Episode 7: Spectrum of Mana

We welcome special guest Kevin (SOcean255) onto the show. Kevin has managed Rainwave's Covers radio station for years. We decide on a Covers-related topic, and focus on a single album of VGM covers: Spectrum of Mana. This album is a fan-arranged album covering songs from the SNES game Secret of Mana, which was originally composed by Hiroki Kikuta. This episode features a lot of live instrumentation and prog rock.

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 Tracklist (full info here):

Song	Game	Artist
On the Wings of Dragons	Secret of Mana	Mike Villalobos, Travis Morgan
Spirit of the Night	Secret of Mana	Cory Johnson
Aurora Borealis	Secret of Mana	Viking Guitar, Lauren Liebowitz
The Summer Sky is Blue	Secret of Mana	Super Guitar Bros.
Like a Boss	Secret of Mana	norg
Holy Intruder	Secret of Mana	Stemage, Amanda Lepre, Travis Morgan, Josh Czoski, Lauren Liebowitz
Mushroom Kingdom	Secret of Mana	The World Warriors
Forest Lesson	Secret of Mana	Tim Yarbrough
Give Time Its Proper Love	Secret of Mana	Ailsean, Bruce Bonebrake II
The Rabbit Hole	Secret of Mana	Dr. Manhattan
NOW IS THE TIME FOR NOMENCLATURE	Secret of Mana	Stemage, Chris Dlugosz
A Storm is Coming	Secret of Mana	Alexander Brandon, Lauren Liebowitz
Tale of the Curious Stranger	Secret of Mana	The Second Story

Episode 6: Castlevania

The series Castlevania is the focus this week. One of Konami's flagship series since the 80's, Castlevania games have always had great music, and have inspired many good remixes.

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 Tracklist (full info here):

Song	Game	Artist
Another Vampire Killer	Castlevania Resurrection	Konami
Mad Forest	Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse	Jun Funahashi, Yukie Morimoto, Hidenori Maezawa
Young Nobleman of Sadness	Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	Michiru Yamane
Tears of Blood	Castlevania II: Simon's Quest	Joshua Morse
A Walk with Death	Castlevania I-III	Ailsean
In the Beginning There Was Jazz	Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse	LSD, Shnabubula
Praying Hands (Cloud Castle BGM)	Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge	Hidehiro Funauchi
Death Tap	Castlevania	Mega Beardo
Actraiservania	Actraiser, Castlevania III, Super Castlevania IV	The Smash Brothers
The Whip's Memory	Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin	TheGuitahHeroe
Requiem for the Nameless Souls	Castlevania: Bloodlines	Michiru Yamane
Revenge	Castlevania: The Adventure	Shigeru Fukutake, Hidehiro Funauchi, Norio Hanzawa

Episode 5: Original + Remix

Tom and Nat play original songs from game soundtracks alongside their remixes. This side-by-side comparison allows us to see what the remixer was trying to do with the source material. Lots of good tracks here, both from the originals and the remixes!

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 Tracklist (full info here):

Song	Game	Artist
Danger	Secret of Mana	Hiroki Kikuta
Step Off My Flower Bed	Secret of Mana	Nase
Main Theme	Space Harrier	Hiro
SPACE HARRIER ARRANGE VERSION - MAIN THEME	Space Harrier	S.S.T. Band
Rainbow Road	Mario Kart 64	Kenta Nagata
Radiance	Mario Kart 64	Benjamin Briggs, Level 99
You're Fired!	SimCity	Soyo Oka
There's A New Mayor In Town	SimCity	Joshua Morse
Cave Story (Plantation)	Cave Story	Daisuke Amaya (Pixel)
Plantation	Cave Story	Rare Candy
Dusk Falls (NES)	BloodRayne: Betrayal	Jake Kaufman (virt)
Dusk Falls	BloodRayne: Betrayal	Jake Kaufman (virt)
Sky Sanctuary Zone	Sonic & Knuckles	Howard Drossin, Jun Senoue, Tomonori Sawada, Tatsuyuki Maeda, Sachio Ogawa
Breathtaking Vision	Sonic & Knuckles	Kanjika
Prologue Theme	Snow Bros.	Mikiko Suzuki, Osamu Ohta, Tatsuya Uemura
Go Blow Snow For A Year	Snow Bros.	housethegrate
Master of Flame	Mega Man 6	EvilHorde

Episode 4: 1993

The focus this week is on games released in the year 1993,  from classics and lesser known games alike. We manage to play songs from 10 different systems in our 12 tracks!

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 Tracklist (full info here):

Song	Game	Artist
At Doom's Gate	Doom	Robert Prince
Promaroc	Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys	Falcom Sound Team jdk
The Grassy Plains	Kirby's Adventure	Hirokazu Ando, Jun Ishikawa
Metal Beat	Metal Masters	Alberto Jose González
Go Straight	Streets of Rage 2	Yuzo Koshiro
Plok's House	Plok	Tim Follin, Geoff Follin
Battle Point Ver.C	Brandish 2	Falcom Sound Team JDK
Future	Socket	Yasuyuki Hamada, Shigenori Masuko, Youko Suzuki, Fumito Tamayama
Speed King	OutRunners	Takayuki Nakamura
The Forest	Fury Of The Furries	elmobo
Theme of Star Fox	Star Fox	Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
Sleeping Egg Zone	Sonic Chaos	Kojiro Mikusa, Masayuki Nagao

Episode 3: Acoustic

This episode takes video game music away from its electronic roots to focus on music played by acoustic instruments. We find variety, with not only acoustic guitar but also piano, organ, and other instrumentation.

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 Tracklist (full info here):

Song	Game	Artist
Far Away Memories	Chrono Trigger	Neil Benjamin
Dispossession / Piano Ver.	NieR	Takafumi Nishimura, MONACA (Keiichi Okabe, Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi)
Koopa vs. Kefka	Super Mario World	Dhsu
The Quick and the Blue/Quickman	Mega Man 2	The Megas
When Morning Comes	NightSky	Chris Schlarb
Enemy Zero	Enemy Zero	Michael Nyman
Dragon Roost Island	The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo
Forgotten Days	Suikoden	THE RAIN BOOK
I Have Begun My Ascent	Dear Esther	Jessica Curry
Silent Hill 2 - Theme of Laura	Silent Hill 2	Jonas Tunander
No Matter Where You Go, This Will Always Be Home	Mega Man Battle Network	Level 99
The Legendary Theme (Acoustic Version)	Gitaroo Man	COIL