Summary: <p>In this episode, the guys are joined by one of Bedroth’s longtime friends, Religious Studies Scholar ProfJeff, for a fun discussion about how religious themes have manifested themselves in over the gaming years in a lot of Very Good - and surprisingly diverse - Music!</p> <p>If you like what you hear, please like, comment, and subscribe, or ring that bell to be notified when our next episode comes out! Check out the "About" page on YouTube for links to all the ways you can contact us or listen to our show, as well as original music by Bedroth and music and sprite work by @Shootkapow!</p> <p>Shout out to Ben "The Diad" Dishman for our awesome pixel portraits! Check out his work @TheDiad on Twitter!</p> <p>Thanks also to Kung Fu Carlito for the awesome caricatures featured on our YouTube channel! Check out his work at Instagram.com/kf_carlito!</p> <p>Play-In - Temple of Time - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - N64, Nintendo, 1998 - Koji Kondo</p> <p>2:12 - Mystic Ruin - Sonic Adventure - Dreamcast, d-Sonic Team, p-Sega, 1998 - Fumie Kumatani, other composers include Jun Senoue (Lead) and Kenichi Tokoi</p> <p>11:14 - Arcana - Shrine for the Worship of Chaos - SNES, HAL Laboratory, 1992 - Jun Ishikawa and Hirokazu Ando</p> <p>18:21 - Forest Prayer Sanctuary - Mother 3 - Game Boy Advance, d-HAL Laboratory, p-Nintendo, 2006 - Shogo Sakai</p> <p>24:00 - What the Heck - Earthworm Jim - Genesis/SNES, d-Shiny Entertainment, p-Playmates/Virgin/Takara, 1994 - Tommy Tallarico</p> <p>30:33 - Mysterious Chapel - Rusty - PC-98/Epson PC/DOS, C-Lab, 1993 - Masahiro Kajihara, Kenichi Arakawa, Ryu Takami</p> <p>37:44 - Requiem of the Gods - Castlevania : Symphony of the Night - Multi-Platform, Konami, 1997 - Michiru Yamane</p> <p>43:59 - Duress (Sheol) - The Binding of Isaac (Rebirth) - Multi-Platform, Nicalis, 2014 - Ridiculon (Matthias Bossi & Jon Evans)</p> <p>51:53 - The Dawn Will Come - Dragon Age Inquisition - Multi-Platform, d-BioWare, p-Electronic Arts, 2014 - Trevor Morris</p> <p>57:51 - Ballad of the Goddess - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword - Wii, Nintendo, 2011 - Hajime Wakai</p> <p>1:08:27 - The Only Thing They Fear Is You - DOOM Eternal - - Multi-Platform, d-id Software, p-Bethesda Softworks, 2020 - Mick Gordon</p> <p>1:17:11 - Beat the Angel - Tales of Symphonia - GameCube/PS2, Namco, 2003 - Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura, Takeshi Ara</p> <p>1:22:11 - God's Shrine - Soul Blazer - SNES, d-Quintet, p-Enix, 1992 - Yukihide Takekawa</p> <p>1:23:43 - Sacrifices - Actraiser - SNES, d-Quintet, p-Enix, 1990 - Yuzo Koshiro</p> <p>1:29:20 - Water Temple (Riverside - Normal) - Triforce Heroes - 3DS, Nintendo, 2015 - Ryo Nagamatsu</p> <p>1:34:46 - Resting Grounds - Hollow Knight - Multi-Platform, Team Cherry, 2017 - Christopher Larkin</p> <p>1:44:39 - One Winged Angel - Final Fantasy VII - PS1, Square, 1997 - Nobuo Uematsu</p> <p>1:46:49 - Blooper Reel - Level Theme - Exodus: Journey to the Promised Land - Multi-Platform, d-Color Dreams, p-Wisdom Tree, 1990 - arr. Vance Kozik (from “Father Abraham” by Petrus Antonius Laurentius Kantner)</p> <p><br></p> <p>Remember to check out BGMania #137 - The Sacred and Divine at LevelDownGames.com!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Here are links to the YouTube videos we reference in the show:</p> <p>Game Theory: Chrono Trigger Retells the Bible??</p> <p>Watch Mojo: Top 10 Fictional Religions in Video Games</p> <p>Brentalfloss: One-Winged Angel: DECODED</p> <p>Unofficial1998: One-Winged Angel English Translation</p> <p><br></p> <p>Tune in next week for part 1 of our epic 2-part season finale featuring the awesome music from Mega Man 2 and Mega Man 3!</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vgmvgm/message
