THIS WEEK: Joe and Peter present their combined list of the top 10 best game soundtracks of 2020
TIME STAMPS:
2:52 - #10
9:05 - #9
15:15 - #8
21:15 - #7
27:26 - #6
34:11 - #5
40:56 - #4
47:19 - #3
54:32 - #2
1:01:42 - Honorable Mentions
1:40:01 - #1
1:49:27 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Joe discovers the roots of the Disney and Final Fantasy light vs. darkness mashup in Kingdom Hearts and Peter becomes the Ghost of Sparta in Kratos' original adventure with Gerard Marino's work in God of War (2005).
TIME STAMPS:
2:38 - Composer Headlines
6:35 - GAME 1: KINGDOM HEARTS
32:45 - Musician History: Utada Hikaru
40:26 - Critical Track #1
42:09 - Critical Track #2
46:16 - Critical Track #3
48:04 - Critical Track #4
49:50 - Critical Track #5
52:46 - Cutting Room Floor
1:01:03 - Transition
1:02:09 - GAME 2: GOD OF WAR (2005)
1:19:31 - Composer History: Gerard Marino
1:23:24 - Critical Track #1
1:26:02 - Critical Track #2
1:28:09 - Critical Track #3
1:30:32 - Critical Track #4
1:33:36 - Critical Track #5
1:36:00 - Cutting Room Floor
1:42:17 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Peter duels his way around an island with the collectible card game phenomenon of the '90s in Pokémon Trading Card Game and Joe returns to DK Island to chill and clash against some Snowmads with David Wise's work in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
TIME STAMPS:
3:56 - Composer Headlines (Game Awards Wrap-Up)
14:18 - GAME 1: POKÉMON TRADING CARD GAME
32:56 - Composer History: Ichirō Shimakura
34:51 - Critical Track #1
37:54 - Critical Track #2
40:19 - Critical Track #3
42:46 - Critical Track #4
45:11 - Critical Track #5
48:03 - Cutting Room Floor
53:34 - Transition
55:07 - GAME 2: DONKEY KONG COUNTRY: TROPICAL FREEZE
1:12:01 - Composer History: David Wise
1:19:52 - Critical Track #1
1:21:54 - Critical Track #2
1:24:01 - Critical Track #3
1:26:20 - Critical Track #4
1:28:24 - Critical Track #5
1:30:48 - Cutting Room Floor
1:39:14 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Joe follows through the hero's tale in a wordless quest across a desert to climb a mountain in Journey and Peter returns to Aperture Science to use special gels for some more puzzle solving with Mike Morasky's work in Portal 2.
TIME STAMPS:
3:28 - Composer Headlines
8:33 - GAME 1: JOURNEY
23:22 - Musician History: Tina Guo
33:44 - Critical Track #1
36:15 - Critical Track #2
38:04 - Critical Track #3
40:48 - Critical Track #4
45:30 - Critical Track #5
47:17 - Cutting Room Floor
55:06 - Transition
56:09 - GAME 2: PORTAL 2
1:13:33 - Composer History: Mike Morasky
1:16:27 - Critical Track #1
1:18:52 - Critical Track #2
1:21:18 - Critical Track #3
1:23:17 - Critical Track #4
1:25:50 - Critical Track #5
1:28:19 - Cutting Room Floor
1:36:03 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Peter throws down in a film-inspired beat-em-up that became the poster-child for digital ownership in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game and Joe rolls up the world on an oddly shaped ball once again with Akitaka Tohyama's work in We ♥ Katamari.
TIME STAMPS:
6:19 - Composer Headlines
9:20 - GAME 1: SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD: THE GAME
21:43 - Composer History: Anamanaguchi
27:32 - Critical Track #1
30:01 - Critical Track #2
32:32 - Critical Track #3
34:33 - Critical Track #4
37:05 - Critical Track #5
39:58 - Cutting Room Floor
44:49 - Transition
46:05 - GAME 2: WE ♥ KATAMARI
54:04 - Composer History: Akitaka Tohyama
1:02:31 - Critical Track #1
1:04:34 - Critical Track #2
1:06:27 - Critical Track #3
1:09:01 - Critical Track #4
1:11:11 - Critical Track #5
1:13:45 - Cutting Room Floor
1:19:55 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
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:
1:17 - Dream interviewee?
3:02 - Most surprising fact you've learned?
5:07 - Infinite budget to create any internet show, what would you make? One-shot type project?
9:42 - Favorite game to talk about so far (in 2020), and your favorite game that the other person has brought to the table?
12:48 - Podcast for movies instead of video games, what movie soundtrack would you start with?
14:56 - Rhythm game for the music of any video game, which franchise?
17:04 - Favorite games with licensed music tracks?
19:07 - How we have improved with podcasting over time?
25:15 - What cutting room floor tracks did you miss out on including?
29:29 - Gone back and played any of the games that the other brought to the table that you hadn’t played yet?
31:26 - What game soundtrack would fit best in your personal everyday life?
33:08 - Do you think that catchy BGM is endangered, or is this worry overblown?
36:11 - Top 5 soundtracks for 2020 so far?
38:12 - 2020 game release backlogs?
41:00 - Games on the show in the near future?
45:48 - Handling repeat composers going forward?
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Peter travels across a Nintendo open world that can be explored in any order with several useful skills in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Joe attacks and rolls his way to victory against difficult armored foes with Yuka Kitamura's work in Dark Souls II.
TIME STAMPS:
5:01 - Composer Headlines
7:17 - GAME 1: THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD
24:03 - Composer History: Yasuaki Iwata
27:27 - Critical Track #1
30:00 - Critical Track #2
33:25 - Critical Track #3
36:14 - Critical Track #4
39:04 - Critical Track #5
41:31 - Cutting Room Floor
48:48 - Transition
50:10 - GAME 2: DARK SOULS II
1:06:41 - Composer History: Yuka Kitamura
1:08:19 - Critical Track #1
1:10:52 - Critical Track #2
1:12:59 - Critical Track #3
1:15:12 - Critical Track #4
1:18:00 - Critical Track #5
1:20:37 - Cutting Room Floor
1:23:51 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
Peter and Joe gush about Devil May Cry 5 in a spoiler-filled fashion, as a supplement to Episode 94 of Original Soundchat
THIS WEEK: Joe guides five characters through dealings in the Japanese criminal underworld in Yakuza 5 and Peter lets out his inner Devil Trigger alongside stylish combos with Kota Suzuki's work in Devil May Cry 5
TIME STAMPS:
3:50 - Composer Headlines
6:37 - GAME 1: YAKUZA 5
17:19 - Composer History: Mitsuharu Fukuyama
20:29 - Critical Track #1
22:40 - Critical Track #2
25:01 - Critical Track #3
27:48 - Critical Track #4
29:45 - Critical Track #5
31:32 - Cutting Room Floor
36:36 - Transition
37:24 - GAME 2: DEVIL MAY CRY 5
53:39 - Composer History: Kota Suzuki
59:00 - Critical Track #1
1:01:22 - Critical Track #2
1:04:12 - Critical Track #3
1:07:39 - Critical Track #4
1:10:03 - Critical Track #5
1:12:16 - Cutting Room Floor
1:22:27 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Peter uses many weapon combinations to fight back against the Empire with crazy co-op action in Gunstar Heroes and Joe tries to perform mundane tasks as an octopus while nobody suspects a thing with Seth Parker's work in Octodad: Dadliest Catch.
TIME STAMPS:
4:07 - Composer Headlines
7:59 - GAME 1: GUNSTAR HEROES
19:20 - Composer History: Norio Hanzawa
22:31 - Critical Track #1
24:24 - Critical Track #2
27:22 - Critical Track #3
30:09 - Critical Track #4
32:53 - Critical Track #5
35:51 - Cutting Room Floor
40:39 - Transition
41:49 - GAME 2: OCTODAD: DADLIEST CATCH
51:14 - Composer History: Seth Parker
52:21 - Critical Track #1
54:31 - Critical Track #2
56:35 - Critical Track #3
58:38 - Critical Track #4
1:00:18 - Critical Track #5
1:02:48 - Cutting Room Floor
1:07:18 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Joe wakes from a nightmare about an amusement park to find himself in a monster-infested mall in Silent Hill 3 and Peter joins DedSec to root out the ctOS 2.0 system that has control over San Francisco with Hudson Mohawke's work in Watch Dogs 2.
TIME STAMPS:
4:57 - Composer Headlines
7:55 - GAME 1: SILENT HILL 3
20:27 - Musician History: Joe Romersa
24:39 - Critical Track #1
27:08 - Critical Track #2
29:16 - Critical Track #3
31:29 - Critical Track #4
33:07 - Critical Track #5
34:59 - Cutting Room Floor
38:41 - Transition
39:45 - GAME 2: WATCH DOGS 2
54:55 - Composer History: Hudson Mohawke
58:31 - Critical Track #1
1:01:05 - Critical Track #2
1:03:28 - Critical Track #3
1:06:08 - Critical Track #4
1:07:55 - Critical Track #5
1:09:55 - Cutting Room Floor
1:14:30 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Peter lies his way through class trials during the ultimate high school killing game in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony and Joe returns to his survival horror roots with the Baker family and a first-person perspective with Akiyuki Morimoto's work in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard.
TIME STAMPS:
4:32 - Composer Headlines
7:19 - GAME 1: DANGANRONPA V3: KILLING HARMONY
20:53 - Musician History: Megumi Ogata
26:29 - Critical Track #1
28:48 - Critical Track #2
30:36 - Critical Track #3
32:56 - Critical Track #4
34:50 - Critical Track #5
37:54 - Cutting Room Floor
43:42 - Transition
44:51 - GAME 2: RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD
1:04:19 - Composer History: Akiyuki Morimoto
1:05:41 - Critical Track #1
1:10:29 - Critical Track #2
1:14:05 - Critical Track #3
1:16:54 - Critical Track #4
1:19:31 - Critical Track #5
1:21:13 - Cutting Room Floor
1:27:18 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
Peter and Joe gush about Her Story in a spoiler-filled fashion, as a supplement to Episode 90 of Original Soundchat
THIS WEEK: Joe fights through horrific guilt during a period of martial law in 1960s Taiwan in Detention and Peter watches non-linear video clips in a police database to solve a murder with Chris Zabriskie's work in Her Story.
TIME STAMPS:
5:07 - Composer Headlines
6:28 - GAME 1: DETENTION
16:13 - Composer History: WeiFan Chang
21:19 - Critical Track #1
24:19 - Critical Track #2
26:48 - Critical Track #3
28:49 - Critical Track #4
30:24 - Critical Track #5
33:06 - Cutting Room Floor
37:48 - Transition
38:50 - GAME 2: HER STORY
54:05 - Composer History: Chris Zabriskie
58:14 - Critical Track #1
1:00:36 - Critical Track #2
1:02:53 - Critical Track #3
1:05:10 - Critical Track #4
1:08:23 - Critical Track #5
1:11:14 - Cutting Room Floor
1:16:22 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Peter travels through Unova to battle with truth and ideals alongside 156 new creatures in Pokémon Black & White and Joe grabs his trusty Belmont whip to take on Dracula with the help of a 12-year-old girl with Tomoko Sano's work in Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.
TIME STAMPS:
4:13 - Composer Headlines
7:32 - GAME 1: POKÉMON BLACK & WHITE
20:30 - Composer History: Shota Kageyama
25:53 - Critical Track #1
28:52 - Critical Track #2
31:55 - Critical Track #3
34:33 - Critical Track #4
37:50 - Critical Track #5
39:45 - Cutting Room Floor
50:07 - Transition
50:56 - GAME 2: CASTLEVANIA: RONDO OF BLOOD
1:02:18 - Composer History: Tomoko Sano
1:07:35 - Critical Track #1
1:09:53 - Critical Track #2
1:12:24 - Critical Track #3
1:14:57 - Critical Track #4
1:16:52 - Critical Track #5
1:18:48 - Cutting Room Floor
1:25:30 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Joe points and clicks through a creepy mansion on Super Famicom in order to avoid the Scissorman in Clock Tower and Peter changes careers from a defense attorney to a private detective while solving a serial murder case in Kamurocho with Saori Yoshida's work in Judgment.
TIME STAMPS:
4:15 - Composer Headlines
7:24 - GAME 1: CLOCK TOWER
22:25 - Composer History: Kōji Niikura
25:12 - Critical Track #1
27:20 - Critical Track #2
29:59 - Critical Track #3
32:13 - Critical Track #4
34:30 - Critical Track #5
38:05 - Transition
39:24 - GAME 2: JUDGMENT
57:59 - Composer History: Saori Yoshida
1:00:10 - Critical Track #1
1:03:37 - Critical Track #2
1:05:57 - Critical Track #3
1:09:10 - Critical Track #4
1:11:27 - Critical Track #5
1:13:55 - Cutting Room Floor
1:24:03 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Peter transcends history and the world with a tale of swords and souls eternally retold in Soulcalibur II and Joe gets hyped to play extreme Pong through the framing of a fighting game with Klaus Veen's work in Lethal League Blaze.
TIME STAMPS:
5:48 - Composer Headlines
10:12 - GAME 1: SOULCALIBUR II
24:29 - Composer History: Junichi Nakatsuru
28:59 - Critical Track #1
31:06 - Critical Track #2
33:25 - Critical Track #3
35:54 - Critical Track #4
38:32 - Critical Track #5
40:40 - Cutting Room Floor
44:05 - Transition
45:13 - GAME 2: LETHAL LEAGUE BLAZE
1:03:46 - Composer History: Klaus Veen
1:06:54 - Critical Track #1
1:09:12 - Critical Track #2
1:11:44 - Critical Track #3
1:13:38 - Critical Track #4
1:15:33 - Critical Track #5
1:18:16 - Cutting Room Floor
1:21:25 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Joe takes on the mantle of The Fool to battle the divine arcana alongside pop music with Daniel Olsén's work in Sayonara Wild Hearts and Peter explores planetary platforming physics while changing gravity to grab Power Stars in Super Mario Galaxy.
TIME STAMPS:
4:59 - Composer Headlines
8:17 - GAME 1: SAYONARA WILD HEARTS
25:52 - Composer History: Daniel Olsén
30:35 - Critical Track #1
32:24 - Critical Track #2
34:47 - Critical Track #3
37:07 - Critical Track #4
39:43 - Critical Track #5
42:13 - Cutting Room Floor
50:22 - Transition
51:35 - GAME 2: SUPER MARIO GALAXY
1:10:55 - Composer History: Ryo Nagamatsu
1:19:51 - Critical Track #1
1:22:02 - Critical Track #2
1:24:46 - Critical Track #3
1:26:57 - Critical Track #4
1:29:27 - Critical Track #5
1:31:19 - Cutting Room Floor
1:40:15 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Peter takes the fight against the Aparoids to the ground while his team covers with Arwings in Star Fox: Assault and Joe grabs his camera gear to capture 63 creatures on film throughout the world in Ikuko Mimori's work in Pokémon Snap.
TIME STAMPS:
4:26 - Composer Headlines
12:07 - GAME 1: STAR FOX: ASSAULT
24:25 - Composer History: Yoshie Arakawa
26:57 - Critical Track #1
29:23 - Critical Track #2
32:32 - Critical Track #3
35:03 - Critical Track #4
37:34 - Critical Track #5
39:19 - Cutting Room Floor
45:21 - Transition
46:40 - GAME 2: POKÉMON SNAP
1:11:08 - Composer History: Ikuko Mimori
1:15:14 - Critical Track #1
1:16:57 - Critical Track #2
1:18:48 - Critical Track #3
1:21:11 - Critical Track #4
1:23:01 - Critical Track #5
1:25:45 - Cutting Room Floor
1:37:12 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia
THIS WEEK: Joe makes hot drinks for the fantasy creatures that frequent his Seattle bar in Coffee Talk and Peter learns how to solve Picross puzzles while solving murder mysteries with Masakazu Sugimori and Rod Thomas' work in Murder by Numbers.
TIME STAMPS:
1:38 - Giveaway Contest
7:25 - Composer Headlines
13:38 - GAME 1: COFFEE TALK
27:54 - Composer History: Andrew Jeremy
31:17 - Critical Track #1
34:47 - Critical Track #2
38:47 - Critical Track #3
41:24 - Critical Track #4
43:31 - Critical Track #5
44:56 - Cutting Room Floor
49:31 - Transition
50:53 - GAME 2: MURDER BY NUMBERS
1:07:30 - Musician History: Rod Thomas
1:12:00 - Critical Track #1
1:15:46 - Critical Track #2
1:17:55 - Critical Track #3
1:20:09 - Critical Track #4
1:22:03 - Critical Track #5
1:24:14 - Cutting Room Floor
1:33:09 - Outro
Original Soundchat is a production of Anonymous Dinosaur and Rhymes With Asia