This is part 2 of the last update, because apparently one batch of summery music wasn't enough. Same unbearable heat, different games, now with 1000% added humidity! You know the drill. Code: Age of Empires IV - Age of Empires IV Main Theme Finishing off the AoE series with AoE4. This game was composed by Tilman Sillescu, who I only knew from Anno 2070, so I expected another good OST. Instead, almost the entire soundtrack is atmospheric, with hardly any of the memorable ethnic melodies from the previous installments. At least we got this epic arrangement of the classic AoE theme. Code: Granblue Fantasy: Versus - Noble Execution Granblue Fantasy: Versus - Platinum Sky Granblue Fantasy: Versus - Dragon Knights Granblue Fantasy: Versus - Weißer Drache Granblue Fantasy: Versus - Legendary Edition - Morning Light Hymnus Granblue Fantasy: Versus - Legendary Edition - Peace and Quiet Granblue Fantasy: Versus - Legendary Edition - Illuminated World Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising - Armageddon Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising - VERSUSIA Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising - Dark Rapture Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising - Heroic Beat Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising - Rise to Glory Adding some more GBF, because we can never have enough. Most of these were composed by either Yasunori Nishiki (Octopath Traveler) or Tsutomu Narita (a.k.a. Nobuo Uematsu's protégé). There's even a couple of tracks that were touched by Uematsu himself. If parts of "Armageddon" sound like it came from NieR, that's because it features vocals by Emi Evans. Code: Pulsar Arena - Title Theme Pulsar Arena - BGM - QU + BiT (Vanguard V) Pulsar Arena - BGM - Danny Bit Bang (Ninja Sex Party - Dragon Slayer) Adventures of Pip - Title Theme DuckTales: Remastered - Money Bin Cat Girl Without Salad: Amuse-Bouche - BGM - RPG Galaxy Cat Girl Without Salad: Amuse-Bouche - Title Theme Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows - The Alchemist's Haven Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows - ALCHEMY (f/ Dale North) Shovel Knight: King of Cards - The Crosswise Crosswinds (Birder Mountain) Shovel Knight: King of Cards - Showdown - The War in the Mirror (Colosseum) Shovel Knight: King of Cards - Jake Kaufman - Trailer - Showdown Shovel Knight Dig - Who Needs Honor (Drill Knight's Castle) Shovel Knight Dig - Thermal Vent (Lost Atlantis) Shovel Knight Dig - Spore Judgment (Mushroom Mines) Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon - Credits It ain't summer without some partying, So here's a big-ass Jake Kaufman block to jam to. Reminder that the madlad releases his music for free on Bandcamp. Code: Arc the Lad - Andoh Project - Arc Arc the Lad - Andoh Project - Kukuru Arc the Lad - Andoh Project - Gogen Arc the Lad - Battle 2 Arc the Lad II - To Tomorrow Arc the Lad II - Musicman Arc The Lad III - Cheryl's Theme When I first played Arc the Lad, I was surprised by how funky groovy the music was, even though most of the tracks were like 30-second loops. It turns out the music for the early series was composed by Masahiro Andoh. Some gamers might know him from the Gran Turismo series. I, however, know him as the leader of T-SQUARE, my favorite Japanese jazz fusion band. Code: Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes (TGCD) - Field Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes (TGCD) - Opening 2 Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II (TGCD) - Ending 2 Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II (TGCD) - Peace Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II (TGCD) - Opening 2 Speaking of jazz fusion, it's pretty wild that Falcom had some in the first two Legend of Heroes games, back when it was part of the Dragon Slayer series. These TGCD arrangements were handled by Ryo Yonemitsu. Unfortunately, I haven't found anything else from him with this feel. Code: NiGHTS Into Dreams... - Stick Canyon - Under Construction [Happy] NiGHTS Into Dreams... - Spring Valley - Paternal Horn [Happy] NiGHTS Into Dreams... - Soft Museum - Suburban Museum [Angry] Globulous - Vapor Radian El Viento - Ending Theme Metroid II: Return of Samus - Pyro Paper Planes feat. VikingGuitar - The Unnamed Frontier Metroid II: Return of Samus - Cursed Lemon - SR388 exiled from VIP Metroid Prime - Console: The VGM Band - Phendrana Metroid Prime - Metroid Metal - Phendrana Drifts exiled from VIP Pokémon GO - RobKTA - Augmented Adventure Jurassic Park (SNES) - CactusBear - Triceratops Trot Jurassic Park (NES) - EdKr VGM - Enter the park GoldenEye 007 - DonutDrums - Frigate GoldenEye 007 - Facility renamed from GoldenEye 007 - Chemical Warfare Facility GoldenEye 007 - Caverns renamed from GoldenEye 007 - Subterranean Caverns Kirby's Adventure - Kirby's Dream Band - Kirby's Adventure Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow - Y.W - VOLTECTION BATTLE!!! replacing Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow - Battle (VS Gym Leader) Just like the last update, here's another bunch of summer-appropriate tracks, mostly from the classics. I replaced "SR388" by Cursed Lemon with a different arrangement, because the first full minute of the track was just a whole lot of sound effects and not much actual music. As for "Phendrana Drifts" by Metroid Metal, the metal was just too heavy for the VIP, so I replaced it with a track that has more instrumental variety and covers a wider range of emotions. And that's it for now. Stay hydrated and fuck global warming again.
