117: LIVE - 18/12/20 [Weekly VGM Radio & Podcast] (feat. Matthew Smith)

For my very final show of 2020, I go big with an absolute iceberg of a broadcast. Thanks to the listeners, the playlist is full of cold, icy, christmassy tunes, but I put a little twist on my personal choices this week. You'll meet various ghosts of my Christmases past, as I introduce you to the games that have been particularly exciting presents over the years.

Excitingly, I'm also joined for a LIVE chat by Matthew Smith; journalist, and producer of "Amiga Power: The Album with Attitude", which pays tribute to one of Britain's best loved gaming magazines and the Amiga VGM scene as a whole. It's a great talk, and this show also includes a couple of samples from the album itself!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone, and see you for more VGM celebration in 2021!

This week's playlist:

War of the Woolies – Matthew Berardo [Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind]

Zangief – Yoko Shimomura and/or Isao Abe [Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting]

Chill Penguin – Setsuo Yamamoto, Makoto Tomozawa, Yuki Iwai, Yuko Takehara and/or Toshihiko Horiyama [Mega Man X]

Have an Ice Day – Adam Bond [RuneScape]

Icy Girl (Fre3zer) – Jay Tholen [Hypnospace Outlaw]

Fade Away – Craig Gray [Grand Theft Auto III]

Tabloid Jargon (Press Garden Act 1) – Tee Lopes [Sonic Mania]

Ice Climber (Brawl) – Originally composed by Akito Nakatsuka [Super Smash Bros. Brawl]

Flying Battery Zone 1 – Howard Drossin, Sachio Ogawa, Tatsuyuki Maeda and/or Jun Senoue [Sonic & Knuckles]

Medals – Jeroen Tel [Winter Gold]

In a Snow-Bound Land – David Wise [Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest]

Europa – Michael Salvatori, Skye Lewin, Rotem Moav, Josh Mosser and/or Michael Sechrist [Destiny 2: Beyond Light]

Giant’s Cry – Houryu Samejima [La-Mulana (Remake)]

Severnaya Installation – Graeme Norgate [GoldenEye 007]

Cannon Fodder: Narcissus – Jon Hare, Andrew Barnabas, Louis Thorne, Alex Reeves, Gareth Williams, Mark Knight & Ben Daglish [Amiga Power: The Album with Attitude]

Stardust Tunnel – Tim Wright (originally composed by Risto Vuori) [Amiga Power: The Album with Attitude]

Sea of Ice – Yasuaki Fujita [The Little Mermaid]

Alaska – Takane Okubo and/or Katsunari Kitajima [Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems]
The Palace of Ice – Tsuyoshi Sekito [Brave Fencer Musashi]

Underground – Koji Kondo [Super Mario World]

Snow Joke – Stuart Ross [Space Station Silicon Valley]

Secret Course – Koji Kondo [Super Mario Sunshine]
Three Circuits – Kenichi Nishimaki, Masanobu Matsunaga and/or Minako Hamano [Mario Kart: Super Circuit]
Crescent Moon Village – Ryoji Yoshitomi [Wario Land 4]
Snow Go-Snow Biz-Cold Hard Crash – Josh Mancell [Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back]
Frosty Fruits (In a Snow-Bound Land Returns) – David Wise [Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]
Awake – Lena Raine [Celeste]
Kingdom’s Edge – Christopher Larkin [Hollow Knight]

Winter (The Wind Can Be Still) – ConcernedApe [Stardew Valley]

Ice Zone - Spencer Nilsen, Brian Coburn and/or Andras Magyari [Ecco the Dolphin]
Frozen Solid and Chilled - Tomoya Tomita, Misaki Asada and/or Kazumi Totaka [Yoshi's Woolly World]

MAIN THEME:

Mahito Yokota, Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo & Yasuake Iwata - World 8 [Super Mario 3D World]

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