In the first half, 2018's Florence and a stunning soundtrack by Kevin Penkin takes Jordan Hatfield and Dawn Violet on an emotional journey with its enchanting duets and charming gameplay. In the back half, a field trip to Detroit, Michigan brings the BGM Gems hosts into the audience of HEALTH, Carpenter Brut, and Desire for a night of brutal music that featured songs discussed in three previous episodes of this very podcast!

Music in order of appearance

• Happy Together
• Florence
• Dreams
• Erosion
• Wake Up, Moving On
• Memories
• Adult Life
• First Dates

Interview with Sophie Curtis from Cygnus Arioso

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What is a Touhou? Jordan Hatfield & Dawn Violet… might know. Maybe you'll find out if you listen to this episode all about Team Shanghai Alice's Touhou Project! The hundreds of thousands (yes, actually) of fan works make this handily the largest body of Video Game Music yet seen on BGM gems, and maybe ever!!

Music in order of appearance

• Mystic Dream ~ Snow or Cherry Petal - Dawn's arrangement for BGM Gems
• Bad Apple!! - Masoyoshi Minoshima arrangement feat. nomico
• Bad Apple!! - ZUN arrangement via Akyu's Untouched Score
• Bad Apple!! - RichaadEB arrangement feat. Christina Vee
• Pierrot of the Star-Spangled Banner - RichaadEB arrangement
• Beloved Tomboyish Daughter - ZUN's arrangement from Touhou 6
• Phantom Ensemble - ZUN's arrangement from Touhou 7
• U.N. Owen Was Her? - JustSomeRandomMusician arrangement
• Final Savage Sister Flandere S - beatMARIO arrangement of U.N. Owen Was Her?
• Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind - ZUN's arrangement from Touhou 12
• Maiden's Capriccico ~ Dream Battle (Reimu's theme) - ZUN's arrangement from Touhou 8
• Cirno's Perfect Math Class - IOSYS arrangement of Beloved Tomboyish Daughter
• Retribution for the Eternal Night ~ Imperishable Night - ZUN's arrangement from Touhou 8
• Hartmann's Youkai Girl - Tokyo Active NEETs Arrangement
• Night of Nights - beatMARIO + COOL&CREATE's arrangement of Flowering Night
• Voyage 1970 - ZUN's arrangement from Touhou 8
• Illusionary Night ~ Ghostly Eyes - ZUN's arrangement from Touhou 8
• Player's Score - ZUN's arrangement from Touhou 14

OutOfCharacters' Video essay on U.N Owen Was Her? / Death Waltz

Romantique Tp's PC-98 recreation project

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TouhouDB hosts the Touhou Music Database.

The English Touhou Wiki is an invaluable source of information on Touhou Project.
Lots of fan works live on Moriya Shrine!

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In their album of the soundtrack of the game of the year spectacular, hosts Jordan Hatfield & Dawn Violet discuss standout media from 2025, despite recording and releasing said spectacular well into January.

It's the January episode!

Music in order of apperance

• Into Tartarus by Darren Korb (Hades II)
• I Am Gonna Claw (Out Your Eyes then Drown You To Death) by Scylla & The Sirens/Darren Korb (Hades II)
• Nocturne Pour Lumière by Lorien Testard (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• Outlaws of the West by Woody Jackson (Red Dead Redemption 2)
• Unshaken by D'angelo (Red Dead Redemption 2)
• The Housebuilding Song by David R. Ferguson (Red Dead Redemption 2)
• After The Ship by Amos Roddy (Citizen Sleeper 2)
• warehouse by kariomart & Blue Cayman (Q-UP)
• The Visitor by Stephen Barton and Gordy Haab (Star Wars Jedi: Survivor)
• Beneath The Cantina by Stephen Barton and Gordy Haab (Star Wars Jedi: Survivor)
• There Are Always Choices by Amos Roddy (Citizen Sleeper 2)

Timestamps
00:00 hi
00:17 good morning!
03:22 games, soundtracks, and nonsense
52:38 2025 music chat~
1:46:55 bye!

intro and outro themes by ayr
BGM Gems hosted by Jordan Hatfield & Dawn Violet
Produced & engineered by Dawn Violet
Edited by Dawn Violet & Jordan Hatfield

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