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Nov 3rd, 2004, 02:05 PM | #1 |
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Nobuo Uematsu Leaves Square-Enix
Square-Enix's long term music guru, Nobuo Uematsu, has announced that he is leaving to pursure his own goals, bringing an end to a 20-odd year relationship with the company. Uematsu is said to be headed to a new company named "Smile Please". There, he will still pen music for video games (though presumeably not FF, unless some kind of contract is made), but he will be taking more time in Live-Performance work, largely with his Rock Band "The Black Mages".
His activity at the developer has been somewhat lesser than it once was, with recent FF titles containing only a few tracks of his work - Final Fantasy XI had only a few, Final Fantasy X-2 wasn't anything to do with him. Many have said that he is past his best (I would personally agree, reckoning that he was at his peak in the Mid/Late ninetees for FF6 to 8. FF10's soundtrack was pretty horrid in places, though it had its moments). His one track contribution to Final Fantasy XII, may well turn out to be his swansong. Source: www.rpgamer.com
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Nov 3rd, 2004, 02:51 PM | #2 |
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BIG PILE OF NEKO'S POOP!! :| is that really true? damn...thats really sad man :\ he had the best game osts ive ever heard
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Nov 3rd, 2004, 04:31 PM | #3 |
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Damn, he is like my hero. I loved all his work and never could get enough of his music.
I currently have his Black Mages album. It is really good and I hope to hear a lot more from them, maybe even go to one of his concerts. I'm still mad I couldn't go to his symphonic concert in LA a while back. Someday, my dreams will come true.
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Nov 5th, 2004, 02:32 PM | #4 |
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I just read the article the other day, truly sad news
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Nov 6th, 2004, 02:31 AM | #5 |
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Wow.... it's all I can really say.
I've only played FFVIII and FFX. But I did enjoy the music in FFVIII. It is sad though. |
Nov 8th, 2004, 03:00 AM | #6 | |
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Okay, but he probably was at his peak, like kupo said. FFVIII's is the best, IMO and yes...FFX was not too good. Goodbye Uematsu-san. We'll miss you.
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Nov 8th, 2004, 06:23 AM | #7 |
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Do we know what his one track contribution to FFXII is yet?
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Nov 8th, 2004, 06:29 AM | #8 | |
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BTW, nice to see you again Macceh^!!
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Nov 8th, 2004, 01:43 PM | #9 | |
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It's a shame to see him go... I think the quality of the tunes paralleled just how much I liked the games - Perhaps with Uematsu gone, the FF Magic will go with it? (I'll be the first to admit that the series just doesn't inspire me like it did when I first entered this forum... And i'm not as excited about the FF7 sequels/prequels/movie or FF12 as I probably should be).
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I have FF3, FF4, and FF6's soundtracks and I think they're pretty good...I haven't heard them in a while, but I think I enjoyed FF4's soundtrack. I tried to look for FF5's OST, but I only got a compliation of some hits. Quote:
And maybe (I could be wrong) another reason could be because the FF series have become much too similar in regards of storyline, characters (no offense, but the main characters seem to lacking uniqueness), and just the overall game itself. I was really excited about FF10...but it didn't really grab and hold my interest much. FF12 looks somewhat promising and the characters are different (especially those bunny chicks), but otherwise, I only wonder now, "Is it more of the same?"
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Nov 9th, 2004, 05:41 AM | #12 |
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Likewise, nice to see you again too merylsilverburg
I actually loved the FFVIII OST alot also, and I do agree that alot of the FF magic lay with the soundtracks. Probably a big reason why I didn't like FFX-2 so much. Overall I felt FFIX had the strongest OST, FFX being the weakest (although it had some excellent tracks). Like merylsilverburg said, the storylines all followed the same sort of path however FFXII does seem to be heading in a different direction, one that I feel I won't agree with either
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