Episode 68 - Samson Escapades Presents: The Landed Gentry of Fighters '26

Special guest host Samson Escapades joins us from “How Much in Bison Dollars?” for a special look at a whole bunch of tracks from fighting games, some of which are fondly remembered and some of which have been forgotten. (Maybe even rightfully forgotten, in a few cases.) Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com. Red McCano, Senior Executive Vice Senior President of Shadaloo’s Department of Treasury, for the How Much in Bison Dollars campaign, the genesis of the Samson Escapades character, and for giving me the opportunity to portray him. You can find all things Bison Dollars on Threads, BlueSky, YouTube, and Patreon under the username “hmibisondollars”, and you can listen to the How Much in Bison Dollars? podcast on FGC Radio or on the podcatcher of your choice.VGM composer and arranger Gribblesnap for providing the song used in the Neo Turf Masters Neo promo. You can find their YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@gribblesnap shoepixie for providing the voice for Neo Turf Masters Neo promo.BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart. Samson’s social media sites are generally blocked outside of Shadaloo, but if you want to reach Professor Tom, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [e-mail]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month (sometimes less) depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:07 - King of Fighters ‘96 Arranged (arrangement) - “IN 1996” (Title) (composition and arrangement: Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan) 00:42 - Talk Segment - Team Forgotten SNK 04:21 - Buriki One: World Grapple Tournament '99 in Tokyo (Hyper Neo Geo 64) - Patrick Van Heyting (composer: Yasuo Yamate) 06:36 - Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle (Neo Geo) - Slum Town (composers: (Jojouha KITAPY, Yasuo Yamate, MITSUO) 08:25 - Baseball Stars Professional (Neo Geo CD) - Track 02 (composer: Toshikazu Tanaka) 10:55 - Talk Segment - Team Sega 13:17 - Holosseum (Arcade) - Dave (composers: Kazuhiko Nagai and Tomoyuki Kawamura) 14:08 - Dark Edge (Arcade) - Snowfield Stage (composer: Tomoyuki Kawamura) 16:35 - Fighting Vipers (Arcade) - Look to the Skies (composer: David Leytze) 19:10 - Talk Segment - Team ADK 22:28 - Aggressors of Dark Kombat (Neo Geo) - 30 Take It Easy (Bobby Main Theme) (composer: Hiroaki Kujirai) 24:17 - World Heroes 2 (Neo Geo) - Jonny, Let's Dance (Maximum's Theme) (composer: Hideki Yamamoto) 26:24 - Twinkle Star Sprites (Neo Geo) - Disagreeable (composer: Takeshi Muramatsu) 28:36 - Talk Segment - Team Animal 31:33 - Them's Fightin' Herds (multiplatform) - The Woodland (Oleander's Stage) (composer: Whitetail) 33:57 - Rivals of Aether II (PC) - Adventurous Gale (composer: Moonsailor) 37:06 - Brutal: Paws of Fury (SNES) - Training in the Dojo (composer: Neil Baldwin) 39:05 - Talk Segment - Team Square 44:09 - Bushido Blade 2 (PlayStation) - Champion of Gale ~Slaughter Mode - Shainto - Stage Music~ (composer: Ryuji Sasai) 46:30 - Tobal No. 1 (PlayStation) - Aqua and Trees (composer: Yoko Shimomura) 49:39 - Ehrgeiz (Arcade) - CONTINENTAL TRAIN (composer: Takayuki Nakamura) 50:56 - Talk Segment - Team Neo Geo Others 53:22 - Waku Waku 7 (Neo Geo) - The Sun Also Sets (Dandy J Stage) (composer: Masato Araikawa) 55:39 - Breakers Revenge (Neo Geo) - Sho Kamui BGM (composer: Kenichi Kamio) 56:44 - Fighter's History Dynamite (Neo Geo) - Ryoko's Theme (composers: Mihoko Ando and Shogo Sakai) 59:00 - Talk Segment - Team Shaq Ninja Schoolgirl 1:01:33 - Shaq Fu (Genesis) - Shaq's Theme (composer: Raphaël Gesqua) 1:03:58 - Kasumi Ninja (Jaguar) - Danja's Theme (composer: Stephen Lord) 1:05:15 - Asuka 120% Limited BURNING Fest. Limited (Saturn) - Karina's Theme (composer: ...