[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1R8: The Best of 2025”

[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1R8: The Best of 2025”

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February 25, 2026 · 2h 38m · Episode 170

About this episode

This episode reviews the best music from the year 2025, marking the end of the show's regular seasons.

Today’s broadcast is C1R8 for Wayback Wednesday, February 25th, 2026. Today’s episode will be our "best of year-in-review" for calendar 2025, covering C1E91-C1E100 and a number of important Ch F "F-isodes". As Season 8 (calender 2025) was the final regular season of Ch 1, that also makes this our final "best of year-in-review" episode. Tracklist Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Originally Selected By / Originally from Episode(s) / Timestamp A1) Intro - 00:00:00 01) Earth - Lords of Magic - PC - Keith Zizza - St. John - C1E96 - 00:04:34 02) Balom Dungeon - LoZ: Echoes of Wisdom - Switch - Masato Ohashi, Manaka Kataoka, Chisaki Hosaka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, Ryotaro Yagi, and/or Azusa Kato - St. John - C1E93 - 00:08:41 03) Ending - Spider-Man / X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge - SNES - Tim and/or Geoff Follin - St. John - C1E100 - 00:11:45 04) PerfecT Shape - to a T - Multiplatform - c: Sakai Asuka and/or Keita Takahashi / v: Sam Bird - St. John - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 00:13:03 05) Fascination Io Stage - Zero Divide - PS1/PC - Hideyuki Shimono, and/or Akihito Okawa - Electric Boogaloo - C1E99 - 00:14:34 06) Bonus - Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore - Multiplatform - Button…

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Host: Nerd Noise Radio

Topics covered

  • year-in-review
  • video game music
  • best of
  • nostalgia
  • final season

Keywords

  • best of 2025
  • video game soundtracks
  • music review
  • Nerd Noise Radio
  • Wayback Wednesday

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