A new podcast approaches! This week we listen to tracks from post-apocalyptic role playing games that span across 2 decades of video game history. Shin Megami Tensei, or “Megaten” games are in our music sniper-scope this week. So give it a listen! Or you can talk to it, and try to persuade it to join your party.
Track List:
- Ginza – Shin Megami Tensei – SNES – Tsukasa Masuko
- Game Over – Shin Megami Tensei – SNES – Tsukasa Masuko
- Labrynth of Amala – Shin Megami Tensei 3 Nocturne – PS2 – Shoji Meguro, Kenichi Tsuchiya, Toshiko Tasaki
- Recovery Spring – Shin Megami Tensei 3 Nocturne – PS2 – Shoji Meguro, Kenichi Tsuchiya, Toshiko Tasaki
- Ueno Underground District – Shin Megami Tensei 4 – 3DS – Ryota Koduka, Kenichi Tsuchiya, Toshiki Konishi
- Respite – Shin Megami Tensei 4 – 3DS – Ryota Koduka, Kenichi Tsuchiya, Toshiki Konishi
- Battle Theme (Shin Megami Tensei 2) – Sword of Justice
- Respite – allthingsreezy – http://soundcloud.com/allthingsreezy
- Ikebukuro – Shin Megami Tensei 3 – PS2 – Shoji Meguro, Kenichi Tsuchiya, Toshiko Tasaki
Rhythm and Pixels 
Shin Megami Tensei soundtracks make use of a lot of traditional Japanese instruments. I think what you’re hearing in Recovery Spring, for example, might be a traditional bamboo flute and a metallic harp called the Taishogoto (Nagoya Harp), among other things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqOnAkLnhoQ
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