Episode 376: Dorian

For the Season 16 Premiere, Karl & Will explore one of the strongest and most identifiable musical building blocks in video game music: the Dorian mode! This special scale can evoke surprise, wonder, excitement, or spirituality. Enjoy this exploration of what some of the best VGM has in common!

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Rudra no Hihou - Ryuji Sasai - The Quest for Rudra's Mines

RuneScape 3 - James Hannigan - Village Dance

Super Mario RPG - Yoko Shimomura - Beware the Forest's Mushrooms

Shovel Knight - Jake Kaufman - Main Theme

Metroid Prime - Kenji Yamamoto - Hall of the Elders

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Koji Kondo - Dark World

Street Fighter 2010 - Junko Tamiya - Wetland

Halo: Combat Evolved - Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori - Main Theme

Rudra no Hihou - Ryuji Sasai - Earth Bound

Ys V - Falcom Sound Team J.D.K. - Stormy Town

Rockman & Forte - Naoshi Mizuta - Museum

Final Fantasy V - Nobuo Uematsu - Ahead On Our Way

Octopath Traveler - Yasunori Nishiki - A Settlement in the Red Bluffs

Ys II - Mieko Ishikawa - Subterranean Canal

Shatterhand - Iku Mizutani, Kouichi Yamanishi - Area B

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo - Queen Rutela's Theme

Yoshi's Island - Koji Kondo - Underground

Pilotwings - Soyo Oka - Light Plane