Actually, we're going to kill two birds with one stone on this blog post, because I will actually be sharing the track lists to BOTH "Backtracks" (Channel 1: C1E52 - 04/01/2020) AND " Backtracks - The OTHER 50" (Channel F - 04/28/2020). Let's start with Backtracks, shall we?
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Backtracks
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Below is the track list with timestamps, composer info, the NNR episode the track originally appeared in, and which of five sources I pulled the tracks from for the purposes of backtracks. During the production of this track list, I colored coded those different sources for my own convenience so that I could keep easier track of what I was doing. It will look a bit tacky, and a bit unprofessional from a presentation perspective, but I decided to leave the color coding in, so that you can kinda "see" where these picks fit into the greater tapestry of our history and legacy.
Those sources are:
1) "Best of 2017 - John's Picks" (Channel F) - Light Blue
2) "Best of 2018 - John's Picks" (Channel 1) - Light Green
3*) The Golden Episode - Personal Picks (Channel 1 - C1E50b) - Yellow
4*) The Golden Episode - Popular Picks (Channel 1 - C1E50a) - Red
5) Miscellaneous - (candidate tracks sent to Hearts of Space, and various loose tracks) - Purple.
For your convenience, if you either have not heard Backtracks yet, or if you wanted to listen again WITH a track list for reference purposes, here is the link to the episode:
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-tcipe-d799ff
Backtracks – Track list - color coded (all tracks are played in reverse):
Track# – Track Name – Game – System – Composer – From Collection – Original Episode – Timestamp
01) Intro – 00:00:00
02) Lifelight (English Vocals) – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – SWITCH – Hideki Sakamoto – Golden Popular – Ep 40 (originally selected by Alex Messenger) – 00:02:39
03) What About the Future? – Jet Set Radio Future – XBox – Richard Jacques – Best of 2017 – Ep 20 – 00:06:25
04) USA Race 4 – Trickstyle – Dreamcast / PC – Richard Beddow – Best of 2017 – Ep 4 – 00:10:32
05) Mirage – Gran Turismo 5 – PS3 – Kemmei Adachi – Best of 2018 – Ep 27 – 00:13:41
06) Colour (AtJazz Remix) – N/A (Non-VGM) – N/A (OM Lounge 6) – Soulstice – Best of 2018 – Ep 28 – 00:17:21
07) Ai Suru Hito Yo – N/A (Non-VGM) – N/A (Ai Ga Nakucha Ne) – Akiko Yano – Best of 2018 – Ep 28 – 00:23:51
08) Challenge – Chu Chu Rocket – Dreamcast – Tomoya Ohtani – Golden Personal – Ep 27 – 00:28:12
09) Area 1 – Blaster Master – NES – Naoki Kodaka – Golden Popular – Ep 46 (originally selected by Electric Boogaloo) – 00:31:09
10) Zena Lan (Heavily Armored) Cosmic Carnage – 32X – Hikoshi Hashimoto – Best of 2017 – Ep 4 – 00:33:07
11) Stage 4 – Chip Chan Kick – PCFX – Yoshio Furakawa, Masahara Iwata, and Hitoshi Sakamoto Best of 2017 – Ep 4 – 00:35:22
12) Rikuo – Night Warriors: Darkstalker's Revenge – Multiplatform – Takayuki Iwai, Akari Kaida, and/or Hideki Okugawa – Best of 2018 – Ep 27 – 00:37:41
13) DA Garden – Sonic CD (JP/EU) - Mega CD – Minoru Kanari and/or Makoto Oshitani – Best of 2017 – Ep 15 – 00:39:16
14) Title Theme – Super Mario World – SNES – Koji Kondo – Golden Popular – Ep 1 – 00:43:26
15) In-Game Theme – Ranquest – Hydra Dev Kit – c: John Wedgeworth / a: Jay Cook – Golden Personal – Ep 30 – 00:45:10
16) Aitos – Actraiser – SNES – Yuzo Koshiro – Golden Personal – Ep 3 – 00:47:32
17) Cold Cave – Out of This World – 3DO – Andrew Dimitroff – Miscellaneous – Ep 41 – 00:49:57
18) Stage 4-3 – Bram Stoker’s Dracula – Genesis – Matt Furniss – Best of 2017 – Ep 12 – 00:51:31
19) Coldman – N/A (VGM Karaoke – originally Mega Man and Bass) – N/A (originally GBA) – Original c: Toshihiko Horiyama, Naoshi Mizuta, and/or Akira Kaida / Karaoke written and performed by Deirdre Fischer (aka “Pieness 64”) – Golden Personal – Ep 28 – 00:54:28
20) Yug – Cosmic Carnage – 32X – Hikoshi Hashimoto – Best of 2017 – Ep 13 – 00:56:56
21) Solitary – Shinobi III – Genesis – Masayuki Nagao, Hirfumi Muasaki, and/or Morihiko Akiyama – Golden Popular – Ep 42 – 00:58:29
22) Forest Funk – Super Meat Boy – Multiplatform – Danny Baronowsky – Golden Popular – Ep 10 – 01:00:09
23) Titan’s Realm – DOOM (2016) – Multiplatform – Mick Gordon – Golden Popular – Ep 22 – 01:02:50
24) The Reverse Will – Silent Hill 2 – PS2 – Akira Yamaoka – Miscellaneous – Ep 16 – 01:11:56
25) Title Theme – Solstice – NES – Tim Follin – Best of 2017 – Ep 16 – 01:14:55
26) Seven O’Clock – Crackin’ DJ Pt. 2 – Arcade – c: Hioshi Kawaguchi / a: Misuharu Fukuyama – Golden Personal – Ep 40 (originally selected by Electric Boogaloo) – 01:17:52
27) Citizens of Luala – N/A (Non-VGM) – N/A (TG16) – Strobe – Golden Personal – Ep 8 – 01:19:42
28) In-Game – Youkai Douchuuki – Arcade – Hiroyuki Kawada – Golden Personal – Ep 2 – 01:22:55
29) Fourth Cause – Psychosis – TG16 – Atsuhiro Motoyama – Best of 2017 – Ep 4 – 01:25:58
30) Gong Shun Sheng – Dark Legend – Multiplatform – Seiichi Hamada – Best of 2017 – Ep 4 – 01:28:59
31) Stage 5-2 – Bram Stoker’s Dracula – Genesis – Matt Furniss – Best of 2017 – Ep 17 – 01:31:23
32) Norfair – N/A (Non-VGM) - N/A - c: Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka / a: Luminist – Best of 2018 – Ep 29 – 01:33:54
33) Sodden Hollow – Binding of Isaac – Multiplatform – Matthias Bossi and/or Jon Evans – Golden Personal – Ep 30 – 01:35:22
34) Bloodpool – Actraiser – SNES – Yuzo Koshiro – Golden Popular – Ep 3 – 01:39:08
35) Unit – N/A (Non-VGM) – N/A (Logic) – Logic System – Best of 2018 – Ep 28 – 01:40:29
36) Daisuke – Hotline Miami – Multiplatform – El Huervo (aka Shelby Cinca) – Golden Popular – Ep 30 – 01:44:56
37) Bulberry Hill – Zool 2 – Amiga – Neil Biggin – Best of 2018 – Ep 24 – 01:47:58
38) King of Speed – Daytona USA – Saturn – Takenobu Mitsuyoshi and/or David Leytze – Golden Popular – Ep 44 – 01:50:53
39) Trance Parlient in Blue – Night Striker – Mega CD – c: Masahiko Takaki / a: Shuichiro Nakazawa – Golden Personal – Ep 46 (originally selected by Electric Boogaloo) – 01:55:14
40) Cylic (Heavily Armored) – Cosmic Carnage – 32X – Hikoshi Hashimoto – Best of 2017 – Ep 4 – 01:58:32
41) Process Control – Gran Turismo Sport – PS4 – Yasuhisa Inoue – Golden Personal – Ep 41 – 02:00:27
42) Map 2 – Bomberman ‘93 – TG16 – Jun Chikuma and/or Keita Hoshi – Miscellaneous – Ep 47b – 02:04:40
43) Mysterious Island – Landstalker – Genesis – Motoaki Takenouchi – Miscellaneous – Ep 44 – 02:06:11
44) Waltz of Water and Bubble – Liquid Kids – Arcade – Kazuko Umino – Best of 2017 – Ep 16 – 02:08:38
45) Old Man’s Prayer – Ogre Battle – SNES – Masahru Iwata, Hiroshi Sakimoto, and/or Hayato Matsuo – Best of 2018 – Ep 22 – 02:10:25
46) The Serpent Trench – Final Fantasy III (VI) - SNES – Nobuo Uematsu – Best of 2017 – Ep 18 – 02:11:44
47) Menu 2 – Shenmue – Dreamcast – Ryuiji Iuchi, Yuzo Koshiro, Takenobu Mitsutoshi, Osamu Murata, and/or Takeshi Yanagawa – Best of 2018 – Ep 38 – 02:13:41
48) ESPIRIT.WAV - Data Wing – iOS / Android - ESPRIT 空想 – Golden Personal – Ep 44 – 02:15:16
49) The Blazing Sands – Final Fantasy X – PS2 – Masashi Hamauzu, Junya Nakano, and/or Nobuo Uematsu – Golden Personal – Ep 44 – 02:18:26
50) Inside Vah Naboris (1 Terminal) - L.o.Z.: Breath of the Wild – WiiU / SWITCH – Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata, and/or Hajime Wakai – Golden Personal – Ep 24 – 02:21:38
51) What Can You Do? - Gran Turismo Sport – PS4 – Lenny Ibizarre – Golden Personal – Ep 44 – 02:23:48
52) Outro – 02:28:39
Total Episode Runtime: 02:54:06
And also, "Backtracks - UNBACKED!" was released today as an Archive.com-Exclusive "SUPER BONUS". It has it's own parallel tracklist in its own show notes, as well as a more in-depth exploration on the thought of how both "backwards" and "forwards" are something of a misnomer here, since Backtracks is an episode of backwards music running in forward order, where Unbacked is an episode of forward music running in backward order. Kinda heady, huh? :-D
Anyway, here's the link to Unbacked if you wish to hear it. If nothing else, you'll be able to finally see what was going on in that CRAZY outro:
https://archive.org/details/backtracks-unbacked-complete
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The OTHER 50!
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Here is the link to the episode, once again, in case you either haven't heard it, or you wanted to hear it again WITH the track list for cross reference:
https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/channel-f-backtracks-…/
Backtracks – The OTHER 50 – Track list - color coded (all tracks are played in reverse):
Track# – Track Name – Game – System – Composer – From Collection – Original Episode – Timestamp
01) Intro – 00:00:00
02) Options – Daffy Duck in Hollywood – Genesis – Matt Furniss – Best of 2017 – Ep 12 – 00:12:13
03) September 2015 – N/A (eShop) - 3DS / WiiU – Kazumi Totaka – Golden Personal – Ep 6 – 00:16:33
04) The Mall – Skate or Die 2 – NES – Rob Hubbard – Best of 2018 – Ep 22 – 00:19:44
05) Evil Dante – Cratermaze – TG16 - Jun Chikuma, Keita Hoshi, Toshiaki Takimoto, Masaru Takahashi, and/or Takayuki Iwabuchi – Miscellaneous – Ep 47b – 00:21:21
06) Character Select – Cosmic Carnage – 32X – Hikoshi Hashimoto – Best of 2017 – Ep 13 – 00:23:01
07) Ethnic Cave and Flame – X-Men – Arcade – Konami Kukeiha Club – Best of 2017 – Ep 10 – 00:25:06
08) Jazz 3 – Sim Copter – PC – Jerry Martin – Best of 2018 – Ep 35 – 00:27:36
09) Reckless Running – Sega Rally Championship – Saturn – Naofumi Hataya – Best of 2018 – Ep 24 – 00:32:38
10) Collision Chaos Zone (Present) – Sonic CD (US) – Sega CD – Spencer Nilsen w/ David Young and Mark Crew – Best of 2017 – Ep 15 – 00:36:45
11) Main Menu – Sonic Mania – Multiplatform – Tee Lopes – Best of 2018 – Ep 36 – 00:40:02
12) Opening 1 – Hisou Kihei X-Serd – PC Engine – Koji Hayama – Golden Popular – Ep 11 – 00:41:10
13) Brinstar (Red Soil) – Super Metroid – SNES – Kenji Yamamoto and/or Minako Hamano – Miscellaneous – Ep 18 – 00:42:56
14) Stage 3-3 – Ai Chou Aniki – PC Engine – Iwasaki Taku – Miscellaneous – Ep 47b – 00:46:40
15) Options – Bram Stoker’s Dracula – Genesis – Matt Furniss – Best of 2017 – Ep 2 – 00:50:00
16) The Vile Peaks – Final Fantasy XIII – PS3 – Masashi Hamauzu – Best of 2017 – Ep 10 – 00:51:26
17) Twilight Palace (Outside) – L.o.Z.: Twilight Princess – GameCube / Wii – Toru Minegishi and/or Asuka Ota – Best of 2017 – Ep 4 – 00:54:49
18) Outside Ref, The Pyramid of Ice – Dungeon Explorer 2 – PC Engine – Masaaki Inoue and/or Akihiro Honma – Golden Personal – Ep 47b – 00:58:00
19) After the Battle – L.o.Z.: Twilight Princess – GameCube / Wii – Golden Personal – Ep 4 –01:00:05
20) The Vertical – Ghost in the Shell – PS1 – Joey Beltram – Best of 2017 – Ep 16 – 01:02:23
21) Spin on the Bridge – Streets of Rage 2 – Genesis – Yuzo Koshiro and/or Motohiro Kawashima – Best of 2018 – Ep 31 – 01:08:44
22) Cycle 1 – Streets of Rage 3 – Genesis – Motohiro Kawashima and/or Yuzo Koshiro – Best of 2017 – Ep 2 – 01:13:03
23) Track 11 – Illusion Blaze – PC (AdLib) - D.A.C. – Golden Personal – Ep 2 – 01:16:12
24) Naruto (Light Armor) - Cosmic Carnage – 32X – Hikoshi Hashimoto – Golden Popular – Ep 13 – 01:18:45
25) Bases 1 & 2 – Contra NES – c: Kazuki Muaoka / a: Hidenori Maezawa and/or Kiyohiro Sada – Best of 2018 – Ep 34 – 01:20:31
26) Imperial Death March – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back – NES – c: John Williams / a: Paul Webb – Golden Popular – Ep 9 – 01:22:05
27) Fly Like a Butterfly – Jet Set Radio Future – XBox – Hideki Naganuma – Golden Personal – Ep 20 – 01:22:43
28) At Doom’s Gate – DOOM – PC (Midi) - Bobby Prince – Golden Popular – Ep 35 – 01:25:59
29) Alone in Love – Jewelmaster – Genesis – Motoaki Takenouchi – Golden Popular – Ep 24 – 01:29:13
30) Naja – Cosmic Carnage – 32X – Hikoshi Hashimoto – Best of 2017 – Ep 13 – 01:31:26
31) Swamp – Samurai Ghost – TG16 – Gappy, Miyoshi Okuyama, and/or Hiroyon – Best of 2017 – Ep 20 – 01:33:36
32) Segadore Genesid 64 – N/A (Non-VGM) – N/A (Genesis) – MrSonic699 – Best of 2018 – Ep 28 – 01:34:43
33) Stage Theme 4 – Shinobi – Arcade – Yasuhiro Kawakami – Golden Popular – Ep 2 – 01:36:48
34) Title Theme – Double Dragon – NES – Kazunaka Yamane – Golden Popular – Ep 1 – 01:38:24
35) Field 3 – J.J. and Jeff – TG16 – Takeaki Kunimoto – Miscellaneous – Ep 47b – 01:40:05
36) Zena Lan (Light Armor) – Cosmic Carnage – 32X – Hikoshi Hashimoto – Golden Personal – Ep 13 – 01:42:07
37) Bearhattan Transfur – Fist of Awesome – Multiplatform – Brendan Ratliff – Best of 2018 – Ep 30 – 01:44:22
38) Map – Wolfchild – Genesis – Matt Furniss – Best of 2017 – Ep 12 – 01:47:47
39) Tyr (Heavily Armored) – Cosmic Carnage – 32X – Hikoshi Hashimoto – Golden Personal – Ep 13 – 01:49:03
40) Level 1 – Chip Chan Kick – PCFX – Yoshio Furakawa, Masahara Iwata, and Hitoshi Sakamoto Best of 2017 – Ep 4 – 01:50:46
41) Stage Theme 1 – Spider-Man vs. The Sinister Six – NES – David Whittaker – Golden Popular – Ep 18 – 01:55:13
42) S.O.R. Super Mix (Stage vers.) - Streets of Rage 2 – Genesis – Yuzo Koshiro and/or Motohiko Kawashima – Golden Popular – Ep 31 – 01:58:37
43) Stickerbush Symphony – DKC2: Diddy Kong’s Quest – SNES – David Wise – Golden Popular – Ep 49 (originally selected by Mario Mendez) – 02:04:06
44) Level 3 – Tetris – CD-i – Jim Andron – Best of 2018 – Ep 36 – 02:06:22
45) Unknown City – Doxa (Unreleased) – PS4 – Daniel Capo – Best of 2018 – Ep 22 – 02:08:51
46) Microsoft Interactive Sampler – N/A (Non-VGM) – PC – Unknown – Best of 2018 – Ep 28 – 02:10:06
47) Althena’s Shrine – Lunar: The Silver Star – Sega CD - Noriyuki Iwadare, Hiroshi Fujioka, and/or Isao Mizoguchi – Best of 2017 – Ep 15 – 02:11:09
48) Zora’s Domain (Day) L.o.Z.: Breath of the Wild – WiiU / SWITCH – c: Koji Kondo / a: Yasuaki Iwata – Best of 2017 – Ep 18 – 02:12:12
49) Martinis for Two – The Sims – PC – Jerry Martin – Best of 2017 – Ep 4 – 02:15:24
50) Ending – Super Castlevania IV – SNES – Masanori Adachi and/or Taro Kudo – Best of 2018 – Ep 37 – 02:21:46
51) Ending – N/A (Non-VGM) – N/A – c: Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka / a: Luminist – Golden Popular – Ep 29 – 02:25:58
Total Episode Runtime: 02:28:13
And lastly, "The OTHER 50 - UNBACKED!" came out today also, and is also an Archive-exclusive SUPER BONUS. Here's the link:
Meanwhile, thank you for joining me on this amazing journey through hidden sound! I hope you enjoyed it!
Cheers.....and FLY THE N (or "Nay the Alf" as it sounds in reverse!) :-D
p.s. maybe I'll edit this entry with links to the 275 after they're up. Stay tuned!
[edit] Friday, May 1st, 1:43 AM CDT: The four-part "The 275" mini-series is updated on Archive MINUS the track list and time stamps. I'll get those uploaded as soon as possible. Meanwhile, here are the links to all four parts:
Pt. 1: The Best of 2017 - John's Picks (71 tracks: approx 3.5hrs)
https://archive.org/details/reverse-the-best-of-2017-johns-picks
Pt. 2: The Best of 2018 - John's Picks (75 tracks: approx 3.5hrs)
https://archive.org/details/reverse-the-best-of-2018-johns-picks
Pt. 3: Golden Episodes parts 1 & 2 (124 tracks: less than a minute under 6hrs) (!!!!!)
https://archive.org/details/reverse-golden-episode-pts-1-and-2-complete-all-music
Pt. 4: Miscellaneous (40 tracks, just over 2hrs.....by comparison, this one's quite the shorty!)
https://archive.org/details/misc-collection-for-backtrack
And you know what? While we're at it, I might as well provide links also to the four-part "The 100 - Back to Front" mini-series that came out earlier this month. And with this, you have access to pretty much EVERYTHING "Backtracks"....all in one blog post. Nice, eh?! :-D
Cheers!
-St. John
The 100: Back to Front: Pt. 1 - Best of 2017:
https://archive.org/details/backtofrontthe100pt1of4bestof2017complete
The 100: Back to Front: Pt. 2 - Best of 2018 (and Misc):
https://archive.org/details/backtofrontthe100pt2of42018andmisccomplete
The 100: Back to Front: Pt. 3 - Golden Episode - Popular Picks:
https://archive.org/details/backtofrontthe100pt3of4goldenpopularcomplete
The 100: Back to Front: Pt. 4 - Golden Episode - Personal Picks:
https://archive.org/details/backtofrontthe100pt4of4goldenpersonalcomplete
