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Retronauts Episode 94: The music of Castlevania III, Shovel Knight, Galaxy Force II, and Contra III | Retronauts Radio

Retronauts

Retronauts

Technology, Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2017

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

Boss Key Studios audio expert Jack Menhorn joins Jeremy for an in-depth discussion of the latest new releases of retro- and retro-style game soundtracks: Mondo's Contra III and Castlevania III, Brave Wave's Shovel Knight, and DataDiscs' Galaxy Force II!

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0:00.0

This weekend, Retrinats, was ever happened to my Transylvanian twist!

0:04.0

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0:33.0

Get a free audio book and a 30-day trial at audibletrial.com slash game.

0:39.0

This week's episode of Retrinats is also sponsored by Barkbox, and I know what you're thinking. You know Bob, I spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars on my free loading pooch.

0:50.0

And why should I spend a penny more? Well you know what, just look into those puppy dog eyes and realize that he deserves or she all of your money and what better way to do that than through Barkbox.

1:00.0

So what is Barkbox you ask? Well it is a monthly service that ships a box of all natural edible treats and interesting toys to your four-legged pal.

1:08.0

Sign up at get barkbox.com slash game. That's get barkbox.com slash game. And you can customize your plan to your dog's needs. Whether they're a tiny, medium or jumbo-sized pooch, have specific allergy or health issues and more.

1:22.0

And they send you a different theme box of puppy goods on the 15th of each month with free shipping in the continental United States.

1:30.0

Barkbox only ships edibles made in the US and Canada, often from small businesses that don't yet have other means of wide distribution.

1:37.0

So each new box is unique. And if your dog is a little persnickety or doesn't like a particular toy or treat, barkbox will even send a substitute item in return.

1:47.0

And RetroNots listeners can get a free bonus month of service by signing up for a 6 or 12 month trial by going to get barkbox.com slash game.

2:18.0

Hi everyone and welcome to episode crap. I wasn't paying attention. What is it? Like 90, not quite 90 of RetroNots 90 something 80 something. I don't know.

2:30.0

Anyway, hi, I'm Jeremy Parrish. You're incredibly disorganized host. And this is the fourth edition of RetroNots Radio. And after the positive response that we had to the last episode where it was me and Bob together in the studio reminiscing about Nintendo stuff.

2:46.0

I decided not to just monologue this episode and I brought in another special guest to the studio. So why don't you take it from here and let everyone know about yourself.

2:55.0

Hi, I'm Jack Menhorn. I'm a sound designer at Bosky Productions here in North Carolina. I'm also a writer at contributing editor to designing sound org, which is a website about news reviews and interviews for the pro sound industry.

3:12.0

Right. And Jack is a longtime friend of RetroNots as well. And so I thought, you know, it would be perfect to have him come in and share his expertise for some occasional episodes of RetroNots Radio because one he likes classic games to he understands video game music like inside and out.

3:30.0

So what better person to have come in and talk about video game music than someone who makes their living with it. So yeah, Jack, thanks for coming in.

3:40.0

Thanks for having me. I'm a huge fan of RetroNots. This is a pleasure. Yeah, well, awesome.

3:45.0

I appreciate you taking the time. I know you guys just had a beta for for law breaker is the game you're currently working on. Correct. Yeah. Yeah.

3:55.0

Yeah, we need to get a we need to get Cliff in here sometime to talk about like some of the shooters he loves. I know he loves like a less day and things like that. So yeah, I'm going to use your influence to get him in here someday.

4:07.0

But the two founders of of Bosque productions are Cliff and Arion Brucey and they made Jack rabbit together back in the early 90s. Right. Yeah.

4:17.0

No, I mean, those guys are like fonts of video game information. So they're on my they're on my hit list someday. Anyway, but for now, we're going to be talking about some video game music.

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