Episode 43 - Rose-Colored Pixels 3: Professor Tom's Happyland Vacation!

Shujin Academy VGM Club

It’s another happy music episode in my Rose-Colored Pixels series of shows full of cheerful, upbeat VGM!

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.

• LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h

• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.

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As mentioned in the show, the VGMbassy recently celebrated its 100th episode, and you can check it out at https://thevgmbassy.com/2024/02/15/episode-100-the-100th-episode-celebration/. I appeared on the show in episode 91 (https://thevgmbassy.com/2023/05/12/episode-91-sega-arcade-games-with-professor-tom/). Congratulations to host Ed Wilson for hitting this milestone!

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Tecmo World Wrestling (NES) - Song 13 (composers: Keiji Yamagishi, Mayuko Okamura, Hiroshi Miyazaki, and Mitsuhito Tanaka)

00:41 - Talk Segment 1

03:17 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - World of Sunshine (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)

06:29 - Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & The Secret Hideout (multiplatform) - Days of Ocean Colors (composer: Kazuki Yanagawa)

07:37 - Secret of Mana (SNES) - Color of the Summer Sky / Joyous Town Theme (composer: Hiroki Kikuta)

09:02 - Power Golf (TG16) - Main Theme (composer: Daisuke Inoue)

11:21 - Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (MSX2) - "A" Jam Blues (Radio Mode BGM 2) (composers: Tsuyoshi Sekito, Masahiro Ikariko, Mutsuhiko Izumi, Yuko Kurahashi, Tomoya Tomita, Kazuhiko Uehara, and Yuji Takenouchi)

12:22 - Side Pocket (Game Boy) - BGM 03 (composer: Yusuke Takahama)

14:39 - King of Fighters 2006 (aka KOF Maximum Impact 2) - The Startup Sound of Reminiscence (composer: Toshikazu Tanaka)

16:31 - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (DS) - Random Dungeon Theme 2 (composers: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, Yoshihiro Maeda)

19:35 - Talk Segment 2

21:58 - King of Fighters 2002 (Neo-Geo) - Tacos Dance (composers: Masahiko Hataya and Yasuo Yamate)

24:15 - Blue Dragon (X360) - BAD BUT BAT (composer: Satoshi Henmi)

27:33 - Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster (multiplatform) - Airship (composers/arrangers: Nobuo Uematsu, Ayumu Murai, Hirosato Noda, Tomonori Adachi, Reo Uratani, Shingo Ktaoka, Yuko Komiyama, Eri Tsunemoto, Kenot Hasegawa, Masato Kouda, Masaya Tsunemoto)

29:25 - Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold (arcade) - STAGE SAKURA (composers: Syun Nishigaki, Setsuo Yamamoto, and Tatsuro Suzuki)

31:27 - Quartet (Arcade) - OKI RAP (composer: Katsuhiro Hayashi)

33:36 - Crusader of Centy (Genesis) - Anemone Beach (composer: Motokazu Shinoda)

35:17 - Shining Force II (Genesis) - Lively Town (composer: Motoaki Takenouchi)

38:43 - Super Black Bass 3 (Super Famicom) - Track 2 (composers: Michiya Hirasawa and Tsukushi Sasaki)

39:59 - Talk Segment 3

43:09 - Daytona USA (Arcade) - Sky High (composer: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)

47:23 - Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen (GBA) - Road to Viridian City: Leaving Pallet Town (composer: Junichi Masuda)

48:23 - Phantasy Star II (Genesis) - Restoration (composer: Tokuhiko Uwabo)

50:33 - Harukanaru Augusta (Mega Drive) - Unknown (BGM Number 4) (composers: Shigekazu Kamaki, Yumi Kinoshita, Yuzaburou Shimojo, and Hiroshi Morita)

53:10 - Lunar 2: Eternal Blue (PSX) - Holding On (Lemina’s Theme) (composer: Noriyuki Iwadare)

56:12 - Phantasy Star IV (Genesis) - Land Master AXV-25 (composer: Izuho Numata)

58:05 - Jack Bros (Virtual Boy) - Grim Reaper’s Cavern (Level 2) (composer: Hiroyuki Yanada)

1:00:00 - Outro Talk Segment

1:02:08 - Crusader of Centy (Genesis) - Ending Theme (composer: Motokazu Shinoda)