Singing Mountain, A VGM Podcast

Sometimes you just need a break. This episode is all about relaxation… and I promise I’ll do an episode where I intro ev... Read more

Back in the day, video games could rock without featuring anything close to a real guitar. It’s actually a testament to ... Read more

This is the sound of low-key, 16-bit JRPG, before Enix got all involved. This is for when it’s time to check into the vi... Read more

The Valis series stars long-legged, sword-swinging anime girls, and the third installment has more than one to choose fr... Read more

Can you guess how a piece of VGM was supposed to be used in a game you’ve never played? This week, I’m giving you an exp... Read more

The 16-bit era of Squaresoft RPGs helped teach a generation of gamers what this style of game could be. But as celebrate... Read more

Here is what it sounds like to be a tiny person traversing a big world. This is a remix + extended cut of the previous e... Read more

It's a deep dive into the wonderfully weird music of Nintendo's Earthbound/Mother 2, but it's also a personal essay of s... Read more

Hey, do you need to listen to some low-key, ambient video game music? Half a lifetime ago, your host was a college fresh... Read more

Last year, I celebrated the season with a trove of icy blue tracks from wintery video game levels, with none of the mirt... Read more

Who likes pipe organs? This episode offers up some of the best pipe organ (or pipe organ-like) music in the history of v... Read more

What if you celebrated Christmas in a 16-bit ice cavern? That's the mood this episode wants to create for you. In this e... Read more

Because console video games hit mainstream around the same time that America was watching a lot of B-grade action movies... Read more

It's hot, and I'm taking refuge from the heat with some of the most beautiful forest themes composed in video games. Amo... Read more

It’s the sound of summer.... specifically for people who’d rather not put on sunscreen or deal with beach traffic. Every... Read more

Nintendo’s Smash Bros. series has become not only an altar to worship the gods of video games past but also a place to p... Read more

Pixelated waves crashing onto a 16-bit shore. Welcome to summer, or at least a reasonable video game reproduction of sum... Read more

The last handheld Wario Land outing had one of the best and weirdest soundtracks ever featured in a Nintendo title. But ... Read more

Three hours of classic RPG town music. Enjoy. Track listing: 2:13: Town / Final Fantasy (PSP) / Nobuo Uematsu 3:59: Vill... Read more

The Streets of Rage series had one of the best soundtracks ever, and that music helped define the early '90s era of musc... Read more