Comments on: Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu finds recent game music “boring” – here’s why  https://automaton-media.com/en/news/final-fantasy-composer-nobuo-uematsu-recent-game-music-boring-why/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:55:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: John C https://automaton-media.com/en/news/final-fantasy-composer-nobuo-uematsu-recent-game-music-boring-why/#comment-1843 Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:55:39 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=28322#comment-1843 Uematsu is correct on Video Game Soundtracks sounding less distinct and trying to be more Movie based in it’s scores. I really dislike it because Video Game Music should be about what can be conveyed in that situation with any genre of music like Jazz, Rock, Techno, Jungle, Trance, Shoegaze etc rather than just throwing in scores and calling it a day. It becomes stale and not as memorable.

Anime does this and to greater effect to where composers are recognized for their ability to really create something that connects to listeners, Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Dragon Ball, Trigun, Ghost In The Shell, etc would not be as good if the composers did the same thing. It makes everything stand out a lot and memorable decades later. It becomes a soundtrack of a person’s life.

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