BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast

Acoustic Vibes

Episode #242 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. This week on the show, Bryan and Bedroth from RPGera unplug for a bit and relax to some amazing acoustic tracks and vibes. 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 Path from The Last of Us [Gustavo Santaolalla, 2013]
Cough Drops from Neverhood [Terry Scott Taylor, 1996]

Small Hands Make Big Things from Planet Coaster [Jim Guthrie & JJ Ipsen, 2016]
Tender People from Ys I & II Chronicles [Mieko Ishikawa, 2009]
Ceta from Rimworld [Alistair Lindsay, 2018]
In the Flame from Pyre [Darren Korb feat. Ashley Barrett, 2017]
Castle in the Mist from ICO [Michiru Oshima, 2001]
Chronomantic from Chrono Cross [Yasunori Mitsuda, 1999]
Passionate Rhythm from Romancing Saga: Minstrel Song [Kenji Ito, 2005]

Patience -Live Version- from Koudelka [Hiroki Kikuta, 1999]
Take on Me -Cover of A-HA- from The Last of Us Part II [Ashley Johnson, 2020]
Gathering Wood from The Flame in the Flood [Chuck Ragan, 2016]
Gene's Rock A Bye from God Hand [Masafumi Takada, 2006]
The Poet and the Muse from Alan Wake [Old Gods of Asgard -Poets of the Fall-, 2010]
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Radio Hour, Volume 48

Episode #241 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. This week on the show, Bryan from RPGera closes out the month of June a few days late, but that's okay! It's time for another edition of Radio Hour, and we're up to Volume 48. Two more until the big 5-0 for this series! 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
A Few Screws Loose from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge [Tee Lopes, 2022]
The Libra of Soul from Soul Calibur VI [Yukihiro Jindo, 2018]

Idyllic Landscape from Fantasy Life [Nobuo Uematsu, 2012]
I'll Face Myself -Battle- from Persona 4 [Shoji Meguro, 2008]
Big Shot! -Terry Bogard's Theme- from Fatal Fury 3 [Brother-HIGE, 1995]
Route 99 from Metal Saga: Sajin no Kusari [Satoshi Kadokura, 2005]
Contemplation in Snow from Genshin Impact [Yu-Peng Chen, 2020]
Mutants over Broadway! from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge [Tee Lopes feat. Anton Corazza, 2022]
King of the Spill from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge [Tee Lopes, 2022]

Panic in the Sky! from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge [Tee Lopes feat. Jonny Atma, 2022]
Omori from Omori [Pedro Silva, 2020]
Between Heaven and Earth -Inferno- from Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes [Hiromu Akaba, Asami Mitake, Ayako Toyoda, & Yuki Matsumura, 2022]
Westmarch from Diablo Immortal [Unknown, 2022]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge [Mike Patton, 2022]
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Mount Rushmore of Composers (#MastersofVGM)

Episode #240 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. This week on the show, Bryan and Bedroth from RPGera and special guest Shootkapow finally present their contribution to the #MastersofVGM community event that has been taking place during the month of June 2022! Who made the cut? Listen and find out! Or just check the show notes... 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
Overture from Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age [Koichi Sugiyama, 2017]
Awakening + Will Power from Persona 5 [Shoji Meguro, 2016]

Isaac's Battle Theme from Golden Sun [Motoi Sakuraba, 2001]
Ventilation Shafts -Stage 2- from Gremlins 2: The New Batch [Naoki Kodaka, 1990]
Promise from Silent Hill 2 [Akira Yamaoka, 2001]
Wind Scene from Chrono Trigger [Yasunori Mitsuda, 1995]
High Above the Land -The Flying Machine- from Shovel Knight [Jake Kaufman, 2014]
Hills of Radiant Winds from NieR Replicant [Keiichi Okabe feat. Emi Evans, 2010]
Steam Gardens from Super Mario Odyssey [Koji Kondo, 2017]

Metal Beat from Metal Masters [Alberto Jose Gonzalez, 1993]
To Make the End of Battle from Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter [Yuzo Koshiro, 1988]
Freezeezy Peak from Banjo-Kazooie [Grant Kirkhope, 1998]
The Grand Finale from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story [Yoko Shimomura, 2009]
Fragments of Memories from Final Fantasy VIII [Nobuo Uematsu, 1999]
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Composer Appreciation: Yuzo Koshiro Part II w/ An Interview With Koshiro-san!

Episode #239 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. This week on the show, Bryan and Bedroth from RPGera have something truly special. Not only is this our first Part II of the Composer Appreciation series we do every quarter... we also have an exclusive interview with Yuzo Koshiro himself! This is one of our longest episodes since the beginning of this wild ride... but trust me... it's worth it. 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
Destination Blackout from Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune II [Yuzo Koshiro, 2005]
Klepsydra -Level 9- from Xanadu Scenario II [Yuzo Koshiro, 1985]

Hold Me Tonight from Misty Blue [Yuzo Koshiro, 1990]
Towa Battle Theme from Time & Eternity [Yuzo Koshiro, 2012]
North Wall from Actraiser [Yuzo Koshiro, 1990]
Purest Joy from Actraiser Renaissance [Yuzo Koshiro, 2021]
Boss #3 from Warriors of the Lost Empire [Yuzo Koshiro, 2007]
Termination from Ys II [Yuzo Koshiro, 1989]
Challenging Tomorrow from The Scheme [Yuzo Koshiro, 1988]

Blue and White from Etrian Odyssey [Yuzo Koshiro, 2007]
Empty Sun -Stage 7- from Sol Cresta [Yuzo Koshiro, 2022]
The Shinobi -Stage 1- from The Revenge of Shinobi [Yuzo Koshiro, 1989]
Stultifying Work from 7th Dragon 2020-II [Yuzo Koshiro, 2013]
The Gears Go Awry from Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin [Yuzo Koshiro, 2006]
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Composer Appreciation: Hiroki Kikuta

Episode #238 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. This week on the show, Bryan and Bedroth from RPGera are back with another quarterly Composer Appreciation episode, this time focusing on the wonderfully eccentric and different Hiroki Kikuta! 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
Into the Thick of It from Secret of Mana [Hiroki Kikuta, 1993]
Ouverture from Concerto Gate [Hiroki Kikuta, 2007]

Frequency from Soukaigi [Hiroki Kikuta, 1998]
Every Day of Grass, Every Day of Straw from Sakura Relaxation [Hiroki Kikuta, 2005]
In a Twinkle from Sora no Iro, Mizu no Iro [Hiroki Kikuta, 2004]
Land of Blooming Mushrooms from Tangledeep [Hiroki Kikuta, 2018]
Ryoumensukuna from Kakuriyo no Mon [Hiroki Kikuta, 2014]
Incantation from Koedelka [Hiroki Kikuta, 1999]
Cyclic Soul from Indivisible [Hiroki Kikuta, 2019]

Halls of Karba from Earthlock [Hiroki Kikuta, 2018]
Meridian Dance from Secret of Mana Remake [Hiroki Kikuta, 2018]
Where Angels Fear to Tread from Seiken Densetsu 3 [Hiroki Kikuta, 1995]
The Drip Drip Drip of Memory from Rise of Mana [Hiroki Kikuta, 2015]
A Song Researching the Heart -Type-B- from Shining Hearts [Hiroki Kikuta, 2010]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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