Comments on: “Game directors and producers have too much power in their hands.” Final Fantasy composer says there’s less creative freedom in game music nowadays https://automaton-media.com/en/news/game-directors-and-producers-have-too-much-power-in-their-hands-final-fantasy-composer-says-theres-less-creative-freedom-in-game-music-nowadays/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:57:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Chris https://automaton-media.com/en/news/game-directors-and-producers-have-too-much-power-in-their-hands-final-fantasy-composer-says-theres-less-creative-freedom-in-game-music-nowadays/#comment-6591 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:57:19 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=51922#comment-6591 He’s correct.

Though I’m reminded of a recent exception, with how Ace Combat 7 was delayed almost a full month because the composer Keiki Kobayashi was like “nah, I still need to cook.”

And cook he did, the soundtrack is the only part of AC7 that I still play lol

]]> By: Jd https://automaton-media.com/en/news/game-directors-and-producers-have-too-much-power-in-their-hands-final-fantasy-composer-says-theres-less-creative-freedom-in-game-music-nowadays/#comment-6539 Sat, 13 Sep 2025 16:36:26 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=51922#comment-6539 100% agree, too many games everything has to be all perfectly cued and cinematic all the time. Composers don’t have a ton of room to experiment and write “songs” as much or explore moods. Early FF music really stands out in this regard. Everything up to FF13 is pure gold. FF14 got a little generic, same with 15 and 16, and I like Soken, and Shimomura. It’s not about them.

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