Shujin Academy VGM Club

Tomorrow comes today with this collection of futuristic tracks! Some of them are from games set in the future, and some just sound like the future. Listen for a taste of life in the dystopian world of 2025.

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.
• Vee, The VGM Lover for finding some composer information for Tetris Kiwamemichi. You can follow him on BlueSky at thevgmlover.bsky.social.
• How Much in Bison Dollars? for the idea for the Destiny is Destiny promo. You can follow him on YouTube, TikTok, and social media platforms at HMIBisonDollars, and check out his show on FGC Radio.
• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.

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Track Listing:

00:00 - VA-11 HALL-A (multiplatform) - CALICOMP 1.1 Startup (composer: Garoad)

00:15 - Show Tagline

00:21 - Civilization III (PC) - Techno (composer: Mark Cromer)

03:48 - Talk Segment 1

08:40 - VA-11 HALL-A (multiplatform) - Welcome to VA-11 HALL-A (composer: Garoad)

11:43 - 2064: Read Only Memories (multiplatform) - Media Blues (composer: Matthew "2 Mello" Hopkins)

13:23 - Persona Q (3DS) - It’s Show Time (composer: Toshiki Konishi)

15:55 - Unlimited SaGa (PS2) - BT Ver. 3 (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)

17:41 - The World Ends With You (DS) - Psychedelic (composer: Takeharu Ishimoto)

20:03 - Tetris Kiwamemichi (PS2 / arcade) - 05 (composer: unknown)

23:09 - Talk Segment 2

25:24 - Arkanoid DS (DS) - only nearby peace (GAME Chuu BGM) (composer: Takafumi Wada)

28:20 - Rage Racer (PSX) - Lightning Luge (composers: Tetsukazu Nakanishi)

33:28 - Jet Set Radio Future (Xbox) - Funky Dealer (composer: Hideki Naganuma)

36:59 - Tempest 2000 (Jaguar) - Mind’s Eye (composers: Alastair Lindsay, Ian Howe, Julian Hodgson, and Kevin Saville)

41:52 - Talk Segment 3

45:31 - Tetris Effect (multiplatform) - Flames (composer: Hydelic)

49:36 - Streets of Rage 3 (Genesis) - Boss (composer: Motohiro Kawashima)

52:19 - Rez (Dreamcast) - Fear (composer: Adam Freeland; vocals: Cage)

57:25 - San Francisco Rush 2049 (N64) - Flier (composer: Barry Leitch)

1:01:49 - Outro Talk Segment

1:04:20 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (DS) - Defy the Legends (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, and Yoshihiro Maeda)

1:08:24 - VA-11 HALL-A (multiplatform) - CALICOMP 1.1 Shutdown (composer: Garoad)