[Episode 29] It’s warm outside, the weather is perfect, and barSILENCE is greeting summer with a special Beach Day Mixtape episode!
Come soak up the sun with this perfectly crafted video game music playlist for your ultimate beach day getaway. From tropical island tunes to relaxing seaside melodies, this mixtape captures a slice of summer and those perfect pixelated paradises that only gaming can make real.
Grab your sunscreen, pop in your earbuds, and let the summer beats begin!
Tracklisting:
00:00:00 - Baby Dry Your Eyes (Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation) [Hiroaki Takahashi]
00:02:30 - Intro to Beach Day
00:05:17 - Poka-Poka Island (Super Adventure Island 2) [Akihiro Akamatsu, Sachiko Oita, Shinji Nakaya]
00:09:27 - Angel Island Zone - Act 1 (Sonic 3 & Knuckles) [Tatsuyuki Maeda, Sachio Ogawa, Masanori Hikichi]
00:11:44 - Summers, Eternal Tourist Trap (Earthbound) [Akio Ohmori, Ritsuo Kamimura, Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka]
00:13:07 - Eden (Breath of Fire 3) [Akari Kaida, Yoshino Aoki]
00:15:59 - Summer Bar (Day) (Garden Story) [Grahm Nesbitt]
00:18:03 - Costa Del Sol (Final Fantasy VII) [Nobuo Uematsu]
00:20:23 - Rookie Harbor (CrossCode) [Deniz Akbulut]
00:22:36 - Royal City (The Legend of Dragoon) [Dennis Martin]
00:25:09 - Sea Breeze (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater) [Sergei Mantis]
00:28:44 - Bubblaine (Super Mario Odyssey) [Naoto Kubo]
00:32:42 - Sunday (Gran Turismo 5) [Taroma Koshida]
00:37:24 - After This Island (On A Peaceful Island) (Suikoden Tactics) [Norikazu Miura]
00:39:19 - Ukulele de Chocobo (Final Fantasy IX) [Nobuo Uematsu]
00:41:36 - Dragon Roost Island (Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker) [Kenta Nagata]
00:44:04 - Home (Day) (Miitomo) [Maasa Miyoshi, Daisuke Matsuoka]
00:46:09 - Home In One (What The Golf?) [Sune Køter Kølster]
00:47:43 - The Yaschas Massif (Final Fantasy XIII) [Masashi Hamauzu]
00:49:45 - Roll Me In (Katamari Damacy) [Hideki Tobeta]
00:55:33 - Ending: Pala Paya... Lounge Musique (Space Channel 5) [Naofumi Hataya]
00:59:46 - Passing Breeze (Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast) [Hiro, Yasuhiro Takagi, Fumio Ito]
01:05:24 - Staff Roll (Saturn Bomberman) [June Chikuma]
01:08:16 - Outro
01:10:16 - Vanishing Horizon (Ridge Racer) [J99]
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