http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com the only podcast solely dedicated to the academic study of videogame music! Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:14:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Happy November, listeners! I hope that it was stellar and the beautiful fall is drifting into a clear and ivory winter :) For this month's episode, we jump into a 1995  score that made a huge impact in the VGM community, if not as a breakout hit, then as a cult ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2008/12/02/24-live-at-the-chaos-theatre-the-runaway-five/ Happy October! Episode 23 of "Into the Score" tackles an incredible score by composers Masaharu Iwata and Hitoshi Sakimoto... it's called "Final Fantasy Tactics." It was released for the Sony PlayStation by Squaresoft in 1997 and it is a story of complexity, drama, love and the strive for goodness ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2008/10/27/23-symphonia-ivalice/ Good evening, listeners! After a month of traveling and then a month of research and recording, Episode 22 of "Into the Score" has finally arrived! This month, we chronicle Ko Otani's moving and emotional score to Sony's "Shadow of the Colossus" for the PlayStation 2. In the episode, we look ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2008/08/27/22-symphony-of-the-colossus/ Hey there! Well, I'm back from Japan and the trip was a blinding success! Much to see and much to do, but now that I'm back... there is still much to see and much to do! Thanks so much to everyone who stayed subscribed through the show's hiatus, but now it's back! ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2008/08/09/mini06-back-from-japan-and-sotc-up-next/ Hello, listeners! After a long break from ITS, it's back with Episode 21, studying the 2008 release of "Professor Layton and the Curious Village!" It's developed by the folks at Level 5 and scored by Tomohito Nishiura! In this episode, we study concepts like the waltz, variations on the beat as well ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2008/07/04/21-professor-layton-and-the-musical-podcast/ Good evening, everyone! I hope that everyone is excited for Episode 20 of "Into the Score!" It's been a while coming, but for some crazy reason, this episode took me a long time to write, even though it's 1/4 of the length of the last episode! In which case, it's ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2008/05/23/20-the-music-of-the-mushroom-kingdom/ So... something happened with the last audio file and post... not really sure what, but the ending was cut off for some reason, so I'm just going to re-post the show and I really hope this works!" Thanks, Kenley "Good evening, listeners of video game music! I hope that you really enjoy this ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2008/04/20/19-arias-of-balance-and-ruin-take-2/ Good evening, listeners of video game music! I hope that you really enjoy this episode, as it's on my favourite VGM score of all-time, Square's 1994 release of "Final Fantasy VI" with an epic, evocative and memorable score by Nobuo Uematsu! In this episode, we study character themes, also called ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2008/04/19/19-arias-of-balance-and-ruin/ Recorded on March 20th, 2008, this interview between "Into the Score" and "The Megas" chronicles the journey from the first track of the VGM rock band's epic and monumental album "Get Equipped" to its release and crowd response! The album covers nearly every track from Capcom's late-80s release, "Mega Man ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2008/04/01/18-the-quick-and-the-megas/ Sometimes, musicians aren't the sharpest of folk. This is the REAL show switcheroo episode... yargh! http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2008/03/20/mini052-the-real-switcheroo/ Hey all! This post is just a heads-up that the next show will not be with Glenn Stafford and Russell Brower, but it will actually be with "The Megas" and we'll discuss the release of their new album, "Get Equipped." There were a few scheduling conflicts between Blizzard ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2008/03/11/mini05-show-switcheroo/ Hey all, The results are in from the "Nobuo Uematsu Arranging Competition" put on by Squaresound.com and I got 2nd place! Pretty excited about it! To hear the arrangement, click here: http://www.squaresound.com/arrangements/competitions/uematsu/submissions/23.mp3 The first place winner was Andrew Aversa, of OCReMix and of Soundtempest.net, as well as zirconstudios.com -and for the record, ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2008/02/19/a-hundred-voices-swinging-in-unison-comes-in-second/ After an unbelievably long wait, Episode 17 is finally here. I can't believe it took this long! Sorry, listeners! However, it's here, and that's all that matters... right? Well! This episode covers the 1991 release of "Street Fighter II" with its score by Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Yoko Shimamura, Tatsuya Nishimura and ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2008/02/16/17-street-fighter-second-movement/ Hey everyone! After a wait that is far too long for any human being to handle, I have finally uploaded a photo stream of my excursion to "Video Games Live" in Calgary! I got a Flickr account and allowed access to everyone, so everyone can go to set and look at ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2008/01/27/video-games-live-in-calgary-photostream/ Hey there, listeners! It's been an epic two weeks since last we spoke and there are some big announcements in the VGM community to exclaim to the world! Online VGM arrangement community, "OverClocked ReMix" has released their most recent album project! It's a "Radical Dreamers" arrangement album called "Thieves of Fate!" ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2008/01/18/update-january-17-2008/ Happy Holidays, Happy New Year... and Happy Birthday? I hope that everyone had a tremendous holiday season celebrating your holiday of choice, the coming of a new year and the first birthday of "Into the Score!" On December 29th, "ITS" turned one year old, celebrating its first episode "From Silence to ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2008/01/02/16-masters-of-the-craft/ Happy holidays everyone! This is a brief holiday edition of "Into the Score" and while it is quite short, there are many treats in store for our next episode, chronicling the 1998 Blizzard release of "Starcraft!" Everything is a crystalline purity around the city of Winnipeg, with freshly fallen snow and ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2007/12/24/mini04-two-terran-wraiths-and-a-brand-new-scv/ After a brief (though unplanned) hiatus from podcasting, "Into the Score" returns with Episode 15, studying musical themes and practices that span the 19-year run of Konami's "Castlevania" series. Also in this episode, we study the influence the influence of Gothic and Romantic music and culture on the games as well ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2007/12/07/15-arias-and-laments-rondos-and-symphonies/ Ahoy, listeners! With only three days left until Video Games Live, I'm really excited to put out a "mini-episode" before I leave! Because I'm really interested in the personal lives of the hosts of shows that I like (and am, perhaps, a big narcissist, ha!), I'm releasing an interview that ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2007/11/07/mini03-fsmak-interview/ Good evening and a Happy Halloween to all! "Into the Score" returns with Episode 14, chronicling an independent game out of the University of South California! This diamond in the rough... is called "Cloud." Also in this episode, we study the practice of orchestration, we stumble upon the practice of "demoscening" ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2007/10/31/14-beautiful-sky-with-clouds-and-white-moon/ After a one-month hiatus, "Into the Score" has returned; albeit, not at full strength, but better than none! I have made the decision to switch servers for the time-being, bringing back "Into the Score" and returning to the release of episodes every two weeks. I am still part of the ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2007/10/23/return-of-the-score/ Good evening! After some technical difficulties on the back end of things, ITS13 is finally up! While betamodradio.com is still down, I'm borrowing some webspace from a good friend of mine at our sister site (http://www.blueandbrownbooks.com, moderated by Aaron), so many thanks for that! This episode... (#13... not #14 as stated ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2007/10/18/13-voices-of-the-lifestream/ While this doesn't really pertain to anything in regards to VGM, it's a cool site to check out if you're into gaming analysis or the ongoing history of video games. Also a neat section on "Dispelling Myths in Gaming"... worth a look! http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/history/index.html Kenley (hope the server gets online soon!) http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2007/10/07/harry-jenkins-history-of-gaming/ Hey everyone. It appears that the site is down... many sorries.  I don't know what the problem is, but I'm talking to betamodradio (my webspace provider) and we're going to fix it...!  Thanks, Kenley  ps: as soon as it comes back up, brace yourself for Episode 14! http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2007/10/05/server-issues-again/ Hey everyone - this is a bit of a supplementary video for Episode 12 because it was the first presentation that I gave on Thematic & Adaptive music (as well as other compositional elements as well... like hydrogen, jk) While I've scored another game since the time that I did this, ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2007/09/23/mini02-wgdg-meetup-november-30-2006/