Gamer’s Kingdom - the Video Games Music Podcast

Opera invented modern harmony!?

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!

Final Fantasy VI: Influences over Draco & Maria opera

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/ MetOpera service - https://ondemand.metopera.org/ Final Fantasy is a trademark of ©Square Enix

Final Fantasy VI, Terra's Theme & Seventh Chords

More notes, more characters... 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!

Final Fantasy V, Lenna's Theme & Pedal Tones Theory

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!

Composing for Films vs Video Games

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!