OSC 261 - Tekken 7 & Disaster: Day of Crisis

January 27, 2024

THIS WEEK: Peter descends into a volcano to witness the ultimate showdown between Heihachi and Kazuya Mishima with Rio Hamamoto's work in Tekken 7 and Joe braves the terrifying natural elements to stop a potential nuclear terrorist attack in Disaster: Day of Crisis.

TIME STAMPS:

3:56 - GAME 1: TEKKEN 7

23:22 - Composer History: Rio Hamamoto

28:35 - Critical Track #1

31:26 - Critical Track #2

34:58 - Critical Track #3

37:46 - Critical Track #4

40:50 - Critical Track #5

43:23 - Cutting Room Floor

50:51 - Transition

52:20 - GAME 2: DISASTER: DAY OF CRISIS

1:08:30 - Composer History: Yoshihiro Ike

1:11:17 - Critical Track #1

1:13:53 - Critical Track #2

1:16:01 - Critical Track #3

1:18:14 - Critical Track #4

1:20:17 - Critical Track #5

1:23:14 - Cutting Room Floor

1:29:35 - Outro

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OSC 260 - Punch-Out!! & Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

January 17, 2024

THIS WEEK: Joe puts up his boxing gloves to reboot Nintendo's original fighting franchise on Wii in Punch-Out!! (2009) and Peter perceives lies in the courtroom with a magical bracelet to discover why a famous lawyer got disbarred with Toshihiko Horiyama's work in Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney.

TIME STAMPS:

7:41 - GAME 1: PUNCH-OUT!! (2009)

29:55 - Composer History: Darren Radtke

35:07 - Critical Track #1

37:28 - Critical Track #2

40:29 - Critical Track #3

43:18 - Critical Track #4

45:18 - Critical Track #5

47:22 - Cutting Room Floor

52:12 - Transition

53:37 - GAME 2: APOLLO JUSTICE: ACE ATTORNEY

1:11:53 - Composer History: Toshihiko Horiyama

1:16:35 - Critical Track #1

1:19:28 - Critical Track #2

1:23:07 - Critical Track #3

1:26:44 - Critical Track #4

1:29:19 - Critical Track #5

1:31:36 - Cutting Room Floor

1:45:03 - Outro

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OSC 259 - Star Renegades

January 9, 2024

THIS WEEK: Joe jumps between dimensions to stop a cyborg invasion using roguelike elements with Steve London's work in Star Renegades.

TIME STAMPS:

3:24 - STAR RENEGADES

11:16 - Composer History: Steve London

12:37 - Critical Track #1

14:14 - Critical Track #2

16:15 - Critical Track #3

17:39 - Critical Track #4

18:56 - Critical Track #5

20:17 - Cutting Room Floor

22:28 - Outro

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OSC 258 - Analogue: A Hate Story & F-Zero

January 5, 2024

THIS WEEK: Joe retrieves the logs of a derelict spaceship while hearing suspicious stories from two AI companions with Isaac Schankler's work in Analogue: A Hate Story and Peter races into the Blue Falcon to show off power of Mode 7 on Super Nintendo in F-Zero.

TIME STAMPS:

7:49 - GAME 1: ANALOGUE: A HATE STORY

29:03 - Composer History: Isaac Schankler

31:19 - Critical Track #1

34:42 - Critical Track #2

37:12 - Critical Track #3

40:05 - Critical Track #4

43:18 - Critical Track #5

45:14 - Cutting Room Floor

50:49 - Transition

52:34 - GAME 2: F-ZERO

1:08:57 - Composer History: Yumiko Kanki

1:11:21 - Critical Track #1

1:14:13 - Critical Track #2

1:17:05 - Critical Track #3

1:19:13 - Critical Track #4

1:21:37 - Critical Track #5

1:23:57 - Cutting Room Floor

1:32:19 - Outro

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OSC 257 - Best of 2023

December 29, 2023

THIS WEEK: Joe and Peter present their combined list of the top 10 best game soundtracks of 2023

TIME STAMPS:

2:37 - #10

11:09 - #9

18:36 - #8

27:12 - #7

36:02 - #6

45:22 - #5

53:50 - #4

1:02:48 - #3

1:11:41 - #2

1:19:48 - Honorable Mentions

1:47:21 - Honorable Honorable Mentions

1:51:26 - #1

1:59:46 - Outro

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OSC 256 - God of War Ragnarök

December 19, 2023

THIS WEEK: Peter prepares for the twilight of the gods across each of the nine realms all throughout a continuous camera shot with Hozier's work in God of War Ragnarök.

TIME STAMPS:

3:10 - GAME: GOD OF WAR RAGNARÖK

15:54 - Composer History: Andrew Hozier-Byrne

19:02 - Critical Track #1

21:01 - Critical Track #2

23:21 - Critical Track #3

25:56 - Critical Track #4

28:18 - Critical Track #5

30:25 - Cutting Room Floor

36:10 - Outro

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OSC 255 - Deus Ex

December 13, 2023

THIS WEEK: Joe works as a physically augmented UNATCO agent to recover stolen shipments of a vaccine to a pandemic known as the Gray Death with Alexander Brandon's work in Deus Ex.

TIME STAMPS:

1:23 - Composer Headlines

3:34 - GAME: DEUS EX

27:47 - Composer History: Alexander Brandon

30:28 - Critical Track #1

33:25 - Critical Track #2

34:57 - Critical Track #3

36:48 - Critical Track #4

38:50 - Critical Track #5

40:32 - Cutting Room Floor

44:13 - Outro

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OSC 254 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater & Ai Cho Aniki

December 6, 2023

THIS WEEK: Peter collects S-K-A-T-E letters while pulling off sick skateboard combos with Brian Bright's work in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater and Joe flexes his inner bodybuilder with the sidescrolling shooter featuring fighting game inputs in Ai Cho Aniki.

TIME STAMPS:

3:39 - Composer Headlines

8:29 - GAME 1: TONY HAWK’S PRO SKATER

25:56 - Composer History: Brian Bright

29:38 - Critical Track #1

33:37 - Critical Track #2

37:30 - Critical Track #3

40:42 - Critical Track #4

43:14 - Critical Track #5

45:41 - Cutting Room Floor

51:10 - Transition

52:27 - GAME 2: AI CHO ANIKI

1:07:17 - Composer History: Taku Iwasaki

1:11:34 - Critical Track #1

1:14:28 - Critical Track #2

1:16:32 - Critical Track #3

1:18:50 - Critical Track #4

1:21:12 - Critical Track #5

1:23:27 - Cutting Room Floor

1:29:00 - Outro

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OSC 253 - Night in the Woods

November 28, 2023

THIS WEEK: Peter returns home to Possum Springs to hang out with friends and uncover the town's darkest secret with Scott Benson's work in Night in the Woods.

TIME STAMPS:

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NIGHT IN THE WOODS - Original Soundchat - Episode 253

THIS WEEK: Peter returns home to Possum Springs to hang out with friends and uncover the town's darkest secret with Scott Benson's work in Night in the Woods.

TIMESTAMPS

3:04 - GAME: NIGHT IN THE WOODS

17:30 - Composer History: Scott Benson

19:58 - Critical Track #1

21:49 - Critical Track #2

23:46 - Critical Track #3

26:33 - Critical Track #4

28:48 - Critical Track #5

31:32 - Cutting Room Floor

36:10 - Outro

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OSC 252 - Thanksgiving 2023 Q&A

November 22, 2023

THIS WEEK: Joe and Peter take a Thanksgiving break from dissecting game soundtracks and the critical five songs within them, in order to answer some questions that have been asked by listeners

TIME STAMPS:

2:34 - Favorite games to talk about this year and hear the other host cover?

8:24 - Played any games the other host covered on the show?

10:09 - Non-Nintendo series you want to see on Switch?

12:45 - Most surprising research fact you discovered?

16:08 - Style of music you'd like to cover that you haven't yet?

19:28 - Gaming resolutions progress?

21:35 - Favorite games from previous years played in 2023?

24:58 - Top 5 soundtracks for 2023 so far?

30:56 - 2023 game release backlogs?

38:02 - Other media you've enjoyed this year?

46:51 - Favorite film composer at the moment?

49:28 - Ideal episode for first-time listeners?

52:18 - Worth repeating composer discussion after some time?

59:13 - Games you would want to cover on the show again?

1:01:18 - Best dish to have at Thanksgiving?

1:04:12 - 2024 games we're looking forward to?

1:09:27 - Covered games in the next few months?

1:11:19 - Outro

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OSC 251 - Persona 2: Innocent Sin & Super Mario RPG

November 14, 2023

THIS WEEK: Joe faces the forces of the Masked Circle as rumors in Sumaru are coming true with Masaki Kurokawa's work in Persona 2: Innocent Sin and Peter battles the sentient weapons of the Smithy Gang with their takeover of Star Road and the Mushroom Kingdom in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.

TIME STAMPS:

5:19 - Composer Headlines

14:45 - GAME 1: PERSONA 2: INNOCENT SIN

40:24 - Composer History: Masaki Kurokawa

43:59 - Critical Track #1

46:08 - Critical Track #2

48:36 - Critical Track #3

51:26 - Critical Track #4

53:35 - Critical Track #5

56:45 - Cutting Room Floor

1:02:14 - Transition

1:03:23 - GAME 2: SUPER MARIO RPG: LEGEND OF THE SEVEN STARS

1:17:31 - Musician History: Hidenori Suzuki

1:21:36 - Critical Track #1

1:24:15 - Critical Track #2

1:26:49 - Critical Track #3

1:29:17 - Critical Track #4

1:31:38 - Critical Track #5

1:34:02 - Cutting Room Floor

1:43:02 - Outro

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OSC 250 - Final Fantasy Mystic Quest

November 7, 2023

THIS WEEK: Joe vanquishes the Vile Four as a knight while watering down the popular JRPG formula to appeal to a new audience with Ryuji Sasai's work in Final Fantasy Mystic Quest.

TIME STAMPS:

OSC250.mp3 is in the dropbox

FINAL FANTASY MYSTIC QUEST - Original Soundchat - Episode 250

THIS WEEK: Joe vanquishes the Vile Four as a knight while watering down the popular JRPG formula to appeal to a new audience with Ryuji Sasai's work in Final Fantasy Mystic Quest.

TIMESTAMPS

5:44 - GAME: FINAL FANTASY MYSTIC QUEST

16:29 - Composer History: Ryuji Sasai

21:12 - Critical Track #1

22:54 - Critical Track #2

24:46 - Critical Track #3

26:19 - Critical Track #4

28:05 - Critical Track #5

29:28 - Cutting Room Floor

33:20 - Outro

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OSC 249 - Dead By Daylight & Pokémon Scarlet/Violet

October 31, 2023

THIS WEEK: Joe teams up with three other survivors against a slew of slasher icons with Michel F. April's work in Dead by Daylight and Peter chooses between three narrative paths across the open world of the Paldea region in Pokémon Scarlet/Violet.

TIME STAMPS:

6:52 - GAME 1: DEAD BY DAYLIGHT

36:42 - Composer History: Michel F. April

41:04 - Critical Track #1

43:27 - Critical Track #2

46:07 - Critical Track #3

48:55 - Critical Track #4

51:49 - Critical Track #5

54:33 - Cutting Room Floor

1:02:51 - Transition

1:03:46 - GAME 2: POKÉMON SCARLET & VIOLET

1:23:31 - Composer History: Teruo Taniguchi

1:26:25 - Critical Track #1

1:28:55 - Critical Track #2

1:31:26 - Critical Track #3

1:33:31 - Critical Track #4

1:36:37 - Critical Track #5

1:38:26 - Cutting Room Floor

1:49:22 - Outro

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OSC 248 - Metal Gear Solid 4 & Silent Hill 4

October 24, 2023

THIS WEEK: Peter struggles with accelerated aging from FOXDIE as Liquid Ocelot launches his insurrection in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Joe tries to save his neighbor from certain death while being trapped in his cursed apartment with Mary Elizabeth McGlynn's work in Silent Hill 4: The Room.

TIME STAMPS:

5:22 - Composer Headlines

9:26 - GAME 1: METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS

31:52 - Composer History: Nobuko Toda

37:45 - Critical Track #1

41:00 - Critical Track #2

45:12 - Critical Track #3

48:18 - Critical Track #4

53:05 - Critical Track #5

56:31 - Cutting Room Floor

1:04:25 - Transition

1:05:30 - GAME 2: SILENT HILL 4: THE ROOM

1:25:53 - Musician History: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

1:30:20 - Critical Track #1

1:32:53 - Critical Track #2

1:36:06 - Critical Track #3

1:38:32 - Critical Track #4

1:41:45 - Critical Track #5

1:43:54 - Cutting Room Floor

1:51:17 - Outro

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OSC 247 - Rule of Rose & Super Mario World

October 17, 2023

THIS WEEK: Joe finds himself trapped on an airship with the worst group of children and a faithful dog named Brown with Yutaka Minobe's work in Rule of Rose and Peter takes the 2D platformer to the next level with Nintendo's 16-bit debut on SNES in Super Mario World.

TIME STAMPS:

5:45 - GAME 1: RULE OF ROSE

30:35 - Composer History: Yutaka Minobe

33:53 - Critical Track #1

36:57 - Critical Track #2

39:47 - Critical Track #3

42:14 - Critical Track #4

44:27 - Critical Track #5

46:19 - Cutting Room Floor

51:52 - Transition

53:42 - GAME 2: SUPER MARIO WORLD

1:10:47 - Composer History: Soichi Noriki

1:16:16 - Critical Track #1

1:18:33 - Critical Track #2

1:21:37 - Critical Track #3

1:24:22 - Critical Track #4

1:26:41 - Critical Track #5

1:29:48 - Cutting Room Floor

1:36:28 - Outro

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OSC 246 - Immortality & Alone in the Dark

October 10, 2023

THIS WEEK: Peter watches clips in an interactive movie trilogy to discover the fate of Marissa Marcel with Nainita Desai's work in Immortality and Joe solves the mystery of Jeremy Hartwood's death with the first survival horror adventure with 3D graphics in Alone in the Dark.

TIME STAMPS:

5:02 - GAME 1: IMMORTALITY

21:51 - Composer History: Nainita Desai

26:10 - Critical Track #1

28:41 - Critical Track #2

32:18 - Critical Track #3

35:02 - Critical Track #4

37:30 - Critical Track #5

40:10 - Cutting Room Floor

48:20 - Transition

49:36 - GAME 2: ALONE IN THE DARK

1:14:20 - Composer History: Philippe Vachey

1:17:27 - Critical Track #1

1:19:51 - Critical Track #2

1:21:47 - Critical Track #3

1:23:54 - Critical Track #4

1:26:22 - Critical Track #5

1:28:29 - Cutting Room Floor

1:34:24 - Outro

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OSC 245 - World of Horror & Assassin's Creed Odyssey

October 2, 2023

THIS WEEK: Joe solves mysteries in Shiokawa that are inspired by Junji Ito to appease an Old God with Qwesta's work in World of Horror and Peter plays both sides of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta as The Eagle Bearer in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

TIME STAMPS:

4:05 - GAME 1: WORLD OF HORROR

16:25 - Composer History: Qwesta

18:31 - Critical Track #1

21:02 - Critical Track #2

23:31 - Critical Track #3

25:59 - Critical Track #4

28:42 - Critical Track #5

31:29 - Cutting Room Floor

37:50 - Transition

39:35 - GAME 2: ASSASSIN'S CREED ODYSSEY

1:02:03 - Composer History: The Flight

1:06:44 - Critical Track #1

1:08:51 - Critical Track #2

1:11:19 - Critical Track #3

1:14:35 - Critical Track #4

1:17:32 - Critical Track #5

1:20:29 - Cutting Room Floor

1:26:52 - Outro

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OSC 244 - Cyberpunk 2077 & Jack Move

September 26, 2023

THIS WEEK: Peter needs to get Johnny Silverhand out of his mind while surviving in Night City with P.T. Adamczyk's work in Cyberpunk 2077 and Joe must rescue his father from Monomind as Bright Town deals with the fallout from an event called The Dark in Jack Move.

TIME STAMPS:

5:17 - Composer Headlines

6:58 - GAME 1: CYBERPUNK 2077

30:24 - Composer History: P.T. Adamczyk

36:10 - Critical Track #1

38:42 - Critical Track #2

41:04 - Critical Track #3

43:37 - Critical Track #4

46:36 - Critical Track #5

49:31 - Cutting Room Floor

57:50 - Transition

58:48 - GAME 2: JACK MOVE

1:07:08 - Composer History: Charlie Fieber

1:09:11 - Critical Track #1

1:11:56 - Critical Track #2

1:14:48 - Critical Track #3

1:16:31 - Critical Track #4

1:18:28 - Critical Track #5

1:20:19 - Cutting Room Floor

1:25:25 - Outro

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OSC 243 - Blasphemous & Mortal Kombat

September 19, 2023

THIS WEEK: Joe begins his pilgrimage as The Penitent One in a world filled with Spanish religious imagery with Carlos Viola's work in Blasphemous and Peter tests his might in the visceral fighting game defined by its fatalities in Mortal Kombat.

TIME STAMPS:

3:56 - Composer Headlines

15:12 - GAME 1: BLASPHEMOUS

25:48 - Composer History: Carlos Viola

27:24 - Critical Track #1

29:52 - Critical Track #2

32:07 - Critical Track #3

34:23 - Critical Track #4

36:19 - Critical Track #5

38:45 - Cutting Room Floor

43:36 - Transition

45:10 - GAME 2: MORTAL KOMBAT

1:06:52 - Composer History: Dan Forden

1:13:10 - Critical Track #1

1:15:40 - Critical Track #2

1:18:19 - Critical Track #3

1:20:19 - Critical Track #4

1:22:56 - Critical Track #5

1:25:05 - Cutting Room Floor

1:29:52 - Outro

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OSC 242 - Baten Kaitos & Idol Showdown

September 12, 2023

THIS WEEK: Peter channels the magical card powers of Magnus to stop the revival of the evil god Malpercio in Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean and Joe pits the VTubers of Hololive against each other in a fan-made fighting game with Cameron Gomez's work in Idol Showdown.

TIME STAMPS:

6:43 - Composer Headlines

10:08 - GAME 1: BATEN KAITOS: ETERNAL WINGS AND THE LOST OCEAN

25:48 - Musician History: Hideyo Takakuwa

31:17 - Critical Track #1

34:30 - Critical Track #2

37:40 - Critical Track #3

40:11 - Critical Track #4

42:18 - Critical Track #5

44:41 - Cutting Room Floor

50:33 - Transition

52:12 - GAME 2: IDOL SHOWDOWN

1:14:02 - Composer History: Cameron Gomez

1:18:27 - Critical Track #1

1:20:18 - Critical Track #2

1:22:24 - Critical Track #3

1:27:07 - Critical Track #4

1:29:59 - Critical Track #5

1:32:56 - Cutting Room Floor

1:47:57 - Outro

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