[Ch 1] ”Noise from the Hearts of Nerds” - “C1R6a: The Best of 2023 – part 1 : St. John’s Picks”

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Today’s broadcast is  C1R6a for Wayback Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024. Today’s episode is our first of two Channel 1 retrospectives of Calendar 2023. Taking a page from Channel 2's retrospective scheme, today's episode is numbered "C1R6a" (Channel 1 – Retrospective 6a), and will be titled, simply, "The Best of 2023 – pt. 1: St John's picks". Be on the lookout for a second retrospective from Hugues! 

 

Tracklist! 

  

Track Number / Track Name / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Originally From [Episode] / Originally Selected By / Timestamp 

  

A1) Earcatcher - 00:00:00 

  

A2) Intro - 00:00:30 

  

01) Inside the Wall - Stray - Multiplatform - Yann Van der Cruyssen - Ch F: Highlights from Stray - St. John - 00:08:52 

  

02) Space Walk - Lightening Force - Genesis - Toshiharu Yamanishi, Takeshi Yoshida, and/or Naosuke Arai - C1E71 - St. John - 00:12:05 

  

03) Intro - Shadow Squadron - 32X - Teruhiko Nakagawa and/or Masaru Stsumaru - C1E77 - St. John - 00:15:02 

  

04) The Beginning - Vampire Survivors - Multiplatform - William Davies, elrond504, PlayOnLoop, Daniela Zandara, Filippo Vicarelli, and/or Lorenzo Floro - C1E76 - St. John - 00:19:05 

  

05) Swampy’s Course 1 - Where’s my Water - iOS / Android - Unknown - C1E76 - St. John - 00:21:41 

  

06) Velocity Regression - Stray - Multiplatform - Yann Van der Cruyssen - Ch F: Highlights from Stray - St. John - 00:23:51 

  

07) Woody Land 1 & 2 - Mr. Nutz - Genesis - Matt Furniss - C2E15 - St. John - 00:26:12 

  

08) Trouble Town Tunnels - Lovely Planet Remix - PC - Satsuma Audio - C1E76 - St. John - 00:30:10 

  

09) Busy Flare - Ristar - Genesis - Tomoko Sasaki - C1E71 - St. John - 00:32:18 

  

10) JaHamitUp - N/A (Original Chiptune - N/A (Genesis[sound hardware]) - C1E73 - rayjkayj - 00:34:55 

  

11) Suitcase - Stray - Multiplatform - Yann Van der Cruyssen - Ch F: Highlights from Stray - St. John - 00:35:57 

  

12) Industrious - Jazz Jackrabbit - Amiga - Robert A. Allen and/or Joshua Jensen - C2E15 - St. John - 00:38:03 

  

13) Coach’s Menu - NCAA Basketball - SNES - H. Kingsley Thurber, Paul Webb, and/or Mark Ganus - C1E71 - St. John - 00:41:52 

  

14) Tengu Man - Rockman and Forte - Super Famicom - Kirikiri-chan, Naoshi Mizuta, and/or Akari Kaida - C1E71 - St. John - 00:43:38 

  

15) Write Theme 2 - Drawful 2 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - C1E76 - St. John - 00:45:19 

  

16) Main Menu - Pebble Beach Golf Links - 3DO - Yumi Kinoshita - C1E72 - St. John - 00:48:23 

  

17) Secret of the Forest - N/A (originally from Chrono Trigger) - N/A (originally on SNES) - c: Yasunori Mitsuda / a: Guido (The Brink of Time: Chrono Trigger Arranged) - C1E80 - Hugues - 00:51:00 

  

18) Airport Counter - Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Switch - Kazumi Totaka, Yasuaki Iwata, Yumi Takahashi, Shinobu Nagata, Sayako Doi, and/or Masato Ohashi - C2E14 - St. John - 00:56:57 

  

19) Uwazumosurikae - Stray - Multiplatform - Yann Van der Cruyssen - Ch F: Highlights from Stray - St. John - 00:59:48 

  

20) Alone in the Town - Silent Hill 2 - PS2 - Akira Yamaoka - C2E12 - St. John - 01:02:27 

  

21) Bando alle Seghe - N/A (originally from Human Race) - N/A (originally on C64) - c: Rob Hubbard / a: DHS (OC Remix) - C1E80 - Hugues - 01:04:40 

  

22) Aqua Cavern - Andarnov - Unreleased (or Unknown) - rayjkayj - Ch F: Composer mini-focus: rayjkayj - rayjkayj - 01:10:09 

  

23) Valor - N/A (“Time and Place” Album) - N/A (Non-VGM [ALBUM]) - Adam Frazier and Elijah Moore - Ch F: “A Time and Place for Time and Place” - Adam Frazier and Elijah Moore - 01:12:14 

  

24) Jurassic Dope - Contra: The Hard Corps - Genesis - Hiroshi Kobayashi, Akira Sōji, Kenji Miyaoka, Michiru Yamane, Akira Yamaoka, and/or Hirofumi Taniguchi - C1E78 - St. John - 01:15:38 

  

25) Firestarter (Instrumental) WipEout XL - PS1 - The Prodigy - C1E77 - St. John - 01:18:42 

  

26) Kris VR - Burn Cycle - CD-i - Simon Boswell - C1E72 - St. John - 01:23:20 

  

27) Zen Stories - Zenses Ocean - DS - Martin Schjoler - C1E76 - St. John - 01:27:39 

  

28) Dragon Head Island - LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom - Switch - Manaka Kataoka, Tsukasa Usui, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, Yasuaki Iwata, and/or Hajime Wakai - C1E78 - St. John - 01:29:51 

  

29) Spatial Lullaby - Stellaris - Multiplatform - Gustav Landerholm - C2E11 - St. John - 01:33:08 

  

30) Heleosphere (Menu Music) - N/A (System Music) - A500 Mini - Chris Smith - C1E76 - St. John - 01:37:09 

  

31) Construct Factory 4 - Loz: Tears of the Kingdom - Switch - Manaka Kataoka, Tsukasa Usui, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, Yasuaki Iwata, and/or Hajime Wakai - C1E78 - St. John - 01:40:50 

  

32) World G - Art of Balance - Multiplatform - Martin Schjoler - C1E78 - St. John - 01:42:42 

  

33) Waiting… - N/A (“Time and Place” Album) - N/A (Non-VGM [ALBUM]) - Adam Frazier and Elijah Moore - Ch F: “A Time and Place for Time and Place” - Adam Frazier and Elijah Moore - 01:46:39 

  

34) Rusty Ruin Zone: Act 2 - Sonic 3D Blast - Saturn - Richard Jacques - C1E72 - St. John - 01:47:59 

  

35) Baby Download - Stray - Multiplatform - Yann Van der Cruyssen - Ch F: Highlights from Stray - St. John - 01:51:13 

  

36) Defeat - Galaxy Force II - Arcade - Katsuhiro Hayashi and/or Koichi Namiki - C1E71 - St. John - 01:54:32 

  

37) Thin Holidays - Rage in Peace - PC / Switch - Peonies - C1E76 - St. John - 01:57:17 

  

38) World C - Art of Balance - Multiplatform - Martin Schjoler - C1E77 - St. John - 01:59:58 

  

39) Binary Sunset - Stray - Multiplatform - Yann Van der Cruyssen - Ch F: Highlights from Stray - St. John - 02:02:18 

  

40) Quiet - EDGE - Multiplatform - Richard Malot - C1E78 - St. John - 02:04:18 

  

41) Continue - TMNT: Tournament Fighters - Genesis - Miki Higashino - C1E77 - St. John - 02:06:48 

  

42) Disrupted Planets (Map 2) Super Bomberman 3 - SNES - c: Jun Chikuma / a: Keita Hoshi - C1E75 - St. John - 02:08:37 

  

43) Titan - Hyper Light Drifter - Multiplatform - disasterpeace - C1E78 - St. John - 02:14:26 

  

44) The Hunter’s Repose - Moryou Senki Madara 2 - Super Famicom - Konami Kukeiha Club - C1E71 - St. John - 02:16:49 

  

45) Beautiful Lie Requiem - N/A (originally from Dangonranpa) - N/A (originally on PSP) - c: Masafumi Takeda / a: Masafumi Takeda (Danganronpa Decadence REMIX) - C1E80 - Hugues - 02:19:02 

  

46) The Magical Box - World of Illusion - Genesis - Haruyo Oguro and/or Tomoko Sasaki - C2E15 - St. John - 02:25:11 

  

47) Jookbi - N/A (Original Chiptune) - N/A (Masterststem PSG=FM [sound hardware]) - rayjkayj - C1E73 - rayjkayj - 02:26:45 

  

48) Continue - Shadow Blasters - Genesis - Kim Songdong - C1E79 - “Kitty” - 02:29:34 

  

49) Goodnight Moon - N/A (originally from Duck Tales) - N/A (originally on NES) - c: Hiroshige Tonomura / a: E-Bison (OC Remix) - C1E80 - Hugues - 02:31:06 

  

50) Dreiton - Minecraft - Multiplatform - C418 (aka Daniel Rosenfeld) - C2E13 - St. John - 02:32:50 

  

B1) Outro: 02:40:41 

  

Music Block Runtime: 02:32:00 / Total Episode Runtime: 03:00:00 - EXACT! 

  

Our customary Channel 1 intro and outro music, which did not appear today is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio, on the Sega Dreamcast - composed by BB Rights. Our special year-in-review intro and outro music are, respectively, Results Theme from Metroid Prime on the GameCube, composed by Kenji Yamamoto, and Results Parade, from the Check Mii Out Channel on the Wii, composed by Kazumi Totaka. 

 

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"Autistic Spreadsheets" to see St. John's work:

1) Spreadsheet which lists every single track featured on NNR in 2023 - I am withholding this one until Hugues' C1R6b releases, because this will contain spoilers for that episode otherwise. I'll put this spreadsheet in the show notes of that episode instead (as well as putting a burst up about it otherwise).

2) Spreadsheet showing John's work narrowing down from the year's total of 466 tracks to a meager 50 for this best of (if you read all the title bars, then the document will become self-explanatory):

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16JF-JjsMiwy9ZxcnVsaouhXkFDT4pgdRBzpMWeWSmtk/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks for listening! Join us again later this month for C1ER6b (Channel 1, Retrospective 6b): "The Best of 2023 – pt. 2: Hugues' Picks" - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N! 

 

Cheers!