Episode can be heard here: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-d5iuw-1131eb8
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Today’s “F-isode” is the complete collection of all music from season 1 of Nerd Noise Radio - Channel 2 (Sept 2020 - Sept 2021) ***PLUS***, the music from Hugues and I’s December 2019 Channel F “one-off” that would go on to retroactively become the template, and “unofficial ‘beta’” for Channel 2. Though much longer, and a bit more clunky and unpolished, it is otherwise identical in format and fundamentally similar in delivery to what would go on to become the later Channel 2 “official episodes”.
Now, this collection is JUST the music from these episodes, with all the conversation between Hugues and I scrubbed. However, I will provide iTunes links to each of the full episodes (plus the full beta) so that you can listen to these tracks IN CONTEXT if you wish, and can hear everything we had to say about them.
Part of the reason I had included the tracks from the 2019 beta is to show where we’ve come from. Part of it is to show where we’re going. Part of it is simply because it’s full of really, really great music that you may have otherwise missed. And lastly, since starting with the “Best of 2020 / 2021” episodes in 2022, music from Channel F “F-isodes” will be eligible, unlike they were in 2020 for “Best of 2019”, I wanted to include them here now so that they’d finally be available to you or I for inclusion in our respective “best ofs”.
But the single biggest reason for my sharing these with you now, in November of 2021 is simply to hopefully build some excitement for and engagement with December’s “Best of Channel 2 - Season 1” episode, which Hugues and I will meet to produce, and will feature a grand total of 26 tracks, ***ALL OF WHICH*** pulled from today’s collection of 92 - two tracks per host per episode, plus one “wild card” track pick per host. So, which 26 will we pull, and which 66 will we leave behind? And how well or poorly will our 26 align with the 26 that you, the listener, may have theoretically picked for yourself and/or predicted that we might pull?
In December, we’ll all find out together. And afterwards, you’ll have to be sure to reach out to us to let us know! In the meanwhile, here’s the source material we’ll be pulling from: first, the 70 tracks from “Season 1 proper”, plus the 22 from 2019 in our beta afterwards. I hope you’ll enjoy! Please get a hold of us on FB, or Twitter, or through e-mail at nerdnoiseradio@gmail.com with what your picks, and/or your guess of what our picks will be, and if we get them in time, we may even mention them, and engage with them during the episode! If you DO decide to play along, pick one “Hugues track”, one “St. John track”, and one wildcard, so we’re dealing with the same number of tracks (as well as what your guesses are for our picks).
Cheers!
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C2E1: “Songs of the Pandemic” (Orig. Released: 09/17/20) - 00:00:00 - 00:35:18
Full episode can be found here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nerd-noise-radio-channel-2-episode-1-c2e1-songs-of/id1191401173?i=1000491590205
Track# - Track – Game – System – Composer(s) - Selected By – Timestamp
01) The Runaway (City on the Horizon – Instrumental) - 198X – Multi – Daniel Rosenqvist and/or Anton Dromberg (UFD?) - St. John – 00:00:00
02) Overdrive – Saturday Morning RPG – Multi – Vince DiCola and/or Kenny Merideth – Hugues – 00:03:34
03) Unholy Impact – Mother Russia Bleeds – Multi – Fixions – St. John – 00:05:34
04) The Abyss – Trails in the Sky the 3rd - PC / PSP – Hayoto Sonoda – Hugues – 00:10:34
05) They’re Back – Streets of Rage 4 – Multi – Yuzo Koshiro – St. John – 00:13:03
06) Power or Technique – Trails of Cold Steel III – PC / PS4 / Switch – Hayato Sonoda – Hugues – 00:16:07
07) Friend Select – Air Zonk – Turbografx16 – Daisuke Morshima and/or Hisashi Matsushita – St. John – 00:17:54
08) Bar – Dungeon Explorer – Turborafx16 – Tsukasa Masuko – Hugues – 00:18:23
09) Demons Undulate – Alien Crush – Turbografx16 – St. John – 00:19:32
10) Mako Reactor – Final Fantasy VII Remake – PS4 – c: Nobuo Uematsu / a: Masashi Hamauzu – Hugues – 00:20:25
11) Behind the Cosmic Curtain – Samarost 3 – iOS / Android – Floex – St. John – 00:23:58
12) Beneath the Mask (Rain – Instrumental) - Persona 5 – PS3 / PS4 - Shōji Meguro – Hugues – 00:26:17
13) 10pm – Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Switch - Yasuaki Iwata, Yumi Takahashi, Shinobu Nagata, Sayako Doi, and/or Masato Ohashi – St. John – 00:30:43
14) Results (Golf) - Wii Sports – Wii – Kazumi Totaka – Hugues – 00:33:03
C2E2: “Deck the Halls” (Orig. Released: 12/24/20) - 00:35:15 - 01:11:23
Full episode can be found here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nerd-noise-radio-c2e2-deck-the-halls/id1191401173?i=1000503406254
Track# - Track - Game - System - Composer - Selected By - Timestamp
01) Intro + Menu - Hyper Catalog 4 - PC Engine - Unknown - Hugues - 00:35:15
02) December 2015 - Nintendo eShop - WiiU / 3DS - Kazumi Totaka - St. John - 00:36:04
03) Christmas - Phantasy Star Universe - Multiplatform - Seirou Okamoto - Hugues - 00:39:11
04) Diamond Dust Zone (Act 1) - Sonic 3D Blast - Saturn - Richard Jacques - St. John - 00:42:44
05) Christmas on Dobuita St. - Shenmue - Dreamcast - Ryuji Iuchi - Hugues - 00:45:32
06) The Frostlands - Octopath Traveler - Switch / PC - Yasunori Nishiki - St. John - 00:47:55
07) Uwa!! So Holiday!! - Undertale - Multiplatform - Toby Fox - Hugues - 00:51:46
08) Limestone Cave - Sonic Adventure - Dreamcast - Jun Senoue - St. John - 00:52:38
09) Winter Festival - Stardew Valley - Multiplatform - ConcernedApe - Hugues - 00:55:41
10) Boss Battle - Daze before Christmas - Mega Drive - Kim M. Jensen and/or Geir Tjelta - St. John - 00:58:13
11) Merry X-Mas & Funky 1999! - BreakQuest - Multiplatform - Jeroen "WAVE" Tel - Hugues - 01:00:45
12) Ice Cavern - LoZ: Ocarina of Time - N64 - Koji Kondo - St. John - 01:03:27
13) Toy Day - Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 3DS - Manaka Kataoka and/or Atsuko Asahi - Hugues - 01:05:14
14) Outside - Home Alone - Genesis - Clifford Falls - St. John - 01:07:40
C2E3: “Mishmash Monday - vol. 1” (Orig. Released: 03/15/21) - 01:11:16 - 01:48:44
Full episode can be found here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nerd-noise-radio-channel-2-c2e3-mishmash-monday-vol-1/id1191401173?i=1000513086071
Track# - Track - Game - System - Composer - Selected by - Timestamp
01) Track 4 - Starsky and Hutch - Multiplatform - Tim Follin - St. John - 01:11:16
02) Trickster for Mayor - The Flash - Mastersystem - Jeroen Tel - Hugues - 01:14:03
03) Boss - Blackbelt - Mastersystem - Katsuhiro Hayashi - St. John - 01:16:05
04) Sunset Park Zone Train - Sonic Triple Trouble - Game Gear - Yayoi Wachi - Hugues - 01:18:23
05) Nortinka - Link: The Faces of Evil - CD-i - Tony Trippi - St. John - 01:20:02
06) Stage 2 - TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan - GameBoy - Tomoko Nishikawa and/or Michiru Yamane - Hugues - 01:22:15
07) Winter’s Here - TMNT 2: The Arcade Game - NES - Yasuhiko Manno - St. John - 01:25:11
08) High Color Evolution - Splatoon - WiiU - Shiho Fujii - Hugues - 01:26:45
09) Cyclic (Heavily Armored) - Cosmic Carnage - 32X - Hikoshi Hashimoto - St. John - 01:28:40
10) Synchronicity #23 - Trails of Cold Steel IV - PS4 - Falcom Sound Team JDK (likely Mitsuo Singa) - Hugues - 01:30:47
11) Kris VR - Burn Cycle - CD-i - Simon Boswell - St. John - 01:33:55
12) Pennington’s Mystery - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - GameCube - Yoshihito Hirano and/or Yuka Tsujiyoko - Hugues - 01:38:15
13) Mystic Woods (aka Forest 2) - Grounseed (OPN vers.) - PC98 - Daisuke Takahashi - St. John - 01:41:04
14) Birdman - Pilotwings 64 -N64 - Dan Hess - Hugues - 01:44:40
C2E4: “Summer Jams” (Orig. Released: 06/24/21) - 01:48:34 - 02:31:34
Full episode can be found here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c2e2-summerjams/id1191401173?i=1000526727040
(note: iTunes incorrectly lists this one as “C2E2”, when it is, in fact, “C2E4”)
Track# - Track - Game - System - Composer - Selected by - Timestamp
01) In-Game Theme - T&C Surf Designs - NES - Tsukasa Masuko - Hugues - 01:48:34
02) Passing Breeze - Outrun 2006: Coast to Coast - Multiplatform - c: Hiroshi Kawaguchi a: Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Yasuhiro Takagi, and/or Fumio Ito - St. John - 01:50:26
03) Costa Del Sol - Final Fantasy VII - PS1 - Nobuo Uematsu - Hugues - 01:55:58
04) Sirena Beach - Super Mario Sunshine - GameCube - Koji Kondo and/or Shinobu Tanaka - St. John - 01:58:19
05) DK Isle - Donkey Kong 64 - N64 - Grant Kirkhope - Hugues - 02:00:37
06) Ayane - Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 - PS4 / Vita - Masayoshi Sasaki, Mari Yoshida, and/or Kosuke Mizukami - St. John - 02:04:23
07) Outset Island - Legend of Zelda: Windwaker - GameCube - Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, Toru Minegishi, and/or Koji Kondo - Hugues - 02:08:01
08) In-Game Theme - Pink - iOS / Android - Bart Bonte - St. John - 02:11:49
09) Mishelam Wonderland - Ao no Kiseki - PSP - Falcom Sound Team JDK (probably Saki Momiyama) - Hugues - 02:15:26
10) Snif City - Paper Mario: The Origami King - Switch - Shoh Murakami, Yoshiaki Kimura, Hiroki Morshita, and/or Fumihiro Isobe - St. John - 02:19:02
11) Side Crawler’s Dance (Beach) - Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap - Mastersystem (PSG) - Shinchi Sakamoto - Hugues - 02:21:53
12) Door into Summer - Knuckles Chaotix - 32X - Junko Shiratsu and/or Mariko Nanba - St. John - 02:24:14
13) School’s Out - Bully - Multiplatform - Shawn Lee - Hugues - 02:26:39
14) Castle City - Waverace 64 - N64 - Kazumi Totaka - St. John - 02:29:20
C2E5: “Nihon Dake De” (Orig. Released 09/23/21) - 02:31:27 - 03:05:42
Full episode can be found here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/channel-2-c2e5-nihon-dake-de/id1191401173?i=1000536349764
Track Number - Track - Game - System - Composer - Selected by - Timestamp
01) Saturn - Star Cruizer - Sharp X68000 - Toshiya Yamanaka - St. John - 02:31:27
02) Stage 1 - Madō King Granzort - SuperGrafx - Norihiko Yamanuki - Hugues - 02:34:11
03) Torrid City - Metal Stoker - PC Engine - Hiroto Saitō, and/or Nozomu Takahashi - St. John - 02:36:30
04) Knock You Down - Live-A-Live - Super Famicom - Yoko Shimomura - Hugues - 02:38:48
05) I’ll Introduce - Yu Yu Hakusho: Makyou Toitsusen - Mega Drive - St. John - 02:41:05
06) I Wanna Close to You - Misty Blue - PC88 (OPNA) - Yuzu Koshiro - Hugues - 02:43:27
07) Fu-Ten / Mojibri Unkorashu - Mojib-Ribbon - PS2 - Masaya Matsuura* - St. John - 02:46:13
08) Title - Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School - Famicom Disk System - Nobuo Uematsu* - Hugues - 02:49:22
09) Level 1 Warning - Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake - MSX (SCC) - Masahiro Ikariko, Mutsuhiko Izumi, Yuko Kurahashi, Tomoya Tomita, Kazuhiko Uehara, Yuji Takenouchi, and/or Tsuyoshi Sekito - St. John - 02:50:51
10) Springdale 2040 Night - Yo-Kai Watch 4 - Nintendo Switch - Kenchiro Saigo - Hugues - 02:52:58
11) Stage 4 - Chip Chan Kick - PCFX - Hitoshi Sakimoto and/or Masaharu Iwata - St. John - 02:55:59
12) Remain - Psychic Detective Series vol. 3: Aya - FM Towns / Mega CD - Yasuhito Saito - Hugues - 02:57:51
13) A Refined Enchanted Cave - Chaos Seed: Fusui Kairoki - Saturn - Yasunori Shiono, Katsuhiro Hayashi, and/or Yukio Nakajima * - St. John - 03:00:52
14) Track 11 - Zero4 Champ II - PC Engine (CD) - Takeshi Ijima and/or Katsuhiro Hayashi - Hugues - 03:03:42
Channel F: “Nerd Noise Game Club” (Orig. Released: 12/19/19) - 03:05:37 - 04:16:24
Full episode can be found here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/channel-f-nerd-noise-game-club/id1191401173?i=1000460021607
Track# – Game – System – Track – Composer(s) – Year of Release – Selected By – Timestamp
01) Retro City Rampage - Multiplatform - Do or Die - Norrin Radd - 2012 - Hugues – 03:05:37
02) Shovel Knight - Multiplatform - Strike the Earth - Jake Kaufman - 2014 - St. John – 03:08:19
03) Tokyo Xanadu - Vita / PS4 / Windows - My Blaze, My Truth - Falcom Sound Team jdk (Hayato Sonoda, Mitsuo Singa, Takahiro Unisuga, and/or Koji Sekiguchi) - 2015 - Hugues – 03:11:57
04) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Switch - Norfair - c: Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka / a: Yuzo Koshiro - 2018 (orig. 2008) - St. John – 03:14:49
05) Kirby's Epic Yarn - Wii / 3DS - Dino Jungle - Tomoya Tomita - 2010 - Hugues – 03:17:20
06) Art of Balance - Multiplatform - World D - Martin Schjøler - 2010 - St. John – 03:19:36
07) L.A. Noire - Multiplatform - Noire Clarinet - Andrew and/or Simon Hale - 2011 - Hugues – 03:21:51
08) Gran Turismo Sport - PS4 - Process Control - Yasuhisa Inoue - 2017- St. John – 03:25:35
09) Final Fantasy XV - Multiplatform - What Lies Within - Yoko Shimomura - 2016 - Hugues – 03:29:04
10) n++ - Multiplatform - Fonction - Broca - 2015 - St. John – 03:31:41
11) Ys VIII : Lacrimosa of Dana - Multiplatform - One Dream, One Reality - Falcom Sound Team jdk (Hayoto Sonoda, Takahiro Unisuga, Yukihiro Jindo, and/or Mitsuo Singa) - 2016- Hugues – 03:38:26
12) Monument Valley - iOS / Android - The Garden - Stafford Bawler - 2014 - St. John – 03:42:03
13) To the Moon - Multiplatform - Having Lived - Ken Gao - 2011 - Hugues – 03:45:34
14) Prune - iOS / Android / Windows UWP - To The Stars - Kyle Preston - 2015 - St. John – 03:48:07
15) Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - WiiU / Switch - Mipha's Touch - Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata and/or Hajime Wakai - 2017 - Hugues – 03:51:49
16) So Many Me - Multiplatform - Outskirts - Christopher Geehan and/or Daniel Byrne-McCullough (HyperDuck Soundworks) - 2014 - St. John – 03:55:29
17) The Last Story - Wii - Theme of Last Story - c: Nobuo Uematsu / a: Yoshitaka Suzuki - 2011 - Hugues – 03:58:32
18) ARMS - Switch - Get ARMS - Atsuko Asahi and/or Yasuaki Iwata - 2017 - St. John – 04:03:18
19) The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II - Multiplatform - Heated Mind - Falcom Sound Team jdk (Hayato Sonoda, Takahiro Unisuga, Yukihiro Jindo, and/or Toshiharu Okajima) - 2014 - Hugues – 04:05:23
20) Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - Mirage - Kemmei Adachi - 2010 - St. John – 04:08:00
21) Bravely Default - 3DS - Land of Light and Shadow - Revo - 2012 - Hugues – 04:12:07
22) Miitopia - 3DS - In That Holiday Mood - Toshiyuki Sudo, Shinji Ushiroda, Yumi Takahashi, and/or Megumi Inoue - 2016 - St. John - 04:14:36
Total Episode Runtime: 04:16:24
