[Channel 2] “Nerd Noise Game Club” - C2E12: “House Music”

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Today’s episode is C2E12, for Theme Thursday, April 27th, 2023. Today’s theme is music from Houses and/or Towns and/or Town Locations, on a program we’re calling “House Music” - episode theme and title both selected by Hugues!

Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Selected By

01) Training - Luigi’s Mansion - GameCube - Kazumi Totaka, and/or Shinobu Tanaka

1. Earcatcher - 00:00:00
2. Music - 00:00:03
3. Introduction - 00:02:32
4. Top of show business - 00:03:15
5. Discussion - 00:15:30

02) Itchy and Scratchy - The Simpsons: Bart’s Nightmare - Genesis - Dean Morrell, Mark Ganus and/or H. Kinsley Thurber - St. John

1. Music - 00:20:39
2. Discussion - 00:22:25

03) The Ominous Mansion - Crisis Core: FFVII - Multiplatform - Takeharu Ishimoto - Hugues

1. Music - 00:28:36
2. Discussion - 00:32:02

04) Alone in the Town - Silent Hill 2 - PS2 - Akira Yamaoka - St. John

1. Music - 00:37:16
2. Discussion - 00:39:39

05) A Quiet Moment - Ys III - TG16 - c: Mieko Ishikawa (Falcom Sound Team J.D.K.) / a: Keita Hoshi - Hugues

1. Music - 00:46:32
2. Discussion - 00:48:37

06) Statts - Sword of Vermilion - Genesis - Hiroshi Kawaguchi - St. John

1. Music - 00:57:19
2. Discussion - 00:59:31

07) Shenhua’s House (Day) - Shenmue II - Dreamcast / XBox - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Yuzo Koshiro, Ryuji Iuchi, Takeshi Yanagawa, Satoshi Miyashita, Koji Sakurai, Masataka Nitta, Shinji Otsuka, Fumio Ito, Megumi Takano, Osamu Murata, and/or Shinichi Goto - Hugues

1. Music - 01:04:58
2. Discussion - 01:08:43

08) Build Mode 4 - The Sims - PC - Jerry Martin and/or Marc Russo - St. John

1. Music - 01:16:41
2. Discussion - 01:20:27

09) My Quiet Forest Home - Octopath Traveller - Multiplatform - Yasunori Nishiki - Hugues

1. Music - 01:27:00
2. Discussion - 01:30:24

10) Hometown - Last Bible III - Super Famicom - Hiroyuki Yanada - St. John

1. Music - 01:35:52
2. Discussion - 01:38:47

11) Dezolis Town 2 - Phantasy Star IV - Genesis - Izuho Numata, and/or Masaki Nakagaki - Hugues

1. Music - 01:46:19
2. Discussion - 01:48:03

12) House Theme - LoZ: Breath of the Wild - WiiU / Switch - c: Koji Kondo / a: Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata, and/or Hajime Wakai - St. John

1. Music - 01:51:02
2. Discussion - 01:54:07

13) Agitha’s Castle - LoZ: Twilight Princess - GameCube / Wii / WiiU - Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ota, and/or Koji Kondo - Hugues

1. Music - 01:57:07
2. Discussion - 01:59:10
3. End of Show business - 02:02:19
4. Our other shows pt 1 - 02:05:18
5. [INTERLUDE] A funny May 4th Story - 02:06:37
6. Our other shows pt 2 - 02:08:28
7. Final Track Discussion - 02:10:00
8. Sign-off - 02:11:33

14) Town #2 - RPG Maker VX Ace - PC - Unknown - St. John

1. Music - 02:11:43
2. Outtakes (general) - 02:14:36
3. Outtakes (bonus 1 - We interrupt this program) - 02:25:38
4. Outtakes (bonus - John’s crazy little sound experiment which got COMPLETELY out of hand!) - 02:26:21

Total Episode Runtime: 02:28:56

Produced using a mix of Audacity and Ardour (various versions of each), primarily in KDE Neon (Linux) on St. John’s main laptop, and secondarily on St. John’s Gaming PC “Big Rig” running Garuda KDE Dr460nized Gaming Edition (also Linux).

PRODUCTION NOTE: Sword of Vermilion enemy death sound was reused in Shinobi III, and was much more accessible there, so that’s actually where my sound file for the episode came from!

Retro Game Club can be found here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-game-club/id1453018680

You can also follow Retro Game Club on Facebook and Instagram @retrogameclubpodcast and on Twitter @rgcpodcast.

Hugues’ blog can be found here:

https://huguesjohnson.com/

BGM for “John’s crazy little sound experiment”: “Momentary Visions - composed by Afro-Mystik (non-VGM) on OM Records 2004 release “OM Lounge 8”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrvSCfNFvfg

“NNR Reruns presents - ‘Chandlerfest!’” can be found here:

Link for Spotify users (best):

https://open.spotify.com/episode/04EMpO0NKR6RCBvuHaxDMq?si=533cf6c1944a42abhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/04EMpO0NKR6RCBvuHaxDMq?si=533cf6c1944a42ab

Link for non-Spotify users (open to all):

https://www.stitcher.com/show/nerd-noise-radio-network-all-channels/episode/nerd-noise-radio-reruns-presents-chandlerfest-62913027

You can find Nerd Noise Radio on Facebook and on Twitter each @NerdNoiseRadio. There are also two Facebook Groups: Nerd Noise Radio “Easy Mode” where we just have general video game and nerd fun, or for the gearheads among you, Nerd Noise Radio “Expert Mode” where we deep dive sound hardware, composer info, and music theory.

You can find the blog at www.nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. Where we sometimes share additional show notes, and inside info. You can also find Nerd Noise Radio on Archive.org, where we have remixes and super bonuses only available there (such as a music-only alternative version of today’s show).

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the Retro Junkies community, which can be found at www.theretrojunkies.com. And we are a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community on Facebook. St. John is also the admin of the Podcasters of Des Moines Facebook group, which features a number of other podcasters and great programs from the greater Des Moines area.

Thanks for listening! Join us again May 12 for C1E75: “FaceOff Friday - vol. 5” - featuring the first return to GarageBand in macOS in over three years, and so far as I can anticipate and predict, VERY likely the last time EVER! A resurrected Lost Level from 2020 made in the style of a 2019 episode, using the full complement of 2019-era hardware and software for the occasion. Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds! And wherever you are….Fly the N!