http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com the only podcast solely dedicated to the academic study of videogame music! Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:29:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2009/10/11/28-into-aquarian-waters/ 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 ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2009/09/02/27-journey-of-the-classical-podcast/ For shownotes, please visit http://www.intothescore.com. http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2009/08/21/mini114-just-the-echoes-bloops-and-misquotations-really/ 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 ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2009/08/21/mini112-shall-we-try-this-again-echoes-bloops-and-misquotations/ 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 ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2009/08/18/mini10-triumphant-or-not-so-return/ Good evening, listeners! While Manitoba may be hit with a torrent of snow, thaw (and subsequent flooding), the March episode of "Into the Score" is finally up, focusing on Takeharu Ishimoto's dynamic score to the 2008 release of Square Enix's "Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII." In this episode, we focus ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2009/04/04/26-alls-fair-in-strife-and-crisis/ Welcome to March, listeners! After a three-month hiatus, "Into the Score" is back on the town and we are ready to go! This month, we study the Sony sound team's 2005 score to "God of War" for the PlayStation 2, as well as studying the beginning of Western tuning, the ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2009/03/06/25-god-of-war-and-the-god-of-triangles/ Hey again! A special thanks to Jeriaska from http://www.nobuooo.com for putting this together for his year-end wrap up! This is only one section from the show, but please go to his site and check out the user-submitted VGM news and if you have some, submit some yourself "God of War" is ... http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2009/01/19/mini08-its-for-2009-from-nobuooocom/ Good evening, listeners! While this is not a "podcast" in the traditional sense, it's an update as to why there is no episode for December... and as it's looking, for January either... yikes! Watch the video and check it out! Kenley http://intothescore.blueandbrownbooks.com/2009/01/19/mini07-january-2009/ 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/