Shimomura sample from Heroes of Mana

I'm liking it a lot, can't wait to hear the rest. Though I do have to ask why the synth sounds better than that in Kingdom Hearts II.

Shimomura's always good in a pinch. I'm as excited about her half of FFXIII as I am mortified about Hamauzu's.

EDIT: What's up with the mob of composers on SD4? And...Ryuichi Sakamoto? Isn't he a classical/film composer?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Zanasea

Yes, Ryuichi Sakamoto wrote the main theme, entitled "Dawn of Mana". This is a piano and violin solo.

I don't think it's a bad thing, but it is a very odd thing. Since when does Squeenix call on film/classical composers for themes? I thought their preferred method was to have a high-profile VGM composer write a theme and a no-name flesh it out.

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Originally Posted by Monkey King

Since they started having collaborative soundtracks for Final Fantasy instead of all Uematsu?

Nah. Hamauzu, Nakano, Mizuta, Tanioka, Sakimoto, Matsueda, and Eguchi aren't classical/film composers. At least, that's not where the majority of their work lies and their bread and butter work is done.

Originally Posted by Monkey King

For that matter, maybe someone took notice of how well it worked having a professional composer score Shadow of the Colossus.

I agree; I'm all for more classical and film composers creating video game scores. I just didn't know that Squeenix shared my opinion; it seemed out of character for them. I'm not sure I like calling them "professionals" at the expense of video game composers, though--they're all consummate professional musicians.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.