We’re heading back to the course for another episode all about golf game music!

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.

• LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h

• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.

If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Chi Chi’s Pro Challenge Golf (Genesis) - Track 13 (composer: Masahito Miyamoto)

01:32 - Talk Segment 1

03:40 - Ganbare! Golf Boys (TG16) - Away Back (composer: Atsuhiro Motoyama)

05:46 - Ganbare! Golf Boys (TG16) - Through the Green (compuser: Atsuhiro Motoyama)

08:06 - True Swing Golf (DS) - Menu 04 (composer: Katsumi Yokokawa)

10:25 - True Swing Golf (DS) - BGM 02 (composer: Katsumi Yokokawa)

13:24 - Golf (Virtual Boy) - Main Menu (composer: Ken Kojima)

15:16 - New 3D Golf Simulation: Devil's Course (Genesis) - Hole Overview (composer: Yumi Kinoshita, Shigekazu Kamaki, Yusaburo Shimojyo, Shunsuke Minomiya, and Akira Tamada)

17:06 - Talk Segment 2

18:42 - Pebble Beach Golf Links (Saturn) - Course BGM 1 (composer: Yumi Satake)

22:32 - Pebble Beach Golf Links (Saturn) - Course BGM 2 (composer: Yumi Satake)

26:06 - Hole in One Golf (Game Boy) - BGM 06 (composer: Iku Mizutani)

27:51 - Power Golf (TG16) - Title Screen (composer: Daisuke Inoue)

29:04 - Power Golf (TG16) - Menu (composer: Daisuke Inoue)

30:29 - Dynamic Country Club (Arcade) - Main BGM 2 (composer: M.A)

33:31 - Talk Segment 3

36:26 - Pebble Beach: The Great Shot (Arcade) - Course BGM 1 (composer: unknown)

37:17 - Pebble Beach: The Great Shot (Arcade) - Course BGM 2 (composer: unknown)

39:10 - Super Masters (Arcade) - BGM 3 (composer: Tohru Nakabayashi)

42:02 - Harukanaru Augusta (Genesis) - Title Screen (composers: Yumi Kinoshita, Hiroshi Morita, Shigekazu Kamaki, and Yusaburo Shimojyo)

42:43 - Harukanaru Augusta (Genesis) - BGM 2 (composers: Yumi Kinoshita, Hiroshi Morita, Shigekazu Kamaki, and Yusaburo Shimojyo)

45:26 - Battle Golfer Yui (Genesis) - Golf Ole! (composers: K. Nakayama, Kentakun.yada!, Kei Maruyama, Masayuki Nagao)

47:24 - Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf (NES) - Track 27 (composer: Lee Aram)

48:43 - BS Golf Daisuke O.B. Club - Office Course (composers: Masaya Sound Team)

50:21 - Outro Talk Segment

52:27 - Redline F-1 Racer (SNES) - Title (composer: Katsuhiro Hayashi)

Once again, it’s time for Masters of VGM! This year, we’re honoring female, trans, and genderqueer composers working in VGM, and I’ve got a batch of six honorees and two honorable mentions for you.

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.

• LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h

• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.

If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:04 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Marble Gallery (composer: Michiru Yamane)

01:28 - Talk Segment 1: Michiru Yamane

03:09 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX / Saturn) - Dracula’s Castle (composer: Michiru Yamane)

05:00 - Skullgirls (multiplatform) - Moonlit Melee (composer: Michiru Yamane)

11:06 - Talk Segment 2: Yumi Satake (aka Yumi Kinoshita)

12:10 - True Golf Classics Waialae Country Club (SNES) - Title Screen (composer: Yumi Kinoshita)

15:41 - Wicked 18 (SNES) - Course 1 (composers: Yumi Kinoshita, Shigekazu Kamaki, and Yuzaburo Shimojo)

18:13 - Talk Segment 3: Manami Matsumae

19:23 - Mega Man (NES) - Cut Man (composer: Manami Matsumae)

20:43 - Shovel Knight (multiplatform) - A Thousand Leagues Below (Iron Whale) (composer: Manami Matsumae)

24:20 - Talk Segment 4: Yoko Shimomura

25:28 - Super Mario RPG (SNES) - Bowser’s Castle (Second Time) (composer: Yoko Shimomura)

28:11 - Final Fantasy XV (multiplatform) - Valse di Fantastica (composer: Yoko Shimomura)

31:50 - Talk Segment 5: Soyo Oka

32:32 - Sim City (SNES) - Metropolis (composer: Soyo Oka)

34:21 - Pilotwings (SNES) - Rocketbelt (composer: Soyo Oka)

36:01 - Talk Segment 6: Yuki Iwai

37:12 - Mega Man X2 (SNES) - Sinister Gleam (composer: Yuki Iwai)

38:40 - Street Fighter III: New Generation (arcade) - Tomboy ~Stage Africa~ (composer: Yuki Iwai)

40:32 - Talk Segment 7: Megan McDuffee (honorable mention)

41:15 - River City Girls (multiplatform) - Unseen (composer: Megan McDuffee)

45:20 - Talk Segment 8: Yoko Kanno (honorable mention)

45:57 - Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream (Dreamcast) - A Stroll (composer: Yoko Kanno)

47:44 - Outro Talk Segment

49:19 - Live A Live (Super Famicom) - Megalomania (composer: Yoko Shimomura)

I kept writing down “smart” as an adjective for songs I wanted to play on the show, and I eventually got enough smart tracks that they became their own episode. Listen and watch your IQ go up!

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.

• LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h

• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.

If you want to reach me, you can find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m also on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, my username on Discord is ProfessorTom, and I’ve joined Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. I’m also now appearing on Terra Player, the new app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Super Black Bass 3 (Super Famicom) - Track 14 (composers: Michiya Hirasawa and Tsukushi Sasaki)

00:55 - Talk Segment 1

02:27 - Boomerang Fu (multiplatform)- Spilt Milk (composer: Paul Kopetko featuring Zorsy and Maryske)

06:34 - Persona 3 (PS2) - During the Test (composer: Shoji Meguro)

08:27 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform) - Out of Orbit (composer: Garoad)

11:41 - Planet Puzzle League (DS) - Engimatology (Background Theme #8) (composer: Masanobu Matsunaga)

16:20 - Talk Segment 2

17:55 - Redline F-1 Racer (SNES) - Staff Roll (composer: Katsuhiro Hayashi)

19:10 - Last Bible II (Game Boy Color) - BGM 18 (composers: Iwao Mitsunaga and Hiroyuki Yanada)

20:41 - SaGa Frontier 2 (PSX) - Feldschlacht I (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)

26:09 - Persona 5 (multiplatform) - Life Goes On (composer: Shoji Meguro)

28:36 - Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All (DS) - Search ~ Opening 2002 (composer: Naoto Tanaka)

30:02 - Talk Segment 3

32:46 - Side Pocket (Game Boy) - BGM 02 (composer: Yusuke Takahama)

34:26 - Esper Dream 2 (Famicom) - Book 2: Train (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Kinuyo Yamashita)

36:21 - Doomsday Warrior (SNES) - Liquid Creature (LC-38X) (composer: Junta)

40:07 - Galaxy Force II (arcade) - Alone Fighter (Scene D - Level 4) (composers: Katsuhiro Hayashi and Kouichi Namaki)

42:53 - Street Fighter III: Second Impact (arcade) - ESCAPE (composer: Hideki Okugawa)

47:45 - Outro Talk Segment

49:40 - Super Baseball 2020 (SNES) - Managerial Menu (composers: Junichi Kuramochi and Hiroo Ikeda)