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KVGM “The Last Wave” (10/22/23)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (10/22/23)

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.

We’re getting close to our FIFTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY, can you believe it? But until then, we’ve got more great music from all your favorite consoles. If you like your jams hot or chilled, we’ve got both.

Playlist

Sportscast – Junko Shiratsu
(Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine ’98: Summer Action, Sega Saturn)

Exploration – Unknown
(My Fair Link: Yousei Byakuya Monogatari, PC)

Black Forest – Nanae Suizu
(Ski Champ, Arcade)

Is It Pop? – Kenji Nakazawa
(Interlude, Sony PlayStation 2)

BGM 1 – TrioDesign
(Hyoui Kanojo ~ Tsukikano, PC)

Nostalgia – Koichi Ishibashi
(Saki Portable, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Sport Festival – Akari Uchida
(LovePlus, Nintendo DS)

Level 4 – Ramon Braumuller
(Hoi, Amiga)

Snowish Morning – Meeon
(Yami-iro no Snow Drops, PC)

Ending Theme 2 (Galaxy Championship) – Yoshinori Kawamoto and H. Umino
(Ball Jacks, Sega Mega Drive)

Special Request

Title – Jonathan Dunn
(RoboCop, Game Boy)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (4/9/23)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (4/9/23)

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 the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio in sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

If you haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channel yet, you can find talk-free mixtapes of all the shows, past and present, as well as a currently updated playlist of ALL the music played on the show, including individual track uploads for stuff not previously available on YouTube. And stay tuned, because we’re working on something else special…but for now, please, enjoy the jams… responsibly.

Playlist

Edge of Cage – Shikemoku
(Nobashita Kono Te wa Todokanai, PC)

Large Wars – Stephen Root and Neil Palmer
(The Fantastic Four, Sony PlayStation)

Day She Went – Hiroshi Tanabe
(Magician’s Quest: Mysterious Times, Nintendo DS)

Prologue – Hideki Yamamoto
(Chronicle of Dungeon Maker 2, Sony PlayStation Portable)

BGM 4 – Manack
(Fluorite ~Hotaruishi~, PC)

Main Menu – Akinori Sawa
(Honkaku Taisen Shougi: Ayumu, Game Boy Color)

Track 4 – Unknown
(Love Smash! 5: Tennis Robo no Hanran, Sony PlayStation 2)

Steamy Moment – Takafumi Inamori
(Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation, PC)

Lotus in Dam – Akimasa Yamada
(Gran Turismo Sport, Sony PlayStation 4)

Staff Roll – Shuichiro Ishii
(Fuuraiki 2, Sony PlayStation 2)

Special Request

Star Stream – Zenji Nishikawa
(Sion, X68000)

KVGM “The Last Wave” featuring dedeco (2/26/23)

KVGM “The Last Wave” featuring dedeco (2/26/23)

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 the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio in sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Hammock is out on vacation…or I wouldn’t even call it a vacation but a spiritual journey deep in the heart of the Amazonian jungle…but while he’s out, he’s enlisted the help of the dopest VGM DJ on the planet, dedeco, to step into the KVGM studio and lay it down for the boys and girls at home with a very special episode. Go check out dedeco’s sets on his YouTube channel , which features a set curated by yours truly. But for now, enjoy the beats and we’ll see you in a month!

Playlist

Earthlight -Staff Roll- Kenichiro Fukui
(Einhänder, Sony PlayStation)

It Doesn’t Really Matter – Richard Jacques
(Metropolis Street Racer, Sega Dreamcast)

The Return of Ishtar (The Return of Ishtar) – Junko Ozawa and Yousuke Yasui
(Technicbeat, Arcade)

Which One of The Twins? – Serani Poji
(Roommania #203, Sega Dreamcast)

Do Re Mi Katamari Do (-rh rehabilitation re-arrange-) – rei harakami and Yuri Misumi
(Katamari Forever, Sony PlayStation 3)

No One Can Stop Mr. Domino (Part 2) – Shingo Murakami and Ryuji Nishida
(No One Can Stop Mr. Domino, Sony PlayStation)

16 – Yasuhisa Watanabe and GainGauge
(Prince of Stride, PlayStation Vita)

Title – Jonathan Dunn
(Aqua Aqua, Sony PlayStation 2)

Mission 15: Big To-Do in Town – Naoyuki Sato and Michiru Yamane
(Elebits, Nintendo Wii)

Title – Hironao Yamamoto
(Bomberman World, Sony PlayStation)

Fushigi Tower (Trailer Remix) – Hideki Tobeta
(Community POM, Sony PlayStation)

Tick up – Akitaka Tohyama
(Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan Daijiten, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Planet Gardenia – Soichi Terada
(Space Fishermen, Sony PlayStation 2)

Night Falls (Ending) – Taku Inoue
(Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Arcade)

Limitless Cinderella – Yasuhisa Watanabe
(Senko no Ronde Rev. X, Microsoft Xbox 360)

Fever – Ayako Minami
(Armored Core: Formula Front, Sony PlayStation Portable)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (9/4/22)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (9/4/22)

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 the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio in sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

It’s September…two days away from Hammock’s birthday…and we’ve got jams out the wazoo, including a bunch of Nintendo generations, a PC visual novel (duh), an unused arcade track, and a couple of PlayStation doozies…not to mention a special request from an online Final Fantasy game. Good grief. Just in case you’re wondering, yes, I love cookie cakes…chocolate chip is fine. But if they can make a snickerdoodle cookie cake, even better.

Summer Bar (Day) – Graham Nesbitt
(Garden Story, Nintendo Switch)

Cheerful Thief Marino – Shinya Okada
(Mega Man X: Command Mission, Nintendo GameCube)

Hair Salon – Atsuhiro Motoyama
(Style Saavy, Nintendo DS)

Angelic Sleep – KIM’s SOUNDROOM
(Puni Puni Handmaid, PC)

Awards – Akira Yamaoka
(Nagano Winter Olympics ’98, Nintendo 64)

VIP Room – Kensuke Inage
(G1 Jockey 4 2006, Sony PlayStation 2)

Unused – Unknown
(Meikyuu Hunter G, Arcade)

Credits – Masahiko Hagio
(GT Straight Victory: Hoshino Kazuyoshi e no Chousen, Sony PlayStation)

Special Request

Island Sanctuary – Masayoshi Soken
(Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, PC)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (7/3/22)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (7/3/22)

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 the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio in sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

It’s heating up out there so stay cool, stay hydrated, stay fresh with the freshest VGM beats, courtesy of the Last Wave. We’ve got power dolls, pop princesses, dating advice, mahjong advanced, xciting volleyball, even perfect world heroes. Keep those Arnold Palmtrees handy and if you want to slip in a little Grey Goose, I will won’t tell anyone…in fact, I’ll join you. Cheers!

Playlist

Master’s Bar (Evening) – Hirofumi Taniguchi
(Endonesia, Sony PlayStation 2)

Tidewater – Hiroto Saito
(POWER DoLLS 5, PC)

Calm Time – Yuya Saito
(Ai Kiss 3: Cute, Nintendo Switch)

Yesterday Again – Yasutaka Hatade, Shinichiro Sato, Satoshi Okubo, Takeshi Sato, and Yuhki Mori
(Kira Kira: Pop Princess, Nintendo DS)

Event (Date) – Ryu Kurugami
(Heart de Network, PC)

BGM 10 – Unknown
(Nippon Pro Mahjong Renmei Kounin: Tetsuman Advance ~Menkyo Kaiden Series~, Game Boy Advance)

Ending – Unknown
(Volleyball Xciting, Sony PlayStation 2)

LOVE FOREVER (Staff Roll) – Hideki Yamamoto
(World Heroes Perfect, Arcade)

Special Request

Airport Infiltration – Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra
(Toy Story 2, Sega Dreamcast)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (6/26/22)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (6/26/22)

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 the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio in sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Of course, after I recorded the episode, I figured out the composer of City Bravo! Business Hen is Ken Tamura but maybe not THE Ken Tamura…but a Ken Tamura. But if it is THE Ken Tamura, that is incredible. But don’t get your hopes up. Otherwise, it’s back to the convenience store, back to the Legend of Heroes and Rockman series, and of course, it wouldn’t be the Last Wave without some gratuitous adult visual novel sleaze. ENJOY!

Playlist

Map – Makoto Oka
(The Conveni 4, Sony PlayStation 2)

Night Mood – PELVISMUSIC inc.
(Fight Ippatsu! Juden-Chan!! CC, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Town of Murota – Akihiro Juichiro
(Robopon 2, Game Boy Advance)

Night Sky – Wasabi
(Tsukushite Agechau 4 ~Watashi-tachi no Mitsugetsu~, PC)

Pancake on the Way Home from School – Takahiro Unisuga
(The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki III, Sony PlayStation 4)

Title – D.S.P.
(Gekirin, FM Towns CD)

Chain of Wish – Akari Kaida
(Rockman EXE 5 DS: Twin Leaders, Nintendo DS)

Credits – Ken Tamura
(City Bravo! Business Hen, Sony PlayStation)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (6/12/22)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (6/12/22)

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 the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio in sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

This back, back to normal but still featuring appearances from two of the four VGM JAM MASTERS, as well as some Tamagotchi goodness, a little demon detective action, family mahjong, smooth jazz 101, and an emotional ending to an another unemotional game. Be sure to keep checking out the ongoing Masters of VGM series through the month of June – lots of talented composers getting the love they deserve.

Playlist

Title – Jun Fukuda
(Majin Tantei Nogami Neuro: Neuro to Yako no Bishoku Zanmai, Nintendo DS)

Blue Tone – Naotoshi Nishino
(Dolls Antique ~Ningyou-tachi no Yakata~, PC)

Gameplay BGM 1 – Kenji Yoshida
(Family Mahjong II: Shanghai he no Michi, Famicom)

Bossa Days – Shigemitsu Goto and Hideaki Miyamoto
(Tamagotchi! Seishun no Dream School, Nintendo 3DS)

Smooth Jazz #2 – Jerry Martin
(The Sims: Bustin’ Out, Nintendo Gamecube)

Sound Test 13 – Takahiro Ogata
(T: Kara Hajimaru Monogatari, Sony PlayStation)

Heart of Agony – Takeshi Abo
(Dunamis15, Microsoft Xbox 360)

Ending – Yoko Wada
(Buster Fight, Sega Game Gear)

KVGM “The Last Wave” VGM Masters (6/5/22)

KVGM “The Last Wave” VGM Masters (6/5/22)

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 the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio in sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Oh baby, it’s the Masters of VGM throughout the month of June and of course, the Last Wave is kicking things off with four certified JAM MASTERS of VGM – you know the names, you love the music, if you’ve listened to this show at all, these composers come as no surprise. Plus, we’ve got a special request that just happens to be an honorable mention. Be sure to check out the Masters of VGM website for updates and all the shows participating in this month’s shenanigans. And if you want to dive deeper into Abo and Nishino’s works, subscribe to our Patreon.

Playlist

Title – Katsuhiro Hayashi
(Redline F-1 Racer, Super Nintendo)

BGM 15 – Katsuhiro Hayashi
(Zero4 Champ II, PC-Engine CD)

Unused Music – Takeshi Abo
(Starfire, PC-98)

Kasumi -enigmatic smile- – Takeshi Abo
(Memories Off: Yubikiri no Kioku, Microsoft Xbox 360)

BGM 9 – Naotoshi Nishino
(Twilight Theater, PC)

Happy Ending – Naotoshi Nishino
(Synchronize Dream, PC)

BGM 1 – Yumi Kinoshita
(New 3D Golf Simulation: Waialae no Kiseki, Sega Mega Drive)

On the Links, It’s Out and Back – Yumi Kinoshita
(Pebble Beach Golf Links, Super Nintendo)

Special Request

Blue Moon – Yasunori Mitsuda
(10,000 Bullets, Sony PlayStation 2)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (5/29/22)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (5/29/22)

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 the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio in sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

This week, business as usual as we feature more jams from more games composed by more composers but next week’s episode will be extra special, as the Last Wave will be participating in the cross-promotional event, the Masters of VGM. Throughout the month of June, VGM podcasts will be selecting their favorite four composers who are masters of making video game music. As for us, you know we’re looking to represent the certified JAM MASTERS. Stay tuned!

Playlist

Slow Jam – Le Bop
(Cities: Skylines, PC)

Angel’s Smile – Naotoshi Nishino
(Metamor Fantasy SP, PC)

Main Menu – Noriyuki Iwadare
(Kanji no Wataridori, Nintendo DS)

BGM 7 – Sound AMS
(Suto Mani: Strobe Mania, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Bay Area – Naofumi Hataya
(Astro Boy: Mighty Atom, Sony PlayStation 2)

Replay – Toshiyuki Takine
(Ito Hatasu Rokudan no Shogi Dojo, Super Famicom)

Camping Night – Atsushi Kitajoh
(Persona 5 Strikers, Nintendo Switch)

Credits – Masakatsu Maekawa
(Expert, Sony PlayStation)

Special Request

BGM III – Toshiki Konishi
(Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, Sony PlayStation Portable)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (4/24/22)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (4/24/22)

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 the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio in sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Lots of BACKGROUND MUSIC this week, with some unknown composers (no thanks to the KVGM Summer Interns). But you know, that’s okay…because the music more than makes up for the lack of information. We’ve got horse tracks, tourism tracks, picross tracks, powerful grandpa tracks, mahjong tracks, basketball beat ’em up tracks…even a little visual novel to check the boxes. If you want to help the summer interns by completing some of these “unknowns”, please reach out – kvgmradio@gmail.com. Help us help you.

Playlist

BGM 69 – Ryuji Nishida
(A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism, Nintendo Switch)

BGM 1 – Yuka Tsujiyoko
(Picross S3, Nintendo Switch)

Mini-Game – CUBE Co.,Ltd
(Zettai Zetsumei Dangerous Jiisan: Shijou Saikyou no Dogeza, Game Boy Advance)

Ending – Unknown
(Shuukan Gallop: Blood Master, Sony PlayStation)

Shopping – Masafumi Ogata
(Angel Snow, PC)

BGM 5 – Yasuyuki Suzuki
(Street Jam, Arcade)

Quiz Puzzle Edit – Hiroshi Ebihara
(Puzzle Guzzle, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Staff Roll – Jun Enoki
(Super Real Mahjong PV Paradise: All-Star 4-Nin Uchi, Super Famicom)

Special Request

Red Tie – Hiroto Saito
(POWER DoLLS 3, PC)