Joe and Peter present their combined list of the top 10 best game soundtracks of 2018.
TIME STAMPS:
2:31 - #10
8:10 - #9
13:12 - #8
18:28 - #7
24:23 - #6
31:21 - #5
36:49 - #4
42:36 - #3
48:45 - #2
54:41 - Honorable Mentions
1:13:03 - #1
1:20:35 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Peter watches over the world regeneration quest of becoming an angel through real-time combat in Tales of Symphonia and Joe strings together as many Game Boy Advances and link cables as possible through "world music" with Kumi Tanioka's work in Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.
TIME STAMPS:
5:31 - Composer Headlines
9:38 - GAME 1: TALES OF SYMPHONIA
29:01 - Composer History: Shinji Tamura
32:24 - Critical Track #1
36:18 - Critical Track #2
38:04 - Critical Track #3
40:43 - Critical Track #4
43:48 - Critical Track #5
46:14 - Cutting Room Floor
51:19 - Transition
52:30 - GAME 2: FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES
1:14:44 - Composer History: Kumi Tanioka
1:22:59 - Critical Track #1
1:25:11 - Critical Track #2
1:27:22 - Critical Track #3
1:29:08 - Critical Track #4
1:31:56 - Critical Track #5
1:34:36 - Cutting Room Floor
1:39:01 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Joe takes on all challengers in a beat-em-up twist on the damsel-in-distress formula in River City Girls and Peter slows down time to reflect bullets and eliminate all enemies in the room with Bill Kiley's work in Katana Zero.
TIME STAMPS:
4:19 - Composer Headlines
9:07 - GAME 1: RIVER CITY GIRLS
26:04 - Composer History: Megan McDuffee
30:21 - Critical Track #1
32:22 - Critical Track #2
34:31 - Critical Track #3
37:12 - Critical Track #4
39:25 - Critical Track #5
41:46 - Cutting Room Floor
46:14 - Transition
47:21 - GAME 2: KATANA ZERO
59:55 - Composer History: Bill Kiley
1:06:13 - Critical Track #1
1:08:40 - Critical Track #2
1:11:15 - Critical Track #3
1:13:15 - Critical Track #4
1:15:49 - Critical Track #5
1:18:53 - Cutting Room Floor
1:28:38 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Peter achieves antigravity while inside of a customized vehicle with the best selling game on two Nintendo consoles in Mario Kart 8 and Joe speeds along a hellishly surreal track in pursuit of a giant head with Brian Gibson's work in Thumper.
TIME STAMPS:
4:01 - Composer Headlines
9:07 - GAME 1: MARIO KART 8
22:09 - Musician History: Atsuko Asahi
25:36 - Critical Track #1
28:07 - Critical Track #2
30:28 - Critical Track #3
33:46 - Critical Track #4
36:45 - Critical Track #5
39:34 - Cutting Room Floor
48:32 - Transition
50:02 - GAME 2: THUMPER
1:04:34 - Composer History: Brian Gibson
1:08:43 - Critical Track #1
1:11:03 - Critical Track #2
1:12:41 - Critical Track #3
1:14:28 - Critical Track #4
1:16:54 - Critical Track #5
1:18:30 - Cutting Room Floor
1:23:46 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Joe makes a globe-trotting adventure across many kingdoms to reclaim their bridal treasures in Super Mario Odyssey and Peter discovers the secrets of a post-apocalyptic world while clashing with mechanical animals with Joris de Man's work in Horizon Zero Dawn.
TIME STAMPS:
6:07 - Composer Headlines
9:41 - GAME 1: SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY
28:35 - Musician History: Naoto Kubo
31:45 - Critical Track #1
33:58 - Critical Track #2
36:28 - Critical Track #3
39:27 - Critical Track #4
43:45 - Critical Track #5
45:48 - Cutting Room Floor
54:48 - Transition
55:56 - GAME 2: HORIZON ZERO DAWN
1:14:20 - Composer History: Joris de Man
1:22:26 - Critical Track #1
1:24:57 - Critical Track #2
1:28:01 - Critical Track #3
1:29:50 - Critical Track #4
1:31:41 - Critical Track #5
1:34:04 - Cutting Room Floor
1:39:51 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Peter assembles the largest fighting game roster ever made at the time alongside controversial jazz in Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes and Joe battles characters from Persona 3 & 4 in a new genre spinoff for the franchise with Atsushi Kitajoh's work in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax.
TIME STAMPS:
4:11 - Composer Headlines
8:52 - GAME 1: MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 2: NEW AGE OF HEROES
28:00 - Musician History: Mitsuhiko Takano
32:20 - Critical Track #1
34:11 - Critical Track #2
36:58 - Critical Track #3
39:38 - Critical Track #4
42:04 - Critical Track #5
43:39 - Cutting Room Floor
48:50 - Transition
49:55 - GAME 2: PERSONA 4 ARENA ULTIMAX
1:12:21 - Composer History: Atsushi Kitajoh
1:14:56 - Critical Track #1
1:18:01 - Critical Track #2
1:19:44 - Critical Track #3
1:21:24 - Critical Track #4
1:23:45 - Critical Track #5
1:25:19 - Cutting Room Floor
1:34:42 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Joe tangles with the criminal underworld with a game that presents itself as an interactive movie in Late Shift and Peter explores platforming in virtual reality alongside a PlayStation 4 tutorial character with Kenneth Young's work in ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission.
TIME STAMPS:
3:48 - Composer Headlines
6:21 - GAME 1: LATE SHIFT
22:45 - Musician History: Cyril Boehler
25:53 - Critical Track #1
28:19 - Critical Track #2
30:26 - Critical Track #3
32:57 - Critical Track #4
34:59 - Critical Track #5
37:37 - Cutting Room Floor
42:28 - Transition
43:38 - GAME 2: ASTRO BOT RESCUE MISSION
53:54 - Composer History: Kenneth Young
59:24 - Critical Track #1
1:01:58 - Critical Track #2
1:04:41 - Critical Track #3
1:08:05 - Critical Track #4
1:10:11 - Critical Track #5
1:12:51 - Cutting Room Floor
1:19:10 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Peter gains electrical superpowers and must decide to use them for good or evil in inFAMOUS and Joe collects missing pages from a legendary thief book to restore his family's legacy with Ashif Hakik's work in Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus.
TIME STAMPS:
3:02 - GAME 1: INFAMOUS
19:49 - Musician History: Amon Tobin
26:16 - Critical Track #1
29:03 - Critical Track #2
31:25 - Critical Track #3
33:12 - Critical Track #4
35:51 - Critical Track #5
37:59 - Cutting Room Floor
42:13 - Transition
43:55 - GAME 2: SLY COOPER AND THE THIEVIUS RACCOONUS
1:03:01 - Composer History: Ashif Hakik
1:07:13 - Critical Track #1
1:09:39 - Critical Track #2
1:12:04 - Critical Track #3
1:16:01 - Critical Track #4
1:18:57 - Critical Track #5
1:21:52 - Cutting Room Floor
1:28:42 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Joe solves a murder mystery in what is essentially the video game version of The Room's quirkiness in Deadly Premonition and Peter speeds into the seventh generation of consoles with a development story that slowed down the blue blur with Tomoya Ohtani's work in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).
TIME STAMPS:
4:01 - Composer Headlines
5:47 - GAME 1: DEADLY PREMONITION
27:58 - Musician History: Riyou Kinugasa
30:20 - Critical Track #1
32:23 - Critical Track #2
34:00 - Critical Track #3
37:30 - Critical Track #4
39:52 - Critical Track #5
41:35 - Cutting Room Floor
46:58 - Transition
48:06 - GAME 2: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG (2006)
1:07:03 - Composer History: Tomoya Ohtani
1:13:14 - Critical Track #1
1:15:13 - Critical Track #2
1:18:11 - Critical Track #3
1:20:27 - Critical Track #4
1:23:29 - Critical Track #5
1:25:07 - Cutting Room Floor
1:34:05 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Peter lives the swashbuckling life of a Caribbean pirate in the eighteenth century to stop Templar plots in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and Joe uses a mystical pocket watch to learn the puzzling fates of sixty crew members with Lucas Pope's work in Return of the Obra Dinn.
TIME STAMPS:
4:32 - GAME 1: ASSASSIN'S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG
22:13 - Musician History: Brian Tyler
32:02 - Critical Track #1
34:09 - Critical Track #2
36:27 - Critical Track #3
38:56 - Critical Track #4
40:42 - Critical Track #5
43:13 - Cutting Room Floor
46:32 - Transition
47:41 - GAME 2: RETURN OF THE OBRA DINN
1:00:24 - Composer History: Lucas Pope
1:08:04 - Critical Track #1
1:10:22 - Critical Track #2
1:12:18 - Critical Track #3
1:15:22 - Critical Track #4
1:18:13 - Critical Track #5
1:20:12 - Cutting Room Floor
1:28:17 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Joe jumps and shoots through eight robot masters with one of the best NES adventures in Mega Man 2 and Peter learns about classic Japanese anime characters in a Wii fighting crossover with Akihiko Narita's work in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars.
TIME STAMPS:
3:04 - Composer Headlines
4:21 - GAME 1: MEGA MAN 2
20:19 - Musician History: Takeshi Tateishi
28:54 - Critical Track #1
30:38 - Critical Track #2
33:50 - Critical Track #3
35:53 - Critical Track #4
37:27 - Critical Track #5
40:22 - Cutting Room Floor
47:09 - Transition
48:38 - GAME 2: TATSUNOKO VS. CAPCOM: ULTIMATE ALL-STARS
1:08:24 - Composer History: Akihiko Narita
1:12:02 - Critical Track #1
1:14:27 - Critical Track #2
1:16:52 - Critical Track #3
1:19:36 - Critical Track #4
1:21:59 - Critical Track #5
1:25:32 - Cutting Room Floor
1:36:36 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Peter seizes the call for adventure and searches for pirate treasure alongside the brother he thought was dead in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and Joe collects Wumpa Fruits in the 3D platformer that gave PlayStation its first big mascot character with Josh Mancell's work in Crash Bandicoot.
TIME STAMPS:
3:41 - Composer Headlines
7:45 - GAME 1: UNCHARTED 4: A THIEF'S END
24:56 - Musician History: Henry Jackman
29:42 - Critical Track #1
32:08 - Critical Track #2
34:44 - Critical Track #3
37:30 - Critical Track #4
40:14 - Critical Track #5
42:31 - Cutting Room Floor
47:38 - Transition
48:53 - GAME 2: CRASH BANDICOOT
1:11:17 - Composer History: Josh Mancell
1:17:20 - Critical Track #1
1:19:30 - Critical Track #2
1:21:14 - Critical Track #3
1:22:57 - Critical Track #4
1:24:33 - Critical Track #5
1:26:10 - Cutting Room Floor
1:32:01 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Joe becomes the Warrior of Light to use Hydaelyn's powers and defend Eorzea from the Primals in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and Peter explores eight stories throughout Orsterra that ultimately converge in a new coat of paint on a classic formula with Yasunori Nishiki's work in Octopath Traveler.
TIME STAMPS:
2:46 - Composer Headlines
5:00 - GAME 1: FINAL FANTASY XIV: A REALM REBORN
24:34 - Musician History: Masayoshi Soken
31:46 - Critical Track #1
33:52 - Critical Track #2
35:43 - Critical Track #3
39:33 - Critical Track #4
41:55 - Critical Track #5
43:38 - Cutting Room Floor
50:37 - Transition
52:09 - GAME 2: OCTOPATH TRAVELER
1:05:49 - Composer History: Yasunori Nishiki
1:11:59 - Critical Track #1
1:14:21 - Critical Track #2
1:17:15 - Critical Track #3
1:20:04 - Critical Track #4
1:22:20 - Critical Track #5
1:24:47 - Cutting Room Floor
1:29:26 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Peter discovers the grim fates of cursed family members while exploring a house with playable vignettes in What Remains of Edith Finch and Joe retreats to the woods to find that a simple lookout job has unsettling complications with Chris Remo's work in Firewatch.
TIME STAMPS:
2:34 - Composer Headlines
8:03 - GAME 1: WHAT REMAINS OF EDITH FINCH
22:05 - Musician History: Jeff Russo
26:28 - Critical Track #1
28:40 - Critical Track #2
31:58 - Critical Track #3
35:10 - Critical Track #4
38:32 - Critical Track #5
39:48 - Cutting Room Floor
50:04 - Transition
51:11 - GAME 2: FIREWATCH
1:13:52 - Composer History: Chris Remo
1:17:38 - Critical Track #1
1:20:03 - Critical Track #2
1:21:52 - Critical Track #3
1:23:53 - Critical Track #4
1:26:28 - Critical Track #5
1:28:54 - Cutting Room Floor
1:36:21 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Joe dances to turn into animals and save genies from turning evil in Shantae: Half-Genie Hero and Peter wields a future-sight sword to continue the war that rages on the backs of two titanic gods with Tomori Kudo's work in Xenoblade Chronicles.
TIME STAMPS:
3:54 - GAME 1: SHANTAE: HALF-GENIE HERO
15:28 - Musician History: Cristina Vee
23:02 - Critical Track #1
25:18 - Critical Track #2
27:37 - Critical Track #3
29:59 - Critical Track #4
32:09 - Critical Track #5
33:48 - Cutting Room Floor
37:07 - Transition
38:09 - GAME 2: XENOBLADE CHRONICLES
55:09 - Composer History: Tomori Kudo
1:03:06 - Critical Track #1
1:05:07 - Critical Track #2
1:07:47 - Critical Track #3
1:10:03 - Critical Track #4
1:12:29 - Critical Track #5
1:14:47 - Cutting Room Floor
1:21:49 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Peter jumps into a TV and fights through the fog to solve a murder mystery in Persona 4 and Joe needs to raise his stats and find a date for the big event of the school year with Messer Chups' work in Monster Prom.
TIME STAMPS:
2:14 - Composer Headlines
5:27 - GAME 1: PERSONA 4
31:05 - Composer History: Shihoko Hirata
35:00 - Critical Track #1
38:22 - Critical Track #2
41:40 - Critical Track #3
44:24 - Critical Track #4
46:52 - Critical Track #5
49:31 - Cutting Room Floor
1:00:58 - Transition
1:02:01 - GAME 2: MONSTER PROM
1:19:22 - Composer History: Messer Chups
1:22:20 - Critical Track #1
1:24:10 - Critical Track #2
1:26:22 - Critical Track #3
1:27:59 - Critical Track #4
1:29:33 - Critical Track #5
1:31:38 - Cutting Room Floor
1:38:19 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Joe enters a world of claymation to explore a traditional point-and-click adventure in The Neverhood and Peter tries to impress a flower girl through the basics of rap and rhythm with Masaya Matsuura's work in PaRappa the Rapper.
TIME STAMPS:
2:21 - Composer Headlines
6:54 - GAME 1: THE NEVERHOOD
27:37 - Composer History: Terry Scott Taylor
33:44 - Critical Track #1
36:15 - Critical Track #2
38:04 - Critical Track #3
39:47 - Critical Track #4
41:30 - Critical Track #5
44:18 - Cutting Room Floor
48:47 - Transition
49:54 - GAME 2: PARAPPA THE RAPPER
1:08:46 - Composer History: Masaya Matsuura
1:14:57 - Critical Track #1
1:17:40 - Critical Track #2
1:20:19 - Critical Track #3
1:21:54 - Critical Track #4
1:25:24 - Critical Track #5
1:28:21 - Cutting Room Floor
1:34:19 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Peter dons the animal mask to take out the Russian mafia with synthwave ultraviolence in Hotline Miami and Joe creates characters to use omnipotence and have them suffer unfortunate fates with Steve Jablonsky's work in The Sims 3.
TIME STAMPS:
2:17 - Composer Headlines
6:34 - GAME 1: HOTLINE MIAMI
19:11 - Composer History: Stephen Gilarde
23:22 - Critical Track #1
26:20 - Critical Track #2
29:05 - Critical Track #3
31:34 - Critical Track #4
34:49 - Critical Track #5
36:53 - Cutting Room Floor
42:27 - Transition
43:50 - GAME 2: THE SIMS 3
1:04:31 - Composer History: Steve Jablonsky
1:11:25 - Critical Track #1
1:13:33 - Critical Track #2
1:15:28 - Critical Track #3
1:17:47 - Critical Track #4
1:19:40 - Critical Track #5
1:22:30 - Cutting Room Floor
1:26:04 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Joe has three days to awaken four giants and save the world from a crashing moon in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask and Peter jumps off of his bird in the sky to save a friend has fallen to the surface below with Hajime Wakai's work in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
TIME STAMPS:
2:14 - Composer Headlines
6:31 - GAME 1: THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: MAJORA'S MASK
25:43 - Composer History: Toru Minegishi
32:27 - Critical Track #1
36:06 - Critical Track #2
38:47 - Critical Track #3
40:59 - Critical Track #4
43:08 - Critical Track #5
45:58 - Cutting Room Floor
54:05 - Transition
55:57 - GAME 2: THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SKYWARD SWORD
1:17:37 - Composer History: Hajime Wakai
1:23:02 - Critical Track #1
1:25:06 - Critical Track #2
1:27:12 - Critical Track #3
1:29:40 - Critical Track #4
1:33:01 - Critical Track #5
1:35:50 - Cutting Room Floor
1:46:40 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Peter uses a legendary sword to unseal eight seeds and change the world in Secret of Mana and Joe performs The Rites through strategic wizard basketball with Ashley Barrett's work in Pyre.
TIME STAMPS:
3:02 - Composer Headlines
6:46 - GAME 1: SECRET OF MANA
23:3 - Composer History: Hiroki Kikuta
30:35 - Critical Track #1
33:37 - Critical Track #2
36:30 - Critical Track #3
39:27 - Critical Track #4
43:07 - Critical Track #5
45:25 - Cutting Room Floor
49:26 - Transition
51:05 - GAME 2: PYRE
1:15:02 - Composer History: Ashley Barrett
1:19:49 - Critical Track #1
1:22:59 - Critical Track #2
1:24:43 - Critical Track #3
1:27:16 - Critical Track #4
1:29:12 - Critical Track #5
1:32:02 - Cutting Room Floor
1:36:27 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia