"Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E50b: The Golden Episode - part 2”

Another 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 2 is "personal picks" - picks that I really like myself, most of which were near picks from my previous two "Best of 20XX – John's Picks" episodes - 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 myself as well as tracks I can pick for the listeners (part 1).

 

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 2, the "personal picks" installment:

 

Show Intro Music: somer assault (episode 1) - 00:00:00

 

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

 

BGM Block 1 Music: yuukai douchuuki arcade (Episode 2)

 

Spoken Introduction - 00:05:04

 

01) Title – Spider-Man / X-Men – SNES – Tim and/or Geoff Follin - 00:13:06

02) Track 11 – Illusion Blaze – DOS – D.AC. - 00:14:07

03) Aitos – Actraiser – SNES – Yuzo Koshiro - 00:16:41

04) After the Battle – Loz: TP – Gamecube / Wii – Toru Minegishi and/or Asuka Ohta - 00:19:24

05) The Mechanic – Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake – MSX (SCC) - The Konami Kukeiha Club - 00:21:40

 

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

 

BGM Block 2 Music: Fushigi no Umi no Nadia (episode 10)

 

Spoken Introduction - 00:23:42

 

06) September 2015 - N/A (System Music) - 3DS / WiiU – Kazumi Totaka - 00:30:22

07) Jiji Theme – Sword of Vermilion – Genesis – Hiroshi Kawaguchi and/or Yasuhiro Takagi - 00:33:33

08) Citizens of Luala - N/A (Battle of the Bits) - N/A (TG16) - Strobe - 00:34:18

09) Juno Unleashed – The Force Unleashed – Multi – Mark Griskey - 00:37:19

10) Space Opera – Tiny Toons: Buster Busts Loose – SNES – Kazuhiko Uehara and/or Yukie Morimoto - 00:38:23

 

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

 

BGM Block 3 Music: Tyr (Heavy Armor) - Cosmic Carnage (Episode 13)

 

Spoken Introduction - 00:41:06

 

11) Enemy Turn (Stages 6-10) - Hisou Kihei X-Serd – PC Engine – Masaya Sound Team - 00:53:06

12) Stage 1 – Alien 3 – Genesis – Matt Furniss - 00:54:28

13) Zena Lan (Light Armor) - Cosmic Carnage  - 32X – Hikoshi Hashimoto - 00:56:59

14) Lazarus (feat. Rudy Escobar) - N/A (Neon Dreams Album) - N/A - DYA - 00:59:13

15) West Side Andore Cage Match – Final Fight CD – Sega CD – c: Harumi Fujita, Hiromitsu Takaoka, Junko Tamiya, Manami Matsumae, Yasuaki Fujita, Yoko Shimomura and/or Yoshihiro Sakaguchi / a: T's Music - 01:02:53

 

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

 

BGM  for intro to Block 4 Music: Kage Theme Genesis (Episode 18)

 

Spoken Introduction -  01:05:59

 

16) A Cool Reception – Shovel Knight – Multi – Jake Kaufman - 01:13:24

17) Vampyre Book – Bram Stoker's Dracula – Genesis – Matt Furniss - 01:16:06

18) Stage 3 – Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu – TG16 – Masakatsu Maekawa - 01:19:11

19) Rainbow Road - N/A (Super Mario Kart) - N/A - c: Soya Oka a: The OneUps - 01:21:01

20) Fly Like a Butterfly – Jet Set Radio Future – XBox – Hideki Naganuma - 01:26:28

 

Block 5 – Episodes 21-26a (2018 – part 1 of 4)

 

BGM for intro to Block 5 Music: Take Back – Fighting Run (episode 22)

 

Spoken Introduction - 01:29:44

 

21) Whisper and a Mantra – Secret of Mana – SNES – Hiroki Kikuta - 01:37:18

22) Aqua and Trees – Tobal No. 1 – PS1 – Yoko Shimomura - 01:38:23

23) Superleggera – Forza 3 – XB360 – Lance Hayes - 01:41:28

24) Inside Vah Naboris (1 Terminal) - LoZ: BoTW – WiiU / SWITCH! - Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata and/or Hajime Wakai - 01:46:55

26a) Music to Watch Girls By - N/A - N/A - c: Andy William a: RushJet1 - 01:48:46

 

Block 6 – Episodes 26-30 (2018 – part 2 of 4)

 

BGM  for intro to Block 6 Music: Ranquest (episode 30)

 

Spoken Introduction - 01:51:10

 

26) Boomer Kuwanger – Mega Man X – SNES – Setsuo Yamamoto, Makoto Tomozawa, Yuki Iwai, Yuko Takehara, and Toshihiko Horiyama  - 01:58:54

27) Challenge – Chu Chu Rocket – Dreamcast – Tomoya Ohtani - 02:01:14

28) Coldman (Rockman and Fortissimo) (VGM Karaoke - originally "Coldman" from Mega Man and Bass (GBA) - original c: Toshihiko Horiyama, Naoshi Mizuta and/or Akari Kaida, Karaoke written and performed by Pieness 64 - 02:04:08

29) Brinstar - N/A (Metroid) - N/A - c: Hirokazu (Hip) Tanaka a: Luminist - 02:06:15

30) Sodden Hollow – Binding of Isaac: Rebirth – Multi – Matthias Bossi and/or Jon Evans - 02:07:59

 

Block 7 – Episodes 31-35 (2018 – part 3 of 4)

 

BGM for intro to Block 7 Music: Shinobi – theme 3 (episode 33)

 

Spoken Introduction - 02:11:57

 

31) Jungle Base – Streets of Rage 2 – Genesis – Yuzo Koshiro and/or Motohiro Kawashima - 02:25:50

32) Meteor – StarFox – SNES – Hajime Hirasawa - 02:29:24

33) Slammin' Sea – Bomberman '94 – PC Engine – Jun Chikuma - 02:32:25

34) Under the Feet – Super C – NES – c: Kazuki Muaoka and/or Muoaki Furukawa a: Hidenori Maezawa - 02:35:29

35) Lagoon - Fury of the Furries - PC (OPL2) - Frederic Motte - 02:36:39

 

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

 

BGM for intro to Block 8 Music: BGM 12  - Cross Wiber (Episode 38)

 

Spoken Introduction - 02:39:36

 

36) New Donk City – Super Mario Odyssey  - SWITCH! - Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fujii and/or Koji Kondo - 02:49:05

37)  The Torture Chamber – Super Castlevania IV – SNES – Masanori Adachi and/or Taro Kudo - 02:52:03

38) Chapter 5 - Cross Wiber - PC Engine - Hiroto Saito - 02:56:05

39) Planet 3 – Cyber Knight – PC Engine – Michiharu Hasuya, Osamu Kasai, Junko Yokiyama - 02:57:11

40) Seven O'Clock – Crackin' DJ Pt. 2 – Arcade – c: Hiroshi Kawaguchi a: Mitsuhru Fukuyama - 02:58:17

 

Block 9 – Episodes 41-46 (2019 – part 1 of 2)

 

BGM for intro to Block 9 Music: What Can You Do (Episode 44)

 

Spoken Introduction - 03:00:25

 

41) Process Control – GT Sport – PS4 – Yasuhisa Inoue - 03:19:33

42) My Dear D – Shinobi 3 – Genesis – Masayuki Nagao, Hirofumi Murasaki, and Morihiko Akiyama - 03:23:05

43) Subtune 1 – Flash Gordon – C64 – Rob Hubbard - 03:24:57

44) The Blazing Sands – Final Fantasy X – PS2 – Masashi Hamauzu, Junya Nakano, and/or Nobuo Uematsu - 03:31:17

46) Trance Parlient in Blue – Night Striker – Sega CD – c: Masahiko Takaki a: Shuichiro Nakazawa - 03:34:16

 

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

 

BGM for intro to Block 10 Music: Gulliver Boy (episode 47b)

 

Spoken Introduction - 03:37:35

 

47a) Stage 1-3 – Ai Chou Aniki – PC Engine – Iwasaki Taku - 03:57:14

47b) Outside Ref, the Pyramid of Ice – Dungeon Explorer 2 – TurbografxCD – Masaaki Inoue and/or Akihiro Honma - 04:00:50

47c) Tengai Makyou 3 – Reminiscence: Daimonkyou - Kohei Tanaka and/or Keita Hoshi - 04:02:55

48) I Came, I Saw, N/A (Battle of the Bits) - N/A (SNES) - Kung Fu Firby - 04:05:43

49) Your Sunset - Tekken Tag Tournament - multi - Taku Inoue - 04:11:12

 

Show Outro Music: ESPIRIT.wav -  ESPRIT 空想 (episode 44) - 04:16:01

 

Bonus: Key - by Chris Chandler - 04:48:12

 

Total Episode Runtime: 04:52:57

 

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