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The Mario theme song is HARDWIRED into our brains. It's SO CATCHY! You absentmindedly hum the first six notes in your head when you're doing laundry, or even find yourself hearing echoes of it in the modern music of today. What was it about your experience with games like Mario, Zelda, Final Fantasy, and Tetris that made their music so memorable? The Tetris theme? Classic! Final Fantasy Prelude? Famous! But why? There's an easy answer, and then there's the CRAZY answer that Jamin sheds light on in this week's episode of Game/Show. Watch it and find out what makes retro game music so memorable!

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Check out Diggin' in the Carts, a documentary on the influence of Japanese videogame music on contemporary music!
http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/enhanced/diggin-in-the-carts

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ASSET LINKS:

Game Show
0:32 Super Mario Bros. Medley (Eminence Symphony Orchestra)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcKurvm_0oE

0:35 Tetris A Theme Guitar Cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO3CfP-eOLA

0:40 Overworld Theme (From Super Mario Bros.) Alto Saxophone Game Cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLdlnh-oqKU

0:44 Super Mario Theme - Sungha Jung (Ukulele)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9WCM4CV5Iw

0:59 skrillex_the_hedgehog_by_nazothesuperhedgehog
http://nazothesuperhedgehog.deviantart.com/art/Skrillex-the-Hedgehog-350433788

01:01 Digging' in the Carts - The Rise of VGM - Ep 1 - Red Bull Music Academy Presents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8z8-SKg3WU

1:18 TEENS REACT TO NINTENDO (NES)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDOZbvE01Fk

1:27 beatboxing flute super mario brothers theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crfrKqFp0Zg

1:47 Super Mario World - Overworld Theme Acapella
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndiD8V7zpAs

2:09 MinecraftEdu- The Craft of Digital Citizens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgTdmhV-Mxs

2:13 Neural Nostalgia on Slate
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/08/musical_nostalgia_the_psychology_and_neuroscience_for_song_preference_and.html

2:49 The Evolution of Final Fantasys Prelude Theme (1987 - 2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29WMFk3SFjY

5:20 SoundSelf - Part 6 - The First Full Soundself Trip on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sRUk8nUZE4

5:34 Lumino City - making of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTPQ0Mf3V18

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MUSIC:

"Oh Damn!" by CJVSO
https://soundcloud.com/downpitched/cjvso-oh-damn

"Digital Sonar" by Brink

"Mindphuck" by Known To Be Lethal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-cyr7l9yBw

"After Hours"

"Lakes" by Chooga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8hnsQc9ST0

"Beautiful Days" by Extan
https://soundcloud.com/extandnb/beautiful-days

"Spectrum Subdiffusion Mix" by Foniqz
https://soundcloud.com/subdiffusion/foniqz-spectrum-subdiffusion

"Good Way Song" by Electronic Rescue

"Alice y Bob" by Javier Rubio and Parsec
https://archive.org/details/escala19_vvaa_escala_no_uniforme

"Sleet" by Kubbi
https://soundcloud.com/kubbi/kubbi-sleet

"Toaster" by Kubbi
https://soundcloud.com/kubbi/toaster

"Patriotic Songs of America" by New York Military Band and the American Quartet
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/New_York_Military_Band_and_the_American_Quartet/Edison_Amberol_457/cusb-cyl3890d

"Lets Go Back To The Rock" by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider

"Run" by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider

"Fame" by Statue of Diveo
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352814/statueofdiveo

"Freedom Weekends" by Statue of Diveo
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352814/statueofdiveo

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