watering hole hidden on a little asteroid in the middle of nowhere. But when a mysterious beauty called the Silver Shadow walks through the door, Rando’s weakness for a lovely lady leads him into his most dangerous adventure yet! Will these 20 grab bag tracks be enough to save him? Listen and find out! Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.  The authors of webcomic Penny Arcade, who coined the name Rando Calrissian a very long time ago and from whom I’ve shamelessly stolen it. BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  The first music block featured a song from Defender 2000, a soundtrack I discovered through fellow VGM podcast barSILENCE. In addition to doing cover art for my show, Jameson also did an excellent deep dive into this soundtrack on his show, and you can listen to it at https://barsilence.com/episode/57d0fd9e/defender-2000. And if you liked the Einhander track I played in the second block, there’s also a barSILENCE deep dive into that soundtrack you can hear at https://barsilence.com/episode/9cfe2ef1/einhander-after-image. If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Interstate ‘76 (PC) - Interstate ‘76 Theme (composer: Arion Salazar; performed by Bullmark) 01:06 - Talk Segment 1 04:59 - Darius II (Arcade) - Olga Breeze (composer: Hisayoshi Ogura) 09:43 - Ninja Five-O (GBA) - Select Menu (composers: Aya Tanaka and Hiroyuki Tsuboguchi) 11:25 - Gundam Wing: Endless Duel (Super Famicom) - City (composers: Hiroyuki Iwatsuki and Haruo Ohashi) 13:53 - Defender 2000 (Jaguar) - Level 5 (It’s a Dream) (composer: Alistair Lindsay) 19:49 - Ehrgeiz (Arcade) - Those Who Fight (composer: Nobuo Uematsu; arranger: Takayuki Nakamura) 21:18 - Talk Segment 2 24:21 - Hard Dunk (Arcade) - Round 6 (composer: Hideaki Miyamoto) 26:41 - Lord of Arcana (PSP) - Collection (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 30:05 - Nemo (Arcade) - Unused 2 (composer: Yoko Shimomura) 31:56 - Einhander (PSX) - Factory (composer: Kenichiro Fukui) 35:10 - Persona 5 (multiplatform) - What’s Going On (composer: Shoji Meguro) 37:13 - Grandia II (Dreamcast) - Commercial Town Liligue - Apparent Prosperity (composer: Noriyuki Iwadare) 39:58 - Talk Segment 3 43:53 - Zoda’s Revenge - StarTropics II (NES) - Ice Age World Map (composers: Takashi Kumegawa and Yoshio Hirai) 47:21 - SimCity (NES) - Megalopolis (composer: Soyo Oka) 49:42 - Legendary Wings (NES) - Palace (composers: Tamayo Kawamoto, Manami Matsumae, and Yoshihiro Sakaguchi) 51:09 - Xerd no Densetsu 2 (Game Boy) - Track 28 (composer: unknown)  55:22 - Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (PC Engine CD) - River City High School (composer: Kazuo Sawa) 58:41 - Zero4 Champ RR (Super Famicom) - Function (composer: Katsuhiro Hayashi) 1:00:06 - Egg Monster Hero (DS) - Area 4 Map (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 1:02:10 - Outro Talk Segment 1:04:49 - Hot Rod (C64) - BGM 1 (composer: Jeroen Tel)

Since 1999, OverClocked ReMix (https://ocremix.org/) has been a part of the video game music community. It began as a showcase of game music from fans, and it’s grown into a library with years of history and game remixes. The community began releasing themed albums full of songs in 2003, and several of those albums have covered various Final Fantasy games. This is the second of two episodes featuring those albums, and this one focuses on the OCRemix albums for the PlayStation era Final Fantasy games. Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.  All the various musicians, remixers, and arrangers on these OCRemix albums. Links to their websites are below.  If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. You can hear my latest appearance on CRT Soundsystem at  https://rss.com/podcasts/crtsoundsystem/2854437/, where I talk all about the soundtracks for the Street Fighter Alpha games with hosts Tom and Reese for a few hours.  If you liked these remixes, and want more awesome songs like these, here are links for the projects and artists featured on this episode. Some artists appear more than once; for those artists, only the first entry includes their links. All songs were originally composed by Nobuo Uematsu. OverClocked Remix (https://ocremix.org/) - All songs featured today are pulled from this website and this community. OCRemix is also home to dozens of other VGM arrangement albums and thousands of tracks.  Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream credits: The full album can be downloaded at https://ocremix.org/album/1/final-fantasy-vii-voices-of-the-lifestream The show opened with “Serenity”, from VGM arrangement legend Mustin. His website is https://mustinenterprises.com/, and he’s got so many links that each one gets a sub-point.  YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/c/MustinEnterprises SoundCloud : https://soundcloud.com/mustin Bandcamp : https://mustinenterprises.bandcamp.com/ Apple Music : https://music.apple.com/us/artist/mustin/372553927 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/artist/1N06cI80aTy36Z6CWotkoR)      The first song in the first block is “No Such Thing As the Promised Land”, arranged by sephire and SGX.  sephire is the alias of Dan Floyd, who’s active on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/newframeplus and https://www.youtube.com/c/playframeplus.  SGX’s SoundCloud page can be found at https://soundcloud.com/sgxmusic, and there’s a YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@sgxmusic/.   The second song in the block is “The Crossroads (Cid's Theme)”, arranged and performed by Jovette Rivera. His webpage can be found at https://www.royalkingdommusic.com/, and his YouTube is at https://www.youtube.com/@Jovette456.  The third song in the block is “Hydrophone Breakdown”, arranged by JigginJonT, who’s better known as Jon Titterington and who’s currently a member of Father John Misty’s band. You can find his SoundCloud page at https://soundcloud.com/jtitterington and you can find his work on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/1WJ6BzhRIR4Bfd0rcfzaOK.   Final Fantasy VIII: SeeDs of Pandora credits: The full album can be downloaded at https://ocremix.org/album/100/final-fantasy-viii-seeds-of-pandora  The first featured song was “Night Shift”, arranged by DJ Orange featuring Gamer of the Winds DJ Orange has chosen to keep the details of their identity a secret, with minimal internet presence, which is a decision that I can respect. Gamer of the Winds is a woodwind player; you can follow him on Bluesky at @gamerofthewinds.bsky.social and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@GameroftheWinds. He’s also done work on a few game soundtracks as a session musician; you can find the list at https://www.mobygames.com/person/1274921/gregory-orosz/  The second featured song was “Longing for the Horizon”, arranged by ZackParrish with contributions from Ian Martyn, KestrelGirl, and E. Jesús Chic Acevedo.  ZackParrish’s SoundCloud can be found at https://soundcloud.com/zack-parrish. He’s also got a YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/CBlockDis, and he’s done soundtrack work for several games, which you can find at https://www.mobygames.com/person/1055258/zackary-parrish/credits/    Ian Martyn’s full list of links can be found at https://linktr.ee/IanMartyn, including a Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/ian-martyn and a Bandcamp page at https://ianmartyn.bandcamp.com/, along with YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/MooglePower and a presence on Bluesky as @ianmartyn.bsky.social. He’s also co-head of operations for GameGrooves, which puts out a lot of game music remixes at https://gamegrooves.com/. KestrelGirl’s game music covers can be found on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@OrKestrelGirl, on AppleMusic at https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kestrelgirl/1564548824, and on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/2lTvP4hsaNi7QATxymXGR5. E. Jesús Chic Acevedo can be found on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/CairdeanFolk  The third featured song was “A Wounded Spy”, arranged by Vylent. Vylent’s work can be found on their SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/silent-ice and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@Vylent_.  This episode’s promo segment used “Proposition and Clamor”, arranged by APZX. You can find his work on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/apzx  Final Fantasy IX: Worlds Apart credits: The full album can be downloaded at https://ocremix.org/album/66/final-fantasy-ix-worlds-apart  The block’s first song was “Moguo's Knife Party”, arranged by Ben Briggs. Ben Briggs and his music can be found on Bandcamp at https://benbriggs.bandcamp.com/ and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/bbriggsmusic, and you can follow him on Bluesky at @downbaddad.bsky.social. The block’s second song was “Vamo alla Django”, arranged by AndyP and Fishy, featuring Dan Bryant AndyP and Dan Bryant both don’t have much of a web presence outside of their work on OCRemix. Fishy can be found on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/cainmccormack and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/Fishy1618, and you can follow them on Bluesky at @fishy-vgm.bsky.social.   The block’s third song was “Bibliotheca ~ Dreamer in the Library”, arranged by katethegreat19 and Chaeley. katethegreat19 can be found on Bandcamp at https://erutan.bandcamp.com/ and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/katethegreat19. Chaeley is credited with lyrics for this track, and their web presence is minimal. Final Fantasy: Random Encounter credits: The full album can be downloaded at  https://ocremix.org/album/39/final-fantasy-random-encounter  This block starts with “The Beginning of a Legacy” from The Dual Dragons featuring Brandon Strader. The Dual Dragons are Norwegian brothers Dan and Frank Johansen, and you can find them on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/FrankDanJohansen, https://www.youtube.com/@danjohansenmusic, and https://www.youtube.com/@FrankTheDoomriderJohansen.   This block’s middle is “The Crumbling Facade”, arranged by Brandon Strader featuring halc.  Brandon Strader’s website can be found at https://bstrader.net/. You can also find his work on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/brandon-strader) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bstrader). His work is also available to stream on Spotify.  halc’s work can be found on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/halc, on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/halc9bit, and on Bandcamp at https://halc.bandcamp.com.  This block’s ending is “If I Could Sail the World”, arranged by TheoConfidor featuring Eric Golub. I cannot find a definitive web presence for either individual credited here. Audio Engineering: A Tribute to Cid credits: The full album can be downloaded at https://ocremix.org/album/54/audio-engineering-a-tribute-to-cid  The show closes with “Al Bhed Ec Faent”, an arrangement of “Oui Are Al Bhed” from Final Fantasy X, arranged by Theory of N. He’s also known by the name Dustin Lagaly, and he’s got a SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/theoryofn I mentioned the Simpsons episode where they go to Branson Missouri and see dual marquees: “Andy Williams Presents Glen Campbell! Glen Campbell Presents Andy Williams!” You can experience that for yourself at https://youtu.be/vgFgaV_-KfA, and I can tes

Since 1999, OverClocked ReMix (https://ocremix.org/) has been a part of the video game music community. It began as a showcase of game music from fans, and it’s grown into a library with years of history and game remixes. The community began releasing themed albums full of songs in 2003, and several of those albums have covered various Final Fantasy games. In this first of a two-episode series, we’ll be looking at the OCRemix albums covering NES and SNES Final Fantasy games. Special thanks for this episode goes out to: All the various musicians, remixers, and arrangers who worked on these OCRemix albums. Lots of links for them are below, alongside links to download each of today’s four featured albums Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.  If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. If you liked these remixes, and want more awesome songs like these, here are links for the projects and artists featured on this episode. Some artists appear more than once; for those artists, only the first entry includes their links. All songs were originally composed by Nobuo Uematsu. OverClocked Remix (https://ocremix.org/) - All songs featured today are pulled from this website and this community. OCRemix is also home to dozens of other VGM arrangement albums and thousands of tracks.  Final Fantasy II: Rebellion credits: The full album can be downloaded at https://ocremix.org/album/64/final-fantasy-ii-rebellion The show’s opening track was “Preluematsude”, from Jeff Ball. You can find his website at https://jeffballmusic.com/ and his BandCamp page at https://jeffball.bandcamp.com/  The first song in this block was “Grind My Crank”, from XPRTNovice, also known as Joe Zieja. You can find his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@JoeZieja, where he talks about gaming and voice acting, and you can find his website at https://joezieja.com/.  The second song in this block was “Rebellion”, from Brandon Strader, Chernabogue, and Detective Tuesday.  Brandon Strader’s website can be found at https://bstrader.net/. You can also find his work on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/brandon-strader) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bstrader). His work is also available to stream on Spotify.  Chernabogue / Alex Mourey can be found on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/chernabogue), on Bandcamp (https://chernabogue.bandcamp.com/), and on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/Chernabogue) Detective Tuesday / Anton Corazza can be found on his website at https://antoncorazza.com/. You can also find his work on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/antoncorazza), on Bandcamp (https://antoncorazza.bandcamp.com/), and on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/antoncorazza) Today’s show finishes with “Finally”, arranged by a mysterious individual known only as “Hat”. This person has no links on the OCRemix website and is nigh impossible to search for, so godspeed unto them. They had their reasons for anonymity, and I shall respect it.  Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption credits: The full album can be downloaded at https://ocremix.org/album/14/final-fantasy-iv-echoes-of-betrayal-light-of-redemption The first song in this block was “Fighting for Tomorrow”, from OA and Nutritious.  OA is also known as OceansAndrew, or by his birth name of Andrew Luers. You can find his SoundCloud page at https://soundcloud.com/user-120330359, and his YouTube is at https://www.youtube.com/failinghope.  Nutritious is the nom de remix of Justin Medford, and you can find his SoundCloud page at https://soundcloud.com/nutritiousmusic. He’s also got a YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/NutritiousMultimedia  The second song in this block was “Golbez 'N Goblins” from bLiNd, also known as Jordan Aguirre. Find his YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@brailleaudio/videos and follow him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/blindedm  The third song in the block was “Metal Mage”, from Cyril the Wolf, Lil' Wolfie, and OA.  Cyril the Wolf is the alias of Connor Pelkey, and his SoundCloud page is at https://soundcloud.com/cyrilthewolf. His Bandcamp page is at https://cyrilthewolf.bandcamp.com/ and you can find his YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/CyrilRufus  Final Fantasy V: The Fabled Warriors credits: Part 1 of this project can be downloaded at https://ocremix.org/album/20/final-fantasy-v-the-fabled-warriors-i-wind.  Part 2 of this project can be downloaded at https://ocremix.org/album/73/final-fantasy-v-the-fabled-warriors-ii-water The first song in the block was “In the Shadows ~Theme of Thief~”, from Mattias Häggström Gerdt, and it’s found on the “WIND” album.  Mattias Häggström Gerdt’s SoundCloud page can be found at https://soundcloud.com/anosou, and he’s also got a YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/anosoumusictube. He’s also done soundtrack work for multiple indie games; his MobyGames at https://www.mobygames.com/person/387430/mattias-haggstrom-gerdt/ lists all of them.   The second song in the block was “La Princesa de Taikun ~Theme of Lenna~”, from Sixto Sounds, and it’s on the “WATER” album. Sixto Sounds is also known as Juan Medrano, and you can find his SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/sixtosounds and his YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/ocrsixtosounds  The third song in the block was “A Silver Light Shines ~Theme of Mystic Knight~”, from DarkeSword, and it’s also on the “WATER” album. DarkeSword is also known as Shariq Ansari, and you can find him on BlueSky at https://bsky.app/profile/darkesword.com. He’s also on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/darkesword.  Final Fantasy VI: Balance and Ruin credits: The full album can be downloaded at https://ocremix.org/album/46/final-fantasy-vi-balance-and-ruin  The first song featured from this album is “There Will Be Blood”, arranged by Anti-Syne, who is also known as Jack Lewis. You can find his SoundCloud page at https://soundcloud.com/jack-lewis.  The second featured song is “Blackjack's Breakup Bossa”, arranged by Calum Bowen with vocals from Xarnax42. Calum Bowen’s SoundCloud page can be found at https://soundcloud.com/calumbowen. He’s composed several game soundtracks, and you can also follow him on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/calumbowen and https://www.youtube.com/@boenyeah  Xarnax42 is also known as Jesse Deacon, and his SoundCloud is at https://soundcloud.com/xarnax42. His YouTube is at https://www.youtube.com/Xarnax42   The third featured song is “La Montana de los Caballos Jovenes”, arranged by XPRTNovice, whose details can be found above.  The fourth featured song is “A Glimmer of Hope”, arranged by Joshua Morse with help from Jeff Ball and Laura Intravia.  Joshua Morse’s website is https://jmflava.com/. He’s also got a Bandcamp page at https://joshuamorse.bandcamp.com/ and a SoundCloud page at https://soundcloud.com/joshuamorse.  Jeff Ball’s details can be found above. Laura Intravia’s website is https://www.lauraintravia.com/. Her list of game credits can be found at https://www.mobygames.com/person/572991/laura-intravia/, and she’s got a YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/flutelink.  Finally, on the subject of arranged game music, you can listen to fellow game music podcast RE-VGM for an entire show devoted exclusively to game music remixes. RE-VGM’s website is at https://re-vgm.blubrry.net/ and you can find the show on most major podcast platforms. Tell Martyrus that Professor Tom sent you. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Final Fantasy II: Rebellion - Preluematsude (Prelude) [arranger: Jeff Ball] 04:10 - Talk Segment 1 09:13 - Final Fantasy II: Rebellion - Grind My Crank (Tower of the Magi) [arranger: XPRTNovice] 13:14 - Final Fantasy II: Rebellion - Rebellion (Dead Music, The Rebel Army) [arrangers: Brandon Strader, Chernabogue, Detective Tuesday] 17:44 - Talk Segment 2 19:52 - Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption - Fighting for Tomorrow (Fabul) [arrangers: OA, Nutritious, The Fabul Men's Choir] 25:19 - Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption - Golbez 'N Goblins (Golbez, Clad in Darkness) [arranger: bLiNd] 30:01 - Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption - Metal Mage (Palom and Porom) [arrangers: Cyril the Wolf, Lil' Wolfie, OA] 32:15 - Talk Segment 3 36:3

There are sunglasses. They are cool sunglasses. So cool that you’ll need them while you vibe through these seventeen cool songs. If you liked this episode, there are a few other recent VGM podcast episodes you may want to check out.  Fellow VGM podcast Pixel Beat just did an episode featuring songs with a cool vibe, and you can hear it at https://pixelbeatpod.buzzsprout.com/1797351/episodes/18961132-177-more-vibin If you liked the track from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All, there’s a recent CRT Soundsystem episode where they did a deep dive into the Phoenix Wright DS trilogy, and you can hear it at https://rss.com/podcasts/crtsoundsystem/2630834/ or on the CRT Soundsystem Patreon.  Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  All of you awesome listeners who’ve helped the show get to 10000 downloads If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Persona 3 Dancing in Moonlight (PS4) - Colorful Lights (composer: Ryota Kozuka) 02:00 - Talk Segment 1 04:54 - Final Fantasy XIII (multiplatform) - Can’t Catch a Break (composer: Masashi Hamauzu) 10:09 - Racing Lagoon (PSX) - C1-WARRIORS (composers: Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi) 11:55 - Bomberman Hero (N64) - redial (composer: Jun Chikuma) 13:43 - Lam-Mal (X68000) - Town A (composers: Hideaki Takashita and Ryu Takami) 17:38 - Viewpoint (Neo Geo) - BE YOUR AGE! (AREA 3) (composer: Megumi Matsuura) 20:03 - Talk Segment 2 22:51 - R4 / Ridge Racer Type 4 - LUCID RHYTHMS (composer: Tetsukazu Nakanishi) 26:15 - Mega Man 8 (Saturn) - Aqua Man Stage (aka Underwater Stage) (composer: Shusaku Uchiyama) 28:10 - Tekken 3 (Arcade) - King (composer: Nobuyoshi Sano) 30:38 - Alpine Racer (Arcade) - Extreme Slope (composer: Takayuki Ishikawa) 34:25 - Ultra Street Fighter IV (multiplatform) - Theme of Ibuki - Twilight (SSFIV Arrange) (composers: Hideki Okugawa; arranger: Hideyuki Fukasawa) 38:13 - Talk Segment 3 43:12 - Persona 5 Royal (multiplatform) - Phantom (composer: Shoji Meguro) 45:25 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All (DS?) - Shelly de Killer ~ The Whim of a Murderous Gentleman (composer: Akemi Kimura) 46:54 - Shin Megami Tensei - Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army (PS2) - The Lazy Detective Agency (composer: Shoji Meguro) 50:07 - The Outfoxies (Arcade) - City of Bule (composer: Masahiro Fukuzawa) 55:06 - Miami Chase (Amiga) - New York (composer: Jimmy Fredriksson) 58:36 - Outro Talk Segment 1:01:10 - Golf Magazine Presents 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples (32X) - Music Test 01 (composers: Ron Saltmarsh and Andy Warr)

In the Bible, chapter 4 verse 1 of the Apostle Paul’s second letter to the Croatians, says “Yea, the Tree of Wisdom doth produce fruit that creates sweet tones, and unto them ye shall listen and be enlightened.” And to celebrate April 1st, which is called Wisdom Tree Day after this Bible verse and definitely not celebrated as any other kind of holiday, we’ll be listening to songs from Wisdom Tree, a developer that specialized in Christian games. Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Red McCano, host of the How Much in Bison Dollars? podcast, for letting me borrow Pastor Rick Swindoll and his informed opinions about martial arts. You can learn more about the How Much in Bison Dollars program by searching for “How Much in Bison Dollars” on your podcatcher of choice or on Patreon, and you can find Shadaloo Department of Treasury Senior Executive Vice Senior President McCano on most social media platforms as @hmibisondollars. Pastor Thomas, for his enlightening sermon.  If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. To hear some of the actual theological underpinnings of Pastor Thomas’s teaching, here are some helpful links for you. On martial arts: https://youtube.com/shorts/iEcmxFb4pfc On Pokemon: https://youtu.be/aHPWJ1NPhhQ  Pastor Thomas’s views on Katamari Damacy are informed by Phil Phillips’s book “Turmoil in the Toybox”, which can be found in used bookstores online. Pastor Thomas's views on Neo Turf Masters are informed by the 16th hole on the Australian course, the 15th hole on the German course, holes 16 and 17 on the Japanese course, the second hole on the American course, and every single hole on the Scotland course.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:08 - Sunday Funday: The Ride (NES) - Main Theme (composers: Vance Kozik and Roger Deforest) 00:53 - Talk Segment 1 07:08 - Bible Adventures (NES) - Noah's Ark, Baby Moses, and David and Goliath (composer: Vance Kozik) 08:03 - Talk Segment 2 13:10 - King of Kings: The Early Years (NES) - The Wise Men (arrangement of “We Three Kings” , composed by John Henry Hopkins Jr.; arranger unknown) 13:58 - Talk Segment 3 19:37 - Spiritual Warfare (Genesis) - Overworld Theme (composers: Roger Deforest and Vance Kozik) 21:25 - Talk Segment 4 29:16 - Exodus: Journey to the Promised Land (Genesis) - Stage Theme (arrangement of “Father Abraham”, composed by Pierre Kartner; arranger unknown) 30:01 - Talk Segment 5 36:34 - Super 3D Noah's Ark (SNES) - Menu (composer: Vance Kozik) 37:25 - Outro Talk Segment 41:36 - Tee Off (Dreamcast) - Let’s Get Golfing! (composer: Makoto Asai; lyrics: Cathy; vocals: Hitomi Ono)

The fine folks at Enhance reached out to me and asked if I’d show off some of the soundtrack for Lumines Arise, along with their other games like Tetris Effect and Rez Infinite. And I said yes, because all three of those soundtracks are great, so that’s what this special bonus episode is all about.  Special thanks for this episode goes out to: CJ from Enhance for approaching me and asking if I’d do an episode about Lumines Arise. You can follow Enhance on BlueSky at enhance-experience.com, on Twitter as @enhance_exp, and visit their website at https://enhance-experience.com/ BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  Independently of this episode, I found Lumines Arise via games writer Pete Davison’s blog MoeGamer. You can find his excellent article about it at https://moegamer.net/2025/11/14/lumines-arise-the-art-of-sincerity-and-creating-meaning-without-explicit-narrative/ and you can visit the whole website at https://moegamer.net  If you want to know more about Hydelic, you can find his website at http://www.noborumutoh.com and you visit his Bandcamp page at https://hydelic.bandcamp.com, where you can download all three of the soundtracks featured on this episode.  To hear more from Luma, who contributed to some of the Lumines Arise vocal tracks, you can visit her YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/c/LumaMusicOfficial/about.  To hear more from Kymara, who also contributed to a Lumines Arise vocal track, you can find her YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/@KymaraJapNgie. Her official website is https://kymaramusic.com and she can also be found on Spotify.  Mechi Pieretti was the vocalist on one of the Tetris Effect songs, and you can find her YouTube page at  https://www.youtube.com/@MechiPieretti and she’s also on Spotify.  Kat McDowell’s guitar also shows up on one of today’s featured tracks from Tetris Effect, and you can find her website at https://www.kat-mcdowell.com and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/katmcdowell. Mayu Wakisaka contributed to one of the Rez Infinite tracks, and you can find her work on Spotify and Apple Music, and also on her YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/user/mayutantanutan.  The show opened and closed with tracks featuring Krysta Youngs, and you can find more of her music on her website at https://www.krystayoungs.com, on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/krystayoungs, on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/krystayoungsmusic, and also on Spotify and Apple Music. If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:08 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Arise (composers: Krista Youngs and Hydelic; performed by Krista Youngs and Hydelic) 02:52 - Talk Segment 1 06:19 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - In Black and White (composer: Takako Ishida) 08:43 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Reboot (composer: Hydelic) 12:46 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - The List (composer: Hydelic) 15:37 - Talk Segment 2 16:29 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Bloom Pulse (composer: Takako Ishida) 20:44 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Swarm Within (composer: Takako Ishida) 24:45 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Snow Murmur (composer: Takako Ishida) 29:23 - Talk Segment 3 30:45 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Sky Falls Down (composers: Hydelic and Luma) 34:13 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Two Lost Stars (composers: Hydelic and Luma) 38:09 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Wash Away (composers: Hydelic and Kymara) 41:33 - Talk Segment 4 43:16 - Tetris Effect (multiplatform) - Next Chapter (composer: Hydelic) 47:54 - Tetris Effect (multiplatform) - World of Colors [In-Game Mix] (composer: Hydelic; vocals: Mechi Pieretti; guitar: Kat McDowell) 51:22 - Talk Segment 5 52:56 - Rez Infinite (PlayStation 5 / Steam) - Deeplights (composers: Hydelic and Takako Ishida) 54:07 - Rez Infinite (PlayStation 5 / Steam) - Awakening (composers: Hydelic and Takako Ishida) 58:36 - Rez Infinite (PlayStation 5 / Steam) - Singularity X (Ending Edit) (composers: Hydelic and Mayu Wakisaka) 1:00:58 - Outro Talk Segment 1:03:00 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Only Human [In-Game Mix] (composers: Hydelic and Krysta Youngs)

For the 69th episode, we’ll be hearing a nice set of calm tracks, adding another entry to my ongoing Chilly McFreeze series.  Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com. (Mention new episode about Kaze no NOTAM) All the fine, hardworking people who’ve ripped these tracks out of various video games. BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you like these Chilly McFreeze episodes that I keep doing, you should check out Chillscape, an entire podcast devoted to chill VGM, hosted by Aaron of the Superghost podcast. You can find the website for it at chillscape.xyz and it’s available on most podcatchers that aren’t Spotify, because Spotify is evil and they hate video game music.  If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Picross e7 (3DS) - Mega Picross (composer: unknown) 02:19 - Talk Segment 1 05:12 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - Newly-Settled Town (composer: Yukio Nakajima) 07:42 - Star Ocean (Super Famicom) - Ambition (composer: Motoi Sakuraba) 10:55 - Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand (Super Famicom) - Shopping (composers: Naoki Kaneda, Satoshi Arai, and Atsushi Shirakawa) 12:58 - Bahamut Lagoon (Super Famicom) - Aqui-Land Mahaaru (composer: Noriko Matsueda) 15:22 - Cu-On-Pa (Super Famicom) - Lonely Factory (composer: Ken Kojima) 20:22 - Talk Segment 2 23:19 - Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked (PS2?) - So that the forms of heavenly maidens linger before me yet more (composer: Masafumi Takada) 25:30 - Coffee Talk (multiplatform) - Silent Rains (composer: Andrew Jeremy) 29:23 - Persona 5 Tactica (multiplatform) - Beneath the Mask -Tactica- (composer: Shoji Meguro; arranger: Toshiki Konishi) 23:25 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform) - Dusk (composer: Garoad) 37:35 - Breath of Fire 3 (PS1) - Windy City (composers: Akari Kaida, Yoshino Aoki) 39:52 - Talk Segment 3 43:51 - Fantasian (multiplatform) - Frozen Tundra (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 48:37 - Chrono Cross (PS1) - Leaving the Body (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda) 50:44 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (DS) - Time Gear (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, Yoshihiro Maeda) 52:41 - Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii/3DS/Switch) - Reminiscence (composer: Manami Kiyota) 56:09 - Thunder Force III (Genesis) - Present (Staff Roll) (composer: Toshiharu Yamanishi) 59:16 - Outro Talk Segment 1:02:05 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - Now is the Winter (cover of “The Mines of Narshe”; composer: Final Fantasy VI; arranger: Mustin)

Special guest host Samson Escapades joins us from “How Much in Bison Dollars?” for a special look at a whole bunch of tracks from fighting games, some of which are fondly remembered and some of which have been forgotten. (Maybe even rightfully forgotten, in a few cases.)  Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.  Red McCano, Senior Executive Vice Senior President of Shadaloo’s Department of Treasury, for the How Much in Bison Dollars campaign, the genesis of the Samson Escapades character, and for giving me the opportunity to portray him. You can find all things Bison Dollars on Threads, BlueSky, YouTube, and Patreon under the username “hmibisondollars”, and you can listen to the How Much in Bison Dollars? podcast on FGC Radio or on the podcatcher of your choice. VGM composer and arranger Gribblesnap for providing the song used in the Neo Turf Masters Neo promo. You can find their YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@gribblesnap  shoepixie for providing the voice for Neo Turf Masters Neo promo. BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  Samson’s social media sites are generally blocked outside of Shadaloo, but if you want to reach Professor Tom, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month (sometimes less) depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.  If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:07 - King of Fighters ‘96 Arranged (arrangement) - “IN 1996” (Title) (composition and arrangement: Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan) 00:42 - Talk Segment - Team Forgotten SNK 04:21 - Buriki One: World Grapple Tournament '99 in Tokyo (Hyper Neo Geo 64) - Patrick Van Heyting (composer: Yasuo Yamate) 06:36 - Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle (Neo Geo) - Slum Town (composers: (Jojouha KITAPY, Yasuo Yamate, MITSUO) 08:25 - Baseball Stars Professional (Neo Geo CD) - Track 02 (composer: Toshikazu Tanaka)  10:55 - Talk Segment - Team Sega 13:17 - Holosseum (Arcade) - Dave (composers: Kazuhiko Nagai and Tomoyuki Kawamura) 14:08 - Dark Edge (Arcade) - Snowfield Stage (composer: Tomoyuki Kawamura) 16:35 - Fighting Vipers (Arcade) - Look to the Skies (composer: David Leytze) 19:10 - Talk Segment - Team ADK 22:28 - Aggressors of Dark Kombat (Neo Geo) - 30 Take It Easy (Bobby Main Theme) (composer: Hiroaki Kujirai) 24:17 - World Heroes 2 (Neo Geo) - Jonny, Let's Dance (Maximum's Theme) (composer: Hideki Yamamoto) 26:24 - Twinkle Star Sprites (Neo Geo) - Disagreeable (composer: Takeshi Muramatsu) 28:36 - Talk Segment - Team Animal 31:33 - Them's Fightin' Herds (multiplatform) - The Woodland (Oleander's Stage) (composer: Whitetail) 33:57 - Rivals of Aether II (PC) - Adventurous Gale (composer: Moonsailor) 37:06 - Brutal: Paws of Fury (SNES) - Training in the Dojo (composer: Neil Baldwin) 39:05 - Talk Segment - Team Square 44:09 - Bushido Blade 2 (PlayStation) - Champion of Gale ~Slaughter Mode - Shainto - Stage Music~ (composer: Ryuji Sasai) 46:30 - Tobal No. 1 (PlayStation) - Aqua and Trees (composer: Yoko Shimomura) 49:39 - Ehrgeiz (Arcade) - CONTINENTAL TRAIN (composer: Takayuki Nakamura) 50:56 - Talk Segment - Team Neo Geo Others 53:22 - Waku Waku 7 (Neo Geo) - The Sun Also Sets (Dandy J Stage) (composer: Masato Araikawa) 55:39 - Breakers Revenge (Neo Geo) - Sho Kamui BGM (composer: Kenichi Kamio) 56:44 - Fighter's History Dynamite (Neo Geo) - Ryoko's Theme (composers: Mihoko Ando and Shogo Sakai) 59:00 - Talk Segment - Team Shaq Ninja Schoolgirl 1:01:33 - Shaq Fu (Genesis) - Shaq's Theme (composer: Raphaël Gesqua) 1:03:58 - Kasumi Ninja (Jaguar) - Danja's Theme (composer: Stephen Lord) 1:05:15 - Asuka 120% Limited BURNING Fest. Limited (Saturn) - Karina's Theme (composer: Keishi Yonao) 1:07:09 - Talk Segment - Team PlayStation Franchises 1:09:57 - Psychic Force (PlayStation) - Carry Away! (Sonia Stage) (composer: Hideki Takahagi)  1:13:15 - Bloody Roar (PlayStation) - Hard Elbow (Colosseum) (composer: Ken-ichi Koyano; arranger: Hitoshi Sakimoto) 1:16:11 - Battle Arena Toshinden 2 (PlayStation) - Sofia's Theme TAKE.1 (composers: Yasuhiro Nakano and Fumio Tanabe) 1:19:13 - Outro Talk Segment 1:22:48 - Street Fighter Alpha 2 (PlayStation) - Staff Roll 1 (composers: Syun Nishigaki, Setsuo Yamamoto, and Tatsuro Suzuki)

An ordinary refueling stop turns dangerous when Rando Calrissian’s space cruiser gets stolen, leaving him stranded on the second moon of Monmoor Delta. But when Rando tries to get a ticket to somewhere, anywhere else, he runs afoul of the bewitching green-skinned Crura Fallopian and her syndicate. What does Crura want? And how is she connected to the mysterious Comboy Conglomerate, the company that seems to run everything on Monmoor Delta? Listen to this grab bag of VGM to find out! Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.  Captain Supreme for providing the voice of Colt 45 Energy. You can find him on Bluesky at CaptainSupreme, or on his LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/captainsupreme. Internet comic Penny Arcade for coming up with the name “Rando Calrissian”, which I’ve shamelessly stolen. All the fine, hardworking people who’ve ripped these tracks out of various video games. I literally couldn’t do the show without you. BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you enjoyed the final track, you can download the entirety of Mode Seven: A Jazz Tribute to the SNES at https://mode7.ocremix.org/, or you can find it available on YouTube and Spotify for your streaming pleasure.  If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Secret Little Haven (PC) - This Connection is Secure (composer: Victoria Dominoski) 01:08 - Talk Segment 1 05:24 - Suzuka 8 Hours (SNES) - Main Menu (composer: Katsuhiro Hayashi) 06:23 - Assault (arcade) - BGM 1 (composer: Kazuo Noguchi) 08:58 - Vectorman 2 (Genesis) - Scene 3: Bog Jam (composer: Jon Holland) 11:54 - Breath of Fire 3 (PSX) - Castle in the Sky (composers: Yoshino Aoki and Akari Kaida) 14:54 - Tobal No. 1 (PSX) - Electrical Indian (composers: Yasunori Mitsudo and GUIDO) 18:57 - Super Tetris 3 (Super Famicom) - Knighthood (composer: Shigemitsu Goto) 20:52 - Talk Segment 2 25:16 - King of Fighters XIV (multiplatform) - Saxophone Under the Moon (Yagami Team BGM) (composer: Naoki Kita) 28:54 - Rolling Thunder 2 (arcade) - View of Dynamism (Round 5) (composer: Ayako Sasō) 32:01 - Code Name: Viper (NES) - Area 01 and 02 (composers: Yoko Shimomura and Junko Tamiya) 33:31 - Twinkle Star Sprites (Neo Geo) - Love Me (composer: Takao Ohshima) 35:39 - Alpine Racer (arcade) - Invisible Destination (composer: Takayuki Ishikawa) 39:21 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (NES) - Scene 5-1 - The Sewer Pipe Nightmare (composers: Yūichi Sakakura, Tomoya Tomita, and Kozo Nakamura) 41:11 - Talk Segment 3 46:17 - Viewpoint (Neo Geo) - Not All There (Area 1) (composers: Sizlla Okamura, Masaki Kase, Megumi Matsuura) 48:46 - Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand (Super Famicom) - Shopping (composer: Atsushi Shirakawa) 50:49 - Unlimited SaGa (PS2) - Battle Theme I (composer: Masashi Hamauzu) 52:53 - Sky Shark (NES) - Stage 4 (composer: Tim Follin) 55:53 - Night Striker (arcade) - Fly Away (composer: Masahiko Takaki) 58:18 - Shatterhand (NES) - Area B (composer: Iku Mizutani) 59:46 - Growlancer III: The Dual Darkness (PS2) - Risky Mission (composer: Hiroshi Fujioka) 1:01:55 - Outro Talk Segment 1:05:12 - Live A Live (arrangement) - Live Mega, Live Más (arrangement of MEGALOMANIA; original composer Yoko Shimomura; arranged by Alejandro Espinosa; performed by the OC Jazz Collective)

All my cats have been named after video game characters, so this very personal episode is about those cats, their various namesake characters, and some music from the relevant games.  Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on FGC Radio or at https://rss.com/podcasts/hmibisondollars/.  If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Kingdom Hearts (PS2) - Welcome to Wonderland (composer: Yoko Shimomura) 01:59 - Talk Segment 1 - Athena 09:11 - Athena (Arcade) - World of Ice (composer: unknown) 10:31 - Athena: Awakening From the Ordinary Life (PSX) - Theme “Athenacchi” (composer: KIKU) 11:30 - King of Fighters 2000 (Neo Geo) - Will (composers: Hideki Asanaka, Hiroshi Yamazoe, and Yasuo Yamate) 15:30 - Capcom vs SNK 2 (Arcade) - Happiness (composer: Satoshi Ise) 17:49 - King of Fighters XI (Arcade) - PURE ~at good old days~ (composer: Hideki Asanaka, Marimo, and USAKO-X) 21:07 - King of Fighters ‘96 Arrange Sound Trax (arrangement) - Psycho Soldier REMIX’96 (composers: Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan; lyrics: MOMO; vocals: Tamao Sato) 24:29 - Talk Segment 2 - Sakura 33:13 - Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (PSX/Saturn) - I Want You To Know (composer and lyricist: Tatsuro Suzuki; vocals: Yuko Sasamoto) 37:13 - Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Arcade) - Breeze (Sakura’s Theme) (composer: Yuki Iwai) 40:08 - Street Fighter IV (PS3 / Xbox 360) - Theme of Sakura (SFIV Arrange) (composer: Tatsuro Suzuki; arrangement: Hideyuki Fukasawa) 43:19 - Street Fighter EX3 - Precious Heart (Sakura’s Theme) (composer: Takayuki Aihara) 46:49 - Talk Segment 3 - Blaze and Cherry 53:09 - Streets of Rage 4 (multiplatform) - Character Select (composer: Yuzo Koshiro) 56:46 - Streets of Rage 4 (multiplatform) - It’s Extra (composer: Motohiro Kawashima) 58:56 - Streets of Rage 4 (multiplatform) - Funky HQ (composer: Olivier Deriviere) 1:01:36 - Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis) - Under Logic (composer: Yuzo Koshiro) 1:03:32 - Streets of Rage (Genesis) - Good Ending (composer: Yuzo Koshiro) 1:05:14 - Outro Talk Segment 1:07:46 - Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (arcade) - Stage Felicia (composers: some combination of Takayuki Iwai, Hideki Okugawa, Tatsuro Suzuki, Isao Abe, Yuko Takehara, Syun Nishigaki, and Setsuo Yamamoto)

We’re headed back to the fairway for more golf game greatness! Listen to this one and hear from professional golf legends like Jack Nicklaus, Fred Couples, and Chi-Chi Rodríguez! Or at least some video games that they got paid to endorse. Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on FGC Radio or at https://rss.com/podcasts/hmibisondollars/.  If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Mario Golf: Advance Tour (Game Boy Advance) - Lesson Course (composer: Motoi Sakuraba) 01:11 - Talk Segment 1 06:18 - Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf (TurboGrafx-CD) - Track 08 (composer: Advance Communication Company) 07:32 - Japan Pro Golf Tour 64 (Nintendo 64DD) - On The Green (composer: K. Shinzawa) 10:07 - Super Golf (Game Gear) - BGM 01 (composer: unknown) 11:56 - Powerful Golf (DS) - S Touroku (composer: unknown) 13:16 - PGA European Tour (SNES) - Main Theme (composers: Steve Kirk and Christian Dana Perry) 14:25 - Bandai Golf: Challenge Pebble Beach (NES) - 01 (composer: Akihito Hayashi) 15:41 - True Swing Golf (DS) - Menu 02 (composer: Katsumi Yokokawa) 17:17 - Namco Open (Super Famicom) - Namcot Course (composer: unknown) 18:50 - Valora Valley Golf (Saturn) - Tutorial (composer: Yumi Satake) 20:52 - The Irem Skins Game (SNES) - Golf Course (composers: Yasuhiro Kawakami, Hiroshi Kimura, and Taniyama) 21:56 - Talk Segment 2 26:57 - Birdie Try (Arcade) - Coconut Palm Garden (composer: Data East Sound Team) 28:45 - Pebble Beach Golf Links (PC-98) - Opening (composers: Yumi Satake and Shigekazu Kamaki) 30:42 - Jack Nicklaus Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf (NES) - Track 1 (composer: Konami Kukeiha Club) 31:40 - Nettou Golf (Dreamcast) - 03 (composers: Hiroaki Yoshida, Masaaki Iwasaki, and Shinichi Yamazaki) 33:17 - Chi Chi’s Pro Challenge (Genesis) - 02 (composer: Masahito Miyamoto) 34:02 - Dynamic Country Club (Sega CD) - Menu (composer: unknown) 35:38 - Fred Couples Golf (Game Gear) - BGM 05 (composer: unknown) 36:39 - Virtua Golf (Arcade) - 12 (composers: Tetsuya Kawauchi, Masanori Takeuchi, and Eriko Sakurai) 37:36 - Okamoto Ayako to Match Play Golf - Ko Olina Golf Club in Hawaii (Super Famicom) - Match Play 39:48 - T&E VR Golf: Pebble Beach no Hatou (3DO) - Settings (composer: ?) 42:26 - Talk Segment 3 47:29 - Golf Magazine Presents 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples (32X) - Music Test 00 (composers: Ron Saltmarsh and Andy Warr) 51:51 - Super Swing Golf (Wii) - My Room (composers: Shigekiyo Okuda, Yutaka Fujishima) 53:21 - Super Naxat Open (Super Famicom) - Desert (composer: Hisashi Matsushita) 55:26 - Masters Harukanaru Augusta 3 (Saturn) - Settei (composers: Yumi Satake and Takeshi Miura) 59:21 - PGA Tour ‘96 (SNES) - Main Theme (composers: Steve Kirk and Chris Perry) 1:00:26 - Kurohige no Golf Shiyouyo (Game Boy Advance) - BGM 07 1:02:25 - St. Andrews: Eikou to Rekishi no Old Course (Super Famicom) - Track 15 (composer: Haruhiko Kuroiwa) 1:03:55 - Outro Talk Segment 1:06:32 - Mecarobot Golf (SNES) - Cruising (composers: Michiharu Hasuya, Osamu Kasai, and Takashi Tsurutani)

It’s the inaugural induction into the VGM Hall of Fame! Listen to hear the classic soundtracks that are getting honored! Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.  The originators of the Masters of VGM project: Bedroth of the BGMania and Very Good Music podcasts. You can find BGMania at https://bgmania.podbean.com/, and although Very Good Music is on permanent hiatus, you should be able to find archives wherever you get your podcasts.  Chris Steenerson of the VGJam podcast, which can be found at https://www.vgjam.com/.  Christofer Schenström of the Gameable Audio podcast at https://gameableaudio.com/podcast  Thanks also to all of the VGM podcasts that participated in the Masters of VGM project over the years.  The participants in the VGM Hall of Fame project (so far): Alex the Messenger from A VGM Journey  His VGM Hall of Fame induction of Shovel Knight can be found at https://pca.st/i8wxkbgt  St John from Nerd Noise Radio His VGM Hall of Fame induction of Super Metroid can be found at https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/ch-1-noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-c1e97-the-super-metroid-soundtrack-vgm-hall-of-fame/  Martyrus from RE-VGM His VGM Hall of Fame induction of Child of Light can be found at https://re-vgm.blubrry.net/2025/08/15/episode-185-vgm-hall-of-fame-child-of-light/  Heat00verride of the Bring the Pain podcast for helping me come up with the VGM Hall of Fame concept BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  The soundtracks I picked are well-known, and if you want to hear some other VGM podcasters weigh in on how great they are, here are some links to episodes: Friend of the show Jameson did a deep dive into the home version of the Street Fighter III Third Strike on episode 15 of barSILENCE. You can find that at https://barsilence.com/episode/f66e8916/street-fighter-3. He’s also covered Streets of Rage 2, and you can find that episode at https://barsilence.com/episode/ac68ff87/streets-of-rage  The Super Marcato Bros have done episodes on both Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger. You can find the FF VI one at https://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2020/5/3/episode-418-final-fantasy-vi and the one on Chrono Trigger at https://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2014/01/12/episode-94-chrono-trigger.  CRT Soundsystem dug into the Streets of Rage 2 soundtrack on their 36th episode, which you can find at https://rss.com/podcasts/crtsoundsystem/1917017/  The remixers and arrangers over at OCRemix have touched several of these games over the years, and they even have full albums devoted to Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI. You can find those at https://ocremix.org/album/7/chrono-trigger-chrono-symphonic and https://ff6.ocremix.org/.  If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on FGC Radio or at https://rss.com/podcasts/hmibisondollars/.  If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:08 - Chrono Trigger Arranged Version :The Brink of Time - Chrono Trigger (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda; arranged by Hiroshi Hata and Kalta Ohtsuki) 06:17 - The First Inductee: Chrono Trigger 09:28 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - Guardia Millennial Fair (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda) 12:41 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - Robo’s Theme (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda) 14:12 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - Corridors of Time (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda) 17:13 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - Last Battle (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda) 20:55 - The Second Inductee: Street Fighter III: Third Strike 24:30 - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Arcade) - Player Select 25:01 - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Arcade) - Alex & Ken Stage -JAZZY NYC ‘99- 28:14 - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Arcade) - Makoto Stage -SPUNKY- 31:46 - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Arcade) - Dudley Stage -YOU BLOW MY MIND- (excerpt) 33:11 - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Dreamcast/PS2) - Dudley Stage -YOU BLOW MY MIND- Dreamcast Mix 2 34:26 - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Dreamcast/PS2) - Dudley Stage -YOU BLOW MY MIND- Dreamcast Mix 3 36:40 - The Third Inductee: Streets of Rage 2 39:05 - Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis) - Go Straight (composer: Yuzo Koshiro) 41:45 - Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis) - Dreamer (composer: Yuzo Koshiro) 44:12 - Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis) - Slow Moon (composer: Yuzo Koshiro) 46:36 - Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis) - Wave 131 (composer: Yuzo Koshiro) 49:50 - Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis) - Back to the Industry (composer: Yuzo Koshiro) 50:59 - The Fourth Inductee: Final Fantasy VI 54:41 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - The Phantom Forest (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 58:01 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - Kids Run Through The City (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 1:00:44 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - Devil’s Lab (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 1:03:16 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - Searching for Friends (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 1:06:11 - FInal Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Fanfare (composer: Nobuo Uematsu; arranged by Reo Uratani) 1:07:25 - Closing Remarks 1:10:24 - Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Grand Finale (composer: Nobuo Uematsu; arranger Daisuke SHIIBA)