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Nobuo Uematsu leaves Square Enix?
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http://squarenet.gamigo.de/main.php?site=sn-news&id=1383 (German site)
Jonnyram said:No I'm not. There are music companies as well as game companiesNever heard of Wavemaster?
No never heard of it honestly
But I don't think this is the case.He seems to be bored by the strict work times imposed by the gaming industry plus he has gained a lot of popularity with concerts so he probably would like to try different things.
I wouldn't be surprised, Mitsuda did the same thing IIRC...leaving Square, setting up his own company as a freelancing composer. I think it's a great idea. Uematsu is no longer an absolute neccessity for the FF series, at least that's the impression I got since he didn't make all the music for FFX for example. I imagine it's nice not being (or rather 'feeling') forced to focus on Final Fantasy music...now he can choose a lot more varied composer jobs. Maybe now we'll see what Uematsu can do in other musical genres. If that's what he wants, that is.
Doom_Bringer
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wow this sucks. I still hope Final Fantasy XII has good music
Guns N' Poops
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Kiriku said:
Mitsuda was never a real employe at Square, he just had the contract for being part of a project.
FFXII's soundtrack should be finished by now, at least Uematsu has done his part in it. The other part is done by Hitoshi Sakimoto, who has worked on same great soundtracks as well - http://www.cocoebiz.com/sakimoto/discography/index.shtml
Doom_Bringer
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Bebpo said:
Isn't the guy who did the music for Final Fantasy Tactics and Vagrant Story doing the music for FFXII? Final Fantasy Tactics has an awesome OST!
I hope the music in FFXII is similar.
Ultra Magnanimous
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I've heard some of the music from FFXII (trailers, official site etc.) and it sounds fantastic. Not much need to worry IMO.
Yeah Doom, he has done most music for Yasumi Mitsuno's games, i.e. Ogre Battles series, Vagrant Story, FFT. Personally I am looking forward to hearing his rendition of it.. and am slightly shocked at Uematsu's leaving yet somewhat relieved. His capabilities sure have diminished since Square's RPGs are becoming much larger and needing more and more sound compositions to adequate the size scope. It can only mean he goes back to the drawing board and does what he used to be at the very best.
Isn't this like the third time Uematsu was supposed to retire from composing video game music?? I mean, he says he's leaving every five years it seems. Last time it was around the time of ChronoTrigger and that was supposed to be his last game composition or something.
Still, his output hasn't been the greatest in a good long while so I wouldn't really miss him being gone. FFIV and FFVI scores are his classics though.
Still, his output hasn't been the greatest in a good long while so I wouldn't really miss him being gone. FFIV and FFVI scores are his classics though.
Doom_Bringer
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sp0rsk said:
*Listens to Final Fantasy VIII intro*
Shut the fuck up dickhead!!!
LinesInTheSand
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If by overrated you mean he made probably more memorable game music than any other person alive then yes I agree.sp0rsk said:
Bizarro Sun Yat-sen
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No, he hasn't said he's leaving before, those were just rumors that were going around. Anyway he's not retiring from video game music, just leaving Square Enix to work as an independent contractor. The next game he's known to be involved with is Hanjuku Hero 4, by the way.
JoshuaJSlone
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I know time flies as we get older, but this was around 9 years ago. But yeah, I remember that.teiresias said:
...and still some big name rpgs.Bebpo said:
I'm all for seeing what Uematsu will do in a Mitsuda-fied career. The same guy doing music for Chrono Trigger and Mario Party? That's the sort of bizarre I live for.
It probably means they'll hire outside talent....including the likes of Nobuo Uematsu.Zaptruder said:
FFIX's core soundtrack was great. The problem was that it was bogged down by a billion variant versions of songs and a bunch of filler crap. But mixed in there is a really good soundtrack with some really terrific songs. The FFIX piano collection does a really good job of gettin at the real quality stuff and leaving the filler behind.dark10x said:
Uematsu is a burnt-out has-been, imho. If he needs time off to work on his own schedule, at his own pace, to reinvigorate his creative juices, that's fine.
He's sucked since (and including) FFIX. FFVIII was his last truly creative and exciting output, imho. Of course, I'm not including the remaking of classic tunes in concerts, compilations, or game remakes, I'm talking about purely original works.
If he can get his crap up to speed again, I'll be thrilled. And hey, perhaps he'll go somewhat independent, like Mitsuda did. Hell, the best composers out there today in the VG industry seem to be independents.
He's sucked since (and including) FFIX. FFVIII was his last truly creative and exciting output, imho. Of course, I'm not including the remaking of classic tunes in concerts, compilations, or game remakes, I'm talking about purely original works.
If he can get his crap up to speed again, I'll be thrilled. And hey, perhaps he'll go somewhat independent, like Mitsuda did. Hell, the best composers out there today in the VG industry seem to be independents.
Late Stage Marxist
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Nintendo should beg him to work on a Zelda game with Kondo.
How many Japanese game music focused groups are there actually? All I can think of are WaveMaster (Sega) and Zuntata (Taito)? I guess Ancient and Quintet could count too as they also do game soundtrack contract work in addition to full software R&D.Jonnyram said:No I'm not. There are music companies as well as game companies
I'm sure he'd be willing. The opportunity to work with Kondo/Miyamoto + getting to use the zelda melodies...probably agreeable to any game composer.
I do think Nobou was the last good thing going for FF though...it's been getting less and less appealing. FFVI, FFIX were the most recent I actually enjoyed.
SolidSnakex
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fugimax said:
Sakimoto makes it much more appealing.
"Started it" which time? With Donkey Kong? With Super Mario Bros? The Legend of Zelda? Super Mario Bros 3? F-Zero? Yoshi's Island? Super Mario 64? Ocarina of Time? Pikmin? I'm not sure "it" ever really stopped?shuri said:
He may have started it all. But he never evolved since. He's just afraid of trying new stuff
shuri said:
He may have started it all. But he never evolved since. He's just afraid of trying new stuff
That must be why after Mario he did Zelda (aventure), and then Star Fox (shooter), and then Earthbound (rpg), and then F-Zero (racing) and then Animal Crossing (tamagotchi) and then Pikmin (rts) and then Smash Brother (fighting).
Really dude, you're so right, he never created or experimented anything i guess.
Seriously dude, let us laugh at you, Miyamoto is one of the greatest game designer of all time. Not even one come close and did so many different games and so many successfull games sorry.
JoshuaJSlone
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To be fair I think most of those would have someone who deserves a lot more of the credit than Miyamoto.Wyzdom said: