Today’s broadcast is C1E83 for Mishmash Monday, April 1st, 2024. Today’s episode helps all of us who struggle so mightily with multitasking to enjoy an entire 27 track music block and an entire intro and outro without feeling like it, and without the guilt of tying up the time and resources so many of us generally require as serial monotaskers – on a program called "Parallels". Nerd Noise Radio is always here to help! Tracklist! Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) 01) Kraft und Licht...
Apr 01, 2024•15 min•Ep. 131
Today’s broadcast is C1E82 for Theme Thursday, March 21st, 2024. Today’s theme is music from Run and Gun games (as best as I can define them), on a program we're quite hedgingly calling "Run and/or Gun"! Tracklist! Track# - Track Name – Game – System(s) - Composer(s) - Timestamp A1) Intro – 00:00:00 01) Dice Dance Days – Gunstar Heroes – Genesis – Norio Hanzawa – 00:03:45 02) Garden – Die Hard – PC Engine – Kenji Yoshida – 00:05:55 03) Stage Theme 1 – Rush'n Attack – NES – Kiyohiro Sada – 00:07:...
Mar 17, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 130
Today’s Broadcast is C2E16 for Theme Thursday, March 7th, 2024. Today’s theme is vocal music from video games, on a program we’re calling “Songs with Words”. BE SURE TO CATCH OUR SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TOWARDS THE END OF THE EPISODE!! (It’s highlighted in the show notes!) Tracklist Track# / Track Name / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Vocalist / Selected by 01) Shenhua (Vocal Version) - Shenmue - Dreamcast - c: Ryuji Iuichi (music) and Yumi Asada (lyrics) / a: Hayato Matsuo (orchestration) - Ioli...
Mar 07, 2024•2 hr 55 min•Ep. 129
Today’s broadcast is C1E81 for Mishmash Monday, . Today’s episode is Mishmash Monday – vol 15, and the inaugural episode of 2024's "Season 7" (and the start of St. John's 8th year in podcasting). Tracklist: Track Number - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Timestamp A1 Season 7 Earcatcher - 00:00:00 A2) Intro - 00:00:03 01) Spirit Hymn - Dinosaur - FM Towns (YM2612) - Masaki Kawai - 00:03:04 02) White Summit Probe Naberius - Phantasy Star Online 2 - Multiplatform - Hideaki Kobayashi, Mitsu...
Jan 29, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 128
JUMP STRAIGHT TO THE MUSIC TIMESTAMP: 00:08:52 Today’s broadcast is C1R6a for Wayback Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024. Today’s episode is our first of two Channel 1 retrospectives of Calendar 2023. Taking a page from Channel 2's retrospective scheme, today's episode is numbered "C1R6a" (Channel 1 – Retrospective 6a), and will be titled, simply, "The Best of 2023 – pt. 1: St John's picks". Be on the lookout for a second retrospective from Hugues! Tracklist! Track Number / Track Name / Game / System(...
Jan 03, 2024•3 hr•Ep. 127
Today's Broadcast is C2R3 for Wayback Wednesday, December 20th, 2023. Today's episode is our highlights from Season 3 of Nerd Noise Game Club (Channel 2) - our look back at calendar 2023. If you listened to the Channel F which shared every single track featured on Channel 2 this year, and started making some guesses / wishes on what we'd pick, you'll have to let us know how close or far off you were! :-D Tracklist: Track number / Track Name / Game Name / System(s) / Composer(s) -----------------...
Dec 20, 2023•2 hr 32 min•Ep. 126
Today's Broadcast is the entire collection of every single track featured on Nerd Noise Radio - Channel 2 during Calendar 2023 (Season 3). All the conversation and dialog have been scrapped, so these are music-only. 5 little mini-blocks, kinda like 5 little "mini Ch 1s with no intros or outros", all shared back to back....to back, to back, to back. C2R3 (our best of year in review episode - as in "Channel 2 Retrospective 3") is coming very soon, and today's MEGA MIX collection is meant to induce...
Dec 17, 2023•3 hr 17 min•Ep. 125
Today’s “F-isode” is a look at the fabulous chip-tribute Album, “Time and Place”, written by Adam Frazier and Elijah Moore - on a program we’re calling “A Time and Place for Time and Place” - recorded on-location at the Iowa State University campus radio studio! Tracklist 01) Blimp Earcatcher - 00:00:00 Music - 00:00:21 Introduction - 00:02:00 Discussion - 00:06:50 02) Clear Sky Music - 00:09:43 Discussion - 00:11:54 03) Sand Castle Music - 00:16:06 Discussion - 00:18:40 04) Odyssey Music - 00:2...
Dec 07, 2023•2 hr 52 min•Ep. 124
Today’s broadcast is C2E15, for Theme Thursday, November 23rd, 2023 - Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! But whether you have a certain animal roasting in the oven or not, here are some great animal tunes and talk to keep you company! Tracklist: Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Selected by which host 01) Spring Yard Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog - Genesis - Masato Nakamura - St. John Earcatcher - 00:00:00 Music - 00:00:06 Introduction - 00:02:13 Top of the Show Business - 00...
Nov 23, 2023•2 hr 21 min•Ep. 123
In light of the recent turn of events involving Spotify, and its impact to Nerd Noise Radio in particular, the VGM podcast scene more broadly, and even music podcasts of all types, I wanted to get a special announcement up right away about what's going on, and how Nerd Noise Radio is responding. This announcement is most directly applicable to our Spotify listeners, but applicable more broadly to all listeners of Nerd Noise Radio, and even to non-listeners in the VGM podcast scene - particularly...
Oct 17, 2023•13 min•Ep. 122
Today’s Broadcast is C1E80, for Scene Sunday, October 15th, 2023. Today’s episode (our final non-retrospective Ch 1 episode of calendar 2023’s “Season 6”) is a focus on remixes of VGM from various sources, with an emphasis on the OC Remix community, on a program we’re quite simply calling “The Remix Episode”. Today’s episode curated, hosted, and produced ENTIRELY by Hugues - of Nerd Noise Radio - Channel 2 fame! [show notes (including timestamps and tracklist formatting), podcast feed (and Archi...
Oct 15, 2023•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 121
[SEE IMPORTANT EDITOR’S NOTE BELOW THE TRACKLIST!] Today’s Broadcast is C2E14 for Theme Thursday, October 12th, 2023. Today’s Theme is escape themed music, on a program called “Escape Artists” - theme and title (and track run order by Hugues)! Also, a bit of big news and a bit of small news from St. John - neither of which will probably be a surprise to anybody! Lastly, apologies for this episode being so late. This was actually SUPPOSED TO BE the August episode!!! :-O Tracklist: Track# / Track ...
Oct 12, 2023•2 hr 13 min•Ep. 120
[EDITOR'S NOTE: In addition to being a really special episode for me already in that it features one of my all-time best personal friends, and also includes a really fun, really touching extended conversation between us at the end of the episode (which we're somewhat euphemistically calling an "interview"), or even for the episode featuring an "SM7B vs Podmic" mic comparison by way of the intro / outro [SM7B] vs "interview" [Podmic], which is the kinda stuff that I really geek (even if very few ...
Sep 23, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 119
Today’s broadcast is C1E78 for TwoFer Tuesday, August 15th, 2023. Today’s Episode will be TwoFer Tuesday – vol 8. A1) Intro – 00:00:00 01) EDGE – Multi – Richard Malot A) Quiet – 00:04:29 B) Pad – 00:06:58 02) Tetris Party Deluxe – Wii - Brian DiLucente A) King Street – 00:09:56 B) Main Menu – 00:12:19 03) Hover Racing - PS1 - Tooru Kawakami and/or Hiroaki Ohmori A) Drop to the Sky – 00:14:28 B) Laser Wind – 00:17:40 04) Burn-Cycle - CD-i – Simon Boswell A) System Software – 00:20:30 B) Karmic C...
Aug 15, 2023•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 118
Today’s broadcast is C1E77 for Mishmash Monday, July 31st, 2023. Today’s episode will be Mishmash Monday – vol 14. A1– Intro – 00:00:00: 01 - Practice Race - Marble Madness - FM Towns – c: Hal Canon and/or Brad Fuller / a: Unknown – 00:05:28 02 – R.E.D. - Illumination LASER - X68000 - I.C. Kaze – 00:07:18 03 – Intro - Shadow Squadron - 32X – Teruhiko Nakagawa, and/or Masaru Setsumaru – 00:11:06 04 – Gambit - Spider-Man / X-Men - SNES – Tim Tim and/or Geoff Follin – 00:15:14 05 – Firestarter (Ins...
Jul 31, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 117
Today’s F-isode features video game music works from chipist and fellow VGM Podcaster, AJ Reyes, better known as “rayjkayj” of the VGM podcast VGMporium, and is our final contribution (of four) to MoVGM - season 2. A fifth was planned, but “man plans and COVID laughs”. Apologies also for a few “production shortcuts” used here due to the last minute nature of the production, as delayed by said interloper. Lastly, these tracks were all outtakes from C1E73 - UNKAYJ THE RAYJ! All tracks composed and...
Jul 26, 2023•41 min•Ep. 117
Today’s broadcast, for Theme Thursday, July 6th, 2023 is an episode of the Masters of VGM - season 2 ( www.mastersofvgm.com ) and is a focus on music from unsung and undersung composers - on an episode we’re calling “Songs of the Unsung”. Tracklist: 01) John’s 1st composer (of 4): C418 (aka Daniel Rosenfeld) John’s Track: Dreiton - Minecraft - Multiplatform Earcatcher - 00:00:00 Music - 00:00:07 Introduction - 00:08:16 Top of the Show pt 1 - 00:09:12 Discussion - 00:12:00 Top of the Show pt 2 - ...
Jul 06, 2023•2 hr 51 min•Ep. 116
Today’s Channel F (which in the parlance of Nerd Noise Radio are “bonuses and betas” episodes) features highlights from the soundtrack to Stray, for multiple platforms, composed by Yann Van der Cruyssen, also known as Morusque. This program will follow the standard format of neither a Ch 1 nor a Ch 2. I hope you enjoy the unique journey for NNR! [all tracks composed by Yann Van Der Cruyssen, and all tracks are from Stray on multiple platforms] Suitcase Earcatcher - 00:00:00 Music - 00:00:10 Top ...
Jun 29, 2023•2 hr 36 min•Ep. 115
["Skip straight to the music" timestamp: 00:09:09] Today’s broadcast is C1E76 for Theme Thursday, June 1st, 2023. Today’s theme is music from unsung and undersung composers, on a program we're calling "The Big Sound of the Little Guy – vol. 2" - an episode (and likely the debut episode) of the fabulous VGM podcast community's massive group project "Masters of VGM" - season 2! Masters of VGM can be found at www.mastersofvgm.com , or on Twitter or Discord. Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Compo...
Jun 01, 2023•2 hr 20 min•Ep. 114
IMPORTANT NOTE: Masters of VGM Season 2 starts June 1st, and is slated to kick off with Nerd Noise Radio C1E76: "The Big Sound of the Little Guy - vol. 2". To prime the pump of excitement for MoVGM in general, as well as to offer a "compare and contrast" between the incoming, much more polished and measured and matured (and much more well-produced) sequel, and this much more enthusiastic, revolutionary, optimistic, and "heart-ful" example of early, clunky-but-exuberant NNR magic, we are re-runni...
May 27, 2023•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 114
Today's broadcast is C1E75, for FaceOff Friday, May 12th, 2023. Today's broadcast will be "FaceOff Friday – vol 5". Be sure to let us know which versions of which tracks you prefer – and WHY! A1) Intro – 00:00:00 01) Battletoads Double Dragon - Stage 1 - David Wise SNES – 00:05:46 Genesis (a: Unknown) - 00:08:25 02) Streets of Rage 2 - In the Bar - Yuzo Koshiro Genesis – 00:11:04 Mastersystem – 00:12:52 03) Tatsujin (Truxton) - Stage 1 - Shotaro Arcade – 00:14:40 Genesis – 00:16:36 PC Engine – 0...
May 12, 2023•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 110
Today’s episode is C2E12, for Theme Thursday, April 27th, 2023. Today’s theme is music from Houses and/or Towns and/or Town Locations, on a program we’re calling “House Music” - episode theme and title both selected by Hugues! Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Selected By 01) Training - Luigi’s Mansion - GameCube - Kazumi Totaka, and/or Shinobu Tanaka Earcatcher - 00:00:00 Music - 00:00:03 Introduction - 00:02:32 Top of show business - 00:03:15 Discussion - 00:15:30 02) Itchy and...
Apr 27, 2023•2 hr 29 min•Ep. 113
Today’s broadcast is C1E74 for Soundtrack Saturday, April 1st, 2023. Today’s soundtrack is Yar's Revenge, on the Atari 2600 – composed by Howard Scott Warshaw A1) Intro – 00: 01) Fly on the Wall (title screen) - 00:03:12 02) They Started It! (Intro story sequence 1) - 00:04:03 03) Lord of the Flies (Intro story sequence 2) - 00:05:05 04) Options Menu – 00:06:44 05) Strike Aggressively (stage 1) - 00:07:15 06) Watch my Flyswatter Hurt You (boss) - 00:08:00 07) Look out for my big hammer (stage 2)...
Apr 01, 2023•32 min•Ep. 110
Today’s broadcast is C1E73 for Scene Sunday, March 26th 2023. Today’s episode is a focus on the original chiptunes and cover works of Chipist and VGMporium podcast host rayjkayj on a program we're calling "UNKAYJ THE RAYJ"! Tracklist: Track# (total / "chapter") - Track Name – System (approximated) - Production Source – Compo / Event (or N/A) - Timestamp (all tracks were composed by rayjkayj except for covers where original composer will be listed) A1) Earcatcher: 00:00:00 A2) Intro – 00:00:21 "C...
Mar 26, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 112
Today’s Broadcast is C2E11 for Theme Thursday, March, 2nd, 2023 - the inaugural episode of Channel 2’s “Season 3!”. Today’s theme is music from space games and space biomes on a program we’re calling “It’s SPACE TIME!” Tracklist Track# - Track - Game - System - Composer(s) - Selected By A1) Earcatcher - 00:00:00 01) Snow on the Moon - Fantavision (NA) - PS2 - Ashif Hakik - St. John Music - 00:00:06 Intro - 00:05:11 Top of Show Business / Banter (including “[yet another] new mic, who dis?”) - 00:...
Mar 02, 2023•2 hr 25 min•Ep. 111
Today’s broadcast is C1E72 for Mishmash Monday, February 13th, 2023. Today’s episode will be Mishmash Monday – vol 13. Dedicated to my friend Harrison Frost, who celebrates his 44th birthday today, and with whom I only very recently reconnected after a nearly 20yr hiatus. A1 – Intro – 00:00:00 01 - Wrecking Crew - NES - Stage Theme – Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka – 00:04:00 02 - 3D Pinball Space Cadet - PC - Table - Mat Ridgeway – 00:05:57 03 - The Simpsons – Arcade – Springfield Butte - Norio Hanzawa –...
Feb 13, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 110
Today’s broadcast is C1E71 for Theme Thursday, January 26th, 2023. Today marks the precise 10yr anniversary of the launch of Nerd Noise Radio as a social media VGM aggregator service (podcast came along four years later), and to celebrate the occasion, today's episode features music we shared on social media and YouTube prior to the launch of the show, which had until now never appeared on the show – on a program we're calling "The Wonder Years" Tracklist: Track# / Game / System / Track / Compos...
Jan 26, 2023•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 109
Today’s broadcast is C1E70B for Wayback Wednesday, December 28th, 2022. Today’s episode (our final release of 2022) will be "The Best of 2022 – pt. 2: Hugues' Picks" 01) Intro – 00:00:00 02) Space Harrier Theme – N/A (JP Main System BIOS) - Master System [FM + PSG] - Hiyoshi Miyauchi – C1E62 – St. John – 00:01:46 03) Stand Up Against Myself – Lightening Force – Genesis - Toshiaru Yamanishi, Takeish Yoshida, and/or Tomomi Ootani – C2E6 – St. John – 00:05:49 04) Kyoto Japan – Tekken – PS1 - c: Yos...
Dec 28, 2022•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 107
Happy Holidays, everybody! As the tile suggests, I hadn't planned on doing this re-run. But when the realization dawned that the events which occurred in the story told in this broadcast (originally intended as the debut for Nerd Noise Radio - Channel F) occurred precisely 30yrs ago today - indeed, give or take 30 minutes, they were occurring 30yrs ago RIGHT NOW [as of the time I'm uploading this]. Apologies for the poor production quality, and especially the atrocious production quality in the ...
Dec 25, 2022•27 min•Ep. 108
Today’s broadcast is C1E70A for Wayback Wednesday, December 21st, 2022. Today’s episode is "The Best of 2022 – St. John's Picks" - a look back on John's favorite tracks of calendar 2022 on Nerd Noise Radio (includes tracks from Channel 1 and from Channel 2) Track# - Track – Game – System – Composer(s) - Originally from – Originally selected by - Timestamp 01) Earcatcher – 00:00:00 02) Intro – 00:00:07 03) We Interrupt this program – 00:03:48 04) Intro (continued) - 00:04:38 05) Radix Malorum Est...
Dec 21, 2022•3 hr 12 min•Ep. 106
