Nobuo Uematsu Quotes on Music (14 Quotes)

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

After the fantastic support received at the first concert in Los Angeles, I am thrilled and honored to extend the experience to Chicago. I'm looking forward to sharing the moments with those who love the music and games of FINAL FANTASY.

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.

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

So I don't really have a clear plan, in terms of music, as to where I want to head in the future.

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.

And it's 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Certainly my only interest is not in Celtic music.

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.