An Evening at the Roost: Recent Episodes
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Join us for An Evening at The Roost, a podcast that connects the video game music community through conversation.
The Marcato family’s back together to talk about their newest album, Hero of Legend: A Season of Shadow. Over three years in the making, this 16-bit tribute album recreates the myth of Zelda, celebrating the unique musical heritage of the series through an original world of music. Karl, Will, Marty, and Carlos reminisce about the album’s origins and share the love, passion, and creativity that went into making this unforgettable love letter.
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Music:
- An Evening at The Roost Theme - Originally from Animal Crossing: Wild World, arranged by Will Brueggemann
- Hero of Legend: A Season of Shadow
Karl:
- Super Marcato Bros.
Will:
- Super Marcato Bros.
Marty:
- Heroes Three
Carlos:
- Heroes Three
An Evening at The Roost:
- Discord
- iTunes
- Website
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Line Them Up! A Paper Mario: The Origami King Concert is a colossal VGM collaboration featuring… well, just about everyone. We’re joined by Daniel Romberger, Thomas Kresge, Ro Panuganti, Doug Perry, Eileen Snyder, Ben Wallace, Nabeel Ansari, Laura Intravia, and Sam Bobinski— some of the key collaborators who made it happen, but just a fraction of the many fine folks who contributed. Together they tell the whole story, from a stray idea for a little Paper Mario arrangement all the way to a 40-minute concert with live players, elaborate animation, and special guests. So what are you waiting for? Elbow your way through the toads and join the enraptured audience for a performance you’re unlikely to forget!
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Music:
- An Evening at The Roost Theme - Originally from Animal Crossing: Wild World, arranged by Will Brueggemann
- Red Streamer Battle - Paper Mario: The Origami King
- Red Streamer Battle (Thinking) - Paper Mario: The Origami King
- Line Them Up! A Paper Mario: The Origami King Concert - Originally from Paper Mario: The Origami King, arranged by… just so many people
Guests:
- Daniel Romberger
- Thomas Kresge
- Ro Panuganti
- Doug Perry
- Eileen Snyder
- Ben Wallace
- Nabeel Ansari
- Laura Intravia
- Sam Bobinksi
An Evening at The Roost:
- Discord
- iTunes
- Website
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Clark Aboud is a man of myriad music, each of his soundtracks striking out on its own unique journey. We discuss the organic, synthetic groove of Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to), the whimsical woodwinds of Make Sail, and the gothic surprises of Slay the Spire. How and why did Clark chance upon such strange and wonderful things? Listen on and hear for yourself!
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Music:
- An Evening at The Roost Theme - Originally from Animal Crossing: Wild World, arranged by Will Brueggemann
- Ponderer - Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to)
- Connector III - Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to)
- Making Sail - Make Sail
- Island to Island - Make Sail
- Exordium - Slay the Spire
- Battle with the Champ - Slay the Spire
- Playing with a Full Deck - Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
- Club Leader Duel - Pokemon Trading Card Game
Clark Aboud
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- iTunes
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It's not every day that composers from the VGM world start developing their own games. Andrew Aversa (known to the OCRemix world as Zircon) embarked on that journey years ago and released his first game, Tangledeep. Andrew Luers (otherwise known as OA) decided to join the party and start work on his own game, Flowstone Saga. They both join us this week to talk about their projects, how Impact Gameworks came to be, and the many fascinating aspects of game development.
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Music:
An Evening at The Roost Theme - Originally from Animal Crossing: Wild World, arranged by Will Brueggemann
Music from upcoming game Flowstone Saga
Andrew Aversa (Zircon)
Website
Andrew Luers (OA)
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Emily Reese (of Level with Emily Reese fame) stops by The Roost to discuss her years-in-the-making interview series on Half Life: Alyx and what it was like to enter the fabled halls of Valve HQ. We also compare notes about podcast history, reminisce about Minecraft, and learn just a little bit about Minneapolis music history.
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Music:
An Evening at The Roost Theme - Originally from Animal Crossing: Wild World, arranged by Will Brueggemann
Elizabeth - Bioshock Infinite
Lifelight - Originally from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and arranged by 8-Bit Big Band and 88bit
The Letter - Metamorphosis
Anti-Citizen - Half Life: Alyx
Living Mice - Minecraft
Emily:
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It’s a marcato brothers network family reunion, and you’re invited! Karl, Will, Marty, Carlos, and Matthew all join in on a warm-hearted conversation about our creative endeavors and challenges throughout 2020, along with what we have planned for 2021. There are a few surprises and several definitive good times waiting inside, so pull up a chair, pour yourself some pigeon milk, and reminisce with us.
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Music:
An Evening at The Roost Theme - Originally from Animal Crossing: Wild World, arranged by Will Brueggemann
The Latent Wonders of the Deep Forest - Karl Brueggemann
All American Gangster - Will Brueggemann
Unexpected Love - Ember Willow
It’s Bugsnax! 8-bit - Major Third
Grunty’s Furnace Fun - Banjo-Kazooie
Correct Fanfare - Banjo-Kazooie
Karl:
Super Marcato Bros.
The Ultimate Hum
Will:
Super Marcato Bros.
Marty:
Heroes Three
Carlos:
Heroes Three
Matthew:
YouTube
Heroes Three
An Evening at The Roost:
Discord
iTunes
Website
An Evening at The Roost is part of the marcato brothers network!
Winter is upon us, and as the year winds down Jayson Napolitano joins us to reminisce about his Scarlet Moon’s last year. Scarlet Moon is a VGM production company that’s worked with everyone from Jake Kaufman to Hiroki Kikuta. They released a bevy of interesting albums this year, topped off most appropriately by their fifth edition of the Scarlet Moon Christmas album. So pour yourself a cup of hot coco and take a seat for the first annual Christmas at the Roost!
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Music:
A Christmas at The Roost Theme - Originally from Animal Crossing: Wild World, arranged by Will Brueggemann
Sleigh Ride in Dreamland - Hunter Bridges
Main Theme of Final Fantasy IV - William Carlos Reyes
Party at the Graveyard - Ray’s the Dead
Title Theme - Saturday Morning RPG 2
Hometown (Combat) - Dreamscaper
Wizard of Legend (Title) - AYAKI
XYLITH - coda
Jayson:
Website
YouTube
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Discord
iTunes
Website
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Sackboy: A Big Adventure wouldn't be half so colorful without the huge cast of creative musicians contributing to its lovingly patchwork soundtrack. With the help of percussionist Doug Perry and woodwind expert Kristin Naigus, composer Lena Raine connected these disparate styles together with a five-part map theme that spans the world in more ways than one. And, at one point or another, nobody knew what they were doing.
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Music:
- An Evening at The Roost Theme - Originally from Animal Crossing: Wild World, arranged by Will Brueggemann
- Get it Together - LittleBigPlanet
- Volver A Comenzar - LittleBigPlanet
- Travelling - Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Lena:
Doug:
Kristin:
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- iTunes
- Website
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Friend of the show Matthew Tucciarone joins us for a laid back look back at the year of 2020. We start with remembering our favorite soundtracks, then embark upon a winding path of conversation that takes us everywhere from the Xbox Series X to the original Zork. Turns out, we had a lot of time to play games this year.
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Music:
Title / Main Theme - Paper Mario The Origami King
Main Theme - Animal Crossing: New Horizons
2 PM - Animal Crossing: New Horizons
No Escape - Hades
Out of Tartarus - Hades
They're Back - Streets of Rage 4
Sneakman - Jet Set Radio
BFG Division - Doom (2016)
Mae - Gris
Qingyun Peak Themes - Genshin Impact
Main Menu - Guacamelee! 2
Main Theme - Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Matthew:
YouTube
T'Pon's Theater on Subspace
Heroes Three
An Evening at The Roost:
Discord
iTunes
Website
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Aivi Tran and Sabrielle Augstin sit down with some crisp apple cider for a chat about Ikenfell, a seasonally-appropriate RPG about friendship, mystery, and witches. Together the two composers swap stories about weaving inclusivity throughout the whole game and explore its musical roots, from Final Fantasy VIII to Canadian folk music.
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Music:
An Evening at The Roost Theme - Originally from Animal Crossing: Wild World, arranged by Will Brueggemann
Lullaby for a Witch - Ikenfell
Authenticity - Ikenfell
To Wherever I Take Us - Ikenfell
Waltz for the Moon - Final Fantasy VIII
5pm - Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Forest of Secrets - Ikenfell
Rhythm of the Wild - Ikenfell
Aivi:
Website
Sabrielle:
Website
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iTunes
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Playtonic composers/sound designers Matt Griffin and Dan Murdoch join Bryan to talk about their most recent game, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair. They were presented with the unique challenge of working with Donkey Kong Country composer David Wise to carry on his legacy, and have plenty of stories to share about what they learned and accomplished through the process.
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Music:
An Evening at The Roost Theme - Originally from Animal Crossing: Wild World, arranged by Will Brueggemann
Title Screen - Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Main Theme (8-Bit Version) - Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Scareship Scroll - Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Factory Fright Flooded - Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Scareship Scroll Docked (Airship) - Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Wild Web Woods - Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Cliffside Quest - Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Urban Uprise - Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Pagie Challenge - Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Playtonic Games:
Website
Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair Soundtrack
Retro Remix Soundtrack
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iTunes
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The whole DiscoCactus crew piles into The Roost for a spirited discussion (read: screaming) about their Streets of Rage 4 cover, being a musician during a pandemic, and the boundless joy of Paper Mario. You’ll even hear about a new soundtrack they have cooking for an upcoming game, which, naturally, also inspires… spirited discussion.
Rarely does art and sound create such a sublime synthesis as in Epitasis, a passion project from designer/artist Lucas Govatos and musician Pejman Roozbeh. They both join Bryan to talk about the project, its origins, and the interplay between music and design that's constantly at work in the world of video games.
Music:
An Evening at The Roost Theme - Originally from Animal Crossing: Wild World, arranged by Will Brueggemann
Dive - Tycho
Epitasis - Epitasis
Aura - Epitasis
Main Theme - No Straight Roads
vs DJ Subatomic Supernova - No Straight Roads
vs DJ Subatomic Supernova (EDM Version) - No Straight Roads
vs DJ Subatomic Supernova (Rock Version) - No Straight Roads
Lucas Govatos:
Epitasis on Steam
Pejman Roozbeh:
Bandcamp
Spotify
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iTunes
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Ben Burnes settles down for a good chat about his many projects and the way he creates them. We explore the process of launching a Nintendo Switch game, compare the art of specializing with generalizing, and discover that learning music theory is exactly the same as playing Super Smash Bros.
Rebecca Tripp sips a steaming cup of Lon Lon Milk as she shares about her new Legend of Zelda audio drama, Lamp of Destiny. No skulltula is left unturned as we discuss the writing process, the mythological underpinnings of video games, and whether Link would hit a cucco.
Music:
An Evening at The Roost Theme - Originally from Animal Crossing: Wild World, arranged by Will Brueggemann
Ocarina of Time Middle Boss Battle Arrangement - Originally from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, arranged by The Noble Demon
File Select - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Violet Flame - Rebecca Tripp
Hyrule Trails - Rebecca Tripp
Mini Game - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Rebecca Tripp:
YouTube
Lamp of Destiny
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iTunes
Website
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Grant Kirkhope pours a drink and tells some stories on this Evening at The Roost. We chat about making connections in the music biz, the human element of orchestral music, the unofficially upcoming Kirkophony symphony, and more!
Music-
An Evening at The Roost Theme - Originally from Animal Crossing: Wild World, arranged by Will Brueggemann
To the Rock - The Wrong Rock
Bug Crushing - Dropzone
Oven Fresh Day - Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise
Balor - Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Kirkfeld - Grant Kirkhope
Peach's Castle - Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battles
Grant Kirkhope:
Website
An Evening at The Roost:
Website
Discord
iTunes
An Evening at The Roost is part of the Marcato Bros. Network!
Welcome to An Evening at the Roost, a podcast that connects the video game community through conversation.
Music:
An Evening at The Roost Theme - Originally from Animal Crossing: Wild World, arranged by Will Brueggemann
An Evening at The Roost:
Website
Discord
iTunes
An Evening at The Roost is part of the Marcato Brothers Network!