09 January 2018
In this episode we Total-ly honor 2017 as the breathtaking year it was for gaming. Electronic music producer and DJ Privacy presents his favorite video game tunes of last year as well as some deep cut personal faves from previous years and decades. The opening half features, among other things, prototypical grime in VGM form, freakin’ Kiss, the piano as instrument and as sport as well as a death metal band’s fight with its demon.
Playlist
Dylan Beale – Wolverine: Adamantium Rage, Boss 2 MusicAce Frehley – I'm In Need Of Love
Antonio Domingos – Successful Fastest Key Hitting Attempt for Guinness World Records
Béla Bartók – Sonata for piano, BB.88 (performed by Zóltan Kocsis)
Kataklysm – Maelstorm 2010 (Epoch II: Omens About The Great Infernos)
The Grey Wolves – Deconstruction
Mary Lou Williams – Taurus
Contemporary Jazz Quintet – Action (X)
Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata, Hajime Wakai – Hyrule Field Theme, Day (The Legend of Zelda - Breath of the Wild, Wii U/Switch)
Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata, Hajime Wakai – Cave (The Legend of Zelda - Breath of the Wild, Wii U/Switch)
Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata, Hajime Wakai – Gerudo Town, Night (The Legend of Zelda - Breath of the Wild, Wii U/Switch)
Daisuke Matsuoka – Area 10 (Metroid: Samus Returns, 3DS)
El Huervo – Temple of Guidance (SteamWorld Dig 2, Switch/PS4/Vita/3DS/OSX/Windows/Linux)
Shoji Meouro – Heartbeat, Heartbreak (Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 -Reincarnation-, PS2/Vita)
Ryota Kozuka – Ikebukuro Underground District (Shin Megami Tensei 4, 3DS)
Jim Andron – Level 2 (Tetris, CD-i)
Konami Kukeiha Club – Cure (Snatcher, Sega CD)
Akito Nakatsuka, Naoto Ishida, Yuichi Ozaki – Naming Screen (Satellaview BS-X BIOS, SNES)
David Whittaker – Opening (Super SWIV)
Ron Klaren – High Score (Battle Squadron, Amiga)