Episode 4-3: The Dynamo, Yuzo Koshiro with Bryan from BGMania

Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast

Greetings, Gamers! This week, Bedroth is joined by the one and only Bryan Clutter, creator of Level Down Games, a multimedia company dedicated to covering the best that pop culture has to offer, through reviews, videos, and podcasts, including BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast, on which Bedroth has been a guest several times! We are more than happy to welcome Bryan to join us this time to talk about his personal favorite VGM composer: Yuzo Koshiro!

As we will learn, Koshiro is an absolute behemoth in VGM history. From his early days with Nihon Falcom working on the Japanese home computer system, the PC88, through his time as a freelance and as founder and president of his own development companny, Ancient, Koshiro has been an enduring presence in the world of games, and the source of a great deal of Very Good Music, just a small taste of which we are happy to bring you today.

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Playlist

Prelude: Fillmore - Actraiser Renaissance - Current Gen Consoles/Steam - Square Enix - 2021

Intro: Go Straight - Streets of Rage 2 - Genesis- Sega - 1992

The Cursed Ship Queen Mary: After Disembarking - Sorcerian (Dragon Slayer V) - PC-88 - Nihon Falcom - 1987

Chinatown (Stage 6-1) - The Revenge of Shinobi - Genesis - Sega - 1989

Misty Blue Theme - Misty Blue - PC-88 - Enix - 1990

The Sadness I Carry on My Shoulders - Shenmue - Dreamcast - Sega - 1999

Protectors - Ys II Complete - Windows - Falcom - 2001

Driver's Delight - Wangan Midnight Maxium Tune - Arcade - Namco - 2004

Blind Fugitive - Protect Me Knight - Xbox 360 - Ancient - 2010

Disturbances: The One Called From Beyond - Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - 3DS - P-Studio/Atlas - 2014

Raise Thy Sword in Pride - Etrian Mystery Dungeon - 3DS - Spike Chunsoft/Atlus - 2015

Through the Blowing Dust - Puzzle & Dragons X (Cross): Gods and Dragons - 3DS - GungHo Online Entertainment - 2016

Blooper: The Birth of the People - Actraiser - SNES - Enix/Quintet - 1990

Level Down Games: https://leveldowngames.com/

Episode 50 of BGMania (Deep Dive: Yuzo Koshiro): https://anchor.fm/bgmania/episodes/Deep-Dive-Yuzo-Koshiro--BGMania-Podcast-50-ej0gem/a-a33ove5

Special thanks to our Patrons:

Alex Messenger, host of A VGM Journey

Skeletroy, creator of SNES Thrash Remixes on YouTube

Ryan Steel, composer of Catlandia: Crisis at Fort PawPrint

"Kung Fu" Carlito, host of Heroes Three: Adventures in Asian Cinema

Forrest Shamlian, creator of Castle Corp and Bomb Show on YouTube

SprintCade

The Mysterious Nathan

Artist Links:

Naomi Rubin - patreon.com/naomirubin | comics at moonsproutstation.com

Carlos Leon Roman - Instagram.com/kf_carlito

Ben "The Diad" Dishman - @TheDiad

Skeletroy - patreon.com/skeletroy

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