"Game directors and producers have too much power in their hands." Final Fantasy composer says there’s less creative freedom in game music nowadays - AUTOMATON WEST
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Final Fantasy composer talks about the current state of game music, commenting on how composers nowadays have less creative freedom.

Nobuo Uematsu

  • ratten@lemmings.worldEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    Maybe this is true, maybe it isn’t.

    I know that video game music has gotten significantly worse as technology has improved. Something can sound “professional” because it has an actual orchestra, but the the composition leaves a lot to be desired.

    Jim Sterling put it best when he said the music for Stranger of Paradise was just “vague orchestral walls of noise.”