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Episodes

Sunday Oct 15, 2023

[Ch 1] ”Noise from the Hearts of Nerds” - “C1E80: ’The Remix Episode’ (feat. Hugues)”

Sunday Oct 15, 2023

Today’s Broadcast is C1E80, for Scene Sunday, October 15th, 2023. Today’s episode (our final non-retrospective Ch 1 episode of calendar 2023’s “Season 6”) is a focus on remixes of VGM from various sources, with an emphasis on the OC Remix community, on a program we’re quite simply calling “The Remix Episode”. Today’s episode curated, hosted, and produced ENTIRELY by Hugues - of Nerd Noise Radio - Channel 2 fame! [show notes (including timestamps and tracklist formatting), podcast feed (and Archive) upload, and .wav-to-.mp3 conversion by St. John – literally everything else by Hugues!!]

Tracklist!!

Track #) Remix Track Name - Original Track Name (or "(Medley)") - Originally from Game (*=Game) - Originally from System (**=System) Original Composer(s) - Arranger(s) - Remix Source - Timestamp

A1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) Apidya - Meadow's Edge - Apidya - Amiga - Chris Huelsbeck - Volkor X - Project Paula – 00:01:46

02) Super Mega Ultra Pipe House - Super Pipe House - Super Mario RPG - SNES - c: Koji Kondo / a: Yoko Shimomura - DDRKirby - OC Remix – 00:05:58

03) One Zero One - Bonus Room Blitz - Donkey Kong Country - SNES - Robin Beanland, Eveline Fischer, and/or David Wise - Ice Guy - DKC Project – 00:09:14

04) Bando alle Seghe - Chapter 4 - Human Race - C64 - Rob Hubbard - DHS - OC Remix – 013:03

05) Autos, Arps & Minimoogs - (Medley) - Sega Rally Championship - Sega Saturn - Naofumi Hataya - Txai - OC Remix – 00:18:34

06) Gambling Nights - Casino Night Zone - Sonic 2 - Genesis - Masato Nakamura - Abreu Project - OC Remix – 00:23:35

07) One Night in Neo Kobe City - One Night in Neo Kobe City - Snatcher* - Sega CD / PC Engine** - Konami Kukeiha Club - Konami Kukeiha Club - Snatcher Zoom Tracks (later used in Sega CD and PCE versions of the game) - 00:26:08

08) Reborn - Morgue - Shadowrun - SNES - Marshall Parker - Marc-Andre Tremblay and/or Thunder Thouin - OC Remix – 00:29:11

09) Secret of the Forest - Secret of the Forest - Chrono Trigger - SNES - Yasunori Mitsuda - Guido - The Brink of Time: Chrono Trigger Arranged – 00:32:52

10) All the World in One Girl - Brinstar Red Soil - Super Metroid - SNES - Kenji Yamamoto and/or Minako Hamano - The Wingless - OC Remix – 00:38:52

11) Come to Bob's Pizza - Bob's Pizzeria - Shenmue - Dreamcast - Osamu Murata, Ryuji Iuchi, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Takeshi Yanagawa and/or Yuzo Koshiro - Dale North - OC Remix – 00:43:51

12) Concerning Daventry - Opening / Introduction - King's Quest V - DOS - Ken Allen and/or Mark Seibert - Orkybash - OC Remix – 00:46:06

13) Lost in Green - Lost in Green - Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - Vita - Hayato Sonoda (Falcom Sound Team JDK) - Yukihiro Jindo (Falcom Sound Team JDK - Ys VIII Super Ultimate – 00:49:28

14) Welcome to Our Town - Welcome to Our Town - Final Fantasy IV - SNES - Nobuo Uematsu - Nobuo Uematsu and/or Maire Breatnach - Final Fantasy IV Celtic Moon – 00:54:09

15) Feelings of Hometownishness - Town - Dragon Slayer: Legend of Heroes - PC-88 - Mieko Ishikawa (Falcom Sound Team JDK) - Jorito, feat. Furilas, Chris Materasu, XPRTNovice - OC Remix – 00:57:10

16) Monster Town - Monster Town - Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap Remastered* - Multiplatform** - Shinichi Sakamoto - Michael Geyre - From the Remastered Wonder Boy III soundtrack from Wonder Boy III Remastered – 01:01:18

17) The Windwaker / Paddy Fahey's Reel - Title - LoZ: Windwaker - GameCube - Koji Kondo, Kenta Nagata, and/or Toru Minegishi - Eimear Noone / The DIT Irish Traditional Music Ensemble - The Celtic Link: Themes from The Legend of Zelda – 01:02:35

18) Meribia - Meribia - Lunar: Silver Star Story - Sega CD - Noriyuki Iwadare - Noriyki Iwadare, Mari Konishi, and/or Taku Iwasaki - Lunatic Festa 3 – 01:07:33

19) Goonies 2 - (Medley) - Goonies 2 - NES - Satoe Terashima, Cyndi Lauper, Broughton Lunt, and/or Arthur Stead - The Advantage - The Advantage – 01:11:09

20) Lord PROTEKTOR - Birth of Humans - Actraiser - SNES - Yuzo Koshiro - djpretzel - OC Remix – 01:13:26

21) Splash Wave - Splash Wave - Outrun - Arcade - Hiroshi Kawaguchi - S.S.T. Band - Back in the S.S.T. Band! The Very Best – 01:16:52

22) Behind the Circuit - Behind the Circuit - Phantasy Star IV - Genesis - Takanobu Masuda - Takanobu Masuda - Phantasy Star Collection – 01:22:01

23) Teen Turtle Tryp - The Streets of New York - TMNT - NES - Kozo Nakamura - Kain Minter and/or Roddy Toomim - OC Remix – 01:26:30

24) Underground - Underground - Super Mario Bros 3 - Koji Kondo - Hideki Matsutake - Super Mario Bros 3: Akihabara Electric Circus – 01:28:38

25) Zeal - (Medley) - Chrono Trigger - SNES - Yasunori Mitsuda - ymK - OC Remix – 01:31:44

26) Beautiful Lie Requiem - Beautiful Lie - Dangonronpa - PSP - Masafumi Takeda - Masafumi Takeda - Danganronpa Decadence REMIX – 01:36:42

27) Weeping Willow - Villages / Dialog - Willow - NES - Harumi Fujia - ilp0 - OC Remix – 01:42:50

28) Yuna at Zanarkand, Her Mind on Lost Friends - At Zanarkand - Final Fantasy X - PS2 - Nobuo Uematsu - sui - OC Remix – 01:48:16

29) Warm A Live / Live Over Again - Warm-A-Live - Live-A-Live - Super Famicom - Yoko Shimomura - RE:NDZ - Chill SQ – 01:52:07

30) Goodnight Moon - The Moon - DuckTales - NES - Hiroshige Tonomura - E-Bison - OC Remix – 01:57:59

B1) Outro – 01:59:53

Music Block Runtime: 01:58:05, Total Episode Runtime: 02:00:46

Our intro music is the Sega CD Model 2 (North American) BIOS [boot screen] music, composed by David Javelosa. No outro music.

Produced by Hugues, using whatever he typically uses to record and produce. I know this involves Ubuntu Linux (Unity desktop, but not Ubuntu Unity), and a Blue Snowball USB condenser mic. Beyond that, I have no idea! - St. John :-)

Links to Hugues' other stuff:

https://HuguesJohnson.com/

https://linktr.ee/retrogameclub

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

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

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com.

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

You can also follow us on Twitter at @NerdNoiseRadio. And we are also now on Spotify, TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, and Vurbl. Amazon and Audible coming soon! Also, be on the lookout for a Discord channel!

Thanks for listening! Join us again in November for C2E15 (Channel 2, Episode 15): Subject TBD – as well as a Channel F featuring a Chip Tribute album from a pair out of ISU in Ames. "Tasty VGM and Talk" on Nerd Noise Game Club as well as "Try Before You Buy" on Channel F. Also be on the lookout for a St. John guest appearance on VGMPorium! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Thursday Oct 12, 2023

[Ch 2] Nerd Noise Game Club: C2E14 - “Escape Artists”

Thursday Oct 12, 2023

[SEE IMPORTANT EDITOR’S NOTE BELOW THE TRACKLIST!]

Today’s Broadcast is C2E14 for Theme Thursday, October 12th, 2023. Today’s Theme is escape themed music, on a program called “Escape Artists” - theme and title (and track run order by Hugues)! Also, a bit of big news and a bit of small news from St. John - neither of which will probably be a surprise to anybody! Lastly, apologies for this episode being so late. This was actually SUPPOSED TO BE the August episode!!! :-O

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

01) The Last Dungeon - Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap - Master System - Shinichi Sakamoto - Hugues

a) Earcatcher - 00:00:00
b) Music - 00:00:03
c) Intro - 00:01:48
d) Top of Show Business - 00:03:58
e) St. John's "Small News" (Linux Geekery Updates) - 00:08:27
f) Discussion - 00:10:45

02) Act 2 Part 1 - Ninja Gaiden - NES - Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta, and/or Ichiro Nakagawa - St. John

a) Music - 00:14:57
b) Discussion - 00:17:01

03) Dance with Traps - Ys IX: Monstrum Nox - PS4/PC/Switch - Hayato Sonoda - Hugues

a) Music - 00:22:20
b) Discussion - 00:24:31

04) Police Precinct - Streets of Rage 4 - Multiplatform - Olivier Deriviere - St. John

a) Music - 00:29:34
b) Discussion - 00:32:16
c) St. John's "Big News" (Autism Diagnosis and Implications) - 00:35:43

05) Distrust - Danganronpa - Multiplatform - Masafumi Takada - Hugues

a) Music - 00:46:05
b) Discussion - 00:49:21

06) The Heist (Arasaka Octant Theme) - Cyberpunk 2077 - Multiplatform - Marcin Przybyłowicz, P. T. Adamczyk, and/or Paul Leonard-Morgan - St. John

a) Music - 00:53:30
b) Discussion - 00:57:57

07) Walking in Derceto - Alone in the Dark - PC - Phillipe Vachey - Hugues

a) Music - 01:02:07
b) Discussion - 01:04:20

08) 4000 Degrees Kelvin - Portal - Multiplatform - Kelly Bailey and/or Mike Morasky - St. John

a) Music - 01:06:36
b) Discussion - 01:07:43

09) Recollection - 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors - DS - Shinji Hosoe - Hugues

a) Music - 01:12:24
b) Discussion - 01:16:16

[TRIGGER WARNING for the sensory-sensitive: Track 10 begins with about 10 seconds of harsh noise]

10) Sentinel Core Escape - X-Men 2: The Clone Wars - Genesis - Kurt Harland, Mark Miller and/or Nu Romantic Productions - St. John

a) Music - 01:21:10
b) Discussion - 01:24:46

11) The Tower - Wolfenstein 3D - Jaguar - Bobby Prince - Hugues

a) Music - 01:29:31
b) Discussion - 01:32:42

12) Escape - Metroid - NES - Hirokazu ("Hip") Tanaka - St. John

a) Music - 01:37:37
b) Discussion - 01:39:54

13) Ending C - Innsmouth no Yakata - Virtual Boy - Yoshiyuki Ishii and/or Dota Ando - Hugues

a) Music - 01:43:08
b) Discussion - 01:45:03
c) End of Show Business (with a little bit more autism business) - 01:50:34
d) Track 14 Discussion - 01:57:13
e) Sign-off - 01:58:57

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

a) Music - 01:59:06
b) Episode Outtakes - 02:02:13

Total Episode Runtime: 02:13:03

[EDITOR’S NOTE: This episode is the flip-side of the C1E79 coin in that where C1E79 was the final episode of NNR ever to be recorded and produced by a non-confirmed autistic person (with the conversation occurring from the perspective of two people who didn’t know for sure yet, and had to be tentative and hesitant about it all), C2E14 is the first episode of NNR ever to be recorded and produced by a confirmed autistic (and where the conversation could occur from a place of certainty and finality). Apologies if anyone feels like I’m making too big of a deal about all of this, but you have to understand that this diagnosis changes EVERYTHING for me! It feels like a 43yr chapter of my life has ended and a new chapter of greater clarity, optimism, self-love, and opportunity has begun. It simply means that much to me, gang! I promise that I won’t keep talking a ton about it for the rest of time - or if I do, I will do so on a separate program dedicated specifically to the subject, but I do beg you to bear with me for now, while this is all still so new for me. :-)

Also, another “flip-side of the coin” situation between this and C1E79, which didn’t get discussed in the episode: In a certain manner of speaking, each episode are “the first episode ever to be produced in Fedora”. The mic time on both episodes were done on “the Big Rig”, which is running Arch-Based “Garuda KDE Dr460nized”, but the rest of the production was done on laptops. In the case of C1E79, the main laptop (which had been running Arch-based Endeavor OS [KDE] at the time) was out of commission awaiting a motherboard replacement, so all the production had to be done on one of my backup laptops, where I had just so happened to be “auditioning” Fedora 38 (Gnome) at the time. I ended up liking it so much that once the main laptop was repaired, I ended up replacing Endeavor with Fedora 38 (Gnome) - which was where all the production of this episode (minus the mic-time) happened. So, in a certain manner of speaking, both episodes were a “first time on Fedora” situation. Also, just as Arch-based Linux supplanted Ubuntu and Ubuntu-based distros, I feel like Fedora and Fedora-based is what is next to supplant Arch. Also, I think it’s official: I’m a Gnome convert. My “KDE-first” days indeed appear to be over for the time-being at least. I’ve even since replaced Garuda KDE Dr460nized with Garuda Gnome, but not until after all the mic recordings had been completed.]

Links to Autism tests - again, DO NOT take these test results as a SUBSTITUTE for a formal diagnosis by a trained professional. On the other hand, these tests are VERY reliable, so if they do indicate you have autism, you very likely do. Therefore, the advice of St. John is to take the test results and find a professional with whom you can show and discuss them:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17a6jSemcC5LO_HDqjB8iGHQcsJCMmr-1/view?usp=drive_link

Links to Autism / ADHD / AuDHD YouTube videos mentioned in the episode (as well as a few others added later - such as Illymation, Savannah Brown, Not Your Average Zebra, Proudly Autistic, and Kaelynnism).

Three-starred video is the one to watch if you're only gonna watch just one or two. Two-starred videos are the ones to see if you’re only gonna watch 3-5 of them. One star videos are the ones to watch if you’re gonna watch 7-10:

Savannah Brown - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFlrHxn6xcA ***

Not Your Averaga Zebra - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EHlKi4V_f0 ***

Yo Samdy Sam - https://youtu.be/pMx1DnSn-eg?si=XeI2sqZ0rmtMoXqa **

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

DSA Threads Costuming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAKBlc_R3IA **
Mat Ricardo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nI-GZjbJ3M **

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ValDCBdCbUg *

Mom on the Spectrum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E_V7cGteuo *

Foster on the Spectrum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxDHylYeQDo *

Kaelynnism - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CZMD8jMDpoA *

Illymation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Vy2BPmMS4 *

Orion Kelly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttacXR3FRWw

Purple Ella - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXWv9gjPiy4

Autism From the Inside - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNgLrPkp2y4

Proudly Autistic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIRHGRQ0JiE

I am Mindblind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xa02TT-k-w

The Thought Spot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uSjyB8csrE

Molly's ADHD Mayhem - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GELgAsUI8ds

Hayley Honeyman - https://youtube.com/shorts/pDhdTOibsw0?si=3e2DRh3nc6s27fRp

I'm Autistic, Now What - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4vcMWB7fuQ

How to ADHD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ-wCP4tjrg

Olivia Lufallah - https://youtube.com/shorts/kzL3mUFcAIw?si=p7JI8TxcSoacRQOu

Retro Game Club can be found here:

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

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

Hugues’ blog can be found here:

https://huguesjohnson.com/

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 on Oct 15th for C1E80: “The Remix Episode” - guest hosted, guest curated - AND EVEN GUEST-PRODUCED by Hugues!! Delicious [non] VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds. And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Saturday Sep 23, 2023

[Ch 1] ”Noise from the Hearts of Nerds” - “C1E79: Shadow Blaster OST (featuring ’Kitty’)”

Saturday Sep 23, 2023

[EDITOR'S NOTE: In addition to being a really special episode for me already in that it features one of my all-time best personal friends, and also includes a really fun, really touching extended conversation between us at the end of the episode (which we're somewhat euphemistically calling an "interview"), or even for the episode featuring an "SM7B vs Podmic" mic comparison by way of the intro / outro [SM7B] vs "interview" [Podmic], which is the kinda stuff that I really geek (even if very few others do), perhaps most special of all for me is that this episode will also go down in history as being the very last episode of NNR ever to be produced by a non-confirmed autistic person. Though this episode is releasing AFTER my diagnosis, it was recorded and produced PRIOR, and therefore, all the both scripted and unscripted dialog was had from the perspective of someone who only THOUGHT he was autistic, as opposed to the person who now KNOWS he is. Both my side of the conversation, and my friend's side were each occurring from within "the suspension of the pending", from the absence of certainty. Now, in retrospect, it turns out we were right. But we didn't KNOW that at the time. So to hear everything that is said from within that paradigm, especially knowing from hindsight how it all plays out, to me, at least, makes it all feel so precious, and gives it, I dunno, something of a sense of innocence, I guess. And that, along with all the other aspects mentioned above make this a very, VERY special episode for me. Hopefully you'll agree! -St. John]

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Today’s broadcast is C1E79 for Soundtrack Saturday, Sept 23rd, 2023. Today’s soundtrack is Shadow Blasters on the Sega Genesis, composed by Kim Songdong. Guest co-hosted by "Kitty" - an episode originally intended for Masters of VGM – season 2 (mastersofvgm.com) but delayed due to COVID.

A1) Intro – 00:00:00

01) Title Theme – 00:04:17

02) Introduction (Part 1) - 00:05:48

03) Introduction (Part 2) - 00:07:18

04) Options and Character Select – 00:08:47

05) Mountain and Glen – 00:09:37

06) Boss Theme – 00:12:13

07) Round Clear – 00:14:10

08) Street and Forest – 00:14:54

09) Harbor and Future – 00:16:55

10) Wicked World – 00:19:09

11) Heavenly Sky – 00:20:17

12) Final Boss (aka Space) - 00:21:47

13) Ending Theme – 00:23:35

14) Continue – 00:25:45

15) Game Over – 00:26:44

B1) Outro – 00:26:53

B2) Interview with Kitty - 00:33:27

Music Block Runtime: 00:22:42*, Total Episode Runtime: 01:31:58

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

*= This is the correct music-block runtime. The stated runtime in the intro is incorrect. Details of the discrepancy available upon request. Special thanks to YouTuber "RandomVGMs" for the OST! RandomVGMs can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@randomvgms

Produced using Ardour / Audacity in Linux (either Fedora Linux (Gnome), EndeavorOS KDE, Garuda KDE Dr460nized, SteamOS 3, Ubuntu DDE, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Unity, Sparky Linux, or on any combination of the Gaming PC "Big Rig", the Steam Deck, Living Room desktop, Mac Mini or one of three Linux laptops – Endeavor on Laptop and/or Garuda on Big Rig being the most likely and most common). 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 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

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

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com.

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

Thanks for listening! Join us again later in September for C2E14: "Escape Artists", and again in October for C1E80: a focus on music from OC Remix – guest produced by Hugues, as well as a Ch F featuring a chip tribute album out of Ames. Lastly, be on the look out for a St. John appearance on VGMporium! Tasty VGM and Talk on Nerd Noise Game Club, as well as Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds, as well as "Try Before you Buy" on Channel F. And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Tuesday Aug 15, 2023

[Ch 1] ”Noise from the Hearts of Nerds” - “C1E78: TwoFer Tuesday – vol 8”

Tuesday Aug 15, 2023

Today’s broadcast is C1E78 for TwoFer Tuesday, August 15th, 2023. Today’s Episode will be TwoFer Tuesday – vol 8.

A1) Intro – 00:00:00

01) EDGE – Multi – Richard Malot

A) Quiet – 00:04:29
B) Pad – 00:06:58

02) Tetris Party Deluxe – Wii - Brian DiLucente

A) King Street – 00:09:56
B) Main Menu – 00:12:19

03) Hover Racing - PS1 - Tooru Kawakami and/or Hiroaki Ohmori

A) Drop to the Sky – 00:14:28
B) Laser Wind – 00:17:40

04) Burn-Cycle - CD-i – Simon Boswell

A) System Software – 00:20:30
B) Karmic Church – 00:26:59

05) Gran Turismo 5 - PS3

A) 4 Chords -Annayamada– 00:30:37
B) Park Side Café - Daisuke Kawai – 00:33:16

06) Art of Balance – Multi – Martin Schjoler

A) World G – 00:37:04
B) World H – 00:40:50

07) Jumping Flash - PS1 - Takeo Miratsu

A) Stage 4-1 – 00:44:31
B) Stage 1-2 – 00:47:25

08) Contra: The Hard Corps - Genesis - Hiroshi Kobayashi, Akira Sōji, Kenji Miyaoka, Michiru Yamane, Akira Yamaoka, and/or Hirofumi Taniguchi

A) Alien Den – 00:50:36
B) Jurassic Dope – 00:53:17

09) n++ - Multi – Broca

A) EnsembleD'Espirit– 00:56:21
B)Trepied– 00:59:08

10) Silent Hill 2 - PS2 - Akira Yamaoka

A) Laura Plays the Piano – 01:04:00
B) Noone Love You – 01:07:21

11) Hyper Light Drifter - disasterpeace

A) Seeds of the Crown – 01:10:04
B) Titan – 01:15:43

12) LoZ TotK – Switch - Manaka Kataoka, Tsukasa Usui, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, Yasuaki Iwata, and/or Hajime Wakai

A) Dragon Head Island – 01:18:01
B) Construct Factory 4 – 01:21:16

13) Witcher III: Wild Hunt - multi - Marcin Przybyłowicz, and/or Mikołaj Stroiński

A) ArdSkelligeVillage – 01:23:07
B) The Fields of ArdSkellige– 01:25:20

14) Horizon Forbidden West – PS5/PS4 - Joris de Man, Niels van der Leest, Oleksa Kozowchuk, and/or The Flight

A) Alva's Dialogue Theme – 01:28:25
B) Shelter from the Storm – 01:32:20

15) Super Ghouls and Ghosts – SNES – Mari Yamaguchi

A) Stage 2 – 01:37:36
B) Stage 5 – 01:40:09

16) Kether – CD-i – Thierry Carron

A) Asteroid Field – 01:42:49
B) Level Select – 01:44:42

17) Metroid Fusion – GBA - Minako Hamano, and/or Akira Fujiwara

A) Sector 4 (AQA) - 01:46:49
B)ZazabiBattle – 01:49:07

18) Mario's Tennis - Virtual Boy - Hitoshi Fukushima, and/or Morihito Iwamoto

A) Singles 1 – 01:50:46
B) Character Select – 01:53:30

19) Castlevania Rondo of Blood – PC Engine - Akira Sōji, Keizō Nakamura, Tomoko Sano, and/or Mikio Saitou

A) Opus 13 – 01:55:30
B) Picture of a Ghost Ship – 01:56:53

B1) Outro – 01:59:17

Music Block Runtime: 01:54:53, Total Episode Runtime: 02:12:25

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

Produced using Ardour / Audacity in Linux (either KDE Neon, EndeavorOS KDE, Garuda KDE Dr460nized, SteamOS 3, Deepin 20.9, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Unity, Sparky Linux, or on any combination of the Gaming PC "Big Rig", the Steam Deck, Living Room desktop, Mac Mini or one of three Linux laptops – Neon on Laptop and/or Garuda on Big Rig being the most likely and most common). 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 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

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

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com.

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

Thanks for listening! Join us again Late August or Early September for C2E14 (Channel 2, Episode 14): "Escape Artists", and again in September for C1E79 (Channel 1, Episode 79): The unintended outtake from MoVGM2, with a for-now secret soundtrack and special guest, as well as a Ch F featuring a chip-tribute album composed by college students at Iowa State University in Ames - Tasty VGM and Talk on "Nerd Noise Game Club", as well as Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds", and lastly, "Try Before you Buy" on Channel F! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Monday Jul 31, 2023

[Ch 1] ”Noise from the Hearts of Nerds” - “C1E77: Mishmash Monday – vol. 14”

Monday Jul 31, 2023

Today’s broadcast is C1E77 for Mishmash Monday, July 31st, 2023. Today’s episode will be Mishmash Monday – vol 14.

A1– Intro – 00:00:00:

01 - Practice Race - Marble Madness - FM Towns – c: Hal Canon and/or Brad Fuller / a: Unknown – 00:05:28

02 – R.E.D. - Illumination LASER - X68000 - I.C. Kaze – 00:07:18

03 – Intro - Shadow Squadron - 32X – Teruhiko Nakagawa, and/or Masaru Setsumaru – 00:11:06

04 – Gambit - Spider-Man / X-Men - SNES – Tim Tim and/or Geoff Follin – 00:15:14

05 – Firestarter (Instrumental) - WipEout XL - PS1 - Prodigy – 00:19:09

06 – Gran Prix Ending - F-Zero X - N64 – Tarō Bandō, and/or Hajime Wakai – 00:23:48

07 – Poison Ivy - The Adventures of Batman And Robin - Sega CD – Burke Trieschmann – 00:24:57

08 – Stage Theme - Battlemorph - Jaguar CD – Will Davis – 00:27:46

09– Chozo Ruins - Metroid Prime - GameCube – Kenji Yamamoto – 00:31:26

10 – Jungle Theme - Metal Gear - NES – Kazuki Muraoka – 00:36:09

11 – Vanilla Dome - Super Mario World - SNES – Koji Kondo – 00:38:15

12 – Main Menu - Starcraft - PC – Glenn Stafford, Jason Hayes, Derek Duke, and/or Big Tuna – 00:39:27

13 – Into the Darkness - Astal - Saturn – Tatsuyuki Maeda, and/or Tatsuya Kōzaki - 00:41:46

14 – The Orchard - Monument Valley 2 - iOS / Android – Todd Baker – 00:44:57

15 – View from Orbit - Destiny 2 - Multi – Michael Salvatori – 00:47:47

16 – Heart of the Hero - Immortals Phoenix Rising - Multi – Gareth Coker – 00:50:02

17 – Betilla the Fairy - Rayman - Multi – Stéphane Bellanger, Didier Lord, Sylvain-Luc Brunet, Nathalie Drouet, Dominique Dumont, Kamel Founas, Rémi Gazel, Didier Gilbert Leglise, Jean-Marc Lichtmann, Frédéric Louvre, Olivier Mortier, Frédéric Prados, Stéphane Ronse, René De Wael, and/or Olaf Zalcman – 00:54:11

18 – Jungle - Wolfchild - Sega CD – Martin Iveson – 00:55:28

19- Where shall we Go? - Puyo Puyo Tetris - Multi - Hideki Abe – 00:59:25

20 – Mint Breath - Kirby's Dream Land – Gameboy – Jun Ishikawa – 01:01:11

21 – Metropolis - Sim City - SNES – Soya Oka and/or Koji Kondo – 01:02:48

22 – Stage 4-3 - Jumping Flash - PS1 – Takeo Miratsu – 01:04:35

23 – Ribbon Ring - ARMS - Switch – Atsuko Asahi, and/or Yasuaki Iwata – 01:07:31

24 – World C - Art of Balance - Multi – Martin Schjoler – 01:09:53

25 – Jungle - Wolfchild - Genesis – c: Martin Iveson / a: Matt Furniss – 01:12:16

26 – Shinto Shrine - Tobal No 1 - PS1 – Masashi Hamauzu – 01:14:25

27 – Mission 3-2 - Double Dragon - Game Boy – c: Kazunaka Yamane / a: Michiya Hirasawa – 01:17:31

28 – Turned into a Rabbit - Loz: LttP – SNES - Koji Kondo – 01:18:35

29– Continue - TMNT: TF - Genesis – Miki Higashino – 01:20:20

30 – Continue - Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle - NES – Hiroyuki Masuno – 01:22:15

31 – The Dream's Over - Jewel Master - Genesis – Motoaki Takenouchi – 01:22:48

B1– Outro – 01:23:30

Music Block Runtime: 01:18:07, Total Episode Runtime: 01:36:42

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

Produced using Ardour / Audacity in Linux (either KDE Neon, Garuda KDE Dr460nized, openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE, Elementary)S 7, Manjaro Xfce, Fedora 37, or SteamOS 3 on any combination of the Gaming PC "Big Rig", the Steam Deck, Living Room desktop, Mac Mini or one of three Linux laptops – Neon on Laptop and/or Garuda on Big Rig being the most likely and most common). 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!

C1E62 and C1E72 can be found here:

C1E62

Spotify Link:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4OQbjjMq3LYf2U1XY1YML4?si=6d425f2c4941421c

Sticher Link:

https://www.stitcher.com/show/nerd-noise-radio-network-all-channels/episode/noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-c1e62-mishmash-monday-vol-11-90636375

C1E72:

Spotify Link:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0U0adWC6O3kOG13eiDDlk8?si=e08f7681fffa490

Stitcher Link:

https://www.stitcher.com/show/nerd-noise-radio-network-all-channels/episode/ch-1-noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-c1e72-mishmash-monday-vol-13-211858673

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

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

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com.

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

Thanks for listening! Join us again in August [date TBD] for C1E78 (Channel 1, Episode 78) for which we'll either have the missing soundtrack with interview, or else TwoFer Tuesday – vol. 8 (the other will be our September episode), as well as joining us in either late August or early September for C2E14, tentatively titled "Escape Artists" - 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 Jul 26, 2023

Channel F: Composer mini-focus - rayjkayj [Masters of VGM]

Wednesday Jul 26, 2023

Today’s F-isode features video game music works from chipist and fellow VGM Podcaster, AJ Reyes, better known as “rayjkayj” of the VGM podcast VGMporium, and is our final contribution (of four) to MoVGM - season 2. A fifth was planned, but “man plans and COVID laughs”. Apologies also for a few “production shortcuts” used here due to the last minute nature of the production, as delayed by said interloper. Lastly, these tracks were all outtakes from C1E73 - UNKAYJ THE RAYJ!

All tracks composed and arranged by rayjkayj using VGMusicMaker, Deflemask and Sunvox. Since some of these games were unreleased, the tracklist will not list what system they released for, but which retro game sound hardware the tracks were designed around in the following format: “chip name(s) [major system(s) that used said chip]”.

TRACKLIST:

Intro - 00:00:00

Game 1: Bunny Kicker - YM2612 / SN76489 [Sega Genesis]

AJ’s notes - 00:05:25
Carrot Crunchin’ Critters (Opening and Title Theme) - 00:07:00
See ya later Cotton Tail - 00:08:00

Game 2: Jump Rat - YM2612 / SN76489 [Sega Genesis]

AJ’s notes - 00:11:11
Title - 00:12:23
Intro and In-Game - 00:13:40

Game 3: No Help, No Hope - YM2612 / SN76489 [Sega Genesis]

AJ’s notes - 00:15:39
In-Game - 00:16:51
Radio Scene - 00:19:34

Game 4: Andarnov - YM2151 [Arcade / X68000]

AJ’s notes - 00:21:50
Aqua Cavern - 00:24:27

Game 5: Roadbuster Championship - YM2413 [Mastersystem FM] or SN76489 [Mastersystem PSG]

AJ’s notes - 00:26:38
Adrenaline Rush [FM] - 00:28:31
Break Neck [PSG] - 00:30:40

Game 6: Slime Labyrinth - HuC6280 [Turbografx16]

AJ’s notes - 00:33:09
Bravely Viscous - 00:35:15
Muckin About - 00:37:08

Outro - 00:38:46

Total Episode Runtime: 00:40:41

Masters of VGM can be found at www.mastersofvgm.com or on Twitter. Please visit MoVGM and check out some of the other shows. Everyone put so much time and love and energy and heart into their shows, and you may end up finding a new favorite for the commute!

VGMporium can be found on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/4dmLZz58rXVtsnw7spiqBE?si=6839ea33fc094c81

or on the podcatcher of your choice, as well as being found on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Discord, and possibly even more places. Please go check out VGMporium, and tell ‘em “St. John sent ya!”

Thanks again to AJ for sharing these track with me, and for allowing me to feature his works, now, TWICE on Nerd Noise Radio. Perhaps we’ll see him here again in the future! Lastly, though I will keep the details to myself for now, be on the lookout for a St. John appearance on VGMporium sometime in the future! We have our subject planned, we just don’t know when it will be yet. :-)

Cheers!

Thursday Jul 06, 2023

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

Thursday Jul 06, 2023

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)

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
Hugues’ Track: Enforcer Brittanica - Catacomb Snatch - PC
1. Music - 00:28:44
2. Discussion - 00:32:23

02) Hugues’ 1st composer: Takahiko Abe

Hugues’ Track: Templo del Sol - Asuteka II - PC88
1. Music - 00:37:18:
2. Discussion - 00:39:31
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

John’s Track: Subspace 2 - Fantavision 202X - PC
1. Music - 00:56:06
2. Discussion - 00:59:27
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

Hugues’ Track: Memories of Puyo Puyo - Puyo Puyo CD - PC Engine
1. Music - 01:11:09
2. Discussion - 01:13:25
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

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

06) Hugues’ 3rd composer: Toshio Murai

Hugues’ Track: Office Theme - Wall Street Kid - NES
1. Music - 01:37:29
2. Discussion - 01:39:16
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

John’s Track: Eternal Conceit - Horizon Forbidden West - PS4 / PS5
1. Music - 01:48:22
2. Discussion - 01:53:09
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

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

09) BONUS: “Unknown composers”!!!

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
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).

Retro Game Club can be found here:

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

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

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/

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!

Thursday Jun 29, 2023

Channel F: ”Highlights from’Stray’” [Masters of VGM]

Thursday Jun 29, 2023

Today’s Channel F (which in the parlance of Nerd Noise Radio are “bonuses and betas” episodes) features highlights from the soundtrack to Stray, for multiple platforms, composed by Yann Van der Cruyssen, also known as Morusque. This program will follow the standard format of neither a Ch 1 nor a Ch 2. I hope you enjoy the unique journey for NNR!

[all tracks composed by Yann Van Der Cruyssen, and all tracks are from Stray on multiple platforms]

Suitcase
1. Earcatcher - 00:00:00
2. Music - 00:00:10
3. Top of Show business - 00:02:21
4. Discussion - 00:15:47
Inside the Wall
1. Music - 00:16:54
2. Discussion - 00:20:30
Mini-block 1: Extradiegetic Music
1. Town Square - 00:25:56
2. The Notebooks - 00:31:53
3. Courtyard - 00:35:33
4. Rikonium - 00:37:59
5. Clean City - 00:41:10
6. Discussion - 00:44:33
Baby Download
1. Music - 00:48:01
2. Discussion - 00:51:36
Mini-block 2: Funky Music
1. Computational Song - 00:54:00
2. Radio Edit (radio edit) - 00:56:07
3. Error-22 - 00:57:26
4. Discussion - 00:59:44
Mini-block 3: Happy Music
1. Step on my Shard - 01:01:34
2. Sterilize - 01:03:04
3. Refresh - 01:05:03
4. Eliza - 01:06:14
5. The Kindness of Strangers - 01:07:51
6. Self Destruct Sequence Initiated - 01:09:32
7. Discussion - 01:10:59
Uwazumosurikae
1. Music - 01:13:16
2. Discussion - 01:16:18
Mini-block 4: Streets of Rage (?!)
1. Untitled (busker version) - 01:21:01
2. Discussion 1 - 01:21:27
3. Loud Music - 01:27:22
4. Discussion 2 - 01:30:10
5. Ominous Music - 01:32:26
6. Pressure Suit - 01:35:55
7. A Sphere of Blue Light on a Marble Floor with Waves Coming from Every Direction - 01:38:25
8. Discussion 3 - 01:42:22
Music Block 5: “General Weirdness”
1. Bushido Calculus - 01:43:00
2. Sound of Something Falling - 01:44:37
3. Docking Ring - 01:45:29
4. Default Club Sound - 01:47:24
5. Discussion - 01:50:49
Music Block 6: “Busker Music”
1. Cool Down - 01:52:53
2. Cool Down (busker version) - 01:54:16
3. Tomorrows - 01:55:29
4. Tomorrows (busker version) - 01:56:34
5. Mildly Important Information (busker version) - 01:57:19
6. Discussion - 01:57:55
Music Block 7: “Miscellaneous”
1. Static Sleep Loop - 01:58:36
2. Safe Mode - 01:59:37
3. Discussion - 02:00:42
Music Block 8: Chill Music
1. Placeholder World - 02:02:17
2. I am Satellite - 02:03:26
3. Critical Systems - 02:04:18
4. L:DF%OF* - 02:05:34
5. Binary Sunset - 02:08:55
6. Discussion - 02:11:19
Velocity Regression
1. Music - 02:12:53
2. Discussion - 02:15:21
3. End of Show business - 02:17:55
4. Final Track Discussion - 02:24:13
5. Sign-off - 02:24:33
Ugly Megamix
1. Music - 02:24:52
MoVGM Series 2 Trailer (by Ed Wilson of VGMbasssy)
1. Trailer - 02:33:39

Total Episode Runtime: 02:35:40

Link to the Archive-exclusive SUPER BONUS featuring non-Stray supplemental tracks to what you heard today, and which were referenced in the above discussions:

https://archive.org/details/super-bonus-supplements-to-stray-candidate-b

Link to the Demented Cartoon Movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBFKfgLf0LI

Masters of VGM can be found at https://www.mastersofvgm.com or on Twitter! Please go check out the great works from the other participating shows!

Wednesday May 31, 2023

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

Wednesday May 31, 2023

["Skip straight to the music" timestamp: 00:09:09]

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!

Cheers!

Saturday May 27, 2023

NNR RERUNS - C1E30: ”The Big Sound of the Little Guy - vol. 1” (orig release 06/14/18) - MoVGM2 Warmup!

Saturday May 27, 2023

IMPORTANT NOTE: Masters of VGM Season 2 starts June 1st, and is slated to kick off with Nerd Noise Radio C1E76: "The Big Sound of the Little Guy - vol. 2".

To prime the pump of excitement for MoVGM in general, as well as to offer a "compare and contrast" between the incoming, much more polished and measured and matured (and much more well-produced) sequel, and this much more enthusiastic, revolutionary, optimistic, and "heart-ful" example of early, clunky-but-exuberant NNR magic, we are re-running the original ahead of time.

I am eager to receive feedback on what everyone things of vol 1 vs vol 2. I think vol 2 is "better", but vol 1 is "more important". I also think vol 1 is more "joyful", even if more "awkward". But tell me what YOU think!! They also each contain exactly one track composed by......ME - in fact, in this original episode, it's even the opening track!

Masters of VGM can be found at www.mastersofvgm.com as well as on Twitter and Discord, and perhaps also other places. NNR will be just one of some 20 or 30 different VGM podcasts. So, please check out the entire collection, and give the other great shows some love as well! :-)

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Original Show Notes:

Today’s broadcast is Episode 30 for Theme Thursday, June 14, 2018. Today’s theme is Indie Game music, on a program we're calling "The Big Sound of the Little Guy - vol. 1" - A Super-Sized Episode!

Track#, Game, System, Track Name, Composer, Timestamp:

01: Intro - 00:00:00

02: Ranquest - Hydra Development System- In-game theme - c: John Wedgeworth / a: Jay Cook - 00:02:17

03: VVVVVV - multi - Potential for Anything - Magnus Pålsson - 00:04:33

04: One More Line - multi - Theme - BATTERIE - 00:08:13

05: Fast RMX - NINTENDO SWITCH - Main Menu - Bjulin / Martin Schioeler / Manfred Linzner - 00:10:37
06: Tiny Tower - iOS/Android - Jazz Juice - Dan Foster - 00:12:02

07: Super Meatboy (PS4 / Vita vers) - Hypertension - Scattle - 00:14:38

08: Fez - Multi - Death - disasterpeace - 00:17:38

09: Lovely Planet Arcade - multi - Lovely Introduction - Calum Bowen - 00:20:05

10: Alto's Adventure - multi - Main Theme - ShinnyMetal aka Brian Crawford - 00:23:01

11: ABZU - multi - And the Earth Did Not Yet Bear A Name - Austin Wintory - 00:27:14

12: Fist of Awesome - multi - Bearhattan Transfur - Brendan Ratliff - 00:29:59

13: Lucid 9 - PC/Mac - Adult Talk - Ultra Kitsune - 00:33:25

14: Hotline Miami - multi - Daisuke - El Huervo aka Shelby Cinca - 00:35:17

15: So Many Me - multi - Outskirts - Christopher Gechan and/or Daniel Byrne-McCullough - 00:37:44

16: Rogue Legacy - multi - Broadside of a Broadsword - Gordon McGladdery and/or Judson Cowan - 0:43:32

17: Ultratron - multi - Terminal Technicality - Allicorn - 00:46:36

18: One More Dash - multi - Theme - Batterie - 00:51:08

19: Binding of Isaac: Rebirth - Multi - Sodden Hollow (Caves) - Matthias Bossi and/or Jon Evans - 00:54:53

20: Retro City Rampage - multi - Do or Die - Norrin Radd - 00:59:00

21: Shovel Knight - multi - Strike the Earth - Jake Kaufmann - 00:59:46

22: Super Cyborg - PC - Miniboss - Darkman007 - 01:03:30

23: Downwell - multi - Razor Girl - Eirik Suhrke - 01:04:57

24: Prune - multi - That Bit of Hope - Kyle Preston - 01:10:20

25: Monument Valley - iOS/Android - The Descent - Stafford Bawler - 01:13:14

26: Hero of Many - multi - Alone in a Cave - Matus Siroky - 01:16:07

27: Counterspy - PS4/PS3/Vita - Intro Music - Jesse Harlin - 01:17:28

28: One More Jump - iOS/Android - Jump Down - Batterie - 01:18:29

29: Red Trigger - multi - Full Scan- Gabriel Essiambre - 01:22:49

30: Axiom Verge - multi - Occlusion - Thomas Happ - 01:24:22

31: Hyperlight Drifter - multi - The Midnight Wood - disasterpeace - 01:27:30

32: Papo y Yo - multi - A Strange New World - Brian D'Oliveira - 01:33:47

33: Snake Pass - Multi - Bol-Dor's Realm - David Wise - 01:36:05

34: Outro - 01:41:39

Music Block Runtime: 01:39:31, Total Episode Runtime: 01:49:14

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio - Dreamcast - BB Rights

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