Episode 49 - The Mysterious World

Shujin Academy VGM Club

These are songs that transport you to a strange and unfamiliar realm, surrounded by ethereal beauty.

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.

• LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h

• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.

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Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:06 - Crusader of Centy (Genesis) - Fortuneteller (composer: Motokazu Shinoda)

02:20 - Talk Segment 1

04:33 - Black Bird (PC98) - Impact (composer: Unknown)

08:17 - Tetris Attack (SNES) - Lunar Stage (composer: Masaya Kuzume)

11:11 - Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Floating Castle (composers/arrangers: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, Masaya Tsunemoto)

13:41 - Darius Gaiden (Arcade) - Refrain (composer: Hisayoshi Ogura)

15:14 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - Labyrinth of Darkness (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)

17:07 - Golden Sun: The Lost Age (GBA) - Ankohi Ruins (composer: Motoi Sakuraba)

19:18 - Talk Segment 2

21:11 - Seiken Densetsu 3 (Super Famicom) - Fable (composer: Hiroki Kikuta)

24:53 - Emerald Dragon (Super Famicom) - Deserted (composer: Hirohiko Fukuda)

26:17 - Shin Megami Tensei (Super Famicom) - Castle of the Four Gods (composer: Tsukasa Maskuo)

29:16 - Bravely Default (3DS) - Silence of the Forest (composer: Revo)

33:41 - Dragon Quest V (Super Famicom) - Trouble at Night (composer: Koichi Sugiyama)

35:50 - Talk Segment 3

37:39 - Uncharted Waters New Horizons (SNES) - Moslem Dance (composer: Yoko Kanno)

39:05 - Final Fantasy X (PS2) - Darkness (composer: Junya Nakano)

43:30 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - Labyrinth of Dragons (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)

47:30 - Last Bible III (Super Famicom) - Battle Arena (composer: Yanda)

49:11 - Seiken Densetsu 3 (Super Famicom) - Different Road (composer: Hiroki Kikuta)

53:50 - Outro Talk Segment

55:42 - Famicom Tantei Club (Famicom) - Legend (composers: Kenji Yamamoto)