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You can also find all of our audio episodes on https://archive.org/details/@nerd_noise_radio as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content.

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:

Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here:

Nerd Noise Radio is also available on The Retro Junkies Network at www.theretrojunkies.com, and is a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at

We are also a member of Podcasters of Des Moines at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1782895868426870/

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom.

Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory.

Or you can reach us by e-mail at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com

You can also follow us on X (Twitter) at https://twitter.com/NerdNoiseRadio , Threads at https://www.threads.net/@nerdnoiseradio , Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nerdnoiseradio?igsh=MWF4NjBpdGVxazUxYw== , Mastodon at https://universeodon.com/@NerdNoiseRadio , and BlueSky at And we are also now on Spotify, TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Vurbl, Amazon Music and Audible! There is technically a Discord channel, but we may or may not ever take it public!

Thanks for listening! Join us again this time next week for C1E90 (Channel 1, Episode 90): "Turning 50 – The B-Sides", and later this month or early December for C2R4 (Channel 2, Retrospective 4): "The Best of 2024" - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds", as well as Tasty VGM and Talk on "Nerd Noise Game Club"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Saturday Oct 19, 2024

[Ch 2] Nerd Noise Game Club: C2E20 - “....all good things….”

Saturday Oct 19, 2024

Today’s Broadcast is C2E20, for Theme Thursday, Oct 24th, 2024. All good things must come to an end. Today is the final “regular” (as in, “final non-retrospective” episode - and as opposed to “final all time” episode). This will be the final episode where we bring new tracks to the show, though. So it is still an ending. The theme, therefore, is ending music, on a program we’re calling “...all good things…”

Track# / Track / Game / System / Composer(s) / Selected By

01) Summer Vacation - Tokyo Xanadu - Multiplatform - Takahiro Unisuga (Falcom Sound Team jdk) - Hugues

Earcatcher - 00:00:00
Music - 00:00:03
Introduction - 00:05:23
Top of Show Business - 00:06:14
The Reveal of last episode’s mystery themes - 00:09:44
Discussion - 00:24:38

02) Credits - Sonic 2 - Genesis - Masato Nakamura - St. John

Music - 00:30:16
Discussion - 00:33:01

03) Staff Roll - Phantasy Star III - Genesis - Ippo Takeuchi - Hugues

Music - 00:35:17
Discussion - 00:37:15

04) Ending - Super Castlevania IV - SNES - Masanori Adachi and/or Taro Kudo - St. John

Music - 00:42:07
Discussion - 00:44:46

05) Ending - Another World - Amiga - Jean-François Freitas - Hugues

Music - 00:54:53
Discussion - 00:56:27

06) Triforce Chamber - LoZ: Link to the Past - SNES - Koji Kondo

Music - 01:00:40
Discussion - 01:02:09

07) The Credits Concerto - Donkey Kong Country - SNES - David Wise and/or Eveline Fischer - Hugues

Music - 01:08:45
Discussion - 01:10:43

[EDITOR’s NOTE: I partially confused Vangelis with fellow Greek musician, Iasos. My bad! -St. J]

08) Ground Zero - Shinobi III - Genesis - Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama, and/or Masayuki Nagao - St. John

Music - 01:16:19
Discussion - 01:18:38

09) Good End - Streets of Rage II - Genesis - Yuzo Koshiro and/or Motohiro Kawashima - Hugues

Music - 01:34:07
Discussion - 01:36:30

10) End Credits - Mega Man 3 - NES - Yasuaki Fujita and/or Harumi Fujita - St. John

Music - 01:43:56
Discussion - 01:46:14

11) Farewell and a Decision - Grandia II - PS2 / Dreamcast - Noriyuki Iwadare - Hugues

Music - 01:49:38
Discussion - 01:54:26

12) Ending - Stray - Multiplatform - Jan van der Cruyssen - St. John

Music - 02:01:40
Discussion - 02:05:12

13) 16th Floor - Speedrun Tower - Genesis - c: JAM / a: Hugues Johnson - Hugues

Music - 02:10:48
Discussion - 02:12:38
End of Show Business - 02:22:27
Closing track Discussion - 02:29:49
Sign-off - 02:30:44

14) Ending - Super Mario World - SNES - Koji Kondo - St. John

Music - 02:30:51
Outtakes - 02:34:52
BONUS - the “Composed by St. John / arranged by Jay Cook” collection
1. “Floor It!” from the Game “X-Racer” (Hydra Development System) - 02:39:52
2. “In-Game Theme” from the Game “Ranquest” (Hydra Development System) - 02:41:07

Total Episode Runtime: 02:44:07

Hugues’ blog can be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/UxpsjWw3Js5uUtLf/

St. John’s Mom’s flute business can be found here:

Website:

www.valwedgeworth.com

Facebook:

Valerie's Flute Entertainment, LLC (Playing the Decades)

Email: valerie@valwedgeworth.com

Note: St. John called it “Val’s Flute Entertainment”, instead of “Valerie’s Flute Entertainment”, but it used to be called “Val’s Flute”.

You can find Nerd Noise Radio on Facebook and on Twitter each @NerdNoiseRadio. There are also two Facebook Groups: Nerd Noise Radio “Easy Mode” where we just have general video game and nerd fun, or for the gearheads among you, Nerd Noise Radio “Expert Mode” where we deep dive sound hardware, composer info, and music theory.

You can find the blog at www.nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. Where we sometimes share additional show notes, and inside info. You can also find Nerd Noise Radio on Archive.org, where we have remixes and super bonuses only available there (such as a music-only alternative version of today’s show).

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the Retro Junkies community, which can be found at www.theretrojunkies.com. And we are a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community on Facebook. St. John is also the admin of the Podcasters of Des Moines Facebook group, which features a number of other podcasters and great programs from the greater Des Moines area.

Thanks for listening! Join us again later this month for a very special Channel 1 (subject a surprise for now), and then again in November for a sequel Ch 1 and for our Ch 2 “Best of Season 4 retrospective” - which will be our second-to-last ever installment of Ch 2…..Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds, as well as Tasty VGM and Talk on Nerd Noise Game Club…and wherever you are….Fly the N!

Cheers!

Friday Sep 27, 2024

[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E88: FaceOff Friday – vol. 7”

Friday Sep 27, 2024

Today’s broadcast is C1E88 for FaceOff Friday, Sept 27th, 2024. Today’s broadcast will be FaceOff Friday – vol. 7 – very likely to be our final FaceOff Friday episode!

A1) Intro – 00:00:00

01) Double Dragon - Mission 2 - Kazunaka Yamane

A) Arcade – 00:03:39
B) Genesis – 00:05:19
C)MastersystemFM – 00:06:59
D)MastersystemPSG – 00:09:06
E) NES – 00:11:15
F) Gameboy – 00:12:43
G) GBA – 00:15:55
H) Double Dragon Trilogy – 00:17:40

02) Mortal Kombat – The Courtyard – Dan Forden

A) Arcade – 00:19:16
B) DOS (arr. Allister Brimble) – 00:20:46
C) Genesis (arr. Matt Furniss) – 00:22:51
D) SNES – 00:24:31
E) Mortal Kombat Deception (arr.Chase Ashbaker, Richard Carle, Brian Chard, and/or Vincent Pontarelli)– 00:26:16
F) Mortal Kombat (2011) (arr.DeanGrinsfelder) - 00:28:50

03) Gorgon Theme (aka Venus Fire) - Toshiharu Yamanishi and/or Tomomi Ōtani

A) Thunder Spirits – SNES – 00:31:56
B) Thunder Force 3 – Genesis – 00:34:46

04) Fatal Fury 2 / Fatal Fury Special – Andy Bogard Theme (aka Pasta) - Toshio Shimizu, Yoko Osaka, Yoshihiko Kitamura, YLF.Communicate, Paciorek, and/or Masahiko Hataya

A) Neo Geo AES / MVS – 00:37:33
B) Genesis (arr. Kazuyuki Oikawa and/or TomohiroIshigai) – 00:39:22
C) SNES (arr.SeisukeIto) – 00:42:38
D) PC Engine (arr. Yasuo Yamate) – 00:45:23
E) Neo Geo CD / Sega CD (arr. Kim Jensen) – 00:48:57

05) Theme of Tara (aka Theme of Metal Gear) - Iku Mizutani, Shigehiro Takenouchi, and/or Motoaki Furukawa

A) Metal Gear – MSX – 00:51:55
B) Metal Gear Solid – GBA (VR Sneaking) (arr.Norihiko Hibino, and/or Kazuki Muraoka)- 00:55:08
C) Snatcher – PC Engine (arr.Kazuki Muraoka, MasahiroIkariko, Seiichi Fukami, and/or Mutsuhiko Izumi – 00:57:11
D) Snatcher – MSX (SCC) (arr.MasahiroIkariko) - 00:57:55
E) Snatcher – Sega CD – 00:58:33
F) Snatcher – PC88 (OPN)(arr.Masahiro Ikariko) - 00:59:17
G) Metal Gear Mobile – iOS/Android (Ending) (arr.Eriko Kawamura, and/or Masaki Takeuchi)- 01:00:12
H) Metal Gear Solid – PS1 (VR Training) (arr. Kazuki Muraoka, HiroyukiTōgo,Takanari Ishiyama, Lee Jeon Myung, and/or Gigi Meroni) - 01:02:34
I) Super Smash Bros Ultimate – Switch (arr. Takahiro Nishi)– 01:05:02
J) Metal Gear Solid 2 – PS2 (VR Sneaking) (arr. Norihiko Hibino)- 01:07:12

06) Mr. Nutz – Woody Land 1 & 2 – Matt Furniss

A) SNES (arr. RaphaëlGesqua)– 01:09:55
B) Genesis – 01:12:53

07) Outrun – Passing Breeze – Hiroshi Kawaguchi

A) Arcade – 01:16:51
B) Genesis (arr. T's Music) – 01:22:31
C) PC Engine (arr. ShigeharuIsoda )– 01:28:17
D) Game Gear – 01:33:42
E)MastersystemPSG – 01:38:47
F)MastersystemFM – 01:43:24
G) Outrun 2006 (arr. Hiro, Yasuhiro Takagi, and/or Fumio Ito)– 01:48:01

B1) Outro – 01:53:39

Music Block Runtime: 01:50:03 Total Episode Runtime: 02:01:58

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14 (2023) laptop with perhaps a little support from a Dell Latitude 7480 (also running Fedora Linux) or the Steam Deck (running Steam OS). Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface!

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:

Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here:

Nerd Noise Radio is also available on The Retro Junkies Network at www.theretrojunkies.com, and is a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at

https://youtu.be/kFJGC3kPGr8?si=mWI6BPq0K8RwjcyT

We are also a member of Podcasters of Des Moines at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1782895868426870/

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom.

Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory.

Or you can reach us by e-mail at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com

Thanks for listening! Join us again in October (or November) for C1E89 (Channel 1, Episode 89): The Arzette Soundtrack, as well as for C2E20 (Channel 2, Episode 20): "...all good things..." - our final NORMAL episode of Channel 2 - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds", as well as "Tasty VGM and Talk on Nerd Noise Game Club"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Thursday Sep 26, 2024

[Ch 2] “Nerd Noise Game Club”: C2E19 - “Mystery Flavors”

Thursday Sep 26, 2024

Today’s broadcast is C2E19 for Theme Thursday, Sept 26th, 2024. Today’s theme is…..well, there are two themes, and they’re both a secret. Each host has their own mystery theme - can you guess what the themes are? Today’s episode is called “Mystery Flavors”.

[Production Note: more details below, but we apologize if the conversation on the opening track sounds a little more halting or broken up than usual, as if it were broken up into small chunks spaced apart. Also, this episode has an unusually long post-episode bonus reel. Everything that gets mentioned as “maybe I’ll add that to the back of the episode” gets added! :-D ]

Track# (total ) / Track# (episode) - Track - Game - System - Composer(s) - Selected By

01) "I can't believe you" (aka "Betrayal") - Grounseed - PC98 (OPN version) - Daisuke Takahashi - St. John

Earcatcher - 00:00:00
Music - 00:00:02
Introduction - 00:02:39
Top of Show Business (losing ourselves in the weeds) - 00:03:51
Discussion - 00:13:13

02) Bridge - Spider-Man: Web of Fire - 32X - Sam Powell and/or Brian Schmidt - Hugues

Music - 00:19:21
Discussion - 00:21:14

03) Bulberry Hill - Zool 2 - Amiga - Neil Biggin - St. John

Music - 00:27:14
Discussion - 00:30:09

04) Site-B Area - The Lost World: Jurassic Park - Game Gear - Kōjirō Mikusa - Hugues

Music - 00:36:09
Discussion - 00:37:42

05) Passage - Destiny - Multiplatform - C. Paul Johnson - St. John

Music - 00:41:38
Discussion - 00:45:03

06) Knockturn Alley - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Game Boy Color - Ian Stocker - Hugues

Music - 00:50:03
Discussion - 00:52:35

07) Quiet - Edge - Multiplatform - Richard Malot - St. John

Music - 00:56:37
Discussion - 00:59:02

08) Puzzle - 3D Tetris - Virtual Boy - Ken Kojima - Hugues

Music - 01:03:27
Discussion - 01:06:06

09) Bonus Room - Wolverine - NES - Geoff Follin - St. John

Music - 01:13:12
Discussion - 01:15:07

10) Title Screen - Wario's Woods - NES - Shinobu Amayake and/or Soyo Oka - Hugues

Music - 01:20:35
Discussion - 01:22:02

11) Reckless Running - Sega Rally Championship - Saturn - c: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi / a: Naofumi Hataya - St. John

Music - 01:25:54
Discussion - 01:30:04

12) Bridge Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog - Mastersystem - c: Masato Nakamura / a: Yuzo Koshiro - Hugues

Music - 01:34:33
Discussion - 01:36:22

13) Martinis for 2 - The Sims - PC - Jerry Martin and/or Marc Russo - St. John

Music - 01:40:14
Discussion - 01:46:49
End of Show Business - 01:54:19
Closing Track Discussion - 02:01:53
Sign-Off - 02:02:50

14) The Old Man's Rainbow Shop - Magic Knight Rayearth - Saturn - Yayoi Wachi and/or Sumio Okamoto - Hugues

Music - 02:03:19
Outtakes - 02:05:34
BONUS 1: John’s first [successful Paulstretch]
1. Paulstretch - 02:08:27
2. The Source Material (“You Lose” sound from Price is Right) - 02:13:16
BONUS 2: John’s Deflemask noodlings - [All circa 2016 - VERY LOW AUDIO QUALITY!!]
1. Riff 1 (Sega Genesis) - 02:13:20
2. Algorithm Play 1 (Sega Genesis) - 02:15:09
3. Riff 2 (Sega Arcade - YM2151) - 02:17:23
4. Riff 3 (Turbografx16) - 02:18:53
5. “Take My Breath Away” (cover) (Sega Genesis) - 02:19:10
6. My First Try with FM (Sega Genesis) [—WARNING: ABRAISIVE!---] - 02:19:31
7. Decay to Sine (Sega Genesis) [—WARNING: ABRAISIVE!---] - 02:20:06
8. Riff 4 - Take 1 (Sega Genesis) - 02:21:10
9. Riff 4 - Take 2 (Sega Genesis) - 02:21:33
10. Algorithm Play 2 (Sega Genesis) - 02:21:54
11. Riff 5 - Take 1 (Sega Genesis) - 02:23:11
12. Riff 5 - Take 2 (Sega Genesis) - 02:23:20
13. Ur-Quan Victory (cover) (Sega Genesis) - 02:23:29
BONUS 3: [REVERSE] Edge - Quiet - 02:23:36

Total Episode Runtime: 02:27:59

Supplemental content:

Portal - Taste of Blood (for cross-reference to the track from Destiny - and Paulstretched tracks):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMp-lW6mfdI

Two more examples of Paulstretch - neither of which were made by St. John:

https://youtu.be/BnoX3E2WFcc?si=beUzqdiOQsM4q5Uw

https://youtu.be/Aa5yZz2Xvhk?si=oh0p4XKora5-3J58

A primer on FM (so you understand what’s happening with the “Algorithm Play” Deflemask sound files):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4g1Y3HNPF8

The non-VGM piece St. John’s dad mistakenly guessed was VGM in lieu of correctly guessing the track from the Sims: “Sweet Summer Nights” by Najee:

More detailed production note: so, re: the haltingness of the conversation on the opening track: I had to sync the opening conversation up with a particular moment in the track, and doing that would’ve caused the conversation to come in half a loop too late, and with it being the opening track, I didn’t like that idea either. So, the only solution available to achieve BOTH starting at the right time, AND syncing to the right moment was to break the opening conversation into several small chunks and then create a little space between all of the chunks. So, that’s why the opening conversation sounds the way it does. I actually had to break up the conversations on one or two other tracks too - but to so much less extreme of a degree that it’s not noticeable other than on the opening conversation.

Hugues’ blog can be found here:

Thanks for listening! Join us again TOMMOROW for C1E88: “FaceOff Friday - vol. 7, and in October or November (probably October) for C2E20: “....all good things” - our final “regular” episode of Channel 2. Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds as well as Tasty VGM and Talk on Nerd Noise Game Club - and wherever you are….Fly the N!

Tuesday Jul 23, 2024

[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E87: TwoFer Tuesday – vol. 10”

Tuesday Jul 23, 2024

Today’s broadcast is C1E87 for TwoFer Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024. Today’s broadcast will be TwoFer Tuesday – vol. 10. This episode is dedicated to my lovely wife, Jodee, on the occasion of releasing on our 25th wedding anniversary!

A) Intro – 00:00:00

01) Fantavision 202X – Multi – Soichi Terada

A)Fantavision202X – 00:03:57
B) Expositor 2 – 00:04:56

02) Futuri no Fantavision (JP) - PS2 – Soichi Terada

A) Portal – 00:08:10
B)Starshell– 00:12:19

03) Fantavision (JP) - PS2 – Soichi Terada

A) Infinite – 00:14:14
B)Starmine– 00:18:23

04) Fantavision (EU) - PS2 – Jim Croft

A)Starmine(Track 08) - 00:22:28
B) Night on South Island (Track 04) - 00:26:25

05) Fantavision (NA) - PS2 – Ashif Hakik

A) Replay Mode – 00:30:27
B) Snow on the Moon – 00:32:21

06) Metroid Prime - GameCube – Kenji Yamamoto

A)ChozoRuins Plaza – 00:37:20
B)ChozoRuins Depths – 00:40:35

07) N/A - System Music – PS5 - Unknown

A) Login Screen – 00:45:07
B) Menu Screen – 00:47:44

08) Zenses Ocean – 3DS – Martin Schjoler

A) Shell Twirl – 00:51:05
B) Wave Breaker – 00:53:13

09) Portal – Multiplatform - Kelly Bailey and/or Mike Morasky

A) Taste of Blood – 00:55:48
B) Subject Name Here – 00:58:43

10) Twilight – X68000 – Ryu Umemoto, Ryu Takami, and/or Hiroaki Sano

A) Dupa Masa (Daytime) - 01:01:58
B) Seara (Night) - 01:05:00

11) Gran Turismo 5 – PS3

A) The Power of GT – YudaiSaitoh– 01:08:56
B) Love and Peace –KemmeiAdachi – 01:13:00

12) Final Vendetta – Multiplatform – Futurecast and/or Utah Saints

A) Luiza and Luana – 01:17:16
B) Club Tigre – 01:19:28

13) NCAA Basketball – SNES - H. Kingsley Thurber, Paul Webb, and/or Mark Ganus

A) Title Screen – 01:22:49
B) Championship Win – 01:24:44

B) Outro – 01:26:02

Music Block Runtime: 01:22:07, Total Episode Runtime: 01:34:33

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:

Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here:

Nerd Noise Radio is also available on The Retro Junkies Network at www.theretrojunkies.com, and is a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-game-club/id1453018680

We are also a member of Podcasters of Des Moines at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1782895868426870/

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom.

Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory.

Or you can reach us by e-mail at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com

Thanks for listening! Join us again in later in August for C2E19 - “Mystery Flavors”, a mystery-themed episode, and later that month for C1E88, Face-off Friday - vol. 7. Tasty VGM and Talk on Nerd Noise Game Club, as well as Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds….and wherever you are….fly the N!

Thursday Jul 04, 2024

[Ch 2] Nerd Noise Game Club - C2E18: “It Never Happened”

Thursday Jul 04, 2024

Today’s broadcast is C2E18 for Theme Thursday, July 4th, 2024 (the holiday connection was a pure coincidence - but happy holidays to everyone who celebrates it!). Today’s theme is music from unreleased (and usually unfinished) games - on a program we’re calling “It Never Happened” - subject selected by Hugues, and episode title by St. John!

Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Selected By

01) Ending Theme - Fido Dido - Genesis - Matt Furniss - Hugues

Earcatcher - 00:00:00
Music - 00:00:03
Introductions - 00:02:27
Top of Show Business - 00:06:08
Discussion - 00:11:57

02) Options - Sonic X-treme - Saturn - Howard Drossin - St. John

Music - 00:16:19
Discussion - 00:17:35

03) Levels 1, 2, 3 - X-Men Mind Games - 32X - Jesper Kyd - Hugues

Music - 00:26: 33
Discussion - 00:34:26

04) Lab Theme - Ninja Gaiden - Genesis - Unknown - St. John

Music - 00:38:43
Discussion - 00:40:30

05) River Level - The A-Team - Master System - Jeroen Tel - Hugues

Music - 00:50:56
Discussion - 00:52:46

06) Stage 2 (50Hz) - Time Trax - Genesis - Tim Follin - St. John (how it would sound on a PAL Mega Drive)

Music - 00:57:08
Discussion - 00:59:50

07) The End of Worlds - Shadow of the Beast - SNES - c: David Whittaker / a: Unknown - Hugues

Music - 01:27:30
Discussion - 01:16:10

08) Astral Race - Marble Madness II - Arcade - Brad Fuller and/or John Paul - St. John

Music - 01:20:12
Discussion - 01:23:07

09) Tatsumarii Village - Earthbound 64 - N64 - Shogo Sakai - Hugues

Music - 01:28:14
Discussion - 01:30:32

10) Peaceful Future 2052 - Time Diver Eon Man - NES - Tsukasa Masuko - St. John

Music - 01:37:41
Discussion - 01:39:17

11) Menu - Sim City - NES - c: Soyo Oka and/or Koji Kondo / a: Unknown - Hugues

Music - 01:45:07
Discussion - 01:46:43

12) Unknown City - Doxa - PS4 - Daniel Capo - St. John

Music - 01:50:07
Discussion - 01:51:30

13) The Original Spelunkers - Bonk - Brink of Extinction - Multiplatform - Disasterpeace - Hugues

Music - 01:56:11
Discussion - 01:59:05
End of Show Business - 02:02:12
A major shout-out to Majors! - 02:08:07
Final Track Discussion - 02:10:11
Sign-off - 02:13:21

14) Ending and Staff Roll - The Shadow - SNES - Jonathan Dunn - St. John

Music - 02:13:30
Outtakes - 02:16:27
BONUS 1: Time Trax “55Hz” (how Tim would’ve intended it to sound) - 02:21:06
BONUS 2: Time Trax 60Hz (how it would sound on an NTSC Genesis / Mega Drive) - 02:23:32

Total Episode Runtime: 02:26:09

Retro Game Club can be found here:

You can also follow Retro Game Club on Facebook and Instagram @retrogameclubpodcast and on Twitter @rgcpodcast.

Hugues’ blog can be found here:

Thanks for listening! Join us again later this month on Ch 1 for C1E87: TwoFer Tuesday - vol. 10 - Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds - and wherever you are….Fly the N!

Saturday Jun 15, 2024

[RE-UPLOAD] [Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E86: The Celeste Soundtrack” (Masters of VGM)

Saturday Jun 15, 2024

[RE-UPLOAD NOTE: When I had previously uploaded this episode, I had accidentally included the sound file to the previous episode instead. So I deleted that upload and am uploading the correct sound file now. My apologies for the mix-up! Original show notes (which were correct) are below - St. John]

Today’s broadcast is C1E86 for Soundtrack Saturday, June 15th, 2024. Today’s episode is our contributions to the annual VGM podcast scene group project, Masters of VGM (https://www.mastersofvgm.com/). Today's broadcast is the soundtrack to the game Celeste (Mutliplatform) - composed by Lena Raine!

Tracklist: Track# / Track / Timestamp

A1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) Prologue - 00:03:52

02) First Steps - 00:04:57

03) Resurrections - 00:08:31

04) Awake - 00:18:09

05) Postcard from Celeste Mountain - 00:20:34

06) Checking In - 00:22:02

07) Spirit of Hospitality - 00:29:05

08) Scattered and Lost - 00:30:45

09) Golden - 00:36:36

10) Anxiety - 00:45:00

11) Quiet and Falling - 00:46:50

12) In the Mirror - 00:54:13

13) Madeline and Theo - 01:03:43

14) Starjump - 01:06:50

15) Reflection - 01:08:59

16) Confronting Myself - 01:14:48

17) Little Goth - 01:18:50

18) Reach for the Summit - 01:21:46

19) Exhale - 01:32:48

20) Heart of the Mountain - 01:35:08

21) My Dearest Friends- 01:41:02

B1) Outro - 01:43:10

Music Block Runtime: 01:39:23, Total Episode Runtime: 01:49:48

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:

Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here:

Nerd Noise Radio is also available on The Retro Junkies Network at www.theretrojunkies.com, and is a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at

We are also a member of Podcasters of Des Moines at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1782895868426870/

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom.

Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory.

Or you can reach us by e-mail at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com

Thanks for listening! Join us again in June (date TBD) for C2E18 (Channel 2, Episode 18) for a TBD-titled fous on music from Unreleased Games and in July for C1E87 (Channel 1, Episode 87): TwoFer Tuesday – vol. 10 – Tasty VGM and Talk on "Nerd n Noise Game Club", as well as Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Friday May 31, 2024

[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E85: FaceOff Friday – vol. 6”

Friday May 31, 2024

Today’s broadcast is C1E85 for FaceOff Friday, May 31st, 2024 Today’s broadcast will be FaceOff Friday – vol 6, a collection of "this version vs that version" of various pieces of Delicious VGM!

A1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) Super Mario Bros. - Overworld Theme - Koji Kondo

- SNES [Super Mario All Stars] (a: N/A) - 00:02:35

- NES (a: N/A) - 00:05:26

- PC 88 [Super Mario Bros. Special] (a: Fumihiko Itagaki and/or Megumi Kawamata) - 00:09:48

02) Fatal Fury – Howard Arena (Tung Fu Rue) - Kazuhiro Nishida, Yoko Osaka, Muraisan, Toshikazu Tanaka, Yasuo Yamate, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Michael Beard, and/or Goodam Kakaree

- Neo Geo AES / MVS (a: N/A) - 00:11:59

- Genesis (a: Kazuyuki Oikawa and/or Kōjirō Mikusa) - 00:14:56

- SNES (a: Hiroshi Ebihara) - 00:17:40

- Neo Geo CD (a: Unknown) - 00:21:02

03) Shinobi - Yasuhiro Kawakami

- Arcade (BGM 2) (a: N/A) - 00:26:03

- PC Engine (BGM 2) (a: Unknown) - 00:27:28

- Mastersystem FM [level music] (a: Unknown) - 00:28:55

- Mastersystem PSG [level music] (a: Unknown) - 00:30:18

- NES [level music] (a: Unknown) - 00:31:03

04) Double Dragon V – Character Select - Robert Atesalp

- Jaguar (a: Byron Parks) - 00:33:05

- SNES (a: N/A) - 00:34:48

- Genesis (a: N/A) - 00:36:35

05) Ninja Warriors – Daddy Mulk - Hisayoshi Ogura

- Arcade (a: N/A) - 00:38:27

- Amiga (a: Ronald Pieket-Weeserik) - 00:42:46

- C64 (a: Tony Williams) - 00:46:54

- PC Engine (a: Unknown) - 00:51:02

- Mega CD (a: Junichi Kawaguchi) - 00:55:15

06) Tetris (SEGA) Tetramix A - Yasuhiro Kawakami

- Arcade (a: N/A) - 01:00:10

- Genesis (a: N/A) - 01:01:56

07) Ninja Gaiden Series Boss Music - Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta, and/or Ichiro Nakagawa

- Ninja Gaiden 1 (NES) (a: N/A) - 01:03:55

- Ninja Gaiden 2 (NES) (a: Ryuichi Nitta and/or Mayuko Okamura) - 01:05:42

- Ninja Gaiden 3 (NES) (a: Sugito Miyashiro, Kaori Nakabai, and/or Rika Shigeno) - 01:07:28

- Ninja Gaiden Trilogy (SNES) (a: Unknown) - 01:09:14

08) Streets of Rage 1 vs Streets of Rage 2 (Boss Music 1) - Yuzu Koshiro and/or Motohiro Kawasshima

- SoR 1 (Attack the Barbarian) (a: N/A) - 01:11:06

- SoR 2 (Never Return Alive) (a: N/A) - 01:13:51

09) Y's III: Wanderers from Ys – The Winged Boy (aka “The Boy’s got Wings” or “Winged Boy”) - Mieko Ishikawa

- PC98 (OPN) (a: N/A) - 01:17:24

- X68000 (a: Masaki Kawai) - 01:19:27

- Famicom (a: Osamu Kasai, Masaaki Harada, and/or Michiharu Hasuya) - 01:22:04

- MSX2 (a: Unknown) - 01:23:56

- SNES (a: Michiharu Hayusa, Masaaki Harada, and/or Osamu Kasai) - 01:26:00

- Genesis (a: Yoshiaki Kubotera and/or Noriyuki Iwadare) - 01:27:32

- PC Engine (a: Masaaki Inoue) - 01:29:35

- PS2 (a: Unknown) - 01:31:37

- Oath in Felghana (a: Yukihiro Jindo) - 01:34:18

10) Metroid  - Norfair - Hirokazu (Hip) Tanaka

- Wii [Super Smash Bros. Brawl] (a: Yuzo Koshiro) - 01:37:29

- GBA (a: Kenji Yamamoto and/or Minako Hamano) - 01:39:50

- NES (a: N/A) - 01:43:40

B1) Outro - 01:45:51

Music Block Runtime: 01:33:13, Total Episode Runtime: 01:54:12

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Linux* on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14 (2023) laptop with perhaps a little support from a Dell Latitude 7480 (also running Fedora Linux) or the Steam Deck (running Steam OS). Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface!

*=or Windows 11 since the transition back to Fedora on the Zephyrus happened midway through this episode's production

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:

Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here:

Nerd Noise Radio is also available on The Retro Junkies Network at www.theretrojunkies.com, and is a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at

We are also a member of Podcasters of Des Moines at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1782895868426870/

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom.

Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory.

Or you can reach us by e-mail at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com

Thanks for listening! Join us again in June (dates TBD) for C1E86 (Channel 1, Episode 86): our 2024 contribution to Masters of VGM – featuring the soundtrack to Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore, and C2E18 (Channel 2, Episode 18): a thus far untitled focus on music from unreleased games - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds", as well as Tasty VGM and Talk on Nerd Noise Game Club! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Wednesday May 15, 2024

NNR May 2024 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Wednesday May 15, 2024

A promised update on the status and future of the show!

Tuesday Apr 30, 2024

[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E84: TwoFer Tuesday – vol. 9”

Tuesday Apr 30, 2024

Today’s broadcast is C1E84 for TwoFer Tuesday, April 30th, 2024. Today’s episode will be TwoFer Tuesday – vol 9.

A1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) Metroid Prime - GameCube - Kenji Yamamoto

A) Planet Tallon IV - 00:02:29
B) Crashed Frigate - 00:06:36

02) Diver's Dream – PS1 - Takayuki Ishikawa and/or Shinya Watanabe

A) Paradise - 00:11:30
B) Big Pudding - 00:13:36

03) Shenmue – Dreamcast - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Hideaki Miyamoto, Akiko Hashimoto, Ryoko Okada, Shingo Murakami, Tadahiro Nitta, Yayoi Okumura, Nao to Nagai, Fumio Ito, Shinichiro Miki, Yasuhide Takeuchi, and/or Yuzo Koshiro

A) Secret of a Warehouse - 00:16:25
B) Antiquity Tree - 00:18:35

04) Art of Balance - Multi - Martin Schjøler

A) World F - 00:20:01
B) World B - 00:23:24

05) Summoner – PS2 - Walter Shaw, Dan Wentz, and/or Scott Lee

A) Iona Island - 00:25:44
B) Lenele Marketplace 1 - 00:30:45

06) Castlevania: Lament of Innocence – PS2 - Michiru Yamane

A) Young Nobleman of the Water Prison - 00:24:43
B) Garden Forgotten by Time - 00:38:23

07) Batman Returns – SNES - Jun Funahashi, Harumi Ueko, and/or Kazuhiko Uehara

A) Scene 1-1 - 00:42:06
B) Scene 3-1 - 00:44:30

08) Maldita Castilla (Cursed Castilla) - Multi - Javier Garcia (aka Gryzor87)

A) Stage 5-1: El Bosque Encantado - 00:47:23
B) Stage 5-2: Donde Habita la Bruja - 00:50:56

09) Trojan – NES - Ayako Mori and/or Yoshihiro Sakaguchi

A) Sewers - 00:53:52
B) Stage 1 - 00:55:00

10) Captain Planet and the Planeteers – NES - Peter Stone

A) Africa - 00:56:23
B) Cutscene Theme 01 - 00:58:51

11) Streets of Rage – Genesis – Yuzo Koshiro

A) Stage 05 - 01:01:02
B) Stage 08 - 01:03:14

12) n++ - Multiplatform

A) Home – Marcel Dettmann - 01:06:36
B) Kraft und Licht – Len Faki - 01:11:35

13) TMNT – NES - Jun Funahashi and/or Hidenori Maezawa

A) Underwater - 01:18:30
B) Overworld 1 - 01:20:20

B1) Outro - 01:21:35

Music Block Runtime: 01:19:07, Total Episode Runtime: 01:29:58

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Windows 11 on an Asus ROG Zephyrus 14 (2023) laptop. Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface!

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:

Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here:

Nerd Noise Radio is also available on The Retro Junkies Network at www.theretrojunkies.com, and is a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at