Select your Fighters: VGM Composer Draft

This year we are mixing it up! We are back again for our annual VGM special, but this time with a twist. Zach has devised a new format where each of the three participants were tasked with drafted four composers in a snake draft, each assembling a dream team of composers. 

So sit back and listen as the trio discuss a wide range of composers from the last 30+ years of video game composition. Additionally, let us know who you think assembled the 'best' slate of composers! 

Have any comments? Feel free to drop us a line via twitter @blowcartpod or email at blowingcartridge@gmail.com

Brendan - @Tamazoid

Zach - @Eggerino

John - @AuraPaladin 

Intro music - '8 Bit Ditty' by FoolBoyMedia

Outro - 'Video Game Land' by FoolBoyMedia

Composers Drafted:

Brendan: 

Koji Kondo: - Yoshi's Island Final Boss - Yoshi's Island (1995)

Jeremy Soule - Dragonborn - Skyrim (2011)

Austin Wintory - End Credits - Stray Gods: The Role Playing Musical (2023)

Motoi Sakuraba - The Valedictory Elegy - Guitar Version - Baten Kaiten Kaitos Origins (2006)

Zach:

David Wise - Current Capers: Aquatic Ambience - Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze (2014)

Yoko Shimomura - Fight Against Monsters - Super Mario RPG (2023)

Toby Fox - Final Boss Battle Music - Pokemon Scarlet & Violet (2022)

Masakazu Sugimori - Ghost Trick (Arranged) - Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (2023)

John:

Nobuo Uematsu - Rebel Army - Final Fantasy 2 (1988)

Lena Raine - Harmony - Harmony the Fall of Reverie (2023)

Jun'ya Ōta (ZUN) - The Deviants' Unobstructed Light: Kingdom of Nothingness - Touhou 19 UDoALG (2023)

Tee Lopes - Lagoon City Zone - Sonic Superstars (2023)