Save (or Check) the Date - Music Arcade #46

01-04-2023 • 1 hora 33 min

Hello and welcome to the Music Arcade!

On today's episode, the calendar leads to confusion about themes, Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone, Ranakel and Edie Alexsander getting a peptalk by our very own anime intruder Sam "Zeral", and a discussion involving more songs than you can shake a stick at.

PS: please don't shake sticks at your monitor or audio setup, m'kay?

Time stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:02:25 - Final Fantasy XIV - is it actually the final one? Probably not!

0:05:03 - Through the Fire and the PAAAAIN

0:09:31 - Call of Du- I mean, Battlefield 2

0:11:57 - Command & Conquer: The Commies Are Here 2

0:14:25 - Super Fighting Robot X

0:17:47 - F-Zero's got the blues

0:20:46 - Sandstorm, sans-Darude

0:24:18 - Sonic & the lesson that Blue + Green = Purple

0:26:42 - Excuse me, you got some samurai in my dance party

0:30:03 - Dark Souls III brings up Galen's deepest secrets

0:33:34 - Hitman 2 - no, not that one, the OTHER Hitman 2!

0:35:36 - ¡Viva El Presidente!

0:37:49 - Legend of Link: Zelda Between- wait...

0:41:28 - Xeno-what, now?!

0:44:21 - Middle-Earth: Spartan of Mordor

0:47:00 - Resident Evil: Trumpet's Cut

0:48:38 - T'was all but a ruse!

0:59:22 - Music Arcade Now Playing, feat. "A New World" concert

1:32:26 - Outro

Full music credits (in order of discussion):

Final Fantasy XIV - "Thunderer" by Masayoshi Soken

Guitar Hero III - "Through the Fire and the Flames" by DragonForce

Battlefield 2 - "Main Theme" by Fredrik Englund, David Tallroth & Jonas Ostholm (arranged and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra)

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - "Grinder" by Frank Klepacki

Mega Man X - "Icy Penguigo Stage" by Setsuo Yamamoto, Makoto Tomozawa, Yuki Iwai, Yuko Takehara & Toshihiko Horiyama ("Braving the Storm" remix by Frederic Petitpas

F-Zero - "Big Blue" by Yumiko Kanki & Naoto Ishida

Killer Instinct - "Sandstorm" by Mick Gordon

Sonic the Hedgehog - "Green Hill Zone" by Masato Nakamura ("Lofi Remix" by Helynt & Koreskape)

Samurai Warriors 2 - "Osaka Castle ~Sengoku2 Mix~" by Mari Yoshida

Dark Souls III - "Soul of Cinder" by Yuka Kitamura

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin - "Hitman 2 Main Title" by Jesper Kyd

Tropico 4 - "Candela y Tumbao" by Tumbao

Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - "Lorule Theme 2" by Ryo Nagamatsu, Koji Kondo, Akito Nakatsuka & Hajime Wakai

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - "Incoming!" by ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor - "The Hammer" by Nathan Grigg

Resident Evil: Director's Cut - "Mansion Basement" by Mamoru Samuragochi

If you're interested in giving the music discussed in this episode a listen, you can find them on our playlist: Music Arcade #46