Today’s broadcast is C1E61 for Soundtrack Saturday, January 29th, 2022. Today’s soundtrack is the 3D Museum soundtrack, on the Pioneer LaserActive! Sound files provided by the LaserActive Preservation Project. Track list info provided by YouTuber "sleepy avery". Track# - Track Name – Composer – Timestamp 01) Season 5 Earcatcher 1 – 00:00:00 02) Intro – 00:00:02 SIDE A: 03) Aurora (Unlisted) - Unknown – 00:04:17 04) La sons et Perfume (Pacific Mix) - Goh Hotoda – 00:05:28 05) Trico – Goh Hotoda –...
Jan 29, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 89
For our second rerun of the month, and our second rerun in total since the shut down of our separate, dedicated reruns feed over on Buzzsprout, I thought it would be great to share our second ever episode of the show: C1E2: "Twisted Sine" (a focus on FM synthesis-based VGM, comprised of tracks from several FM based systems, with roughly half being Sega Genesis or 32X music (YM2612), roughly a quarter being Arcade or X68000 music (YM2151), and the remaining quarter or so being a hodgepodge of sev...
Jan 19, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 88
So, I had meant to get this released on Jan 5th, so that our first rerun after the shutdown of the dedicated reruns feed on Buzzsprout, and the first gross output of the planned "second half" of Nerd Noise Radio's intended lifespan could release PRECISELY five years to the day after it originally premiered....but, you know....life. :-( Anyway, please accept it re-releasing instead on the "five-year, five-day anniversary" now! :-) Also, since this is the start of life on Nerd Noise Radio without ...
Jan 11, 2022•51 min•Ep. 88
Today’s broadcast is C2R1 [Channel 2 Retrospective 1] for Wayback Wednesday, December 29th, 2021 - a momentous occasion for Channel 2: our first retrospective - a look back at the non-standard 1.25yr long “Season 1”, as well as a look back to our at-that-time “one off” bonus in December 2019 that would go on to become the general template of Channel 2 and would retroactively become its unofficial “Beta” or “Pilot”, or “Episode Zero”. Join us for a 26 track journey through the first leg of our jo...
Dec 29, 2021•3 hr 6 min•Ep. 87
Today’s Broadcast is C1E60, for Theme Thursday, December 23rd, 2021 - our final episode of our very non-standard two-year long “Season 4”. So it is fitting that we’d end such a wildly non-standard season - filled with primarily wildly non-standard content already - with such a dramatically non-standard Channel 1 episode. Today’s episode abandons the customary Channel 1 “great big music block” mixtape format for a modified take on the original W.A.R.T. Radio format, featuring Trey Johnson of Nint...
Dec 23, 2021•3 hr 39 min•Ep. 86
Today’s “F-isode” is the complete collection of all music from season 1 of Nerd Noise Radio - Channel 2 (Sept 2020 - Sept 2021) ***PLUS***, the music from Hugues and I’s December 2019 Channel F “one-off” that would go on to retroactively become the template, and “unofficial ‘beta’” for Channel 2. Though much longer, and a bit more clunky and unpolished, it is otherwise identical in format and fundamentally similar in delivery to what would go on to become the later Channel 2 “official episodes”....
Nov 16, 2021•4 hr 16 min•Ep. 85
SPECIAL NOTE: I may or may not be choosing this episode as November’s rerun because it may or may not directly relate to December’s special episode of Channel 1 (I can neither confirm nor deny such rumors!) ;-) :-P ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today’s broadcast is Episode 40 for Theme Thursday, December 20th, 2018. Today’s Theme is Listener Picks on a program we're calling "Listener ...
Nov 10, 2021•2 hr 26 min•Ep. 84
Today’s broadcast is C1E59, for Theme Thursday, Oct 14th, 2021. Today’s Theme is a focus on music from games by Falcom, on a program we’re simply calling “The Falcom Episode”. SPECIAL UP-FRONT NOTE 1: This episode is EXTRA SPECIAL for three reasons: 1) it is curated and hosted (and produced) by Hugues Johnson of Nerd Noise Radio Channel 2, and Retro Game Club, 2) it is the first episode in the ENTIRE HISTORY of Nerd Noise Radio that was not at least partially produced by St. John (St. John DID h...
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 84
Today’s Broadcast is C2E5, for Theme Thursday, September 23rd, 2021. Today’s Theme is music from games only available in Japan, on a program we’re calling “Nihon Dake De” (loosely translated: “Only in Japan”)! Track Number - Track - Game - System - Composer - Selected by - Timestamp 01) Greeting - 00:00:00 02) Saturn - Star Cruizer - Sharp X68000 - Toshiya Yamanaka - St. John Music - 00:00:03 Introduction - 00:02:49 Conversation - 00:04:57 03) Stage 1 - Madō King Granzort - SuperGrafx - Norihiko...
Sep 23, 2021•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 83
Today's rerun was a VERY special occasion that I'm very excited to get to share anew. It was a Channel F "F-isode", originally broadcast December 19th, 2019 that at the time was intended to be nothing more than just a fun "one off" between two friends and fellow podcasters. And yet, it ended up becoming something so much more than that. Though not intended to be at the time, and though it will probably never "officially" be classified as such, it has retroactively become something of a "beta", o...
Sep 23, 2021•2 hr 47 min•Ep. 82
Today’s rerun is C1E53 for TwoFer Tuesday, originally broadcast August 4th, 2020. Today’s episode will be TwoFerTuesday – volume 6. 01 – Earcatcher – 00:00:00 02 - Intro – 00:01:43 03 - Mystic Defender - Genesis - Chikako Kamtani Scene 1 – 00:03:53 Scene 3 – 00:05:35 04 – Spiderman vs the Kingpin - Genesis - Mark Miller, John Karr and/or David Javelosa Warehouse – 00:06:50 Peter Parker's Room – 00:09:50 05 - Streets of Rage 3 - Genesis - Motohiro Kawashima with Yuzo Koshiro Happy Paradise – 00:1...
Aug 18, 2021•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 82
Today’s rerun is C1E43 for Theme Thursday, originally broadcast April 10th, 2019. Today’s theme is a focus on those wonderful Commodore 64 pieces (generally title and loader screens) that are just too long for most other formats, on a program we're calling Commodore 64 Epics - guest hosted, guest curated, and guest vetted by Henrik Andersson of the C64 music and remix podcast "Commoflage". Track# Game (Track Name if not Title or Loader) - Composer - Timestamp 01: "Vad Svenskan?!" - 00:00:00 02: ...
Jul 28, 2021•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 82
Today’s Broadcast is C2E4, for Theme Thursday, June 24th, 2021. Today’s theme will be summery and seasonal music on a program we’re calling “Summer Jams”. Today’s panelists are Hugues and St. John. Tracklist: Track# - Track - Game - System - Composer - Selected by: 01) The Only Song in the Game - T&C Surf Designs - NES - Tsukasa Masuko - Hugues Episode Greeting - 00:00:00 Music - 00:00:03 Episode Introduction - 00:02:07 Discussion - 00:02:13 02) Passing Breeze - Outrun 2006: Coast to Coast -...
Jun 24, 2021•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 81
Today’s broadcast is C1E58 for TwoFer Tuesday, June 8th, 2021. Today’s broadcast will be TwoFer Tuesday – vol 7, and a very special 40th birthday celebration of / collaboration with a listener and someone very special to me – my brother, Jesse. Tracklist: Game #, Game Name, System, Composer(s), track info, Timestamp 01) Intro - 00:00:00 02) Zelda II - NES - Akito Nakatsuka Overworld Theme - 00:04:11 Battle Theme - 00:06:21 03) LoZ: Link to the Past - SNES - Koji Kondo Seal of the Seven Maidens -...
Jun 08, 2021•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 80
Today’s rerun is C1E48, originally broadcast Scene Sunday, October 13th, 2019. Today’s episode is a [return to a] return visit to the wonderful sounds of the spectacular internet chiptune artist collective "Battle of the Bits". Each and every "chipist" to have appeared in spring 2017's "Battle of the Bits - vol 1" reappears here, and is joined by a legion of faces, names, and sounds which are all new to the program! Track# - Track Name – System Sound Hardware – Composer – BotB Event - Timestamp ...
May 19, 2021•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 78
Editor's Note: There's a very special reason why chose today's episode for this month's rerun. And it's not just because it originally released one year ago today.... ....it's that because of a technical glitch on the podcast feed....you never got to hear it in its entirety. Here's the story: originally a Channel F "F-isode", and originally released 04/28/2020, it was meant to supplement C1E52: "Backtracks", a focus on VGM that we played in reverse, ostensibly as last year's April Fool's gag. On...
Apr 18, 2021•2 hr 28 min•Ep. 77
Today’s broadcast is C1E57 for Theme Thursday, April 1st, 2021. Today’s theme is a focus on slow and downtempo music, on a program we're calling "Slow Jams". In the spirit of Backtracks, the track list will be temporarily withheld. Details in the outro on when and how to find the track information. Anonymous timestamps will be provided, though. Track# - Track – Game – System – Composer – Timestamp 01) Intro – 00:00:00 02) Track 01 – 00:03:37 03) Track 02 – 00:10:40 04) Track 03 – 00:13:33 05) Tr...
Apr 01, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 79
Today’s rerun is Episode 28 originally released Scene Sunday, May 6th, 2018. Today’s Episode is a free play of elements found throughout the space just outside of video game music, covers, remixes, chiptunes, karaoke, and so much more, on a program we're calling "Sense of the Scene - vol. 1" Tracklist - provided in various formats depending on "scene subgenre": 01: Intro - 00:00:00 02: ["Real Instruments" VGM Cover]: Stemage - Metroid Metal - The Tunnel (orig. comp: Ryoji Yoshitomi) - 00:02:23 0...
Mar 24, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 75
Today’s Broadcast is C2E3, for Mishmash Monday, March 15th, 2021. Today’s episode will “Mishmash Monday - vol. 1” - Not to be confused with Channel 1’s C1E10 “Mishmash Monday - vol. 1” from May of 2017. Today’s panelists are Hugues and St. John. Tracklist: Track# - Track - Game - System - Composer - Selected by: 01) Track 4 - Starsky and Hutch - Multiplatform - Tim Follin - St. John Episode Greeting - 00:00:00 Music - 00:00:03 Episode Introduction - 00:03:04 Discussion - 00:03:19 02) Trickster f...
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 76
Today’s broadcast is C1E56 for Mishmash Monday, February 22nd, 2021. Today’s episode will be Mishmash Monday, vol 10 – the inaugural episode of calendar 2021, and of our very non-standard "Season 4 – part 2". Track# – Track – Game – System – Composer(s) – Timestamp 01) Season 4 [pt. 2] Earcatcher – 00:00:00 02) Intro – 00:00:03 03) Drawing Game – Pictionary – NES – Tim Follin – 00:02:11 04) Menu 1 – Wimbledon Championship Tennis – Genesis – Crush-X – 00:04:50 05) In-Game Theme – Top Players Golf...
Feb 22, 2021•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 74
Today's Rerun is C1E15: "Welcome to the Disc Level Disc Level" - our first ever "Super Sized Episode" back before they all were, AND our first ever "Nerd Noise Cross Over" marrying the concepts of a "Theme Thursday" (Sega CD Music) with a "TwoFer Tuesday" (two pieces per game) - only I totally cheated with Sonic CD at the end, treating JP/EU-only, NA-only, and universal musics as separate "twofers" resulting in this episode going out on a six track, Sonic CD "blue wave". :-) Enjoy! Track Number ...
Jan 28, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 73
Today’s Broadcast is C2E2, for Theme Thursday, Christmas Eve, 2020. Today’s theme is Christmas, and Holiday, and Wintery music, on a program we’re calling “Deck the Halls”. Your panelists today are Hugues and St. John Tracklist: Track# - Track - Game - System - Composer - Selected by: 01) Intro + Menu - Hyper Catalog 4 - PC Engine - Unknown - Hugues Episode Greeting - 00:00:00 Music (Intro) - 00:00:02 Music (Menu) - 00:00:21 Episode Introduction - 00:00:59 Discussion - 00:01:28 02) December 2015...
Dec 24, 2020•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 72
Today’s broadcast is C1E55b for Wayback Wednesday, December 9th, 2020. Today’s episode will be "Best of 2019 pt.2 - St. John's Picks" - a 75 ULTRA-MEGA KING-KONG jumbo-sized episode so long that we only do these kinds of shows just once a year (and forego the usual intro /outro). All tracks in this retrospective selected by St. John, and pulled from episodes featured in our calendar 2019 "Season 3". Track# – Track – Game – System – Composer(s) - Original Episode – Originally Selected in original...
Dec 09, 2020•3 hr 38 min•Ep. 71
Today’s broadcast is C1E55a for Wayback Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020. Today’s episode will be "Best of 2019 pt.1 - Listener Picks" - a 50 track collection culled from 79 total, and 61 unique submissions between nine distinct contributors, all from episodes featured in our calendar 2019 "Season 3". Track# – Track – Game – System – Composer(s) - Original Episode – Selected for this collection by* – Originally Selected in original episode by – Timestamp 01) Intro – 00:00:00 02) Main Theme – Legend...
Dec 02, 2020•2 hr 40 min•Ep. 71
Today’s broadcast is C1E54 for Theme Thursday, November 19th, 2020. Today’s theme is one of the most special we've ever had on the show – a celebration of 35 years of the most famous, iconic, and ubiquitous franchise in all of video game history – Super Mario Bros. To commemorate the occasion, we present you with a 35-track collection of music from Mario and extended universe games – including what is undoubtedly the most famous piece of video game music ever to be written, a piece that after ne...
Nov 19, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 71
Happy Halloween! Today’s broadcast is Episode 37 for Soundtrack Saturday, October 27th, 2018. Today’s soundtrack is the Super Castlevania IV soundtrack on the SNES, composed by Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo. Note: While producing the video, I noticed (and corrected) a few mistakes in the show notes that I did not notice when recording the audio for the outro. So the spoken track list in the outro will have those mistakes. Sorry. :-( Track Number / Track Name / Time stamp 01: Intro - 00:00:00 02:...
Oct 31, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 70
It’s the Dawning of a new Era! You are Tuned to Nerd Noise Radio – Channel 2! Today’s inaugural installment is C2E1, for Theme Thursday, Sept 17th, 2020. Today’s theme is “Songs of the Pandemic”. Track# - Track – Game – System – Composer(s) - Selected By – Timestamp 01: The Runaway (City on the Horizon – Instrumental) - 198X – Multi – Daniel Rosenqvist and/or Anton Dromberg (UFD?) - St. John a: Music / Intro: 00:00:00 b: Conversation: 00:03:47 02: Overdrive – Saturday Morning RPG – Multi – Vince...
Sep 17, 2020•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 69
Today's Rerun is C1E27: "Mishmash Monday - vol 4", originally released April 23rd, 2018. Please note that due to the attached ear catcher at the beginning regarding Best of 2019, the time stamps in the track list will be off by a minute, minute and a half. Up against a deadline to put this down for a couple months, I did not have time to update the time stamps accordingly. They're still reasonably close, I suppose. :-) Cheers! Track#, Game, System, Track Name, Composer, Timestamp: 01: Intro - 00...
Sep 07, 2020•56 min•Ep. 67
Today’s broadcast is C1E53 for TwoFer Tuesday, August 4th, 2020. Today’s episode will be TwoFerTuesday – volume 6. 01 – Earcatcher – 00:00:00 02 - Intro – 00:01:43 03 - Mystic Defender - Genesis - Chikako Kamtani Scene 1 – 00:03:53 Scene 3 – 00:05:35 04 – Spiderman vs the Kingpin - Genesis - Mark Miller, John Karr and/or David Javelosa Warehouse – 00:06:50 Peter Parker's Room – 00:09:50 05 - Streets of Rage 3 - Genesis - Motohiro Kawashima with Yuzo Koshiro Happy Paradise – 00:10:46 Beat Ambienc...
Aug 04, 2020•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 68
Today's Rerun is C1E35: "The Floppy Show", originally released Sept 20th, 2018, it was our focus on music from games from Computer systems (as opposed to conventional game consoles). The episode was named after a local Des Moines-area kid's show from the 1950s-1980s, and features clips of the show in both the intro and the outro (as well as a little Kraftwerk and Sonic CD). Please note that due to the attached ear catcher at the beginning regarding Best of 2019, the time stamps in the track list...
Jul 15, 2020•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 66
