Nerd Noise Radio

Today’s Broadcast is C2E20, for Theme Thursday, Oct 24th, 2024. All good things must come to an end. Today is the final “regular” (as in, “final non-retrospective” episode - and as opposed to “final all time” episode). This will be the final episode where we bring new tracks to the show, though. So it is still an ending. The theme, therefore, is ending music, on a program we’re calling “...all good things…”

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

01) Summer Vacation - Tokyo Xanadu - Multiplatform - Takahiro Unisuga (Falcom Sound Team jdk) - Hugues

1. Earcatcher - 00:00:00


2. Music - 00:00:03


3. Introduction - 00:05:23


4. Top of Show Business - 00:06:14


5. The Reveal of last episode’s mystery themes - 00:09:44


6. Discussion - 00:24:38

02) Credits - Sonic 2 - Genesis - Masato Nakamura - St. John

1. Music - 00:30:16


2. Discussion - 00:33:01

03) Staff Roll - Phantasy Star III - Genesis - Ippo Takeuchi - Hugues

1. Music - 00:35:17


2. Discussion - 00:37:15

04) Ending - Super Castlevania IV - SNES - Masanori Adachi and/or Taro Kudo - St. John

1. Music - 00:42:07


2. Discussion - 00:44:46

05) Ending - Another World - Amiga - Jean-François Freitas - Hugues

1. Music - 00:54:53


2. Discussion - 00:56:27

06) Triforce Chamber - LoZ: Link to the Past - SNES - Koji Kondo

1. Music - 01:00:40


2. Discussion - 01:02:09

07) The Credits Concerto - Donkey Kong Country - SNES - David Wise and/or Eveline Fischer - Hugues

1. Music - 01:08:45


2. Discussion - 01:10:43

[EDITOR’s NOTE: I partially confused Vangelis with fellow Greek musician, Iasos. My bad! -St. J]

08) Ground Zero - Shinobi III - Genesis - Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama, and/or Masayuki Nagao - St. John

1. Music - 01:16:19


2. Discussion - 01:18:38

09) Good End - Streets of Rage II - Genesis - Yuzo Koshiro and/or Motohiro Kawashima - Hugues

1. Music - 01:34:07


2. Discussion - 01:36:30

10) End Credits - Mega Man 3 - NES - Yasuaki Fujita and/or Harumi Fujita - St. John

1. Music - 01:43:56


2. Discussion - 01:46:14

11) Farewell and a Decision - Grandia II - PS2 / Dreamcast - Noriyuki Iwadare - Hugues

1. Music - 01:49:38


2. Discussion - 01:54:26

12) Ending - Stray - Multiplatform - Jan van der Cruyssen - St. John

1. Music - 02:01:40


2. Discussion - 02:05:12

13) 16th Floor - Speedrun Tower - Genesis - c: JAM / a: Hugues Johnson - Hugues

1. Music - 02:10:48


2. Discussion - 02:12:38


3. End of Show Business - 02:22:27


4. Closing track Discussion - 02:29:49


5. Sign-off - 02:30:44

14) Ending - Super Mario World - SNES - Koji Kondo - St. John

1. Music - 02:30:51


2. Outtakes - 02:34:52


3. BONUS - the “Composed by St. John / arranged by Jay Cook” collection
   1. “Floor It!” from the Game “X-Racer” (Hydra Development System) - 02:39:52
   
   
   2. “In-Game Theme” from the Game “Ranquest” (Hydra Development System) - 02:41:07
   
   

Total Episode Runtime: 02:44:07

Hugues’ blog can be found here:

https://huguesjohnson.com/

St. John’s Mom’s flute business can be found here:

Website:

www.valwedgeworth.com

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/UxpsjWw3Js5uUtLf/

Valerie's Flute Entertainment, LLC (Playing the Decades)

Email: [email protected]

Note: St. John called it “Val’s Flute Entertainment”, instead of “Valerie’s Flute Entertainment”, but it used to be called “Val’s Flute”.

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 later this month for a very special Channel 1 (subject a surprise for now), and then again in November for a sequel Ch 1 and for our Ch 2 “Best of Season 4 retrospective” - which will be our second-to-last ever installment of Ch 2…..Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds, as well as Tasty VGM and Talk on Nerd Noise Game Club…and wherever you are….Fly the N!

Cheers!