BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast

Classical Music in Games

Episode #237 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. ALERT! We have something that's never happened before on the show... Bryan is not in this episode! This week on the show, Bedroth from RPGera presents a solo sister episode to the "Licensed Songs Used Expertly in Games" show from two weeks ago and explores a much more different side of music... the Classical kind! Email the show at bgmaniapodcast@gmail.com with requests for upcoming episodes, questions, feedback, comments, concerns, whatever you want really! Special thanks to our Executive Producers: Jexak & Xancu.
EPISODE PLAYLIST AND CREDITS
Music #1 (The Nutcracker Ballet: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) from Tetris [Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1989]
Run! Run! Run! (William Tell Overture: Finale: March of the Swiss Soldiers) from Gokujou Parodius! Kako no Eikou wo Motomete [Kazuhiro Senoo / Gioachino Antonio Rossini, 1994]

Just Dig! (Orphée aux Enfers: Galop Infernal) from Lemmings [Tomomi Hatakeyama / Jacques Offenbach, 1992]
Turkish March (Piano Sonata No. 11: Alla turca) from Donkey Konga [Junko Ozawa / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 2003]
Pachelbel's Canon (Canon in D) from Ane-San [Koji Hayama / Johann Pachelbel, 1995]
Bonus Gallery (String Quintet in E major, Op. 11, No. 5: Minuetto) from Regular Show: Mordecai & Rigby in 8-Bit Land [Jake Kaufman / Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, 2013]
Frantic Factory/Action Type B (Csiko's Post) from Yoshi's Cookie [Akira Satou, Nobuya Ikuta, or Noriko Nishizaka / Hermann Necke, 1993]
Palace of Gods (Toccata & Fugue in D minor) from Battle of Olympus [Kazuo Sawa / Johann Sebastian Bach, 1989]
Docking Sequence (An der schönen, blauen Donau: The Blue Danube) from Elite [Aidan Bell & Julie Dunn / Johann Baptist Strauss II, 1984]

Moonlight Sonata (Piano Sonata No. 14: Sonata quasi una fantasia) from Resident Evil Remake [Shusaku Uchiyama, Makoto Tomozawa, or Misao Senbongi / Ludwig van Beethoven, 2002]
Germany Stage: Wolfgang Krauser's Theme (Requiem in D minor: Dies irae) from Fatal Fury 2 [Toshio Shimizu / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1992]
Ave Maria (Opus 52, No. 6: Ellens dritter Gesang) from Hitman: Blood Money [Jesper Kyd / Franz Peter Schubert feat. Daniel Perret of the Zurich Boys' Choir, 2006]
G-Senjou no Aria #5 (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major: Second movement: Air on the G String) from G-senjou no Maou -The Devil on G-string- [tiko-μ / Johann Sebastian Bach, 2009]
Planets Suite "Mars", "Jupiter" (The Planets: Mars, the Bringer of War and Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity) from Catherine [Shoji Meguro / Gustav Theodore Holst, 2011]
SUPPORT US
Patreon: https://patreon.com/rpgera
CONTACT US
Website: https://rpgera.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/cC73Heu
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/leveldowngames
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OriginalLDG
Instagram: https://instagram.com/bryan.ldg/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/leveldowngaming
---
Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bgmania/message

Radio Hour, Volume 47

Episode #236 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. This week on the show, Bryan from RPGera closes out the month of May the only way we know how here on BGMania, and that's with another edition of Radio Hour, this time, Volume 47! Email the show at bgmaniapodcast@gmail.com with requests for upcoming episodes, questions, feedback, comments, concerns, whatever you want really! Special thanks to our Executive Producers: Jexak & Xancu.
EPISODE PLAYLIST AND CREDITS
Main Theme from Puzznic [Tim Follin, 1989]
Main Theme from Super Smash Bros. U [Keiki Kobayashi, 2014]

By the Hourglass from Barony [Chris Kukla, 2015]
Thunder Harvest from Spiritfarer [Maxime Lacoste Lebuis, 2020]
Great Forest from Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising [Motoi Sakuraba & Michiko Naruke, 2022]
Fire Caverns from Nex Machina [Ari Pulkkinen, 2017]
Pleasant Hill from Dorfromantik [Laryssa Okada & Pygoscelis, 2022]
Stage 3 from Earnest Evans [Motoi Sakuraba, 1991]
Noaru Valley from Legend of Legaia [Michiru Ōshima, 1998]

The Son of the Duke Must Die from Yesterday: Origins [Juan Miguel Martín Muñoz, 2016]
Galaxy Map Theme from JumpJet Rex [Arm Cannon & Will Blanton, 2015]
I've Had Enough of You from Billie Bust Up [Daniel Ingram feat. Michael Kovach, Unreleased]
The Book -Main Theme- from Silver [Dean Evans, 1999]
Spocco Square from Nintendo Switch Sports [Haruko Torii & Takuhiro Honda, 2022]
SUPPORT US
Patreon: https://patreon.com/rpgera
CONTACT US
Website: https://rpgera.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/cC73Heu
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/leveldowngames
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OriginalLDG
Instagram: https://instagram.com/bryan.ldg/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/leveldowngaming
RPGERA PODCAST NETWORK
Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast
---
Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bgmania/message

Licensed Songs Used Expertly in Games

Episode #235 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. This week on the show, Bryan from RPGera takes a trip through some licensed tracks that we feel were used expertly in all of the games they were featured in. Enjoy! Email the show at bgmaniapodcast@gmail.com with requests for upcoming episodes, questions, feedback, comments, concerns, whatever you want really! Special thanks to our Executive Producers: Jexak & Xancu.
EPISODE PLAYLIST AND CREDITS
Wipeout from Cool Spot [Tommy Tallarico, 1993]
"Beyond the Sea" by Bobby Darin [Bioshock, 2007]

"Fly Me to the Moon" by Brenda Lee [Bayonetta, 2010]
"Mad World" by Gary Jules [Gears of War 3, 2011]
"Mr. Crowley" by Ozzy Osbourne [Brutal Legend, 2009]
"The Man Who Sold the World" by Midge Ure [Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, 2015]
"All I Want" by The Offspring [Crazy Taxi, 1999]
"Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" by Cage The Elephant [Borderlands, 2009]
"Balance Slays the Demon" by Old Gods of Asgard/Poets of the Fall [Alan Wake: American Nightmare, 2012]

"It's Tricky" by RUN DMC [SSX Tricky, 2001]
"I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" by The Ink Spots [Fallout 3, 2008]
"Carry On" by Avenged Sevenfold [Call of Duty: Black Ops II, 2012]
"My Way" by Frank Sinatra [Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, 2022]
Bad to the Bone from Rock 'N' Roll Racing [Tim & Geoff Follin, 1993]
SUPPORT US
Patreon: https://patreon.com/rpgera
CONTACT US
Website: https://rpgera.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/cC73Heu
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/leveldowngames
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OriginalLDG
Instagram: https://instagram.com/bryan.ldg/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/leveldowngaming
RPGERA PODCAST NETWORK
Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast
---
Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bgmania/message

Gusty & Windy Levels

Episode #234 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. This week on the show, Bryan and Bedroth from RPGera have blown in on the wind to discuss some windy and gusty music taken from appropriate areas in games! Email the show at bgmaniapodcast@gmail.com with requests for upcoming episodes, questions, feedback, comments, concerns, whatever you want really! Special thanks to our Executive Producers: Jexak & Xancu.
EPISODE PLAYLIST AND CREDITS
Yoshi's Standing in the Wind from Yoshi's Story [Kazumi Totaka, 1998]
Like the Wind from Elemental Master [Toshiharu Yamanishi, 1990]

Heat Wind -Dhalsim's Theme- from Street Fighter EX3 [Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Saso, Takayuki Aihara, & Yasuhisa Watanabe, 2000]
Windy Day from Metal Slug 5 [Toshikazu Tanaka, 2003]
Follow Me (Into the Storm) from Astro's Playroom [Kenneth C. M. Young, 2020]
Valley of the Four Winds from World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria [Jeremy Soule & Edo Guidotti, 2012]
Windy Windmills from Fox 'n' Forests [Filippo Beck Peccoz, 2018]
Like a Whirlwind from Only You [Shade, 1995]
Whirlwind from Samurai Warriors 4 [Yojiro Yoshimatsu, Hiroaki Takahashi, & Kensuke Inage, 2014]

Windmill in Your Heart from Narsillion: Leithian Another Story [TeMP, 2002]
Gusty Gulch Adventure from Paper Mario [Yuka Tsujiyoko & Taishi Senda, 2000]
Windy from Silence [Tilo Alpermann, 2016]
Blo Wee's Realm -Wind World- from Snake Pass [David Wise, 2017]
Knight of the Wind from Sonic and the Black Knight [Jun Senoue feat. Crush 40, 2009]
SUPPORT US
Patreon: https://patreon.com/rpgera
CONTACT US
Website: https://rpgera.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/cC73Heu
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/leveldowngames
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OriginalLDG
Instagram: https://instagram.com/bryan.ldg/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/leveldowngaming
RPGERA PODCAST NETWORK
Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast
---
Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bgmania/message

Latin

Episode #233 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. This week on the show, Bryan and Bedroth from RPGera are celebrating Cinco de Mayo in style with a focus primarily on Latin sounding tracks.. but Bryan gets a bit creative with the theme in the middle of the show! Email the show at bgmaniapodcast@gmail.com with requests for upcoming episodes, questions, feedback, comments, concerns, whatever you want really! Special thanks to our Executive Producers: Jexak & Xancu.
EPISODE PLAYLIST AND CREDITS
Mexico -Islander- from Cruis'n World [Vince Pontarelli, 1996]
Trumpet Music from Ghostwire: Tokyo - Prelude Corrupted Case File [Unknown, 2022]

Scarlet Wind from Radiata Stories [Noriyuki Iwadare, 2005]
Near the Border from Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War [Junichi Nakatsuru, 2006]
Cheer Up! -Pepe & Pupa- from Rage of the Dragons [Toshikazu Tanaka, 2002]
Tostarena: Town from Super Mario Odyssey [Naoto Kubo, 2017]
Main Theme from Elliot Quest [Michael Chait, 2015]
Song of Lament from Elden Ring [Tsukasa Saitoh, 2022]
Hymn of the Fayth from Final Fantasy X [Nobuo Uematsu, 2001]

Invincible from World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King [Russell Brower, 2008]
Esperanza En Duelo from Sunset [Austin Wintory feat. Malukah, 2015]
Theme of El Fuerte from Super Street Fighter IV [Hideyuki Fukasawa, 2010]
Caverna del Pollo from Guacamelee! [Rom Di Prisco, 2013]
Race 3: Brazilian Street Race from Horizon Chase Turbo [Barry Leitch, 2018]
SUPPORT US
Patreon: https://patreon.com/rpgera
CONTACT US
Website: https://rpgera.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/cC73Heu
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/leveldowngames
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OriginalLDG
Instagram: https://instagram.com/bryan.ldg/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/leveldowngaming
RPGERA PODCAST NETWORK
Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast
---
Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bgmania/message

Radio Hour, Volume 46

Episode #232 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. This week on the show, Bryan from RPGera has a nice spread of tunes to close out the month of April! Email the show at bgmaniapodcast@gmail.com with requests for upcoming episodes, questions, feedback, comments, concerns, whatever you want really! Special thanks to our Executive Producers: Jexak & Xancu.
EPISODE PLAYLIST AND CREDITS
Title Theme from Nintendo Badge Arcade [Masato Onishi & Daisuke Matsuoka, 2014]
Bubblegum K.K. from Super Smash Bros Ultimate [Atsuko Asahi, 2018]

Daughter of the Sea -Malukah Cover- from World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth [Neal Acree & Logan Laflotte, 2018]
A Lullaby from Clockwork Knight [Hirofumi Murasaki, 1994]
KD-009q from The King of Fighters XV [SNK Sound Team, 2022]
Memories of Memories from Tunic [Lifeformed & Janice Kwan, 2022]
Battle: Strangers of Paradise from Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin [Naoshi Mizuta, 2022]
Route 4 -Spring- from Pokemon Black & White [Junichi Masuda, 2010]
Being Slow on the Waves from Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana [Hayato Sonoda, 2016]

Anno Mutationem from ANNO: Mutationem [Haloweakm, 2022]
Flying Battery Zone -Act 1- from Sonic & Knuckles [Howard Drossin, Sachio Ogawa, Tatsuyuki Maeda, & Jun Senoue, 1994]
Rottytops' Theme from Shantae and the Pirate's Curse [Jake Kaufman, 2014]
High Score from Green Lantern [Dean Evans, Unreleased]
Homina Homina from The Neverhood [Terry Scott Taylor, 1996]
SUPPORT US
Patreon: https://patreon.com/rpgera
CONTACT US
Website: https://rpgera.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/cC73Heu
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/leveldowngames
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OriginalLDG
Instagram: https://instagram.com/bryan.ldg/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/leveldowngaming
RPGERA PODCAST NETWORK
Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast
---
Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bgmania/message

Games Based on Movies

Episode #231 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. This week on the show, Bryan and Bedroth from RPGera decided to focus on some games based on movie franchises.. many of which are not great games, but the memories with the movies sure are! Email the show at bgmaniapodcast@gmail.com with requests for upcoming episodes, questions, feedback, comments, concerns, whatever you want really! Special thanks to our Executive Producers: Jexak & Xancu.
EPISODE PLAYLIST AND CREDITS
Main Theme from Beverly Hills Cop [David Whittaker, 1990]
Stage Theme from Rambo [Tohru Hasabe & Minky Motoyama, 1987]

Motorcycle Escape from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [Tim & Geoff Follin, 1991]
Horse Chase & Guy's Battle from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves [Paul Webb, 1991]
Welcome to the Cool World from Cool World [Dean Evans & Keith Tinman, 1993]
The Attic from A Nightmare on Elm Street [David Wise, 1990]
Theme of the Western Heroes from An American Tail: Fievel Goes West [Munetaka Sakamoto, Takashi Tsumaki, & Takeshi Sato, 1994]
Shopping Center from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie [Hiroyuki Iwatsuki & Haruo Ohashi, 1995]
Track #5 from Die Hard Arcade [Howard Drossin, 1996]

Theme of Zangief from Street Fighter The Movie [Kyle Johnson, 1995]
Title Theme from Back to the Future 2 & 3 [Tania Smith, 1990]
Title Screen from Ratchet & Clank [Michael Bross, 2016]
Daniel in Okinawa from The Karate Kid [Tsukasa Masuko & Hirohiko Takayama, 1987]
Pause Mode from Lethal Weapon 3 [Jeroen Tel, 1992]
SUPPORT US
Patreon: https://patreon.com/rpgera
CONTACT US
Website: https://rpgera.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/cC73Heu
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/leveldowngames
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OriginalLDG
Instagram: https://instagram.com/bryan.ldg/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/leveldowngaming
RPGERA PODCAST NETWORK
Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast
---
Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bgmania/message

Emotions of Sadness, Part 2

Episode #230 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. This week on the show, Bryan and Bedroth from RPGera are back with a long overdue Part 2 episode of Emotions of Sadness! The original was all the way back at Episode #84. Crazy. Email the show at bgmaniapodcast@gmail.com with requests for upcoming episodes, questions, feedback, comments, concerns, whatever you want really! Special thanks to our Executive Producers: Jexak & Xancu.
EPISODE PLAYLIST AND CREDITS
Grieving from The Last of Us Part II [Gustavo Santaolalla, 2020]
Sorrow from Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition [Manami Kiyota, 2020]

Sorrowful Goodbye from Okami [Hiroshi Yamaguchi, 2006]
N's Farewell from Pokemon Black & White [Shota Kageyama, 2010]
The Blinded Forest from Ori and the Blind Forest [Gareth Coker, 2015]
Prisoners of Fate from Chrono Cross [Yasunori Mitsuda, 1999]
Feeding the Ducks from That Dragon, Cancer [Jon Hillman, 2016]
Offering from ActRaiser Renaissance [Yuzo Koshiro, 2021]
Reunion: Mipha from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [Yasuaki Iwata, 2017]

Memorial of the Fallen Ones from Demon's Crest [Toshihiko Horiyama, 1994]
Broken Routine from Fire Emblem: Three Houses [Takeru Kanazaki, 2019]
Are You Coming Home, Love MOM from World of Goo [Kyle Gabler, 2008]
Sorrow Without Solace from Final Fantasy XV [Yoko Shimomura, 2016]
A Tearful Goodbye & Everything to Me from A Boy and His Blob [Daniel Sadowski, 2009]
SUPPORT US
Patreon: https://patreon.com/rpgera
CONTACT US
Website: https://rpgera.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/cC73Heu
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/leveldowngames
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OriginalLDG
Instagram: https://instagram.com/bryan.ldg/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/leveldowngaming
RPGERA PODCAST NETWORK
Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast
---
Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bgmania/message

Radio Hour, Volume 45

Episode #229 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. This week on the show, Bryan from RPGera is here with a quick-hitting edition of Radio Hour which was scheduled to close the month of March out, but got a bit delayed. Apologies! Email the show at bgmaniapodcast@gmail.com with requests for upcoming episodes, questions, feedback, comments, concerns, whatever you want really! Special thanks to our Executive Producers: Jexak & Xancu.
EPISODE PLAYLIST AND CREDITS
Thunder from Ogre Battle [Masaharu Iwata, Hitoshi Sakimoto, & Hayato Matsuo, 1993]
City of Ebony from Secret of Evermore [Jeremy Soule, 1995]

Exotic Village from Tecmo Secret of the Stars [Chinatsu Okayasu, 1993]
Valak Mountain -Night- from Xenoblade Chronicles [ACE+, 2010]
Yo Ho! from Wild Woody [Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, 1995]
King Dedede, Roar of Dedede from Kirby and the Forgotten Land [Yuuta Ogasawara, Hirokazu Ando, Yuki Shimooka, & Jun Ishikawa, 2022]
Flowers of Antimony -The Explodatorium- from Shovel Knight [Manami Matsumae, 2014]
Main Theme from Babylon's Fall [Hiroshi Yamaguchi, 2022]
Accelerated Alexandria from Chocobo GP [Hidenori Iwasaki, 2022]

Empty Sun -Stage 7- from Sol Cresta [Yuzo Koshiro, 2022]
Silver Moon Cruiser from Sailor Moon RPG: Another Story [Takanori Arisawa, 1995]
Offense and Defense from Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits [Koji Sakurai, Takayuki Hattori, Yuko Fukushima, Masahiro Andoh, & Takashi Harada, 2003]
Geffen City from Ragnarok Online [SoundTeMP, 2002]
Muda Kingdom from Super Mario Land [Hirokazu Tanaka, 1989]
SUPPORT US
Patreon: https://patreon.com/rpgera
CONTACT US
Website: https://rpgera.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/cC73Heu
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/leveldowngames
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OriginalLDG
Instagram: https://instagram.com/bryan.ldg/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/leveldowngaming
RPGERA PODCAST NETWORK
Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast
---
Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bgmania/message

Amusement Park Feels

Episode #228 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. This week on the show, Bryan and Bedroth from RPGera are back together with a timely episode based on Bedroth's latest adventures! The guys will be exploring music from Amusement Park levels in games, as well as music that sounds inspired by those magical places on earth. Don't miss this one, it's special! Email the show at bgmaniapodcast@gmail.com with requests for upcoming episodes, questions, feedback, comments, concerns, whatever you want really! Special thanks to our Executive Producers: Jexak & Xancu.
EPISODE PLAYLIST AND CREDITS
The Gold Saucer from Final Fantasy VII [Nobuo Uematsu, 1997]
Main Theme from Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 [Allister Brimble, 2002]

Main Menu 1 from Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures [Ionut Deliu & Mihai Dumbraveanu, 2005]
Festival from Rune Factory 4 [Tomoko Morita, 2012]
Music #5 from Doki! Doki! Yūenchi: Crazy Land Daisakusen [Nobuyuki Shioda, 1991]
Critter Country -Splash Mountain- from Mickey no Tokyo Disneyland Daibōken [Shigenori Masuko, Yoko Suzuki, & Maki Kirioka, 1994]
Rock'N'Roller Coaster from Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour [Jim Hedges, 2000]
Amusement Park from NieR Automata [Keigo Hoashi, 2017]
Joilant from Klonoa 2 [Asuka Sakai, 2001]

Lunatic Circus -Amusement Park- from Nights of Azure [Kazuki Yanagawa, Daisuke Achiwa, & Hayato Asano, 2015]
Amusementive Crime -Theme of Skullomania- from Street Fighter EX Plus [Takayuki Aihara, 1996]
Pleasure Castle -Twinkle Park- from Sonic Adventure [Jun Senoue, 1998]
The Light In Us All from Planet Coaster [Jim Guthrie & J.J. Ipsen, 2016]
The Fun Fair from Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance [Yoko Shimomura, 2012]
SUPPORT US
Patreon: https://patreon.com/rpgera
CONTACT US
Website: https://rpgera.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/cC73Heu
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/leveldowngames
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OriginalLDG
Instagram: https://instagram.com/bryan.ldg/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/leveldowngaming
RPGERA PODCAST NETWORK
Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast
---
Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bgmania/message