OSC 121 - Mata Nui Online Game & Grim Fandango

THIS WEEK: Joe dives into the world of Bionicle as the Chronicler in a point-and-click Flash adventure game with Justin Luchter's work in Mata Nui Online Game and Peter uncovers crooked schemes in the Land of the Dead as a travel agent in Grim Fandango.

TIME STAMPS:

4:23 - Composer Headlines

7:57 - GAME 1: MATA NUI ONLINE GAME

28:13 - Composer History: Justin Luchter

41:23 - Critical Track #1

43:47 - Critical Track #2

46:49 - Critical Track #3

48:51 - Critical Track #4

51:23 - Critical Track #5

54:12 - Cutting Room Floor

59:34 - Transition

1:00:42 - GAME 2: GRIM FANDANGO

1:19:26 - Engineer History: Jeff Kliment

1:27:45 - Critical Track #1

1:30:27 - Critical Track #2

1:33:26 - Critical Track #3

1:35:56 - Critical Track #4

1:38:22 - Critical Track #5

1:40:44 - Cutting Room Floor

1:50:34 - Outro

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OSC 120 - Mass Effect 3 & Pikuniku

THIS WEEK: Peter assumes the role of Commander Shepard one more time to unite the galaxy and stop the Reapers in Mass Effect 3 and Joe kicks really hard as the beast in the cave who will topple Mr. Sunshine's capitalism with Calum Bowen's work in Pikuniku.

TIME STAMPS:

3:00 - Composer Headlines

6:41 - GAME 1: MASS EFFECT 3

28:01 - Composer History: Clint Mansell

34:39 - Critical Track #1

37:49 - Critical Track #2

40:10 - Critical Track #3

42:16 - Critical Track #4

45:02 - Critical Track #5

47:48 - Cutting Room Floor

51:58 - Transition

53:02 - GAME 2: PIKUNIKU

1:01:34 - Composer History: Calum Bowen

1:07:50 - Critical Track #1

1:09:31 - Critical Track #2

1:11:13 - Critical Track #3

1:12:57 - Critical Track #4

1:14:48 - Critical Track #5

1:16:13 - Cutting Room Floor

1:19:50 - Outro

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OSC 119 - Resident Evil 4 & Banjo-Kazooie

THIS WEEK: Joe fights the Las Plagas parasite while protecting the president's daughter with Misao Senbongi's work in Resident Evil 4 and Peter teams up bear and bird to collect music notes and puzzle pieces to stop a rhyming witch in Banjo-Kazooie.

TIME STAMPS:

3:40 - Composer Headlines

8:21 - GAME 1: RESIDENT EVIL 4

34:16 - Composer History: Misao Senbongi

36:28 - Critical Track #1

41:31 - Critical Track #2

43:05 - Critical Track #3

45:24 - Critical Track #4

48:54 - Critical Track #5

50:36 - Cutting Room Floor

56:08 - Transition

57:09 - GAME 2: BANJO-KAZOOIE

1:15:33 - Composer History: David Clynick

1:21:24 - Critical Track #1

1:23:37 - Critical Track #2

1:25:46 - Critical Track #3

1:28:32 - Critical Track #4

1:30:47 - Critical Track #5

1:34:20 - Cutting Room Floor

1:43:06 - Outro

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OSC 118 - Final Fantasy XV & Pokémon Sun & Moon

THIS WEEK: Peter goes on a road trip with some friends to reclaim his rightful throne from a hostile imperial takeover in Final Fantasy XV and Joe travels to the tropical Alola region to become the area's first ever champion with Minako Adachi's work in Pokémon Sun & Moon.

TIME STAMPS:

4:49 - Composer Headlines

9:18 - GAME 1: FINAL FANTASY XV

28:17 - Composer History: Yoshitaka Suzuki

33:14 - Critical Track #1

36:11 - Critical Track #2

39:24 - Critical Track #3

41:34 - Critical Track #4

43:33 - Critical Track #5

46:36 - Cutting Room Floor

51:49 - Transition

52:52 - GAME 2: POKÉMON SUN & MOON

1:12:31 - Composer History: Minako Adachi

1:16:43 - Critical Track #1

1:19:21 - Critical Track #2

1:21:40 - Critical Track #3

1:23:25 - Critical Track #4

1:26:05 - Critical Track #5

1:29:50 - Cutting Room Floor

1:39:44 - Outro

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OSC 117 - NieR & Earthworm Jim

THIS WEEK: Joe goes on a quest to save his daughter from a dark illness caused by a post-apocalyptic magical spinoff in NieR and Peter discovers a super suit to improve his slithery self in a quest to defeat the evil Queen Slug-For-A-Butt with Tommy Tallarico's work in Earthworm Jim.

TIME STAMPS:

4:53 - Composer Headlines

8:17 - GAME 1: NIER

25:30 - Musician History: Emi Evans

30:45 - Critical Track #1

32:44 - Critical Track #2

34:16 - Critical Track #3

38:01 - Critical Track #4

41:22 - Critical Track #5

44:50 - Cutting Room Floor

49:03 - Transition

49:57 - GAME 2: EARTHWORM JIM

1:03:35 - Composer History: Tommy Tallarico

1:15:49 - Critical Track #1

1:18:26 - Critical Track #2

1:20:37 - Critical Track #3

1:22:54 - Critical Track #4

1:25:08 - Critical Track #5

1:27:12 - Cutting Room Floor

1:32:06 - Outro

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OSC 116 - F-Zero GX & Sonic R

THIS WEEK: Peter hops inside a plasma-powered race car to overcome the intense stakes of the Grand Prix at frenetic speeds in F-Zero GX and Joe works it out by racing along and exploring classic Sega platforming levels to vocal pop tunes with Richard Jacques' work in Sonic R.

TIME STAMPS:

3:29 - Composer Headlines

12:26 - GAME 1: F-ZERO GX

30:48 - Composer History: Daiki Kasho

34:59 - Critical Track #1

37:56 - Critical Track #2

40:19 - Critical Track #3

42:23 - Critical Track #4

44:06 - Critical Track #5

46:05 - Cutting Room Floor

49:50 - Transition

50:48 - GAME 2: SONIC R

1:08:15 - Composer History: Richard Jacques

1:15:56 - Critical Track #1

1:18:42 - Critical Track #2

1:20:19 - Critical Track #3

1:22:28 - Critical Track #4

1:24:29 - Critical Track #5

1:27:17 - Cutting Room Floor

1:32:06 - Outro

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OSC 115 - Heaven's Vault & Metroid Prime

THIS WEEK: Joe interprets an ancient language while exploring a distant nebula in Heaven's Vault and Peter discovers the Chozo ruins on Tallon IV in a first-person perspective with Kouichi Kyuma's work in Metroid Prime.

TIME STAMPS:

4:47 - Composer Headlines

7:37 - GAME 1: HEAVEN'S VAULT

23:26 - Composer History: Laurence Chapman

28:42 - Critical Track #1

30:24 - Critical Track #2

33:46 - Critical Track #3

35:40 - Critical Track #4

37:33 - Critical Track #5

39:31 - Cutting Room Floor

42:43 - Transition

43:47 - GAME 2: METROID PRIME

1:07:03 - Composer History: Kouichi Kyuma

1:10:49 - Critical Track #1

1:14:02 - Critical Track #2

1:16:39 - Critical Track #3

1:19:21 - Critical Track #4

1:22:24 - Critical Track #5

1:24:56 - Cutting Room Floor

1:29:51 - Outro

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OSC 114 - Journey to Silius & Pictionary

THIS WEEK: Peter shifts from a Terminator real-time adventure game to a side-scrolling shooter in Journey to Silius and Joe draws pictures with an NES directional pad while playing mini-games with Tim Follin's work in Pictionary.

TIME STAMPS:

5:39 - Composer Headlines

10:14 - GAME 1: JOURNEY TO SILIUS

23:15 - Composer History: Naoki Kodaka

27:49 - Critical Track #1

30:33 - Critical Track #2

32:40 - Critical Track #3

35:07 - Critical Track #4

38:10 - Critical Track #5

40:11 - Cutting Room Floor

45:03 - Transition

46:08 - GAME 2: PICTIONARY

55:05 - Composer History: Tim Follin

1:04:39 - Critical Track #1

1:06:26 - Critical Track #2

1:08:26 - Critical Track #3

1:09:51 - Critical Track #4

1:11:22 - Critical Track #5

1:15:52 - Outro

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OSC 113 - Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town & Hades

THIS WEEK: Joe inherits a farm that requires maintenance while also discovering Heart Events with a lucky gal in Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town and Peter acquires boons from the Greek pantheon to endlessly try and escape the depths of the Underworld with Daisuke Kurosawa's work in Hades.

TIME STAMPS:

3:21 - Composer Headlines

15:40 - GAME 1: HARVEST MOON: FRIENDS OF MINERAL TOWN

27:12 - Composer History: Ai Yamashita

30:19 - Critical Track #1

32:04 - Critical Track #2

34:03 - Critical Track #3

36:10 - Critical Track #4

38:27 - Critical Track #5

40:36 - Cutting Room Floor

44:51 - Transition

46:06 - GAME 2: HADES

1:14:18 - Composer History: Daisuke Kurosawa

1:20:03 - Critical Track #1

1:22:46 - Critical Track #2

1:25:52 - Critical Track #3

1:29:17 - Critical Track #4

1:33:41 - Critical Track #5

1:35:53 - Cutting Room Floor

1:45:21 - Outro

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OSC 112 - Donut County & Ikenfell

THIS WEEK: Peter becomes a hole in the ground that only grows as more objects fall inside in Donut County and Joe explores a magical school while discovering dark secrets and powers of his own with Aivi & Surasshu's work in Ikenfell.

TIME STAMPS:

3:22 - Composer Headlines

7:34 - GAME 1: DONUT COUNTY

20:59 - Composer History: Daniel Koestner

27:06 - Critical Track #1

29:31 - Critical Track #2

31:27 - Critical Track #3

34:02 - Critical Track #4

36:48 - Critical Track #5

40:23 - Cutting Room Floor

48:59 - Transition

50:14 - GAME 2: IKENFELL

1:06:21 - Composer History: Aivi & Surasshu

1:11:33 - Critical Track #1

1:13:23 - Critical Track #2

1:15:40 - Critical Track #3

1:19:03 - Critical Track #4

1:21:34 - Critical Track #5

1:23:35 - Cutting Room Floor

1:28:41 - Outro

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OSC 111 - Mother 3 & Wario Land 4

THIS WEEK: Joe deals with tremendous loss in an adventure to stop the invading Pigmask Army in Mother 3 and Peter explores the treasure-filled levels inside a golden pyramid to rescue a princess with Ryoji Yoshitomi's work in Wario Land 4.

TIME STAMPS:

4:21 - Composer Headlines

12:02 - GAME 1: MOTHER 3

32:13 - Composer History: Shogo Sakai

38:21 - Critical Track #1

41:29 - Critical Track #2

44:32 - Critical Track #3

46:35 - Critical Track #4

48:31 - Critical Track #5

50:37 - Cutting Room Floor

57:48 - Transition

59:10 - GAME 2: WARIO LAND 4

1:13:07 - Composer History: Ryoji Yoshitomi

1:18:00 - Critical Track #1

1:20:17 - Critical Track #2

1:22:46 - Critical Track #3

1:25:01 - Critical Track #4

1:27:31 - Critical Track #5

1:30:10 - Cutting Room Floor

1:36:22 - Outro

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OSC 110 - Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective & Bit.Trip Runner

THIS WEEK: Peter goes four minutes back in time as a spirit to solve Rube Goldberg machines and prevent murders in Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective and Joe moves to the brutal beat as an indie platforming icon with Matt Harwood's work in Bit.Trip Runner.

TIME STAMP:

3:47 - Composer Headlines

10:51 - GAME 1: GHOST TRICK: PHANTOM DETECTIVE

25:32 - Composer History: Azusa Kato

30:39 - Critical Track #1

33:43 - Critical Track #2

36:43 - Critical Track #3

39:39 - Critical Track #4

42:15 - Critical Track #5

44:19 - Cutting Room Floor

53:28 - Transition

54:35 - GAME 2: BIT.TRIP RUNNER

1:06:36 - Composer History: Matt Harwood

1:11:20 - Critical Track #1

1:13:02 - Critical Track #2

1:15:47 - Critical Track #3

1:17:22 - Critical Track #4

1:19:29 - Critical Track #5

1:21:15 - Cutting Room Floor

1:26:01 - Outro

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OSC 109 - Metal Gear Solid 3 & No More Heroes

THIS WEEK: Joe goes through the rain and feeds on a tree frog with the emotional Cold War stealth thriller in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Peter climbs the ranks of the United Assassins Association while performing odd jobs with Jun Fukuda's work in No More Heroes.

TIME STAMPS:

3:02 - Composer Headlines

10:46 - GAME 1: METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER

32:18 - Musician History: Cynthia Harrell

42:41 - Critical Track #1

46:08 - Critical Track #2

48:39 - Critical Track #3

50:52 - Critical Track #4

53:28 - Critical Track #5

56:19 - Cutting Room Floor

1:05:04 - Transition

1:06:10 - GAME 2: NO MORE HEROES

1:21:30 - Composer History: Jun Fukuda

1:29:17 - Critical Track #1

1:31:02 - Critical Track #2

1:32:36 - Critical Track #3

1:35:01 - Critical Track #4

1:37:29 - Critical Track #5

1:39:21 - Cutting Room Floor

1:44:54 - Outro

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OSC 108 - Beyond: Two Souls & Mario Party 2

THIS WEEK: Peter connects with an incorporeal entity to lead a supernatural life out of chronological order in Beyond: Two Souls and Joe ends friendships while playing minigames on a variety of board game maps with Hironao Yamamoto's work in Mario Party 2.

TIME STAMPS:

3:49 - Composer Headlines

11:45 - GAME 1: BEYOND: TWO SOULS

25:07 - Composer History: Lorne Balfe

30:23 - Critical Track #1

32:49 - Critical Track #2

35:25 - Critical Track #3

37:35 - Critical Track #4

40:28 - Critical Track #5

43:11 - Cutting Room Floor

48:19 - Transition

49:25 - GAME 2: MARIO PARTY 2

1:02:13 - Composer History: Hironao Yamamoto

1:04:36 - Critical Track #1

1:06:26 - Critical Track #2

1:08:39 - Critical Track #3

1:10:20 - Critical Track #4

1:12:53 - Critical Track #5

1:14:53 - Cutting Room Floor

1:21:14 - Outro

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OSC 107 - Little Nightmares & Red Steel

THIS WEEK: Joe hides from the creepy creatures of The Maw as a girl in a raincoat in Little Nightmares and Peter uses the Wii's motion controls at launch to first-person shoot and sword fight with Tom Salta's work in Red Steel.

TIME STAMPS:

6:35 - Composer Headlines

13:26 - GAME 1: LITTLE NIGHTMARES

26:05 - Composer History: Tobias Lilja

32:37 - Critical Track #1

34:22 - Critical Track #2

36:58 - Critical Track #3

39:13 - Critical Track #4

41:13 - Critical Track #5

43:41 - Cutting Room Floor

47:20 - Transition

48:20 - GAME 2: RED STEEL

1:02:37 - Composer History: Tom Salta

1:07:28 - Critical Track #1

1:10:08 - Critical Track #2

1:12:21 - Critical Track #3

1:14:34 - Critical Track #4

1:17:43 - Critical Track #5

1:19:29 - Cutting Room Floor

1:27:12 - Outro

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OSC 106 - Sonic Mania & Street Fighter X Mega Man

THIS WEEK: Peter becomes a blue blur to traverse nostalgic zones due to the powers of the Phantom Ruby in Sonic Mania and Joe crosses over with the Blue Bomber gaining the abilities of iconic fighting game characters with Luke Esquivel's work in Street Fighter X Mega Man.

TIME STAMPS:

5:12 - Composer Headlines

10:25 - GAME 1: SONIC MANIA

20:10 - Composer History: Tee Lopes

23:58 - Critical Track #1

26:44 - Critical Track #2

29:35 - Critical Track #3

31:56 - Critical Track #4

34:45 - Critical Track #5

37:19 - Cutting Room Floor

46:13 - Transition

47:11 - GAME 2: STREET FIGHTER X MEGA MAN

59:23 - Composer History: Luke "A_Rival" Esquivel

1:03:55 - Critical Track #1

1:06:07 - Critical Track #2

1:08:49 - Critical Track #3

1:10:33 - Critical Track #4

1:14:09 - Critical Track #5

1:15:20 - Cutting Room Floor

1:22:49 - Outro

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OSC 105 - Super Smash Bros. for Wii U & 3DS

THIS WEEK: Joe and Peter celebrate the podcast's two-year anniversary by reflecting on a top 10 list for a game in the series that started their friendship and their love of video game music - Super Smash Bros. for Wii U & 3DS.

TIME STAMPS:

3:55 - SUPER SMASH BROS. FOR WII U & 3DS

28:22 - List of Arrangers

32:52 - Critical Track #10

35:32 - Critical Track #9

37:40 - Critical Track #8

40:05 - Critical Track #7

42:43 - Critical Track #6

45:05 - Critical Track #5

47:15 - Critical Track #4

49:26 - Critical Track #3

51:16 - Critical Track #2

53:33 - Critical Track #1

55:26 - Cutting Room Floor

1:06:19 - Outro

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OSC 104 - Hitman (2016) & Dicey Dungeons

THIS WEEK: Peter enters a world of assassination by traveling to luxurious environments to eliminate dangerous criminals in HITMAN (2016) and Joe plays a game show where luck is rolled and the chances of success are low with Chipzel's work in Dicey Dungeons.

TIME STAMPS:

4:11 - Composer Headlines

5:59 - GAME 1: HITMAN (2016)

24:34 - Composer History: Niels Bye Nielsen

30:35 - Critical Track #1

32:33 - Critical Track #2

35:28 - Critical Track #3

37:17 - Critical Track #4

39:01 - Critical Track #5

41:02 - Cutting Room Floor

44:47 - Transition

45:49 - GAME 2: DICEY DUNGEONS

55:34 - Composer History: Chipzel

1:03:33 - Critical Track #1

1:05:32 - Critical Track #2

1:07:28 - Critical Track #3

1:09:14 - Critical Track #4

1:11:08 - Critical Track #5

1:13:34 - Cutting Room Floor

1:18:08 - Outro

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OSC 103 - Professor Layton VS Phoenix Wright & The Azran Legacy

THIS WEEK: Joe warps to a medieval world of witch trials where a puzzling professor teams up with a defense attorney in Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and Peter travels around the world to uncover the secrets of a lost civilization with Miho Fukuhara's work in Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy.

TIME STAMPS:

2:21 - Gaming Resolutions for 2021

11:08 - Composer Headlines

14:22 - GAME 1: PROFESSOR LAYTON VS. PHOENIX WRIGHT: ACE ATTORNEY

33:27 - Composer History: Yasumasa Kitagawa

36:27 - Critical Track #1

38:52 - Critical Track #2

40:47 - Critical Track #3

43:48 - Critical Track #4

47:10 - Critical Track #5

49:43 - Cutting Room Floor

56:55 - Transition

58:02 - GAME 2: PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE AZRAN LEGACY

1:08:22 - Musician History: Miho Fukuhara

1:13:20 - Critical Track #1

1:15:40 - Critical Track #2

1:17:58 - Critical Track #3

1:20:12 - Critical Track #4

1:22:47 - Critical Track #5

1:24:52 - Cutting Room Floor

1:21:58 - Outro

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OSC 102 - Epic Mickey & A Short Hike

THIS WEEK: Peter grabs a magic paint brush to explore a Disney wasteland with his morality alongside Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in Epic Mickey and Joe needs to climb up to the top of a mountain to receive a phone call with Mark Sparling's work in A Short Hike.

TIME STAMPS:

2:08 - Top 10 Favorite Games of 2020

4:08 - GAME 1: EPIC MICKEY

24:07 - Composer History: Jim Dooley

31:07 - Critical Track #1

33:07 - Critical Track #2

36:03 - Critical Track #3

38:48 - Critical Track #4

41:45 - Critical Track #5

43:16 - Cutting Room Floor

47:04 - Transition

48:06 - GAME 2: A SHORT HIKE

1:02:34 - Composer History: Mark Sparling

1:05:27 - Critical Track #1

1:07:31 - Critical Track #2

1:09:02 - Critical Track #3

1:11:35 - Critical Track #4

1:13:47 - Critical Track #5

1:15:36 - Cutting Room Floor

1:21:58 - Outro

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