[Ch2] Nerd Noise Game Club - C2E13: “Songs of the Unsung” [Masters of VGM]

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Today’s broadcast, for Theme Thursday, July 6th, 2023 is an episode of the Masters of VGM - season 2 (www.mastersofvgm.com) and is a focus on music from unsung and undersung composers - on an episode we’re calling “Songs of the Unsung”.

Tracklist:

01) John’s 1st composer (of 4): C418 (aka Daniel Rosenfeld)

1. John’s Track: Dreiton - Minecraft - Multiplatform
   1. Earcatcher - 00:00:00
   2. Music - 00:00:07
   3. Introduction - 00:08:16
   4. Top of the Show pt 1 - 00:09:12
   5. Discussion - 00:12:00
   6. Top of the Show pt 2 - 00:14:19
2. Hugues’ Track: Enforcer Brittanica - Catacomb Snatch - PC
   1. Music - 00:28:44
   2. Discussion - 00:32:23

02) Hugues’ 1st composer: Takahiko Abe

1. Hugues’ Track: Templo del Sol - Asuteka II - PC88
   1. Music - 00:37:18:
   2. Discussion - 00:39:31
2. John’s Track: Machi - Susanoou Densetsu - PC Engine
   1. Music - 00:46:36
   2. Discussion - 00:48:24

03) John’s 2nd composer: Soichi Terada

1. John’s Track: Subspace 2 - Fantavision 202X - PC
   1. Music - 00:56:06
   2. Discussion - 00:59:27
2. Hugues’ Track: TV Tower - Ape Escape on the Loose - PSP
   1. Music - 01:03:30
   2. Discussion - 01:06:54

04) Hugues’ 2nd composer: Katsumi Tanaka

1. Hugues’ Track: Memories of Puyo Puyo - Puyo Puyo CD - PC Engine
   1. Music - 01:11:09
   2. Discussion - 01:13:25
2. John’s Track: Black Hole Anomalies - Space Megaforce - SNES
   1. Music - 01:19:17
   2. Discussion - 01:21:41

05) John’s 3rd composer: Hikoshi Hashimoto

1. John’s Track: Zena Lan (Heavily Armored) - Cosmic Carnage - 32X
   1. Music - 01:23:57
   2. Discussion - 01:25:50
2. Hugues’ Track: Halftime - Pat Riley Basketball - Genesis
   1. Music - 01:31:15
   2. Discussion - 01:31:47

06) Hugues’ 3rd composer: Toshio Murai

1. Hugues’ Track: Office Theme - Wall Street Kid - NES
   1. Music - 01:37:29
   2. Discussion - 01:39:16
2. John’s Track: Stage 6 - Cyber Core - PC Engine
   1. Music - 01:43:31
   2. Discussion - 01:45:01

07) John’s 4th composer: Joris de Man

1. John’s Track: Eternal Conceit - Horizon Forbidden West - PS4 / PS5
   1. Music - 01:48:22
   2. Discussion - 01:53:09
2. Hugues’ Track: Violet’s Theme - Black Belt Challenge - GBA
   1. Music - 02:02:56
   2. Discussion - 02:04:59

08) Hugues’ 4th composer: Yoshihiko Miyazaki

1. Hugues’ Track: Search Break - JB Harold Murder Club - PC88
   1. Music - 02:10:56
   2. Discussion - 02:12:43
2. John’s Track: Dream of the Murder - Manhattan Requiem - LaserActive
   1. Music - 02:18:37
   2. Discussion - 02:21:011

09) BONUS: “Unknown composers”!!!

1. John’s Track: Login Screen - N/A (System Music) - PS5
   1. Music - 02:24:25
   2. Discussion - 02:27:28
   3. End of show discussion - 02:31:12
   4. Masters of VGM shout-out - 02:34:26
   5. Closing track Discussion - 02:36:13
   6. Sign-off - 02:39:39
2. Hugues’ Track: Track 5 - Hyper Catalog - PC Engine
   1. Music - 02:39:48
   2. Masters of VGM earcatcher (feat. Ed Wilson of “The VGMbassy”) - 02:41:51
   3. Outtakes - 02:43:48

Total episode runtime: 02:51:22

Produced using a mix of Audacity and Ardour (various versions of each), primarily in KDE Neon (Linux) on St. John’s main laptop, and secondarily on St. John’s Gaming PC “Big Rig” running Garuda KDE Dr460nized Gaming Edition (also Linux).

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Hugues’ blog can be found here:

https://huguesjohnson.com/

The referenced Hugues articles can be found here:

JB Harold Article: https://www.huguesjohnson.com/guides/jb/

Ultravox Article: https://huguesjohnson.com/features/ultrabox/

X-Files DVD Article: https://huguesjohnson.com/features/xfiles-dvd/

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Thanks for listening! Join us again later this month for a Ch 1 on an unnamed soundtrack (and very likely featuring a guest), as well as another Channel F on the VGM compositions of a fellow VGM podcaster, collectively wrapping up our involvement in MoVGM 2! Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds, and Try Before You Buy on Channel F! And wherever you are….Fly the N!