Well, we started talking about Final Fantasy and Opera & we ended up on modern artists like The Beatles or Taylor Swift!

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”

Watch live opera on the cinema, in your city! (Arguably better than live on stage opera! - and cheaper!)

https://www.metopera.org/Season/In-Cinemas/Theater-Finder/

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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.

Check it out!

A trip to the Moon of Harmony! On this episode we dwell into the world of harmony.

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.

Beginning of the Fantasy... On today's episode we analyse “The purpose of the podcast”, how to write good melodies.

We will check Final Fantasy I and the famous Opening Theme.

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