Episode 12 - They Can’t All Be Winners

Shujin Academy VGM Club

Sometimes, a bad game has a good soundtrack. This episode is all about some terrific soundtracks from mediocre games.

You can find the archives of Kotaku’s Morning Music feature at https://kotaku.com/culture/morning-music, and you can find the article that helped inspire this episode (and introduced me to the Waterworld soundtrack) at https://kotaku.com/waterworld-is-one-of-the-snes-best-soundtrack-delivery-1847021569.

Special thanks to Josh Grisham of Nerd Informants for recording the promo for poison mushrooms. You can find him on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZPHI7dFhWSg8VYoXwOiZ8g or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NerdInformants/ or on Twitter @NerdInformants. Also thanks to BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.

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Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters DS - Recycle Machine Card

00:25 - Talk Segment 1

02:23 - Waterworld - Attack 1

06:15 - Waterworld - Mission Theme 1

11:57 - Waterworld - Mission Theme 2

15:34 - Waterworld - Mission Theme 3

19:47 - Talk Segment 2

20:45 - Silver Surfer - Summoned by Galactus

21:17 - Silver Surfer - BGM 1

22:54 - Silver Surfer - BGM 2

24:35 - Silver Surfer - Device Completed

25:35 - Silver Surfer - High Score

28:33 - Talk Segment 3

30:56 - Haunted Castle - Devil’s Revival (Stage 2 - Watery Caverns)

32:47 - Haunted Castle - Bloody Tears (Stage 3 - Main Hall)

33:53 - Haunted Castle - Den of Worship (Stage 4 - Abandoned Mine)

35:35 - Haunted Castle - Basement Melodies (Stage 5 - Clock Tower)

37:35 - Haunted Castle - Don’t Wait Until Night (Stage 6 - Bridge)

38:58 - Haunted Castle - Devil’s Resurrection (Boss)

39:46 - Haunted Castle - Dracula’s Room (Final Boss 1)

40:13 - Haunted Castle - Sent to the Devil’s Requiem (Ranking)

41:15 - Talk Segment 4

43:33 - Lunar: Dragon Song - Excitement

45:59 - Lunar: Dragon Song - Tomorrow

43:33 - Lunar: Dragon Song - Port Town

51:30 - Lunar: Dragon Song - Gentle Breeze

54:36 - Lunar: Dragon Song - Main Title

56:14 - Lunar: Dragon Song - Wind of Future

59:00 - Talk Segment 5

1:02:08 - SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters DS - Introduction

1:05:00 - SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters DS - Battle Theme

1:06:10 - SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters DS - Floor to Floor

1:07:29 - SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters DS - Shop Theme

1:08:34 - SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters DS - Card Menu

1:09:49 - SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters DS - Last Floor

1:11:08 - SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters DS - Boss Battle

1:12:24 - Show Outro