"Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E50a: The Golden Episode - part 1”

An extended play, very non-standard format, very talk-heavy retrospective of the first 49 episodes and three years of the show - in the style of an old W.A.R.T. Radio episode meets The Diad Presents meets Sound Test Roulette meets VGM Jukebox – multiple short micro-music-blocks with talking between.

 

Part 1 is "popular picks" - picks that I thought would be picks likely to be chosen by the listeners (a "John's Best Guess on Listener Picks" episode) - 1 track from each previous episode (minus best-of episodes), tracks chosen by either John or the listeners in any "Best of 20XX" installment are ineligible for The Golden Episode (and if a track that appeared in say, Episode 2, was chosen, but it also appears in Episode 17, 36, and 48, it is stricken from the eligible pool all the same. Each track must be totally unique to a "Wayback Wednesday" episode of NNR, which narrows the playing field, both in terms of tracks I can pick for the listeners, as well as tracks I can pick for myself (part 2)).

 

Each micro-music-block will be five tracks long, and each will represent the episode which it comes from. Rather than the usual NNR practice of focusing on the music block creating a logical, pleasing "flow", the Golden Episode (both parts one and two) will focus  instead on playing the tracks in episode order. So they won't flow nearly as well (unless by happy accident). But they will run in the order in which they appeared in the history of the show. Differing priorities this time. A typical NNR episode is all about a "journey through sound", and of course, this episode is that as well to some extent, but the real priority here is not about being a "journey through sound", but instead, is about being a "journey through time".

 

Here are the tracklists for the micro-music blocks for part 1, the "popular picks" installment:

 

Show Intro Music: Rapmaster Rocket Racket (episode 40) - 00:00:00

 

Block 1 – Episodes 1-5 (2017 – part 1)

 

BGM for intro to Block 1 Music: Super Mario World Theme (Episode 1)

 

Spoken Introduction - 00:07:29

 

01) Title – Double Dragon – NES – Kazunaka Yamane - 00:20:57

02) Stage 4 – Shinobi – Arcade – Yasuhiro Kawakami - 00:22:36

03) Bloodpool – Actraiser – SNES – Yuzo Koshiro - 00:24:12

04) Castle of Devils (Stage 4) – Magician Lord – Neo Geo MVS/AES - Hiroyuki Shimizu, Yuka Watanabe and/or Hideki Yamamoto - 00:25:33

05) Zanzibar Breeze – Metal Gear 2 – MSX (SCC) - The Konami Kukeiha Club - 00:27:20

 

Block 2 – Episodes 6-10 (2017 – part 2)

 

BGM for intro to Block 2 Music: The Pancake Department (ep 8)

 

Spoken Introduction - 00:30:10

 

06) Shop - N/A (System Music) - Wii – Kazumi Totaka - 00:39:10

07) Title Theme – Sword of Vermilion – Genesis – Hiroshi Kawaguchi - 00:41:05

08) Double Jump Moon Casino (feat Jredd) - N/A (Battle of the Bits) - N/A (on Genesis hardware) - DYA - 00:41:54

09) Imperial Death March – Empire Strikes Back – NES – c: John Williams a: Paul Webb - 00:44:21

10) Forest Funk – Super Meat Boy – Multi – Danny Baronowsky - 00:44:56

 

Block 3 – Episodes 11-15 (2017 – part 3)

 

BGM for intro to Block 3 Music: Sega CD Model 1 BIOS (ep 15)

 

Spoken Introduction - 00:47:41

 

11) Opening 1 – Hisou Kihei X-Serd – PC Engine – Masaya Sound Team - 00:59:46

12) The Neverglades – Bubble and Squeak – Genesis – Matt Furniss - 01:01:32

13) Naruto (Light Armor) - Cosmic Carnage – 32X – Hikoshi Hashimoto - 01:04:48

14) Bad Dudes (Stage 2 cover – feat Rudy Escobar) - N/A (Neon Dreams album) - N/A - DYA - 01:06:33

15) Swing Time – Spider-Man vs The Kingpin – Sega CD – Mr. Big - 01:08:34

 

Block 4 – Episodes 16-20 (2017 – part 4)

 

BGM for intro to Block 4 Music: OneUps Mario Kart Title (episode 19)

 

Spoken Introduction - 01:12:33

 

16) Title Theme – ARMS – SWITCH – Atsuko Asahi - 01:17:10

17) Opening Theme – Bram Stoker's Dracula – Genesis – Matt Furniss -  01:19:58

18) Game Theme 1 – Spider-Man vs the Sinister Six – NES – David Whittaker - 01:21:56

19) Aquatic Ambience - N/A (Vol. 1) - N/A - c: David Wise a: The OneUps - 01:25:19

20) Anything but Tangerines – Earthworm Jim 2 – SNES – Tommy Tallarico - 01:29:34

 

Block 5 – Episodes 21-26a (2018 – part 1)

 

BGM for intro to Block 5 Music: Did you See the Ocean? (episode 21)

 

Spoken Introduction - 01:33:35

 

21) Meridian Dance – Secret of Mana – SNES – Hiroki Kikuta - 01:45:28

22) Titan's Realm – DOOM (2016) - Multi – Mick Gordon - 01:47:37

23) Van Air – Forza 3 – XB360 – Lance Hayes - 01:56:04

24) Alone in Love – Jewelmaster – Genesis – Motoaki Takenouchi - 02:01:08

26a) Fly Me to the Moon - N/A - N/A - c: Frank Sinatra a: Stuffy DJ - 02:03:18

 

Block 6 – Episodes 26-30 (2018 – part 2)

 

BGM for intro to Block 6 Music: Sigma Stage 1 (episode 26)

 

Spoken Introduction - 02:05:45

 

26) Title – Mega Man X – SNES - Setsuo Yamamoto, Makoto Tomozawa, Yuki Iwai, Yuko Takehara, and/or Toshihiko Horiyama - 02:15:04

27) Mystic Cave Zone (2 player) - Sonic 2 – Genesis – Masato Nakamura - 02:15:28

28) Stage 1 - N/A (Golden Axe) - N/A - c: You Takada a: David KBD - 02:17:17

29) Ending - N/A (Metroid) - N/A - c: Hirokazu (Hip) Tanaka - 02:20:10

30) Daisuke – Hotline Miami – Multi – El Huervo (aka Shelby Cinca) - 02:22:23

 

Block 7 – Episodes 31-35 (2018 – part 3)

 

BGM for intro to Block 7 Music: stage 1 super c (episode 34)

 

Spoken Introduction - 02:24:46

 

31) S.O.R. Super Mix (Stage Vers) - Streets of Rage 2 – Genesis – Yuzo Koshiro and/or Motohiro Kawashima - 02:30:18

32) Main Theme – RC Pro-AM – NES – David Wise - 02:35:49

33) Title Theme – Street Fighter II – SNES – Yoko Shimomura - 02:36:22

34) Jungle – Contra – NES – c: Kazuki Muaoka a: Hidenori Maezawa and/or Kiyohiro Sada - 02:36:50

35) At Doom's Gate – DOOM – PC (Midi) - Bobby Prince - 02:38:35

 

Block 8 – Episodes 36-40 (2018 – part 4)

 

BGM for intro to Block 8 Music: stage 1 astyanax (episode 38)

 

Spoken Introduction - 02:41:47

 

36) BFG Division - DOOM (2016) - Multi - Mick Gordon - 02:54:15

37) Bloody Tears (Stage A) - Super Castlevania IV – SNES – Masanori Idachi and/or Taro Kudo - 03:03:04

38) Vortex – Vortex - SNES –  Justin Sharvona - 03:04:57

39) Title – Cyber Knight – SFC – Michiharu Hasuya, Osamu Kasai and/or Junko Yokoyama - 03:08:37

40) Lifelight (English Vocals) - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – SWITCH! - Hideki Sakamoto - 03:09:53

 

Block 9 – Episodes 41-46 (2019 – part 1)

 

BGM for intro to Block 9 Music: solitary (episode 42)

 

Spoken Introduction - 03:13:34

 

41) Studiopolis Zone – Sonic Mania – Multi – Tee Lopes - 03:28:13

42) Whirlwind – Shinobi 3 – Genesis – Masayuki Nagao, Hirofumi Murasaki, and Morihiko Akiyama - 03:30:41

43) Subtune 1 – International Karate – C64 – Rob Hubbard - 03:32:39

44) King of Speed – Daytona USA – Saturn – Takenobu Mitsuyoshi and/or David Leytze -  03:43:16

46) Area 1 – Blaster Master – NES – Naoki Kodaka - 03:48:00

 

Block 10 – Episodes 47a-49 (2019 – part 2)

 

BGM for intro to Block 10 Music: guile sf2 arcade (episode 49)

 

Spoken Introduction - 03:50:10

 

47a) Bloodlines – Castlevania: Rondo of Blood – PC Engine – ikio Saitou, Akiropito, Kinuyo Yamashita, and/or Satoe   - 03:58:54

47b) Max Power – After Burner II – PC Engine – Hiroshi Kawaguchi and/or Shigeharu Isoda - 04:02:06

47c) Stage 1 – Dragon Spirit – Turbografx16 – Shinji Hosoe - 04:02:55

48) Another Adventure -- Part 1 - N/A (Battle of the Bits) - N/A (SNES) - Mega9man -  04:08:03

49) Stickerbush Symphony – DKC 2: Diddy Kong's Quest – SNES – David Wise - 04:12:33

 

Show Outro Music: Shower Fresh (episode 48) - 04:14:49

 

Total Episode Runtime: 04:21:49

 

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Thanks for listening! Join us again later this month [edit: UPDATE: 12/30/2019] for C1E50b (Channel 1, Episode 50b): The Golden Episode pt 2 - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

 

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