Category: After Dark

KVGM “The Last Wave” (8/24/25)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (8/24/25)

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Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

This week, we’re staying pretty funky with funky jams from personal computers, PlayStations, Super Family Computers, and 3-dimensional Digital Systems, as well as a very special request from the Personal Computer 1998. All that and more on the Last Wave.

Playlist

Stage B1 – Koji Ueno
(Air Traffic Controller 3, PC)

Pub – Mahyudi Sound Team
(2 Tasty, PC)

Picnic in the Park – Kotaro Nakagawa
(Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters, Nintendo 3DS)

Saipan Big Game Fishing 2 – Hikoshi Hashimoto
(Fishing Koushien, Super Famicom)

Night and Day – Ryo Takeshita
(ZWEI TRIGGER, PC)

Mizar – Shingo Yasumoto
(Zoku Mikagura Shoujo Tanteidan: Kanketsuhen, Sony PlayStation)

Night City – ABREATH Sound Team
(DA Pantsu!!, PC)

Uptown Boy – Katsuya Yoshida
(Piyo-tan: Oyashiki Sennyuu Daisakusen!, Sony PlayStation 2)

In Peace – Doors Music Entertainment
(Toki no Mori no Monogatari ~TEAR~, PC)

Ending – Cube Co., Ltd.
(The FamiRes, Sony PlayStation)

Special Request

Title Menu – Hiroaki Iwatani
(Kigen: Kagayaki no Hasha, PC-98)

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KVGM “The Last Wave” (8/10/25)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (8/10/25)

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Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Welcome to August – time sure does fly when you’re jamming out! This week, we hit all the usual adult visual novel fare but also throw in some mahjong, baseball, and digital monsters for good measure, plus, of course, a little Yuji Ohno to class the establishment up.

Playlist

Reality: Light – Barbarian on the Groove
(Baldr Sky Dive1 “Lost Memory”, PC)

ARTISTIQ – ViRiX Dreamcore
(CROSSNIQ+, Nintendo Switch)

Menu – Masaharu Iwata
(Shin Mahjong, Super Famicom)

Garden of Solitude – Naotoshi Nishino
(Hidamari no Kage de, PC)

Ball Development – Yasumasa Kitagawa and Takako Yumishima
(Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2012, Sony PlayStation 3)

Shop – Kotaro Nakagawa
(Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters, Nintendo 3DS)

tek-tek – Toshiyuki Takizawa
(re-laive, PC)

On the Avenue – Shoichiro Hirata
(Tokimeki Memorial 3: Yakusoku no Ano Basho de, Sony PlayStation 2)

Normal Scene – Unknown
(Nankou Furaku Sangokuden: Shu to Toki no Doujaku, Nintendo 3DS)

Memory of Silver Jewel (Ballad Ending Version) – Yuji Ohno
(Lupin III: Lupin is Dead, Zenigata is in Love, Sony PlayStation 2)

Special Request

Hills of Jugon – Junya Nakano
(Tobal No.1, Sony PlayStation)

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KVGM “The Last Wave” (7/27/25)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (7/27/25)

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Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

A top-tier show this week (in my humble opinion) with some real, to quote today’s youth, bangers…or bootyboppers…or thighslappers…or humdingers. Whatever you want to call a jam. Just don’t say bop. Please.

Playlist

Sex Scene BGM 1 – I’ve Sound
(Haramiko, PC)

Confession – Naotoshi Nishino
(Last Escort ~Shin’ya no Kokuchou Monogatari~, Sony PlayStation 2)

Save/Load – Kenichi Sudo
(Getter Robo Daikessen!, Sony PlayStation)

Cruzin (Stage 4) – LeoBrito
(Piczle Colors, Nintendo Switch)

After the Tears – Toshiyuki Takizawa
(re-laive, PC)

Guides – Unknown
(Joushou Mahjong Tenpai, Super Famicom)

Happy Time (Finish) – Masato Koike
(Jan Sangoku Musou, Sony PlayStation 2)

Sky City (Peaceful Sky City) – Taku Iwasaki, Seirou Okamoto, Hayato Matsuo, and Atsushi Yamaji
(Mercury: The Prime Master, Sharp X68000)

Evening – Shinichiro Nakamura and Masako Otsuka
(Geten no Hana Yume Akari, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Staff Roll – Manami Wada and Akihi Motoyama
(Beta Bloc, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Special Request

Main Theme – Luis Clemente
(Balatro, Nintendo Switch)

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KVGM “The Last Wave” (7/13/25)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (7/13/25)

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Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Lots to enjoy this week as we cruise through July – the heat is heating up just like the jams, with everything from family restaurants to soccer to very adult PC visual novels.

Playlist

Memories – Eiichiro Yanagi
(Akumade, Kore wa ~ no Monogatari, PC)

Foggy Lake – Daisuke Kikuchi
(Waga Ryuu o Miyo: Pride of the Dragon Peace, Sony PlayStation 2)

Funky Detective – Doors Music Entertainment
(EVE: New Generation X, PC)

Carnelian – Masashi Yano
(Pigeon Blood, PC)

Name Entry – Shiba
(Heat of Eleven ’98, Arcade)

The Gentle Wind Blowing – Haruya Ooi
(Kanosora, PC)

School (Evening) – Raito
(Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r], Nintendo Switch)

Welcome – Cube Co., Ltd.
(The FamiRes, Sony PlayStation)

5 p.m. After School – SNOW
(Yumemiru Koi no Musubikata, PC)

Credits – Hikoshi Hashimoto
(Ultrabox 6 Go, PC Engine CD)

Special Request

Beneath the Mask -rain- – Shoji Meguro and Lyn
(Persona 5, Sony PlayStation 3)

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KVGM “The Last Wave” (6/29/25)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (6/29/25)

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Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

I apologize in advance but some of the games featured in this week’s episode are highly inappropriate and we at the KVGM studio do not condone the immoral behavior displayed in these visual novels. But we 100% condone jamming out.

Playlist

Butler’s Job – Tomonori Arai
(Innocentrea, PC)

Dark Detective I – Seiichi Hamada
(Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Innocent Black, Sony PlayStation 2)

Data – Naofumi Hataya
(Saka Tsuku DS: Touch and Direct, Nintendo DS)

Delicate Girl – sawamurah
(Amakano 2, PC)

Time Out – Seiichi Takamoto
(J.League Pocket 2, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)

How to Spend Sunday ~ Going to the Racecourse – Youichi Yamazaki
(Winning Post EX, Sega Saturn)

Waking Morning – SNOW
(Yumemiru Koi no Musubikata, PC)

Attract – Hyung Bum Kim
(Bouncing Balls, Arcade)

Sweet Affair – TrioDesign
(Iji Care ~Noel-kun no Gohoushi Nikki~, PC)

Good Ending – Harumi Ueko
(Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2, Super Famicom)

Special Request

Welcome to Marduk Support – Hayato Sonoda
(The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II, Sony PlayStation 4)

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“The Last Wave” After Dark – Realize: Panorama Luminary (9/22/21)

“The Last Wave” After Dark – Realize: Panorama Luminary (9/22/21)

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That’s right, your eyes aren’t deceiving you – this is, in fact, an episode of After Dark, our Patreon exclusive show. Because I figured, why not let the people take a sample from the candy jar? It’s my wife’s birthday, I’m feeling generous. For this episode, originally released on September 22, 2021, we headed to the Playstation 2 for some visual novel goodness in Realize: Panorama Luminary, with a fantastic soundtrack by M.S, Manack, OdiakeS, and Shinji Orito. Get ready to vibe the heck out! And if you like what you hear, please consider subscribing here!

Playlist

Urban Twilight – M.S
(Realize: Panorama Luminary, Sony PlayStation 2)

I’ll Never Forget Your Name – M.S
(Realize: Panorama Luminary, Sony PlayStation 2)

The Bench in the Tree’s Shade – OdiakeS
(Realize: Panorama Luminary, Sony PlayStation 2)

Sweet Afternoon – M.S
(Realize: Panorama Luminary, Sony PlayStation 2)

Sweetest Affair – M.S
(Realize: Panorama Luminary, Sony PlayStation 2)

Beat 330 – Manack
(Realize: Panorama Luminary, Sony PlayStation 2)

A Shabby Crow – M.S
(Realize: Panorama Luminary, Sony PlayStation 2)

Amber Glass – Manack
(Realize: Panorama Luminary, Sony PlayStation 2)

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