Broken Chair Scores

Episode 46 comes with a guest who knows a lot about Xenogears which is the reason why he presents the 1998 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation in this episode. The soundtrack is by Yasunori Mitsuda who all of you know as the composer of Chrono Trigger. On the other hand we've got CD 2 of Macross Plus, a four-episode mecha anime OVA and theatrical movie in the Macross series with super cool music by Yoko Kanno! If you want to support us you can always write a comment here in the page, on Mastodon or on Instagram which would be highly appreciated. If you're interested in a more relaxed podcast about mostly (city-) building game soundtracks for the PC (think Anno, Settlers, Tycoons from the 90's and onwards) then check out Aufbaumusik. Enjoy this episode and please give us feedback!

Another episode ending on the number 5 means 'One Hit Wonders and Remixes', which has a slightly different definition of 'one hit wonders' to the one used by radio DJs. If you're new here, don't worry! You'll receive a proper definition during the show. If you're a hardcore BCS addict/power user, you already know the drill. As always, we present ten tracks from different eras, genres, and media. If you want to support us you can always write a comment here on the page, on Mastodon or on Instagram which would be highly appreciated. If you're interested in a more relaxed podcast about mostly (city-) building game soundtracks for the PC (think Anno, Settlers, Tycoons from the 90's and onwards) then check out Aufbaumusik. Enjoy this episode and please give us feedback! Enjoy.

This is episode 44, which marks a paradigm shift (at least a small one). We have tried to be more concise in discussing the scores we have brought along, so that we can stay under the 90 minute mark. You'll hear us talking about this during the actual show. It's all about constraints and how they can make the show better. You'll be the judge of that. As always, we bring you two soundtracks. This time they are both related to anime, or at least come from Japanese culture. On the film side we have Hellsing, a 2001 anime directed by Umanosuke Iida and Yasunori Urata with a soundtrack by Yasushi Ishii. The game is Xbox 2007's Lost Odyssey, with a score by none other than Nobuo Uematsu and directed by Daisuke Fukugawa. If you want to support us you can always write a comment here in the page, on Mastodon or on Instagram which would be highly appreciated. If you're interested in a more relaxed podcast about mostly (city-) building game soundtracks for the PC (think Anno, Settlers, Tycoons from the 90's and onwards) then check out Aufbaumusik. Enjoy this episode and please give us feedback!

Episode 43 took a while because I switched jobs and I was either too busy or too lazy to edit it. We actually recorded in the beginning of September 2024. Then I tried to upload in October but archive.org was still down. So this is coming out in November. Anyway, both scores we play are classics in their own way I guess. So on the film side we've got Michael Giacchino's score to the 2009 J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie which is also referred to (by me) as Star Trek 11. On the other side the Kaptain brings the score to the 1991 SNES Konami game TMNT IV: Turtles in Time by Mutsuhiko Izumi, Harumi Ueko and Kazuhiko Uehara. If you want to support us you can always write a comment here or on Instagram which would be highly appreciated. If you're interested in a more relaxed podcast about mostly (city-) building game soundtracks for the PC (think Anno, Settlers, Tycoons from the 90's and onwards) then check out Aufbaumusik. Enjoy this episode and please give us feedback! Did you see that we're on Instagram now? Follow us there via this link or find it on our landing page. We're cool now. Tell your friends. Also: here is the link to our Mastodon. PS: Maybe the upload won't work due to the archive.org hack. In this case I'll try again later. Sorry for any delays and disappointments this may cause. I know for sure that some of you can't wait to get the new episode. OK. Who am I kidding.

Did you see that we're on Instagram now? Follow us there via this link or find it on our landing page. We're cool now. Tell your friends. Episode 42 delivers. In fact, we deliver two great scores right into your earholes. The first is the score for the 1997 film Princess Mononoke. The film was directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The composer of the soundtrack is Joe Hisaishi. They are not the same person, nor do they have the same first name. This is somehow relevant and makes sense when you listen to the episode. The second soundtrack we play is by Jerry Martin, Marc Russo (no relation to Jeff Russo of Star Trek Discovery fame), Kirk Casey and Dix Bruce. These cool guys created the soundtrack for the 2000 Maxis/EA video game The Sims. We play tracks from an album released in 2007. Here is the link to a cool Mallsoft playlist. Here is the link to our Mastodon. If you want to support us you can always write a comment here or on Instagram which would be highly appreciated. If you're interested in a more relaxed podcast about mostly (city-) building game soundtracks for the PC (think Anno, Settlers, Tycoons from the 90's and onwards) then check out Aufbaumusik. Enjoy this episode and please give us feedback!