Motoi Sakuraba

Motoi Sakuraba's progressive sound background is what always brings me back to listening to him and anicipating his upcoming works. Being a fan of groups like Emerson, Lake and Palmer, King Crimson, Porcupine Tree, etc., his works really speak to me.

I'm loving "Celestial Troupe" and "Never Surrender" off that VP sampler disc.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by kuttlas

I can't say I care for 99% of all of Sakuraba's works (the other 1% is Baten Kaitos OST's True Mirror), especially the Star Ocean and Tales of whatever OSTs, but I'm a big fan of ELP and King Crimson. Yes they might be in similar genres but only because Sakuraba can't seem to stop ripping the genre off.

Not sure how you can rip the genre off if you come from a background of that genre. He's a prog artist, so he has this kind of sound in his soundtracks. Sounds logical to me.

There's nowhere I can't reach.