May 30, 2019
Samurai Shodown has a lot to offer… just not that one missing W. SNK’s fighter had samurai and non-samurai alike swinging weapons in one-on-one combat, and though it once appeared to be a moribund franchise, it’s actually being revived later this year with a brand-new entry later this year. This means more fighting game action but also more amazing music that draws on traditional Japanese compositions. This episode offers an overview of music from the series’ six main installments. Track listing: 0:16: Song of Men (Sun) / Samurai Shodown / Yasuo Yamate 3:11: Fifteen Warriors / Samurai Shodown II / SNK Sound Team 3:53: The Old Temple / Samurai Shodown VI / Kennosuke Suemura and Mitsuo Miyamoto 4:36: Portrait / Samurai Shodown II / SNK Sound Team 7:10: Way of a Man / Samurai Shodown II / SNK Soundteam / Yasumasa Yamada 10:43: Comma Shaped Jewels / Samurai Shodown / Masahiko Hataya 13:16: Oni / Samurai Shodown II / Yasuo Yamate 17:06: Tuna Incarnation / Samurai Shodown V / Kennosuke Suemura and Haruhiko Kuroiwa 20:14: Evil Ways / Samurai Shodown II / SNK Sound Tean 23:20: Water Incarnation (Nizuno Incarnation) / Samurai Shodown IV / SNK Sound Team 26:12: Ceremony (Cloud Kill Rock) / Samurai Shodown V / Kennosuke Suemura and Haruhiko Kuroiwa 29:47: Successively Foreign Girl / Samurai Shodown IV / SNK Sound Team 33:26: Oni Song Revision / Samurai Shodown IV / SNK Sound Team 37:33: Bamboo Thicket / Samurai Shodown / SNK Soundteam 40:41: Hesitation Mist / Samurai Shodown II / Yasumasa Yamada 44:31: River / Samurai Shodown III / SNK Sound Team 49:19: Dinner on a Moonlit Night / Samurai Shodown V / SNK Sound Team 53:02: Nature Breath / Samurai Shodown III / SNK Sound Team 57:55: Destinies of Lamentation (Lament of the River Styx) / Samurai Shodown III / SNK Sound 61:30: Team Original Underground Spring (Yumeji’s Dream) Samurai Shodown V / Kennosuke Suemura and Haruhiko Kuroiwa 64:29: Brutal Woman / Samurai Shodown II / Yasumasa Yamada 67:13: The Two Guardians (Old Temple Stage 2) / Samurai Shodown VI / SNK Sound Team 68:32: Smell the Breeze (Bloody Rain) / Samurai Shodown III / SNK Sound Team 71:09: Evening Crane / Samurai Shown VI / Composed by Kennosuke Suemura and Mitsuo Miyamoto, vocals by Maho Kayuri The weird history behind Gottfried “Götz” von Berlichingen, the real-life Neinhalt Seiger: https://www.backofthecerealbox.com/2011/07/ass-licking-iron-fisting-history-lesson_18.html Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe