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The final episode of Virtualosos! It’s been a hoot, but takes a lot of time to produce and frankly is pretty orthogonal to my other professional interests. The second part of our David Logan interview, this time with… wait for it… genuine video game music! Podcast as always under a SOCAN 22F tariff. Tracklist: 01. Startup — Pitfall 3D 02. Boss 1 – Gladiator v2 — Pitfall 3D 03. Demo 1 with 100kb of RAM — Pitfall 3D 04. Shell Music 4 — Pitfall 3D 05. X-Men Intro FMV — X-Men Mutant Academy 06. New York Rooftop — X-Men Mutant Academy 07. Pre- Combat — Heroes Over Europe 08. Combat — Heroes over Europe 09. Post-Combat Victory — Heroes over Europe 10. Intro FMV — Pac-Man World 2 11. Snowy Mountain Boss — Pac-Man World 2 12. In the Bunker — Captain America Sentinel of Liberty 13. Village – Coffin Dodgers 14. Main – Coffin Dodgers 15. La Guera dei Cafoni – Prologue 16. La Guera dei Cafoni – Mela’s Search 17. La Guera dei Cafoni – The Kite 18. La Guera dei Cafoni – Love is Like Breathing  

Part one of a two-part interview with David Logan. Our first Virtualosos without video game music in it! David’s had a long and storied career, and just getting up to speed was a one-episode endeavour. We’ll be back next week to talk Pitfall 2000 and subsequent game work. Tracks this episode: 1. Largo — David Logan, Composer (under intro) [talk] 2. For Ju-Ong Extended 3. Bahama [talk] 4. Late Nite Pickup (Players Music) 5. Funk In Motion 2 (Players Music) 6. David’s Bridal Superstore (Players Music) [talk] 7. Midnite (Music for Multimedia) 8. Ghosts (Music for Multimedia) 9. Angel’s Passion (Music for Multimedia) 10. A Reggae Ska Jam (Music for Multimedia) 11. Aria (Music for Multimedia) [talk] 12. Photo Scene (Ready or Not) 13. Spying (Ready or Not) [talk] 14. Explosive (NST) 15. Set Me Free (feat. Yasi) [outro]

A career overview of the great Daniel Licht, who passed away at the beginning of August. Tracks: Children of the Corn II – The Final Sacrifice (Medley) Hellraiser Bloodline – Chez La Reve Dexter – Blood Theme Silent Hill Downpour — Bus To Nowhere Silent Hill Downpour — The Downpour Dishonored – Wrenhaven Dishonored – Drunken Sailor Silent Hill – Book of Memories — Now We’re Free (voice: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn) Dishonored 2 – Main Theme Dishonored 2 – Aristocrats of Karnaka (suspense)   Virtualosos is podcast under a SOCAN 22F tariff.  

Let’s run through some of the classical music behind some of the great moments of both classic and modern gaming history, including… Korobeiniki (from Tetris) Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies (also from Tetris) March of the Trolls (from Trolls and Tribulations) Pachabel’s Canon (from Lemmings) Sonata no. 14 in C Sharp Major (Moonlight Sonata) (from Resident Evil) Clair de Lune (from Evil Within) Night on Bald Mountain (from Earthworm Jim) 1812 Overture (from Us Vs. Them flash game)

What an interview! We talk to Jazzpunk‘s Luis Hernandez about early influences, his work as noise impresario Mandelbrut, and of course the music of Jazzpunk. Check out the wildest studio I’ve ever seen on this old blog post. And thrill to the music… Jazzpunk – Cocktail Bar Code (under intro) Mandelbrut – part of Mandible Grinder (2008) Mandelbrut – Liquid Light (live) Mandelbrut – Liquid Light (live) (more from same track) Mandelbrut – Ancient Loud Prodigy – Firestarter (under talk) Atari Teenage Riot – Revolution Action (under talk) Carl Crack – Black Ark 1 (under talk) Masonna – Frequency LSD Void One – Again Again Jazzpunk – Cocktail bar code Raymond Scott – Turkish Twilight (original and electronic) (under talk) Jazzpunk – Overflow Dissonance Jazzpunk – Sequence 74 Jazzpunk – Sequence 69 Jazzpunk – Sequence 34, Dub Loop 1

Romance here on Virtualosos this week, spurred on by my wife’s absolute fascination with Dream Daddy. Tracks this week span the history of romance in video games, including… KATAWA SHOUJO: Romance in Andante // Everyday Fantasy // Generic Happy Music // Letting My Heart Speak // Romance in Andante II BALDUR’S GATE: Main Theme // Underdark // Romance 1 // Romance 2 STARDEW VALLEY: Main Theme // Spring // Winter // Wedding Celebration PERSONA 5: Butterfly Kisses // A Woman // Keeper of Lust  

What do you get when you play classic video game themes backwards? Stemage shows us with RETROGRESSION Vol. 1, as we walk through the thought and theory of reversing some of the music we know like the back of our (unreversed) hands. A short episode, but a great one! Virtualosos is podcast under a SOCAN 22F tariff.

A great episode, in which we talk to all of SkewSound (sort of) about the company, their working methods, and of course their music… for Grim Dawn, Knee Deep, Gigantic and Chariot. A full hour of a great conversation! Tracks: Grim Dawn – Devil’s Crossing Grim Dawn – Dreaded Grim Dawn – Ugdenbog Forest Knee Deep – Burnt Offerings Knee Deep – Dirt Gigantic – A Familiar Path Gigantic – Bombastic Monastic Gigantic – Ghost of an Ocean Chariot – Main Theme Chariot – Arctic Choir Gigantic – Pilgrim’s Conviction   Virtualosos is podcast under a SOCAN 22F tariff.

We’re heading to space for the 9th episode of Virtualosos, as we prepare a great interview with Skew Studios (Gigantic! Grim Dawn!) for next week. Tracks this week include Ben Prunty’s Faster Than Light (FTL) — Deepspace // Rockmen // Debris // The Last Stand —– Andreas Waldetoft’s Stellaris; Infinite Being // Birth of a Star ——-  65 Days of Static and No Man’s Sky; Hypersleep // End of World Sun. Virtualosos is podcast under a SOCAN 22F tariff.

Crazy fun episode! We get into the Street Fighter RVA project, a 12-track hip-hop compilation, made for charity, and featuring only artists from Richmond, VA rapping over remixed music from Street Fighter II. Interview with DJ 8Bit Mullet, who is a mixing powerhouse in his own right. Tracks in this episode: Player Select, featuring Dope Solo /// Yoga Master, featuring Tru Nice & Santa Kilmagik /// Dread Kicks, featuring RT & Dope Solo /// One Fall, featuring Black Liquid & Lord Slugg /// Player 8, featuring INf1N1T8 & Dogfuck /// You’ve Got Gall, You’ve Got Guile, featuring PT Burnem & Ninja Ropes /// Take Me Away, featuring LithiumGod /// Psycho Crusher, fearuring BC Music1st & Ant the Symbol /// Virtualosos is podcast under a SOCAN 22F tariff.