Sound of Play: 63

[JaySevenZero]

Here's the latest episode of our weekly podcast dedicated to videogame music – Sound of Play

For many of us, it’s hard to think of almost any videogame without our minds conjuring up the music that accompanied it. What we aim to bring you with Sound of Play is a diverse sample of our favourite pieces from the many air-punching, spine-tingling, tear-jerking and grin-inducing videogame soundtracks we’ve heard over the years. Of course it’s not just about what we like, so if you venture over to our forum at caneandrinse.com you can put forward your favourites and we’ll start to include a selection in the playlist for each show.

This show’s presenters were: Leon Cox and Joe Tkacz

with community contributions from Genuine Brag, Ghoststrikes, R Cheeze, Wisheewashee and Andrew Brown

Track listing for this show is as follows:

Track 1: The Treasure Which Cannot Be Stolen by Yasunori Mitsuda - Xenogears, 1998
Track 2: New Battle by Shoji Meguro - Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon, 2008
Track 3: Edison Family/Tentacle Theme by George Sanger/David Warhol - Maniac Mansion, 1988
Track 4: Let’s Go Down the Wine River / Beware the Forest's Mushrooms by Yoko Shimomura - Super Mario RPG, 1996
Track 5: Desert of Despair by Falcom Sound Team jdk (Hayato Sonoda/Takahiro Unisuga/Saki Momiyama/Masanori Osaki) - Ys Seven, 2009
Track 6: Tomb Raider III Theme by Nathan McCree - Tomb Raider III: The Adventures of Lara Croft, 1998
Track 7: Credits by Graeme Norgate - Blast Corps, 1997
Track 8: A Brief Respite by Stuart Chatwood - Darkest Dungeon, 2016
Track 9: Eternal Empire by MIKI-CHANG/Tappy/Taniguchi/Mayuko Kageshita/Hiroshi Tamawari - Suikoden, 1995

Sound of Play: 63 was edited by Jay Taylor

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[Flabyo]

If you're a fan of Mitsuda's work on Xenogears you should probably go and buy the arranged album 'Myth'. It's on iTunes!

Here's the full orchestral version of the track from this weeks show:



(There are now three different translations of the title to the track now. The literal 'The Treasure which cannot be Stolen' which appears on the game's OST release, the weirdly clunky one from my Japanese copy of Myth - 'Unstealable Jewel', and the far more elegant name used on the iTunes version 'Intangible Treasure')

[AndrewBrown]

"Friend of the show," d'aww, that's the best compliment I've had in a long time. Thanks, love you guys!