Podcasts by Super Rainwave Podcast
Rainwave's video game music podcast.
Further podcasts by Tom Helmuth and Nat
Podcast on the topic Videospiele
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Episode 2: Puzzle Games from 2023-12-14T09:27:40.143666
We listen to the best soundtracks and remixes in puzzle games. This
episode features music from many different genres, including funky organsolos, 80s glam rock, and symphonic orchestrations.
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Episode 11: Commodore 64 OST from 2023-12-14T09:27:40.119272
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 l...
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Episode 13: Vocals from 2023-12-14T09:27:40.111601
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 lo...
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Episode 14: Games Not In Series from 2023-12-14T09:27:40.106284
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 mu...
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Episode 21: Car Racing from 2015-09-30T04:00
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 pla...
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Episode 20: Free Play 2 from 2015-08-12T04:00
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 m...
Episode 19: Ending, Credits, and Staff Roll from 2015-02-11T14:36
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...
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Episode 18: Donkey Kong Country from 2015-01-21T04:00
Episode 17: Boss from 2014-12-11T08:39
Like a boss! This episode's music, that is. We listen to a lot of rock and orchestral tracks from boss levels, with soaring guitars and epic strings. There are some surprises in here as well, track...
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Episode 16: Cave Story from 2014-11-12T13:22
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...
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Episode 15: Original + Remix 2 from 2014-10-22T10:00
Since this episode ends in a 5, Tom and Nat revisit the focus of Original + Remix! This episode features great songs from soundtracksalong with awesome remixes or arrangements, giving us a chance ...
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Episode 12: SQ Albums from 2014-07-23T18:38
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 album...
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Episode 10: Free Play from 2014-06-11T04:00
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...
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Episode 9: Point-and-Click Adventure Games from 2014-05-28T07:06
This episode features one of Tom's favorite game genres, point-and-click adventures. The music this week is a bit more ambient than usual, but still enjoyable as usual. Lots of Lucas Arts games are...
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Episode 8: Jazz from 2014-05-14T04:00
Our focus this episode is on jazz music, from big band to Latin to jazz combos. We end up playing a lot of songs prominently featuring saxophones.
Episode 7: Spectrum of Mana from 2014-04-30T04:00
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...
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Episode 6: Castlevania from 2014-04-16T14:00
The series Castlevania is the focus this week. One of Konami's flagship series since the 80's, Castlevania games have always had great music, and have inspired many good remixes.
Episode 5: Original + Remix from 2014-03-26T14:00
Tom and Nat play original songs from game soundtracks alongside their remixes. This side-by-side comparison allows us to see what the remixerwas trying to do with the source material. Lots of good...
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Episode 4: 1993 from 2014-02-19T14:00
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 10different systems in our 12 tracks!
Episode 3: Acoustic from 2014-01-29T18:08
This episode takes video game music away from its electronic roots to focus on music played by acoustic instruments. We find variety, with notonly acoustic guitar but also piano, organ, and other ...
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Episode 1: Level 1 from 2013-12-18T16:50
The first episode! Tom and Nat found it fitting to play songs from the
first levels of games, since this is the first level of this podcast.