Massive Interview With Nobuo Uematsu

OSV has finally been able to sit down with Nobuo Uematsu, and the results are pretty staggering. The first part of the interview has been posted here:

Of Mustaches and Men: A Circus of an Interview with Nobuo Uematsu

Topics include 10 Stories, FFXIV, many of his other upcoming releases, past releases, Final Fantasy IV, his mustache, his long hair, his piano key socks, and various other things. Enjoy, and watch for more in the coming weeks.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Well, he kind of put me on the spot by asking which tracks I thought should be performed. So it's not like I had intended to talk about "Troian Beauty" so much (I actually had only "one" question specifically about the track on my question sheets). I told him I wish I had thought about possible recommendations earlier, because his catalog is so huge that I didn't know what to say.

On the topic of substance, I dunno. Everyone generally asks him, "How do you go about writing a song? Who are your influences? What was it like working on Final Fantasy for so long? What's your favorite Final Fantasy?"

He said he had fun with these questions, and enjoyed that they weren't the standard things he hears during every interview that he does. A lot of it was pretty impromptu. He's known for his sense of humor, so I thought I'd capitalize on that. Oh, and Uematsu laughs after EVERYTHING he says. He's just a very happy person.

We have another hour-long interview from the same day coming in the next couple weeks, so watch for it.

How ya doing, buddy?