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!
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