BOOKS AND IDEAS PODCAST With Ginger Campbell, MD Episode #49 Interview with Emily Reese, host of the Top Score Podcast from Minnesota Public Radio Aired 11/16 / 2012 [Music from Elder Scrolls: Oblivion 1] INTRODUCTION Welcome to Books and Ideas. I’m your host Dr. Ginger Campbell, and this is Episode 49. Today is a great example of why I continue to do Books and Ideas, even though it doesn't have the large audience that the Brain Science Podcast has. It does allow me to talk to people from a wide variety of fields about a lot of different things. And today I'm going to be talking with Emily Reese who is the host of a very unusual podcast from Minnesota Public Radio called Top Score. On the Top Score podcast Emily talks to the composers of the music for a wide variety of modern videogames. Even if you aren't interested in videogames, I think you will enjoy this conversation. And you'll be surprised to find out that the composing of music for videogames is a lot more varied, and perhaps more challenging than you might have imagined. 1 Elder Scrolls: Oblivion from The Greatest Video Game Music recorded by the London Philharmonic and Andrew Skeet. Copyright Virginia Campbell, MD 2012 1 But before I go into the interview I do want to remind you that you can find the show notes and episode transcripts for all episodes of Books and Ideas at booksandideas.com, and you can send me email at
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