Tag Archives: mega ran

rhythm and pixels, World 12

Episode 12-9 Mega Man with The Megas’ Josh Breeding

2 Comments

Arm your Mega Buster and GET EQUIPPED with excellent game music from the Mega Man series! We hit games ranging from NES all the way through to the PlayStation in search of the best and baddest Mega Man tracks there are!

Joining us on this quest is Josh Breeding of the Mega Man inspired rock band The Megas! The Megas cover Mega Man (and more!) music with their own arrangements and inspired lyrics. Going beyond VGM karaoke and giving life and emotion to the Blue Bomber and his robot brothers!

We talk about Mega Man, Rockman, and even more Mega Man! The difficulty of writing lyrics to classic video game tunes, and of course, more Mega Man.

Track list:

  1. Jet Stingray – Mega Man X4 – Playstation – Toshihiko Horiyama
  2. Search Man – Mega Man 8 – PlayStation – Shinji Amagishi, Syusaku Uchiyama, T Kawakami
  3. Wily Theme 3 – Mega Man 3 – NES – Yasuaki Fujita (Bun Bun), Harumi Fujita
  4. Blade Man – Mega Man 10 – Xbox 360, Playstation 3, 4, Steam – Mari Yamiguchi, Manami Matsumae
  5. Magnet Man – Mega Man 3 – NES – Yasuaki Fujita (Bun Bun), Harumi Fujita
  6. Storm Owl – Mega Man X4 – PlayStation – Toshihiko Horiyama
  7. Into the Hornet’s Nest – The X-Hunters
  8. Splash Woman (Mega Man 9) – Mega Ran
  9. Heart of Fire (The Belmonts Cassette) – The Megas
  10. Sigma Stage 2 – Mega Man X5 – PlayStation – Naoto Tanaka, Naoyoa Kamisaka, Takuya Miyawaki

Download episode 12-9 here!

Advertisements
rhythm and pixels, World 6

Episode 6-8 Memories

Leave a comment

episode_artwork58

Rob and Pernell are back together in the studio, and ready to rock this podcast! This week’s topic is “Memories”, meaning anything that triggers specific memories for us, personal or gaming related. So this one gets a little heavy on the nostalgia. Pernell gets nostalgic for the old east coast Bemani scene, and Rob gets nostalgic for old audio formats.  And there’s lots of singing in this one, not quite sure why!  Enjoy!

Track list:

  1. Title Theme – Revenge of The ‘Gator – Gameboy – Hiroaki Suga
  2. Athletic Theme – Super Mario World – SNES – Koji Kondo
  3. Ramp Music- Skate or Die 2: The Search for Double Trouble – NES – Rob Hubbard
  4. I really want to hurt you – Pop’n Music 1 – Kyotaka Sugimoto
  5. Battle Theme 1 (boss)  – Giga Wing 2 – Dreamcast – Yasushi Kaminishi
  6. Suedo’s theme – Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Playstation 4 – Masafumi Takada
  7. Infinite Lives (feat. D&D Sluggers) – Mega Ran applebadge-sm
  8. Castlevania – Mini Bosses
  9. Memories of the school – Persona 3 – Playstation 2 -Shoji Meguro

Download episode 6-8 here!

rhythm and pixels, World 5

Episode 5-1 Board Game Games

Leave a comment

episode_artwork41

Roll some dice, flip some cards, and ruin your relationships!  That’s what board games is all about.  This week we focus on board games in video game form.  They could be video game versions of existing board games, or video games designed as board games.

Pernell gets nostalgic with some Top Shop action, and Rob picks all Japanese Super Famicom tracks.  They both can’t stop dancing to the Mega Ran track at the end.  Enjoy!

Track list:

  1. 14 Days of Darkness – Dokapon Kingdom – PS2 – Shigeki Hayashi
  2. End of Game – Yujin no Furi Furi Girls – Super Famicom – T. Hagiwara
  3. Flip of a Coin – Monopoly – PC – Frank Klepacki
  4. Commendation – Super Okuman Chouja Game: The Game of BIllionaire – Super Famicom- Yasuhiro Kawasaki, Masato Miyamoto
  5. City – Top Shop – Playstation – Unknown
  6. Japanese Spa – Heisei Gunjin Shougi – Super Famicom – Yoshiaki Hirasawa
  7. Mario Party 2 Horrorland Remix – Neku
  8. Pump It Up (Pictionary Remix) – Dj Cutman ft. MegaRan ft. Adam Warrock
  9. Beige Symphony – Scrabble – PC – Unknown

Download episode 5-1 here!

rhythm and pixels, World 4

Episode 4-2 Modern Castlevania

Leave a comment

episode_artwork32

It’s time for our second focus on the Castlevania series, so let’s get (whip) crackin! Pernell describes his favorite moments from these great games, and Rob describes episodes from Quantum Leap. It all works out in the end, trust us!

Thanks to all of our listeners for checking in with us every week, you’re great!

Track list:

  1. Heart of Fire – Aria of Sorrow – Gameboy Advance- Michiru Yamane, Takashi Yoshida, Soshiro Hokkai
  2. Sinking Old Sanctuary – Circle of the Moon – Gameboy Advance – Sotaro Tojima, Hiroshi Mitsuoka, Taro Kudou (Michiru Yamane)
  3. The Hidden Curse – Castlevania Portrait of Ruin – Nintendo DS – Michiru Yamane, Yuzo Koshiro
  4. Offense and Defense – Harmony of Dissonance – Gameboy Advance – Michiru Yamana, Soshiro Hokkai
  5. Sapphire Elegy – Castlevania Order of Ecclesia – Nintendo DS – Michiru Yamane, Yasuhiro Ichihashi
  6. Jail of Jewels – Portrait of Ruin – Nintendo DS – Michiru Yamane, Yuzo Koshiro
  7. Sweet Sorrow – Mega Ran w/Sammus and The Ranger – Catslevania: The Nocturnal Cantata applebadge-sm
  8. The Whips Memory (Bloodlines Bequeath) – TheGuitahHeroe
  9. Wondering Ghost – Symphony of The Night – Michiru Yamane

Download episode 4-2 here!

rhythm and pixels, World 1

Episode 1-8 Cutscenes

Leave a comment
episode_artwork8
This week we talk about cutscenes and “event music” in video games.  This is the music that can sometimes get overlooked for the music that occurs during the action.  We listen to some classics, some deeper cuts, and some rockin 8-bit guitar solos!
Track list:
  1. Cutscene – Target Renegade – NES – Tim Follin
  2. Awakenings Legend – Revelations Persona – Kenichi Tsuchiya, Hidehito Aoki, Misaki Okibe
  3. Plot Thickens – Batman – NES – Naoki Kodaka
  4. Treasure Hunter Nigel – Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole – Sega Megadrive – Motoaki Takenouchi
  5. Cutscene Display – Gremlins 2 – NES – Naoki Kodaka, Nobuyuki Hara
  6. Grand Finale – Final Fantasy VI – SNES – Nobuo Uematsu
  7. Mighty (Mighty No. 9) – Mega Ran – http://megaran.com
  8. Terra in Black (Final Fantasy VI) – Ailsean – http://www.youtube.com/Ailsean
  9. Awakening – Final Fantasy VI – SNES – Nobuo Uematsu

Download episode 1-8 here!