The Sound of Play videogame music podcast

Welcome once again to our podcast about our favourite videogame music - Sound of Play. For many of us, it’s hard to think of almost any videogame without our minds conjuring up the music that accompanied it. Over the decades they've evolved from simplistic monaural beeps and bloops to full orchestral scores recorded in 7.1 surround, but from their earliest days right up to today, soundtracks have played an integral part of our memories of the games we played, and the times in our lives when we were playing them. What we aim to bring you with Sound of Play is a diverse sample of our favourites pieces from the many air-punching, spine-tingling, tear-jerking and grin-inducing videogame soundtracks we've heard over the years. Of course it’s not just about what we like, so if you venture over to our forum at caneandrinse.com you can put forward your favourites and we’ll start to include a selection in the playlist for each show. This show's presenters were: Leon Cox, Jay Taylor and CJ Black (Twin Humanities). with community contributions from Magic Airplane and Barbarian Stomp. Track listing for this show is as follows: Track 1: Theme X by Hiroyuki Sawano - Xenoblade Chronicles X, 2015 Track 2: Forest of No Return by Masaru ‘Go’ Shiina - Tales of Legendia, 2005 Track 3: Drink Up, There’s More! by Percival - The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, 2015 Track 4: The Sky Line by Toshiharu Yamanishi / Takeshi Yoshida / Naosuke Arai - Thunder Force IV (Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar), 1992 Track 5: The Way by Hiroyuki Sawano (featuring Sayulee) - Xenoblade Chronicles X, 2015 Track 6: Naru, Embracing the Light by Gareth Coker (featuring Rachel Mellis) - Ori and the Blind Forest, 2015 Track 7: The Fields of Ard Skellig by Marcin Przybylowicz - The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, 2015 Track 8: Snowpeak Ruins by Toru Minegishi / Asuka Ota / Koji Kondo - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, 2006 Track 9: 3594eMT by Hiroyuki Sawano - 3594e, 2014 Sound of Play: 29 was edited by Jay Taylor.

Welcome once again to our podcast about our favourite videogame music - Sound of Play. For many of us, it’s hard to think of almost any videogame without our minds conjuring up the music that accompanied it. Over the decades they've evolved from simplistic monaural beeps and bloops to full orchestral scores recorded in 7.1 surround, but from their earliest days right up to today, soundtracks have played an integral part of our memories of the games we played, and the times in our lives when we were playing them. What we aim to bring you with Sound of Play is a diverse sample of our favourites pieces from the many air-punching, spine-tingling, tear-jerking and grin-inducing videogame soundtracks we've heard over the years. However, it’s not just about what we like, so if you venture over to our forum at caneandrinse.com you can put forward your favourites and we’ll start to include a selection in the playlist for each show. This show's presenters were: Leon Cox, Darren Gargette and Joshua Garrity. with community contributions from Scrustle, Follow My Ruin and Catatonic Nali. Track listing for this show is as follows: Track 1: Downstream by Shira Kammen - Braid, 2008 Track 2: Try, Try Again by Yoko Shimomura - Mario & Luigi Dream Team Bros, 2013 Track 3: Pursuit ~ Cornered by Masakazu Sugimori - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, 2001 Track 4: Hometown by Matt Furniss - Soccer Kid, 1993 Track 5: Prelude by Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy IX, 2000 Track 6: Dynamite Rave by Naoki Meada - Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix, 2001 Track 7: I’m Here Now by ? - Tekken 5, 2005 Track 8: Exile, Vilify by The National - Portal 2, 2011 Track 9: Flight by Yoshitaka Azuma - Panzer Dragoon, 1995 Sound of Play: 28 was edited by Jay Taylor.

What we maim to wring you with Sound of Play is a die-hearse sample of our favourite pieces from the many scare-punching, spine-tingling, fear-jerking, and coffin-inducing videogame soundtracks we've heard over the centuries. However, it's not just about what we are scared by, so if you vulture over to our morgue at caneandrinse.com, you can gut forward your favourites and we'll start to include a skele-ction in the slay-list for each crow. This show's presenters were: The Ghost of Huell Wuthering (@deadhuell), Joshua Scare-ity (@combinehunter), and Darren Gargoyle (@dezm0nd). Track listing for this show is as follows: Track 1: Cleric Beast by Tsukasa Saitoh from Bloodborne, 2015 Track 2: Mad Monster Mansion by Grant Kirkhope from Banjo-Kazooie, 1998 Track 3: It's Here by Christian Henson, Joe Henson, and Alexis Smith from Alien: Isolation, 2014 Track 4: Forest Temple by Koji Kondo from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, 1998 Track 5: Cohen's Masterpiece by Garry Schyman from BioShock, 2007 Track 6: Promise (Reprise) by Akira Yamaoka from Silent Hill 2, 2001 Track 7: Lament of the Highborne by Russel Brower and Vangie Gunn from World of WarCraft, 2004 Track 8: Death by Disasterpeace from Fez, 2012 Track 9: Lavender Town by Junichi Masuda from Pokémon Red / Blue / Yellow. Track 10: Tranquil Hours by Grant Kirkhope from Viva Piñata, 2006 Sound of Play: 27 was edited by Ryan Hamann (@insrtcoins).

What we aim to bring you with Sound of Play is a diverse sample of our favourites pieces from the many air-punching, spine-tingling, tear-jerking and grin-inducing videogame soundtracks we've heard over the years. However, it’s not just about what we like, so if you venture over to our forum at caneandrinse.com you can put forward your favourites and we’ll start to include a selection in the playlist for each show. This show's presenter was: Leon Cox (@ratsoalbion) with special guest Dan Rodrigues (@Composingdan) Track listing for this show is as follows: Track 1: Alien Porch Crawl by Dan Rodrigues - Get Off My Lawn, 2014 Track 2: Devil’s Doom Music Suite by Brian Gair - Devil’s Doom, 2015 Track 3: Bedknobs and Glowsticks by Dan Rodrigues - Runbow, 2015 Track 4: Lone Star by Jim Guthrie - Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, 2011 Track 5: Stay Awhile and Listen by Maggie Mclean - Titans, 2014 Track 6: Waters (Serenity) by Robby Duguay - Fate Tectonics, 2015 Track 7: Ruler’s March by Dan Rodrigues - Supreme Ruler 1936, 2014 Track 8: Crystal C by Ryan Henwood - Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, 2015 Track 9: Two Feet and a Heartbeat by Dan Rodrigues - Runbow, 2015 Sound of Play: 26 was edited by Jay Taylor (@Jaysevenzero)

What we aim to bring you with Sound of Play is a diverse sample of our favourites pieces from the many air-punching, spine-tingling, tear-jerking and grin-inducing videogame soundtracks we've heard over the years. Of course it’s not just about what we like, so if you venture over to our forum at caneandrinse.com you can put forward your favourites and we’ll start to include a selection in the playlist for each show. This show's presenters were: Ryan Hamann, Joshua Garrity and special guest insaneintherainmusic. Track listing for this show is as follows: Track 1: Wild World Title (cover) by insaneintherainmusic (originally composed by Kazumi Totaka) - Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2015 Track 2: Schala's Theme by Yasunori Mitsuda - Chrono Trigger, 1995 Track 3: Endings and Beginnings by Yoshino Aoki - Breath of Fire IV, 2000 Track 4: Unknowable Geometry by Jim Guthrie - Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, 2011 Track 5: Your Name Please by Hirokazu Tanaka - Earthbound, 1994 Track 6: Mr. Handagote by Tomáš Dvo?ák - Machinarium, 2009 Track 7: Virtuous Mission by Harry Gregson-Williams - Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, 2004 Track 8: K.K. Cruisin' by Kazumi Totaka - Animal Crossing, 2001 Track 9: Mt. Coronet (cover) by insaneintherainmusic (originally composed by Go Ichinose) - Pokémon Diamond / Pearl / Platinum, 2015 Sound of Play: 25 was edited by Ryan Hamann.

What we aim to bring you with Sound of Play is a diverse sample of our favourites pieces from the many air-punching, spine-tingling, tear-jerking and grin-inducing videogame soundtracks we've heard over the years. Of course it’s not just about what we like, so if you venture over to the Cane and Rinse forum via our website, you can put forward your favourites and we’ll start to include a selection in the playlist for each show. This show's presenters were: Leon Cox and Jay Taylor. Community contributors were: Peatear, Paps Fritas, Doms Beard, Ash, Papapishu, Solm, The Sniper Gecko, Beckand and David Hartley. Track listing for this show is as follows: Track 1: The Whole New World by Hideaki Kobayashi and Fumie Kumatani - Phantasy Star Online, 2000 Track 2: Jimmy’s Aerobics by Takeru Kanazaki and Kenichi Nishimaki - WarioWare D.I.Y., 2009 Track 3: Quiet’s Theme by Akihiro Honda, lyrics by Ludvig Forssell, vocal by Stefanie Joosten - Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, 2015 Track 4: Boku No Chikyu Bokura no Chikyu by Masaru Shiina - Mr Driller: Drill Land, 2002 Track 5: The Legendary Theme (Acoustic) by Tomohiro Harada - Gitaroo Man, 2002 Track 6: Watch Your Corners by Ramin Djawadi - Medal of Honor, 2010 Track 7: All the Earth by Jessica Curry - Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, 2015 Track 8: The Orchards by Kenneth C M Young and Brian D'Oliveira - Tearaway, 2013 Track 9: The DK Rap by Grant Kirkhope - Donkey Kong 64, 1999 Sound of Play: 24 was edited by Jay Taylor.

As a slight change to our regular formula, this latest Sound of play features a special guest interview with David Housden, the BAFTA nominated composer for both Thomas Was Alone and Volume. He offers us insight into his creative process along with a selection of his favourite game scores along with several from his most recent endeavour - Volume. Of course, don't forget it’s not just about what we like, so if you venture over to our forum at caneandrinse.com you can put forward your favourites and we’ll start to include a selection in the playlist for each show. This show was presented by: Leon Cox Track listing for this show is as follows: Track 1: Notes from the Past by David Housden - Volume, 2015 Track 2: Fisherman’s Horizon by Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VIII, 1999 Track 3: Welcome to the Volume by David Housden - Volume, 2015 Track 4: Theme of Laura (Reprise) by Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill 2, 2001 Track 5: Infiltration by David Housden - Volume, 2015 Track 6: Eternity: Memory of Lightwaves by Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi - Final Fantasy X-2, 2003 Track 7: As It Was, So Shall It Be by David Housden - Volume, 2015 Track 8: Plingpling Fairydust by Chris Christodoulou - The Sea Will Claim Everything, 2012 Track 9: Revolution by David Housden - Volume, 2015 Sound of Play: 23 was edited by Jay Taylor.

What we aim to bring you with Sound of Play is a diverse sample of our favourites pieces from the many air-punching, spine-tingling, tear-jerking and grin-inducing videogame soundtracks we've heard over the years. This show's presenters were: Leon Cox, Sean O'Brien and Ryan Hamann. Community contributors were: Flabyo, maygaess and Traktorion. Track listing for this show is as follows: Track 1: Character Select by Robin Beanland - Jet Force Gemini, 1999 Track 2: Voodoo, Roots ‘n Grog (OCRemix) by Diggi Dis (originally Michael Land & Patrick Mundy) - The Secret of Monkey Island, 1990 (remix 2011) Track 3: Main Theme by Harry Gregson-Williams - Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, 2007 Track 4: Debris by Hitoshi Sakimoto - Radiant Silvergun, 1998 Track 5: Sanchez the Outlaw by Clint Bajakian - Outlaws, 1997 Track 6: A Pirate I Was Meant to Be by Michael Land - The Curse of Monkey Island, 1997 Track 7: Where is it going? by Jasper Byrne - Lone Survivor, 2012 Track 8: BGM2 by Shinji Hosoe and Kazuo Noguchi - Assault, 1988 Track 9: The Civil War Country by Revo - Bravely Default, 2012 Sound of Play: 22 was edited by Jay Taylor.

What we aim to bring you with Sound of Play is a diverse sample of our favourites pieces from the many air-punching, spine-tingling, tear-jerking and grin-inducing videogame soundtracks we've heard over the years. This show's presenters were: Leon Cox, Joshua Garrity and Nick Parton. Community contributors were: Limity 1603 and Ideology Lite. Track listing for this show is as follows: Track 1: Under Logic by Yuzo Koshiro - Streets Of Rage II / Bare Knuckle II, 1992 Track 2: Woods Remix by Whitaker Trebella - Super Stickman Golf 2, 2013 Track 3: ...Steel for Humans by Percival and Marcin Przybylowicz - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, 2015 Track 4: My Dear Friend, Rally by Kenneth Ibrahim and Tetsuya Mizuguchi - SEGA Rally Championship 1995, 1994 Track 5: Balloonacy by Steve Rowlands - Creatures II: Torture Trouble, 1992 Track 6: Demon Invasion by Nobuo Uematsu - Lost Odyssey, 2007 Track 7: CP Violation by Kelly Bailey - Half-Life 2, 2004 Track 8: Rose’s Theme by Yuko Takehara - Street Fighter Zero (Alpha), 1995 Track 9: Main Theme by Rob Hubbard - Monty On The Run, 1985 Sound of Play: 21 was edited by Jay Taylor.

What we aim to bring you with Sound of Play is a diverse sample of our favourites pieces from the many air-punching, spine-tingling, tear-jerking and grin-inducing videogame soundtracks we've heard over the years. This show's presenters were: Ryan Hamann, Jay Taylor and C.J. Black (Twin Humanities) Community contributors were: Fieldy, Cwenchdesign and Metal Gear Fanatic. Track listing for this show is as follows: Track 1: Leaving Earth by Sascha Dikiciyan & Cris Velasco - Mass Effect 3, 2012 Track 2: March of the ilomilo by Daniel Olsén - ilomilo, 2010 Track 3: Song Of The Ancients Devola ~ Song Of The Ancients Popola by Sasakure UK - Nier, 2010 Track 4: Rooftop Run: Act 1 by Tomoya Ohtani - Sonic Generations, 2011 Track 5: Icarus (Main Theme) by Michael McCann - Deus Ex: Human Revolution, 2011 Track 6: The Knights theme by Jason Graves - The Order: 1886, 2015 Track 7: Final Battle ~ Mana Palace by Sexy Synthesizer - Final Fantasy Gaiden Track 8: Discovering Banjoland by Grant Kirkhope - Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, 2008 Track 9: That’s Death by Eric Idle - Discworld II: Missing Presumed…!? / Mortality Bytes!, 1996 Sound of Play: 20 was edited by Jay Taylor.

What we aim to bring you with Sound of Play is a diverse sample of our favourites pieces from the many air-punching, spine-tingling, tear-jerking and grin-inducing videogame soundtracks we've heard over the years. This show's presenters were: Leon Cox, Tony Atkins and Sean Bell (Midnight Resistance). Community contributors were: Retrothumbs and Scrustle. Track listing for this show is as follows: Track 1: Shadows by Halina Heron - The Yawhg, 2013 Track 2: In-Game Theme by Ray Norrish - The Killing Game Show (aka Fatal Rewind), 1990 Track 3: To the Moon (Main Theme) by Kan Gao - To the Moon, 2011 Track 4: Space Harrier Theme by Hiroshi Kawaguchi - Big Twice Remix (from Push-Start) - Space Harrier, 1985 Track 5: Thinker by Kota Hoshino - Armored Core 4, 2007 Track 6: The Only Thing I Know For Real (Maniac Agenda Mix) by Jamie Christopherson - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, 2013 Track 7: Angry Birds (Main Theme) by Ari Pulkkinen performed by The London Philharmonic Orchestra - Angry Birds, 2009 Track 8: Let’s Go to Pao Pao Island! by Kazuko Umino (Zuntata Live 1998 version) - Puzzle Bobble, 1994 Track 9: Main Theme by Alessandro Coronas (COOL-ASS REMIX BY SEAN BELL) - Where Is My Heart? 2011 Sound of Play: 19 was edited by Jay Taylor.

What we aim to bring you with Sound of Play is a diverse sample of our favourites pieces from the many air-punching, spine-tingling, tear-jerking and grin-inducing videogame soundtracks we've heard over the years. This show's presenters were: Leon Cox, James Carter and Darren Gargette. Community contributors were: Baron Phil, Sean Thomas and Duncan 2501. Track listing for this show is as follows: Track 1: Birabuto Kingdom by Hirokazu Tanaka - Super Mario Land, 1989 Track 2: Prophetic by Neil Voss - Tetrisphere, 1997 Track 3: Stage 1 by Norio Nakagata - Burai Fighter Deluxe, 1990 Track 4: Liberi Fatali by Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VIII, 1999 Track 5: Main Theme by Barry Leitch - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2, 1991 Track 6: Intro by Hidenori Shoji, Sakae Osumi & Haruyoshi Tomita - Super Monkey Ball (USA), 2001 Track 7: Trailer Theme by Marco - Beyond Eyes, 2015 (TBC) Track 8: The Edge of Soul by Benten-Maru performed by Suzi Kim - Soul Edge (Soul Blade), 1995 Track 9: Snowy Valak Mountain/Night by ACE+ - Xenoblade Chronicles, 2010 Sound of Play: 18 was edited by Jay Taylor.

What we aim to bring you with Sound of Play is a diverse sample of our favourites pieces from the many air-punching, spine-tingling, tear-jerking and grin-inducing videogame soundtracks we've heard over the years. This show's presenters were: Leon Cox, Joshua Garrity and Karl Moon. Community contributors were: Retothumbs, Papapishu and Poperamone. Track listing for this show is as follows: Track 1: Primal Eyes by Yoko Shimomura - Parasite Eve, 1998 Track 2: Heartful Cry by Shoji Meguro - Persona 3: FES, 2008 Track 3: Home by Matt Furniss - Wiz ‘n’ Liz, 1993 Track 4: Teto Ran (Poison Of Snake) by Hitoshi Sakimoto (original by Miki Higashino) - Gradius V (Salamander/Life Force) 2004 Track 5: Water Level by Reyn Ouwehand (Maniacs of Noise) - The Last Ninja 3, 1991 Track 6: The Clock Master (Sync/Majesty) by Coda (original tracks by Disasterpeace) - FEZ, 2012 Track 7: Thermosphere by Kenichiro Fukui - Einhänder, 1997 Track 8: Main Theme by Tim Follin - Ghouls ‘n Ghosts, 1988 Track 9: Waiting Room by Toru Minegishi - Splatoon, 2015 Sound of Play: 17 was edited by Jay Taylor.

What we aim to bring you with Sound of Play is a diverse sample of our favourites pieces from the many air-punching, spine-tingling, tear-jerking and grin-inducing videogame soundtracks we've heard over the years. This show's presenters were: Leon Cox, Darren Gargette and Sean O'Brien. Community contributors were: Follow My Ruin, Achamius and Todinho. Track listing for this show is as follows: Track 1: Main Theme by Shawn Lee - Bully (Canis Canem Edit), 2006 Track 2: Jungle World by Grant Kirkhope - Yooka-Laylee, 2015 Track 3: Stray Sheep by Shoji Meguro - Catherine, 2013 Track 4: Main Theme by Nathan McCree - Tomb Raider, 1996 Track 5: Monsoon by Chris Christodoulou - Risk of Rain, 2013 Track 6: Intro + Emerald Hill Zone Act 1 by Masato Nakamura - Sonic the Hedgehog 2, 1992 Track 7: Skate or Die by Rob Hubbard - Skate or Die, 1988 Track 8: Tower of Mist by Michiru Yamane - Castlevania SOTN, 1997 Track 9: Specialist (Reincarnation album version) by Shoji Meguro/Atsushi Kitajoh - Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, 2008 Sound of Play: 16 was edited by Ryan Hamann.

What we aim to bring you with Sound of Play is a diverse sample of our favourites pieces from the many air-punching, spine-tingling, tear-jerking and grin-inducing videogame soundtracks we've heard over the years. This show's presenters were: Leon Cox, Jay Taylor and Paddy Smith (Twin Humanities). Community contributors were: Ben Blaster, Sean S Thomas. Track listing for this show is as follows: Track 1: Snake Eater (Japanese Version) by Norihiko Hibino, featuring Akiko Wada - Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, 2004 Track 2: Fable Theme by Danny Elfman and Russell Shaw - Fable, 2004 Track 3: Freedom by David Housden - Thomas Was Alone, 2012 Track 4: Greenvale (vocal) composed by Riyou Kinugasa, Takuya Kobayashi, and Hiromi Mizutani - Deadly Premonition, 2010 Track 5: Hit The Jackpot! by Tsuneo Imahori - Gungrave Overdose, 2004 Track 6: Mute City by Yumiko Kanki - Mario Kart 8, 2014 Track 7: God Hand by Masafumi Takada - God Hand, 2006 Track 8: Space Valley by Hirokazu Ando Kirby’s - Dream Course, 1994 Track 9: End Credits (Dared To Dream) by Jake Kaufman - Double Dragon Neon, 2012 Sound of Play: 15 was edited by Jay Taylor