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28 - Into Aquarian Waters

Hello, listeners!

Thanks for your patience on this episode - it’s a week late, but things are crazy and it’s out now, which is what’s really important :) In this episode, we jump into Bit Blot’s 2007 game, “Aquaria”, with a score by Alec Holowka (and he’s on the show with us!)

We jump into the experiential view of the game as well as delve deep into harmony and the chord progression, especially with its effect on “Aquaria!” I’ve been at it for a few hours, so let’s hope that everything works out this time!

(last post, there was some hilarity trying to get the right file to upload and into the iTunes cache… not sure exactly what happened, but let’s hope this one works out!)

ERRATA: Apparently, I said “I, IV and V are always major, II, III and VI are always major…” In a major key, II, III and VI are always MINOR! I totally missed that… sorry!

As always, please feel free to leave comments on the post or any other post! Discussion is a great thing!

My humblest of thanks for your continued support!
Kenley

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27 - Journey of the Classical Podcast!

Good day, listeners!

Happy September 2nd, 2009! This is August’s podcast of “Into the Score,” the only podcast solely devoted to the in-depth study of video game music! In this installment, we hammer in a look at Square Enix’s 2008 release of “Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King” with a score by Koichi Sugiyama and performed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra!

We also look at the Classical Era (and all of the coolness that it entails), we look at the life of Sugiyama, the history of the franchise, as well as many other musical and gaming tidbits! It’s sure not to disappoint, so tune in!

Until next time!
Kenley

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Mini11.4 - Just the Echoes, Bloops and Misquotations… Really.

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Mini11.2 - Shall We Try This Again? Echoes, Bloops and Misquotations

Hey everyone, Wow, two posts in just a few days! A big change from three months ago! In which case, it’s been a pretty interesting day in the history of video game music, so I want to put in my two cents about “Kind of Bloop,” a chiptune remix of Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue,” considered one of the greatest classic jazz albums ever… also, one of my favourites. Furthermore, there’s been some knock on Sam Ascher-Weiss, aka “Shnabubula” and there’s some severely bad journalism going on there that, I believe, needs to be rectified right now. I do hope that you enjoy this and chime in on this issue, because it’s important! It’s important to look objectively and critically at the news because I’m sure that this type of thing happens more than one would expect… Also, please download “Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption” from OCReMix.org because there are a lot of people who have worked really hard on it and it is a TERRIFIC compilation - please support their work! … Oh, and VGDJ is back up! Yeah! Super excited about that!

Thanks everyone for their continued support!
Kenley

The links for all of the quotes in this episode are below!

Echoes - http://ff4.ocremix.org
Kind of Bloop : http://kindofbloop.com
Waxy.org Article : http://waxy.org/2009/05/kind_of_bloop/
OCReMix Forum Discussion : http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?p=581948#581948
VDGJ Episode! : http://zirconstudios.com/VGDJ/VGDJ%20FinalCut.mp3

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Mini10 - Triumphant (or not so) Return!

Hey all,

After an unbelievable absence, there is a return… things are going to return to normal. Everything is okay, just being swamped, studios getting swamped and especially comments on the board that have really gotten me thinking - which I think is awesome. It’s important for the listeners to be critical and to put in their own ideas, because that’s part of being a good citizen, as well as a good listener :)

It’s coming back - “Dragon Quest VIII” is coming up and hopefully, you’ll get to hear it within two or three weeks!

My thanks,
Kenley

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