Episode 36 - Holy

What does it sound like when God talks to you? What does it sound like with the Light of the Universe gives you a sacred quest that no one else can accomplish?  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.  BibleGateway.com and the scholars and authors behind the New International Version translation of the Bible, used for the reading from Exodus 3:1-10 in the show. 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 @[email protected], 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 [email protected]. 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 00:06 - Last Bible III - West Lake 01:01 - Talk Segment 1 05:42 - Final Fantasy IV (SNES) - The Lunarians (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 06:58 - Final Fantasy V Pixel Remaster (Multiplatform) - Nostalgia (composers: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, Masaya Tsunemoto) 11:13 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (DS) - Icicle Forest (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, and Yoshihiro Maeda) 15:32 - Tokimeki Memorial (PC Engine CD) - Our Starry Sky [Planetarium]  17:30 - Romancing SaGa 3 (Super Famicom) - Underwater Palace (composer:Kenji Ito) 19:59 - Albert Odyssey (SNES) - On Holy Ground (composer: Naoki Kodaka) 21:16 - Chrono Trigger (SNES) - Secret of the Forest (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda)  26:00 - Talk Segment 2 27:58 - Secret of Mana (SNES) - Pure Night Pure Land (composer: Hiroki Kikuta) 30:48 - Final Fantasy VII (PSX) - Flowers Blooming in the Church (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 35:42 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (DS) - A New World (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, and Yoshihiro Maeda) 39:07 - Tokimeki Memorial - Stormy Field (Romance) 40:17 - Dual Orb 2 - Dungeon (composers: Nobuyuki Hara and Yu Yoshida) 43:07 - Ys III: Wanderers From Ys (Genesis) - Morning of the Journey (composer: Yoshiaki Kubotera, Noriyuki Iwadare, and Mieko Ishikawa) 48:36 - Final Fantasy V (Super Famicom) - The Silent Beyond (composers: Nobuo Uematsu) 54:13 - Outro Talk Segment 56:27 - Final Fantasy III (Famicom) - Boundless Ocean (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)