This week, the crew looks at songs, soundtracks and more that have completely changed the game either for their games, franchises or beyond!

We chat about how a song in Skullgirls completely changes the vibe, how Persona 3 completely changed the franchise's identity, and even how Wipeout might have changed the entire electronic music industry and rave culture - and we have the sources to prove it!

You can listen along to the music discussed here via the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWie-AzPTQuw

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Song credits (in order of discussion):

Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies - "Megalith -Agnus Dei-" by Keiki Kobayashi

Devil May Cry - "Legendary Battle (Demon Emperor Mundus Battle 1 - Aerial)" by Masami Ueda

God of War (2018) - "Ashes" by Bear McCreary, feat. Eivør

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos - "Blackrock & Roll" by Glenn Stafford

Guilty Gear - "Holy Orders ~Be Just Or Be Dead~ -Ky's Theme-" by Daisure Ishiwatari

Soul Calibur II - "Link's Theme" (unconfirmed title) by an unconfirmed composer (remix of "Overworld" by Koji Kondo, from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past)

Persona 2: Innocent Sin - "Battle" by Kenichi Tsuchiya (presumed arr. by Toshiki Konishi, unconfirmed)

Persona 3 - "Mass Destruction" by Shoji Meguro and Lotus Juice

Skullgirls - "The Fish Man's Dance" by Michiru Yamane

Bloodborne - "Rom, The Vacuous Spider" by Yuka Kitamura

Wipeout - "Chemical Beats" by The Chemical Brothers (and the story of how video games may have changed the electronic music industry)

Additional credits about Wipeout and PlayStation's nightclub campaign:

The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/03/how-playstation-infiltrated-youth-culture

Baby Audio: https://babyaud.io/blog/wipeout-soundtrack-90s-electronic

GamesHub: https://www.gameshub.com/news/features/how-playstation-and-uk-club-culture-forever-changed-gamings-image-22424/

Production credits:

Hosts:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Ranakel

Edie Alexsander

Audio producer:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Executive producer:

Ranakel

Writing and publishing:

Ranakel

Edie Alexsander

Art and design:

Alex Hadzaman