Not quite three years ago, after listening to a lot of VGM podcasts, I decided to make my own game music podcast, with blackjack and hookers. For my fiftieth episode, I’m leaning into the “blackjack and hookers” theme by featuring a variety of songs about gambling! 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. LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. My wife and my kids, who’ve helped me with ideas and occasionally contributed voices to promos, in addition to putting up with me doing this show in the first place.Fellow VGM podcasters Rayjkayj from VGMporium, Martyrus from RE-VGM, and Ed Wilson from The VGMbassy, all of whom were kind enough to let me do guest appearances on their shows. Thanks also go out to Ed for all of the game soundtrack rips he’s done; I regularly play his rips on the show.Drew Mackie, former host of game music podcast Singing Mountain, which was the biggest single inspiration for me to start this show.Fellow VGM podcaster Alex The Messenger Messenger for helping to build the community Everyone who’s ever contributed to one of my promo segments, including Josh Grisham of Nerd Informants, Bedroth of BGMania, and Kurly Kevin Stevens.Fellow podcaster HeatOverride from Bring The Pain, who’s been an enthusiastic fan and who occasionally lapses into game music podcasting himselfAnd finally, everyone who is a regular listener of the show. If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Final Fantasy VII (PS1) - Gold Saucer (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 02:04 - Talk Segment 1 08:49 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis) - Casino Night Zone (composer: Masato Nakamura) 10:58 - SaGa Frontier (PS1) - Baccarat (composer: Kenji Ito) 12:53 - Dragon Quest IV (NES) - Casino Rag (composer: Koichi Sugiyama) 14:22 - Persona 5 (PS4) - The Whims of Fate (composer: Shoji Meguro) 17:33 - Side Pocket (Genesis) - Las Vegas (composers: Emi Shimizu, Masaaki Iwasaki) 20:25 - HuniePop 2: Double Date (PC) - Casino (composer: Jonathan Wandag) 22:43 - Emerald Dragon (Super Famicom) - Casino (composer: Hirohiko Fukuda) 24:27 - Talk Segment 2 30:34 - Dual Orb (Super Famicom) - Casino (composers: Nobuyuki Hara and Yu Yoshida) 32:07 - Vegas Stakes (SNES) - The Hideaway (composer: Kimitaka Matsumae) 32:57 - Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow (Game Boy) - Casino (composer: Junichi Masuda) 35:57 - Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (SNES) - Casino (composer: Yasunori Shiono) 40:56 - Caesars Palace (Genesis) - Casino Theme (composers: Tommy Tallarico and Steve Henifin) 42:11 - Casino Kid (NES) - Casino Floor (composer: Toshio Murai) 43:19 - SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters’ Clash (Neo Geo Pocket Color) - It’s Las Vegas (Las Vegas 1) (composers: Takushi Hiyamuta, Mitsuo, and Miwa) 44:20 - Shin Megami Tensei II (Super Famicom) - Casino (composer: Tsukasa Masuko) 45:29 - Talk Segment 3 52:00 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - Blackjack (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 55:04 - Dragon Quest V (Super Famicom) - Gambling Fever (composer: Koichi Sugiyama) 56:04 - High Stakes Gambling (Game Boy) - Main Theme (composer: Paul Webb) 57:36 - HuniePop (PC) - Gold Falls Casino (composer: Jonathan Wandag) 59:31 - Golden Sun: The Lost Age (Game Boy Advance) - The Lucky Slots (composer: Motoi Sakuraba) 1:01:22 - SNK vs Capcom: Card Fighters DS (DS) - Rare Music Casino Style (composers: Masashi Sugiyama and Kazuyuki Fujita) 1:02:30 - Side Pocket (SNES) - Las Vegas (composer: Fox Productions) 1:03:54 - Sonic Advance (Game Boy Advance) - Casino Paradise Zone (Act 1) (composers: Tatsuyuki Maeda, Yutaka Minobe, Hironobu Inagaki, and Atsuyoshi Isemura) 1:06:59 - Outro Talk Segment 1:11:04 - Casino Games (Sega Master System) - Ending (composer: unknown)

These are songs that transport you to a strange and unfamiliar realm, surrounded by ethereal beauty.  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.  LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Crusader of Centy (Genesis) - Fortuneteller (composer: Motokazu Shinoda) 02:20 - Talk Segment 1 04:33 - Black Bird (PC98) - Impact (composer: Unknown) 08:17 - Tetris Attack (SNES) - Lunar Stage (composer: Masaya Kuzume) 11:11 - Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Floating Castle (composers/arrangers: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, Masaya Tsunemoto) 13:41 - Darius Gaiden (Arcade) - Refrain (composer: Hisayoshi Ogura)  15:14 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - Labyrinth of Darkness (composer: Masashi Hamauzu) 17:07 - Golden Sun: The Lost Age (GBA) - Ankohi Ruins (composer: Motoi Sakuraba) 19:18 - Talk Segment 2 21:11 - Seiken Densetsu 3 (Super Famicom) - Fable (composer: Hiroki Kikuta) 24:53 - Emerald Dragon (Super Famicom) - Deserted (composer: Hirohiko Fukuda) 26:17 - Shin Megami Tensei (Super Famicom) - Castle of the Four Gods (composer: Tsukasa Maskuo) 29:16 - Bravely Default (3DS) - Silence of the Forest (composer: Revo) 33:41 - Dragon Quest V (Super Famicom) - Trouble at Night (composer: Koichi Sugiyama) 35:50 - Talk Segment 3 37:39 - Uncharted Waters New Horizons (SNES) - Moslem Dance (composer: Yoko Kanno) 39:05 - Final Fantasy X (PS2) - Darkness (composer: Junya Nakano) 43:30 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - Labyrinth of Dragons (composer: Masashi Hamauzu) 47:30 - Last Bible III (Super Famicom) - Battle Arena (composer: Yanda) 49:11 - Seiken Densetsu 3 (Super Famicom) - Different Road (composer: Hiroki Kikuta) 53:50 - Outro Talk Segment 55:42 - Famicom Tantei Club (Famicom) - Legend (composers: Kenji Yamamoto)

We’re heading back to the course for another episode all about golf game music! 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.  LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:05 - Chi Chi’s Pro Challenge Golf (Genesis) - Track 13 (composer: Masahito Miyamoto) 01:32 - Talk Segment 1 03:40 - Ganbare! Golf Boys (TG16) - Away Back (composer: Atsuhiro Motoyama) 05:46 - Ganbare! Golf Boys (TG16) - Through the Green (compuser: Atsuhiro Motoyama) 08:06 - True Swing Golf (DS) - Menu 04 (composer: Katsumi Yokokawa) 10:25 - True Swing Golf (DS) - BGM 02 (composer: Katsumi Yokokawa) 13:24 - Golf (Virtual Boy) - Main Menu (composer: Ken Kojima) 15:16 - New 3D Golf Simulation: Devil's Course (Genesis) - Hole Overview (composer: Yumi Kinoshita, Shigekazu Kamaki, Yusaburo Shimojyo, Shunsuke Minomiya, and Akira Tamada) 17:06 - Talk Segment 2 18:42 - Pebble Beach Golf Links (Saturn) - Course BGM 1 (composer: Yumi Satake) 22:32 - Pebble Beach Golf Links (Saturn) - Course BGM 2 (composer: Yumi Satake) 26:06 - Hole in One Golf (Game Boy) - BGM 06 (composer: Iku Mizutani) 27:51 - Power Golf (TG16) - Title Screen (composer: Daisuke Inoue) 29:04 - Power Golf (TG16) - Menu (composer: Daisuke Inoue) 30:29 - Dynamic Country Club (Arcade) - Main BGM 2 (composer: M.A) 33:31 - Talk Segment 3 36:26 - Pebble Beach: The Great Shot (Arcade) - Course BGM 1 (composer: unknown) 37:17 - Pebble Beach: The Great Shot (Arcade) - Course BGM 2 (composer: unknown) 39:10 - Super Masters (Arcade) - BGM 3 (composer: Tohru Nakabayashi) 42:02 - Harukanaru Augusta (Genesis) - Title Screen (composers: Yumi Kinoshita, Hiroshi Morita, Shigekazu Kamaki, and Yusaburo Shimojyo) 42:43 - Harukanaru Augusta (Genesis) - BGM 2 (composers: Yumi Kinoshita, Hiroshi Morita, Shigekazu Kamaki, and Yusaburo Shimojyo) 45:26 - Battle Golfer Yui (Genesis) - Golf Ole! (composers: K. Nakayama, Kentakun.yada!, Kei Maruyama, Masayuki Nagao) 47:24 - Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf (NES) - Track 27 (composer: Lee Aram) 48:43 - BS Golf Daisuke O.B. Club - Office Course  (composers: Masaya Sound Team) 50:21 - Outro Talk Segment 52:27 - Redline F-1 Racer (SNES) - Title (composer: Katsuhiro Hayashi)

Once again, it’s time for Masters of VGM! This year, we’re honoring female, trans, and genderqueer composers working in VGM, and I’ve got a batch of six honorees and two honorable mentions for you.  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.  LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:04 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Marble Gallery (composer: Michiru Yamane) 01:28 - Talk Segment 1: Michiru Yamane 03:09 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX / Saturn) - Dracula’s Castle (composer: Michiru Yamane) 05:00 - Skullgirls (multiplatform) - Moonlit Melee (composer: Michiru Yamane) 11:06 - Talk Segment 2: Yumi Satake (aka Yumi Kinoshita) 12:10 - True Golf Classics Waialae Country Club (SNES) - Title Screen (composer: Yumi Kinoshita) 15:41 - Wicked 18 (SNES) - Course 1 (composers: Yumi Kinoshita, Shigekazu Kamaki, and Yuzaburo Shimojo) 18:13 - Talk Segment 3: Manami Matsumae  19:23 - Mega Man (NES) - Cut Man (composer: Manami Matsumae) 20:43 - Shovel Knight (multiplatform) - A Thousand Leagues Below (Iron Whale) (composer: Manami Matsumae) 24:20 - Talk Segment 4: Yoko Shimomura 25:28 - Super Mario RPG (SNES) - Bowser’s Castle (Second Time) (composer: Yoko Shimomura) 28:11 - Final Fantasy XV (multiplatform) - Valse di Fantastica (composer: Yoko Shimomura) 31:50 - Talk Segment 5: Soyo Oka 32:32 - Sim City (SNES) - Metropolis (composer: Soyo Oka) 34:21 - Pilotwings (SNES) - Rocketbelt (composer: Soyo Oka) 36:01 - Talk Segment 6: Yuki Iwai 37:12 - Mega Man X2 (SNES) - Sinister Gleam (composer: Yuki Iwai) 38:40 - Street Fighter III: New Generation (arcade) - Tomboy ~Stage Africa~ (composer: Yuki Iwai) 40:32 - Talk Segment 7: Megan McDuffee (honorable mention) 41:15 - River City Girls (multiplatform) - Unseen (composer: Megan McDuffee) 45:20 - Talk Segment 8: Yoko Kanno (honorable mention) 45:57 - Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream (Dreamcast) - A Stroll (composer: Yoko Kanno) 47:44 - Outro Talk Segment 49:19 - Live A Live (Super Famicom) - Megalomania (composer: Yoko Shimomura)

I kept writing down “smart” as an adjective for songs I wanted to play on the show, and I eventually got enough smart tracks that they became their own episode. Listen and watch your IQ go up! 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.  LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:05 - Super Black Bass 3 (Super Famicom) - Track 14 (composers: Michiya Hirasawa and Tsukushi Sasaki) 00:55 - Talk Segment 1 02:27 - Boomerang Fu (multiplatform)- Spilt Milk (composer: Paul Kopetko featuring Zorsy and Maryske) 06:34 - Persona 3 (PS2) - During the Test (composer: Shoji Meguro) 08:27 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform) - Out of Orbit (composer: Garoad) 11:41 - Planet Puzzle League (DS) - Engimatology (Background Theme #8) (composer: Masanobu Matsunaga) 16:20 - Talk Segment 2 17:55 - Redline F-1 Racer (SNES) - Staff Roll (composer: Katsuhiro Hayashi) 19:10 - Last Bible II (Game Boy Color)  - BGM 18 (composers: Iwao Mitsunaga and Hiroyuki Yanada) 20:41 - SaGa Frontier 2 (PSX) - Feldschlacht I (composer: Masashi Hamauzu) 26:09 - Persona 5 (multiplatform) - Life Goes On (composer: Shoji Meguro) 28:36 - Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All (DS) - Search ~ Opening 2002 (composer: Naoto Tanaka) 30:02 - Talk Segment 3 32:46 - Side Pocket (Game Boy) - BGM 02 (composer: Yusuke Takahama) 34:26 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Book 2: Train (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Kinuyo Yamashita) 36:21 - Doomsday Warrior (SNES) - Liquid Creature (LC-38X) (composer: Junta) 40:07 - Galaxy Force II (arcade) - Alone Fighter (Scene D - Level 4) (composers: Katsuhiro Hayashi and Kouichi Namaki) 42:53 - Street Fighter III: Second Impact (arcade) - ESCAPE (composer: Hideki Okugawa) 47:45 - Outro Talk Segment 49:40 - Super Baseball 2020 (SNES) - Managerial Menu (composers: Junichi Kuramochi and Hiroo Ikeda)

It’s time for another collection of relaxing, laid-back VGM tracks in this fifth installment of the 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.  LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Super Black Bass 3 (Super Famicom) - Track 04 (composers: Michiya Hirasawa and Tsukushi Sasaki)  01:19 - Talk Segment 1 03:10 - Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - The Submarine Nautilus (composers: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, and Masaya Tsunemoto) 07:31 - Shining Force II (Genesis) - Water Goddess Mitula (composer: Motoaki Takenouchi) 09:15 - SD Snatcher (MSX) - The Peaceful Avenue (composers: Masahiro Ikariko, Mutsuhiko Izumi, Motoaki Furukawa, Michiru Yamane, Yuji Takenouchi, Harumi Ueko, Yuko Kurahashi, Tomoya Tomita, Tsuyoshi Sekito, and Kazuhiko Uehara) 11:39 - Picross e6 (3DS) - Picross Puzzle (composer: unknown) 13:54 - Mother 3 (GBA) - Sorrowful Tazmily (composer: Shogo Sakai) 16:12 - Pokemon Black and White (DS) - Kanoko Town (aka Nuvema Town) (composer: Shota Kageyama) 17:53 - Talk Segment 2 19:47 - Brandish 2: The Planet Buster (Super Famicom) - Shop (composers: Michiya Hirasawa and Tsukushi Sasaki) 23:40 - Persona 2 - Eternal Punishment (PSP) - Hiiragi Psychotherapy 27:37 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (DS) - Don’t Ever Forget… (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, Yoshihiro Maeda) 29:42 - Saga Frontier (PSX) - Blue Town (composer: Kenji Ito) 33:54 - Emerald Dragon (Super Famicom) - Separation (composer: Hirohiko Fukuda) 35:13 - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Xbox/PC)  - Kashyyyk (composer: Jeremy Soule) 36:35 - Talk Segment 3 39:02 - Front Mission 4 (PS2) - Grapevine (composers: Hidenori Iwasaki and Ryo Yamazaki) 41:34 - Romancing SaGa 2 (Super Famicom) - Village 2 (composer: Kenji Ito) 44:02 - Lufia 2 (SNES) - Town (composer: Yasunori Shiono) 47:01 - Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster - Inn (composers/arrangers: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, and Masaya Tsunemoto) 48:41 - The Flintstones (SNES) - Cinema (composers: Keith Tinman and Jonathan Dunn) 50:55 - Tempest 2000 (Jaguar) - Gilde Control (composers: Alastair Lindsay, Ian Howe, and Kevin Saville) 56:10 - Outro Talk Segment 58:03 - Last Bible III (Super Famicom) - North Lake (composer: Hiroyuki Yanada)

After his escapades at Voltara Prime, Rando Calrissian just wants some peace and quiet and high-stakes gambling. But when Rando hears about the Pippin Device, a horrific weapon that could shatter the galaxy, he’s forced to spring into action with this grab bag of great VGM! Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.  LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. Penny Arcade for the "Rando Calrissian" title. You can find them at https://www.penny-arcade.com/ If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:05 - Street Fighter III: Third Strike (Dreamcast) - JUDGE (composer: Hideki Okugawa) 00:46 - Talk Segment 1 03:21 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (multiplatform) - Brave Trigger (composer: Michiru Yamane) 05:33 - Mega Man VI (NES) - Plant Man (composer: Yuko Takehara) 07:09 - Phantasy Star II (Genesis) - Silent Zone (composer: Tokuhiko Uwabo) 08:48 - Front Mission (Super Famicom) - Blackhounds (composers: Yoko Shimomura and Noriko Matsueda) 11:19 - Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (Genesis) - Hassou (composers: Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama, and Masayuki Nagao) 12:42 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - An Empty Tome (composer: Michiru Yamane) 15:41 - Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight (NES) - Alleyway (composer: Junko Tamiya) 17:25 - Talk Segment 2 19:00 - A King’s Tale: Final Fantasy XV (PS4/XBox One) - Insomnia (composer: Bill Kiley)  24:15 - King of Fighters 98 (Neo Geo) - London March (composers: Hideki Asanaka, Marimo, Yasuo Yamate (KOF98), Masahiko Hataya, Toshio Shimizu, Yoshihiko Kitamura (Fatal Fury 2)) 27:16 - Power Drift (Arcade) - Side Street (A Course) (composer: Hiroshi Kawaguchi) 31:49 - Ristar (Genesis) - Round 5-2 Ice Scream (composer: Tomoko Sasaki) 34:33 - Talk Segment 3 36:41 - Final Fantasy VII (PSX) - Mark of the Traitor (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 40:11 - Front Mission: Gun Hazard (Super Famicom) - Tension (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)  42:44 - Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (SNES) - Autumn (composer: Yasunori Shiono) 44:44 - Spider-Man the Videogame (Arcade) - BGM1 (composer: Kazuhiko Nagai) 46:48 - Pokemon Black and White (DS) - Opelucid City (Black) (composer: Go Ichinose) 51:00 - Outro Talk Segment 52:50 - Bionic Commando (NES) - Neutral Area (composer: Junko Tamiya)

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It’s another happy music episode in my Rose-Colored Pixels series of shows full of cheerful, upbeat VGM! Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.  LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.  As mentioned in the show, the VGMbassy recently celebrated its 100th episode, and you can check it out at https://thevgmbassy.com/2024/02/15/episode-100-the-100th-episode-celebration/. I appeared on the show in episode 91 (https://thevgmbassy.com/2023/05/12/episode-91-sega-arcade-games-with-professor-tom/). Congratulations to host Ed Wilson for hitting this milestone!  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:05 - Tecmo World Wrestling (NES) - Song 13 (composers: Keiji Yamagishi, Mayuko Okamura, Hiroshi Miyazaki, and Mitsuhito Tanaka) 00:41 - Talk Segment 1 03:17 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - World of Sunshine (composer: Masashi Hamauzu) 06:29 - Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & The Secret Hideout (multiplatform) - Days of Ocean Colors (composer: Kazuki Yanagawa) 07:37 - Secret of Mana (SNES) - Color of the Summer Sky / Joyous Town Theme (composer: Hiroki Kikuta) 09:02 - Power Golf (TG16) - Main Theme (composer: Daisuke Inoue) 11:21 - Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (MSX2) - "A" Jam Blues (Radio Mode BGM 2) (composers: Tsuyoshi Sekito, Masahiro Ikariko, Mutsuhiko Izumi, Yuko Kurahashi, Tomoya Tomita, Kazuhiko Uehara, and Yuji Takenouchi) 12:22 - Side Pocket (Game Boy) - BGM 03 (composer: Yusuke Takahama) 14:39 - King of Fighters 2006 (aka KOF Maximum Impact 2) - The Startup Sound of Reminiscence (composer: Toshikazu Tanaka) 16:31 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (DS) - Random Dungeon Theme 2 (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, Yoshihiro Maeda) 19:35 - Talk Segment 2 21:58 - King of Fighters 2002 (Neo-Geo) - Tacos Dance (composers: Masahiko Hataya and Yasuo Yamate) 24:15 - Blue Dragon (X360) - BAD BUT BAT (composer: Satoshi Henmi) 27:33 - Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Airship (composers/arrangers: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, Masaya Tsunemoto) 29:25 - Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold (arcade) - STAGE SAKURA (composers: Syun Nishigaki, Setsuo Yamamoto, and Tatsuro Suzuki) 31:27 - Quartet (Arcade) - OKI RAP (composer: Katsuhiro Hayashi) 33:36 - Crusader of Centy (Genesis) - Anemone Beach (composer: Motokazu Shinoda) 35:17 - Shining Force II (Genesis) - Lively Town (composer: Motoaki Takenouchi) 38:43 - Super Black Bass 3 (Super Famicom) - Track 2 (composers: Michiya Hirasawa and Tsukushi Sasaki) 39:59 - Talk Segment 3 43:09 - Daytona USA (Arcade) - Sky High (composer: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi) 47:23 - Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen (GBA) - Road to Viridian City: Leaving Pallet Town (composer: Junichi Masuda) 48:23 - Phantasy Star II (Genesis) - Restoration (composer: Tokuhiko Uwabo) 50:33 - Harukanaru Augusta (Mega Drive) - Unknown (BGM Number 4) (composers: Shigekazu Kamaki, Yumi Kinoshita, Yuzaburou Shimojo, and Hiroshi Morita) 53:10 - Lunar 2: Eternal Blue (PSX) - Holding On (Lemina’s Theme) (composer: Noriyuki Iwadare) 56:12 - Phantasy Star IV (Genesis) - Land Master AXV-25 (composer: Izuho Numata) 58:05 - Jack Bros (Virtual Boy) - Grim Reaper’s Cavern (Level 2) (composer: Hiroyuki Yanada) 1:00:00 - Outro Talk Segment 1:02:08 - Crusader of Centy (Genesis) - Ending Theme (composer: Motokazu Shinoda)

This is an episode packed with jazzy jams of all shapes and sizes! 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.  LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.  During the show, I mentioned that my podcast bro Rayjkayj of VGMporium does episodes of shop themes, and you can check out his latest shop themes episode at https://vgmporium.wordpress.com/2023/12/07/episode-102-shop-themes-vii/  If you liked the Kiss Shot and Side Pocket tracks and want to hear more, you can check out the Super Marcato Bros’ episode all about Genesis Pool Jazz at https://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2019/7/21/episode-378-genesis-pool-jazz, where they talk about both Side Pocket and Kiss Shot and their excellent soundtracks.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:05 - Front Mission (Super Famicom) - Bar (composer: Noriko Matsueda) 01:31 - Talk Segment 1 03:38 - Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (PSP) - Parabellum (composers: Toshiko Tasaki, Kenichi Tsuchiya, Masaki Kurokawa, Toshiki Konishi, and Atsushi Kitajoh) 07:54 - Kiss Shot (Genesis) - Nineball Game (composers: Naofumi Hataya and Hiroshi Kubota) 10:57 - The Flinstones (SNES) - Cinema (composers: Keith Tinman and Jonathan Dunn) 13:12 - Tales of Phantasia - Tasteful (composer: Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura and Ryota Furuya) 16:08 - Persona 5 (PS4) - Bar (composer: Shoji Meguro) 16:59 - Talk Segment 2 18:40 - Persona 5 Strikers - Sophia’s Shop (composer: Atsushi Kitajoh) 21:21 - Marvel vs Capcom 2 (Multiplatform) - Training Mode (composer: Tetsuya Shibata) 24:32 - Marvel vs Capcom 2 (Multiplatform) - Cave Stage (composer: Tetsuya Shibata) 26:10 - X-Men vs Street Fighter (Arcade) - Sabretooth Stage (composers: Yuki Iwai and Yuko Kadota)  27:57 - Arkanoid DS (DS) - too much funky? (GAME Chuu BGM) (composer: Kemmei Adachi) 30:50 - Talk Segment 3 33:26 - Arkanoid DS (DS) - Rest on Starlit Sky (OPTION BGM) (composer: Hirokazu Koshio) 34:49 - Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast) - Recipe for the Perfect Afro (composer: Hideki Naganuma) 40:41 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night- Wandering Ghosts (composer: Michiru Yamane) 43:17 - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - Jazzy NYC '99 (composer: Hideki Okugawa) 46:31 - Outro Talk Segment 48:17 - Side Pocket (Genesis) - Slow Down, Dude (composers: Emi Shimizu, Masaaki Iwasaki)

There’s a sad girl, crying as the snow falls. This is what her heart sounds like. 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.  LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:05 - Tokemeki Memorial (PC Engine CD) - All Alone on Christmas (composers: Mikio Saito, Seiya Murai, Miki Higashino, and Hiro Noguchi) 01:28 - Intro Talk Segment 02:11 - Pokemon Black and White (DS) - Undella Town (Autumn) (composer: Hitomi Sato) 04:31 - Doki Doki Literature Club (PC) - Sayo-nara (composer: Dan Salvato) 07:09 - Etrian Odyssey III (DS) - That's the Beginning of the Adventure (composer: Yuzo Koshiro) 10:22 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform) - Where Do I Go From Here? (composer: Garoad) 12:21 - Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Cry in Sorrow 2 (credits: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, and Masaya Tsunemoto) 14:32 - Arcus Odyssey (Genesis) - Act 6-4: Pray for Victory (composer: Motoi Sakuraba) 18:02 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform) - Will You Remember Me? (composer: Garoad) 19:46 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - Epitaph (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 22:38 - Final Fantasy VII (PSX) - Tifa's Theme (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 27:45 - Last Bible 3 (Super Famicom) - Field Theme 1 (composer: Yanda) 30:21 - Persona 2 Eternal Punishment (PSP) - Kaori (composers: Toshiko Tasaki, Kenichi Tsuchiya, Masaki Kurokawa, Toshiki Konishi, and Atsushi Kitajoh) 33:30 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (DS) - Goodnight (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ryoma Nakamura, and Kenichi Saito) 35:33 - Aerobiz Supersonic (SNES) - Deficit (composer: Koei Sound Team) 36:24 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform) - Who Was I? (composer: Garoad) 37:44 - Mega Man and Bass (Super Famicom) - Database (composers: Toshihiko Horiyama, Naoshi Mizuta, and Akari Kaida) 41:14 - Dual Orb (Super Famicom) - Deserted Village (composer: Lucky-7) 43:23 - Final Fantasy VII (PSX) - If You Open Your Heart (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 46:11 - Outro Talk Segment 47:55 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform) - Everything Will Be Okay (composer: Garoad)

Sometimes, you gotta just keep on keepin’ on, and that’s what all these tracks will help you do. 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. LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  During the show, I mentioned my Gotta Go Speed episode full of racing game music. You can find it at https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-34-gotta-go-speed/ if you want to check out some tracks that are a little faster-paced than this episode’s selections. I recently made a guest appearance on fellow VGM podcast Senpai’s Playlist & VGM Origins. You can check it out at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/darryl-bowers/episodes/VGM-Origins-Presents-A-VGM-Christmas-Carol-e2d3971. Hear me as the ghost of VGM Christmas! Also hear Darryl and I talk about stuff!  If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:05 - Mega Man Star Force 2 (DS) - Network (composer: Marika Suzuki) 01:15 - Talk Segment 1 03:32 - Final Fantasy VIII (PSX) - Movin’ (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 08:50 - Metal Max Returns (Super Famicom) - Caterpillar Village (composer: Satoshi Kadokura) 10:15 - Final Fantasy IV (SNES) - Mt. Ordeals (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 11:33 - Al Unser Jr.’s Turbo Racing (NES) - Circuit Theme B (composers: Shōgo Sakai, Takafumi Miura, Masaaki Iwasaki, and Yuji Suzuki) 14:33 - Persona 5 Strikers (multiplatform) - Camping Trip (composer: Atsushi Kitajoh) 17:34 - Talk Segment 2 19:24 - Pixel Puzzle Makeout League (multiplatform) - Tick Tock (composer: Capsule King) 21:57 - Blaster Master (NES) - Area 1 (composer: Naoki Kodaka) 24:55 - Etrian Odyssey II (DS) - Labyrinth V - Heavens’ Rock Seat (composer: Yuzo Koshiro) 29:14 - Shovel Knight (multiplatform) - An Underlying Problem (The Lost City) (composer: Jake Kaufman) 33:02 - River City Girls 2 (multiplatform) - Dance Arcade (composer: Megan McDuffee) 34:15 - Talk Segment 3 36:58 - Dance Aerobics (NES) - Track 15 (composer: unknown; possibly Masaki Hashimoto) 39:58 - Darkstalkers 3 (Playstation) - Green Scream (composers: Takayuki Iwai, Masato Kouda, and Satoshi Ise)   44:03 - Top Gear 2 (SNES) - Auckland (composers: Patrick Phelan, Ashley Bennett, Paul Bennet) 46:55 - Horizon Chase 2 - The Prettiest Menu Theme Ever Written (composer: Barry Leitch) 52:43 - Outro Talk Segment 54:28 - The Flash (Master System) - Ending (composer: Jeroen Tel)

I come up with a lot of ideas, but all of them aren’t a good fit for a full-length episode, so this episode is actually four mini-episodes. Each one is devoted to an idea that works better in small bites than it would in a longer episode. Enjoy! Congratulations in advance go out to fellow VGM podcast bro Martyrus for reaching 100 episodes of his excellent show RE-VGM, a great podcast where he explores the world of arranged video game music. I try to catch every episode, and I’d recommend it to you, too! You can find it at www.re-vgm.com or https://re-vgm.blubrry.net/.  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.  LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Episode 39a: Home Sweet Home 02:43 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - Morning Sunlight (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda) 03:22 - Dragon Quest V (Super Famicom) - Country Living (composer: Koichi Sugiyama) 04:53 - Etrian Odyssey (DS) - Town - Bird-Shaped Vane on the Roof (composer: Yuzu Koshiro) 06:06 - Kingdom Hearts (PS2) - Traverse Town (composer: Yoko Shimomura)  07:26 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform): Safe Haven (composer: Garoad) 10:06 - Final Fantasy V (Super Famicom) - Home Sweet Home (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 12:47 - Episode 39b: Jingle Bleeps, Jingle Bloops 15:20 - Daze Before Christmas (Genesis) - A Story Song (composers: Kim M. Jensen and Geir Tjelta) 17:16 - Home Alone (SNES) - Protecting the House (composer: Mark van Hecke) 18:34 - Home Alone (SNES) - The Scary Basement (composer: Mark van Hecke) 20:09 - Die Hard (NES) - Game Theme (composer: unknown) 23:10 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform) - Snowfall (composer: Garoad) 25:59 - Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn) - Dreams Dreams (Acapella version) (composer: Tomoko Sasaki; vocals: Marlon D. Sanders, Gabriel Morris, and Issa Clemon) 30:25 - Episode 39c: Turning the Screws 33:57 - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA) - The Item Collection Room (composer: Soshiro Hokkai) 36:16 - Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne (PS2) - Talk (composer: Kenichi Tsuchiya) 38:02 - Danganronpa 2 (Vita) - RE: New World Order (composer: Takada Masafumi) 42:46 - Bionic Commando (NES) - Area 05 (composer: Junko Tamiya) 44:46 - Secret of Mana (SNES) - Danger [Boss Theme] (composer: Hiroki Kikuta) 46:59 - Episode 39d: The Same, But Different 48:51 - Final Fantasy X (PS2) - Prelude (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 53:12 - Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Hey, Cid! (composers: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, Masaya Tsunemoto) 56:06 - Final Fantasy XV (PS4 / Xbox One) - Cindy (composer: Yoko Shimomura) 59:31 - Final Fantasy III (Famicom) - Chocobos! (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 1:00:51 - Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation) - Electric De Chocobo (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 1:04:53 - Final Fantasy XIII (PS3/Xbox 360) - “Chocobos of Cocoon - Chasing Dreams” (composers: Masashi Hamauzu and Ryo Yamazaki; lyrics and vocals from Frances Maya) 1:07:48 - Outro Talk Segment 1:09:45 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - Mog (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

Halloween has come and gone, but spooky season lives on in our hearts all year round, so this is a great set of creepy tracks that I didn’t quite get out the door before Halloween. (But I meant to, and then life got in the way.)  We here in the VGM podcast community have seen Spotify pull down some of our episodes recently without any explanation as to why. My Castlevania bonus episode was removed, as were episodes of fellow VGM podcasts A VGM Journey and Nerd Noise Radio. None of us know exactly why we were targeted in general or why it was those specific episodes, and no one (not even a robot) at Spotify has reached out to tell us. So, if you’re listening to this on a podcast service that’s NOT Spotify, good job and thank you and keep on doing what you’re doing. And if you’re listening to this podcast on Spotify, you may need to find an alternative podcatcher to keep listening to us. I personally use Podbean and Pocket Casts both; I know Spotify is convenient, but I think both of those are better podcast apps, since they’re custom-built for podcast consumption. Podbean is currently the best place to find me, since that’s my hosting company, but any dedicated podcatcher you use should pick me up. 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.  LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.  During the show, I mentioned some other VGM podcasts, and they are as follows: Last year’s excellent Halloween episode of A VGM Journey (where I got the idea to play the Transylvania song from Duck Tales) can be found at  https://audacy.com/podcast/a-vgm-journey-a9eb9/episodes/level-116-06e41 The episode of fellow VGM podcast VGMporium devoted to exploring the soundtracks of NES games and arcade games that were siblings instead of straight ports can be found at https://vgmporium.wordpress.com/2023/03/09/episode-63-nes-and-arcade-versions/.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:08 - Military Madness (TG16) - Menu (composer: Jun Chikuma) 00:34 - Intro Talk Segment  05:15 - Duck Tales (NES) - Transylvania (prototype version) (composer: Hiroshige Tonomura) 08:15 - Military Madness (TG16) - Password (composer: Jun Chikuma) 09:27 - Gauntlet IV (Genesis) - Transparent Obstacle (composers: Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata)  14:40 - Secret of Evermore (SNES) - In the Arena (composer: Jeremy Soule) 15:37 - Shin Megami Tensei (Super Famicom) - Dream (composer: Tsukasa Masuko) 17:21 - Contra: Hard Corps (Genesis) - Guillotine (composers: Hiroshi Kobayashi, Michiru Yamane, Akira Yamaoka, Hirofumi Taniguchi, and Aki Hata) 19:16 - Nemo (Arcade) - Nightmare King (Stage 7) (composer: Yoko Shimomura) 21:03 - Golden Axe (Arcade) - Old Map (composer: Tohru Nakabayashi) 21:57 - Talk Segment II: Fatal Resurrection 25:12 - Al Unser Jr.’s Racing (NES) - Game Over (composers: Shōgo Sakai, Takafumi Miura, Masaaki Iwasaki, and Yuji Suzuki) 26:49 - Mother (Famicom) - Cemetery (composers: Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka) 29:20 - Yuppie Psycho (PC) - A Man Out of You (composer: Garoad) 31:46 - Persona 2 Eternal Punishment (PSP) - Undersea Ruins (composers: Toshiko Tasaki, Kenichi Tsuchiya, Masaki Kurokawa, T.KURA, Shoji Meguro, Kazuya Usui, Toshiki Konishi, Atsushi Kitajoh) 35:51 - Military Madness (TG16) - Enemy's Last Stage (composer: Jun Chikuma) 37:31 - Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow (GB) - Lavender Town (composer: Junichi Masuda) 40:29 - Shin Megami Tensei: If . . . (Super Famicom) - Terminal (composer: Tsukasa Masuko) 41:17 - Bubble Bobble (Arcade) - False Ending (composer: Tadashi Kimijima) 41:55 - Talk Segment III: Terminal Confrontation in 3D! 45:01 - Final Fantasy IV (SNES) - Dancing Calcobrena (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 45:34 - Persona Q2 (3DS) - Peculiar World (Another Version) (composer: Atsushi Kitajoh) 50:33 - Persona 5 Strikers (multiplatform) - Loving Wonderland (composer: Ayana Hira) 52:51 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis)  - Mystic Cave Zone (composer: Masato Nakamura) 54:52 - Contra: Hard Corps (Genesis) - Jurassic Dope (composers: Hiroshi Kobayashi, Michiru Yamane, Akira Yamaoka, Hirofumi Taniguchi, and Aki Hata) 58:02 - Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne (PS2) - Playing the Fool (composer: Shoji Meguro) 59:35 - Outro Talk Segment  1:02:39 - Crystalis (NES) - Poison Marsh (composer: Yoko Osaka)

I had so many tracks left over from the last episode that I decided to put them all together and make a Castlevania leftovers bonus episode. Enjoy all these cool songs that didn’t quite fit on the last episode for some reason or another! 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.  LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:12 - Vampire Variations Volume III - A Dark and Eerie Night (Prologue) (arrangers: Chernabogue featuring XPRTNovice) 02:20 - Intro Talk Segment 0:03:31 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Prologue (composer: Michiru Yamane) 0:04:58 - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES) - Bloody Tears (Street - Daytime BGM) (composer: Kenichi Matsubara) 0:06:03 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Jaws of a Scorched Earth (composer: Michiru Yamane) 0:09:39 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Multiplatform) - Theme Of Johannes (composer: Keisuke Ito) 0:11:34 - Castlevania: The Adventure (Game Boy) - Revenge [Stage 4 BGM] (composers: Shigeru Fukutake, Norio Hanzawa, and Hidehiro Funauchi) 0:13:23 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Dracula's Castle (composer: Michiru Yamane) 0:15:16 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Multiplatform) - Ritual Of The Night (composer: Michiru Yamane) 0:19:33 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Nocturne (composer: Michiru Yamane) 0:21:53 - Super Castlevania IV (SNES) - Dripstone Cave ~ Waterfall ~ Sunken City (Stage 3 BGM) (composers: Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo) 0:30:10 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Rainbow Cemetary (composer: Michiru Yamane) 0:32:55 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Cantus Montetten (composer: Michiru Yamane) 0:35:31 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Multiplatform) - Theme Of Gebel (composer: Keisuke Ito) 0:37:38 - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA) - The Sinking Old Sanctuary (composers: Sotaro Tojima, Hiroshi Mitsuoka, and Michiru Yamane) 0:40:31 - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - Cursed Clock Tower (composer: Michiru Yamane) 0:45:02 - Haunted Castle (Arcade) - Bloody Tears (Stage 3 - Main Hall) (composer: Kenichi Matsubara) 0:46:08 - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA) - The Trick Manor (composers: Sotaro Tojima, Hiroshi Mitsuoka, Masanori Adachi, and Taro Kudo) 0:50:21 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Wandering the Crystal Blue (composer: Michiru Yamane) 0:52:58 - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - VAMPIRE KILLER (composer: Masahiko Kimura) 0:56:02 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Multiplatform) - Forgotten Jade (composer: Michiru Yamane) 1:02:32 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Ebony Wings (composer: Yasuhiro Ichihashi) 1:04:55 - Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge (Game Boy) - New Messiah [Glass Castle] (composer: Hidehiro Funauchi) 1:08:03 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Requiem for the Gods (composer: Michiru Yamane) 1:10:12 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Passing into the Night (composer: Michiru Yamane) 1:12:12 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Multiplatform) - Silent Howling (composer: Ryusuke Fujioka) 1:14:18 - Dracula X (SNES) - Den (composers: Tomoya Tomita, Masanari Iwata, Harumi Ueko, and Masahiko Kimura) 1:17:22 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Multiplatform) - Theme Of Dominique (composer: Michiru Yamane) 1:22:00 - Super Castlevania IV (SNES) - Beginning (Stage 10 Dracula's Tower 2 BGM) (composers: Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo) 1:23:56 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Dark Holy Road (composer: Michiru Yamane) 1:26:12 - Super Castlevania IV (SNES) - Mechanical Trick Mansion (Stage 4 BGM) (composers: Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo) 1:29:52 - Castlevania (NES) - Wicked Child (Upper Yard) (composers: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima) 1:32:48 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - An Empty Tome (composer: Michiru Yamane) 1:35:47 - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - Great Door of Cold Darkness (composer: Michiru Yamane) 1:38:57 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Multiplatform) - Brave Trigger (composer: Michiru Yamane) 1:41:09 - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA) - Premonition (composer: Soshiro Hokkai) 1:42:50 - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA) - Vampire Killer (composers: Sotaro Tojima, Hiroshi Mitsuoka, Kinuyo Yamashita, and Satoe Terashima) 1:44:04 - Super Castlevania IV (SNES) - Secret Room (Bonus BGM) (composers: Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo) 1:45:31 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Rhapsody of the Forsaken (composer: Michiru Yamane) 1:49:12 - Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis) - Bloody Tears (Classic Tune 2) (composer: Michiru Yamane) 1:50:22 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Dance of Pales (composer: Michiru Yamane) 1:52:52 - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - Scarlet Fighting Spirit (composer: Michiru Yamane) 1:56:07 - Vampire Variations III (OCREMIX) () - Bringing Out the Dead (Simon Belmont's Theme) (composer: Brandon Strader) 2:01:36 - Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis) - The Discolored Wall (Stage 3) (composer: Michiru Yamane) 2:03:44 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Lone Challenger (composer: Michiru Yamane) 2:06:15 - Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (PC Engine CD) - Cemetery (composers: Akira Souji, Keizo Nakamura, Tomoko Sano, and Mikio Saito) 2:08:45 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Tower of Mist (composer: Michiru Yamane) 2:11:32 - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA) - Clockwork Tower of Causality (composer: Soshiro Hokkai) 2:13:28 - Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis) - Reincarnated Soul, Part 2 (Stage 1) (composer: Michiru Yamane) 2:15:19 - Super Castlevania IV (SNES) - Cellar (Stage 8 BGM) (composers: Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo) 2:17:19 - Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis) - The Sinking Old Sanctuary (Stage 2) (composer: Michiru Yamane) 2:19:38 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - The Tower of Dolls (composer: Konami Kukeiha Club) 2:23:47 - Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge (Game Boy) - Praying Hands [Cloud Castle] (composer: Hidehiro Funauchi) 2:26:50 - Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES) - Stream (Block-6) (composers: Hidenori Maezawa, Jun Funahashi, and Yukie Morimoto) 2:29:51 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Multiplatform) - Autumn's Desolation (composer: Keisuke Ito) 2:32:41 - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - Black Shudder (composer: Masahiko Kimura) 2:33:51 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Lost Painting (composer: Michiru Yamane) 2:35:32 - Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (PC Engine CD) - Vampire Killer (composers: Akira Souji, Keizo Nakamura, Tomoko Sano, and Mikio Saito) 2:37:15 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Multiplatform) - Theme Of Bloodstained (Vocal) (composer: Michiru Yamane) 2:38:28 - Outro Talk Segment 2:39:43 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - I am the Wind (composer: Michiru Yamane)

It’s spooky season, so I’m doing a whole episode full of Castlevania’s greatest hits! And come back soon for a bonus episode containing a whole bunch of deep cuts I didn’t have time for on this episode! Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing amazing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com. Save Point Sam for voicing Lamenty the gravestoneGenerous show patron Rick L., who suggested the idea for this episode and also gave me a huge amount of money to do it. Well, he suggested the idea. He didn’t actually give me any money at all, but I’m still doing it because I’m all about the fans.  LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Diskord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.  During the show, I mentioned my April Fool’s 2023 episode. You can find that at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-duvyd-13ce7bd, although I warn you that 1) you are listening at your own risk and also 2) it’s an April Fool’s Day show, so things may be a little different than normal and also also 3) it features me singing at the end, so you’re REALLY listening at your own risk.  If you want to find the OC Remix Vampire Variations compilations mentioned in the outro, you can find them at the following links: https://ocremix.org/album/67/vampire-variations-a-musical-tribute-to-castlevania https://ocremix.org/album/68/vampire-variations-volume-ii https://ocremix.org/album/69/vampire-variations-volume-iii   Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:09 - Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (NES) - Within These Castle Walls (composers: Kenichi Matsubara, Satoe Terashima, and Kouji Murata) 00:53 - Talk Segment I 03:00 - Castlevania (NES) - Stalker (Armory) (composers: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima) 06:00 - Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (NES) - The Silence of the Daylight (composer: Kenichi Matsubara) 07:05 - Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (Famicom Disk System) - Mad Forest (composers: Hidenori Maezawa, Jun Funahashi, and Yukie Morimoto) 08:40 - Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (Famicom Disk System) - Deja Vu (Vampire Killer) (composers: Hidenori Maezawa, Jun Funahashi, and Yukie Morimoto) 11:38 - Talk Segment II 12:32 - Vampire Killer (MSX) - Vampire Killer (composers: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima) 13:39 - Vampire Killer (MSX) - Wicked Child (composers: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima) 15:28 - Vampire Killer (MSX) - Black Knight (composers: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima) 16:12 - Talk Segment III 16:45 - Castlevania: The Adventure (Game Boy) - Battle of the Holy [Stage 1 BGM] (composers: Shigeru Fukutake, Norio Hanzawa, and Hidehiro Funauchi) 19:43 - Castlevania 2 - Belmont's Revenge (Game Boy) - Psycho Warrior [Rock Castle] (composer: Hidehiro Funauchi) 23:02 - Talk Segment IV 24:35 - Super Castlevania IV (SNES) - Simon’s Theme (Stage 1-2 BGM) (composers: Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo) 28:17 - Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis) - Iron-Blue Intention (composer: Michiru Yamane) 30:15 - Castlevania: Dracula X (SNES) - Bloodlines (composers: Tomoya Tomita, Masanari Iwata, Harumi Ueko, and Masahiko Kimura) 33:23 - Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (PC Engine CD) - Overture (composers: Akira Souji, Keizo Nakamura, Tomoko Sano, and Mikio Saito) 34:27 - Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (PC Engine CD) - Picture of a Ghost Ship (composers: Akira Souji, Keizo Nakamura, Tomoko Sano, and Mikio Saito) 36:52 - Talk Segment V 39:42 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - The Tragic Prince (composer: Michiru Yamane) 43:46 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Crystal Teardrops (composer: Michiru Yamane) 45:47 - Talk Segment VI 47:23 - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA) - Awake (composer: Sotaro Tojima) 49:53 - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA) - Successor of Fate (Juste Belmont’s theme) (composer: Soshiro Hokkai) 52:14 - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA) - Clock Tower (composer: Michiru Yamane) 55:11 - Talk Segment VII 56:21 - Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - Dracula's Tears (composer: Michiru Yamane) 1:00:00 - Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - Equipment Discussion [Shop] (composer: Masahiko Kimura) 1:01:50 - Castlevania Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Chapel Hidden in Smoke (composer: Michiru Yamane) 1:05:13 - Talk Segment VIII 1:06:36 - Bloodstained Ritual of the Night (multiplatform) - Theme Of Bloodstained (composer: Michiru Yamane) 1:09:36 - Bloodstained Ritual of the Night (multiplatform) - Exorschism (composer: Keisuke Ito) 1:11:54 - Outro Talk Segment 1:15:21 - Vampire Variations II (OCREMIX) - Season of the Witch (Together Forever) (composer: Michiru Yamane; arranged by Brandon Strader)

What does it sound like when God talks to you? What does it sound like with the Light of the Universe gives you a sacred quest that no one else can accomplish?  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. BibleGateway.com and the scholars and authors behind the New International Version translation of the Bible, used for the reading from Exodus 3:1-10 in the show.LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. 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 shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. 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. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Last Bible III - West Lake 01:01 - Talk Segment 1 05:42 - Final Fantasy IV (SNES) - The Lunarians (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 06:58 - Final Fantasy V Pixel Remaster (Multiplatform) - Nostalgia (composers: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, Masaya Tsunemoto) 11:13 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (DS) - Icicle Forest (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, and Yoshihiro Maeda) 15:32 - Tokimeki Memorial (PC Engine CD) - Our Starry Sky [Planetarium]  17:30 - Romancing SaGa 3 (Super Famicom) - Underwater Palace (composer:Kenji Ito) 19:59 - Albert Odyssey (SNES) - On Holy Ground (composer: Naoki Kodaka) 21:16 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - Secret of the Forest (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda)  26:00 - Talk Segment 2 27:58 - Secret of Mana (SNES) - Pure Night Pure Land (composer: Hiroki Kikuta) 30:48 - Final Fantasy VII (PSX) - Flowers Blooming in the Church (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 35:42 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (DS) - A New World (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, and Yoshihiro Maeda) 39:07 - Tokimeki Memorial - Stormy Field (Romance) 40:17 - Dual Orb 2 - Dungeon (composers: Nobuyuki Hara and Yu Yoshida) 43:07 - Ys III: Wanderers From Ys (Genesis) - Morning of the Journey (composer: Yoshiaki Kubotera, Noriyuki Iwadare, and Mieko Ishikawa) 48:36 - Final Fantasy V (Super Famicom) - The Silent Beyond (composers: Nobuo Uematsu) 54:13 - Outro Talk Segment 56:27 - Final Fantasy III (Famicom) - Boundless Ocean (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

[NOTE: This is a re-upload of an older episode that I accidentally deleted. While it's not my best show, and definitely not my most popular episode ever, I'm reposting it for the sake of complete-ness.] This episode is devoted to some ominous songs. The episode title does not include a question mark, and that is intentional.  Special thanks to fellow VGM podcaster Bedroth the Chinbeard for providing the voice of North Tennessee State University. He’s the host of Very Good Music, which you can check out at https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/ykr76-bda6e/Very-Good-Music-A-VGM-Podcast. You can find him on Twitter at @VGMpod. There's an episode of the Pixel Beat podcast that would make an excellent double feature with this one. If you liked this episode, and you’re not done with the downbeat VGM yet, check that one out over at https://pixelbeatpod.buzzsprout.com/1797351/10461275-074-a-cold-dark-night.   If you want to reach me, you can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. You can find me on Twitter at @ShujinVGMClub, and on Instagram at ShujinAcademyVGMClub. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:05 - Hang On - Title  00:51 - Talk Segment 1  03:44 - Kingdom Hearts - Dive Into The Heart ~Destati~ 08:39 - Salamander / Life Force (Arcade) - Poison of Snake 10:16 - Alien Syndrome (Arcade) - Stage Theme 14:13 - Final Fantasy Legend - Demon Cave 17:13 - Mega Man X - Sigma Fortress 3 19:01 - Talk Segment 2 21:30 - Front Mission: Gun Hazard - Resistance 23:08 - Ninja Gaiden II - Puppetmaster [Cutscenes] 24:07 - Legacy of the Wizard - Item Select Theme 27:05 - Mega Man X 2 - Final Destination  28:03 - Shin Megami Tensei: If . . . - Data Load Screen 28:45 - Lufia and the Fortress of Doom - Wave of Evil 29:57 - Talk Segment 3 33:24 - Final Fantasy: The Four Heroes of Light - Cursed Town 37:22 - Treasure Hunter G - A Position of Total Control 39:13 - Front Mission: Gun Hazard - Cavern 43:16 - Final Fantasy X - Place of Ordeals 46:48 - Persona 5 - Ominous 49:35 - Final Fantasy XIII - The Vile Peaks 52:37 - Show Outro

Let’s all go to our happy place with this great collection of cheerful tracks! Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art and also for that coveted Bluesky invite. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com. BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  During the show, I mentioned an episode of the Super Marcato Bros. podcast featuring the music of composer Masashi Hamauzu. You can check it out at  http://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2019/4/7/episode-364-masashi-hamauzu and hear what the Marcatos had to say about Hamauzu’s work.  I also mentioned my VGM podcast bro RayjKayj and how he introduced me (and other people who listen to his show) to the Mega Man Star Force soundtracks. You can find VGMporium at https://vgmporium.wordpress.com/ or on Spotify, Apple, and all the other podcast-promoting places.  If you liked this show and you want to check out the original Rose-Colored Pixels episode I did in October 2022, you can find it at https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-22-rose-colored-pixels/ or anywhere you get this show. I also brought up episode 20 about big city music, which you can find at https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-20-welcome-to-metro-city/. (My Podbean statistics tell me that episode 20 is not well-loved, but I think it’s actually really good and I’d strongly recommend that you check it out.)  If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. Episodes of the show are posted on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6CIUs81aap58U1EuaaFdA. All my 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. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:05 - Ganbare! Golf Boys (PC Engine) - ‘Sun Sun’ Samba (composer: Atsuhiro Motoyama) 01:40 - Talk Segment 1 06:06 - Pokemon Trading Card Game (Game Boy) - Pause Menu (composer: Ichiro Shimakura) 07:41 - Tokimeki Memorial (PC Engine CD) - Smash a Home Run [Baseball Match] (composers: Mikio Saito, Seiya Murai, Miki Higashino, and Hiro Noguchi) 08:35 - Super Baseball 2020 (SNES) - Pitching & Fielding (composers: J. Kuramochi and Hiroo Ikeda) 11:57 - Pilotwings - Hangglider (composer: Soyo Oka) 13:33 - Mega Man and Bass (aka Rockman and Forte) (Super Famicom) - Tenguman (composers: Toshihiko Horiyama, Naoshi Mizuta, and Akari Kaida) 15:09 - Persona 3 (PS2) - Afternoon Break (composer: Shoji Meguro) 17:27 - Landstalker (Genesis) - Bustling Street (composer: Motoaki Takenouchi) 19:50 - SaGa Frontier (PSX) - Blue Town (composer: Kenji Ito) 24:02 - Talk Segment 2 27:27 - Fantasy Zone (Arcade) - Opa Opa! (composer: Hiroshi Kawaguchi) 29:50 - McDonald’s Treasure Land (Genesis) - Stage 2: Magical Town (composer: Katsuhiko Suzuki) 31:45 - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Genesis) - Angel Island Zone Act 1 (composers: Tatsuyuki Maeda, Sachio Ogawa, Masayuki Nagao, Masanori Hikichi, and Tomonori Sawada) 34:06 - Persona 4 Dancing All Night (Vita) - Specialist (“NEVER MORE” P4D EDIT ver.) (original composer: Shoji Meguro; remixed by Atsushi Kitajoh) 36:22 - Persona Q2 (3DS) - Popcorn (composer: Atsushi Kitajoh) 39:07 - Fantasian (iOS) - The Cinderella Tri-Stars (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 42:32 - Pokemon Crystal (Game Boy)- Buena’s Password Show (composers: Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose, and Morikazu Aoki) 44:22 - Live A Live (Super Famicom) - Nice Weather, Ain’t It? (composer: Yoko Shimomura) 47:05 - Talk Segment 3 51:49 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - Happy Melody (composer: Masashi Hamauzu) 53:26 - Yoshi’s Safari (SNES) - Crescent Beach (composers: Yoshiki Nishimura, Miyuki Uemura, and Yasushi Tokunaga) 54:52 - The Flash (SMS) - Rollercoaster Runner (composer: Jeroen Tel) 56:45 - Super Adventure Island (SNES) - The Island of Everlasting Summer (composer: Yuzo Koshiro) 1:01:30 - Persona 3 Portable (PSP) - After School (composer: Shoji Meguro)  1:03:46 - Shining Force (Genesis) - Town (aka Cheerful Street Corner) (composer: Masahiko Yoshimura) 1:05:19 - Pokemon Black and White (DS) - Bicycle (composer: Hitomi Sato) 1:07:15 - Mega Man Star Force 2 (DS) - My Friends (composer: Marika Suzuki) 1:08:05 - Romancing SaGa 3 (Super Famicom) - The Great Arch (composer: Kenji Ito) 1:09:39 - Outro Talk Segment 1:11:22 - Final Fantasy III (Famicom) - Cute Little Tozas (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

VROOM VROOM with a collection of great tracks from racing 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, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. Episodes of the show are posted on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6CIUs81aap58U1EuaaFdA. All my 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. Look for new episodes on Thursdays whenever I get them done, which is typically once or twice a month. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:05 - Ridge Racer (Arcade) - Welcome Racer (composer: Shinji Hosoe) 00:42 - Talk Segment 1 03:46 - Gran Turismo (PSX) - Moon Over the Castle (composer: Masahiro Andoh) 09:09 - OutRun 2019 (Genesis) - Feel The Beat (composer: Shigeki Sako) 11:23 - Al Unser Jr. Turbo Racing (NES) - Circuit Theme A (composers: Shogo Sakai, Takafumi Miura, Masaaki Iwasaki, and Yuji Suzuki) 14:20 - F-Zero (SNES) - Death Wind (composer: Yumiko Kanki) 16:15 - Out-Run 3D (Master System) - Shining Wind (FM version) (composer: Chikako Kamatani) 18:54 - Talk Segment 2 21:04 - Lotus III (Amiga) - Space Ninja (composer: Patrick Phelan) 26:11 - Power Drift (Arcade) - Like the Wind (B Course) (composer: Hiroshi Kawaguchi)  30:02 - Enduro Racer (Arcade) - BGM (composer: Hiroshi Kawaguchi) 34:31 - Ace Driver: Victory Lap (Arcade) - Haze in Daylight (composer: Keiichi Okabe) 38:57 - Talk Segment 3 41:33 - OutRun 2019 (Genesis) - Steal Into The Night (composer: Shigeki Sako) 45:18 - Super Monaco GP (Genesis) - Impatience (composer: Tokuhiko Uwabo) 46:31 - Horizon Chase Turbo (Multiplatform) - Race 2 Bleeding Fingers (composer: Barry Leitch) 51:06 - Super Hang-On (Arcade) - Winning Run (composer: Koichi Namiki) 54:25 - Rage Racer (PSX) - Victory (composers: Hiroshi Okubo and Tetsukazu Nakanishi) 55:31 - Outro Talk Segment 56:58 - Sonic R (Saturn) - Super Sonic Racing (composer: Richard Jacques)