Episode #395 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. Today on the show, Bryan closes out the month of October 2025 with our biggest Halloween celebration to date in Radio Hour, Volume 80!
This spooky special is packed with terrifying tracks and bonus surprises lurking in the shadows. From cosmic horror and haunted mansions to crushing boss battles and chiptune nightmares, there's a little bit of everything in here. Happy Halloween!
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EPISODE PLAYLIST AND CREDITS
- Ending Part 3 from Monster Party [Masaki Hashimoto & T. Mikumo, 1989]
- Main Theme from Little Nightmares III [Tobias Lilja & Hugo Long, 2025]
- Haunt from River City Girls 2 [Megan McDuffee, 2022]
- Hallow Queen from Rift of the NecroDancer [Danny Baranowsky, 2025]
- Dark Dragon Phantom from Ninja Gaiden 4 [Masahiro Miyauchi feat. Victor Borba, 2025]
- Cosmic Necropolis -Special Space Stage- from Skeleton Boomerang [DimWiddy, 2017]
- Another World from Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation [Koichi Sugiyama, 2010]
- Desecrated Temple & Ending Theme from Gauntlet Legends [Barry Leitch, Pablo Buitrago & John Paul, 1999]
- Pumpkin Zone from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins [Kazumi Totaka, 1992]
- The Underking from Absolum [Mick Gordon, 2025]
- Morta Mima from Absolum [Yuka Kitamura, 2025]
- The Cosmic Beast from Absolum [Motoi Sakuraba, 2025]
- Mouth of Madness from Absolum [Gareth Coker, 2025]
- Giygas Intro from Earthbound [Keiichi Suzuki & Hirokazu Tanaka, 1994]
- Old Chateau from Pokémon Diamond & Pearl [Go Ichinose, 2007]
- Panic Attack from Ascend [Ryan Steel, 2025]
- Kyle from Dying Light: The Beast [Olivier Deriviere feat. Michael Lusk, 2025]
- Rainy Halloween from Scarlet Moon Halloween Volume IV [Soyo Oka, 2025]
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2 months ago
What an amazing episode, and thanks for the shout-out. I loved Gauntlet 64, and I played it with 3 of my friends all the time. The control of the characters, the music, and the gameplay were perfect. The boss battles felt exactly like a battle until you unleashed the wizards meteor storm special, which pretty much annihilated everything on the screen. This game was perfect in many ways, especially while sharing a few drinks with your friends. 🍻 Way to lay it down, Bryan. 🔥
2 months ago
That Mick Gordon track from Absolum was a banger! Let’s go!!!!