This man is a genius! He's not dead, as the title might make one believe, but rather he hasn't been working as much as he used to. For those of you who don't know, he is the composer of the music from Final Fantasies I-IX. After IX, he left Squaresoft, though he will often work with them as a freelance composer. He worked on Final Fantasies X-XII, but I wonder how much he actually did on those, as the music for both of those sucked hard.
He recently made the music for Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, but I don't have the money to get them. I bet they're awesome.
I was listening to the ending theme from FF VIII this morning on the way to work. I sang along to the best of my ability. After a couple of minutes, I realized that I has tears in my eyes. I'm not sure if it was the music or if it was the fact that I could visualize every second of that gorgeous ending, but something got to me. Quite a bit, too.
I have more music by Mr. Uematsu on my computer than any other composer or band, and I have every Beatles song and all of Beethoven's sonatas and symphonies! 1/20th of my hard drive is dedicated to this man, and I do so happily and without shame of being this nerdy.
Because it is nerdy, but I don't care. This music is flipping gorgeous!
3 comments:
I didn't know that those songs had words! I was under the impression that they were all instrumental.
yeah i like the advent children tracks. do those count?
he kinda looks like you. (with the exception of the glasses) and i'm not just saying that to make you feel better. i truly mean it. look, he even has a little beauty mark under his mouth.
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