SYMPHONY OF THE NIGHT and A HAT IN TIME – Original Soundchat – Episode 21

Peter covers the wide variety of musical genres found through environment inversion in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Joe wanders through a cute-as-heck world to collect pieces of time in Pascal Michael Stiefel’s work in A Hat in Time.

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KID ICARUS UPRISING and DANGANRONPA 2 – Original Soundchat – Episode 20

Joe praises the Smash Bros.-inspired all-star composing team in Kid Icarus Uprising and Peter gets tropical for a hot-pink, blood-splattered battle royale in Masafumi Takada’s work in Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.

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STARDEW VALLEY and ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF – Original Soundchat – Episode 18

Joe personally connects with the one-man effort of creating the life and farm simulation of Stardew Valley and Peter mourns the loss of his save file and anthropomorphic animal friends in Manaka Kataoka’s work in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

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SONIC ADVENTURE 2 and SUPER MARIO 64 – Original Soundchat – Episode 17

Peter reminisces about the rocking guitar tunes in his favorite game while growing up in Sonic Adventure 2 and Joe pays tribute to the game that brought an industry into the third dimension alongside Koji Kondo’s work in Super Mario 64

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JET SET RADIO and DOOM (2016) – Original Soundchat – Episode 16

Joe presents a funky mix of beats with aged voice sampling in Jet Set Radio & Jet Set Radio Future and Peter analyzes the channeling of corrupted audio energy through a created synth instrument in Mick Gordon’s work on DOOM (2016).

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METAL GEAR SOLID 2 and DONKEY KONG 64 – Original Soundchat – Episode 15

Peter presents a game ahead of its time with a Hollywood-inspired score in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Joe reminisces about the anxiety-inducing apes from the first game of his youth in Grant Kirkhope’s work on Donkey Kong 64.

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THOMAS WAS ALONE and THE MESSENGER – Original Soundchat – Episode 14

Joe explores the tensions between instruments and synths in the quadrilateral-filled world of Thomas Was Alone and Peter studies the way of the ninja with the 8- and 16-bit chiptune dance melodies of Eric Brown’s work in The Messenger.

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THE LAST OF US and THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU – Original Soundchat – Episode 13

Peter takes a look at an Academy Award-winning composer applying a cinematic score to The Last of Us and Joe analyzes the many-styled vocal compression of Takeharu Ishimoto’s work in The World Ends With You.

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SHANTAE AND THE PIRATE’S CURSE and CUPHEAD – Original Soundchat – Episode 12

Joe explores the heavy beats and Arabian stylings in the soundtrack of Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse and Peter takes a look at the 1930s big band jazz of Kristofer Maddigan’s debut work in Cuphead.

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