71: Midnight Mass at Our Lady of Pixels

Who likes pipe organs? This episode offers up some of the best pipe organ (or pipe organ-like) music in the history of video games. In almost every instance, this instrument is used to signify the sacred, the profane or some horrible combination of the two. Is it a cliche? Sure. But it’s one this podcaster can be okay with.

And if you like this, listen to the saxophone episode too.

Who likes pipe organs? This episode offers up some of the best pipe organ (or pipe organ-like) music in the history of video games. In almost every instance, this instrument is used to signify the sacred, the profane or some horrible combination of the two. Is it a cliche? Sure. But it’s one this podcaster can be okay with. Listen to the saxophone-specific episode of Singing Mountain: https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/best-saxophones-video-games Track listing: 0:15: Ultimecia’s Castle / Final Fantasy VIII / Nobuo Uematsu 2:34: Manoria Cathedral / Chrono Trigger / Yasunori Mitsuda 3:42: Door of Journey / Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals / Yasunori Shiono 4:56: Title Theme / Gauntlet II / Hal Canon, Brad Fuller and Earl Vickers 5:23: Nature / Front Mission / Yoko Shimomura and Noriko Matsueda 7:11: Divine King Tower / Kenji Ito / Romancing Saga 3 9:08: St. Eva Grand Church (God of Decadence) / Breath of Fire II / Yuko Takehara 11:34: Shrine of the Master / Soul Blazer / Yukihide Takekawa and Kazz Tomaya 14:40: Armageddon / Live a Live / Yoko Shimomura 17:06: Golbez, Clad in Darkness / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy IV 21:18: Ganon’s Tower / Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Koji Kondo 24:02: Cackletta’s Theme / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions / Yoko Shimomura 25:43: Ultimate Koopa / Super Mario 64 / Koji Kondo 28:30: Drawcia Sorceress / Kirby: Canvas Curse / Jun Ishikawa and Tadashi Ikegami 29:59: The Place Where Evil Sleeps (Cordelia’s Theme) / Panel de Pon Harmony / Masaya Kuzume 33:53: Beyond the Colosseum / Demon’s Crest / Toshihiko Horiyama 36:09: Wandy’s Castle / Pac-Man All-Stars / Unknown Composer 37:48: Portal to Open Grounds / Radical Dreamers / Yasunori Mitsuda 40:19: Reincarnation / Shin Megami Tensei IV / Ryota Kozuka, Kenichi Tsuchiya and Toshiki Konishi 45:59: Simon’s Theme / Castlevania IV / Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo 49:27: After Confession / Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow / Masahiko Kimura and Michiru Yamane 52:00: The Gears Go Awry / Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin / Michiru Yamane and Yuzo Koshiro 53:55: A Toccata into Blood-Soaked Darkness / Castlevania: Curse of Darkness / Michiru Yamane and Yuka Watanabe 59:28: Healed by a Hymn / Dragon Quest VIII (PS2) / Koichi Sugiyama 61:41: Hey You, What Time Is It? / Treasure Hunter G / Hitoshi Sakamoto 62:59: Shrine / Shining in the Darkness / Masahiko Yoshimura 64:17: The Saint / Dragon Quest VI / Koichi Sugiyama 66:01: Please, God / Breath of Fire 2 / Breath of Fire II / Yuko Takehara 67:06: Pray for the People’s Joy / Yasunori Mitsuda / Xenogears 69:22 Safety in the Sanctuary / Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Koji Kondo 70:50: Safety in the Sanctuary / Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds / Ryo Nagamatsu 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 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

Track listing:

0:15: Ultimecia’s Castle / Final Fantasy VIII / Nobuo Uematsu
2:34: Manoria Cathedral / Chrono Trigger / Yasunori Mitsuda
3:42: Door of Journey / Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals / Yasunori Shiono
4:56: Title Theme / Gauntlet II / Hal Canon, Brad Fuller and Earl Vickers
5:23: Nature / Front Mission / Yoko Shimomura and Noriko Matsueda
7:11: Divine King Tower / Kenji Ito / Romancing Saga 3
9:08: St. Eva Grand Church (God of Decadence) / Breath of Fire II / Yuko Takehara
11:34: Shrine of the Master / Soul Blazer / Yukihide Takekawa and Kazz Tomaya
14:40: Armageddon / Live a Live / Yoko Shimomura
17:06: Golbez, Clad in Darkness / Nobuo Uematsu / Final Fantasy IV 
21:18: Ganon’s Tower / Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Koji Kondo
24:02: Cackletta’s Theme / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions / Yoko Shimomura
25:43: Ultimate Koopa / Super Mario 64 / Koji Kondo 
28:30: Drawcia Sorceress / Kirby: Canvas Curse / Jun Ishikawa and Tadashi Ikegami
29:59: The Place Where Evil Sleeps (Cordelia’s Theme) / Panel de Pon Harmony / Masaya Kuzume 
33:53: Beyond the Colosseum / Demon’s Crest / Toshihiko Horiyama
36:09: Wandy’s Castle / Pac-Man All-Stars / Unknown Composer
37:48: Portal to Open Grounds / Radical Dreamers / Yasunori Mitsuda 
40:19: Reincarnation / Shin Megami Tensei IV / Ryota Kozuka, Kenichi Tsuchiya and Toshiki Konishi 
45:59: Simon’s Theme / Castlevania IV / Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo 
49:27: After Confession / Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow / Masahiko Kimura and Michiru Yamane
52:00: The Gears Go Awry / Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin / Michiru Yamane and Yuzo Koshiro
53:55: A Toccata into Blood-Soaked Darkness / Castlevania: Curse of Darkness / Michiru Yamane and Yuka Watanabe
59:28: Healed by a Hymn / Dragon Quest VIII (PS2) / Koichi Sugiyama 
61:41: Hey You, What Time Is It? / Treasure Hunter G / Hitoshi Sakamoto
62:59: Shrine / Shining in the Darkness / Masahiko Yoshimura
64:17: The Saint / Dragon Quest VI / Koichi Sugiyama
66:01: Please, God / Breath of Fire 2 / Breath of Fire II / Yuko Takehara
67:06: Pray for the People’s Joy / Yasunori Mitsuda / Xenogears 
69:22 Safety in the Sanctuary / Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Koji Kondo
70:50: Safety in the Sanctuary / Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds / Ryo Nagamatsu

 
 
Drew Mackie