01-04-2023
Save (or Check) the Date - Music Arcade #46
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
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