Motoi Sakuraba

Originally Posted by Godai

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 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. Most of his works sound like he is trying to stereotype progressive rock, similar to how a composer would create a stereotypical asian theme with the pentatonic scale and various asian instruments. I don't like his solos either, but i've heard worse. I don't think he's a bad composer, just one of the most overrated. This thread needs more hate anyway.

Edit: I forgot to say, Supreme Ruler of the Nine Heavens has one of the best titles ever, like something Joe Stump would have written.

Jam it back in, in the dark.