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April 28, 2025
<p>RPG title screens bear a heavy burden. They're one of the first things we see in a game, making them one of the best places to leave a strong first impression. And often, a key component of that is the music. Several years ago, we highlighted eight standout title screen tracks in <a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/2021/11/08/rhythm-encounter-71-press-start-title-screen-music/">episode 71</a>, and today, with a new panel, we're highlighting eight more! Come in and enjoy the music of several games you may know and some you likely don't. Welcome Matt to his first episode, and learn why there's an Elvis song in our links below, in this jam-packed episode of, well, jams!</p><p>As a side note, this episode's publish date was moved back, so some of the info near the end about Random Encounter and Retro Encounter's schedule is accurate, if behind where the shows currently are.</p><p>Featuring: Mike Salbato, Gio Castillo, Tin Manuel, Matt Wardell; Edited by Mike Salbato</p><p><br><strong>Links for this episode</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/2021/01/27/rhythm-encounter-61-a-very-yoko-shimomura-january/">Rhythm Encounter 61 - A Very Yoko Shimomura January</a></li><li><a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/2021/11/08/rhythm-encounter-71-press-start-title-screen-music/">Rhythm Encounter 71 - Press Start: Title Screen Music</a></li><li><a href="https://www.square-enix-games.com/en_EU/news/yoko-shimomura-dearly-beloved">Square Enix: KINGDOM HEARTS: Memories of Dearly Beloved with Yoko Shimomura</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61-RycNKdJk">YouTube: Elvis Presley - Unchained Melody (live)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1zTiOWc7do">YouTube: Community Pom: Ending Theme</a></li></ul><p><br><strong>Tracklist</strong><br><strong>Peaceful Beginnings<br></strong>0:11:20 - Somnus (Instrumental Version) (Yoko Shimomura) - Final Fantasy XV<br>0:13:46 - Dearly Beloved -KINGDOM HEARTS III Version- (Yoko Shimomura) - Kingdom Hearts III</p><p><strong>Cheerful Beginnings<br></strong>0:32:30 - Solramimi (Kazuki Yanagawa) - Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout<br>0:34:27 - Title (Hideki Tobeta) - Community Pom</p><p><strong>Emotional Beginnings<br></strong>0:56:01 - Dragon Age: Origins (Inon Zur) - Dragon Age: Origins<br>0:58:46 - Off-Seer (Yasunori Mitsuda) - Xenoblade Chronicles 3</p><p><strong>There's-no-time-for-backup Beginnings<br></strong>1:20:49 - Metropolitan Edge (Akira Yamaoka) - The 25th Ward: The Silver Case<br>1:23:47 - Invitation to the Overworld (Yukihide Takekawa) - Soul Blazer<br>1:53:10 - Matt's Bonus Track!</p><p><br><a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/2025/04/28/rhythm-encounter-159-more-rpg-title-screen-music/"><strong>Album links for places to buy, stream, and more are available in our post on RPGFan.</strong></a></p><p><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:[email protected]">[email protected]</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>
March 31, 2025
<p>Continuing our new run of quarterly new music updates is our first episode for 2025, and it's a truly notable start. We have a range of new music today, from well composed soundtracks that play homage to earlier console generations to new projects from popular Minecraft composer C418. We also continue to take our definition of music from a certain timeframe liberally and even have music for a game that doesn't exist (anymore). May these episodes help you learn more about new game music releases, and we'll be ready for more next quarter!</p><p>Featuring: Mike Salbato, Hilary Andreff; Edited by Mike Salbato</p><p><strong>Links for this episode</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://exok.com/posts/2025-01-22-earthblade-final-update/">Extremely OK Games: Final Earthblade Update</a></li></ul><p><br><strong>Tracklist</strong><br>0:04:58 - Batten Down the Hatches (Winifred Phillips) - Flint: Treasure of Oblivion<br>0:12:08 - Child of the Earth (Lena Raine) - Earthblade ~ Across the Bounds of Fate<br>0:23:28 - Acoustic: Main Theme of FFVII - Battle Edit (Nobuo Uematsu, arr. Takaaki Nakagawa) - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Acoustic Arrangements<br>0:34:00 - A Different Sun (Amos Roddy) - Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector<br>0:43:22 - Truth (Ada-P) - Urban Myth Dissolution Center<br>0:52:08 - Main theme (Mili feat. Cassie Wei) - ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist<br>1:09:02 - Hilary's Bonus Track!</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/2025/03/31/rhythm-encounter-158-winter-2025-pirates-urban-myths-magnolias/"><strong>Album links for places to buy, stream, and more are available in our post on RPGFan.</strong></a></p><p><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:[email protected]">[email protected]</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>
March 18, 2025
<p>It's visual novel day at Rhythm Encounter! Following one of the quickest sign-up processes ever for our show, four visual novel fans have come together to share thoughts on the music of eight visual novels, but they discuss so many more in the process. We all quickly learned that this topic will have to make an appearance again because the well of inspiration is so very deep. But for today, listen as our panel digs in to <a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/game/genso-suikogaiden-volume-2-kurisutaru-bare-no-ketto/">Suikogaiden</a>, <a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/game/ever-17-the-out-of-infinity-remaster/">Ever17</a>, <a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/game/yu-no-a-girl-who-chants-love-at-the-bound-of-this-world-2017/">YU-NO</a>, and much more!</p><p>Featuring: Patrick Gann, Neal Chandran, Audra Bowling, Gio Castillo; Edited by Mike Salbato</p><p><strong>Links for this episode</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/review/genso-manege/">Audra's Genso Manège Review</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/gT5gTfKyZzw">"You Can't Hurry Love" - The Biscats Music Video (YouTube)</a></li><li><a href="https://crystalcola.bandcamp.com/">Crystal Cola on Bandcamp</a></li><li><a href="https://prizmwave.bandcamp.com/">PRIZM on Bandcamp</a></li></ul><p><br><strong>Tracklist</strong><br><strong>Don’t Go Away, We’re Just Getting Started!<br></strong>0:24:17 - went away (Kazuya Takase, perf. KOTOKO) - Hourglass of Summer<br>0:30:58 - You Can’t Hurry Love (Kazuya Nishioka, perf. The Biscats) - Cupid Parasite</p><p><strong>Feelin’ Indie<br></strong>0:47:32 - Summer Night (Crystal Cola) - A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986<br>0:50:45 - Bonds (Low) - Fatal Twelve</p><p><strong>Names To Remember<br></strong>1:04:40 - Impatience 1 (Ryu Umemoto, arr. Keishi Yonao) - YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world. Soundtrack [Remake Version]<br>1:08:19 - Karma (Takeshi Abo) - Ever17</p><p><strong>PSOne VNs<br></strong>1:28:35 - The Boundless Dream (Ending Theme) (Miki Higashino, perf. Yumiko Takahashi) - Genso Suikogaiden Vol.2: Last Duel at Crystal Valley<br>1:33:13 - Dreaming Robot (Multi) (Shinya Ishikawa, arr. Yaco) - To Heart (from the arrangement album Melty Kiss)<br>2:00:48 - Neal's Bonus Track!</p><p><br><a href="https://www.rpgfan.com/2025/03/18/rhythm-encounter-157-visual-novel-soundscapes/"><strong>Album links for places to buy, stream, and more are available in our post on RPGFan.</strong></a></p><p><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:[email protected]">[email protected]</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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