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Shenmue Dojo Show – Shenmue 3 Music Special (S5:EP5)

Posted on August 22, 2025 at 20:00 PM BST

Show Description:
The Shenmue Dojo Show returns for our 3rd successive yearly music special. This time we cover the incredible soundtrack for Shenmue 3. Come join us on a musical extravaganza, as we share 6 each of our favourite Bailu and Niaowu pieces, along with the community vote on the best mini game music!

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Timestamps:
INTRO (00:00:00)
MUSIC BLOCK 1 – INTRO (00:09:40)
CHAT (00:14:58)
MUSIC BLOCK 2 – BAILU VILLAGE PART 1 (00:20:07)
MINI GAME RANK 5 (00:43:25)
MUSIC BLOCK 3 – BAILU VILLAGE PART 2 (00:48:55)
MINI GAME RANK 4 (01:09:48)
TRANSITION (01:12:00)
MUSIC BLOCK 4 – NIAOWU PART 1 (01:16:15)
MINI GAME RANK 3 (01:41:30)
MUSIC BLOCK 5 – NIAOWU PART 2 (01:45:17)
MINI GAME RANK 2 (02:05:44)
TRANSITION (02:12:40)
MINI GAME RANK 1 (02:14:10)
OUTRO (02:18:12)
MUSIC BLOCK 6 – OUTRO (02:20:50)

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Music Used:
Shenmue the Animation – Justice of Ryo (Show Introduction)
1: Shenmue Theme – Piano (Title Screen)
2: Cave Scene
3: Pastoral Village
4: Spoken Words
5: Lights
6: Market Scene
7: Serene Nights
8: Mother’s Cooking
9: Cargo Loader’s Theme (Forklifting)
10: Ox In Tow
11: When Young
12: Hilly Path
13: Secrets of a Warehouse
14: The Bell Tower
15: Sunrise Hills
16: Bailu Chan (Bailu Chan Hunt Theme)
17: Shenhua – Sedge Flower – Original Version
18: Flow of the Lijian River
19: People Coming and Going
20: Street Stall Bustle
21: Save Shenmue Building Day
22: Save Shenmue Building Night
23: Ren of the Port
24: Master’s Teaching
25: Revenge (Fighting Training)
26: Flowering Hill
27: Wise Men’s Quarter – Visiting History and Tradition
28: Seeking Healing
29: New Paradise
30: Reap the Whirlwind
31: To the Final Battlefield
32: Lucky Hit
33: A New Vow
34: With the Earth (Chopping Wood)
35: Plum Season
36: Shenmue – Sedge Tree – Original Version
37: A Bad Dream
38: Backer Credits Music Reprise

Background music:
Battle Rally Theme
Road of Blooming Flowers
For Tomorrow
A Mesmerizing Knife (During Outro)

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