The VGM Appreciation Hour – Details, episodes & analysis

The inaugural meeting of the the Yasunori Mitsuda fan club.

Your Hosts are Hoppet and Samm Neiland. This episode we were joined by Katrani.

Mail us at vgmah@hoppet.cool.  

• A Narrow Space Between Dimensions
• Scars of Time
• Arni (Home World)
• Arni (Another World)
• Termina (Another World)
• Termina (Home World)
• Viper Manor
• Whirlwind/Gale
• Whirlwind/Gale from Radical Dreamers (SNES)
• Fields of Time
• Dream of the Shore Near Another World
• The Girl who Stole the Stars
• Schala's Theme from Chrono Trigger (SNES)
• Dragon God
• Fate - The God of Destiny
• Radical Dreamers
• Charlie XCX
• The Dead Texan
• Word of Waves by Niwashi

The soundtrack so great we had to do two episodes.

Your Hosts are Hoppet and Samm Neiland

1. Spinach Rag
2. Terra's Theme
3. Dark World
4. Searching for Friends
5. Kids Run Through the City
6. From That Day On...
7. Magitek Research Facility
8. The Decisive Battle
9. Grand Finale
10. Battle to the Death
11. Dancing Mad
12. The Chopin Project by Ólafur Arnalds and Alice Sara Ott

Email us at vgmah@hoppet.cool

A masterwork by Nobuo Uematsu and his team.

Your Hosts are Hoppet and Samm Neiland

Show notes:

• Omen - Medley of Opening theme, overture, and Terra's theme
• Awakening
• Celes' Theme
• Celes' Theme on the Roland Sound Canvas
  • Many other themes in that playlist too.
• Aria de Mezzo Carattere
• Kefka's Theme
• Setzer's Theme
• Bartók Orchestra Concert by Frankfurt Radio Symphony
• Epitaph
• Gau's Theme
• Edgar and Sabin's Theme
• Coin of Fate
• Unus Mundus by Joep Beving

One of the best examples of the immersive sim genre. And loop-based video game music.

Your Hosts are Hoppet and Samm Neiland

Show notes:

• Main Title
• UNATCO - Ambient
• The Daikana Advertisement
• UNATCO - Conversation
• UNATCO - Combat
• UNATCO - Death
• The Synapse - Ambient (Hong Kong Theme)
• Hong Kong Club
• Paris Streets - Ambient
• Laura Palmer's Theme - Twin Peaks
• Paris Streets - Conversation
• Liberty Island - Conversation
• Battery Park - Conversation
• Chateau DuClaire - Ambient
• Chateau DuClaire - Conversation 
• Paris Cathedral
• Bylur Reworks by Eydis Evensen
• Tatsuro Yamashita: Ride on Time, Pocket Sounds
  • Sorry, no legal links >_<

Join us as we do something a little off-format and lower key.

• Central City - Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, Nintendo DS
• Fun House - Spiderman: The Animated Series, Sega Genesis
  • Big emphasis on "fun"
• Adventure Begins - Spelunky, Several platforms
• Day 1 ~Terraport~ - Vectorman, Sega Genesis
• E1M1 - Doom, Sega 32x 
• Underground Theme - Super Mario Bros 3, NES
• Rave Rush and What's Your Name - San Francisco Rush, Nintendo 64
• Title Screen - Crazy Bus, Sega Mega Drive
• Title Screen - Home Alone 2, NES
• Gwernia - Aidyn Chronicles, Nintendo 64
• Diggity Dog - WWF No Mercy, NIntendo 64
• Rats Song - The Pink Panther: Hocus Pocus Pink, PC
• Dorago's Palace - Rygar, NES
• Sewers - Urban Yeti!, Nintendo Game Boy Advance
• 1942 - 1942, NES
• Treasure Caves - Wild Woody, Sega CD
• Flight of the Bumblebee - Rimsky-Korsakov
• Sagat's Theme - Street Fighter, Arcade
• Buying Goods at Palmira - Evergrace, Playstation 2
• Main Theme - Cruis'n USA, Nintendo 64
• David Bergmüller
• The Green Letter - Mitsukiyo

With guest Marcy Neighbors.

Notes and links:

• You Will Know Our Names - XBC OST
• Yoko Shimomura
• Ace+: Ace plus Kenji Hiramatsu
• Yasunori Mitsuda
• Manami Kiyota
• Nobuo Uematsu
• Masayoshi Soken
• Kenji Yamamoto
• Yasunori Mitsuda's gorgeous studio
• Engage the Enemy - XBC OST (aka Meet Bad Guys)
• Royal Road Chord Progression:
  • Common Chord Progressions In Anime - ANIMYZE
  • Does all Anime Music Use These Chord Changes? - Charles Cornell
• Never Gonna Give you Up - Rick Astley
• Buoy Base Galaxy - Super Mario Galaxy OST
• Lost Woods (aka Saria's Song) - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time OST
• Roman numeral analysis
• Robo's Theme - Chrono Trigger OST
• Mechanical Rhythm - XBC OST
• Chain Attacks - XBC game mechanic
• Time to Fight - XBC OST
• Rage Awakened - Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep OST
• Koji Kondo
• Bob-Omb Battlefield - Super Mario 64
• Chain Attack Theme - XBC 3 OST
• Unfinished Business - XBC OST
• Satorl Marsh (Night) - XBC OST
• Destroyed Skyworld - Super Smash Bros (Wii U and 3DS) OST
• Emi Evans
• Satorl Marsh - XBC OST
• Jónsi and Sigur Rós
• Bill Evans
• Mechonis Field - X OST
• Romplers
• Deus Ex
  • GMDX: Augmented Edition Mod
  • Swimming
• Blossom Dance

We discuss the soundtrack of Final Fantasy IV, a game near and dear to our hearts.

Tracks covered:

• Prologue - Podcast intro
• The Prelude
• The Red Wings
• Theme of Love
• Edward's Harp
• The Lunarians
• Another Moon
• Within the Giant
• The Final Battle
• Kingdom of Baron
• The Sound of the End - From Nier Automata
• Ending Theme - No official upload by Square Enix, sadly
• Theme of Love arrangement with lyrics - Mistaken to be ending theme in podcast
• Inn - Podcast outro