Marcato Classic: Bad Music 8

Oh boy. It's the eighth installment of Bad Music! Karl & Will are once again punished with some of the worst video game music that was ever composed. Enjoy? Yeah, Enjoy!

Castelian - David Whittaker - Track 2

California Games - András Magyari - Foot Bag

Loopz - Ian Upton - Track 1

Wolverine: Adamantium Rage - Dylan Beale - Weapon X-Lab

Little Red Hood - Unknown - In Game Music

Shrek: Swamp Kart Speedway - Brian Gaul - Main Theme

The Amazing Spiderman - Steven Green - Title Theme

Exo-Squad - Zsolt Dvornik - Stage 3

Radikal Bikers - Joan Sanmarti - Pizza Man

Ultima III: Exodus - Kenneth Arnold - Combat

Star Trek Deep Space Nine: The Crossroads of Time - Novotrade Sound Team - Venture Forth

Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage - Steven Sim - Chaos Two

Garfield: Caught in the Act - László Fazekas, Csaba Gigor - Beach & Forest

Rastan Saga II - Hisayoshi Ogura? - The Trap

The Chessmaster - Peter Stone - BGM 4

Last Action Hero - Shahid Ahmad - Stage 3

Billiard 2008 - Unknown - Menu

Shadow World - DE DE MOUSE Remix (from Persona 4 Dancing All Night)

Impossible Mission II - Unknown - Track 1

Guest Host Takeover: Mega Man 3

It’s time for another installment of Guest Host Takeover! The podcast has been taken over by mystery guest hosts to discuss Mega Man 3!! You'll have to listen to find out who.....Enjoy!

Mega Man 3 - Yasuaki Fujita, Harumi Fujita - Capcom - NES - 1990

-Title

-Stage Select and Game Start

-Hard Man Stage

-Boss, Stage Clear, Get a Weapon

-Password

-Top Man Stage

-Shadow Man Stage

-Spark Man Stage

-Magnet Man Stage

-Gemini Man Stage

-Needle Man Stage

-Snake Man Stage

-Dr. Wily Stage Map, Dr. Wily Stage 1

-Dr. Wily Stage 2

-Dr. Wily Stage 3

-Dr. Wily Stage Boss

-All Stage Clear, Ending

-Staff Roll

Q&A: Disney Songs, Games as Less Than, New Careers

In this laidback episode, Karl & Will answer some fun listener questions, and play another round of their signature version of Name That Tune!

Mazestalker - Karl Brueggemann - Mining Town

Spell Blaster - Karl Brueggemann - Coastal Hills Zone

Will Brueggemann - Arabesque: Will Lullaby 15

Will Brueggemann - Messi's World Cup: Looking To The Future

---Background Music:

The Hit Points - Taliyah, the Stoneweaver

Aladdin - Donald Griffin - Turban Jazz

Shatterhand - Iku Mizutani - Areas E&F

Knower - It's All Nothing Until It's Everything

Pictionary - Tim Follin - Drawing Game

Split Screen - Specialist (Persona 4)

Pebble Beach Golf Links - Shigekazu Kamaki - Hole Overview

Gravity Rush - Kohei Tanaka - Old Town

Yoshi's Woolly World - Tomoya Tomita - Bonceabout Woods

Rayman Legends - Christophe Heral - Medieval Dragon

New Release: Penny's Big Breakaway

Hot off the presses! For the “New Release” category of episodes, Karl & Will shine a light on a just-released video game soundtrack. This time it’s the incredible, colorful score to “Penny’s Big Breakaway” by Tee Lopes and Sean Bialo. Enjoy!

Penny's Big Breakaway - Tee Lopes, Sean Bialo, Hunter Bridges, Christian Whitehead - Evening Star - 2024

-Jig's up, Penny

-Breakaway and Hello Macaroon

-Refracting Feelings

-Sleep? No, Throwdown!

-Land-ho Diabolo!

-Tutto Finisce a Tarallucci e Vino

-Strongman

-Scientific Method

-Mano-e-Yo-Yo

-Outside the Eidophusikon

-Penny in a Pinch

-Puppet Pioneer

-It's a Biguin Now!

-Maxims and Misfits

-By the Book

-Scales of Justice

-Palace Sneaktime Swing

-Triadic Ballet

-Wind It Up Yo

Marcato Radio 35

It's time for another installment of Marcato Radio! Once again, it's another non-stop collection of outstanding video game music. Some tracks you've heard before, and some you have not! Enjoy!

Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula-kun - Shinji Tasaka - Robot Battle (Stage 9)

The Jetsons: Invasion of the Planet Pirates - Hideki Takahagi - Stage 1

Mighty Switch Force 2 - Jake Kaufman - Soft Collision

Albert Odyssey Gaiden - Naoki Kodaka - Serenade

Sonic Advance 2 - Tatsuyuki Maeda, Yutaka Minobe - Leaf Forest Zone Act 2

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. - Yoshito Sekigawa - Things Are Looking Up

Choujikuu Yousai Macross: Ai Oboete Imasu ka - Unknown - Boss 8 & Game Over

ModalModule - Orion's Theme (Orion the Stardroid)

FX4 - Jake Kaufman - First Flight

Mario Kart Arcade GP DX - Katsuro Tajima - Kingdom Way

Can Can Bunny 5 Extra - Unknown - With You

Cook Serve Forever - Jonathan Geer - Charlotte's Theme

Bases Loaded 3 - Tatsuya Nishimura - Track 8

Nobunaga's Ambition: Chronicles of the Ascension - Yoko Kanno - Shining Battlefield

Aldynes - Unknown - Stage 1

Adventures of Pip - Jake Kaufman - Caves (Main)

Etrian Mystery Dungeon - Yuzo Koshiro - Is This Blood Thine or the Enemy's

Gemini Wing - Manabu Saito, Mikio Saito - Stage 1

Revisited: Sunsoft

In this nostalgic and fun episode, the guys revisit the topic (and largely the same playlist) they covered waaaay back on Episode 80: Sunsoft! Enjoy some of the best VGM ever composed!

Batman: Return of the Joker - Manami Matsumae - Vs. Boss

Freedom Force - Naoki Kodaka - Stage 4: Town

Blaster Master - Naoki Kodaka - Area 1

Batman - Naoki Kodaka - Stage 2 ~Axis Chemical Factory

Ufouria: The Saga - Naoki Kodaka - Hebe in the Cold Area

Gimmick! - Masashi Kageyama - Strange Memories of Death

Albert Odyssey - Naoki Kodaka - Lovers' Dirge

Gremlins 2: The New Batch - Naoki Kodaka - Gremlin Battle

Super Fantasy Zone - Naoki Kodaka - Fancy Promenade

Batman - Naoki Kodaka, Noboyuki Hara - Underneath the City

Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions - Manami Matsumae - Boss

Albert Odyssey Gaiden - Naoki Kodaka - Main Theme 2

Journey to Silius - Naoki Kodaka - Stage 3

Super Fantasy Zone - Naoki Kodaka - Water Melody

Batman: Return of the Joker - Naoki Kodaka - Stages 1 & 6 ~Gotham in Danger

Chameleon Twist 2 - Koichi Fujiwara - Sky Land

Trip World - M. Iwata, T. Ishida, A. Mihiro - World 1

Albert Odyssey - Naoki Kodaka - Clouds Riding the Wind

Gimmick! - Masashi Kageyama - Aporia

Original Showcase: Galactic Shift!

It’s back to back original showcases! This time around, Karl & Will share the brand new second album from collective Kinetic Vibe Mind, called Galactic Shift! This album is inspired by space, shoot-em-ups, and more. Kinetic Vibe Mind is a collective made up of Karl, Vav, and ModalModule. Enjoy!

Click the album cover above to check out the album on bandcamp!

Galactic Shift - Kinetic Vibe Mind - 2024

-Theme of Galactic Shift

-Stage 1-1: Darting Into the Atmosphere

-Stage 1-2: Crimson Jungle Exploration

-Stage 1-3: Jungle Confrontation

-Rando Rhyne’s Theme

-Stage 2-1: Storming Into Danger

-Stage 2-2: Tyrian Caverns Exploration

-Stage 2-3: Cavern Confrontation

-Galactic Gear (Shop)

-Stage 3-1: Cosmic Pitfall

-Stage 3-2: Emerald Depths Exploration

-Stage 3-3: Depth Confrontation

-Kye Starhawk's Theme

-Facing Vandromida (Final Boss)

-A Galaxy Saved (Credits)

Original Showcase: Unstable Scientific!

In this very special episode, Karl & Will present their new original soundtrack to the upcoming pixel art platformer "Unstable Scientific"! Enjoy!

Click the album cover above to check out the soundtrack (and more about the game) on bandcamp!

Unstable Scientific - Super Marcato Bros - Studio Castle Soodalkov- 2024

-Let's Break Physics (Main Theme)

-Subtropical Jungle

-Stage Clear (Long)

-Basalt Bluffs

-A Lab of One's Own (Pixel's Theme)

-Inside the Lava Tube

-Silver Craters

-Subdued Main Theme

-Battle Theme

-Home Base (Fully Equipped)

-Logic Loops and Microcontrollers (Tau's Theme)

-Anomalous Research

-Stage Clear (Short)

-Home Base (Science out of Shipping Containers)

-Stratosphere Dreams (Chandra's Theme)

-We May Be Entangled

-All's Fair in Love and Grant Money (Wolfram's Theme)

-Iridescent Realms

-Publish or Perish (Lev's Theme)

-Battle with Wolfram

-Toromiro Glacier

-Physics is Better with Friends (Ending Theme)