Amusement Sparks

Over the Garden Wall gets the Amusement Sparks treatment! Shout out to Justine and Larisa from Starship Therapise for all the design work and excellent conversation. Check out their podcast and book coming out in May! Preorder here :)  All links can be found here! Music used in this episode: 9:37 Adelaide Parade--The Blasting Company 23:39 Old North Wind--The Blasting Company  29:55 Potatoes & Molasses--The Blasting Company  31:30 Ms Langtree’s Lament--The Blasting Company 42:05 Like Ships--The Blasting Company 54:32 Prelude--The Blasting Company 59:31  Into the Unknown (Intro)--Evetty 1:04:56 Black Train--The Blasting Company

Maddie Copp (@othatsraspberry) joins to design an Ace Attorney Theme Park! The Law has never been so fun!! Music in this episode: 12:03 Time For a Great Turnabout--Capcom Sound Team (From The Great Ace Attorney: The Adventure of Ryūnosuke Naruhodō)  15:35 Reasoning Battle: Behind the Scenes (Partners Story)--Yasumasa Kitagawa (From The Great Ace Attorney 2: The Resolve of Ryūnosuke Naruhodō)  25:14 Adventure’s Prelude--Capcom Sound Team (From The Great Ace Attorney: The Adventure of Ryūnosuke Naruhodō)  36:19 Investigation ~ Opening 2004--Noriyuki Iwadare (From Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations)  38:12 Pursuit ~ Last Promotion Version (Bonus Track)--Noriyuki Iwadare (From Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies) 42:27 Ending Suite [The Adventure's End]--Yasumasa Kitagawa (From The Great Ace Attorney: The Adventure of Ryūnosuke Naruhodō) 46:33 We Won the Case! Our Victory--Toshihiko Horiyama (From Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney) 54:50 Great Pursuit ~ The Resolve Of Naruhodō Ryūnosuke--Yasuma

The one and only Alan Denton joins for a quaint and quirky journey through the Wes Anderson oeuvre as we weave together a dream theme park!   Music in this episode: 4:09 Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard--Paul Simon (From The Royal Tenenbaums) 15:40 The Way I Feel Inside--The Zombies (From The Life Aquatic) 31:26 Hardest Geometry Problem in the World--Mark Mothersbaugh (From Rushmore) 37:55 These Days--Nico (from The Royal Tenenbaums)  50:35 Staralfur--Sigur Ros (From The Life Aquatic)  1:01:18 Simple Symphony, Op.4: “Playful Pizzicato”--Benjamin Britten (From Moonrise Kingdom) 1:09:30 Mr. Moustafa--Alexandre Desplat (From The Grand Budapest Hotel) 1:13:17 Second Crash-Landing + Bath House + Beach Attack--Alexandre Desplat (From Isle of Dogs) 1:23:26 Where do you go to my lovely--Peter Sarstedt (From The Darjeeling Limited)

Kihp from Kamen Ride With Me joins to design our Tokusatsu Theme Park! Tokusatsu is a Japanese term for special effects--this tree of genres includes basically anything with a lot of special effects, from Godzilla to Power Rangers and far beyond. This episode is ideal for fans of kaiju, action figures, and giant robots.   Music: 9:52 Destroy All Monsters--Akira Ikufube 19:46 Zordon Awakes--Brian Tyler 35:23 Susume! Gorenger--Isao Sasaki, Mitsuko Horie 45:08 Go Go Power Rangers--Ron Wasserman 50:43 Godzilla, Anguirus vs. Defense Squad--Akira Ikufube 1:03:52 Kamen Rider Build Opening: Be The One--PANDORA feat. Beverly 1:11:08 Mothra's Song--FalKKonE 1:28:45 Over "Quartzer"--Shuta Sueyoshi, ISSA

Andrew got the chance to meet Ernie Gygax (Creative Supervisor of GiantLands) to discuss his lifelong connection with "old school" RPGs. Ernie is a delight and has TONS of great stories about Dungeons & Dragons and how it's evolved over the decades. Enjoy!

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Ben and Sarah from the Scream Scene podcast join the show! Together, we imagine an immersive Horror Theme Park. This is an all ages show, but in this episode, we definitely reference movies that are not for all ages. Happy Halloween!   Check out the Scream Scene Patreon if you like their show!   Music featured in this Halloween episode: 0:00 Amusement Sparks Original Theme. Andrew Spohn. 9:43 Creepshow. Prologue/Main Title. John Harrison 26:23 Halloween. Laurie's Theme. John Carpenter 33:05 Psycho. Prelude. Bernard Herrmann. 41:56 A Nightmare on Elm Street. Main Title. Charles Bernstein. 46:45 Friday the 13th. Overlay of Evil/Main Title. Harry Manfredini. 50:08 It Follows. Detroit. Disasterpeace. 51:39 The Haunting of Hill House. Main Titles. The Newton Brothers. 1:02:28 and 1:05:06 Hellraiser. Resurrection. Christopher Young. 1:06:59 Color out of Space. The Gardners. Colin Stetson. 1:13:27 The Exorcist. Tubular Bells. Mike Oldfield. 1:27:49 Sinister. Main Theme. Christopher Young. 1:29:45 Am

Zack Sokol joins to design a Universal Monsters Theme Park!   Here are the songs featured on today's episode: 9:24 Toccata and Fugue in D Minor -- Johann Sebastian Bach 16:15 Imhotep -- Jerry Goldsmith 17:42 Swan Theme -- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 33:10 Vampire Hunters -- Wojciech Kilar 46:15  Bela’s Funeral -- Hans J. Salter & Frank Skinner 55:30 Two Hours to Live -- Hans J. Salter & Frank Skinner 1:03:17 The Creature from the Black Lagoon -- Hans J. Salter 1:07:07 Bloody Tears -- Konami Kukeiha Club 1:08:26 First Transformation -- Danny Elfman 1:14:17 Son of Frankenstein Main Title -- Frank Skinner 1:21:11 The Shape of Water -- Alexandre Desplat 1:27:05 Monster Mash -- Bobby “Boris” Pickett   Check out the Of Gods and Monsters Podcast (Explicit) on your favorite podcast app!

Jonathan Anslow from Geeks Like Us joins to celebrate one of the most iconic decades!    Featured Music: 10:10 Eurythmics--Sweet Dreams  12:33 Simple Minds--Don’t You Forget About Me  14:50 Bon Jovi--Livin’ On A Prayer  35:00 Audio Two--Top Billin’ 39:15 Whitney Houston--I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)   40:55 Survivor--Eye of the Tiger  47:15 Cyndi Lauper--Time After Time 51:05 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five--The Message Annie Lennox--Walking on Broken Glass  1:04:32 Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes--(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life

The amazing and long-running time travel series gets the Amusement Sparks treatment! Gavin Verhey, Senior Designer of Magic: The Gathering, brings his passion and love for theme parks into this fantastic episode!

Berlin, the capital city of Germany inspires a podcast! This episode features Cody Swanson of the WeeklyEP Podcast. Hopefully you're into the German music featured in this episode! Music 14:27 RIN--DAS RENNEN 40:45 Mark Forster--Ubermorgen 54:02 Paul van Dyk--Duality 1:05:12 Joachim Kuhn--Crystal Ship 1:27:06 MAXIM--Automat 1:29:55 LEA--Okay

The Beatles inspire us to create a theme park! Thanks to Gary Lane (Instagram: @therealgarylane) for guesting on this episode!

Our most important episode is here! This is a thoughtful, optimistic, and wide ranging discussion about Black Lives Matter and our culture featuring Godswill Ugwa Jr. (Twitter) and Sam Wright (YouTube). Music in this episode: Keep it Real—KarpaBeats Wake Up Everybody—Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes I Can’t Breathe--H.E.R. A Change is Gonna Come—Sam Cooke Freedom—Beyonce   Follow Amusement Sparks on social media--let's have some conversations!  Facebook Twitter Instagram  

Stephen Dinehart IV returns to discuss how our current pandemic will impact the future of themed entertainment. It's a different type of episode, but it is definitely a time for a big change though the industry!    

Nathan K joins to design a Donkey Kong Theme Park! Check out his podcasts at Secret Room Multimedia!  

Briana Joy, frequent guest on Silph Radio, guests on Amusement Sparks! Frozen gets the full immersive theme park treatment!  

Stephen Dinehart and Andrew discuss Species & Gender in tabletop RPGs and GiantLands!

Sam Wright of Metal Gear Mondays (website, twitter) joins to design our Tactical Espionage Action Theme Park!

Jim Ward is a game designer, fantasy author, and design partner on GiantLands. He is also a really fun guy! On this episode, Jim and Andrew discuss Jim's early days at TSR and what he loves about GiantLands!

Dr. Anthony Bean joins Andrew to design a next generation, interactive, and immersive Legend of Zelda Theme Park!   Check out his: Twitter (https://twitter.com/VideoGameDoc) Website (https://anthonymbean.com/) Geek Therapy Training (https://www.geektherapytraining.com/)