Join the staff of RPGFan as they discuss the wide world of RPG music both old and new.
RPGFan's Rhythm Encounter
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Join the staff of RPGFan as they discuss the wide world of RPG music both old and new.
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January 13, 2026
174 - Music of the Year 2025
<p>Well hello there, and yes, it is time for a super-sized episode of Rhythm Encounter to celebrate many of the excellent RPG soundtracks, arrangements, and more from 2025. That's right, it's Music of the Year 2025 time! With four panelists who each brought on three songs, this is certainly our longest episode in awhile. That's why we're releasing it a bit ahead of schedule, so there's more time to listen before our next episode. So join us for a walk down a very recent memory lane, and be sure to let us know what your favorite 2025 music was!</p><p>Featuring: Mike Salbato, Patrick Gann, Matt Wardell, Paul Skevington; Edited by Jono Logan</p><p><strong>Tracklist</strong><br><strong>Pat's Picks</strong><br>0:03:24 - Battle Theme / Final Fantasy XI (comp. Naoshi Mizuta, arr. Kyota.) - #SQkawaii Sounds -Final Fantasy-<br>0:17:21 - Field of Hopes and Dreams (comp. Toby Fox, arr./perf. Trevor Alan Gomes) - Deltarune Piano Collections: Volume 1<br>0:28:33 - Spiritual Rainstorm (Kazuki Yanagawa) - Atelier Yumia ~The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land~</p><p><br><strong>Paul's Picks</strong><br>0:43:21 - Lune (Lorien Testard, Alice Duport-Percier) - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<br>1:01:02 - Doomed City (Darren Korb) - Hades II<br>1:24:31 - KIKIKAITAI (Murasaki & Kanna Katata) - Urban Myth Dissolution Center</p><p><br><strong>Matt's Music</strong><br>1:37:11 - Toward Unseen Horizons (Miwako Chinone) - Monster Hunter Wilds<br>1:50:04 - The Clear Blue Sky (Tsukasa [aka Yosuke Hatakeyama]) - Lies of P: Overture<br>2:05:22 - Emil (comp. MONACA, arr. Hiroyuki Nakayama) - NieR: Piano Journeys</p><p><br><strong>Mike's Music</strong><br>2:22:14 - Lavos' Theme (comp. Yasunori Mitsuda, arr. Shogo Nomura) - Chrono Trigger Piano Soundscape Arrangement<br>2:36:55 - The Baron of Mount Holly (Trigg & Gusset) - Blue Prince<br>3:00:38 - Roses of May (Dawntrail) (comp. Nobuo Uematsu, arr. Masayoshi Soken) - Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail EP 6<br>3:24:32 - Group Bonus Track!</p><p><br><a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/2026/01/13/rhythm-encounter-174-music-of-the-year-2025/"><strong>Album links for places to buy, stream, and more are available in our post on RPGFan.</strong></a></p><p><br><strong>Get in Touch:<br></strong><a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/">RPGFan.com</a><br><a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/shop">RPGFan Shop</a><br>Email us: <a href="mailto:music@rpgfan.com">music@rpgfan.com</a><br>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/rpgfancom/">@rpgfancom</a><br>Bluesky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rpgfan.bsky.social">@rpgfan.bsky.social</a><br>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rpgfancom">@rpgfancom</a><br>Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.net/@rpgfancom">@rpgfancom</a><br>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rpgfancom">rpgfancom</a><br>Twitch: <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/rpgfancom">rpgfancom</a></p>
January 5, 2026
173 - Investigating Fall Music
<p>Given the monumental releases throughout most of 2025, it would be easy to think we saw the best of what last year had to offer by September. But nay! The last quarter of 2025 graced us with many excellent releases, and today we discuss a couple of arrangement albums worth your time, plus four brand-new games and their associated soundtracks that you won't want to miss out on. As always, find links in our show notes and on <a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/">RPGFan.com</a> to see all of our Q4 considerations, places to buy and stream, and more!</p><p>Featuring: Mike Salbato, Hilary Andreff, Patrick Gann; Edited by Mike Salbato</p><p><br><strong>Tracklist</strong><br>0:16:10 - Legendary Hero (comp. Koji Kondo, arr. ROZEN) - Ballads of Hyrule III<br>0:25:41 - Into the Thick of It (comp. Hiroki Kikuta, arr. Torsten Rasch, perf. Mischa Cheung) - Piano Fantasies – music from SQUARE ENIX<br>0:42:03 - Tuesday Overworld (Investigation) (Kurt Feldman) - Demonschool<br>0:51:58 - Searching Room (Joey Lopes) - Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved<br>1:02:55 - Intergalactic Convertible (Andrew Arcadi) - Dispatch1:16:07 - Green River (Gareth Coker) - Absolum</p><p><a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/2026/01/05/rhythm-encounter-173-investigating-fall-music/"><strong>Album links for places to buy, stream, and more are available in our post on RPGFan.</strong></a></p><p><br><strong>Get in Touch:<br></strong><a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/">RPGFan.com</a><br><a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/shop">RPGFan Shop</a><br>Email us: <a href="mailto:music@rpgfan.com">music@rpgfan.com</a><br>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/rpgfancom/">@rpgfancom</a><br>Bluesky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rpgfan.bsky.social">@rpgfan.bsky.social</a><br>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rpgfancom">@rpgfancom</a><br>Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.net/@rpgfancom">@rpgfancom</a><br>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rpgfancom">rpgfancom</a><br>Twitch: <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/rpgfancom">rpgfancom</a></p>
December 22, 2025
172 - Happy Jólabókaflóðið!
<p>We're getting festive today on Rhythm Encounter, but maybe not in the way you'd expect. It's the end of year holiday season, and we are taking inspiration from a holiday that celebrates another thing I like as much as video game music: books! Jólabókaflóðið — which roughly translates to "Christmas book flood" — is an Icelandic Christmas Eve tradition where people gift each other books and stay up reading them, possibly with a nice hot cocoa. We thought this was a great opportunity to provide some excellent video game music to pair with various authors, genres, and specific reads. Please join our assembled panel of connoisseurs as we discuss the two together. Happy reading, listening, and holidays!</p><p>Featuring: Hilary Andreff, Rob White, Audra Bowling, and Matt Wardell; Edited by Mike Salbato</p><p><br><strong>Links and books mentioned in this episode</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://jolabokaflod.org/about/founding-story/">Jólabókaflóðið official site</a></li><li>Between Two Fires - Chris Buehlman (The Road x Dark Souls)</li><li>Blade Runner “Ash” Comic Series (2019, 2029, 2039) - Michael Green and Mike Johnson</li><li>Brave Story - Miyuki Miyabe</li><li>Chronicles of the Avatar Series - F.C. Lee (Kyoshi and Yangcheng duologies) and Randy Ribay (Roku duology)</li><li>The City and the City - China Miéville (Disco Elysium adjacent)</li><li>Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage - Haruki Murakami</li><li>Fifteen Dogs - Andre Alexis (Gods give dogs human intelligence)</li><li>Legend of Exorcism: Tianbao Fuyao Lu Series - Fei Tian Ye Xiang</li><li>Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree</li><li>The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry</li><li>The Midnight Library - Matt Haig</li><li>Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami</li><li>Pandora’s Star - Peter F. Hamilton</li><li>The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett</li><li>Piranesi - Susanna Clarke</li><li>The Shadow on the Glass - Ian Irvine</li><li>Shakespeare’s Tremor and Orwell’s Cough - John J. Ross, M.D.</li></ul><p><br><strong>Tracklist</strong></p><p><strong>In Search of Lost Time</strong><br>0:12:26 - Before the Fall (Laurence Chapman) - Heaven’s Vault<br>0:23:05 - Last Silhouette (Masafumi Takada) - Digimon Story: Time Stranger</p><p><br><strong>The Canterbury Tales </strong><br>0:33:55 - Adventure of the Would-be Hero (Oliver Good) - Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars<br>0:45:32 - Sic arsit historia kiersis (Alkemie) - Pentiment</p><p><br><strong>The Left Hand of Darkness</strong><br>0:57:42 - Voices from the Abyss (Izumi Wu, Rizet Tseng, Hong Zhang Su) - Xuan-Yuan Sword 7<br>1:12:29 - The Insulindian Miracle (Sea Power) - Disco Elysium</p><p><br><strong>A Scanner Darkly</strong><br>1:23:55 - Signal Haze (Amos Roddy) - Citizen Sleeper<br>1:35:17 - When Mother Was There (Shoji Meguro) - Persona 5<br>1:52:40 - Matt's Bonus Track!</p><p><a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/2025/12/22/rhythm-encounter-172-happy-jolabokaflodid/"><strong>Album links for places to buy, stream, and more are available in our post on RPGFan.</strong></a></p><p><br><strong>Get in Touch:<br></strong><a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/">RPGFan.com</a><br><a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/shop">RPGFan Shop</a><br>Email us: <a href="mailto:music@rpgfan.com">music@rpgfan.com</a><br>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/rpgfancom/">@rpgfancom</a><br>Bluesky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rpgfan.bsky.social">@rpgfan.bsky.social</a><br>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rpgfancom">@rpgfancom</a><br>Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.net/@rpgfancom">@rpgfancom</a><br>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rpgfancom">rpgfancom</a><br>Twitch: <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/rpgfancom">rpgfancom</a></p>
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