When you imagine a composer?

It depends on the composer, and whether I've seen a picture of them or not. Here are some examples of my imaginings:

Nobuo Uematsu - I've seen him in the flesh at the Chicago Dear Friends concert. Snowman's description--"humble, honest and friendly...loves to joke about things too and be silly" seems to fit life a glove.

Yasunori Mitsuda - I've seen a picture of him; he looks like an Asian James Horner. As such, I picture him as a reclusive workaholic, taking on heavy workloads and shunning the media spotlight.

Hitoshi Sakimoto - I picture him sloppily dressed in jeans in a studio filled with shrunken heads, somewhat insecure at the fact that he doesn't get any respect from classically trained composers.

Yoko Shimomura - I've seen a picture of her; she looks like a band teacher. I see her as the type infectiously enthusiastic about music and all the latest toys.

Masashi Hamauzu - Sort of like Tom Hulce in "Amadeus," wearing a tux and deadly serious about music, but immature and prankish when it comes to everything else.

Koichi Sugiyama - A very distinguished-looking elderly man in a pressed tuxedo and waistcoat, prone to fall asleep watching TV and to rail against young kids and their "devil music."

Noriyuki Iwadare - A wild man with Big Hair who parties hard and attends weekend garage jam sessions. Attired in a white disco suit.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Battle_CRY

Awesome description of a composer from both orion and snowman!!! By the way, does anyone know if Uematsu will ever have another Dear Friends concert in the US or even if there will be one on the east coast any time soon??? Thanks.

As far as I know, the Chicago event I want to was the last "Dear Friends" that Uematsu attended in person. I think that the concert series may have been superceded by "More Friends" though.

There's nowhere I can't reach.