Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast

We are back again, and this time we're returning to a classic show theme for another Part 2, this one focusing on the Five-Finger Fanfare (a term coined by the Super Marcato Bros. on their excellent and seminal VGM podcast). This is a term used to describe a run of 5 notes that line up with the first 5 notes of the minor scale - a technique used frequently in video game music. Will you be able to hear the Five-Finger Fanfares in each piece of Very Good Music the hosts brought to this episode? Only one way to find out! As always, we appreciate our amazing patrons who supported us for so long, as well as the artists who made our show art and theme song. You can reach out to us one of these ways: E-mail: [email protected] Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm And you can find our other content in these places: Shootkapow's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCheYf62G3VoUQHNdwl18TdA Shootkapow on Flat: https://flat.io/@boothkb0607 Very Good Music is proudly affiliated with RPGEra.com (https://rpgera.com/)! Check them out for lots of great content, including articles, videos, and podcasts covering a variety of pop culture topics! Tracklist: Migratory Birds - Wild Arms 3 - Michiko Naruke - PlayStation 2, 2002 - Media.Vision/Ubisoft/Sony Hong Meiling's Theme (Stage 3 Boss) - Touhou 6: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - ZUN - Windows, 2002 - Team Shanghai Alice Darkness Falls - Deltarune - Toby Fox - Multiplatform, 2018 - Toby Fox/8-4 In the Court of the Ant Queen - Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling - Tristan Alric - Multiplatform, 2019 - Moonsprout Games/DANGEN Entertainment Level 8 - Tetris CD-i - Jim Andron - Philips CD-i, 1992 - Philips Interactive Media Erdrick's Theme - Dragon Quest XI - Koichi Sugiyama - Multiplatform, 2017 - Square Enix Crossing the Sands - Kirby and the Rainbow Curse - Shogo Sakai - Wii U, 2015 - HAL Laboratory/Nintendo Barren Valley - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, and Yoshihiro Maeda - Nintendo DS, 2009 - Nintendo/The Pokemon Company Tango Rouge - CHUNITHM: Seelisch Tact - Yoko Shimomura - Arcade, 2015 - Sega Aetheral Gates (Omega Version) - Rivals of Aether - flashygoodness - Multiplatform, 2015 - Dan Fornace/Aether Studios Artist Links: Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Greetings, game music lovers. It's been a while, hasn't it? Shootkapow and I decided to dust off the old podcast for y'all after she encountered a game area in Celeste that she thought would make a great episode topic. I guess she was just feeling homesick and nostalgic, and dear old Dad was there to fire up the VGM-Mobile and get back on the road - for at least one more round of Very Good Music! Thanks again to our listeners and supporters who recommended tracks for this episodes! As always, we appreciate our amazing patrons who supported us for so long, as well as the artists who made our show art and theme song. You can reach out to us one of these ways: E-mail: [email protected] Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm And you can find our other content in these places: Shootkapow's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCheYf62G3VoUQHNdwl18TdA Shootkapow on Flat: https://flat.io/@boothkb0607 Very Good Music is proudly affiliated with RPGEra.com (https://rpgera.com/)! Check them out for lots of great content, including articles, videos, and podcasts covering a variety of pop culture topics! Tracklist: Joy of Remembrance - Celeste: Farewell - Lena Raine - Multiplatform, 2018 - Maddy Makes Games Last Battle - Cave Story - Daisuke Amaya - Multiplatform, 2004 - Studio Pixel Megalovania - Undertale - Toby Fox - Multiplatform, 2015 - Toby Fox Attack of the WEAPON - Final Fantasy VII - Nobuo Uematsu - PlayStation, 1997 - Square Fight Against Culex - Super Mario RPG - Yoko Shimoura - Nintendo Switch, 2023 - Nintendo Emil/Despair - NeiR: Automata - Keiichi Okabe, Keigo Hoashi, Kuniyuki Takahashi - Multiplatform, 2817 - Square Enix Titan Dweevil Battle - Pikmin 2 - Hajime Wakai & Kazumi Totaka - GameCube, 2004 - Nintendo Morgan Freeman Boss Battle - South Park: The Fractured But Whole - Jamie Dunlap - Multiplatform, 2017 - Ubisoft Delightful Spekkio - Chrono Trigger - Yasunori Mitsuda - SNES, 1995 - Square Slot Machine - Star Fox - Hajime Hirasawa - SNES, 1993 - Nintendo Champion & Red Battle Music - Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver - Go Ichinose, Shota Kageyama, Hitomi Sato, Jnichi Masuda, and Takuto Kitsuta - Nintendo DS, 2009 - The Pokemon Company Valkyries - God of War - Bear McCreary - PS4/Windows, 2018 - Sony Interactive Entertainment BIG SHOT - Deltarune Chapter 2 - Toby Fox - Multiplatform, 2021 - Toby Fox The Incarnation of Devil - Star Ocean: Till the End of Time - Motoi Sakuraba - PS2, 2003 - Square Enix Artist Links: Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Thank you, game music lovers, for almost three years of Very Good Music. We love you. Discord: https://discord.gg/gfypDsuqFs Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow E-mail: [email protected] Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm Tracklist: Still Alive - Portal - Jonothan Coulton and Ellan McLain - Valve, 2007 (@NerdNoiseRadio) Ending Theme - The Adeventures of Mighty Max (Genesis) - Matt Furniss - WJS Design/Ocean, 1994 (@TheVGMbassy) Hard Corps Blues - Contra Hard Corps - Hiroshi Kobayashi - Konami, 1994 (@ThePhantomire) End Credits - Perfect Dark - Grant Kirkhope, Graeme Norgate, and David Clynick - Rare, 2000 (@RichStokesy and @DYHPTG) Rebirth - Illusion of Gaia - Yasuhiro Kawasaki - Quintet/Enix/Nintendo, 1993 (@Jgangsta187) Return to Mother Earth - Terranigma - Miyoko Takaoka and Masanori Hikichi - Quintet/Enix/Nintendo, 1995 (@OkImpala) Staff Roll - Vagrant Story - Hitoshi Sakimoto - Square Electronic Arts, 2000 (@BeardSpeck) Tears Stained Eyes - Snatcher (Sega CD) - Masahiro Ikariko - Konami, 1994 (@NerdNoiseRadio) Ending - Tales of Symphonia - Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji tamura, and Takeshi Arai - Namco, 2003 (RyanDS) The Last Scene - Sonic Adventure 2 - Fumie Kumatani - Sonic TEam USA/Sega, 2001 (Rjjj Gacria) No Cab, Fan Pride: Boku No Infinite Thotty Gaiden from Resonance of the Pure Land (based on Second Truth From the Left from Secret of Mana) - Hiroki Kikuta, arr. Sir Jordanius - Square, 1993 (@re_vgm) https://soundcloud.com/ocremix/1-11-no-cab-fan-pride-boku-no?in=ocremix/sets/secret-of-mana-resonance-of-the-pure-land Kirby's Dream Land 3 Extended Dreamy 80's Synth Remix (based on Staff Roll) - Jun Ishikawa, arr. Voltz Supreme - HAL Laboratory/Nintendo, 1997 (@VoltzSupreme) https://open.spotify.com/album/5Pgsg2vFuyqBN4ssJBC1L8?si=ojVIWN_ETei3jVhPl8Z-hw&nd=1 "Bye" With a Smile / Do U R - Grounseed - Masahiro Kajihara, Ryu Takami, Takahiro Nogi, Ryu Umemoto, Daisuke Takahashi, and Tatsuya Komoro - Studio Twinkle/EXIT, 1996 (@VGMporium)  Ending Theme - Mega Man X5 - Naoto Tanaka and Naoya Kamisaka - Capcom, 2000 (@KurlyKevinS) Memories of You - Persona 3 - Shoji Meguro and Yumi Kawamura - Atlus, 2006 (Professor Tom - http://linktr.ee/shujinacademy) Never More - Persona 4 - Shoji Meguro and Shihoko Hirata - Atlus, 2008 (Professor Tom) Devil Trigger - Devil May Cry 5 - Kota Suzuki, Hiromitsu Maeba, and Yoshiya Terayama - performed by Casey Edwards, Ali Edwards, and Cliff Lloret - Capcom, 2019 (@BombermanX21) Lily - Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign- (Arcade) - Daisuke Ishiwatariand Junya C. Motomura, performed by Naoki Hashimoto, arr. Norichika Sato - ArcSystemWorks/Sega, 2014 (ProfJeff) See You Again - Ys I & II (PC Engine CD-ROM2) - Yuzo Koshiro, arr. Ryo Yonemitsu - Nihon Falcom/Alfa System/Hudson Soft, 1989 (@Purenell) Ending Theme - Fido Dido (Genesis) - Matt Furniss - Kaneko, 1994 (unreleased) (UtopiaNemo) Closer: Beyond the Sky - Xenoblade Chronicles - Yasunori Mitsuda - Monolith Soft/Nintendo, 2010 Stingers: Skeletroy's VGMVGM Theme Songs: VGMPod Theme Song...OF DOOM MMX Style Theme Song VGM Pod Metal Version 3 VGM Theme RPG Mix VGM Pod Winter Theme A Very Good Theme Song

Episode 76: Credit Where It's Due This is it, gamers. The last regular episode of VGMVGM. Thanks so much for joining us. We hope you had as much fun on this road trip as we did. Thanks to everyone who shared their tracks with us as well. A very special tanks to Dusk and ProfJeff, our most frequent cohosts, and to the rest of our family: Lemon Boy, Flare, Luna, and Mrs. Bedroth. Now, let's get into one last batch of Very Good Music! As always, we appreciate our amazing patrons who supported us for so long, as well as the artists who made our show art and theme song. Even though the show is ending, you can continue to reach out to us one of these ways: Discord: https://discord.gg/gfypDsuqFs Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow E-mail: [email protected] Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm And you can find our other content in these places:  Shootkapow's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCheYf62G3VoUQHNdwl18TdA Shootkapow on Flat: https://flat.io/@boothkb0607 The Movie Bar: https://anchor.fm/moviebar BGMania: https://anchor.fm/bgmania Very Good Music is proudly affiliated with RPGEra.com (https://rpgera.com/)! Check them out for lots of great content, including articles, videos, and podcasts covering a variety of pop culture topics! Tracklist: Credit Roll - Mega Man 3 - Yasuaki "BunBun" Fujita or Harumi Fujita Staff Roll - Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine - Masanori Hikichi, Masayuki Nagao Credits - Banjo-Kazooie - Grant Kirkhope Ending Roll - Spark: the Electric Jester - Falk Au Yeong, Andy Tunstall, James Landino, Michael Staple, Paul Bethers, Pejman Roozbeh, and Funk Fiction Staff Roll/The Yoshis Are Home/Cast List - Super Mario World - Koji Kondo To Far Away Times - Chrono Trigger - Yasunori Mitsuda Smiles and Tears - Mother 2: Earthbound - Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka Staff Roll - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Koji Kondo Last Goodbye - Undertale - Toby Fox Staff Credits - Metroid: Samus Returns - Ryoji Yoshitomi, arr(?) Daisuke Matsuoka Ending Theme - Pokemon: Emerald Version - Junichi Masuda (also Go Ichinose, Morikazu Aoki, and Hitomi Sato) Staff Credits - Star Fox 64 - Koji Kondo (also Hajime Wakai) Dream a New Dream for Tomorrow - Kirby's Dream Collection - Jun Ishikawa, arr. HAL Laboratory Sound Staff Daisy/Staff Roll - Super Mario Land - Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka Ending Demo/Staff Roll - Super Mario 64 - Koji Kondo Special thanks to our Patrons: Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey The Last Rican, host of VGM Fight Club and Senpai's Playlist Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint "Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube SprintCade The Mysterious Nathan Artist Links: Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

Greetings, game music lovers. Welcome to the penultimate episode of Very Good Music. We've beaten the big bad boss, and now it's time for a cutscene, epilogue, or some other small detour before the credits roll. We're not always sure where this last step of our journey will take us, but we know we'll be accompanied by some Very Good Music! Thanks again to our listeners and supporters who recommended tracks for this episode on Discord and Twitter! As always, we appreciate our amazing patrons who supported us for so long, as well as the artists who made our show art and theme song. You can reach out to us one of these ways: Discord: https://discord.gg/gfypDsuqFs Twitter: @VGMpod and @Shootkapow E-mail: [email protected] Voicemail: Anchor.com/vgmvgm And you can find our other content in these places:  Shootkapow's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCheYf62G3VoUQHNdwl18TdA Shootkapow on Flat: https://flat.io/@boothkb0607 The Movie Bar: https://anchor.fm/moviebar Very Good Music is proudly affiliated with RPGEra.com (https://rpgera.com/)! Check them out for lots of great content, including articles, videos, and podcasts covering a variety of pop culture topics! Tracklist: Because I Love You - Earthbound - Hirokazu Ando - SNES, 1994 - Nintendo Ending Theme (Hard Mode) - TMNT IV: Turtles in Time - Kazuhiko Uehara, Harumi Ueko - SNES, 1992 - Konami You're My Hero - Sonic 3d Blast - Jun Senoue - Sega Saturn, 1996 - Sega The Wake of Destruction - Mega Man X2 - Yuki Iwai - SNES, 1995 - Capcom Hall of Fame - Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver - Junichi Masuda, arr. Shota Kageyama - Nintendo DS, 2009 - Nintendo/Game Freak Wingding (Outro) - The Messenger: picnic Panic - Rainbowdragoneyes - Multiplatform, 2019 - Devolver Digital/Sabotage Studio Each to His Own World - Kirby's Return to Dream Land - Hirokazu Ando, Jun Ishikawa - Nintendo Wii, 2011 - Nintendo/HAL Laboratory Daybreak (Ending Theme) - Street Fighter Alpha 3 - Takayuki Iwai - Multiplatform, 1998 - Capcom Recommended by Lee Tyrell, writer, musician, podcaster (host of The Sound Test) and currently working on the Decent Land project. Find out more by visiting @decentdotland on Twitter. Lee's Medium Page: https://medium.com/@leetyrrell Ending (Olimar's Comeback) - Pikmin 3 Deluxe - Unknown Composer - Switch, 2020 - Nintendo Goodbye Geno - Super Mario RPG - Yoko Shimomura - SNES, 1996 - Nintendo/Square Blooper Reel: End Game (Sweet Little Dead Bunny) - Doom - Bobby Prince - MS-DOS, 1993 - id Software Special thanks to our Patrons: Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey The Last Rican, host of VGM Fight Club and Senpai's Playlist Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint "Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube SprintCade The Mysterious Nathan Artist Links: Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy