Episode 40 - Movin’

Sometimes, you gotta just keep on keepin’ on, and that’s what all these tracks will help you do. 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.  During the show, I mentioned my Gotta Go Speed episode full of racing game music. You can find it at https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-34-gotta-go-speed/ if you want to check out some tracks that are a little faster-paced than this episode’s selections. I recently made a guest appearance on fellow VGM podcast Senpai’s Playlist & VGM Origins. You can check it out at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/darryl-bowers/episodes/VGM-Origins-Presents-A-VGM-Christmas-Carol-e2d3971. Hear me as the ghost of VGM Christmas! Also hear Darryl and I talk about stuff!  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 00:05 - Mega Man Star Force 2 (DS) - Network (composer: Marika Suzuki) 01:15 - Talk Segment 1 03:32 - Final Fantasy VIII (PSX) - Movin’ (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 08:50 - Metal Max Returns (Super Famicom) - Caterpillar Village (composer: Satoshi Kadokura) 10:15 - Final Fantasy IV (SNES) - Mt. Ordeals (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 11:33 - Al Unser Jr.’s Turbo Racing (NES) - Circuit Theme B (composers: Shōgo Sakai, Takafumi Miura, Masaaki Iwasaki, and Yuji Suzuki) 14:33 - Persona 5 Strikers (multiplatform) - Camping Trip (composer: Atsushi Kitajoh) 17:34 - Talk Segment 2 19:24 - Pixel Puzzle Makeout League (multiplatform) - Tick Tock (composer: Capsule King) 21:57 - Blaster Master (NES) - Area 1 (composer: Naoki Kodaka) 24:55 - Etrian Odyssey II (DS) - Labyrinth V - Heavens’ Rock Seat (composer: Yuzo Koshiro) 29:14 - Shovel Knight (multiplatform) - An Underlying Problem (The Lost City) (composer: Jake Kaufman) 33:02 - River City Girls 2 (multiplatform) - Dance Arcade (composer: Megan McDuffee) 34:15 - Talk Segment 3 36:58 - Dance Aerobics (NES) - Track 15 (composer: unknown; possibly Masaki Hashimoto) 39:58 - Darkstalkers 3 (Playstation) - Green Scream (composers: Takayuki Iwai, Masato Kouda, and Satoshi Ise)   44:03 - Top Gear 2 (SNES) - Auckland (composers: Patrick Phelan, Ashley Bennett, Paul Bennet) 46:55 - Horizon Chase 2 - The Prettiest Menu Theme Ever Written (composer: Barry Leitch) 52:43 - Outro Talk Segment 54:28 - The Flash (Master System) - Ending (composer: Jeroen Tel)