When you think what someone thinks & do what they do, you'll find that you'll produce a similar result. - Marshall Sylver
Games are considered to be in the sub-culture category, coming under movies, coming under manga or comics or animation, especially in Japan. - Nobuo Uematsu
However in countries outside of Japan I think game music is still a potential growth market that has not yet developed to the extent that we are seeing in Japan. - Nobuo Uematsu
However now we can create a sound that can truly startle someone and in terms of sound effects I think the environment that we are in now has improved dramatically. - Nobuo Uematsu
However, very recently I have come to an understanding that complex music is not necessarily pleasant. - Nobuo Uematsu
I believe that there are many interesting projects that are potentially possible for me other than game music, and therefore in my mind there are several things that are being contemplated. - Nobuo Uematsu
I believe that there are still people who believe that game music is something equal to just an effect incorporated into the game, something like a BGM. And therefore this is something that I would like to show that is not true. - Nobuo Uematsu
I find it very interesting that that in Final Symphony entertainment music is shifting more towards contemporary music. - Nobuo Uematsu
I just initiated the project where I write music for somebody else to write the lyrics and also for the orchestra to perform. I've just initiated the project. That leads the project into creating an independent label outside of game music. - Nobuo Uematsu
I think that American people really know how to pursue fun, they really know how to have a good time. Japanese are somewhat more reserved than Americans, so I'm jealous. - Nobuo Uematsu
I was also thinking of how to write a piece for an orchestra that had the same destructive impact as rock music. - Nobuo Uematsu
I'd say the quality of music has definitely improved along with the development of the game systems, but I think the bigger factor is that, for the past 20 years or so, many kids who played games have grown up wanting to create game music. - Nobuo Uematsu
It was very difficult to startle or surprise someone with a particular sound during the family computer era. - Nobuo Uematsu
It's just wonderful that there are so many people who like the music of Final Fantasy and that it has been arranged by so many talented people. - Nobuo Uematsu
Last year in Germany at a town hall in Leipzig there was a game music concert played by the orchestra and some of the Final Fantasy scores were played. This year there is another concert scheduled in the same location, for game music. - Nobuo Uematsu
Like many composers, most of my compositions are influenced by the music I've listened to throughout my life. - Nobuo Uematsu
So I don't really have a clear plan, in terms of music, as to where I want to head in the future. - Nobuo Uematsu
The second album of Black Mages is currently in the process of recording and the basic tracks have already been completed. Hopefully sometime in the future we will be able to have a concert. - Nobuo Uematsu
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