# Shinji Hosoe
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shinji hosoe (細江 慎治, Hosoe Shinji, born February 28, 1967), also known as MEGATEN and SamplingMasters MEGA, is a Japanese video game composer and musician most famous for scoring Ridge Racer, Street Fighter EX and many Namco arcade games between 1987 and 1996. He also created the in-game music for Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse. He was assisted by Yuki Kajiura on the project, though he did not return as a composer for Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra.
063 - Dragon Spirit w/BrianCNerd
Happy New Year, all! Brian returns from one of our earlier episodes to talk about Dragon Spirit, a classic Namco game and the first soundtrack by VGM legend Shinji Hosoe. We talk a couple of different versions and then have a surprise track added in mid-recording.
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009 - Tetris
Shifting gear again for another bit of a grab bag episode. There are so many different versions of Tetris and many of them have really great soundtracks either to keep you chill or ramp up the tension while you play so I just wanted to highlight some of my own favourites. As I mentioned, no Tetris …
VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 31: Winter 1988/1989
Follow us into the winter of ’88 going into ’89 as we step into the final year of the decade and bid adieu to President Ronnie when he exits the White House.
In the arcades, fists are flying with the likes of Technōs’ sequel to Double Dragon, SNK’s third Ikari Warriors game and SEGA’s pretty sp…
Spotlight: Pokémon Legends: Z-A
Episode #397 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. Today on the show, Bryan and Kyle have an in-depth spotlight on Pokémon Legends: Z-A, the highly anticipated follow-up to Pokémon Legends: Arceus and the first major Pokémon title released for the Nintendo Switch 2.
We'll be diving deep into the…
090 - Operation Ragnarok w/Jimmy
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Operation Ragnarok (Zed Blade, if you're nasty) isn't much to talk about, it's a mediocre shooter that just happens to…
KVGM “The Last Wave” (1/25/26)
Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back…
Episode 131 – The Music of Shinji Hosoe
Many video game music composers try their best to fit into different musical genres but few do it as well as composers like Shinji Hosoe. On today’s episode of XVGM Radio, Mike and Ed discuss several of Hosoe’s game soundtracks, highlighting a wide variety of musical tracks. From techno and jung…
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Track Listing
Title Music - Pro Sports Hockey - Takeshi Ichida
First Steps - Rayman and Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition - Originally by Remi Gazel and arranged by Christophe Heral
Pemo Pemo Kuroto - Columns III: Revenge of Columns - Morihiko Akiyama
Sylux - Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - Kenji Yamam…
Stuck in LFG - Music Arcade #98
This week, friend of the podcast Sam finds an isolated Galen and the duo decides to make lemonade out of the lonely lemon by tackling themes of isolation.
From isolation in the magical world of Final Fantasy VI to an isolated vampire in Vampyr, we try not to let things get too lonely.
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