Once again, it’s time for Masters of VGM! This year, we’re honoring female, trans, and genderqueer composers working in VGM, and I’ve got a batch of six honorees and two honorable mentions for you.
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.
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Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:04 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Marble Gallery (composer: Michiru Yamane)
01:28 - Talk Segment 1: Michiru Yamane
03:09 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX / Saturn) - Dracula’s Castle (composer: Michiru Yamane)
05:00 - Skullgirls (multiplatform) - Moonlit Melee (composer: Michiru Yamane)
11:06 - Talk Segment 2: Yumi Satake (aka Yumi Kinoshita)
12:10 - True Golf Classics Waialae Country Club (SNES) - Title Screen (composer: Yumi Kinoshita)
15:41 - Wicked 18 (SNES) - Course 1 (composers: Yumi Kinoshita, Shigekazu Kamaki, and Yuzaburo Shimojo)
18:13 - Talk Segment 3: Manami Matsumae
19:23 - Mega Man (NES) - Cut Man (composer: Manami Matsumae)
20:43 - Shovel Knight (multiplatform) - A Thousand Leagues Below (Iron Whale) (composer: Manami Matsumae)
24:20 - Talk Segment 4: Yoko Shimomura
25:28 - Super Mario RPG (SNES) - Bowser’s Castle (Second Time) (composer: Yoko Shimomura)
28:11 - Final Fantasy XV (multiplatform) - Valse di Fantastica (composer: Yoko Shimomura)
31:50 - Talk Segment 5: Soyo Oka
32:32 - Sim City (SNES) - Metropolis (composer: Soyo Oka)
34:21 - Pilotwings (SNES) - Rocketbelt (composer: Soyo Oka)
36:01 - Talk Segment 6: Yuki Iwai
37:12 - Mega Man X2 (SNES) - Sinister Gleam (composer: Yuki Iwai)
38:40 - Street Fighter III: New Generation (arcade) - Tomboy ~Stage Africa~ (composer: Yuki Iwai)
40:32 - Talk Segment 7: Megan McDuffee (honorable mention)
41:15 - River City Girls (multiplatform) - Unseen (composer: Megan McDuffee)
45:20 - Talk Segment 8: Yoko Kanno (honorable mention)
45:57 - Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream (Dreamcast) - A Stroll (composer: Yoko Kanno)
47:44 - Outro Talk Segment
49:19 - Live A Live (Super Famicom) - Megalomania (composer: Yoko Shimomura)
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