Bit Harmony: A Videogame Music Podcast

In this world plagued by tyranny and uncertainty, we can do little else but cling to the last vestiges of good: brawling with electric guitars and electric durians in the streets.(00:00) Intro(14:01) Housekeeping(23:35) State of the Nintendo Music Address(48:15) Streets of Rage 4(2:36:52) Voicemails(2:50:41) Haikus & outro✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

Sephonie is - among many other things - a game about connecting to the world and people around you. Through this journey through the game's magnificent soundtrack, our personal memories, feelings and plenty of corn... hopefully you'll feel that you've linked with us a bit, too.(00:00) Intro(11:41) Housekeeping(32:00) State of the Nintendo Music Address(59:16) Sephonie(2:31:09) Voicemails(2:53:18) Haikus & outro✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

To mark the third birthday of Kirby's big 3D debut, the Horn Boys have gathered to talk about the stuff in life that really matters. Kirby lore. How Mario's next game should take notes from Waddle Dee Town. Snubbed copy abilities. The perfect being, King Dedede.(00:00) Intro(16:18) Housekeeping(26:19) State of the Nintendo Music Address(54:27) Kirby and the Forgotten Land(2:37:55) YouTube Comment Oversharing Corner(2:50:47) Voicemails(3:02:18) Haikus & outro✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

When we sat down to talk about Cave Story, its indelible impact on the video game industry as well as us as people, and its wonderful music... we didn't know where things would go. We never do! But we didn't expect to end up talking about perseverance against cyclical, unending oppression, the demonizing of other cultures and the nature of our creativity. This one's a doozy, folks.(00:00) Intro(11:20) Housekeeping(15:03) State of the Nintendo Music Address(47:27) Cave Story(2:19:10) YouTube Comment Oversharing Corner(2:32:30) Voicemails(2:58:40) Haikus & outro✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

Note: These "mini" episodes are typically exclusively for our supporters at the Golden Banana and Triforce Tiers on Patreon -- head over there for all future episodes and a ton of other exclusive perks and content!Nostalgia needs to be handled with care. You should love your past and you should love the person you used to be; the things you used to enjoy in those snapshots of your life. But you can't stay there. And there's no going back. Take it from Zane Lofton in his edgy, boomer shooter sendup full of numetal music and poop.(00:00) Intro(11:23) What is "Bit HarMINI"?(12:48) What is Slayers X?(46:03) Zane and "No Going Back"(1:02:25) Patron thanks & outro✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

You've entered a space between spaces, where your restless dreams dance colorful threads upon your mind's ethereal loom. Connection and expression is what has been woven onto the tapestry. A tether, wrapped taut around the fading construct of what once was. I had a buddy named Vinny. He could stuff an entire pizza in his mouth. All without drugs.(00:00) Intro(14:46) Housekeeping(22:29) State of the Nintendo Music Address(1:00:58) Hypnospace Outlaw(2:29:52) YouTube Comment Oversharing Corner(2:37:02) Voicemails(2:47:16) Haikus & outro✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

In this episode, we're tossin' a couple of lit torches deep into the dark, cavernous mouth of Spelunky. Turns out that two superfans who consider these two games among the best ever made can come up with a lot to say. Also: Seth finally gets a platform to briefly tell you the good news about Aquaria... because where else was he gonna talk about it?(00:00) Intro(16:26) Housekeeping(30:23) State of the Nintendo Music Address(59:57) Spelunky(1:55:52) Spelunky 2(3:07:21) YouTube Comment Oversharing Corner(3:15:57) Voicemails(3:35:42) Haikus & outro✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

We're kicking off 2025 with a bit of a grab-bag episode: answering a whole bunch of your voicemails from over the holiday break and establishing our goals for the show this year. I think you can probably expect another year of good music and bad tangents. That's the Bit Harmony Guarantee™! (00:00) Intro (14:45) Housekeeping (30:29) State of the Nintendo Music Address (53:49) Soundtracks of the Year snubs (1:20:22) Voicemails (2:45:30) YouTube Comment Oversharing Corner ✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

Paired with our "2024 Midway Check-In" episode from back in June, this is truly the ultimate celebration of video game music in 2024. But we aren't going on this journey alone - we've also got plenty of YOUR submissions as well! So let's send off 2024 the only way we know how: by crying while talking about Infinity Nikki and froggy jazz. Housekeeping (8:40) State of the Nintendo Music Address - (23:24) Soundtracks of the Year - (39:11) Dedicated Infinity Nikki section - (1:47:03) More Soundtracks of the Year - (2:08:49) Voicemails - (3:16:33) YouTube Comment Oversharing Corner - (4:01:05) ✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

Sora truly is the Santa of our hearts. This holiday, join us as we dream drop into the unique majesty of the first Kingdom Hearts game: the childhood backstories with Wiccan second cousins, the Hollow Bastion x Beyond Belief connection, the mourning of the current state of the games industry and the celebration of composer Yoko Shimomura. State of the Nintendo Music Address - (17:20) Kingdom Hearts - (49:04) YouTube Comment Oversharing Corner - (3:05:27) Voicemails - (3:20:43) Haikus and outro - (3:56:06) ✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

As snow begins to fall in Germany and the temperature drops to something remotely livable in Texas, we've decided to ring in the season with some of our favorite songs that evoke the chill of winter. A mix of tracks for your holiday travel or your very nerdy Christmas party. The forecast has indeed called for a wintry mix - albeit with more asterisks than either of us were probably expecting. Housekeeping - (6:24) State of the Nintendo Music Address - (24:09) Wintry Mix - (36:37) YouTube Comment Oversharing Corner - (2:19:58) Voicemails - (2:27:55) Haikus and outro - (2:50:44) ✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

We're celebrating 20 years of World of Warcraft with an appropriately special and epic episode of our silly video game music podcast. Join us as Seth regales Matt with Warcraft lore, sharing stories in and out of the game and cautiously navigating the minefields of nostalgia. Brb, bio. Housekeeping - (15:02) World of Warcraft - (1:00:52) ►Engadget's "Jukebox Heroes" interview YouTube Comment Oversharing Corner - (3:48:04) Voicemails - (4:01:03) Haikus and outro - (4:22:53) ✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

How do we navigate the stormy seas of this divided, modern world? How do we plunder the depths of our own morality and chart the dotted cross-sections of the art we enjoy and the values we hold true? How does Seth know so much about sea shanties (or chanties)? What's up with those shoes that Squitter the Spider wears? We'll answer all of those questions and more in our stupidest, most political and most surprising episode yet! ► The VOD of our DKC2 stream The Circle Season 7 - (28:07) Sea Chanties - (56:07) Donkey Kong Country - (1:07:08) YouTube Comment Oversharing Corner - (3:11:19) Voicemails - (3:22:38) Haikus and outro - (3:56:33) ✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

Just in time for spooky season... Seth has mysteriously vanished! Not really, he's fine, he's just moving. In his stead, Matt has recruited his wife Natascha to chat about the Yo-kai Watch series and why you should all feel bad for not playing it. Natascha's Note: DJ KJ is not Komasan, but Komasan's brother. She misspoke and apologizes for the egregious error. Voicemails - (13:18) Yo-kai Watch - (45:02) YouTube Comment Oversharing Corner - (2:18:42) Haikus and outro - (2:25:58) ✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

This is our most revealing episode yet; focused on answering many burning questions. Has Symphony of the Night become overrated over the years or is it still as impressive - or "crazy" - as it was nearly 30 years ago? Is the soundtrack weird or perfect? Who is "The SotN Guy"? How hot is Alucard? And maybe most importantly: why does it sound like this down here? Voicemails - (27:55) SotN - (1:21:56) YouTube Comment Oversharing Corner - (3:21:07) Haikus and outro - (3:34:16) ► Check out the shmuplations interviews we referenced ✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

Join us on a journey of light, color, thought and feeling - through the emotional tableau of falling blocks. Tetris Effect is an extraordinary game and the things it and its soundtrack unearths from within us are extraordinary in turn. Saddle up, partners. Voicemails - (30:02) Tetris - (1:17:20) Tetris Effect - (1:56:50) Tetsuya Mizuguchi - (3:02:33) YouTube Comment Oversharing Corner - (3:43:48) Haikus and outro - (3:57:09) ► The Wired article about the Rez Trance Vibrator ✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

Dustforce is a game we always knew we'd talk about. Its OST is one of the most pure and interesting video game soundtracks of all time by our estimation. But as it turns out, the things that inspired it and the feelings it stirs within us are maybe even stronger. Join us for a sweeping journey through NPR, shifting opinion and the dangerous nature of nostalgia. Voicemails - 22:00 Main topic starts - 59:28 YouTube Comment Oversharing Corner - 2:13:03 Haikus and outro - 2:28:44 ► The Gardens website ► Level With Emily Reese ✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

Kirby Canvas Curse is a game with an interesting soundtrack - but also an interesting place in Nintendo's history. The first "killer app" for the Nintendo DS, a long-standing fan favorite and the recipient of a strange Wii U sequel. Join us for a journey through the world of Canvas Curse, Kirby spin-offs, Midwest nostalgia and much more! Voicemails - (32:17) Main topic starts - (1:08:06) YouTube Comment Oversharing Corner - (2:50:08) Haikus and outro - (3:04:03) ✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

A huge part of being a video game music fan is enjoying the inspired creations of other fans. Our playlists have no shortage of covers, remixes and re-arrangements - and we're happy to share some of our favorites with y'all. ✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

What makes Stardew Valley special? Sure, it's the wonderful music - and there's plenty of that to discuss, and we will. Maybe it's the clear passion of its sole creator. The shedding of life's burdens that the game allows us to experience that we might never otherwise. What makes Stardew Valley special must be all of these things and more - but really, it's probably mostly Abigail. ✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

This special episode is a celebration of the wonderful music across the Super Monkey Ball series... but let's be real, it's more of an in-depth retrospective. A true meditation on the freeing feeling of being a monkey, rolling in a ball. ► Enjoy Toshihiro Nagoshi's performance in "Hello Banana!!" ✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

We're midway through 2024 - let's share our favorite video game music of the year thus far! Also: find out if Matt survives a thunder/hail storm! ✉️ Send email to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

Revisiting Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door was an... interesting experience to say the least. In this episode, we're comparing and contrasting the music from the GameCube original and the new remake for the Nintendo Switch. But also... talking about self identity, media literacy and the way we connect about art together? Boy oh boy. ✉️ Send email or voicemail to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

Mega Man is a special franchise, particularly when it comes to its undeniable influence on the history of video game music. So why are we beginning so near to the end with Mega Man 9? You'll have to listen to find out - and as always, you might be surprised at what you learn along the way. So grab your shamisen, make like GenyaArikado and fall in love with Daddy Mulk (these words will make sense to you later I promise). ✉️ Send email or voicemail to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

I can tell you that you aren't prepared for this nostalgic, four hour odyssey into the early 2000s. But I can also promise you that, by the end of it, you'll have some understanding of the music and experiences that made us the people we are today. We've broken the bounds of the set before us; we're terrified of what lies in wait within. ✉️ Send email or voicemail to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

One of our favorite games of 2024 thus far is Pepper Grinder: a fast, frenetic, all-killer-no-filler thrill ride... with a drill! Turns out, it also has an unbelievable soundtrack. In this episode, we're taking you on a sonic journey you likely aren't fully prepared for. ✉️ Send email or voicemail to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

Anodyne 2: Return to Dust is a personal favorite of ours - and it actually has some personal meaning to our friendship, too. In this episode, we'll deep dive into our feelings on the game itself, the themes found within, the people who created it and, of course, the wonderful music throughout the entire experience. Voicemails (07:12) Spoiler zone (1:36:33) - (2:28:49) ✉️ Send email or voicemail to bitharmonypod@gmail.com

In Bit Harmony's maiden voyage, Matt and Seth have each painfully extracted three pieces of video game music from the depths of their souls that they feel best captures them and their tastes. Also: what exactly is Bit Harmony anyway? Much is revealed within! ✉️ Send email or voicemail to bitharmonypod@gmail.com