Super Rainwave Podcast

Tom and Nat invite guest Rob onto the show to discuss car racing games! Rob, the founder of Rainwave, adds a lot of nice details about racing games that he's played. We stick to car racing, not playing any kart racing games or other types of racing games. Download MP3  Tracklist coming soon.

After a 6 month hiatus, the Super Rainwave Podcast is back! This is our second Free Play episode, which means a great selection of songs from a variety of systems. We have at least one more episode that should be coming out in the next month, so stay tuned! Download MP3  Tracklist (full info here): SongGameArtist Dart's ThemeThe Legend of DragoonTakeo Miratsu, Dennis Martin Ap

You beat the game! As you celebrate, music plays as the staff rolls. Many times these songs are calm and happy, though exceptions abound. This episode features many such selections, as we celebrate the best music to close out games. Download MP3  Tracklist (full info here): SongGameArtist EndingV-Rally Championship EditionAlberto José González Staff Credits ReduxThe Legend o

We celebrate the 20th anniversary of Donkey Kong Country by listening to tracks from throughout the DKC series. Tom and Nat are joined by Jon Funk, the resident statistician/mad scientist of the Rainwave forums, who picks some excellent tracks. Tom and Nat admit some potentially unpopular opinions about DKC's music, yet we all ended up enjoying the music that was played! Note: Jon'

Like a boss! This episode's music, that is. We listen to a lot of rock and orchestral tracks from boss levels, with soaring guitars and epic strings. There are some surprises in here as well, tracks that don't fit the boss music stereotype at all. Download MP3  Tracklist (full info here): SongGameArtist Final BossMythJeroen Tel KoopaSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's IslandKoji Kond

In episode 16 we focus on Cave Story, the wonderful indie game created and composed by Daisuke Amaya, who goes by the pseudonym Pixel. This game has a gem of a chiptune soundtrack that has inspired many remixes and rearrangements. Download MP3  Tracklist (full info here): SongGameArtist The Way Back HomeCave StoryDaisuke Amaya (Pixel) Meltdown 2Cave StoryDaisuke Amaya (Pixel)

Since this episode ends in a 5, Tom and Nat revisit the focus of Original + Remix! This episode features great songs from soundtracks along with awesome remixes or arrangements, giving us a chance to see how the remixers worked with the source music in their remixes. Download MP3  Tracklist (full info here): SongGameArtist Main ThemeSuper Mario KartSoya Oka Title ScreenMario K

For episode 14, Tom and Nat focus on game that have never had sequels and aren't parts of series. Since this eliminates many of the well-known video game soundtracks, we get to hear a variety of music with unique sound qualities. Some of the tracks in this episode come from old games that will likely never get sequels, and others are from more recent games that have no sequel yet,

We focus on vocal music for episode 13! This includes a wide variety of tracks, some cheesy, some donuty. Vocals in VGM can be a divisive topic, so hopefully this will be enjoyable to the vocals lovers and enlightening to the vocals haters! Download MP3  Tracklist (full info here): SongGameArtist Smooth As HoneyMega Man 9Sir Jordanius Angels With Burning HeartsBurning RangersN

The SQ Albums are a series of official arrangement albums created by Square Enix arranging many different games that they developed. This series includes a set of chiptune-focused arrangement albums, as well as other albums with various themes. Tom and Nat enjoy picking tracks from the SQ Albums, including a few expected games such as Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger, as well as so