[Ch 2] Nerd Noise Game Club - C2E11: ”It’s SPACE TIME!!”

Nerd Noise Radio

Today’s Broadcast is C2E11 for Theme Thursday, March, 2nd, 2023 - the inaugural episode of Channel 2’s “Season 3!”. Today’s theme is music from space games and space biomes on a program we’re calling “It’s SPACE TIME!”

Tracklist

Track# - Track - Game - System - Composer(s) - Selected By

A1) Earcatcher - 00:00:00

01) Snow on the Moon - Fantavision (NA) - PS2 - Ashif Hakik - St. John

1. Music - 00:00:06
2. Intro - 00:05:11
3. Top of Show Business / Banter (including “[yet another] new mic, who dis?”) - 00:05:53
4. Discussion - 00:14:36

02) Moon’s Surface - Dig Dug Arrangement - Multiplatform - c: Yuriko Keino / a: Unknown - Hugues

1. Music - 00:19:05
2. Discussion - 00:21:15

03) Terran Theme 3 - Starcraft - PC - Glenn Stafford, Jason Hayes, Derek Duke, Big Tuna, and/or Tracy W. Bush - St. John

1. Music - 00:26:58
2. Discussion - 00:31:27

04) Track 4 - Alien 3 - Game Gear - Matt Furniss - Hugues

1. Music - 00:37:57
2. Discussion - 00:41:21

05) Track 3 - Colony Wars - PS1 - Tim Wright (aka CoLD SToRAGE) - St. John

1. Music - 00:47:18
2. Discussion - 00:51:07

06) The Moon - Duck Tales Remastered - Multiplatform - c: Hiroshige Tonomura / a: Jake Kaufman - Hugues

1. Music - 00:56:22
2. Discussion - 00:59:15

07) The Sun Station - The Outer Wilds - Multiplatform - Andrew Prahlow - St. John

1. Music - 01:05:33
2. Discussion - 01:08:18

08) Asteroid Core - The Dig - PC - Michael Z. Land - Hugues

1. Music - 01:11:53
2. Discussion - 01:14:11

09) Spatial Lullaby - Stellaris - Multiplatform - Gustav Landerholm - St. John

1. Music - 01:20:13
2. Discussion - 01:25:02

10) Eline’s Theme - JESUS: Kyoufu no Bio Monster - Famicom - Koichi Sugiyama - Hugues

1. Music - 01:29:45
2. Discussion - 01:31:28

11) Space BGM 5 - No Man’s Sky - Multiplatform - 65daysofstatic, Earcom, and/or Paul Weir - St. John

1. Music - 01:36:49
2. Discussion - 01:37:29

12) Outer Rings - Kirby’s Epic Yarn - Wii / 3DS - Tomoya Tomita - Hugues

1. Music - 01:43:23
2. Discussion - 01:45:17

13) Space - Yoshi’s Crafted World - Switch - Kazufumi Umeda - St. John

1. Music - 01:49:56
2. Discussion - 01:53:07
3. A special shout-out to a fellow VGM caster and family - 01:55:22
4. End of Show Business - pt 1 - 01:58:23
5. DID YOU KNOW?: St. John is -TECHNICALLY- a VGM Composer - 02:01:43
6. End of Show Business - pt 2 - 02:04:11
7. Final Track Discussion - 02:07:29
8. Sign-off - 02:09:29

14) Rounds 1, 9 - Space Invaders ‘91 - Mega Drive - Noriyuki Iwadare - Hugues

1. Music - 02:09:34

B1) Outtakes - 02:12:04

B2) Bonus: the noise reduction “residue” from my first [aborted] attempt at finessing “The Dig” - 02:20:47

Total Episode Runtime: 02:24:54

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-game-club/id1453018680

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https://huguesjohnson.com/

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Thanks for listening! Join us again later this month (date TBD) for C1E73: featuring a special guest podcaster from the VGM scene. Delicious non-VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds. And wherever you are - Fly the N!