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  Who? What? Where?: Jacob Diaz Interview

  May 5, 2012 | Audun Sorlie | 2 Comments Share this Who? What? Where?: Jacob Diaz Interview

  

  Today, we talk to Jacob Diaz, the video game remixer who goes by the name Jakesnke17 and DjjD. He has been active on the Overclocked Remix scene for a little while now, creating catchy dance remixes of your favorite video game themes, and participated on some of the many projects the community continues to spew out.

  These days, Diaz has been busy working on his very first film soundtrack, shifting his focus from arranging to movie compositions with his score for the upcoming movie, 10. Diaz discusses the differences from arranging to composing, the amount of work that goes into an original score, and his video game music influences put to use in 10.

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• Anime, Film, Reviews

  Not Much Missing: Vanishment of Haruhi Suzumiya Movie Soundtrack (Review)

  February 26, 2010 | Wes Chung | 8 Comments Share this Not Much Missing: Vanishment of Haruhi Suzumiya Movie Soundtrack (Review)

  

  There is a curious tradition I’ve observed when lighter anime series are put on the big screen. I first noted this with Tenchi Muyo In Love, which discarded the whimsy of its roots to focus on a larger scale story involving (coincidentally) the disappearance of the main character and the world under threat. To match this jump in production values, Christopher Franke (of Tangerine Dream fame) composed a full orchestral score. Another, perhaps more relevant example, is the impressive Oh My Goddess! Movie, which featured a brilliant score by the one and only Nobou Uematsu and his long-time orchestrator Shiro Hamaguchi. Both are cases of a romantic-comedy with limited musical offering being used as a springboard for a soundtrack that more than eclipsed its small-screen counterpart.

  Vanishment breaks that tradition slightly. Satoru Kousaki composed the incidental music for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and has retained the role of primary composer here, with some contributions by the likes of Ryuichi Takada (Soul Calibur II/III) and Keigo Hoashi, with whom Kousaki collaborated when adding to the Mushihimesama Double Arrange album.

  The result of their work surprised me a little, and has made all three names well worth watching in the future. Click the jump to find out why. (more…)

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