Hitoshi Sakimoto

Originally Posted by BurningRanger

I really want to know what people find intriguing about this man.

*shrug*

His music is well-written. He has a great grasp of harmony, thematic development and orchestration. Especially in the FFXII score, I find something new each time I listen to its pieces. The music might not be to your taste but you have no grounds for criticizing it technically.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Dubble

....its not?


Then the tags I have on this thing are HELLACIOUSLY wrong. XD Who is it?

Masashi Hamauzu.

Edit: Must learn how to spell...

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by GoldfishX

But...My point is if you were to force yourself to like ANY music to that extent by literally forcing yourself to have constant exposure to it, you would begin to like and understand it more (especially if a couple of pieces appealed to you in the first place, even to a minimal extent).

Not necessarily. If I don't find the music interesting to begin with, it's unlikely that I'll enjoy it at a future date. It's not a matter of "enjoying" the music for me. I need it to have depth as well.

You can blame college for that, I suppose.

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

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Maybe not "enjoy", but repeated listening will give a better overall understanding of it, even if you hated everything about it.

I suppose that's true. I admit that I have an enormous bias against music outside of a classical background. The downside of music school is that they spend four years telling you exactly what you like and what you shouldn't like and after a while, it's easier (although not necessarily right) to go with the flow. I'll probably spend the next four years deconstructing everything I was taught.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?