Tetris Affects

[Episode 5] This month barSILENCE is covering the music from one of the best-selling games ever made! That's right, we're listening to Tetris! The name of this episode is no mistake, Tetris has been weaving its way into our brains and affecting generations of gamers for nearly 40 years.

Let's listen to the origins of the Tetris theme, its variations, and a ton of fantastic music from 15 different games!

Track Listing:

00:00:00 - Name Entry (Tetris - Gameboy) [Hirokazu Tanaka]

00:03:18 - Peddlers (Tetris - Apple IIgs) [Ed Bogas]

00:03:56 - Type-A (Tetris - Gameboy) [Hirokazu Tanaka]

00:05:39 - Type-A (Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Wii) [Yoko Shimomura]

00:10:08 - Type-B (Tetris - Gameboy) [Hirokazu Tanaka]

00:11:38 - Type-B (Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Wii) [Masafumi Takada]

00:17:00 - Title Screen (Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss - SNES) [Mitsuhiko Takano, K4, Dhal-Chan]

00:18:40 - Heroism (Super Tetris 3 - SNES) [Shigemitsu Goto]

00:20:12 - How To Play (Tetris Plus - Arcade) [NIS, Kazuo Sawa]

00:21:58 - Level 2 (Tetris - CD-i) [Jim Andron]

00:26:21 - Baking Cookies (Versus Minnie) (Magical Tetris Challenge - Gameboy) [Harumi Fujita]

00:31:52 - Martist (Tetrisphere - Nintendo 64) [Neil D. Voss]

00:34:59 - Thread6 (The New Tetris - Nintendo 64) [Neil D. Voss]

00:37:42 - Giali (The New Tetris - Nintendo 64) [Neil D. Voss]

00:41:46 - Troika (The Next Tetris - Playstation) [Kevin Manthei]

00:44:43 - New BGM 2 (The Next Tetris - Playstation) [Kevin Manthei, Syzygy Records, 1205 Recording]

00:50:41 - Track 5 (Tetris Kiwamemichi - Arcade/PS2) [Unknown Composer]

00:53:47 - Level 01 (Tetris: The Grand Master 3 Terror Instinct - Arcade) [Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Saso]

00:56:52 - Level 02 (Tetris: The Grand Master 3 Terror Instinct - Arcade) [Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Saso]

00:59:07 - Sakura Variation# 03 (Tetris: The Grand Master 3 Terror Instinct - Arcade) [Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Saso]

01:01:50 - Ritual Groove (Tetris Effect - PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PC) [Hydelic]

01:03:49 - Morning Star (Tetris Effect - PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PC) [Hydelic]

01:08:32 - Game Theme (Tetris 99 - Switch) [SuperSweep]

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