Nobuo Uematsu famous quotes

I guess many game music fans prefer original soundtrack albums.
-- Nobuo Uematsu

#Games #Albums #Fans

I always begin to compose the melody first.
-- Nobuo Uematsu

#Firsts #Melody

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

#Believe #Games #People

I don't know anyone who would be exclusively working on game music, per se.
-- Nobuo Uematsu

#Games #Would Be

I have been interested in Irish traditional music for the past few years.
-- Nobuo Uematsu

#Past #Years

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

#Years #Games #Orchestra

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

#Want #Term #Clear

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

#Track #Black #Able

There's some familiarity in Celtic music, even if you've never heard that piece of music before.
-- Nobuo Uematsu

#Pieces #Celtic Music #Music Is

We hope that eventually there would be an occasion which I can personally prove that game music can in fact impress many different people and move them.
-- Nobuo Uematsu

#Moving #Games #People

When you talk about the Final Fantasy series, the series started selling better after 7, and that was the base idea for the center of the set list for the LA concert.
-- Nobuo Uematsu

#Ideas #Lists #Finals

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

#Thinking #Sound #Environment

For over ten years or so game music has developed into a very large market.
-- Nobuo Uematsu

#Years #Games

And its very strange, but I think there is something very common - not only in Celtic music - but there is a factor or element in Celtic music that is similar in music that we find in Japan, the United States, Europe, and even China and other Asian countries.
-- Nobuo Uematsu

#Country #Thinking #Japan

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

#Fun #Jealous #Thinking

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

#Country #Thinking #Games

It was very difficult to startle or surprise someone with a particular sound during the family computer era.
-- Nobuo Uematsu

#Eras #Sound #Computer

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

#Believe #Games #Interesting

As you may know my use of Celtic music is extremely simple and short. However there is something about it that will remain in your mind for a long, long time.
-- Nobuo Uematsu

#Simple #Long #Mind

And as far as the Disney Concert hall is concerned, it is a wonderful modern structure and I am extremely honored that I had this opportunity to have a concert here.
-- Nobuo Uematsu

#Opportunity #Wonderful #Modern

However, very recently I have come to an understanding that complex music is not necessarily pleasant.
-- Nobuo Uematsu

#Understanding #Music Is #Pleasant

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

#Independent #Writing #Games

Certainly my only interest is not in Celtic music.
-- Nobuo Uematsu

#Celtic Music #Celtic #Interest

Well my own impression of my musical pieces is that no matter how long I've been at it, there's not much improvement. So that's kind of regrettable.
-- Nobuo Uematsu

#Regret #Long #Musical