TSLF Episode 4: Nobuo Uematsu & 30 Years Of Final Fantasy - Part 3
I finally complete the suitably epic saga of Uematsu’s career, thus far.
Uematsu After Final Fantasy
Hoo-boy, I bet nobody expected this episode to come out. I’m not 100% certain I predicted it myself, but here it is! The final part of my mini-series on the career of Nobuo Uematsu. After the PS1 golden age, he stuck around to take part in composing FFX, but he has worked on many other titles since then.
Doing a podcast that required so much research is tricky. Doing it with a PC tower that intermittently clicks and disrupts your recording is worse, so getting this episode out was a true project of passion. If you listen to it, you have my sincere gratitude.
Track Listing:
Zanarkand - Final Fantasy X
Besaid Island - Final Fantasy X
One Winged Angel - LIVE
Don’t Be Afraid - Distant Worlds
Eternity - Blue Dragon
Cave - Blue Dragon
Prologue - Lost Odyssey
Parting Forever - Lost Odyssey
Bout Of Arena: Battle Banquet - The Last Story
Fallen Nobles - The Last Story
Prelude - Distant Worlds
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TSLF Episode 2: Nobuo Uematsu & 30 Years of Final Fantasy - Part 1
Episode 2 is finally here! Here is part 1 of my biography of Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu.
Kept you waiting, huh?
So it’s been around a year since I sent the pilot episode out into the wild, I suppose. I definitely miscalculated just how quickly I’d be able to make an episode of the show. After getting the pilot in place, I was hit by an Avalanche of new responsibilities and distractions. All of them are positive, but it did push this podcast back down the list of priorities a little bit.
If you’ve stuck with the show, then thank you. I hope to reward you guys with another episode soon.
The good news is that the full biography show is now written, music is chosen and I am just waiting for an opportunity to record and edit the next 2 parts of the show together. This is looking to be part 1 of 3, and I hope it whets your appetite for more.
Uematsu is a real favourite of mine, and his history is storied and relatively well documented. This made the researching for the show extremely interesting, but prone to distractions I’d fall down a rabbit hole, and end up reading 5 articles with only a little being added to the script afterwards.
Anyway, you can find the track listing below, and I’ve created a youtube playlist of the tracks here, in case you want to listen to the tracks in their entirety. Given that these tracks are from the start of Uematsu’s career, they’re still quite rudimentary by today’s standards, but you can definitely see the start of him developing his style.
Track Listing:
Final Fantasy Main Theme - Final Fantasy I
Cruise Chaser Blassty Main Theme
Prelude - Final Fantasy I
Prelude - Final Fantasy VII
Airship Theme - Final Fantasy I
Theme of Love (Celtic Moon) - Final Fantasy IV
Dear Friends - Final Fantasy V
Decisive Battle - Final Fantasy VI
Omen - Final Fantasy VI
Articles of Interest
I’ve also put together a list of some articles that I used to research the show. Some are old and you need to dig through them to find anything interesting, but some are really modern and directly tell a great story.
You can reach me at:
@thatsoundslikefun on Facebook
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@mrroguester on Twitter
thatsoundslikefunpod@gmail.com
Thanks again for listening!
TSLF Episode 1: The Pilot - A brief history of music in videogames.
Welcome to the very first episode of "That Sounds Like Fun"; a podcast all about the magic of videogame music and how it makes us feel.
In this episode, I wanted to give the show a little bit of context, without going too in-depth about the nuances of game music. I will cover the evolution of music in games from the early "beeps and boops" of Arcade classics such as Space Invaders & Donkey Kong, to the grand orchestral scores of modern day games like Journey and Halo.
The Adventure Begins!
Welcome to the very first episode of "That Sounds Like Fun"; a podcast all about the magic of videogame music and how it makes us feel.
In this episode, I wanted to give the show a little bit of context, without going too in-depth about the nuances of game music. I will cover the evolution of music in games from the early "beeps and boops" of Arcade classics such as Space Invaders & Donkey Kong, to the grand orchestral scores of modern day games like Journey and Halo.
This has been a passion project of mine for quite some time, which was derailed a little bit and has hopefully found its way back on-track. I am really excited to bring this to people, and I hope that everyone who listens enjoys at least some, if not all of it!
As this is the pilot episode, all feedback is valuable, and while nobody dislikes having their ego stroked, I am really welcoming negative (but constructive) feedback. It doesn't matter if you're a seasoned fan of videogame music or you've never really been into games at all. If there's something you feel is missing (or could do with being removed), I am all ears. You'll find ways to contact me at the bottom of this post.
Track Listing
Drake's Theme 2.0 - Uncharted 2 - Greg Edmonson
At Doom's Gate - Doom - Robert Prince
Green Green's - Kirby's Dreamland - Jun Ishikawa
Audio from Space Invaders - Taito
Theme from Donkey Kong - Donkey Kong - Yukio Kaneoka
Go Straight - Streets of Rage 2 - Yuzo Koshiro
Tetris Theme "A" - Tetris - Hirokazu Tanaka (Here's a cool article too!)
Tetris - Dr Spin
Korobeiniki - Nikolay Nekrasov
Guile's Theme - Street Fighter 2 - Yoko Shimomura
"People" Suite - Dragon Quest 1 - Koichi Sugiyama
Overworld Theme - Super Mario Bros - Koji Kondo
Andy's Mission - Heart of Darkness - Bruce Broughton
Medal of Honor Theme - Medal of Honor - Michael Giacchino
Baldur's Gate Theme - Baldur's Gate - Michael Hoenig
Halo 3 Suite - Halo 3 - Marty O' Donnell (Arranged and played by VGL)
Final Confluence - Journey - Austin Wintory
Tell a friend (or 2...or 10)
So if you've listened to the show, I really appreciate it. If you have submitted feedback, I'm even more grateful! My website will be the "home" of the podcast, and the only place with show notes like this. In the future, I may be able to add little pieces of interviews or articles for people to read, so keep an eye open for that.
You can also find me on Stitcher or iTunes! I would really appreciate it if you told your friends and family about the show. This is a passion project, but the quality will only improve if I know that people are eager to hear the next one.
You can reach me at:
@thatsoundslikefun on Facebook.
@mrroguester on Twitter
thatsoundslikefunpod@gmail.com
Thanks again for listening!