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Bonus Beats: Cytus Alpha, an Interview with PM Studios

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This week we sit down and talk with the heads of PM Studios, publisher of great music games like Cytus Alpha, Deemo, the DJMAX series, and other great titles like Mercenaries Saga Chronicles and the upcoming Horizon Chase Turbo! We talk about their love of games and music, how they got started in the industry, and who has the most platinum trophies on the PlayStation Network!

Throughout the episode we’ll be listening to some of our favorites from their music game series Cytus (now available on the Nintendo Switch) and DJMAX. Enjoy!

Track list:

  1. Chemical Star – Cytus – iOS, Android – Tsukasa
  2. Sanctity – Cytus – iOS, Android – Rabpit
  3. The Black Case – Cytus – iOS, Android – Killer Blood
  4. Old Gold, Remixed by Apo11o ft 大瀬良あい – Cytus Omega – iOS, Android – Cranky
  5. Slit – Cytus 0 – iOS, Android – Ebico and Jioyi
  6. Future World – Cytus – iOS, Android – Killer Blood
  7. L2 Ascension: Act 2 (Liberation) – Cytus – iOS, Android – ICE
  8. Clear Blue Sky – DJMAX RESPECT – PlayStation Vita – Tsukasa

 

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Episode 17-3 Kingdom Hearts with Key Jay

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Grab your zippers, chains, and Mickey Mouse hats! We are here to celebrate the release of Kingdom Hearts 3 with a super-special episode of Kingdom Hearts music! Superstar musician and Kingdom Hearts expert Key Jay is here to help us make sense of the story and timeline. If you listen closely, you can hear the point where are brains break!

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Key Jay, Jamaal Ephriam, is a Miami based producer and artist with huge influences from classic Sega games and of course, Kingdom Hearts! Check out his epic Project Kingdom XIII for some serious JAMS!

Track list:

  1. Dearly Beloved – Kingdom Hearts 3 – PlayStation 4 – Yoko Shimomura
  2. To Our Surprise – Kingdom Hearts – PlayStation – Yoko Shimomura
  3. Rage Awakened – Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep – PSP – Yoko Shimomura
  4. Arendelle (Field Theme) – Kingdom Hearts 3 – PlayStation 4 – Yoko Shimomura
  5. Asteroid Attack – Kingdom Hearts 2 – PlayStation 2 – Yoko Shimomura
  6. Namine – Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded – Yoko Shimomura
  7. Weight of The Other Promise (Overdrive Battle Mix) – Key Jay
  8. Someday (Kingdom Mix) – Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance – Nintendo 3DS – Takeharu Ishimoto
  9. Simple and Clean Synth Remix – Mono Memory
  10. Rowdy Rumble – Kingdom Hearts 2 – PlayStation 2 – Yoko Shimomura

 

rhythm and pixels, World 15

Episode 15-10 The Lovely Wildcard Justice Attack

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Get in your jumpsuit and climb in your 50 foot tall robot, it’s time to save the world! Invaders from another planet are threatening our music, and we must stop them with our only defense! Great video game music with no topic restrictions!

Track list:

  1. Castle of Dhaos – Tales of Phantasia – Super Nintendo – Motoi Sakuraba
  2. Ferocious Drive – Atelier Iris Eternal Mana – PlayStation 2 – Daisuke Achiwa, Ken Nakagawa, Akira Tsuchiya
  3. Country Selector – ESPN International Track & Field Summer Games – Gameboy Color – Norihiko Hibino, Kazuki Muraoka
  4. Elite Four Theme – Pokemon Black and White – Nintendo DS – Shota Kageyama, Go Ichinose, Hitomi Sato, Junichi Masuda, Minako Adachi
  5. The First Tide – Intelligent Qube – PlayStation – Takayuki Hattori
  6. Charge The Soul Of Fighters – Super Robot Wars Original Generation Moon Dwellers – PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 – Ichirou Mizuki, Hironobu Kageyama, Rica Matsumoto, Eizo Sakamoto, Masaaki Endoh, Hiroshi Kitadani, Masami Okui, Yoshiki Fukuyama
  7. Metamorphosis: Always Been But Never Dreamed (Theater Mode Edit)  – Tetris Effect – PlayStation 4 – Noboru Mutoh
  8. Laughter (Phantasy Star IV) – Czethros11
  9. Endless Worker ver 2 (Continuous Mode) – Magical Drop III – Neo Geo – Hiroaki Yoshida, Masaki Iwasaki, Shogo Sakai, Sin, Tatsuya Kiuchi

 

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Episode 15-3 Dreams

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Sit down on our couch, close your eyes, and tell us about your dreams. We listen to music from games based on dreams, games about dreams, and music designed to put you in a dream-like state. Also, Pernell is coming after Best Buy, lots of broccoli talk, and music that ranges from chill to insane.

Track list:

  1.  Fields – Anodyne – Steam – Sean Han Tani
  2. Oriental Grill – LSD: Dream Emulator – PlayStation – Osamu Sato
  3. E-LE-KI Sparkle – NiGHTS into Dreams – Sega Saturn – Naofumi Hataya, Tomoko Sasaki, Fumie Kumatani
  4. Peaceful Sheep – Escape Goat 2 – Steam, PlayStation 4 – MagicalTimeBean
  5. Val’s Dream treasure hunter side – Dual Hearts – PlayStation 2 – Tetsuo Ishikawa, Masala Nishid
  6. The Summoning – Final Fantasy X HD Remaster – PlayStation 4 – Junya Nakano
  7. Urban Museum – OCRemix NiGHTS Lucid Dreaming Album
  8. Try Hard (DKC2, Stickerbrush Symphony) – Doni Cordoni
  9. The 2020 – Vegas Dream – Super Nintendo – Kimitaka Matsumae

 

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Episode 15-2 Brass Instruments with Mitchel Wong

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We listen to video game music with brass instruments, front and center. This means trombones, saxophones, and trumpets! Expect music from across the game console spectrum, from the SNES to the Sega Saturn, we’ve got it!

Joining us this week is composer, sound designer, and trombonist Mitchel Wong! He talks about his love game music, his new project Kine, and we get deep into RPG and fighting game talk!

 

Find more at mitchelwongaudio.com

Learn more about his upcoming game Kine, developed by Gwen Frey.

Track list:

  1. Rusty Bucket Bay – Banjo Kazooie – N64 – Grant Kirkhope
  2. Bravo Company – Opoona – Wii – Hitoshi Sakimoto, Noriyuki Kamikura, Masaharu Iwata, Mitsuhiro Kaneda, Kimihiro Abe, Manabu Namiki
  3. Hey Cid! – Final Fantasy 4 – SNES – Nobuo Uematsu
  4. The Tense Teacher – Incredible Crisis – PSX – Tokyo Ska Orchestra
  5. Little Did They Sleep – The Banner Saga – Xbox, PS4, Switch – Austin Wintory
  6. Jazzy Sabotage- Guardian Heroes – Sega Saturn – Katsuhiko Suzuki, Norio Hanzawa
  7. Mii Channel Ska Style – Ska Tune Network
  8. Sharp Eyes (Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact) – The Consouls
  9. In The Bar (Streets of Rage 2) – The Consouls
  10. King DeeDeeDe’s Theme – Super Smash Bros. – N64 – Yoko Shimomura