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Rebel Girls

Manami Matsumae: The Music of Emotion

Rebel Girls

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids

4.57.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Manami Matsumae is a legendary Japanese video game composer who made the music for famous video games like Mega Man and Shovel Knight. Trained as a classical pianist, Manami has become an icon in an industry that is still dominated by men. Through her music, she shows how powerful creativity can be for expressing feelings, building worlds, and creating community! This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls. It’s based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This story was produced and directed by Haley Dapkus with sound design and mixing by Mumble Media. It was written by Elena Favili and edited by Abby Sher. Fact-checking by Joe Rhatigan. Narration by Mariko B.. Joy Smith was our executive producer. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi. Thank you to the whole Rebel Girls team who make this podcast possible. Stay rebel!

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Get started today at constant contact.com. Once upon a time there was a tiny girl with dark hair and dark eyes who heard music everywhere in the birds jattering the carhones honking

0:50.1

the pulse of her blood coursing through her veins.

0:54.0

Her name was Manami Matsumai.

0:58.0

Manami grew up in Kyoto, Japan,

1:02.0

where she heard all sorts of beautiful sounds, like the rustle of bamboo leaves in the wind,

1:08.0

or the gentle strum of her

1:13.0

as she fell asleep at night.

1:17.0

One day, when she was four years old,

1:20.0

Manami wanted to join in her father's guitar songs, so she started sounding out notes on an organ.

1:29.0

The sounds that came out were right on pitch.

1:33.0

Manami looked at her father with a big smile on her face.

1:38.0

She felt the notes still vibrating inside her.

1:42.0

She heard their echo all around. In that moment,

1:47.0

Monami knew that music was going to be her life.

1:53.0

I'm Maricope.

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