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Saturday Nov 15, 2025
Saturday Nov 15, 2025
2025 Rerun Notes:
In anticipation of this month's incoming C1E99: "Listener Picks - vol 3", we are rerunning both previous installments of the Listener Picks trilogy this month!
Today's rerun is the inaugural installment, from all the way back in 2018.
It features a semi-standard intro and outro, and a standard mixtape - with the exception of the fact that every track is selected by the listeners (40 tracks - 18 contributors) - and that the intro and outro are guest-curated by a collage of 11 of those same 18 contributors. It was also, at the time, the longest non-retrospective episode in show history - and featured a long, glorious outtakes reel at the end!
C1E99 will share a great many of these same attributes! It will feature 70 tracks, collectively selected by 8 listeners (6 of which also contributed to today's rerun (and 3 of which were also featured in vol 2). At just under 3.5hrs, it will also be the longest mixtape in non-retrospective Ch 1 history (even if this new record nearly doubles the [then] record which the 2018 episode set). And it will also feature a semi-standard intro and outro, largely guest-hosted by a collage of the contributing listeners. In fact, unlike today's rerun, this time every single track contributor also contribute their voices to the intro and outro (except for the one which prizes anonimity and requested a text-to-speech be used in his place). And I also anticipate 99 to feature a fairly decent outtakes reel - though not quite as robust and spectacular as today's rerun.
So, where vol 2 is less a "sequel" to vol 1 per se, and more of an "omake" (or an "outtakes") of vol 1, the upcoming vol 3 will be the true sequel to today's rerun. The long-awaited "echo". The "let's do this exact same thing one more time". In fact, due to a joint failure of double-checking from both St. John and the contributing listener, C1E99 will even feature one track that was featured in today's rerun. So be on the look out for that and see if you can spot which one it is before the reveal! And yes, it even was the same contributing listener in both episodes! D'oh! :-)
Lastly, as always: all the usual caveats about how much worse my production quality was back in 2018 than it is today, and not to judge the current state of NNR production quality by this rerun. If you are new, and this is your first exposure to NNR, and you enjoyed the content, but were put off by the production, either go back and listen to a recent episode, such as C1E98 or C1E96....or perhaps even better, keep your eyes peeled for C1E99, which is basically this all over again, but at 2025's far improved production quality standards!
And with that, please enjoy the absolute block party that is C1E40 - Listener Picks - vol 1, and keep an eye out for the trilogy's incoming 2nd (rerun) and 3rd (fresh) installments!
Cheers!
Cheers!
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Original Show Notes:
Today’s broadcast is Episode 40 for Theme Thursday, December 20th, 2018. Today’s Theme is Listener Picks on a program we're calling "Listener Picks - vol. 1". Guest curated by the listeners - guest hosted by the listeners!
01 - Prologue - 00:00:00
02 - Intro - 00:00:10
03 - Wizards and Warriors – NES – Opening Theme – David Wise – Phillip Vaughn - 00:02:38
04 - Super Smash Bros. Ulitmate - SWITCH – Lifelight (Main Theme – English Vocals) - Hideki Sakamoto – The Messenger - 00:03:13
05 - Twisted Metal 4 – PS1 – Neon City – Chuck Doud – Phillip Vaughn - 00:06:56
06 - King of Fighters 2000 – multi – Inner Shade – Hideki Asanaka, Marimo, USAKO-X, Yasuo Yamate, and/or ZOE – Justin Regan - 00:11:20
07 - Undertale - multi - Metal Crusher - Toby Fox - Jeshua Lack - 00:14:36
08 - Ginga Ojousama Densetsu Yuna FX: Kanashimi no Siren – PCFX – BGM# 20 – Takanori Arisawa and/or Aya Tanaka – KeyGlyph - 00:16:51
09 - Tower of Heaven – PC – Luna Ascension – Flashygoodness – Adam Huisman - 00:18:17
10 - Alter Ego Dreamwalker – multi – Hunters (Menu) - Coda, and/or Kulor – Chris Murray - 00:20:43
11 - PunchOut - NES - In-Game Theme - Yukio Kaneoka, Akito Nakatsuka and/or Kenji Yamamoto - Brian Peterson - 00:21:56
12 - Crackin' DJ Part 2 - Arcade - Seven O' Clock - c: Hiroshi Kawaguchi / a: Mitsuharu Fukuyama - Electric Boogaloo - 00:23:40
13 - Toe Jam and Earl – Genesis – Rapmaster Rocket Racket – John Baker – Jeshua Lack - 00:25:47
14 - Runner 3 – multi – CommanderVideo Runs Again – Matthew Harwood – Kris Randazzo - 00:29:36
15 - Majula Frontier – PC – Into the Abyss – Dale North – Chris Murray - 00:32:31
16 - DOOM (2016) - multi – Transistor Fist – Mick Gordon – Eric Barks - 00:34:35
17 - Castlevania III - NES – Riddle – Konami Kukeiha Club – Valerie Wedgeworth - 00:40:37
18 - Wild Guns - SNES - Final Fight - Hiroyuki Iwatsuki and/or Harou Ohashi - Deirdre Fischer (aka Pieness 64) - 00:41:40
19 - Genji Tsuushin Agedama – PC Engine – BGM# 06 – T's Music – KeyGlyph - 00:43:16
20 - Pigskin 621 A.D. - Arcade - First Half - Dan Forden - Electric Boogaloo - 00:44:57
21 - Aldynes: The Mission Code for Rage Crisis – Supergrafx – Stage 6 – Keita Hoshi – KeyGlyph - 00:48:00
22 - Skyroads – PC (AdLib) - Road 8 – Ott M. Aaloe, Hasso Bruck – Justin Regan - 00:49:29
23 - Lady Sword: Ryakudatsu Sareta 10 Nin no Otome – PC Engine – 1F-3F – Unknown – Justin Regan - 00:52:28
24 - Kirby's Dream Land - GameBoy - Castle Lololo - Jun Ishikawa - Brian Peterson - 00:54:08
25 - Earthbound – SNES – Onett Theme – Keiichi Suzuki, and/or Hirokazu (Hip) Tanaka – Phillip Vaughn - 00:56:03
26 - Kero Blaster – multi – Hinterland Fort (It's My Blaster)– Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya – Kris Randazzo - 00:58:23
27 - Mega Man 11 – multi – Bounce Man Stage – Marika Suzuki – Kris Randazzo - 01:01:47
28 - Super Hyperactive Ninja – multi – Tower 4 Main – Michael Nestrogen Raisner – Michael Nestrogen Raisner - 01:03:52
29 - Resident Evil – PS1 – End Credits – Makoto Tomozawa, Akira Kaida, and/or Masami Ueda – John Jekel - 01:05:39
30 - Modaozi - PC - Credits - Unknown - Oke Music - 01:08:41
31 - Metal Black - Arcade - Dual Moon - Yasuhisa Watanabe - Electric Boogaloo - 01:10:07
32 - Journey – PS3 / PS4 – Apothesis – Austin Wintory – Adam Huisman - 01:12:44
33 - Chrono Cross – PS1 – Dead Sea / Ruined Tower – Yasunori Mitsuda – Amber Peary - 01:19:31
34 - Legend of Mana – PS1 – City of Flickering Destruction – Yoko Shimomura – Amber Peary - 01:22:29
35 - Resident Evil 2 – PS1 – End Credits – Masami Ueda – John Jekel - 01:25:41
36 - Life is Strange – multi – Spanish Sahara – Foals – Amber Peary - 01:28:09
37 - Celeste – Multi – Resurrections – Lena Raine – Chris Murray - 01:34:46
38 - Ginga Ojousama Densetsu Yuna FX: Kanashimi no Siren – PCFX – BGM# 04 - Takanori Arisawa and/or Aya Tanaka – KeyGlyph - 01:44:19
39 - Botanicula – multi – Juchu – DVA, Bara Kratochvilova, and/or Jan Kratochvilova – Adam Huisman - 01:47:01
40 - Ecco: Defender of the Future - Dreamcast – Hanging Waters - Tim Follin - Electric Boogaloo - 01:50:34
41 - Kerbal Space Program – multi – Space Music (Track 2) - Victor Machado – Jeshua Lack - 01:53:01
42 - Spark the Electric Jester – PC – Smog City Sewers (Stage 4) - Faulk Au Yeong, Pejman Roozbeh, James Landino, Andy Tunstall, Paul Bethers, and/or Michael Staple - The Diad - 01:54:36
43 - Outro - 01:58:47
44 - Blooper Reel - 02:12:48
Music Block Runtime: 01:56:13, Total Episode Runtime: 02:25:51
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Monday Sep 29, 2025
Monday Sep 29, 2025
Today’s broadcast is C1E98 for Mishmash Monday, Sept 29th, 2025. Today’s broadcast will be Mishmash Monday – vol. 17 – our final installment in the Mishmash Monday series on Ch 1. Also, while, barring circumstances far beyond my control, this is most certainly not the final episode of Nerd Noise Radio, it is "an end" in a certain manner of speaking. Details in the intro.
A1) Intro - 00:00:00
01) Splash Down - Ristar - Genesis - Tomoko Sasaki - 00:05:54
02) Metropolis Zone - Sonic 2 - Genesis - Masato Nakamura - 00:08:40
03) The Rosetta Stone - Double Dragon 3 - Arcade - Akira Inoue and/or Takaro Nozaki - 00:10:18
04) Menu - Fast Fusion - Switch 2 - Bjulin, and/or Francisco Cerda - 00:13:23
05) Best Tone - Driving Emotion Type S - PS2 - Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Sasō, and/or Takayuki Aihara - 00:16:48
06) Menu 3 - FIFA 94 - 3DO - Jeff van Dyck and/or Graeme Coleman - 00:21:55
07) Challenge Course 2 - Donkey Kong Bananza - Switch 2 - Daisuke Matsuoka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, and/or Tsukasa Usui - 00:24:07
08) Tidal Tempest Zone (Present) - Sonic CD (N/A version) - Sega CD / Windows 95 - Spencer Nilsen, David Young, and/or Pastiche - 00:26:50
09) Training Mode - Star Fox - SNES - Hajime Hirasawa - 00:28:31
10) Introduction 1 - Flimbo’s Quest - C64 - Johannes Bjerregaard - 00:30:21
11) Stage 2 - Kirby’s Block Ball - Game Boy - Sukezo Ouyama, and/or Ryoue Takagi - 00:32:32
12) There and Back - Rocket League - Multiplatform - Protostar - 00:34:34
13) Can’t Sleep - Olli Olli World - Multiplatform - Alex Swim - 00:38:18
14) Tubular 2 - Fantavision 202X - Soichi Terrada - 00:42:48
15) Pulse - Tetris Effect: Connected - Multiplatform - Hydelic - 00:47:08
16) The Streets - Skate or Die 2 - NES - Rob Hubbard - 00:50:07
17) Red Out - After Burner II - PC Engine - c: Hiroshi Kawaguchi / a: Kenichiro Isoda, and/or Shigeharu Isoda - 00:52:20
18) Main Theme - Crystal Hammer - Amiga - Karsten Obarski - 00:55:26
19) Pure Stone - Zillion - Master System - Tokuhiko Uwabo - 00:59:31
20) Boss - Somer Assault - TG16 - Hidehito Aoki and/or Katsuyuki Inose - 01:02:49
21) Attacking Vah Rudania - LoZ: Breath of the Wild - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, and/or Yasuaki Iwata - 01:06:16
22) Fire Temple Phase 2 - LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, Tsukasa Usui, Maasa Miyoshi, and/or Masato Ohashi - 01:08:46
23) El Quejio - Blasphemous - Multiplatform - Carlos Viola, and/or Daniel Parejo - 01:12:12
24) Temple of the Sands - The Talos Principle - Multiplatform - Damjan Mravunac - 01:17:14
25) Winter Night - Hitman Contracts - PS2/XB/PC - Jesper Kyd - 01:19:11
26) The Junction - Donkey Kong Bananza - Switch 2 - Daisuke Matsuoka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, and/or Tsukasa Usui - 01:22:34
27) Left to Bloom - Minecraft - Mutiplatform - Lena Raine - 01:24:34
28) Maintain the Firmament - Firmament - PS5/PC - Maclaine Diemer - 01:30:07
29) Crossroads - Hollow Knight - Multiplatform - Christopher Larkin - 01:33:05
30) Pokopoko - Minecraft - Multiplatform - Kumi Tanioka - 01:35:29
31) Main Theme - Atari 50 - Multiplatform - Bob Baffy - 01:40:12
32) Game Select - Kirby Super Star - SNES - Jun Ishikawa, and/or Dan Miyakawa - 01:47:51
33) Stage 1 - Legendary Wings - NES - Tamayo Kawamoto, Manami Matsumae, and/or Yoshihiro Sakaguchi - 01:49:19
34) Quick Man - Mega Man - Game Gear - c: Takashi Tateishi / a: David Lowe - 01:51:14
35) Title Music - Batman Returns - Lynx - Robert Vieira - 01:53:16
36) Aqueduct - Lagrange Point - Famicom (VRC7) - Akio Dobashi, Noriyuki Takahashi, Aki Hata, Makoto Kawamoto, Kenji Nakamura, and/or Tadashi Sawashita - 01:55:00
37) Viewros Overworld - Metroid Prime 4 (pre-release) - Switch / Switch 2 - Kenji Yamamoto - 01:57:07
38) The Divide - Donkey Kong Bananza - Switch 2 - Daisuke Matsuoka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, and/or Tsukasa Usui - 02:00:07
39) Puzzlebox - Minecraft - Multiplatform - Aaron Chernof - 02:02:45
40) Gerudo Town Night - LoZ: BotW / TotK - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, and/or Yasuaki Iwata - 02:07:34
41) North Point Mall - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - PS2 / PC - Lex Horton - 02:10:40
42) Whimsical Waypoint - Two Dots - iOS / Android - Upright T-Rex - 02:15:01
B1) Outro - 02:17:21
Music Block Runtime: 02:11:28 / Total Episode Runtime: 02:30:21
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Sunday Sep 28, 2025
Sunday Sep 28, 2025
In this very special edition of Nerd Noise Radio Channel F, St. John's 7yr old son, St. Wyatt makes his Nerd Noise Radio debut (at least, in all the ways that matter). This episode will be a miniature of the Channel 2 format - with only one track!
Circumstances: St. John *MEANT* to include a track from one of Wyatt's iPad games into the mixtape of C1E98: "Mishmash Monday - vol. 17", but realized way too late into that episode's production that he had completely spaced it off.
He briefly considered going back into the mixtape and the voice track and retroactively adding the track. But then decided to instead use the occasion of his complete air-headedness to "turn lemons into lemonade" and and introduce Wyatt into the show - something that had been in the back of St. John's mind since the day Wyatt was born.
While Wyatt has yet to master the art of radio communication (I hope everyone likes "salad"), this F-isode absolutely melts my heart!....I hope it will you too!
Lastly, I actually really like this track....and once again, I hope you will too! Given St. John's penchant for "ironically, humorously literal titles", this one is aptly named: "One for Wyatt!"
Track:
01) Gettin' Freaky - Friday Night Funkin' - iOS/Android - Kawai Sprite
Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
2025 Rerun Notes:
In commemoration of this month release of the last-ever Mishmash Monday on Channel 1, I thought I'd rerun the first two installments of the series - both from all the way back in 2017 (Season 1 of the show). Therefore, all the obvious caveats on "absolutely atrocious production quality" and blah blah blah (especially on C1E10, the earlier of the two releases).
Though this rerun is "officially" and "canonically" the first "Mishmash Monday" (free play) episode in Nerd Noise Radio history, it is really "Mishmash Monday in name only" as it wasn't truly a free play. Instead, it was designed with a very specific purpose and with each track housing a very specific meaning.
Though I explain and elaborate fully in a 2019 special expanded rebroadcast of this episode we called "Chandlerfest", which I'll link to below, for now, the tl;dr is that this mixtape was actually made in commemoration for a friend who died entirely too young in Dec 2016, and whose absence we still feel regularly from here in 2025.
When I got the news, I left work, went home, and turned my grief into tortured energy, and made this mixtape, with the design philosophy being to use the tracks and the particular arch of the track order to tell the story of the emotions of those of us left behind in his wake as we processed the news of his departure. With this being a 2017 episode, all the obvious caveats on "absolutely atrocious production quality" (especially episodes from the first half of 2017, which were even worse than those from the second half.) But content-wise, this early outing remains one of the most important episodes of Nerd Noise Radio....ever.
Here's a link to Chandlerfest for anyone who wants to know more:
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Otherwise, enjoy! Original 2017 show notes below!
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Today’s broadcast is Episode 10 for Mishmash Monday, May 22nd, 2017 on a program we're calling "Mishmash Monday vol. 1"
This episode is dedicated to the memory of Chris Chandler.
Tracklist - Track#, Game, System, Track Name, Composer, Timestamp:
01: Intro - 00:00
02: Shinobi 3 - Genesis - Japonesque - Hirofumi Murasaki, Masayuki Nagao, Morihiko Akiyama - 01:55
03: Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - The Vile Peaks - Masashi Hamauzu - 04:13
04: Trip World - Game Boy - Stage 2-2 - “Phase Out” - 06:59
05: Ninja Warriors - SNES - City - Hiroyuki Iwatsuki - 08:43
06: Quake 2 - PC - Quad Machine - Sonic Mayhem - 10:50
07: X-Men - Arcade - Ethnic Cave and Flame - The Konami Kukeiha Club - 14:22
08: Jumping Flash 2 - PS1 - Stage 1-2 - Takeo Miratsu - 16:56
09: Fushigi no Umi no Nadia - PCE - HES 12 - Shiro Sagisu - 18:34
10: Sim City - SNES - Capital - Soyo Oka - 20:33
11: Castlevania III - NES - Riddle - Konami Kukeiha Club - 22:54
12: Ai Chou Aniki - PC Engine - Stage 4-3 - Iwasaki Taku - 23:56
13: Star Wars: SOTE - N64 - Menu - Joel McNeely - 25:33
14: Super Meat Boy - PC/360 - Forest Funk - Danny Baronowsky - 26:34
15: Metroid Prime - GameCube - Metroid Prime Battle - Kenji Yamamoto and/or Kouichi Kyuma - 29:22
16: James Bond 007 - Genesis - Space Hop - Matt Furniss - 31:58
17: Tiny Toon Adventures: BBL - SNES - Space Opera - Kazuhiko Uehara and/or Yukie Morimoto - 34:03
18: Chester Cheetah: TCTF - Genesis - To the Exit - Kaneko Sound Team - 36:46
19: Salamander - PC Engine - Crystal Forever - Konami Kukeiha Club - 39:41
20: Outro - 40:09
Music Block Runtime: 38:18, Total Episode Runtime: 46:39
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Wednesday Sep 03, 2025
Wednesday Sep 03, 2025
2025 Rerun Notes:
In commemoration of this month release of the last-ever Mishmash Monday on Channel 1, I thought I'd rerun the first two installments of the series - both from all the way back in 2017 (Season 1 of the show). Therefore, all the obvious caveats on "absolutely atrocious production quality" and blah blah blah (especially on C1E10, the earlier of the two releases).
Though today's rerun is officially, canonically the "second" Mishmash Monday, it's actually the first "for real" Mishmash Monday. The first "actual free play episode". Not that it was produced before C1E10, but released later, but that C1E10 was a "Mishmash Monday" in name only, and was definitely not a true free play. I'll explain in that episode's rerun. But for now, numbers and dates aside, this was our first actual "free play" episode in NNR history. And even though the production quality is so absolutely horrible, I still regard this episode as an excellent collection of music! Easily in our top 50% of show history, and perhaps even top 25%.
So, enjoy! Original 2017 show notes below!
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Today’s broadcast is Episode 16 for Mishmash Monday, October 9th, 2017 on a program we're calling "Mishmash Monday - vol. 2".
Track Number / Game / System / Track Name / Composer / Time Stamp
01: Intro 00:00
02: Ghost in the Shell - PS1 - The Vertical - Joey Beltram 01:44
03: Solstice - NES - Title Theme - Tim Follin 08:10
04: Axiom Verge - multi - Inexorable - Thomas Happ 11:04
05: Silent Hill 2 - PS2 - The Reverse Will - Akira Yamaoka 15:44
06: Wai Wai Mahjong - PC Engine - Unknown Track 4 - Uncredited 19:09
07: Adventure Island - NES - Stage 1-1 - Jun Chikuma 20:50
08: Mega Man X - SNES - Central Highway - Toshihiko Horiyama 22:14
09: Tsuri Taro - SFC - Fishing for Seema - Katsuhiro Hayashi 25:14
10: Liquid Kids - Arcade - Waltz of Water and Bubble - Kazuko Umino 28:18
11: Metroid Fusion - GBA - Nightmare Battle - Minako Hamano 30:21
12: X-Men - Genesis - Shi'ar Empire - Fletcher Beasley 32:11
13: X-Racer - Hydra Development Unit - Floor it! - c: John Wedgeworth / a: Jay Cook 36:05
14: Shovel Knight - multi - A Cool Reception - Jake Kaufman 37:47
15: Destiny - PS4/XB1 - Passage - C. Paul Johnson 40:26
16: ARMS - Switch - Main Theme - Atsuko Asahi and/or Yasuaki Iwata 43:36
17: El Viento - Genesis - High Sky - Motoi Sakuraba 46:26
18: Magical Chase - TG16 - Waltz of Meditation (part 1) - Hitoshi Sakimoto 48:48
19: Wolverine - NES - Bonus Room - Geoff Follin 51:18
20: Castlevania II - FDS - The Silence of Daylight - Kenichi Matsubara 52:17
21: Final Fantasy IX - PS1 - Esto Gaza - Nobuo Uematsu 53:21
22: Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 3DS - 10pm - Kazumi Totaka 56:47
23: Outro 59:23
Music Block Runtime: 57:43, Total Episode Runtime: 01:05:49
Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio - Dreamcast - BB Rights
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Hope you enjoy the episode! Join us again Saturday, October 28th for C1E17 (Channel 1, Episode 17): the Bram Stoker's Dracula soundtrack, and wherever you are - Fly the N!
Cheers!
Sunday Aug 10, 2025
Sunday Aug 10, 2025
Today's "F-isode" is the soundtrack to the upcoming indie game "MAKRANA" designed, developed, and scored by Matt Miller of Des Moines-based Chronarian Games. Matt sits in with St. John at Nerd Noise Studios for a Channel 2-style in-person conversation to discuss the soundtrack and various other matters of varying degrees of relevance. ;-)
All tracks from the game MAKRANA, an upcoming game by Chronarian Games for PS5, XBSX and probably other platforms as well. All tracks composed, arranged, and performed by Matt Miller.
Tracklist
A1) "Production Disclaimer" Earcatcher (St. John on the now NNR-customary $400 Shure SM7B Mic) - 00:00:00
A2) "Episode Opener" Earcatcher (St. John on the now long-deprecated $100 AudioTechnica AT2020 Mic which was the mic St. John used on NNR from 2017-2022) - 00:00:59
01) "ZENITH" (game and track titles all capitalized for stylistic purposes by developer)
a) Music - 00:01:12
b) Discussion and Top-of-Show Business (St. John and Matt sharing a single AT2020) - 00:04:50
02) "OBSERVE"
a) Music - 00:29:39
b) Discussion (all voice recordings from here on out using that same single AT2020) - 00:33:27
03) "REFLECT"
a) Music - 00:47:59
b) Discussion (our shortest conversation of the episode by far!) - 00:51:47
04) "QUADRANT"
a) Music - 00:59:04
b) Discussion - 01:03:21
05) "DEVIATE"
a) Music - 01:28:28
b) Discussion and End-of-Show Business - 01:33:51
B1) Outtakes - 02:04:08
Total Episode Runtime: 02:10:02
Matt and Chronarian Games can be found at www.chronariangames.com as well as on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, BlueSky, Mastodon, YouTube, and X.
Special Thanks to Erin Miller, Nora Miller, and Jodee Wedgeworth (aka "St. Jodee") for making this recording session / episode possible.
Produced in a mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Linux on a 2023-model Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 gaming laptop (docked in a "desktop" context) using the aforementioned mics, a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB audio interface, and in the case of the SM7B, a Cloudlifter in-line signal booster. No alcohol was involved in this recording - however, I do think sleep deprivation may have been a factor! ;-) :-D
Enjoy!!
Wednesday Jul 30, 2025
Wednesday Jul 30, 2025
Today's bonus broadcast is the soundtrack to Lucid 9, created by Fallen Snow Studios, and composed by Ultra Kitsune (10 of 36 tracks), Breezee (15 of 36 tracks), Ziassan (4 of 36 tracks), Blue Wolfie (6 of 36 tracks), and Haven235 (1 of 36 tracks) - listed in order of appearance! The first game I ever played on Steam.
Track list:
A1) Intro - 00:00:00
01) Urban Disturbance (by Ultra Kitsune) - 00:05:06
02) Usual Routine (by Breezee) - 00:08:50
03) Hustle & Bustle (by Breezee) - 00:10:08
04) Peaceful Days (by Ziassan) - 00:11:35
05) Consequences of a fool (by Blue Wolfie) - 00:13:52
06) Marvelous Masa (by Blue Wolfie) - 00:15:38
07) Gover Mecher (by Blue Wolfie) - 00:16:30
08) Victory in Sight (by Blue Wolfie) - 00:18:07
09) Adult talk (by Ultra Kitsune) - 00:20:23
10) Empty Eyes (by Blue Wolfie) - 00:22:17
11) Optimist in shining armor (by Breezee) - 00:24:52
12) Stardust (by Ultra Kitsune) - 00:25:56
13) Rationality (by Haven235) - 00:28:02
14) Vision from my soul (by Ultra Kitsune) - 00:29:53
15) Unpredictable Youth (by Breezee) - 00:30:54
16) Eccentric Detective (by Breezee) - 00:33:18
17) Process of Elimination (by Blue Wolfie) - 00:35:55
18) Instinctive Suspicion (by Breezee) - 00:38:07
19) Instinctive Suspicion - music box (by Breezee) - 00:40:07
20) Instinctive Suspicion - ominous (by Breezee) - 00:42:03
21) Equanimity (by Breezee) - 00:43:58
22) Anxiety (by Breezee) - 00:48:44
23) Tasteless (by Ziassan) - 00:50:11
24) Introspection (by Ziassan) - 00:52:29
25) Melancholy (by Breezee) - 00:58:00
26) Melancholy - heavy (by Breezee) - 01:00:16
27) Hollow (by Ultra Kitsune) - 01:03:06
28) Restless (by Ultra Kitsune) - 01:05:27
29) Asphyxia (by Breezee) - 01:08:19
30) Electrifying Tension (by Breezee) - 01:10:07
31) Melancholy - emotional (by Breezee) - 01:12:59
32) Warm Feeling (by Ultra Kitsune) - 01:16:04
33) Secrets of Isamu (by Ultra Kitsune) - 01:17:49
34) Depths (by Ziassan) - 01:19:44
35) Disturbed (by Ultra Kitsune) - 01:22:09
36) Urban Disturbance - dark edit (by Ultra Kisune) - 01:25:11
Soundtrack Runtime - 01:22:47 Total Runtime - 01:27:53
You can find Fallen Snow Studios here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWfMivU4sAY
Background music for the introduction segment: Water Temple (Phase 1) from Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on Nintendo Switch (and Switch 2) composed by Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, and/or Tsukasa Usui
Saturday Jul 26, 2025
Saturday Jul 26, 2025
Today’s broadcast is C1E97 for Soundtrack Saturday, July 26th, 2025. Today’s soundtrack is the Super Metroid soundtrack on the Super NES, composed by Kenji Yamamoto and Minako Hamano. This episode is Nerd Noise Radio's contribution to the VGM Hall of Fame ("HoF") project, created in collaboration with Alex "The Messenger" of "A VGM Journey" and Professor Tom from "Shujin Academy VGM Club" podcasts. Links to their programs will be found in the show notes! Stick around after the show for bonus content!
Tracklist:
Track# - Track - Timestamp
A1) Intro - 00:00:00
01) Title Theme - 00:05:16
02) Prologue - 00:07:28
03) Approaching the Space Colony - 00:10:01
04) Ceres Space Colony - 00:10:11
05) Ridley / Draygoon / Chozo Statue - 00:10:43
06) Approaching Planet Zebes - 00:12:52
07) Crateria (Surface Arrival) - 00:13:06
08) Crateria (Underground) - 00:14:47
09) Crateria (Space Pirates) - 00:16:25
10) Mysterious Statue Chamber - 00:19:58
11) Item Room - 00:21:48
12) Brinstar (Overgrown Area) - 00:23:23
13) Brinstar (Red Soil) - 00:27:00
14) Spore Spawn / Botwoon - 00:29:12
15) Tension - 00:31:27
16) Kraid / Crocomire / Phantoon - 00:33:17
17) Norfair (Fire of Zebes) - 00:35:07
18) Theme of Samus Aran - 00:37:22
19) Wrecked Ship (Deactivated) - 00:41:01
20) Wrecked Ship (Activated) - 00:43:11
21) Maridia (Drifting Sands) - 00:45:34
22) Maridia (Underwater) - 00:49:30
23) Norfair (Ancient Ruins) - 00:52:23
24) Golden Four Statue - 00:57:00
25) Tourian - 00:59:13
26) Mother Brain - 01:03:03
27) Escape - 01:05:21
28) Finale - 01:07:33
29) Continue - 01:10:51
B1) Outro - 01:11:41
B2) BONUS: Super Metroid Medley - performed on June 22nd 2025 by the Des Moines Gamer Symphony Orchestra (“DSMGSO”), and arranged by the DSMGSO’s very own Joseph Mullin! - 01:20:59
Music Block Runtime: 01:06:27 / Bonus Music Runtime: 00:13:15 / Total Episode Runtime: 01:33:25
Our intro and outro is Funky Radio from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by B.B. Rights
You can find Alex’s show: “A VGM Journey” here:
https://terraplayer.com/shows/a-vgm-journey
And you can find Professor Tom’s “Shujin Academy VGM Club” here:
https://terraplayer.com/shows/shujin-academy-vgm-club
You can find the Des Moines Gamer Symphony Orchestra here:
https://youtube.com/@desmoinesgamersymphonyorch3631?si=hq8tUJYKOR0-ynjr
You can find Valerie’s Flute Entertainment here:
https://www.valwedgeworth.com/
Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Workstation Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (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!
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.
We are now a member podcast as well. You can find us there at https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio. Also, check out their outstanding collection of other podcasts and radio stations at https://terraplayer.com/! From now on, when sharing episodes of Nerd Noise Radio, I will most likely use the Terra Player link rather than the Podbean link like I have been using.
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:
https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio
Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here:
Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans/
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 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 TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Vurbl, Amazon Music and Audible!
But frankly, probably the absolute best way you can connect with us is on our new Discord Channel: "Nerd Noise Radio – Channel D", which includes various sub-channels for all sorts of different types of connection and conversation:
https://discord.gg/GUWdaXUw
Thanks for listening! Join us again in August (or more likely, September) for C1E98 (Channel 1, Episode 98): Mishmash Monday – vol. 17 – our final ever Mishmash Monday on Channel 1, and our third-to-last [quote] "regular", "ordinary", "standard" episode of Channel 1, though certainly not our third-to-last all-time production of Nerd Noise Radio. Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!
Cheers!
Friday Jul 25, 2025
Friday Jul 25, 2025
2025 Rerun Notes: A very unique episode in show history, the only time we ever did a "ThreeFer". It's a bit of a long episode, and this was back when I was still using a cheaper mic and less sophisticated production techniques, but I still remain very proud of this episode from a content perspective. Original 2022 show notes below!
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Today’s broadcast is C1E64 for Nerd Noise Crossovers, Thursday, 05/12/2022. Today’s Crossover is "ThreeFer Thursday" - which is, among standard format Ch 1 episodes for "just ordinary occasions", our longest episode to date. So hunker down and buckle up for what is going to be quite the musical journey! Also the Ch 1 debut of the new mic, higher quality copies of the intro/outro background music, and my new production techniques. I'm exceptionally proud of this episode, and hope you will find it exceptionally enjoyable!
Track Number / Game (Composer) / Track Names (Composers) / Time Stamp
01) Intro – 00:00:00
02) Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars – Multiplatform
- A) Pursuing the Dragon (vocalvers) - Keiichi Okabe (vocal by Saki Nakai) - 00:06:16
- B) Midday Town – Oliver Good – 00:08:36
- C) Tears of the Black Witch – Shotaro Seo – 00:11:53
03) Twilight - X68000 - Ryu Umemoto, Ryu Takami, and/or Hiroaki Sano
- A) AsVreaSa Merg La (Ending) - 00:15:28
- B)Dimineate(Morning) – 00:18:03
- C)BisericaNeagra (Opening) - 00:23:11
04) Final Fantasy X – PS2
- A) Fantasy (aka Phantoms) – Junya Nakano – 00:26:43
- B) The Travel Agency – MasashiHamauzu– 00:29:59
- C) Moment of Truth – MasashiHamauzu– 00:32:53
05) DOOM Eternal - Multi - Mick Gordon
- A) Icon of Sin – 00:36:22
- B) Doom Eternal – 00:41:48
- C) Cultist Base – 00:46:43
06) Cyberpunk 2077 - Multi
- A)WushuuDolls – Marcin Przybylowicz – 00:52:14
- B) Adam Smasher – Paul Leonard-Morgan – 00:54:27
- C) The Rebel Path – P.T. Adamczyk – 00:57:44
07) Super Mario Sunshine – GameCube - Kōji Kondō, and/or Shinobu Tanaka
- A) Delfino Airstrip – 01:01:48
- B) Sirenna Beach – 01:04:02
- C) Secret Stage – 01:06:19
08) Tiny Death Star - iOS/Android - c: John Williams / a: GMLeto
- A) Main Theme – 01:09:20
- B) Imperial Death March – 01:10:43
- C) Force Theme – 01:11:52
09) Sim Copter – PC
- A) Jazz 1 – Jerry Martin – 01:12:25
- B) Jazz 5 – Marc Russo – 01:17:56
- C) Jazz 4 – Marc Russo – 01:22:44
10) Pebble Beach Golf Links - Genesis - Yumi Satake, Shigekazu Kamaki, and/or Yusaburo Shimojyo
- A) Hole Overview – 01:27:40
- B) Main Menu – 01:29:43
- C) Tea Break – 01:33:33
11) Art of Balance – Multi - Martin Schjøler
- A) Title Theme – 01:36:04
- B) World A – 01:38:04
- C) Challenge – 01:40:29
12) N++ - multi
- A) Confined Spaces – ASC – 01:42:39
- B) Surrender – Sam KDC – 01:50:48
- C) Outlaw –VolorFlex – 01:56:48
13) Trickstyle – Dreamcast / PC – Richard Beddow
- A) UK Race 2 – 02:02:06
- B) Japan Race 2 – 02:05:03
- C) USA Race 2 – 02:07:35
14) Doshin the Giant – GameCube - Tatsuhiko Asano
- A) Time – 02:10:50
- B) Jungle Morning – 02:13:36
- C) Yellow Giant – 02:16:34
15) Magic The Gathering Shandalar - PC – Roland J. Rizzo
- A) Track 8 - 02:19:07
- B) Track 10 - 02:20:50
- C) Track 19 - 02:22:28
16) Reigns – iOS/Android - MAGO
- A) Benevolent Deeds – 02:24:23
- B) William the Great – 02:26:54
- C) Dark Deeds – 02:30:38
17) Mega Man 2 – NES – Takashi Tateishi
- A) Heat Man Stage – 02:33:36
- B) Quick Man Stage – 02:35:21
- C) Crash Man Stage – 02:37:20
18) Outro – 02:40:11
Music Block Runtime: 02:34:02 /// Total Epsiode Runtime: 02:53:08
Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.
Produced using Ardour 6 / Audacity 3 in Ubuntu Studio [Linux] 22.04
You can also find all of our audio episodes on Archive.org 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:
https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio
Our episodes (and occasionally, other content, including expanded show notes) can be found on our blog 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://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans/
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.
You can also follow us on Twitter at @NerdNoiseRadio. And we are also now on Spotify, TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, and Vurbl.
Thanks for listening! Join us again in June (dates TBD) for both Hugues' and I's separate "Best of 2020 / 2021" Channel 1 Retrospective episodes as well as Nerd Noise Radio's contribution (via Channel 2) to the great big VGM Podcast communities common theme group project initiaitve.
Cheers!
Wednesday Jul 16, 2025
Wednesday Jul 16, 2025
[2025 Addendum]
Our third and final rerun which we’re releasing for July, and third and final rerun celebrating the memory of Masters of VGM (“MoVGM”), and our third and final of my bids to drum up excitement for the “VGM Hall of Fame” (“HoF”) series spearheaded by Alex “The Messenger” Messenger of “A VGM Journey” (https://terraplayer.com/shows/a-vgm-journey), Professor Tom from “Shujin Academy VGM Club” (https://terraplayer.com/shows/shujin-academy-vgm-club), and myself (as well as any other shows which have elected to join us in the time since my drafting this on July 2nd), we look, at last, to MoVGM’s final year: 2024.
The Theme of 2024’s MoVGM was a focus on female and LGBTQIA+ (particularly trans) composers. And Nerd Noise Radio’s contribution for this year was a Channel 1 featuring the soundtrack to the game Celeste, composed by the fabulous trans composer Lena Raine. The pride connection goes even deeper, though, as the game was written and designed by Maddie Thorson, who is also trans, and upon whom the [also also trans] protagonist, Madelaine is also based.
From a production standpoint, this is going to be pretty close to on par with a 2025 production as it is using all the same recording hardware, and most of the same production techniques, but may not quite match the current crop due to my using less sophisticated monitoring headphones resulting in a final mix which might be a tad on the “hot” side.
Either way, it’s a showcase of great people making great music to a great game with a great message. So, we are quite pleased to present C1E86: “The Celeste Soundtrack” (originally released 06/15/2024).
Enjoy
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Original Show Notes:
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.
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!
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:
https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio
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://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans/
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
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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!