Episode 44 - Rando Calrissian and the Perilous Pippin Plot

After his escapades at Voltara Prime, Rando Calrissian just wants some peace and quiet and high-stakes gambling. But when Rando hears about the Pippin Device, a horrific weapon that could shatter the galaxy, he’s forced to spring into action with this grab bag of great 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. 
• Penny Arcade for the "Rando Calrissian" title. You can find them at https://www.penny-arcade.com/

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Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Street Fighter III: Third Strike (Dreamcast) - JUDGE (composer: Hideki Okugawa)

00:46 - Talk Segment 1

03:21 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (multiplatform) - Brave Trigger (composer: Michiru Yamane)

05:33 - Mega Man VI (NES) - Plant Man (composer: Yuko Takehara)

07:09 - Phantasy Star II (Genesis) - Silent Zone (composer: Tokuhiko Uwabo)

08:48 - Front Mission (Super Famicom) - Blackhounds (composers: Yoko Shimomura and Noriko Matsueda)

11:19 - Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (Genesis) - Hassou (composers: Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama, and Masayuki Nagao)

12:42 - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - An Empty Tome (composer: Michiru Yamane)

15:41 - Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight (NES) - Alleyway (composer: Junko Tamiya)

17:25 - Talk Segment 2

19:00 - A King’s Tale: Final Fantasy XV (PS4/XBox One) - Insomnia (composer: Bill Kiley) 

24:15 - King of Fighters 98 (Neo Geo) - London March (composers: Hideki Asanaka, Marimo, Yasuo Yamate (KOF98), Masahiko Hataya, Toshio Shimizu, Yoshihiko Kitamura (Fatal Fury 2))

27:16 - Power Drift (Arcade) - Side Street (A Course) (composer: Hiroshi Kawaguchi)

31:49 - Ristar (Genesis) - Round 5-2 Ice Scream (composer: Tomoko Sasaki)

34:33 - Talk Segment 3

36:41 - Final Fantasy VII (PSX) - Mark of the Traitor (composer: Nobuo Uematsu)

40:11 - Front Mission: Gun Hazard (Super Famicom) - Tension (composer: Nobuo Uematsu) 

42:44 - Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (SNES) - Autumn (composer: Yasunori Shiono)

44:44 - Spider-Man the Videogame (Arcade) - BGM1 (composer: Kazuhiko Nagai)

46:48 - Pokemon Black and White (DS) - Opelucid City (Black) (composer: Go Ichinose)

51:00 - Outro Talk Segment

52:50 - Bionic Commando (NES) - Neutral Area (composer: Junko Tamiya)