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Tom Helmuth and Nat share the best in video game music soundtracks, remixes, and covers. Each episode we play and discuss music related to a theme. The show is hosted by two music managers from Rainwave, the online radio station for video game music.

Tom Helmuth and Nat


    • Sep 30, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 21 EPISODES


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    Episode 21: Car Racing

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2015


    Tom and Nat invite guest Rob onto the show to discuss car racing games! Rob, the founder of Rainwave, adds a lot of nice details about racing games that he's played. We stick to car racing, not playing any kart racing games or other types of racing games.Download MP3 Tracklist coming soon.

    Episode 19: Ending, Credits, and Staff Roll

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2015


    You beat the game! As you celebrate, music plays as the staff rolls. Many times these songs are calm and happy, though exceptions abound. This episode features many such selections, as we celebrate the best music to close out games.Download MP3 Tracklist (full info here):

    Episode 20: Free Play 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2015


    After a 6 month hiatus, the Super Rainwave Podcast is back! This is our second Free Play episode, which means a great selection of songs from a variety of systems.We have at least one more episode that should be coming out in the next month, so stay tuned!Download MP3 Tracklist (full info here):

    Episode 18: Donkey Kong Country

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2015


    We celebrate the 20th anniversary of Donkey Kong Country by listening to tracks from throughout the DKC series. Tom and Nat are joined by Jon Funk, the resident statistician/mad scientist of the Rainwave forums, who picks some excellent tracks. Tom and Nat admit some potentially unpopular opinions about DKC's music, yet we all ended up enjoying the music that was played!Note: Jon's mic was unfortunately muffled, making his voice sometimes hard to hear.Download MP3 Tracklist (full info here):

    Episode 16: Cave Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2014


    In episode 16 we focus on Cave Story, the wonderful indie game created and composed by Daisuke Amaya, who goes by the pseudonym Pixel. This game has a gem of a chiptune soundtrack that has inspired many remixes and rearrangements.Download MP3 Tracklist (full info here):

    Episode 14: Games Not In Series

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2014


    For episode 14, Tom and Nat focus on game that have never had sequels and aren't parts of series. Since this eliminates many of the well-known video game soundtracks, we get to hear a variety of music with unique sound qualities. Some of the tracks in this episode come from old games that will likely never get sequels, and others are from more recent games that have no sequel yet, though could in the future!Download MP3 Tracklist (full info here):

    Episode 13: Vocals

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2014


    We focus on vocal music for episode 13! This includes a wide variety of tracks, some cheesy, some donuty. Vocals in VGM can be a divisive topic, so hopefully this will be enjoyable to the vocals lovers and enlightening to the vocals haters!Download MP3 Tracklist (full info here):

    Episode 12: SQ Albums

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2014


    The SQ Albums are a series of official arrangement albums created by Square Enix arranging many different games that they developed. This series includes a set of chiptune-focused arrangement albums, as well as other albums with various themes. Tom and Nat enjoy picking tracks from the SQ Albums, including a few expected games such as Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger, as well as some lesser known games such as Live-a-Live and Threads of Fate.BTW, thanks for being understanding that we have missed a few of our every-other-week-on-Wednesdays releases, since we've been busy with summer vacations, etc. We hope to get back into a groove as fall hits!Download MP3 Tracklist (full info here):

    Episode 11: Commodore 64 OST

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2014


    In this episode we concentrate solely on soundtrack songs from the Commodore 64, one of the main home computers of the 80's and early 90's. We hear a lot of tracks from Western composers who were largely influenced by the electronic music popular in Europe at the time. If you aren't familiar with the C64 and its SID sound chip, definitely give this a listen -- lots of good music came out of this era!I should have given a shout-out to Stone Oakvalley's Authentic SID Collection, where you can get most of the tracks we played this episode as MP3s.Oh, and sorry this episode is a week late. We try to stick to every other Wednesday, but sometimes life gets in the way!Download MP3 Tracklist (full info here):

    Episode 10: Free Play

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2014


    For our tenth episode we go for a free play, where we play whatever we like without having a theme. Tom ends up playing a lot of 9-bit songs, and Nat plays a huge variety including an 80s pop balad from a soundtrack and some eclectic remixes. We also have fun answering our first listener mail!Download MP3 Tracklist (full info here):

    Episode 7: Spectrum of Mana

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2014


    We welcome special guest Kevin (SOcean255) onto the show. Kevin has managed Rainwave's Covers radio station for years. We decide on a Covers-related topic, and focus on a single album of VGM covers: Spectrum of Mana. This album is a fan-arranged album covering songs from the SNES game Secret of Mana, which was originally composed by Hiroki Kikuta. This episode features a lot of live instrumentation and prog rock.Download MP3 Tracklist (full info here):

    Episode 5: Original + Remix

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2014


    Tom and Nat play original songs from game soundtracks alongside their remixes. This side-by-side comparison allows us to see what the remixer was trying to do with the source material. Lots of good tracks here, both from the originals and the remixes!Download MP3 Tracklist (full info here):

    Episode 2: Puzzle Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2014


    We listen to the best soundtracks and remixes in puzzle games. This episode features music from many different genres, including funky organ solos, 80s glam rock, and symphonic orchestrations.Download MP3  Tracklist (full info here):

    Episode 3: Acoustic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2014


    This episode takes video game music away from its electronic roots to focus on music played by acoustic instruments. We find variety, with not only acoustic guitar but also piano, organ, and other instrumentation.Download MP3 Tracklist (full info here):

    Episode 4: 1993

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2014


    The focus this week is on games released in the year 1993,  from classics and lesser known games alike. We manage to play songs from 10 different systems in our 12 tracks!Download MP3 Tracklist (full info here):

    Episode 1: Level 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2014


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