Episode 151: Old & New

In the exciting Season 7 Premiere, Karl & Will explore the differences and similarities between the old & new school of video game composing. From sound chips to symphony orchestras, the guys look at how the role as well as the effect of game music has changed over the years. Enjoy this unique look at how far video game music has come.

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Super Smash Bros. For Wii U – Junichi Nakatsuru, Keiki Kobayashi – Nintendo – Wii U – 2014
-Spark Man Stage
Secret of Mana – Hiroki Kikuta – Square – Super NES – 1993
-The Color of the Summer Sky
Diablo III – Russell Brower, Derek Duke, Glenn Stafford – Blizzard – PC – 2012
-The Eternal Conflict
Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge – Hidehiro Funauchi – Konami – Game Boy – 1991
-Original Sin (Dracula’s Castle Part 1)
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 – Òscar Araujo – Konami – PC/PS3 – 2014
-Legacy of the Belmonts
Mega Man 7 – Yuko Takehara, Toshihiko Horiyama, Makoto Tomozawa – Capcom – Super NES – 1995
-Opening Stage
Assassin’s Creed II – Lorne Balfe – Ubisoft – PS3/Xbox 360 – 2012
-Welcome to Boston
Super Mario All-Stars – Soyo Oka – Nintendo – SNES – 1993
-SMB1 Overworld
Super Mario 3D World – Koji Kondo – Nintendo – Wii U – 2013
-Sunshine Seaside
Final Fantasy IV – Nobuo Uematsu – Square – Super Famicom – 1991
-Welcome To Our Town!
Final Fantasy XIII-2 – Naoshi Mizuta – Square Enix – PS3 – 2011
-Noels’ Theme
Terranigma – Miyoko Kobayashi & Masanori Hikichi – Enix – Super NES – 1995
-The Gaia Stone
Mighty Switch Force – Jake Kaufman – WayForward – 3DS/Wii U – 2011
-BGM Yummy
Dead Space 3 – Jason Graves & James Hannigan – EA – Xbox 360/PS3 – 2013
-Apoplexia
Splatterhouse 3 – Eiko Kaneko – Namco – Genesis – 1993
-Stage 1
Ultimate Basketball – Dota Ando – American Sammy – NES – 1990
-Gameplay 2
NBA 2K14 – Kendrick Lamar – 2K Sports – PS3/PS4/360/Xbox One – 2013
-Now or Never (feat. Mary J. Blige)
Super Mario Kart – Soya Oka – Super NES – 1992
-Donut Plains
Mario Kart 8 – Shiho Fujii, Atsuko Asahi, Ryo Nagamatsu – Nintendo – Wii U – 2014
-Sweet Sweet Canyon
Tomb Raider – Jason Graves – Square Enix – PC/PS3/Xbox 360 – 2013
-End Credits
Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom – Hiroshi Miyazaki, Kaori Nakabai & Rika Shigeno – Tecmo – NES – 1991
-Credits