This week, the crew gets the drop on... drops.

And we don't just mean The Drop from Hitman - on this episode, we discover drops in genres that go from heavy metal in Destiny to industrial in Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter. As well as a fair bit of dance music, yes.

You can listen along to the music discussed here via the playlist on our YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music Arcade #83⁠⁠

Looking to get in touch with us? You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠music.arcade.podcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

We're also on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/aM5WWGU⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Music credits (in order of discussion):

Hitman: World of Assassination - "The Drop" (unofficial title) by Dimitri Vegas (presumed, uncredited)

Destiny: Rise of Iron - "Sepiks Redux" by Misha Mansoor (cover of "Sepiks Prime", originally by C. Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, and Michael Salvatori)

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers - "The Extreme" by Nobuo Uematsu (arr. by Daiki Ishikawa)

Command and Conquer - "Prepare for Battle" by Frank Klepacki

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - "Disposal Unit (Imperium Mix)" by Jesper Kyd

Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter - "Old Trade Sector" by Htoshi Sakimoto

Dance Dance Revolution Extreme - "A" by D.J. Amuro

X: Rebirth - "Nemesis Two" by Alexei Zakharov

Yakuza 5 - "Futo Momo Club" by SoundDrive

Hyrule Warriors - "Skyloft" (unconfirmed title) by Masato Koike and Yuki Matsumura (based on "Ballad of the Goddess (Main Theme)" byHajime Wakai and Takeshi Hama, and "Skyloft" by Shiho Fujii, from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

Production credits:

Hosts:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Ranakel

Edie Alexsander

Audio producer:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Executive producer:

Ranakel

Writing and publishing:

Ranakel

Edie Alexsander

This week, the crew (minus one) spins the wheel of instruments again, which demands a tribute of harps - and harp-related instruments.

Come hear us harping on about how harps are used in games that go from the mainstream Final Fantasy XII to the niche Chaos Rings to the very much unique Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (... sort of).

You can listen along to the music discussed here via the playlist on our YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music Arcade #82⁠⁠

Looking to get in touch with us? You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠music.arcade.podcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

We're also on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/aM5WWGU⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Music credits (in order of discussion):

Chrono Trigger - "At the End of Time" by Yasunori Mitsuda ("End of Time (Orchestral Remix)" cover by Malcolm Robinson)

Kid Icarus: Uprising - "Ch. 1: The Return of Palutena" by Motoi Sakuraba

Tales of Zestiria - "The Sparrowfeathers" by Motoi Sakuraba

Chaos Rings 2 - "Beyond the Rift" by Noriyasu Agematsu

Chaos Rings - "Path to Purgatory" by Noriyasu Agematsu

Final Fantasy XII - "The Dalmasca Westersand" by Hitoshi Sakimoto

Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness - "Human 1" by Glenn Stafford

Heroes of Might and Magic III - "Terrain - Dirt" by Paul Romero, Rob King, and Steve Baca

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - "Clea" by Lorien Testard

Bastion - "Bynn the Breaker" by Darren Korb

Production credits:

Hosts:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Ranakel

Audio producer:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Executive producer:

Ranakel

Writing and publishing:

Edie Alexsander

This week, the crew braces for their biggest challenge yet: remembering things.

From reminiscing with Chrono Cross to doubting our own memories in MyHouse.wad, we delve through the many ways memories and video game music interact.

You can listen along to the music discussed here via the playlist on our YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music Arcade #81⁠⁠

Looking to get in touch with us? You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠music.arcade.podcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

We're also on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/aM5WWGU⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Music credits (in order of discussion):

Chrono Cross - "Reminisce - Enduring Thoughts" by Yasunori Mitsuda

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - "Echoes of the Roman Ruins" by Jesper Kyd

Final Fantasy VIII - "Force Your Way" by Nobuo Uematsu (plus the arrangement by Daiki Ishikawa for Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers)

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers - "'Neath Dark Waters" by Masayoshi Soken

Suikoden - "Into a World of Illusion" by Miki Higashino

Super Mario Galaxy - "Airship Armada" by Koji Kondo (arr. by Mahito Yokota)

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - "Overworld" by Koji Kondo

MyHouse.wad - "memory=entryrrrr/////" by esselfortium (based on Doom II's "Running From Evil" by Bobby Prince)

"Brave New World" by STARSET (as heard in the trailer to Arknights: Endfield)

Production credits:

Hosts:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Ranakel

Edie Alexsander

Audio producer:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Executive producer:

Ranakel

Writing and publishing:

Edie Alexsander

Today, Sam scrambles the episode's notes and the crew is left to fend for themselves.

It's improv time as the crew tries to find video game music to fit themes that go from "Lyrics That Hit Hard" to... "Philip Glass"?! Whatever happens, we know it's going to be a trip...

You can listen along to the music discussed here via the playlist on our YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music Arcade #70⁠⁠⁠⁠

Looking to get in touch with us? You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠music.arcade.podcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

We're also on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/aM5WWGU⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Music credits (in order of discussion):

Super Mario Galaxy - "Luma" by Mahito Yokota

Baldur's Gate 3 - "Raphael's Final Act" by Borislav Slavov

River City Girls - "The Hunt" by Megan McDuffee

Infinity Nikki - "Ghosts at Play" by Xu Wang

Limbus Company - "Intervallo IV-1" (unofficial title) by unconfirmed composers

Terranigma - "Resurrection" (aka "Behind the Door") by Masanori Hikichi, Miyoko Kobayashi, & Yuzo Koshiro

Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance - "Battle -Qadištu-" by Ryota Kozuka

Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk - "Close to the Edge" by Yu Shimoda

Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail - "A Risky Bet" by Masayoshi Soken (arr. by Shoya Sunakawa & Takafumi Imamura)

Endless Legend - "Time of Change (Vaulters Theme)" by Arnaud Roy

Elden Ring - "Godskin Apostles" by Tai Tomisawa

Radikal Bikers - "Pizza Man" by Joan Sanmarti

Production credits:

Hosts:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Ranakel

Edie Alexsander

Sam "Zeral"

Audio producer:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Executive producer:

Ranakel

Writing and publishing:

Edie Alexsander

Additional credits:

Sounds used:

FX_Admiral_Warp01 by PeteBarry

This week, turns out this town IS big enough for exactly two of us to talk about Westerns.

It's time to tackle the most American genre without our resident American around - from the more straight interpretation of it in Gun.Smoke to the more indirect in Bastion. Just make sure to leave your horses outside the arcade.You can listen along to the music discussed here via the playlist on our YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music Arcade #79⁠⁠

Looking to get in touch with us? You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠music.arcade.podcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

We're also on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/aM5WWGU⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Music credits (in order of discussion):

Wild Guns Reloaded - "Armored Train" by Hiroyuki Iwatsuki

Age of Empires III - "Meet These French" by Stephen Rippy

Rizing Zan: The Samurai Gunman - "Akugyaku Mudou" by Yoshichika Shimamura

God Hand - "Broncobuster" by Masafumi Takada & Jun Fukuda

Horizon: Zero Dawn - "City on the Mesa" by Joris de Man

Bastion - "In Case Of Trouble" by Darren Korb

GUN - "Colt's Training" by Christopher Lennertz

Colt Canyon - "Bullet Blues (1st Symphony)" by Luigi-Maria Rapisarda

Gun.Smoke - "Hicksville Theme" by Ayako Mori (cover by Justin Woods)

Desperados III - "Desperados III Main Theme" by Filippo Beck Peccoz

Production credits:

Hosts:

Ranakel

Edie Alexsander

Audio producer:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Executive producer:

Ranakel

Writing and publishing:

Edie Alexsander

The crew is short one member once more, so you know what that means: Musou!

Or, well, it would mean that if it weren't Doppelgänger Day. Have a listen as we explore songs from games that we can't believe are not Musou, such as Gauntlet IV, Fate/Extella Link, or even Sengoku Basara.

You can listen along to the music discussed here via the playlist on our YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music Arcade #78⁠⁠

Looking to get in touch with us? You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠music.arcade.podcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

We're also on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/aM5WWGU⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Music credits (in order of discussion):

Gauntlet IV - "March in the Dark" (unconfirmed title) by Masaharu Iwata (aka REZON) and Hitoshi Sakimoto (aka YmoH.S)

Ninety Nine Nights - "Spiral Maze!" by Shingo Yasumoto

Senran Kagura Estival Versus - "Amusement Park of Candy" by Mutsumi Ishimura, and "Red Hot KAZAN" (aka "Scorching Volcano") by Takako Ochiai

Fate/Extella Link - "All-Out Attack" by Keiichi Okabe

Drakengard - "Chapter 3: Ground" by Takayuki Aihara (also featuring TF1 News themes, by Gabriel Yared)

Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes - "Kotaro Fuma's Theme" by Yasutaka Hatade

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name - "Rumbling at the Fort" by Yasuyuki Nagata

Production credits:

Hosts:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Ranakel

Audio producer:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Executive producer:

Ranakel

Writing and publishing:

Ranakel

Edie Alexsander

Additional sounds used:

shooting_1.ogg from Freesound.org by mchrpt (Creative Commons 0 license)

Sometimes, a single song can outshine an entire soundtrack - today, we try to correct that!From the darkness of Final Fantasy VII to the chaos Suikoden II and also some folk dancing from Assassin's Creed II for good measure, today we fight for the underdogs (and/or with the overdog - you'll have to listen to find out what that means).

You can listen along to the music discussed here via the playlist on our YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music Arcade #77⁠⁠

Looking to get in touch with us? You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠music.arcade.podcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

We're also on Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/aM5WWGU⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Music credits (in order of discussion):

Final Fantasy VII Remake - "Mako Reactor 1" by Nobuo Uematsu (arr. by Shotaro Shima)

Doom (1993) - "Nobody Told Me About Id" by Bobby Prince

Persona 5 - "Price" by Shoji Meguro

Persona 2: Innocent Sin (PSP version) - "GOLD" by Masaki Kurokawa (arr. by Toshiki Konishi)

Assassin's Creed II - "Florence Tarantella" by Jesper Kyd

Suikoden II - "Iron Fist of Anger" by Miki Higashino

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers - "Insanity" by Masayoshi Soken (arr. by Masayoshi Soken and Ken Ito)

Deus Ex: Human Revolution - "LIMB Clinic" by Michael McCann

Yakuza 0 - "Crash Addiction" by Hidenori Shoji

Lost Judgment - "K.O.G" by Saori Yoshida

Production credits:

Hosts:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Ranakel

Edie Alexsander

Audio producer:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Executive producer:

Ranakel

Writing and publishing:

Ranakel

Edie Alexsander

Today, the crew shakes off a sleepy start to the new year to talk about the exciting things in the horizon. Whether it's a new console with a 2 at the end that we totally predicted, new big AAA releases, or exciting new indie experiments, if what you're looking for is a list of games to keep an eye on, you got it! Looking to get in touch with us? You can find us at ⁠music.arcade.podcast@gmail.com⁠ We're also on Discord: ⁠https://discord.gg/aM5WWGU Games talked about:

Hyper Light Breaker

Dynasty Warriors: Origins

Blade Chimera

Rift of the Necrodancer

Sid Meier's Civilization VII

Avowed

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

Monster Hunter: Wilds

Suikoden 1&2 HD Remaster

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition

Assassin's Creed: Shadows

Atelier Yumia

Atelier Resleriana

The First Berserker: Khazan

Anno 117: Pax Romana

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Death Stranding 2

Doom: The Dark Ages

Elden Ring: Nightreign

Fable (reboot)

Grand Theft Auto VI

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

Pokemon Legends Z-A

Professor Layton and the New World of Steam

Promise Mascot Agency

Shadow Labirinth

Tears of Metal

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2

Production credits: Hosts: Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone Ranakel Edie Alexsander Audio producer: Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone Executive producer: Ranakel Writing and publishing: Edie Alexsander