[Ch 1] ”Noise from the Hearts of Nerds” - “C1E76: The Big Sound of the Little Guy – vol 2”

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Today’s broadcast is C1E76 for Theme Thursday, June 1st, 2023. Today’s theme is music from unsung and undersung composers, on a program we're calling "The Big Sound of the Little Guy – vol. 2" - an episode (and likely the debut episode) of the fabulous VGM podcast community's massive group project "Masters of VGM" - season 2! Masters of VGM can be found at www.mastersofvgm.com, or on Twitter or Discord. 

 

Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Timestamp 

 

A1) Masters of VGM Promo (feat. Ed from VGMbassy) - 00:00:00 

 

A2) NNR MoVGM Earcatcher – 00:01:557 

 

A3) Intro – 00:02:01 

 

01) Enter the Gungeon – Enter the Gungeon - Multiplatform - Adam Drucker – 00:09:09 

 

02) Lovely Planet – Lovely Planet - Multiplatform – Calem Bowen – 00:13:23 

 

03) The Beginning - Vampire Survivors – Multiplatform - William Davies, elrond504, PlayOnLoop, Daniela Zandara, Filippo Vicarelli, and/or Lorenzo Floro – 00:15:12 
 
04) P-Lump - Doomsday Warrior – SNES - Junta Sakata – 00:17:47 
 
05) Dawn of a New Day - Saturday Morning RPG – Multiplatform – Vince DiCola – 00:19:33 
 

06) On the Road - Road 96 – PC / Switch - Robert Parker – 00:21:19 
 

07) Chill-pede - Centipede Recharged – Multiplatform – Megan McDuffee – 00:25:03 
 

08) Synths and Waves - Cloudpunk – Multiatform - Harry Critchley – 00:27:12 
 
09) In-Game Theme - Lunar Battle – iOS/Android - Unknown – 00:30:15 
 

10) Swampy's Course 1 - Where's my Water – iOS / Android - Unknown – 00:33:07 
 

11) Opening Theme - Commander Pixman – iOS / Android – Unknown – 00:35:18 
 
12) Rock Cavern - Rikki and Vikki – Atari 7800 / PC- PenguiNet – 00:37:28 
 
13) Flying Robotic Artificial Nanobots - Ghost 1.0 - Multiplatform - Jose Jaime Hidalgo de la Torre – 00:41:01 
 

14) Title Screen - Dap – PC – Paul Anstey – 00:43:06 
 
15) Welcome to 4546b - Subnautica 2: Below Zero – Multiplatform – Ben Prunty – 00: 
 
16) Starbase Menu Theme - Star Control II – 3DO - Riku Nuottajärvi, Dan Nicholson, Marc Brown, Aaron J. Grier, Eric Berge, Kevin Palivec, Erol Otus, and/or Tommy V. Dunbar – 00: 
 

17) Triskaidekaphobia - Polybius –  PC - Ahoy – 00:47:06 
 
18) Entrada - N++ - Multiplatform - Zwei Kriese – 00:49:10 
 
19) Sand Wars - Redout –  PC - Nils Iver Holtar – 00:54:11 
 
20) An Unbreakable Force - BroForce – Multiplatform - Deon van Heerden – 00:58:43 

 

21) Ready to Die? - Hellbound - PC - Christian Fernando Perucchi, Federico Ágreda Álvarez, and/or David A. Levill – 01:00:44 
 

22) Mission Select - Blazing Chrome – Multiplatform - Dominic Ninmark, Tiago Santos, and/or Kristine – 01:03:46 
 
23) Battle with a Guardian - Elliot Quest – Multiplatform – Michael Chait – 01:05:47 
 
24) Mecha-David - Rock of Ages – PC / XB360 / PS3 - Patricio Meneses – 01:08:05 
 

25) Menu Music - N/A (system music) - A500 Mini - Chris Smith – 01:10:42 
 
26) Zens Stories - Zenses Ocean – DS – Martin Schjoler – 01:14:21 
 
27) Falling Stars - Spiritfarer - Multiplatform – Max LL – 01:16:34 
 
28) Komorembi - Gris – Multiplatform - Berlinist – 01:18:26 
 
29) Super Lovely - Super Lovely Planet – PC - Satsuma Audio (aka Laurence Steele) - 01:24:06 
 
30) Your Sidekick - Even the Ocean – Multiplatform – Melos Han-Tani – 01:27:36 
 
31) Level 8 - Tetris  - CD-i – Jim Andron – 01:29:12 
 
32) Upbeat City - Supraland - Multiplatform – David Munnich – 01:33:31 
 
33) Swampy's Course 3 - Where's my Water – iOS / Android - Unknown – 01:36:39 
 
34) Heaven Candidate - Super Time Force Ultra – PC / PS4 / Vita - Jason DeGroot – 01:39:32 
 

35) Floor It! - X-Racer – Hydra – c : John Wedgeworth (aka St. John from Nerd Noise Radio) / a: Jay Cook – 01:43:00 
 
36) Stage Theme 2 - Wrath of the Black Manta - NES - Yoki Shinjyuku – 01:44:42 
 
37) Lovely Development - Lovely Planet Arcade - PC – Calem Bowen – 01:45:55 
 
38) Mega Super Arcade Cup - Formula Retro Racing –  Multiplatform – RePixel8 Sound Team – 01:47:56 
 
39) Fun House Fiasco - Donut Dodo – PC / Switch / Evercade - CosmicGem – 01:48:54 

 

40) Trouble Town Tunnels - Lovely Planet Remix - PC – Satsuma Audio – 01:50:27 
 

41) Draw Theme 3 - Drawful 2 – Multiplatform - Andy Poland – 01:52:35 
 
42) Write Theme 2 - Drawful 2 – Multiplatform - Andy Poland – 01:54:43 

 

43) Thin Holidays - Rage in Peace – PC / Switch - Peonies – 01:57:45 

 

44) April Skies - Lovely Planet 2: April Skies - PC – Calem Bowen – 02:00:26 

 

45) Exit the Gungeon – Exit the Gungeon - Multiplatform - Adam Drucker – 02:02:07 

 

B1) Outro – 02:06:20 

 

B2) Outtakes – 02:18:23 

 

Music Block Runtime: 01:57:15, Total Episode Runtime: 02:20:08 

 

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

 

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Thanks for listening! Join us again later this month for a Ch F bonus episode featuring highlights from the soundtrack to the game Stray, and again late this month or early next month for C2E13: "Songs on the Unsung". And wherever you are - Fly the N! 

 

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