Well, we started talking about Final Fantasy and Opera & we ended up on modern artists like The Beatles or Taylor Swift! On the second part of the interview with Berklee's teacher Tom Rudolph, we analyse two big topics: 1. How did we end up in the romantic period, the golden era of opera. 2. What was the impact on nationalism on music & where does our future music lead with the ongoing globalisation. Don't forget to share your thoughts!

On the EP8 of the Gamer's Kingdom... We discuss Operas & Final Fantasy VI with Tom Rudolph, teacher at Berklee!Which composers influenced the opera of Maria & Draco?

What inspired Uematsu (and likely Sakaguchi!)?- Tristan & Isolde- Traviata- La BohemeInterested on exploring opera?
Start with “La Boheme”

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On this episode we will talk about Final Fantasy VI, while visiting the theory of the different seventh chords. We will analyse Tina/Terra's Theme!

Pedal tones lets your chord change jobs as in FFV... Let's discover in this episode, both Final Fantasy V's Lennas Theme & how having a Pedal Tone can alter your chord's characteristics in a very simple way!

On this episode we will scratch the surface on comparing two similar yet different worlds of music composition: Film vs Video Games.

We will discuss over the technologies, the tools but specially the process of composition.

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A trip to the Moon of Harmony! On this episode we dwell into the world of harmony. We will learn a bit about Tonic, Dominant & Subdominant chord functions. And we talk about FFIV! The first one of the SNES! To finish, we analyse the melancholic Love Theme of this game...

The Light & Darkness of Melodies... On this episode we will further explore melodies, this time, what makes them happy or sad melodies. This will bring us to the land of scales and modes (rough introduction!).

In the game of the day, we will talk about Final Fantasy III & the Maiden of Water theme, the song of Elia/Aria.

The Rebellion of the Melodies... On this episode we continue the theory on "good melodies" while exploring Final Fantasy II & one of the great tracks Uematsu composed for it... "The Rebel Army".

In terms of melodies, we will explore how to add a bit more of motion to them.