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  • Episode 67 - Rando Calrissian and the Calamitous Comboy Conspiracy

    Episode 67 - Rando Calrissian and the Calamitous Comboy Conspiracy
    Nov 20 2025
    An ordinary refueling stop turns dangerous when Rando Calrissian’s space cruiser gets stolen, leaving him stranded on the second moon of Monmoor Delta. But when Rando tries to get a ticket to somewhere, anywhere else, he runs afoul of the bewitching green-skinned Crura Fallopian and her syndicate. What does Crura want? And how is she connected to the mysterious Comboy Conglomerate, the company that seems to run everything on Monmoor Delta? Listen to this grab bag of VGM to find out! 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. Captain Supreme for providing the voice of Colt 45 Energy. You can find him on Bluesky at CaptainSupreme, or on his LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/captainsupreme.Internet comic Penny Arcade for coming up with the name “Rando Calrissian”, which I’ve shamelessly stolen.All the fine, hardworking people who’ve ripped these tracks out of various video games. I literally couldn’t do the show without you.BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. If you enjoyed the final track, you can download the entirety of Mode Seven: A Jazz Tribute to the SNES at https://mode7.ocremix.org/, or you can find it available on YouTube and Spotify for your streaming pleasure. If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. 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. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Secret Little Haven (PC) - This Connection is Secure (composer: Victoria Dominoski) 01:08 - Talk Segment 1 05:24 - Suzuka 8 Hours (SNES) - Main Menu (composer: Katsuhiro Hayashi) 06:23 - Assault (arcade) - BGM 1 (composer: Kazuo Noguchi) 08:58 - Vectorman 2 (Genesis) - Scene 3: Bog Jam (composer: Jon Holland) 11:54 - Breath of Fire 3 (PSX) - Castle in the Sky (composers: Yoshino Aoki and Akari Kaida) 14:54 - Tobal No. 1 (PSX) - Electrical Indian (composers: Yasunori Mitsudo and GUIDO) 18:57 - Super Tetris 3 (Super Famicom) - Knighthood (composer: Shigemitsu Goto) 20:52 - Talk Segment 2 25:16 - King of Fighters XIV (multiplatform) - Saxophone Under the Moon (Yagami Team BGM) (composer: Naoki Kita) 28:54 - Rolling Thunder 2 (arcade) - View of Dynamism (Round 5) (composer: Ayako Sasō) 32:01 - Code Name: Viper (NES) - Area 01 and 02 (composers: Yoko Shimomura and Junko Tamiya) 33:31 - Twinkle Star Sprites (Neo Geo) - Love Me (composer: Takao Ohshima) 35:39 - Alpine Racer (arcade) - Invisible Destination (composer: Takayuki Ishikawa) 39:21 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (NES) - Scene 5-1 - The Sewer Pipe Nightmare (composers: Yūichi Sakakura, Tomoya Tomita, and Kozo Nakamura) 41:11 - Talk Segment 3 46:17 - Viewpoint (Neo Geo) - Not All There (Area 1) (composers: Sizlla Okamura, Masaki Kase, Megumi Matsuura) 48:46 - Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand (Super Famicom) - Shopping (composer: Atsushi Shirakawa) 50:49 - Unlimited SaGa (PS2) - Battle Theme I (composer: Masashi Hamauzu) 52:53 - Sky Shark (NES) - Stage 4 (composer: Tim Follin) 55:53 - Night Striker (arcade) - Fly Away (composer: Masahiko Takaki) 58:18 - Shatterhand (NES) - Area B (composer: Iku Mizutani) 59:46 - Growlancer III: The Dual Darkness (PS2) - Risky Mission (composer: Hiroshi Fujioka) 1:01:55 - Outro Talk Segment 1:05:12 - Live A Live (arrangement) - Live Mega, Live Más (arrangement of MEGALOMANIA; original composer Yoko Shimomura; arranged by Alejandro Espinosa; performed by the OC Jazz Collective)
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Episode 66 - Koneko no Episōdo

    Episode 66 - Koneko no Episōdo
    Nov 6 2025

    All my cats have been named after video game characters, so this very personal episode is about those cats, their various namesake characters, and some music from the relevant games.

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

    If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. 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. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on FGC Radio or at https://rss.com/podcasts/hmibisondollars/.

    If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave.

    Track Listing:

    00:00 - Show Tagline

    00:06 - Kingdom Hearts (PS2) - Welcome to Wonderland (composer: Yoko Shimomura)

    01:59 - Talk Segment 1 - Athena

    09:11 - Athena (Arcade) - World of Ice (composer: unknown)

    10:31 - Athena: Awakening From the Ordinary Life (PSX) - Theme “Athenacchi” (composer: KIKU)

    11:30 - King of Fighters 2000 (Neo Geo) - Will (composers: Hideki Asanaka, Hiroshi Yamazoe, and Yasuo Yamate)

    15:30 - Capcom vs SNK 2 (Arcade) - Happiness (composer: Satoshi Ise)

    17:49 - King of Fighters XI (Arcade) - PURE ~at good old days~ (composer: Hideki Asanaka, Marimo, and USAKO-X)

    21:07 - King of Fighters ‘96 Arrange Sound Trax (arrangement) - Psycho Soldier REMIX’96 (composers: Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan; lyrics: MOMO; vocals: Tamao Sato)

    24:29 - Talk Segment 2 - Sakura

    33:13 - Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (PSX/Saturn) - I Want You To Know (composer and lyricist: Tatsuro Suzuki; vocals: Yuko Sasamoto)

    37:13 - Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Arcade) - Breeze (Sakura’s Theme) (composer: Yuki Iwai)

    40:08 - Street Fighter IV (PS3 / Xbox 360) - Theme of Sakura (SFIV Arrange) (composer: Tatsuro Suzuki; arrangement: Hideyuki Fukasawa)

    43:19 - Street Fighter EX3 - Precious Heart (Sakura’s Theme) (composer: Takayuki Aihara)

    46:49 - Talk Segment 3 - Blaze and Cherry

    53:09 - Streets of Rage 4 (multiplatform) - Character Select (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

    56:46 - Streets of Rage 4 (multiplatform) - It’s Extra (composer: Motohiro Kawashima)

    58:56 - Streets of Rage 4 (multiplatform) - Funky HQ (composer: Olivier Deriviere)

    1:01:36 - Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis) - Under Logic (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

    1:03:32 - Streets of Rage (Genesis) - Good Ending (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

    1:05:14 - Outro Talk Segment

    1:07:46 - Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (arcade) - Stage Felicia (composers: some combination of Takayuki Iwai, Hideki Okugawa, Tatsuro Suzuki, Isao Abe, Yuko Takehara, Syun Nishigaki, and Setsuo Yamamoto)
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Episode 65 - Revenge on the Green!

    Episode 65 - Revenge on the Green!
    Sep 11 2025
    We’re headed back to the fairway for more golf game greatness! Listen to this one and hear from professional golf legends like Jack Nicklaus, Fred Couples, and Chi-Chi Rodríguez! Or at least some video games that they got paid to endorse. 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. BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. 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. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on FGC Radio or at https://rss.com/podcasts/hmibisondollars/. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Mario Golf: Advance Tour (Game Boy Advance) - Lesson Course (composer: Motoi Sakuraba) 01:11 - Talk Segment 1 06:18 - Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf (TurboGrafx-CD) - Track 08 (composer: Advance Communication Company) 07:32 - Japan Pro Golf Tour 64 (Nintendo 64DD) - On The Green (composer: K. Shinzawa) 10:07 - Super Golf (Game Gear) - BGM 01 (composer: unknown) 11:56 - Powerful Golf (DS) - S Touroku (composer: unknown) 13:16 - PGA European Tour (SNES) - Main Theme (composers: Steve Kirk and Christian Dana Perry) 14:25 - Bandai Golf: Challenge Pebble Beach (NES) - 01 (composer: Akihito Hayashi) 15:41 - True Swing Golf (DS) - Menu 02 (composer: Katsumi Yokokawa) 17:17 - Namco Open (Super Famicom) - Namcot Course (composer: unknown) 18:50 - Valora Valley Golf (Saturn) - Tutorial (composer: Yumi Satake) 20:52 - The Irem Skins Game (SNES) - Golf Course (composers: Yasuhiro Kawakami, Hiroshi Kimura, and Taniyama) 21:56 - Talk Segment 2 26:57 - Birdie Try (Arcade) - Coconut Palm Garden (composer: Data East Sound Team) 28:45 - Pebble Beach Golf Links (PC-98) - Opening (composers: Yumi Satake and Shigekazu Kamaki) 30:42 - Jack Nicklaus Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf (NES) - Track 1 (composer: Konami Kukeiha Club) 31:40 - Nettou Golf (Dreamcast) - 03 (composers: Hiroaki Yoshida, Masaaki Iwasaki, and Shinichi Yamazaki) 33:17 - Chi Chi’s Pro Challenge (Genesis) - 02 (composer: Masahito Miyamoto) 34:02 - Dynamic Country Club (Sega CD) - Menu (composer: unknown) 35:38 - Fred Couples Golf (Game Gear) - BGM 05 (composer: unknown) 36:39 - Virtua Golf (Arcade) - 12 (composers: Tetsuya Kawauchi, Masanori Takeuchi, and Eriko Sakurai) 37:36 - Okamoto Ayako to Match Play Golf - Ko Olina Golf Club in Hawaii (Super Famicom) - Match Play 39:48 - T&E VR Golf: Pebble Beach no Hatou (3DO) - Settings (composer: ?) 42:26 - Talk Segment 3 47:29 - Golf Magazine Presents 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples (32X) - Music Test 00 (composers: Ron Saltmarsh and Andy Warr) 51:51 - Super Swing Golf (Wii) - My Room (composers: Shigekiyo Okuda, Yutaka Fujishima) 53:21 - Super Naxat Open (Super Famicom) - Desert (composer: Hisashi Matsushita) 55:26 - Masters Harukanaru Augusta 3 (Saturn) - Settei (composers: Yumi Satake and Takeshi Miura) 59:21 - PGA Tour ‘96 (SNES) - Main Theme (composers: Steve Kirk and Chris Perry) 1:00:26 - Kurohige no Golf Shiyouyo (Game Boy Advance) - BGM 07 1:02:25 - St. Andrews: Eikou to Rekishi no Old Course (Super Famicom) - Track 15 (composer: Haruhiko Kuroiwa) 1:03:55 - Outro Talk Segment 1:06:32 - Mecarobot Golf (SNES) - Cruising (composers: Michiharu Hasuya, Osamu Kasai, and Takashi Tsurutani)
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Episode 64 - VGM Hall of Fame 2025

    Episode 64 - VGM Hall of Fame 2025
    Aug 21 2025
    It’s the inaugural induction into the VGM Hall of Fame! Listen to hear the classic soundtracks that are getting honored! 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. The originators of the Masters of VGM project:Bedroth of the BGMania and Very Good Music podcasts.You can find BGMania at https://bgmania.podbean.com/, and although Very Good Music is on permanent hiatus, you should be able to find archives wherever you get your podcasts. Chris Steenerson of the VGJam podcast, which can be found at https://www.vgjam.com/. Christofer Schenström of the Gameable Audio podcast at https://gameableaudio.com/podcast Thanks also to all of the VGM podcasts that participated in the Masters of VGM project over the years. The participants in the VGM Hall of Fame project (so far):Alex the Messenger from A VGM Journey His VGM Hall of Fame induction of Shovel Knight can be found at https://pca.st/i8wxkbgt St John from Nerd Noise RadioHis VGM Hall of Fame induction of Super Metroid can be found at https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/ch-1-noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-c1e97-the-super-metroid-soundtrack-vgm-hall-of-fame/ Martyrus from RE-VGMHis VGM Hall of Fame induction of Child of Light can be found at https://re-vgm.blubrry.net/2025/08/15/episode-185-vgm-hall-of-fame-child-of-light/ Heat00verride of the Bring the Pain podcast for helping me come up with the VGM Hall of Fame conceptBokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. The soundtracks I picked are well-known, and if you want to hear some other VGM podcasters weigh in on how great they are, here are some links to episodes: Friend of the show Jameson did a deep dive into the home version of the Street Fighter III Third Strike on episode 15 of barSILENCE. You can find that at https://barsilence.com/episode/f66e8916/street-fighter-3. He’s also covered Streets of Rage 2, and you can find that episode at https://barsilence.com/episode/ac68ff87/streets-of-rage The Super Marcato Bros have done episodes on both Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger. You can find the FF VI one at https://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2020/5/3/episode-418-final-fantasy-vi and the one on Chrono Trigger at https://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2014/01/12/episode-94-chrono-trigger. CRT Soundsystem dug into the Streets of Rage 2 soundtrack on their 36th episode, which you can find at https://rss.com/podcasts/crtsoundsystem/1917017/ The remixers and arrangers over at OCRemix have touched several of these games over the years, and they even have full albums devoted to Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI. You can find those at https://ocremix.org/album/7/chrono-trigger-chrono-symphonic and https://ff6.ocremix.org/. If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. 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. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on FGC Radio or at https://rss.com/podcasts/hmibisondollars/. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:08 - Chrono Trigger Arranged Version :The Brink of Time - Chrono Trigger (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda; arranged by Hiroshi Hata and Kalta Ohtsuki) 06:17 - The First Inductee: Chrono Trigger 09:28 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - Guardia Millennial Fair (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda) 12:41 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - Robo’s Theme (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda) 14:12 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - Corridors of Time (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda) 17:13 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - Last Battle (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda) 20:55 - The Second Inductee: Street Fighter III: Third ...
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Episode 63 - Rose-Colored Pixels 4: Rainbows in Happyland

    Episode 63 - Rose-Colored Pixels 4: Rainbows in Happyland
    Jun 26 2025
    It’s a stupendous smiley stack of happy songs, coming to make you feel good and take all your worries away! 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. Show sponsor the Shadaloo Department of Treasury and their excellent audio drama How Much in Bison Dollars?, where hosts Melody Sinclair and Department of Treasury Senior Executive Vice Senior President Red McCano keep you informed about exchange rates and other current world events as they relate to the glorious nation of Shadaloo, and also they play music from fighting games. Find them on social media platforms and YouTube using the name @hmibisondollars, and listen in on your favorite podcatcher by searching for “How Much in Bison Dollars”. BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. I closed out the last music block with an amazing song from Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout, and if you want to hear more from this series, you can check out the episodes of Super Marcato Bros doing a deeper dive into these games. There’s a full episode devoted to Atelier Ryza at https://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2019/10/6/episode-389-atelier-ryza and an episode looking at some other games in the series at https://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2017/5/28/episode-269-the-atelier-series. If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. 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. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on FGC Radio or at https://rss.com/podcasts/hmibisondollars/. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:05 - Guilty Gear XX (Arcade/PS2) - Blue Water, Blue Sky ~May’s Theme~ (composer: Daisuke Ishiwatari) 03:01 - Talk Segment 1 06:54 - Aerobiz (SNES) - Pacific (composer: Taku Iwasaki; credit from Wikipedia) 08:31 - Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All (DS) - Maya Fey ~ Turnabout Sisters’ Theme 2002 (composer: Akemi Kimura) 10:22 - 3D OutRun (3DS) - Cruising Line (composer: Manabu Namiki) 16:14 - Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III (TG16) - Main BGM (composer: Noriyuki Iwadare) 17:52 - Super Golf (Game Gear) - BGM #06 (composer: unknown) 19:29 - Black Bird: Toritachi no Tooboe (PC-98) - Eimi Restored (composer: unknown) 21:06 - Talk Segment 2 26:15 - Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow (Game Boy) - Victory (VS Gym Leader) (composer: Junichi Masuda) 28:10 - Persona Q (3DS) - Corn Dog (composer: Atsushi Kitajoh) 31:08 - River City Ransom - Menu (composer: Kazuo Sawa) 33:29 - Windjammers (Neo Geo) - You Got a Power (Concrete Court) (composers: Seiichi Hamada, Tomoyoshi Sato) 35:12 - Zoda’s Revenge: StarTropics II (NES) - Coralcola Village (composers: Takashi Kumegawa and Yoshio Hirai) 36:50 - Side Pocket (Genesis) - Fight It Out (composers: Emi Shimizu and Masaaki Iwasaki) 37:49 - ESPN Final Round Golf 2002 (Game Boy Advance) - BGM #16 (composer: Hiroyuki Nakayama) 41:11 - Talk Segment 3 46:39 - Persona 5 (PS4) - New Beginning (composer: Shoji Meguro) 49:41 - Breath of Fire III (PS1) - Country Living (composer: Akari Kaida) 53:11 - Dragon Quest II (Super Famicom) - Busy City Streets (composer: Koichi Sugiyama) 56:08 - Super Mario RPG (SNES) - Let’s Get Fluffy! (aka “Let’s Do the Fluff Fluff” or “Let’s Do the Fooka-Fooka”) (composer: Yoko Shimomura) 59:02 - Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Pokemon Center (Day) (composer: Junichi Masuda) 59:49 - Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout (PS4/Switch/PC) - Bashfully Across the Ledge (composer: Kazuki Yanagawa) 1:01:38 - Outro Talk Segment 1:04:15 - Final Fight 3 (SNES) - ...
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Episode 62 - A Proper Puzzle Pile

    Episode 62 - A Proper Puzzle Pile
    Jun 5 2025
    We’re matching colors, bursting bubbles, and clearing blocks with this playlist of songs from all kinds of puzzle games! There are several links and notes for this episode: I started off my first music block with a song from the original arcade release of Blockout, and if you’re interested in playing it, you can play it on a web browser at https://blockout.nu/. (Note that it works fine with a computer keyboard, but it may be nigh impossible to play on a phone or tablet.)If you liked the Planet Puzzle League song, the episode of CRT Soundsystem featuring a deep dive into the its music can be found at https://rss.com/podcasts/crtsoundsystem/1917986/. While talking about Cu-On-Pa, I mentioned that it was a port of Endorfun, a Windows PC game. I would have liked to feature it, but that game’s soundtrack doesn’t neatly break down into individual songs. However, if you want to experience it, you can find a remastered version of the soundtrack on YouTube at https://youtu.be/6k_hYPfPpEQ and you can hear the arranged soundtrack at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngnpsZf24VI. If you liked the CD-i Tetris soundtrack, you may enjoy these. If you’re interested in going down the rabbit hole for the Adventures of Lolo / Eggerland games, the Wikipedia article is a decent starting point; you can find it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Lolo, and you can search around and try to figure out the multiple variations of the series between its entries for the MSX, the Famicom, the NES, and the Game Boy. Fellow VGM podcast barSILENCE did a whole episode about Tetris that I mentioned while talking about Tetris Kiwamemichi, and you can find that excellent 73 minutes of game music at https://barsilence.com/episode/e6308ce1/tetris-affects If you liked the CD-i Tetris song from Jim Andron, you can find a high-quality version of the whole soundtrack on his Soundcloud page at https://soundcloud.com/user-391016128/sets/phillips-cdi 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. BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. 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. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on FGC Radio or at https://rss.com/podcasts/hmibisondollars/. If you're listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Klax (Amiga) - Intro and Attract Screen (composer: Matt Furniss) 03:11 - Talk Segment 1 08:54 - Blockout (Arcade) - Round Select, Next Round (composer: unknown) 09:48 - Planet Puzzle League (DS) - B3 Cub3d (composer: Masanobu Matsunaga) 12:40 - Cu-On-Pa (Super Famicom) - Colloseum (composer: Ken Kojima) 14:00 - Mario’s Super Picross (Super Famicom) - Wario BGM 1 (composer: Toshiyuki Ueno) 17:33 - Puzzle Bobble 2 / Bust-A-Move 2 Arcade Edition (PSX) - Background 2 (composer: Norihiro Furukawa) 19:11 - Adventures of Lolo (NES) - In-Game (composer: Hideki Kanazashi; programmer: Hiroaki Suga) 20:08 - HuniePop (PC) - Farmers’ Market (composer: Jonathan Wandag) 22:15 - Talk Segment 2 25:51 - Puyo Puyo (FM Towns) - Sticker of Puyo Puyo (composers: Haruo Tajima and Masami Yitsuse) 28:34 - Zoop (Genesis) - Uptown Meeting (composers: Mark Davis and Bob Scumaci) 31:31 - Dr. Mario (NES) - Chill (composer: Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka) 33:38 - Columns (Genesis) - Clotho (composer: Tokuhiko Uwabo) 37:54 - Lemmings (Genesis) - Stage Theme 4 / One Way or Another (composers: Tim Wright, Brian Johnston, and Hirohiko Takayama) 40:29 - Talk Segment 3 46:59 - Tetris Kiwamemichi (PS2 / Arcade) ...
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  • Episode 61 - Cooler Glasses, Cooler Glasses: Cool Glasses, Cool Glasses 2

    Episode 61 - Cooler Glasses, Cooler Glasses: Cool Glasses, Cool Glasses 2
    May 1 2025

    We’re back to the vibe zone with another episode full of cool, groovy hangout music. Make yourself a good drink and enjoy this one.

    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.
    • Tom and Reese (and their guest Boin) from fellow VGM podcast CRT Soundsystem for introducing me to the City Hunter soundtrack. You can find that episode of CRT Soundsystem at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/061-sunsoft-w-boin/id1649128722?i=1000696692814 and you can also follow them on Patreon, BlueSky, and elsewhere on the internets.
    • BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.

    If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads, Tumblr, or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. 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. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on Spotify and FGC Radio.

    Track Listing:

    00:00 - Show Tagline

    00:05 - Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2 - Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon (PS2) - Everyday Detective Agency (composer: Shoji Meguro)

    01:11 - Talk Segment 1

    04:10 - Persona 3 Portable (PSP) - A Way of Life (composer: Shoji Meguro)

    06:26 - Emerald Dragon (Super Famicom) - Caverns and Forests (composer: Yasuhiko Fukuda)

    10:00 - San Francisco Rush 2049 (N64) - Night (composer: Barry Leitch)

    14:43 - Pictionary (NES) - Move Piece (composer: Tim Follin)

    16:10 - Galactic Pinball (Virtual Boy) - Alien (composers: Kenji Yamamoto, Masaru Tajima)

    18:50 - Talk Segment 2

    22:47 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (NES) - City Park (composer: David Wise)

    22:54 - Milon’s Secret Castle (NES) - Outside Castle (composer: Takeaki Kunimoto)

    26:30 - The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip (Super Famicom) - Main Menu (composer: Kenji Yamazaki)

    28:30 - City Hunter (TG16) - Mission 1: Gone with the Beauty (composer: Masashi Kageyama)

    30:12 - King of Fighters XI (PS2) - Arashi no Saxophone ~KOF XI~ (composer: Masahiko Hataya; arranged by Koji Takata, Masuo Okumura, and Masanori Kuki)

    33:19 - R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 (PSX) - PEARL BLUE SOUL (composer: Hiroshi Okubo)

    36:45 - Talk Segment 3

    40:52 - 1943 Kai (PC Engine) - Air Battle B (Round 2, 5) (composers: Kumi Yamaga, Tamayo Kawamoto, Harumi Fujita, Junko Tamiya, Manami Matsumae, Takashi Tateishi, and Hiroshige Tonomura; arranged for the PC Engine by Hisashi Matsushita and Daisuke Morishima)

    43:08 - Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge (NES) - 05 (composer: Neil Baldwin)

    46:05 - Persona 5 Strikers (Multiplatform) - Vacation (composer: Atsushi Kitajoh)

    48:31 - Streets of Rage (Genesis) - Beatnik on the Ship (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

    52:47 - Black Bird: Toritachi no Tooboe (PC-98) - Explorers (composer: unknown)

    55:07 - Outro Talk Segment

    57:22 - Cyber Police ESWAT (Arcade) - Ending (composer: Yasuhiro Kawakami)
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    58 mins
  • Episode 60 - Urban Turf Fight

    Episode 60 - Urban Turf Fight
    Apr 10 2025
    Take to the gritty streets of the urban jungle to seek revenge in this episode full of tough street sounds. 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. Drew Mackie, host of the Singing Mountain podcast, which was a major inspiration for me to do Shujin Academy VGM Club. Drew created three episodes of urban music like this, and you can hear them at the links below:Drive Into the City: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/16bit-driving-musicGritty City Sounds: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/gritty-city-soundsDevil City: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/devil-city You can also hear Drew’s current podcast Gayest Episode Ever on your podcasting service of choice or at https://www.gayestepisodeever.com/Drew’s fascinating blog about video gaming can also be found at https://thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/ RayjKayj from VGMporium for introducing me to the soundtrack for Lam-Mal on episode 93 of his show, which is sadly on indefinite hiatus. You can find that episode at https://vgmporium.wordpress.com/2023/10/05/episode-93-lam-mal/ if you want to hear it for yourself. Ed Wilson from The VGMbassy for Scramble Spirits, which he played on the episode of VGMbassy we did together. You can find that episode at https://pca.st/episode/44d7ee05-2ab4-44b1-9470-8b7978a4ec4dBokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. For now, you can also find me on Threads or Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. I’m on Mastodon at @ShujinAcademyVGMClub@mastodon.coffee, and my username on Discord is ProfessorTom. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. 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. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on Spotify and FGC Radio. Speaking of Spotify, if you’re listening there, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. I mentioned the DefunctGames.com review of Putter Golf during the show, and you can read it for yourself at http://www.defunctgames.com/review/1366/putter-golf. To hear a different, much nicer version of the sounds of the city, check out my long-ago episode “Welcome to Metro City” at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-e9upv-12c2d4d. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:05 - Chase H.Q. (Arcade) - New York (composer: Takami Asano) 01:08 - Talk Segment 1 04:58 - Capcom vs SNK (arcade) - Stage of Final Fight - Needle (composer: Satoshi Ise) 07:28 - Putter Golf (Genesis) - BGM 1 (composer: E. Fugu) 09:10 - Scramble Spirits (Arcade) - BGM 2 (composers: Toru Nakabayashi and Yasuhiro Kawakami) 12:13 - Moto Roader II (PC Engine) - Menu (composer: Opus) 13:06 - Final Fight (Arcade) - Metro City Subway (composers: Junko Tamiya) 15:06 - Journey to Silius (NES) - Stage Theme 03 (composer: Naoki Kodaka) 16:55 - Streets of Rage 3 (Genesis) - Dub Slash (Round 2-1) (composer: Motohiro Kawashima) 20:30 - Talk Segment 2 24:16 - Power Drift (Arcade) - Adjustment Mind (D Course) (composer: Hiroshi Kawaguchi) 26:23 - Comix Zone (Genesis) - Episode 2, Page 1-2 (composer: Howard Drossin) 28:01 - Cyber Police ESWAT (Arcade) - BGM 01 (Stages 1-4-7-10-13) (composer: Yasuhiro Kawakami) 29:40 - ATP Tour Championship Tennis (Genesis) - Bracket Results (composer: Hikoshi Hashimoto) 31:26 - Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (Genesis) - Ninja Soul (composers: Masayuki Nagao, Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama) 35:41 - Final Fight 2 (SNES) - Creeping Weeping (composers: Yasuaki Fujita, Mari Yamaguchi, Yuki Iwai, Setsuo Yamamoto, Yūko Takehara, and Tatsuya Nishimura) 37:07 - Lam-Mal (x68000) - Town B (composers: Hideaki Takashita and Ryu Takami) 37:57 - Night Striker (Arcade) - Boss 1 (composer: Masahiko Takaki) 39:09 - Talk Segment 3 44:45 - Final Fight 3 (SNES) - Law and Disorder (composer: Katsunari ...
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    1 hr and 9 mins