Shujin Academy VGM Club

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Hosted by Professor Tom, Shujin Academy VGM Club is a video game music podcast that primarily focuses on retro VGM with occasional forays into newer games. New episodes are released on Thursdays every time Professor Tom gets one finished, which is typically every 2 to 4 weeks.

  1. Episode 71 - Final Interpretation

    3d ago

    Episode 71 - Final Interpretation

    Since 1999, OverClocked ReMix (https://ocremix.org/) has been a part of the video game music community. It began as a showcase of game music from fans, and it’s grown into a library with years of history and game remixes. The community began releasing themed albums full of songs in 2003, and several of those albums have covered various Final Fantasy games. In this first of a two-episode series, we’ll be looking at the OCRemix albums covering NES and SNES Final Fantasy games. Special thanks for this episode goes out to: All the various musicians, remixers, and arrangers who worked on these OCRemix albums. Lots of links for them are below, alongside links to download each of today’s four featured albums 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.  If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. If you liked these remixes, and want more awesome songs like these, here are links for the projects and artists featured on this episode. Some artists appear more than once; for those artists, only the first entry includes their links. All songs were originally composed by Nobuo Uematsu. OverClocked Remix (https://ocremix.org/) - All songs featured today are pulled from this website and this community. OCRemix is also home to dozens of other VGM arrangement albums and thousands of tracks.  Final Fantasy II: Rebellion credits: The full album can be downloaded at https://ocremix.org/album/64/final-fantasy-ii-rebellion The show’s opening track was “Preluematsude”, from Jeff Ball. You can find his website at https://jeffballmusic.com/ and his BandCamp page at https://jeffball.bandcamp.com/  The first song in this block was “Grind My Crank”, from XPRTNovice, also known as Joe Zieja. You can find his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@JoeZieja, where he talks about gaming and voice acting, and you can find his website at https://joezieja.com/.  The second song in this block was “Rebellion”, from Brandon Strader, Chernabogue, and Detective Tuesday.  Brandon Strader’s website can be found at https://bstrader.net/. You can also find his work on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/brandon-strader) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bstrader). His work is also available to stream on Spotify.  Chernabogue / Alex Mourey can be found on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/chernabogue), on Bandcamp (https://chernabogue.bandcamp.com/), and on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/Chernabogue) Detective Tuesday / Anton Corazza can be found on his website at https://antoncorazza.com/. You can also find his work on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/antoncorazza), on Bandcamp (https://antoncorazza.bandcamp.com/), and on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/antoncorazza) Today’s show finishes with “Finally”, arranged by a mysterious individual known only as “Hat”. This person has no links on the OCRemix website and is nigh impossible to search for, so godspeed unto them. They had their reasons for anonymity, and I shall respect it.  Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption credits: The full album can be downloaded at https://ocremix.org/album/14/final-fantasy-iv-echoes-of-betrayal-light-of-redemption The first song in this block was “Fighting for Tomorrow”, from OA and Nutritious.  OA is also known as OceansAndrew, or by his birth name of Andrew Luers. You can find his SoundCloud page at https://soundcloud.com/user-120330359, and his YouTube is at https://www.youtube.com/failinghope.  Nutritious is the nom de remix of Justin Medford, and you can find his SoundCloud page at https://soundcloud.com/nutritiousmusic. He’s also got a YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/NutritiousMultimedia  The second song in this block was “Golbez 'N Goblins” from bLiNd, also known as Jordan Aguirre. Find his YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@brailleaudio/videos and follow him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/blindedm  The third song in the block was “Metal Mage”, from Cyril the Wolf, Lil' Wolfie, and OA.  Cyril the Wolf is the alias of Connor Pelkey, and his SoundCloud page is at https://soundcloud.com/cyrilthewolf. His Bandcamp page is at https://cyrilthewolf.bandcamp.com/ and you can find his YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/CyrilRufus  Final Fantasy V: The Fabled Warriors credits: Part 1 of this project can be downloaded at https://ocremix.org/album/20/final-fantasy-v-the-fabled-warriors-i-wind.  Part 2 of this project can be downloaded at https://ocremix.org/album/73/final-fantasy-v-the-fabled-warriors-ii-water The first song in the block was “In the Shadows ~Theme of Thief~”, from Mattias Häggström Gerdt, and it’s found on the “WIND” album.  Mattias Häggström Gerdt’s SoundCloud page can be found at https://soundcloud.com/anosou, and he’s also got a YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/anosoumusictube. He’s also done soundtrack work for multiple indie games; his MobyGames at https://www.mobygames.com/person/387430/mattias-haggstrom-gerdt/ lists all of them.   The second song in the block was “La Princesa de Taikun ~Theme of Lenna~”, from Sixto Sounds, and it’s on the “WATER” album. Sixto Sounds is also known as Juan Medrano, and you can find his SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/sixtosounds and his YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/ocrsixtosounds  The third song in the block was “A Silver Light Shines ~Theme of Mystic Knight~”, from DarkeSword, and it’s also on the “WATER” album. DarkeSword is also known as Shariq Ansari, and you can find him on BlueSky at https://bsky.app/profile/darkesword.com. He’s also on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/darkesword.  Final Fantasy VI: Balance and Ruin credits: The full album can be downloaded at https://ocremix.org/album/46/final-fantasy-vi-balance-and-ruin  The first song featured from this album is “There Will Be Blood”, arranged by Anti-Syne, who is also known as Jack Lewis. You can find his SoundCloud page at https://soundcloud.com/jack-lewis.  The second featured song is “Blackjack's Breakup Bossa”, arranged by Calum Bowen with vocals from Xarnax42. Calum Bowen’s SoundCloud page can be found at https://soundcloud.com/calumbowen. He’s composed several game soundtracks, and you can also follow him on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/calumbowen and https://www.youtube.com/@boenyeah  Xarnax42 is also known as Jesse Deacon, and his SoundCloud is at https://soundcloud.com/xarnax42. His YouTube is at https://www.youtube.com/Xarnax42   The third featured song is “La Montana de los Caballos Jovenes”, arranged by XPRTNovice, whose details can be found above.  The fourth featured song is “A Glimmer of Hope”, arranged by Joshua Morse with help from Jeff Ball and Laura Intravia.  Joshua Morse’s website is https://jmflava.com/. He’s also got a Bandcamp page at https://joshuamorse.bandcamp.com/ and a SoundCloud page at https://soundcloud.com/joshuamorse.  Jeff Ball’s details can be found above. Laura Intravia’s website is https://www.lauraintravia.com/. Her list of game credits can be found at https://www.mobygames.com/person/572991/laura-intravia/, and she’s got a YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/flutelink.  Finally, on the subject of arranged game music, you can listen to fellow game music podcast RE-VGM for an entire show devoted exclusively to game music remixes. RE-VGM’s website is at https://re-vgm.blubrry.net/ and you can find the show on most major podcast platforms. Tell Martyrus that Professor Tom sent you. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Final Fantasy II: Rebellion - Preluematsude (Prelude) [arranger: Jeff Ball] 04:10 - Talk Segment 1 09:13 - Final Fantasy II: Rebellion - Grind My Crank (Tower of the Magi) [arranger: XPRTNovice] 13:14 - Final Fantasy II: Rebellion - Rebellion (Dead Music, The Rebel Army) [arrangers: Brandon Strader, Chernabogue, Detective Tuesday] 17:44 - Talk Segment 2 19:52 - Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption - Fighting for Tomorrow (Fabul) [arrangers: OA, Nutritious, The Fabul Men's Choir] 25:19 - Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption - Golbez 'N Goblins (Golbez, Clad in Darkness) [arranger: bLiNd] 30:01 - Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption - Metal Mage (Palom and Porom) [arrangers: Cyril the Wolf, Lil' Wolfie, OA] 32:15 - Talk Segment 3 36:3

    1h 11m

  2. Apr 16

    Episode 70 - Cool Glasses, Cool Glasses 3: Coolest Glasses, Coolest Glasses

    There are sunglasses. They are cool sunglasses. So cool that you’ll need them while you vibe through these seventeen cool songs. If you liked this episode, there are a few other recent VGM podcast episodes you may want to check out.  Fellow VGM podcast Pixel Beat just did an episode featuring songs with a cool vibe, and you can hear it at https://pixelbeatpod.buzzsprout.com/1797351/episodes/18961132-177-more-vibin If you liked the track from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All, there’s a recent CRT Soundsystem episode where they did a deep dive into the Phoenix Wright DS trilogy, and you can hear it at https://rss.com/podcasts/crtsoundsystem/2630834/ or on the CRT Soundsystem Patreon.  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.  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  All of you awesome listeners who’ve helped the show get to 10000 downloads If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Persona 3 Dancing in Moonlight (PS4) - Colorful Lights (composer: Ryota Kozuka) 02:00 - Talk Segment 1 04:54 - Final Fantasy XIII (multiplatform) - Can’t Catch a Break (composer: Masashi Hamauzu) 10:09 - Racing Lagoon (PSX) - C1-WARRIORS (composers: Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi) 11:55 - Bomberman Hero (N64) - redial (composer: Jun Chikuma) 13:43 - Lam-Mal (X68000) - Town A (composers: Hideaki Takashita and Ryu Takami) 17:38 - Viewpoint (Neo Geo) - BE YOUR AGE! (AREA 3) (composer: Megumi Matsuura) 20:03 - Talk Segment 2 22:51 - R4 / Ridge Racer Type 4 - LUCID RHYTHMS (composer: Tetsukazu Nakanishi) 26:15 - Mega Man 8 (Saturn) - Aqua Man Stage (aka Underwater Stage) (composer: Shusaku Uchiyama) 28:10 - Tekken 3 (Arcade) - King (composer: Nobuyoshi Sano) 30:38 - Alpine Racer (Arcade) - Extreme Slope (composer: Takayuki Ishikawa) 34:25 - Ultra Street Fighter IV (multiplatform) - Theme of Ibuki - Twilight (SSFIV Arrange) (composers: Hideki Okugawa; arranger: Hideyuki Fukasawa) 38:13 - Talk Segment 3 43:12 - Persona 5 Royal (multiplatform) - Phantom (composer: Shoji Meguro) 45:25 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All (DS?) - Shelly de Killer ~ The Whim of a Murderous Gentleman (composer: Akemi Kimura) 46:54 - Shin Megami Tensei - Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army (PS2) - The Lazy Detective Agency (composer: Shoji Meguro) 50:07 - The Outfoxies (Arcade) - City of Bule (composer: Masahiro Fukuzawa) 55:06 - Miami Chase (Amiga) - New York (composer: Jimmy Fredriksson) 58:36 - Outro Talk Segment 1:01:10 - Golf Magazine Presents 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples (32X) - Music Test 01 (composers: Ron Saltmarsh and Andy Warr)

    1h 3m

  3. Apr 1 ·  Bonus

    Bonus Episode 05 - The Tree of Wisdom

    In the Bible, chapter 4 verse 1 of the Apostle Paul’s second letter to the Croatians, says “Yea, the Tree of Wisdom doth produce fruit that creates sweet tones, and unto them ye shall listen and be enlightened.” And to celebrate April 1st, which is called Wisdom Tree Day after this Bible verse and definitely not celebrated as any other kind of holiday, we’ll be listening to songs from Wisdom Tree, a developer that specialized in Christian games. Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Red McCano, host of the How Much in Bison Dollars? podcast, for letting me borrow Pastor Rick Swindoll and his informed opinions about martial arts. You can learn more about the How Much in Bison Dollars program by searching for “How Much in Bison Dollars” on your podcatcher of choice or on Patreon, and you can find Shadaloo Department of Treasury Senior Executive Vice Senior President McCano on most social media platforms as @hmibisondollars. Pastor Thomas, for his enlightening sermon.  If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. To hear some of the actual theological underpinnings of Pastor Thomas’s teaching, here are some helpful links for you. On martial arts: https://youtube.com/shorts/iEcmxFb4pfc On Pokemon: https://youtu.be/aHPWJ1NPhhQ  Pastor Thomas’s views on Katamari Damacy are informed by Phil Phillips’s book “Turmoil in the Toybox”, which can be found in used bookstores online. Pastor Thomas's views on Neo Turf Masters are informed by the 16th hole on the Australian course, the 15th hole on the German course, holes 16 and 17 on the Japanese course, the second hole on the American course, and every single hole on the Scotland course.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:08 - Sunday Funday: The Ride (NES) - Main Theme (composers: Vance Kozik and Roger Deforest) 00:53 - Talk Segment 1 07:08 - Bible Adventures (NES) - Noah's Ark, Baby Moses, and David and Goliath (composer: Vance Kozik) 08:03 - Talk Segment 2 13:10 - King of Kings: The Early Years (NES) - The Wise Men (arrangement of “We Three Kings” , composed by John Henry Hopkins Jr.; arranger unknown) 13:58 - Talk Segment 3 19:37 - Spiritual Warfare (Genesis) - Overworld Theme (composers: Roger Deforest and Vance Kozik) 21:25 - Talk Segment 4 29:16 - Exodus: Journey to the Promised Land (Genesis) - Stage Theme (arrangement of “Father Abraham”, composed by Pierre Kartner; arranger unknown) 30:01 - Talk Segment 5 36:34 - Super 3D Noah's Ark (SNES) - Menu (composer: Vance Kozik) 37:25 - Outro Talk Segment 41:36 - Tee Off (Dreamcast) - Let’s Get Golfing! (composer: Makoto Asai; lyrics: Cathy; vocals: Hitomi Ono)

    45 min
  4. Bonus Episode 04 - Arise, Effect, Infinite

    Mar 12 ·  Bonus

    Bonus Episode 04 - Arise, Effect, Infinite

    The fine folks at Enhance reached out to me and asked if I’d show off some of the soundtrack for Lumines Arise, along with their other games like Tetris Effect and Rez Infinite. And I said yes, because all three of those soundtracks are great, so that’s what this special bonus episode is all about.  Special thanks for this episode goes out to: CJ from Enhance for approaching me and asking if I’d do an episode about Lumines Arise. You can follow Enhance on BlueSky at enhance-experience.com, on Twitter as @enhance_exp, and visit their website at https://enhance-experience.com/ BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  Independently of this episode, I found Lumines Arise via games writer Pete Davison’s blog MoeGamer. You can find his excellent article about it at https://moegamer.net/2025/11/14/lumines-arise-the-art-of-sincerity-and-creating-meaning-without-explicit-narrative/ and you can visit the whole website at https://moegamer.net  If you want to know more about Hydelic, you can find his website at http://www.noborumutoh.com and you visit his Bandcamp page at https://hydelic.bandcamp.com, where you can download all three of the soundtracks featured on this episode.  To hear more from Luma, who contributed to some of the Lumines Arise vocal tracks, you can visit her YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/c/LumaMusicOfficial/about.  To hear more from Kymara, who also contributed to a Lumines Arise vocal track, you can find her YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/@KymaraJapNgie. Her official website is https://kymaramusic.com and she can also be found on Spotify.  Mechi Pieretti was the vocalist on one of the Tetris Effect songs, and you can find her YouTube page at  https://www.youtube.com/@MechiPieretti and she’s also on Spotify.  Kat McDowell’s guitar also shows up on one of today’s featured tracks from Tetris Effect, and you can find her website at https://www.kat-mcdowell.com and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/katmcdowell. Mayu Wakisaka contributed to one of the Rez Infinite tracks, and you can find her work on Spotify and Apple Music, and also on her YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/user/mayutantanutan.  The show opened and closed with tracks featuring Krysta Youngs, and you can find more of her music on her website at https://www.krystayoungs.com, on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/krystayoungs, on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/krystayoungsmusic, and also on Spotify and Apple Music. If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:08 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Arise (composers: Krista Youngs and Hydelic; performed by Krista Youngs and Hydelic) 02:52 - Talk Segment 1 06:19 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - In Black and White (composer: Takako Ishida) 08:43 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Reboot (composer: Hydelic) 12:46 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - The List (composer: Hydelic) 15:37 - Talk Segment 2 16:29 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Bloom Pulse (composer: Takako Ishida) 20:44 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Swarm Within (composer: Takako Ishida) 24:45 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Snow Murmur (composer: Takako Ishida) 29:23 - Talk Segment 3 30:45 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Sky Falls Down (composers: Hydelic and Luma) 34:13 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Two Lost Stars (composers: Hydelic and Luma) 38:09 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Wash Away (composers: Hydelic and Kymara) 41:33 - Talk Segment 4 43:16 - Tetris Effect (multiplatform) - Next Chapter (composer: Hydelic) 47:54 - Tetris Effect (multiplatform) - World of Colors [In-Game Mix] (composer: Hydelic; vocals: Mechi Pieretti; guitar: Kat McDowell) 51:22 - Talk Segment 5 52:56 - Rez Infinite (PlayStation 5 / Steam) - Deeplights (composers: Hydelic and Takako Ishida) 54:07 - Rez Infinite (PlayStation 5 / Steam) - Awakening (composers: Hydelic and Takako Ishida) 58:36 - Rez Infinite (PlayStation 5 / Steam) - Singularity X (Ending Edit) (composers: Hydelic and Mayu Wakisaka) 1:00:58 - Outro Talk Segment 1:03:00 - Lumines Arise (Steam/PS5) - Only Human [In-Game Mix] (composers: Hydelic and Krysta Youngs)

    1h 6m
  5. Episode 69 - Chilly McFreeze VII: Steven James Anderson

    Feb 12

    Episode 69 - Chilly McFreeze VII: Steven James Anderson

    For the 69th episode, we’ll be hearing a nice set of calm tracks, adding another entry to my ongoing Chilly McFreeze series.  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. (Mention new episode about Kaze no NOTAM) All the fine, hardworking people who’ve ripped these tracks out of various video games. BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you like these Chilly McFreeze episodes that I keep doing, you should check out Chillscape, an entire podcast devoted to chill VGM, hosted by Aaron of the Superghost podcast. You can find the website for it at chillscape.xyz and it’s available on most podcatchers that aren’t Spotify, because Spotify is evil and they hate video game music.  If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Picross e7 (3DS) - Mega Picross (composer: unknown) 02:19 - Talk Segment 1 05:12 - Energy Breaker (Super Famicom) - Newly-Settled Town (composer: Yukio Nakajima) 07:42 - Star Ocean (Super Famicom) - Ambition (composer: Motoi Sakuraba) 10:55 - Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand (Super Famicom) - Shopping (composers: Naoki Kaneda, Satoshi Arai, and Atsushi Shirakawa) 12:58 - Bahamut Lagoon (Super Famicom) - Aqui-Land Mahaaru (composer: Noriko Matsueda) 15:22 - Cu-On-Pa (Super Famicom) - Lonely Factory (composer: Ken Kojima) 20:22 - Talk Segment 2 23:19 - Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked (PS2?) - So that the forms of heavenly maidens linger before me yet more (composer: Masafumi Takada) 25:30 - Coffee Talk (multiplatform) - Silent Rains (composer: Andrew Jeremy) 29:23 - Persona 5 Tactica (multiplatform) - Beneath the Mask -Tactica- (composer: Shoji Meguro; arranger: Toshiki Konishi) 23:25 - VA-11 Hall-A (multiplatform) - Dusk (composer: Garoad) 37:35 - Breath of Fire 3 (PS1) - Windy City (composers: Akari Kaida, Yoshino Aoki) 39:52 - Talk Segment 3 43:51 - Fantasian (multiplatform) - Frozen Tundra (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 48:37 - Chrono Cross (PS1) - Leaving the Body (composer: Yasunori Mitsuda) 50:44 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (DS) - Time Gear (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, Yoshihiro Maeda) 52:41 - Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii/3DS/Switch) - Reminiscence (composer: Manami Kiyota) 56:09 - Thunder Force III (Genesis) - Present (Staff Roll) (composer: Toshiharu Yamanishi) 59:16 - Outro Talk Segment 1:02:05 - Final Fantasy VI (SNES) - Now is the Winter (cover of “The Mines of Narshe”; composer: Final Fantasy VI; arranger: Mustin)

    1h 6m
  6. Episode 68 - Samson Escapades Presents: The Landed Gentry of Fighters '26

    Jan 22

    Episode 68 - Samson Escapades Presents: The Landed Gentry of Fighters '26

    Special guest host Samson Escapades joins us from “How Much in Bison Dollars?” for a special look at a whole bunch of tracks from fighting games, some of which are fondly remembered and some of which have been forgotten. (Maybe even rightfully forgotten, in a few cases.)  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.  Red McCano, Senior Executive Vice Senior President of Shadaloo’s Department of Treasury, for the How Much in Bison Dollars campaign, the genesis of the Samson Escapades character, and for giving me the opportunity to portray him. You can find all things Bison Dollars on Threads, BlueSky, YouTube, and Patreon under the username “hmibisondollars”, and you can listen to the How Much in Bison Dollars? podcast on FGC Radio or on the podcatcher of your choice. VGM composer and arranger Gribblesnap for providing the song used in the Neo Turf Masters Neo promo. You can find their YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@gribblesnap  shoepixie for providing the voice for Neo Turf Masters Neo promo. BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  Samson’s social media sites are generally blocked outside of Shadaloo, but if you want to reach Professor Tom, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month (sometimes less) depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there.  If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:07 - King of Fighters ‘96 Arranged (arrangement) - “IN 1996” (Title) (composition and arrangement: Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan) 00:42 - Talk Segment - Team Forgotten SNK 04:21 - Buriki One: World Grapple Tournament '99 in Tokyo (Hyper Neo Geo 64) - Patrick Van Heyting (composer: Yasuo Yamate) 06:36 - Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle (Neo Geo) - Slum Town (composers: (Jojouha KITAPY, Yasuo Yamate, MITSUO) 08:25 - Baseball Stars Professional (Neo Geo CD) - Track 02 (composer: Toshikazu Tanaka)  10:55 - Talk Segment - Team Sega 13:17 - Holosseum (Arcade) - Dave (composers: Kazuhiko Nagai and Tomoyuki Kawamura) 14:08 - Dark Edge (Arcade) - Snowfield Stage (composer: Tomoyuki Kawamura) 16:35 - Fighting Vipers (Arcade) - Look to the Skies (composer: David Leytze) 19:10 - Talk Segment - Team ADK 22:28 - Aggressors of Dark Kombat (Neo Geo) - 30 Take It Easy (Bobby Main Theme) (composer: Hiroaki Kujirai) 24:17 - World Heroes 2 (Neo Geo) - Jonny, Let's Dance (Maximum's Theme) (composer: Hideki Yamamoto) 26:24 - Twinkle Star Sprites (Neo Geo) - Disagreeable (composer: Takeshi Muramatsu) 28:36 - Talk Segment - Team Animal 31:33 - Them's Fightin' Herds (multiplatform) - The Woodland (Oleander's Stage) (composer: Whitetail) 33:57 - Rivals of Aether II (PC) - Adventurous Gale (composer: Moonsailor) 37:06 - Brutal: Paws of Fury (SNES) - Training in the Dojo (composer: Neil Baldwin) 39:05 - Talk Segment - Team Square 44:09 - Bushido Blade 2 (PlayStation) - Champion of Gale ~Slaughter Mode - Shainto - Stage Music~ (composer: Ryuji Sasai) 46:30 - Tobal No. 1 (PlayStation) - Aqua and Trees (composer: Yoko Shimomura) 49:39 - Ehrgeiz (Arcade) - CONTINENTAL TRAIN (composer: Takayuki Nakamura) 50:56 - Talk Segment - Team Neo Geo Others 53:22 - Waku Waku 7 (Neo Geo) - The Sun Also Sets (Dandy J Stage) (composer: Masato Araikawa) 55:39 - Breakers Revenge (Neo Geo) - Sho Kamui BGM (composer: Kenichi Kamio) 56:44 - Fighter's History Dynamite (Neo Geo) - Ryoko's Theme (composers: Mihoko Ando and Shogo Sakai) 59:00 - Talk Segment - Team Shaq Ninja Schoolgirl 1:01:33 - Shaq Fu (Genesis) - Shaq's Theme (composer: Raphaël Gesqua) 1:03:58 - Kasumi Ninja (Jaguar) - Danja's Theme (composer: Stephen Lord) 1:05:15 - Asuka 120% Limited BURNING Fest. Limited (Saturn) - Karina's Theme (composer: Keishi Yonao) 1:07:09 - Talk Segment - Team PlayStation Franchises 1:09:57 - Psychic Force (PlayStation) - Carry Away! (Sonia Stage) (composer: Hideki Takahagi)  1:13:15 - Bloody Roar (PlayStation) - Hard Elbow (Colosseum) (composer: Ken-ichi Koyano; arranger: Hitoshi Sakimoto) 1:16:11 - Battle Arena Toshinden 2 (PlayStation) - Sofia's Theme TAKE.1 (composers: Yasuhiro Nakano and Fumio Tanabe) 1:19:13 - Outro Talk Segment 1:22:48 - Street Fighter Alpha 2 (PlayStation) - Staff Roll 1 (composers: Syun Nishigaki, Setsuo Yamamoto, and Tatsuro Suzuki)

    1h 25m
  7. Episode 67 - Rando Calrissian and the Calamitous Comboy Conspiracy

    11/20/2025

    Episode 67 - Rando Calrissian and the Calamitous Comboy Conspiracy

    An ordinary refueling stop turns dangerous when Rando Calrissian’s space cruiser gets stolen, leaving him stranded on the second moon of Monmoor Delta. But when Rando tries to get a ticket to somewhere, anywhere else, he runs afoul of the bewitching green-skinned Crura Fallopian and her syndicate. What does Crura want? And how is she connected to the mysterious Comboy Conglomerate, the company that seems to run everything on Monmoor Delta? Listen to this grab bag of VGM to find out! 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.  Captain Supreme for providing the voice of Colt 45 Energy. You can find him on Bluesky at CaptainSupreme, or on his LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/captainsupreme. Internet comic Penny Arcade for coming up with the name “Rando Calrissian”, which I’ve shamelessly stolen. All the fine, hardworking people who’ve ripped these tracks out of various video games. I literally couldn’t do the show without you. BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you enjoyed the final track, you can download the entirety of Mode Seven: A Jazz Tribute to the SNES at https://mode7.ocremix.org/, or you can find it available on YouTube and Spotify for your streaming pleasure.  If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Secret Little Haven (PC) - This Connection is Secure (composer: Victoria Dominoski) 01:08 - Talk Segment 1 05:24 - Suzuka 8 Hours (SNES) - Main Menu (composer: Katsuhiro Hayashi) 06:23 - Assault (arcade) - BGM 1 (composer: Kazuo Noguchi) 08:58 - Vectorman 2 (Genesis) - Scene 3: Bog Jam (composer: Jon Holland) 11:54 - Breath of Fire 3 (PSX) - Castle in the Sky (composers: Yoshino Aoki and Akari Kaida) 14:54 - Tobal No. 1 (PSX) - Electrical Indian (composers: Yasunori Mitsudo and GUIDO) 18:57 - Super Tetris 3 (Super Famicom) - Knighthood (composer: Shigemitsu Goto) 20:52 - Talk Segment 2 25:16 - King of Fighters XIV (multiplatform) - Saxophone Under the Moon (Yagami Team BGM) (composer: Naoki Kita) 28:54 - Rolling Thunder 2 (arcade) - View of Dynamism (Round 5) (composer: Ayako Sasō) 32:01 - Code Name: Viper (NES) - Area 01 and 02 (composers: Yoko Shimomura and Junko Tamiya) 33:31 - Twinkle Star Sprites (Neo Geo) - Love Me (composer: Takao Ohshima) 35:39 - Alpine Racer (arcade) - Invisible Destination (composer: Takayuki Ishikawa) 39:21 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (NES) - Scene 5-1 - The Sewer Pipe Nightmare (composers: Yūichi Sakakura, Tomoya Tomita, and Kozo Nakamura) 41:11 - Talk Segment 3 46:17 - Viewpoint (Neo Geo) - Not All There (Area 1) (composers: Sizlla Okamura, Masaki Kase, Megumi Matsuura) 48:46 - Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand (Super Famicom) - Shopping (composer: Atsushi Shirakawa) 50:49 - Unlimited SaGa (PS2) - Battle Theme I (composer: Masashi Hamauzu) 52:53 - Sky Shark (NES) - Stage 4 (composer: Tim Follin) 55:53 - Night Striker (arcade) - Fly Away (composer: Masahiko Takaki) 58:18 - Shatterhand (NES) - Area B (composer: Iku Mizutani) 59:46 - Growlancer III: The Dual Darkness (PS2) - Risky Mission (composer: Hiroshi Fujioka) 1:01:55 - Outro Talk Segment 1:05:12 - Live A Live (arrangement) - Live Mega, Live Más (arrangement of MEGALOMANIA; original composer Yoko Shimomura; arranged by Alejandro Espinosa; performed by the OC Jazz Collective)

    1h 11m
  8. Episode 66 - Koneko no Episōdo

    11/06/2025

    Episode 66 - Koneko no Episōdo

    All my cats have been named after video game characters, so this very personal episode is about those cats, their various namesake characters, and some music from the relevant games.  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.  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can hear on FGC Radio or at https://rss.com/podcasts/hmibisondollars/.  If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Kingdom Hearts (PS2) - Welcome to Wonderland (composer: Yoko Shimomura) 01:59 - Talk Segment 1 - Athena 09:11 - Athena (Arcade) - World of Ice (composer: unknown) 10:31 - Athena: Awakening From the Ordinary Life (PSX) - Theme “Athenacchi” (composer: KIKU) 11:30 - King of Fighters 2000 (Neo Geo) - Will (composers: Hideki Asanaka, Hiroshi Yamazoe, and Yasuo Yamate) 15:30 - Capcom vs SNK 2 (Arcade) - Happiness (composer: Satoshi Ise) 17:49 - King of Fighters XI (Arcade) - PURE ~at good old days~ (composer: Hideki Asanaka, Marimo, and USAKO-X) 21:07 - King of Fighters ‘96 Arrange Sound Trax (arrangement) - Psycho Soldier REMIX’96 (composers: Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan; lyrics: MOMO; vocals: Tamao Sato) 24:29 - Talk Segment 2 - Sakura 33:13 - Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (PSX/Saturn) - I Want You To Know (composer and lyricist: Tatsuro Suzuki; vocals: Yuko Sasamoto) 37:13 - Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Arcade) - Breeze (Sakura’s Theme) (composer: Yuki Iwai) 40:08 - Street Fighter IV (PS3 / Xbox 360) - Theme of Sakura (SFIV Arrange) (composer: Tatsuro Suzuki; arrangement: Hideyuki Fukasawa) 43:19 - Street Fighter EX3 - Precious Heart (Sakura’s Theme) (composer: Takayuki Aihara) 46:49 - Talk Segment 3 - Blaze and Cherry 53:09 - Streets of Rage 4 (multiplatform) - Character Select (composer: Yuzo Koshiro) 56:46 - Streets of Rage 4 (multiplatform) - It’s Extra (composer: Motohiro Kawashima) 58:56 - Streets of Rage 4 (multiplatform) - Funky HQ (composer: Olivier Deriviere) 1:01:36 - Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis) - Under Logic (composer: Yuzo Koshiro) 1:03:32 - Streets of Rage (Genesis) - Good Ending (composer: Yuzo Koshiro) 1:05:14 - Outro Talk Segment 1:07:46 - Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (arcade) - Stage Felicia (composers: some combination of Takayuki Iwai, Hideki Okugawa, Tatsuro Suzuki, Isao Abe, Yuko Takehara, Syun Nishigaki, and Setsuo Yamamoto)

    1h 9m
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Hosted by Professor Tom, Shujin Academy VGM Club is a video game music podcast that primarily focuses on retro VGM with occasional forays into newer games. New episodes are released on Thursdays every time Professor Tom gets one finished, which is typically every 2 to 4 weeks.

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  • Creator
    shujinacademyvgmclub@gmail.com
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    77
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    Shujin Academy VGM Club