Episode 64 - VGM Hall of Fame 2025

It’s the inaugural induction into the VGM Hall of Fame! Listen to hear the classic soundtracks that are getting honored!

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. 
• The originators of the Masters of VGM project:
  • Bedroth of the BGMania and Very Good Music podcasts.
    • You can find BGMania at https://bgmania.podbean.com/, and although Very Good Music is on permanent hiatus, you should be able to find archives wherever you get your podcasts. 
  • Chris Steenerson of the VGJam podcast, which can be found at https://www.vgjam.com/. 
  • Christofer Schenström of the Gameable Audio podcast at https://gameableaudio.com/podcast 
  • Thanks also to all of the VGM podcasts that participated in the Masters of VGM project over the years. 
• The participants in the VGM Hall of Fame project (so far):
  • Alex the Messenger from A VGM Journey 
    • His VGM Hall of Fame induction of Shovel Knight can be found at https://pca.st/i8wxkbgt 
  • St John from Nerd Noise Radio
    • His VGM Hall of Fame induction of Super Metroid can be found at https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/ch-1-noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-c1e97-the-super-metroid-soundtrack-vgm-hall-of-fame/ 
  • Martyrus from RE-VGM
    • His VGM Hall of Fame induction of Child of Light can be found at https://re-vgm.blubrry.net/2025/08/15/episode-185-vgm-hall-of-fame-child-of-light/ 
• Heat00verride of the Bring the Pain podcast for helping me come up with the VGM Hall of Fame concept
• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. 

The soundtracks I picked are well-known, and if you want to hear some other VGM podcasters weigh in on how great they are, here are some links to episodes:

• Friend of the show Jameson did a deep dive into the home version of the Street Fighter III Third Strike on episode 15 of barSILENCE. You can find that at https://barsilence.com/episode/f66e8916/street-fighter-3. He’s also covered Streets of Rage 2, and you can find that episode at https://barsilence.com/episode/ac68ff87/streets-of-rage 
• The Super Marcato Bros have done episodes on both Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger. You can find the FF VI one at https://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2020/5/3/episode-418-final-fantasy-vi and the one on Chrono Trigger at https://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2014/01/12/episode-94-chrono-trigger. 
• CRT Soundsystem dug into the Streets of Rage 2 soundtrack on their 36th episode, which you can find at https://rss.com/podcasts/crtsoundsystem/1917017/ 

The remixers and arrangers over at OCRemix have touched several of these games over the years, and they even have full albums devoted to Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI. You can find those at https://ocremix.org/album/7/chrono-trigger-chrono-symphonic and https://ff6.ocremix.org/. 

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