Unoriginal Soundtracks
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Podcast Description
Every other Wednesday I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, songs about world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for random terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and rediscover old classics.
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Unoriginal Soundtracks: LA Noire Edition | Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for relevant terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and uncover hidden gems. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter. FIFA is the video-game world's foremost celebration of association football. Welsh bubblegum punks, Scottish folk singers, and English dancehall emcees have recorded plenty of music about the beautiful game, and some Americans have even written songs I can link to FIFA in this week's Unoriginal Soundtracks. Track list (Hit the links to download from Amazon) A New Squad Attacking Formation -- Helen Love Fitba Referee -- The Clydesiders Mathematically Safe -- Half Man Half Biscuit Kicker Conspiracy -- The Fall Football Hooligan -- Tippa Ire Sexist Pig -- Country Joe McDonald Sing Songs Along -- Tilly And The Wall Support the podcast by sharing these trailers | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unoriginal Soundtracks: Bioshock Edition | Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for relevant terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and uncover hidden gems. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter. Bioshock, along with The Darkness, is one of this generation's stand-out examples of first-person storytelling. Apart from it's meta-commentary on how games manipulate you into acting in a certain way, it examined paranoia, addiction, and unchecked genetic modification. All of which makes for a playlist of ska-punk, rhythm and blues, soul, and more. Track list (Hit the links to download from Amazon) Bathysphere -- Cat Power Under The Sea -- Suburban Legends (Don't You Mess Around With) My Little Sister -- Michelle Shocked Ghost Town -- Meic Stevens The Needle And The Damage Done -- Neil Young You Don't Own Me -- Dusty Springfield She Sells Stem Cells -- Cripple Creek Fairies Propaganda -- The Slackers The New Year -- Death Cab For Cutie A big thanks to Paul Dronet for suggesting You Don't Own Me. Support the podcast by sharing these trailers | 5/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unoriginal Soundtracks: Portal Edition | Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for relevant terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and uncover hidden gems. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter. Portal is an example of what a world-class development studio can do with one great idea, a solid game engine, and some clever writing. It ended on a memorable song by Jonathan Coulton, but left plenty of room for this playlist of soul, spoken word, and scientific comedy music. Track list (Hit the links to download from Amazon) We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place -- The Animals Lab Rat -- Finland Station Speed And Velocity -- They Might Be Giants and Marty Beller The Sounds of Science -- Beastie Boys She Blinded Me With Science -- William Shatner, Patrick Moraz, and Bootsy Collins Cake -- The B-52's We've Been Through Too Much Together -- Eddie Floyd Laboratory Christmas Party -- Helen Arney Support the podcast by sharing these trailers | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitUnoriginal Soundtracks: Assassin’s Creed 2 Edition (Including Brotherhood and Revelations) | Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for relevant terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and uncover hidden gems. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter. Assassin's Creed 2 (including its own sequels, Brotherhood and Revelations) is the pinnacle of musician-harassment simulators. It started with the ability to throw minstrels at cathedrals or into canals, and ended with Ezio infiltrating their ranks to commit crimes against music. Let this playlist of geographical, historical, and religious music compensate for those crimes. Track list (Hit the links to download from Amazon) Anti-Pope -- The Damned Machiavelli Me -- No Empathy Istanbul -- They Might Be Giants Henry Ford Was A Fascist -- David Rovics Family History -- Tim O'Brien Brotherhood Of Death -- Apollo Sunshine Ruins Of Rome -- The Sound Of Arrows St. Peter's Cathedral -- Death Cab For Cutie A big thanks to Matt Giguere for suggesting Brotherhood of Death. Support the podcast by sharing these trailers | 4/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitUnoriginal Soundtracks: Mass Effect 3 Edition | Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for relevant terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and uncover hidden gems. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter. Mass Effect 3 finally delivers its threatened galaxy-wide extinction of spacefaring life when the reapers start their slaughter in London. In desperate attempt to stop it, Shepard meets oppressed robots, homeless aliens, and space zombies. All of this makes for a spoiler-filled playlist of punk, ska, and jazz. Track list London Calling -- The Clash -- (Buy the MP3) Unstoppable -- The Planet Smashers -- (Buy the MP3) Let's Work Together -- Canned Heat -- (Buy the MP3) Go Down Moses (Let My People Go) -- Louis Armstrong -- (Buy the MP3) Astro Zombies -- The Misfits -- (Buy the MP3) Home -- Iggy Pop -- (Buy the MP3) We're Only Gonna Die -- Bad Religion -- (Buy the MP3) A Real Hero -- College and Electric Youth -- (Buy the MP3) A big thanks to Alex Cronk-Young and Chris Ross for their song suggestions. Help support the podcast by sharing these trailers | 3/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unoriginal Soundtracks: The Darkness 2 Edition | Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for relevant terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and uncover hidden gems. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter. Catherine is drenched in adult themes and alcohol. That makes for a varied playlist of fun blues, rock and roll, and funk about drink; and introspective post-punk and folk-rock about love and marriage. Track list Back In Black -- AC/DC -- (Buy the CD) Raised In Hell -- Zombina And The Skeletones -- (Buy the MP3) Nightcall -- Kavinsky -- (Buy the MP3) -- (Suggested by Chris Ross) I See A Darkness -- Bonnie "Prince" Billy -- (Buy the MP3) Round And Round Hitler's Grave -- The Almanac Singers -- (Buy the MP3) Lunatic Asylum [Live] -- Chas And Dave -- (Buy the CD) Climbing Up The Walls -- Radiohead -- (Buy the MP3) -- Suggested by Matt Giguere Blue Angel -- Roy Orbison -- (Buy the MP3) A big thanks to Chris Ross, and Matt Giguere for their song suggestions | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unoriginal Soundtracks: Catherine Edition | Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for relevant terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and uncover hidden gems. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter. Catherine is drenched in adult themes and alcohol. That makes for a varied playlist of fun blues, rock and roll, and funk about drink; and introspective post-punk and folk-rock about love and marriage. Track list Bombshell -- Operation Ivy -- (Buy the MP3) -- (Suggested by Alex Cronk-Young) If You Don't Start Drinkin' (I'm Gonna Leave) -- George Thorogood And The Destroyers -- (Buy the MP3) Love Will Tear Us Apart -- Joy Division -- (Buy the MP3) -- (Suggested by Tom Heistuman) Saké -- Jupiter -- (Buy the MP3) Rum and Coca Cola -- Wanda Jackson -- (Buy the MP3) Hey Bartender -- Floyd Dixon -- (Buy the MP3) Whiskey Ballad -- Seasick Steve -- (Buy the MP3) The Marriage -- Billy Bragg -- (Buy the MP3) Closing Time -- Semisonic -- (Buy the MP3) -- (Suggested by Paul Dronet) A big thanks to Alex Cronk-Young, Chris Ross, Paul Dronet, Tom Heistuman, and Tyler Rodriguez for their song suggestions | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unoriginal Soundtracks: LA Noire Edition | Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for relevant terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and uncover hidden gems. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter. This punk-heavy playlist is completely period- and genre-inappropriate; not a smooth saxophone or smoky-voiced dame within earshot. But don't let that stop you enjoying a selection of great music that covers the same subject matter as Team Bondi's unique, studio-killing LA Noire. Track list Interrogation Room -- Cyanide Pills -- (Buy the MP3) Vice And Virtues -- Dropkick Murphys -- (Buy the MP3) Homicide [John Peel Session] -- 999 -- (Buy the MP3) Hollywood Homicide -- The Frantic -- (Buy the MP3) Los Angeles, I'm Yours -- The Decemberists -- (Buy the MP3) The Ballad Of Ira Hayes -- Johnny Cash -- (Buy the MP3) Arson -- The Audio -- (Buy the MP3) Black Dahlia -- Satan's Cheerleaders -- (Buy the MP3) Corruption -- Iggy Pop -- (Buy the MP3 | 2/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unoriginal Soundtracks: Assassin’s Creed Edition | Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for relevant terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and uncover hidden gems. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter. The first in the series of third-person neck-stabbing games, Assassin's Creed mixes paranoid conspiracy theories, pseudo-science, and history to make one of the most interesting worlds of recent blockbuster games. Musicians share a fascination with some of those themes, so enjoy a playlist of spoken word, folk, soul, and more all about Assassin's Creed. Track list The Old Man Of The Mountain -- Bill Laswell -- (Buy the MP3) Stab Your Back -- The Damned -- (Buy the MP3) Assassin -- Dan Bull -- (Buy the MP3) Back To Eden -- Black Sabbath -- (Buy the CD) The Templar Knight -- Maddy Prior -- (Buy the MP3) 3rd Crusade -- Cowboy Junkies -- (Buy the MP3) Running Away -- Roy Ayers -- (Buy the MP3) Leap Of Faith -- Etta James -- (Buy the MP3) Assassin -- Asian Dub Foundation -- (Buy the MP3 | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unoriginal Soundtracks: Oddworld Stranger’s Wrath (HD) Edition | Every other Wednesday I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, songs about world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for random terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and rediscover old classics. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter. Stranger's Wrath may be set in Oddworld, but its familiar western themes and mashup species of Earthbound fauna provides ample material for an episode of Unoriginal Soundtracks. Listen for country from Grateful Dead side-project New Riders of the Purple Sage, multi-layered a-cappella from Jamie Woon, freak folk from Animal Collective, and more. Also: see our review of the HD remake for PlayStation Network. Track list Critter Corner -- Jason Starr -- (Buy the MP3) Newt -- Artichoke -- (Buy the MP3) Bounty Hunter -- New Riders Of The Purple Sage -- (Buy the MP3) Wayfaring Stranger -- Jamie Woon -- (Buy the MP3) Bees -- Animal Collective -- (Buy the MP3) The Southland Stole Our Water -- Winston Montgomery -- (Buy the CD) I Am A Lion -- John Otway -- (Buy the MP3 | 1/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitUnoriginal Soundtracks: Grand Theft Auto 4 Edition | Grand Theft Auto 4 marked Rockstar North's first stab at a serious GTA game. The usual GTA problems -- missions that feel like errands, and a plodding 30-hour story -- spoiled it, but the shorter downloadable "episodes" provided much more focused stories. They also provided different perspectives on the city and more subject matter to inspire song picks in today's episode. Track list Immigrant Song [BBC Session] -- Led Zeppelin -- (Buy the MP3) Where Are We Runnin'? -- Lenny Kravitz -- (Buy the MP3) Grand Theft Auto -- Nicolay and Kay -- (Buy the MP3) Car Crash -- The Cadets -- (Buy the MP3) Biker -- Pretenders -- (Buy the MP3) Looking For Somebody -- Fleetwood Mac -- (Buy the MP3) Don't Call Me N****r, Whitey -- Sly and the Family Stone -- (Buy the MP3) Glad To Be Gay -- Tom Robinson Band -- (Buy the MP3 | 12/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unoriginal Soundtracks: Roller Coaster Tycoon Edition | Every other Wednesday I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, songs about world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for random terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and rediscover old classics. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter. PC gamers of a specific age will likely have happy memories of messing with the Roller Coaster Tycoon. It took management sims to the sandbox -- like The Sims was largely a toy for architecture and interior design, it was really about going nuts and creating crazy rides. It's also the subject of this half-hour playlist of great punk, folk, and prog music. Track list Helter Skelter -- Siouxsie and the Banshees -- (Buy the MP3) Lemonade -- Rivers Cuomo -- (Buy the MP3) Theme Park -- Lungleg -- (Buy the MP3) Rollercoaster -- M. Ward -- (Buy the MP3) Ferris Wheel -- Donovan -- (Buy the MP3) Carousel -- Mr. Bungle -- (Buy the CD) Ice Cream Man -- Van Halen -- (Buy the MP3) All the Fun of the Fair -- David Essex -- (Buy the MP3) | 12/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unoriginal Soundtracks: Halo Combat Evolved Edition | Every other Wednesday I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, songs about world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for random terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and rediscover old classics. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter. This November is special for fans of purple sci-fi shooters; it's Halo: Combat Evolved's tenth birthday. Microsoft is celebrating by releasing Halo: Anniversary edition, but I'm celebrating with a playlist of songs about the game that saved Microsoft's console launch. Track list Half Man Half Machine -- Goldie Lookin Chain -- (Buy the MP3) Escape Pod -- Space Neighbors -- (Buy the MP3) Staci Stasis -- Zombina and the Skeletones -- (Buy the MP3) Zombies In Space -- Wumpus -- (Buy the MP3) One Man Army -- Binary star, feat. OneManArmy (a.k.a. One Be Lo) -- (Buy the MP3) Voice In My Head -- Buck-O-Nine -- (Buy the MP3) Just The Two Of Us -- Thin Lizzy -- (Buy the CD) | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unoriginal Soundtracks: Batman Arkham City Edition | Every other Wednesday I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, songs about world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for random terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and rediscover old classics. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter. Sneaking past the bigger spoilers, pouncing on bad songs and knocking them unconscious, and with a British accent in your ear throughout -- it's the Batman: Arkham City edition of Unoriginal Soundtracks. Only the best music about one of the best games of 2011. Track list Fixin' to Die -- Bukka White -- (Buy the MP3) Two Faced Man -- Ladykillers -- (Buy the MP3) Hey, Solomon Grundy! -- The Public Good -- (Buy the MP3) The Riddler -- Method Man -- (Buy the MP3) Ghost Town -- The Specials -- (Buy the MP3) You're a Prisoner -- Death -- (Buy the MP3) Predator Eyes -- The Mountain Goats -- (Buy the MP3) Harlequin -- The Hollies -- (Buy the CD) | 11/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unoriginal Soundtracks: Outtakes Special | Every other Wednesday I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, songs about world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for random terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and rediscover old classics. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter. Breaking from the usual themed-playlist format, this episode looks back at some songs that didn't quite make it into past episodes. Some weren't quite appropriate, were instrumentals, or were just not English. As usual, though, the half-hour playlist is a solid, eclectic selection of great music. Track list Shhot the Singer -- Fermin Mugurza -- (Buy the MP3) I Love Rock 'n' Roll -- Zombina and the Skeletones -- (Buy the MP3) Drowned and the Saved -- Jah Wobble -- (Buy the MP3) Twin Brother -- Eddie Holland -- (Buy his MP3s) Gotta Find a Job -- Lee Dorsey -- (Buy the MP3) White Rain -- Junip -- (Buy the MP3) In the Fog -- Azure Ray -- (Buy the MP3) I Hear the Drummer (Tunng Edit) -- Quincy, Xen Cuts Allstars -- (Buy the MP3) Hey Man -- Kill Kenada -- (Stream and buy from Bandcamp) | 10/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitUnoriginal Soundtracks: Mass Effect 2 Edition | Every other Wednesday I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, songs about world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for random terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and rediscover old classics. It's a big, scary galaxy full of ethical ambiguity and killer robots. Huddle up to you favourite gal/guy/asexual being and listen to this playlist of songs about Mass Effect 2. Track list Space Trucker -- Midnight Brown -- (Get the discography for free) Alien Sex -- A.I. -- (Buy the CD) Suicide Mission -- The Breakers -- (Buy the CD) Evil Science -- Zombina 8 the Skeletones -- (Buy the MP3) (Excerpt of) Space is the Place -- Sun Ra -- (Buy the MP3) One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21 -- The Flaming Lips -- (Buy the MP3) Iron Man -- Black Sabbath -- (Buy the CD) Galaxy Song -- Monty Python -- (Buy the MP3) iTunes Ĥ RSS Ĥ Twitter | 9/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitUnoriginal Soundtracks: Mirror’s Edge Edition | Shorter than average, but at least as satisfying, it's the Mirror's Edge edition of Unoriginal Soundtracks. | 9/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitUnoriginal Soundtracks: Fable 2 Edition | Every other Wednesday I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, songs about world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Searching for random terms on Spotify is a great way to discover new music and rediscover old classics. You only have room in your head for about 10 great podcasts; I want this to be one of them. Plant a podcast in your childhood and it'll grow into this punk-infused podcast. Mentioned in this podcast: Abstract Japan. Track list The Village Green Preservation Society -- The Kinks -- (Buy the MP3) No More Heroes -- The Stranglers -- (Buy the MP3) Let's Lynch the Landlord -- Dead Kennedys -- (Buy the MP3) My Sweet Dog -- Hi-Standard -- (Buy the CD) Stop! -- Against Me! -- (Buy the MP3) Too Much Too Young -- The Specials -- (Buy the MP3) Pay Me My Money Down -- Bruce Springsteen -- (Buy the MP3) Do We Have to Rise Again? -- I Come to Shanghai -- (Pay what you want for the album) Cerebral Pop Ĥ iTunes Ĥ RSS Ĥ Twitter | 8/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Anything but unoriginal
The podcast world is full of the same old thing, but this one is much different. It's a completely refreshing take on podcasts, combining video games and music in a really cool way.
Great mix of music
Listened through all the episodes and each one has been stellar in editing and focus. Great mix of music both old and new - do yourself a favor and subscribe to this gem.
Absolutely Terrific!
Every couple of months, I perform a search for any podcasts related to DEADLY PREMONITION. My search this week brought me to Unoriginal Soundtracks. I downloaded the episode and listened to it the next day. Then, I proceeded to listen to it four more times within the next twenty-four hours. Then, I came back to iTunes, became a sunscriber, and downloaded all of the other episodes.
This guy picks some AMAZING music, and edits them with wonderful little asides in a manner akin to radio. Great stuff! I usually never write reviews for iTunes, but I love this podcast so much that I was prompted to give it five stars and write one. Anyone who likes games and music should be able to appreciate this one.
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