| 1UP Tracks Down the Composer of Contra NESWhen people think back to Contra on the NES, everyone immediately remembers the old Konami code (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right). Right, of course. But for many people, the game's incredibly catchy soundtrack also immediately comes to mind. |
| Questionnaire for Yasunori MitsudaDenys Fontanarosa interviews Yasunori Mitsuda for Squaremusic. This interview deals with very general subjects, such as the impact of VGM, but also with the composer's upcoming projects. Also available in French, as well as in Japanese on the Squaremusic blog. |
| New Yasunori Mitsuda Interview on RPGFanIn this exclusive interview with RPGFan, the musician updates listeners of his music on his currently Japan-exclusive RPG Soma Bringer, while also sharing his thoughts on the subject of being an internationally recognized videogame composer, as demonstrated by the orchestral concert taking place in Australia titled "Destiny Dreamer's Alliance." |
| FFXIII music performed at the TGSComposer Masashi Hamauzu presented three pieces from Final Fantasy XIII (including the main theme) during a short meeting at the Sony booth. One of the pieces is said to be reminiscent of FFX's "Thunder Plains". |
| Interview with Masaharu IwataThe composer joins RPGFan to discuss his appearance at the 2007 Hyper Game Music live concert and his music for the Nintendo DS strategy title Archaic Sealed Heat. |
| Yuzo Koshiro working on a new Sega RPGTwo samples from this mysterious new RPG from Sega can be heard on the teaser website. The game will be probably be unveiled during the Tokyo Game Show, in October. |
| Vocalist and Songwriter Eri Kawai Dies at 43Eri Kawai, who worked with Yasunori Mitsuda for several years, especially on his solo album Kirite and, more recently, on the RPG DS Soma Bringer, died on August 4 in Tokyo. She also took part in many anime series, such as Romeo x Juliet with Hitoshi Sakimoto. May she rest in peace. |
| First Sample from RIZ-ZOAWDThe official website features the first audio sample from the game, which soundtrack will be composed by Michiko Naruke and Hitoshi Sakimoto. The BGM track is probably by Sakimoto. |
| Square Enix Music Presents Legendary TracksSquare Enix has started publishing a series of soundtracks for their older gamers on iTunes. "Live A Live" is already available, "Bahamut Lagoon" and "Rudora no hihou" will follow shortly. For the Japanese store only. |
| A bonus CD for preordering Infinite Undiscovery"Square Enix × Xbox 360 Sound Collections" is set to feature music from Infinite Undiscovery, The Last Remnant and Star Ocean 4. Release date for Infinite Undiscovery is September 11 in Japan. |
| PS3 Eternal Sonata to have new musicThe PS3 version of Eternal Sonata (JP: Trusty Bell) is set to feature new music by Motoi Sakuraba and pianist Stanislav Bunin. Release date for the game is September 18 in Japan. |
| Press Start 2008 website openTaizo Takemoto, Masahiro Sakurai, Nobuo Uematsu, Shogo Sakai and Kazushige Nojima reunite for their annual video game music concert, on September 14 in Tokyo. |
| Luminous Arc 2 bonus disc: Luminous SymphonyA "movie" containing the 8 tracks from "Luminous Symphony", a limited bonus disc given with Luminous Arc 2. Music is composed by Akari Kaida, Shunsuke Tsuchiya and Yoko Shimomura. You need to have an account on Nico Nico to listen to it. |
| New sample from Lord of VermilionThe updated official website features a new sample from Square Enix's upcoming arcade game. Soundtrack is composed by Nobuo Uematsu himself. |
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