Episode 2-2: Five Finger Fanfare

Greetings, gamers, and welcome to episode 2-2! On this episode, we dive into a topic first popularized by the Super Marcato Bros, Karl and Will Bruegeman, on their own VGM podcast: a compositional technique called the Five-Finger Fanfare. Also included in the show is a clip from their 201st episode, which aired on January 31st, 2016. This was an exciting and challenging episode to put together, and the track list is the result of many months of making mental notes each time we'd come across this sound in the wild. It's not exactly something you can type into a search bar! Regardless, everything fits our Number One Rule: Everything is very good music! Special thanks to our Patreon patrons, Alex “The Messenger” Messenger of A VGM Journey, The Last Rican, Skeletroy, and Carlos from the Heroes Three Podcast! If you’d like to support us on Patreon, go to www.patreon.com/vgmvgm. Thanks also to Carlos and to Ben "The Diad" Dishman for our show's artwork, and to Skeletroy for the Very Good Theme Song! Check the notes below the track list for links to our patrons' projects, as well as those of some of today's featured artists! :45 - Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Heroes - High and Tight - Konami - 3DS - 2016 - Unknown composer 12:51 - Mega Man X3 - Gravity Beetle - Capcom - SNES/PS1/Saturn - 1995 - Kinuyo Yamashita 17:49 - FNaF World - Fazbear Hills/Choppy's Woods - Scott Cawthon - Windows - 2016 - Leon Riski 22:01 - Chrono Trigger - Secret of the Forest - Square - SNES - 1995 - Yasunori Mitsuda 27:22 - Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Remake) - Giant Apple Runaway - Sega - PS3/360/Widows/Smartphone - 2013 - Grant Kirkhope 30:51 - Banjo-Tooie - Mr. Patch, Strange Wobbly Inflatable Thing - Rare - N64 - 2000 - Grant Kirkhope 35:53 - Psycho World - Stage 8 - Sega - 1988 - Kenji Yamazaki/Yuko Yamazaki - Originally released in Japan for the MSX2 in 1988, later released as Psychic World on the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear worldwide in 1991 42:04 - Pokemon Snap - Stone Valley - Nintendo/HAL - N64 - 1999 - Ikuko Mimuri 47:21 - Zen-Nippon Pro Wrestling 2: 3-4 Budoukan - Theme of Jumbo Tsuruta – Natsume/Masaya - Super Famicom - 1995 - Hiroyuki Iwatsuki, Iku Mizutani, Kinuyo Yamashita d Haruo Ohashi 54:15 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity - Hazy Pass - Nintendo/Spike Chunsoft - 3DS - 2012 - Keisuke Ito/Yasuhiro Kawagoe 1:00:24 - Mega Man Unlimited - An Unbreakable Will (Occupied Wily Fortress Stage 2) - MegaPhilX - online - 2013 - Kevin Phetsomphou (symfonikev) 1:05:54 - Kirby Planet Robobot - Susie, Executive Assistant - Nintendo/Hal - 3DS - 2016 - Hirokazu Ando/Jun Ishikawa 1:12:52 - Bad Apple - Touhou Project 4: Lotus Land Story - Jun'ya "ZUN" Ota - Team Shanghai Alice - 1998. Cover by RichaadEB and Cristina Vee. Links in the show notes. 1:26:48 - Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - Clash - Nintendo - GameCube - 2005 - Naoko Mitome Artists: Leon Riskin: https://www.ionicsmusic.com/about-me-cxrg Kevin Phetsomphou (symfonikev): https://soundcloud.com/Kevvviiinnn ZUN (Japanese blog): http://kourindou.exblog.jp/ RichaadEB: https://www.youtube.com/user/RichaadEB Cristina Vee: https://www.cristinavee.com/ Patrons: The Messenger: https://anchor.fm/vgmjourney Skeletroy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM84dO4lFBk2NUnKQvypmTw Carlos: http://heroes3podcast.blogspot.com/