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  Game Composer Nico Nico Douga Event: Event Summary and Photo Gallery

  March 4, 2010 | Jayson Napolitano | 2 Comments Share this Game Composer Nico Nico Douga Event: Event Summary and Photo Gallery

  

  Noisycroak’s Hideki Sakamoto is at it again. Chris Ling informed us of a special event in Japan a few weeks ago hosted by Sakamoto, who you may recall from our 100 Million Ton No Bara Bara coverage and his previous Noisycroak panel in Japan. This time, however, the event featured a different group of composers, included live performances, and biggest of all, it was broadcasted live on Japan’s Internet video service, Nico Nico Douga. Composers Hideki Sakamoto, Takenobuo Mitsuyoshi, Michiko Naruke, Yasunori Mitsuda, and Nobuyoshi Sano were available for questions, while others joined them for the evening’s various performances.

  We’ve been fortunate enough to receive a small summary along with an enormous number of photos of the event from participants Takenobu Mitsuyoshi and Hideki Sakamoto himself, and we’re very thankful to them for providing us with this opportunity.

  Hit the jump for our summary and for a photo gallery from the event. (more…)

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  Hideki Sakamoto And Takenobu Mitsuyoshi Host On Niconico Live

  February 12, 2010 | Chris Ling | 2 Comments Share this Hideki Sakamoto And Takenobu Mitsuyoshi Host On Niconico Live

  

  Though most readers may know NicoNico Douga as the Japanese equivalent of YouTube, not everyone may know about the many streaming live events on the site. Of interest, Otoya Dai-ikkai ~Ai ga 100man Ton Tarinaize!~ (Music House First Round ~Love is 1 Million Tons Short!~) is an upcoming live event that focuses on the impact of videogame music.

  The event boasts some top tier talent with Hideki Sakamoto (Noisycroak) and Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (SEGA) as the hosts, Nobuyoshi “Sanodg” Sano (AQ Interactive) and Yasunori Mitsuda (Procyon Studio) as the commentators, and Michiko Naruke (Composer for the Wild ARMs series) as a guest. In addition to a talk, the site also mentions a live performance of some sort to come afterward.

  Similar to the Noisycroak round-table, users can submit questions via the entrance page. If selected, the questions will be used to structure the theme of the event. The event is scheduled to start on Feb. 13 at 7:30 PM JST. Users may begin queuing up for the available slots at 7:20 PM JST. Also, as there is no cut off listed for sending questions to the composers, it is not too late to submit any burning questions you may have.

  What questions would you ask the composers involved in this event?

  [via NicoNico Douga]

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  “100 Million Ton no Bara Bara” Sound Interview with Hideki Sakamoto

  December 22, 2009 | Carl Larson | 2 Comments Share this “100 Million Ton no Bara Bara” Sound Interview with Hideki Sakamoto

  

  Want to spice up your list of New Years’ Resolutions with activities like rock climbing, torch welding, and ripping apart huge flying airships? Come February, you’ll be able to do all that on your PSP, thanks to SCEJ & Acquire’s latest collaboration. Your team needs to climb aboard an invading airship and start cutting away at that metal monstrosity, piece by piece, to send it crashing to the ground.

  So what would this sky high adventure sound like? We watched the trailer video and then asked Hideki Sakamoto what that catchy song is all about. His company Noisycroak was hired to work on the game’s audio, and being the CEO has it’s benefits, like getting to pick which projects to work on himself!

  Read our interview to find out how Hideki envisions the sound of 100 Million Tons. (more…)

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  Noisycroak’s First Game Composer Roundtable Discussion -Complete English Transcript-

  August 15, 2009 | Jayson Napolitano | 8 Comments Share this Noisycroak’s First Game Composer Roundtable Discussion -Complete English Transcript-

  

  While many of you may have missed the news, the guys over at Noisycroak in Japan (who you may recall from our coverage of Castlevania Judgment) recently hosted a composer roundtable to answer fan-submitted questions and discuss a wide range of topics involving the game music industry in Japan. Composer and studio head Hideki Sakamoto hosted the unprecedented event, which our own Chris Ling attended along with a number of Famitsu staff, and the results were pretty amazing.

  What we have here is Chris’s English translation of the massive transcript that Noisycroak posted in to their website (in Japanese) a few weeks ago. Yes, a complete English transcript of all 17,000+ words! I’m definitely grateful to Chris for doing this for us, as well as to Sakamoto-san at Noisycroak for putting this together, Mitsuyoshi-san for coordinating Chris’s attendance, and to all the participants for taking part in this event and for letting us post the English-language transcript here for your reading pleasure.

  While it’s quite long, there’s a lot of great stuff here. Nobuyoshi Sano is particularly hilarious, and it’s funny reading how Sakamoto-san was constantly trying to keep everyone on track (with mixed results). I found some of the discussion towards the end about game music concerts and “young” heroes to be interesting, but let us know what you think!

  Read the entire transcript of the event after the jump. (more…)

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